Charlevoix county herald., 1918-09-20
U. S. MUST CARRY
the FOOD LOAD
psssbsrt bsoover, Homo From Europe
oUtitnss he Program America
Must Meet
pood AsAuiatstrator Pays Glowing
nlbats 10 the Women Of Our
At1iss For Their Magnificent
Part.

IAnsfnx, Sept. S-Following Ii
statement made by Mr.. Hoover In
New Pork. upon his return from his
trfp to Europe.
TIE harvests In France, England
ana llxly are better than one could ex'
peSAA the tremendous drain of man
pevSer 10 the front. This is due to the
women. There is no sight in the
world that would SO appeal to the
American heart as that Of the literally
millions of women doing all the work
d getting In the haryests while their
men are at work In the shops AMI
driving back the Germans.
The Figures Are stupendous.
The total food that must be import
I'd by the Allies for human consump'
ton ta the year beginning September
ist. 10 I'm round numbers as follows:
CeFeals for human consumption
500 o0e.eeo bushels.
Fats ePesk products-vsgstable oils)
1000 COZ. 600 pounds.
Sugar 1,5o0.eQo tons.
Beef preduets for civilian consump-
lSon seo. zoo, coo pounds.
In addition to this, beef must be
Imported for army needs and oats for
array horses
n this program is fulfilled there will
be no need for drastic rationing of
their food as during last year except
m beef and sugar. The world short
age in these two commodities makes
h hopeless to satisfy their whole need.
On the other hand this program pro
Sides an ample supply OF bread and
Rats, without the rationing Of either,
and together with their own produc-
sian gives sufficient supplies. The re.
strictions ON the consumption Of pork
products In Allied Countries have al.
ready been removed and bread will
be In full supply by September LIST,
md of better quality than last year,
hdit has been pretty bad in France
ne last few months.
The Burden Falls Upon America.
After shipping Is set aside for the
transport of the American Army and
Tor military purposes of all the Al
lies, a definite amount Of tonnage is
made available for the transport OF
The program of food for civilian con-
sumption. The purpose Of our Euro
pean food conference has been to
determine the amount Of food upon
which health and morale can be main
Iained, and to determine the nearest
possible sources of supply Of this food
10 the Allies; for only by the short
pst voyages, such as to North Amer
Ica, can be above supply be provided
with the tonnage available. There
toNs, upon North America falls the
burden Of food supply and any failure
means that much less food for the
efvil populations. While Canada can
export 100000. 900 bushels Of grain
!his year the major part of the Allied
brogram Tor next year falls upon us.
We have also to feed our enormous
army. II is the largest call for food
kxports ve have ever undertaken. We
can do II II we simply have the will
10 live with every economy and to
waste nothing. and It will put US to no
hardship.
Hoover Praises American Farmers.
BY the great effort Of our farmers
our United States harvests are better
(r11s year, but In order that we may
build up surplus of wheat this year
10 against possible crop failures such
"A we had last year, we have decided
10 mix 20 per cent of other grains with
wheat -four in all the countries fight
ing Germany. We cannot ask for bet