Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-11-28
America Called on by End Of
War TO Supply Added
Millions.
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED.
Over Three Times Pre-WaT Shipments
RequIred-estuatlon IN Wheat and
Fats Proves Governments
Policy Sound.

can be lightened to the slightest de-
gree with the cessation of hostilities.
Millions of people liberated from the
PrussiaR yoke are now depending
upon us for the food which will keep
them from starvation.
With food the United States made
1t possible for the forces of democ-
racy to hold out to victory. To insure
democracy in the world, we must con-
tinue to live simply in order that we
may supply these liberated nations OF
Europe with food. Hunger among q
people inevitably breeds anarchy.
American food must complete the work
Of making the world safe for democ-
racy.
Last year we sent 11,820,OOO tons OF
food to Europe. nor the present year,
with only the European Allies to feed,
we had originally pledged ourselves TO
q program that would have increased
our exports to 17,5OO,O00 tons. Now.
to feed the liberated nations, we will
have to export total of not less than
2O,000,000 practically the limit
Of loading capacity at our ports. Re
viewing the world food situation, we
find that some foods will be obtainahAe
In quantities sufficient to meet all
world needs under regime of eco
nomical consumption. On the other
hand, there will be marked world
shortages in some important conmOdl-
ties.
Return to Normal Bread Loaf.
With the enlarged wheat crops
which American farmers have grown,
and the supplies of Australia, the Ary
gentine and other markets now Access
sible to shipping, there are bread
grains enough to enable the nations to
return to their normal wheat loaf.
provided we continue to mill flour at
G high percentage Of extraction and
maintain economy in eating and the
avoidance of waste.
In fats there viii be a heavy short
age - about 5000, 100000 pounds s. in
pork products, dairy products and
vegetable oils. While there viii be i
shortage of about three million tons
in rich protein feeds for dairy anil
mails, there will be sufficient Supplies
of other feedstuffs to allow economical
consumption.
In the matter Of beef, the worlds
supplies are limited 20 the capacity OF
the available refrif Grating ships. The
supplies of beef in Australia, the Ar
gentine and the United States are suf-
fcient to load these ships. There viii
be shortage in the importing coun-
tries, but we cannot hope to expand
exports materially for the next months
in view of the bottle neck in trans
portation.
We will have a sufficient supply OF
sugar to allow normal consumption in
this country If the other nations re-
tain their present short rations or in
crease them only slightly. For the
countries of Europe, however, to in
crease their present rations to a ma
terial eStsnt will necessitate our shar-
Ing part Of our own supplies with
them
Twenty Million Tons Of Food.
OF the world total, North America
viii furnish more than 60 per cent.
The United States. Including the West
Indies, will be called upon to furnish
100000 tons of food of all kinds as
compared with our pre-war exports Of /
about 100000 tons.
While we viii be able to change our
program in many respects, even a
casual survey of the world supplies
IN comparison to world demands shows
that Europe win know
famine unless the American people /
bring their home consumption down
10 the barest minimum that will main-
tain health and strength.
There are conditions Of famine in
Europe that will be beyond our power
70 remedy There are 40,000,000 peo-
Pile in North Russia whom there il /
small chance of reaching with food /
his winter. Their transportation Is
lemoralized In complete anarchy, and +
shortly many of their ports viii be
frozen, even If internal transport
could be realized.
To Preserve Civilization.
at this moment Germany has na
alone smoked the food and animals
from all those masses of people she
has dominated and left starving, hut
she has lSt behind her a total wreck
age Of social institutions, and this
mass Of people is now confronted with
absolute anarchy.
If we value our own safety and She
social organization Of the world, if we
value the preservation of civilization
Itself, we cannot permit growth of this
cancer ia the worlds vltals.
Famine is the mother Of anarchy.
From tie inability of governments to
secure food for tkeir people grows
revolution and chaos. From an ability
to supply their people grows stability I
Of government and the defeat Of an.
archy. Did we put it on no higher
plane than our interests in the PIE,
lection Of our institutions, we must
oestir ours ~Ases in solution Of tbs
problem