The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-12-20
MUST INCREASE
FOOD EXPORTS
America Called on by End Of
War to Supply Added
Millions.
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED.
over Three Times Pre-War Shipments
Situation In Wheat and
Fats Proves Governments
Policy Sound.

can be hghtened to the slightest de
Millions Of people liberated from the
PrussiaA yoke are now depending
upon us for the food which will keep
them from starvation. .
With food the Omitted States made
1t possible for the forces Of denoe
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 a
people inevitably breeds anarchy.
American food must complete the work
of making tho world safe for democ-
racy.
Last year we seat II, S20, eco tons Of
food to Europe. For the present year.
with only the European Allies to feed,
we HAD originally pledged ourselves TO
a program that would have Increased
our exports to 1T,50000O tons. Now,
to feed the liberated nations. We win
have TO export total of not less than
20O00,000 toas- practically the limit
of loading capacity at our ports. BE
viewing the world food aituation, we
find that some foods win be obtainable
In quantities sufficient TO meet all
world needs under regime OF eco
nOmicai consumption. On Che other
hand. there Win be marked world
shortages in some Important eonmodi-
ties.
Return to Normal Bread Loaf.
Vita the enlarged wheat crops
which American farmers have grown,
and tae supplies Of Australia, the Ar
genuine and other markets. new aces
sible to shipping, there are bread
grains enough to enable the nations 10
return TO their normal wheat leaf,
provided we continue to mill -four AT
u high percentage Of extraction and
maintain ecenomy In eating and the
avoidance of waste.
In fats there will he a heavy short
age = about 5000 coo 600 pounds - In
pork products, dairy products and
vegetable oils. While there viii be a
shortage of about three mlfiien tons
In rich protein feeds Tor dairy ami
mails, there will be sufficient supplies
Of other feedstuffs to allow economical
In the matter of beef, the worlds
supplies are limited to the capacity af
the available ref1dgerating ships The
supplies Of beef in Australia, the Ar
genuine and the United States are sIf-
Iicient to load these ships There whl
lie a shortage In the importing eopn-
lries, but we cannot hope to expand
experts materially for the next months
In view of the bottle neck in trans
portation.
We will have sufficient supply of
sugar to allow normal consumption in
this country IL tlie other nations re-
tain their present short ratiens or in
crease them ONLY slightly. For the
countries Of Europe, however, TO in
crease their present rations 10 ma
terial extent will necessttate our skar-
Ing part OF our own supplies with
Them.
Twenty MILTON Tons Of Food.
OF the world total, North America
VIII furnish more than go 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 will De able TO change our
program In many respects, even a
casual survey OF the world supplies
In Comparison to world demands shows
that Europe will know
unless the American people
bring their home consumption down
to the barest minimum that will main
tain health and strength.
There are conditions of famine in
Europe that VIII be beyond our power
to remedy. There are 4o,000,000 peo-
pie In North Russia whom there Is
small chance Of reaching with food
this winter. Their transportation is
In complete anarchy, and
shortly many OF their ports Will be
frozen, even If internal transport
could be realized.
To Preserve Civilization.
At this moment Germany has not
alone sucked the food and animals
from all those masses of people she
has dominated and left starving, but
she has left 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 the
social organization of the world, If we
value the preservation of civilization
itself, we cannot permit growth of this
cancer In the worlds vitals.
Famine is the mother of anarchy.
From the Inability of governments TO
secure food for their people grows
revolution and chaos. From an ability
TO supply their people grows stability
III government and the defeat OF an
arehy. Did we put It on no higher
plane than our interests in the pro-
lection Of our institutions, we must
J. ...<f- o,trcalvav In solution of this