The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-12-04

MUS INC,'|'| H: ] s /.
FOOD 70 EXPORTS !. | / J
America Called on by End m
War to Supply Added. /. ! +
# Millions. = z. s & Ill.
/ ECONOMY {: {! STILL NEEDED Fl E::l'|
over Three Times Pre-war Shipments
Rsqulred-s,tuatlon In Wheat and
:" Fats Proves Governments g..
Policy Sound.
ECONOMY STILL r NEEDED +:

With the guns In Europe silenced,
we have now to consider q new world
food situation. But there can be no
hope that the volume of our exports
can be lightened to the slightest de-
gree with the cessation of hostilities.
Millions Of people liberated from the
Prussian yoke are now depending
upon us for the food which will keep
them from starvation.
. With food the United States made
It possible for the forces of dem0c.
.racy to hold out to victory. To insure
democracy in the world, we must con-
dnue to live simply in order that we
may supply these liberated nations of
Europe with food. Hunger among a
people inevitably breeds anarchy.
American food must complete the work
Of making the world safe for democ-
racy.
Last year we sent 11,82O,OOO tons of
food to Europe. For the present year,
with only the European Allies to feed,
we had originally pledged ourselves to
program that would have increased
our exports to 17,50O,OO0 tons. Now,
to feed the liberated nations, we will
have to export a total of not less than
N,OOOOOO toas-practically the limit
of loading capacity at our ports. Re
viewing the world food situation, we
ind that some foods will be obtainable
IN quantities sufficient to meet all
world needs under q regime of eco
nom1cal consumption. On the other
hand, there will be marked world
shortages in some important commodi.
" ties.
Return to Normal Bread Loaf.
With the enlarged wheat crops
which American farmers have grown.
and the supplies of Australia, the Ar
gentine and other markets now aces
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
q high percentage Of extraction and
maintain economy In eating and the
avoidance of waste.
IN 1ats there will be heavy short
age - about 3,0OO,00OO0O pounds II in
pork products, dairy products and
vegetable oils. While there will be q
shortage Of about three million tons
In rich protein feeds for dairy ami
: mails, there will be sufficient supplies
of other feedstuffs to allow economical
consumption.
In the matter Of beef, the worlds
supplies are limited to the capacity of
the available refrigerating ships The
supplies of beef in Australia, the Ar
+, gentine and the United States are suf-
hdent to load these ships. There will
be shortage in the importing coun-
tries, but we cannot hope to expand
exports materially for the next months
N 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.
terfal extent will necessitate our shar.
Ing part Of our own supplies with
them.
Twenty Million Tons Of Food.
r OF the world total, North America
will furnish more than 60 per cent
The United States, including the West
Indies, viii be called upon to furnish
10000, 600 tons Of food of all kinds al
compared with our pre-war exports Of
about 100000 tons.
q While We will be able to change our
program In many respects, even a
casual survey of the world supplies
In comparison to world demands shows
conclusively that Europe will know
famine unless the American people
bring their home consumption down
to the barest minimum that will main
tain health and strength.
81 There are conditions of famine in
= Europe that will be beyond our power
to remedy. There are 100000 peo-
pie in North Russia whom there Ia
small chance Of reaching with food
this winter. Their transportation il
demoralized In complete anarchy, and
shortly many Of their ports will be
frozen, even IL internal transport
could be realized.
To Preserve Civilization.
At this moment Germany has not
alone sucked the food and animals
n from all those masses Of people she
has dominated and left starving, but
She has left behind her q total wreck.
ago Of social institutions, and this
mass Of people is now confronted with
absolute anarchy. ~s%'' --.: =
Il we value our own safety and the
social organization Of the world, II we
valne the preservation Of civilization
ttDelf. We cannot permit growth OF this
tcancer in the worlds vitalA :.
Bamine In the mother of anarchy.
From the inability, Of governments to
secure food for their people grows
revolution and chaos From an ability
70 supply their people grows stability
re government and the defeat OF an
4 archy. Did We put it on no higher
plane than our interests ID the PRO
fsction of our institutions, We must
eth ourselves IN solution Of this
bla s.. s=:3G 4 .s.5 81.