The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-12
0 H eCy Eu
5vFlY n MH, 1878
LOOKING BACKWARD AND FOR.
WARD.

Mr. hoover etates that our total GRO
auctlon OF food values for the year end
ing July !. 1918, wasbstwsen Z and . Der
sent below the average for tho three
previous years, and that had 1t fallen
20 10 per cent below, nothing could
nave saved the Allies from famine.
The war would be over--we would be-
beaten"
With this disaster ayerted, 1t is per-
nitted now to tell how narrowly We
escaped. IN JULY. 1918, VIE WE'RE
WITHIN TEN DAYS OF BEING
WITHOUT WHEAT There were less
than two million bushels In the United
states-4n storage-in transit-any-
where,
Normally, we carry sixty million
bushels over for seed alone. and never
before, oven in the worst OF crop years,
have Ne carried less than one hundr cd
million Sustsis ever into the new har.
vaA.
AA4acsd 70 Asures, hsrs IL what the
voluntary seorihce Of United States
people made possible; In 1851 we
Aad surplus Of som ething like two
hundred milton bushels OF wheat and
~ Of which We exported 13s, 900, 600
sushsas Of wheat and 1890. 900 bushels
q rys-rye and wheat beinx the prime
orsadstuffs In 1o17-1s, out OF a short
crop Of wheat and rye, and when the
ANN vv al hlsxhtnN
100000 bu1,els OF wheat and 49,.
800. ooo busneas OF rye--an increase OF
prime oreadstuffs exported to the AL
lea Of II, <oo, eoo bsshsls--every bushel
Of Il savvd BY our people out of
suonormal supply-more spared from
our savings OF this year than from our
surplus OF the year before And fur.
thar, W sent ten million bushels 10
seu4rAl nations facing starvation un
tess We helped them
And II kut bread alone We have
built mp = aurplus OF bacon and ham
for use abroad In Ia17-1s, We in,
creased BY $4,000 600 pounds our pre-
vious years. shipments 10 the Allies
Of all sorts OF meat products, canned
and powdered milk. butter. cheese veg.
esable oils, lard. etc, sending alto.
etther more than three billion pounds
Neither did this increase come from
Increased production; it. tee, repre-
ssnts wha, yos did not eat--your meat
less DAYS, your haconiass bfeakfa.ts--
the steaks you did not order. the pats
" butter you did not touch potatoes
eroamed instead q fried. and all the
rest OF the conservation program faith
fully carried out By patriotic people
Before the war. we used 10 send
enough food TO France. Great Britain
and Italy each year+o ration about ak
million men. During the wear ending
April. 1918. we sent enough 10 com,
pistely ration twenty one million men,
The corner has now been turned IN
this matter ~ food This does not
mean, however. that the need for sac.
rifics and care and thrift has passed
snly that the crops are better. and
the situation Is In hand because Ali
the world Is now assured and you are
tonndent Of what Nj Hoover believed
from the beginning Mat the people OF
these United States can be depended
Upon to do wha. Is nesdrul. so long as
the war lasts. and whenever occasion
fernando
There has never been anything IKE
\ in history I'VE asked the
American people 70 % more voluntar-
ny than any other people has evet
keAn Asksd 10 submit to under compul
sicH And the American people made
good"
Eyen cur associates In the war dtd
ect believe X could be done, and Ger.
many acof,ed. but Mr.. Hoover. believ.
lng not more than per cent OF the
people lacked tbs spirit of Democracy,
seid. 60 do IT." The per cent
said: TT can't be done" but the rs
per cert answered: "of course il can,
and did t.
Which ia. your team. the Csnts or
the Cans,
IN all probability there VIII not Re
The need thia year for such sharp self
aenial. but there viii be the continuing
seed for foresight and care and the
forming o< habits Of thrift in prepare
don for Whatsoever the exiEencies of
var and disaster may demand OF US
W. must accumulate \ surplus OF
erfms breadstuf.s, and we must square
y face the fact that We cannot hepe
b have another great harvea. lik~ .his
EsAta until The war Is oyar. because
before another crop TINA and harves,
or man IN tho prime Of strength will
hsve gons-to b goa> It'll It's over
ORR There"
- ~ shail have 10 keep on saving.
And The safest course in all food con-
ssrvation measures is to do just what
che Food Administration asks-no less
and no moro. Food Control 10 y War
Measure. and the Food Admtnistra-
tons rulings and requests are the out.
como OF comprehensive and accurate
knowledge OF the food facts OF the
world.
BREAD
The Food Administrators OF the
United States. Fr@acs. England and