The Holbrook news., 1918-12-06
MUST INCREASE
 FOOD EXPORTS
America Called on by End oi War to Supply Added
 Millions.
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED.
Over Three Times Pre-war Shipments Required-situatlon in Wheat and Fats Proves Governments
 Policy Sound.

LOOQ SlludllOl. Dul luGIG CdAl DC nO
 hope that the volume of our exports
 can be frightened 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 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 a people inevitably breeds anarchy. American food must complete the work of making the world safe for democ- racy.
 Last year we sent Il ,S20, 900 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 IT, ,5OO,O GOO tons. Now, to feed the liberated nations, we will have to export a total of not less than 2O,O00,000 toas-practieally the limit of loading capacity at our ports. Re viewing the world food situation, we find that some foods will be obtainable in quantities sufficient to meet all world needs under a regime of eco nomical consumption. On the other hand, there will be marked world shortages in some important commodl- ties.
 Return to Normal Bread Loaf.
 With the enlarged wheat crops which American farmers have grown, and the supplies of Australia, the Ar genuine and other markets now acces- 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 a high percentage of extraction and maintain economy in eating and the avoidance of waste
 In fats there will be a heavy short age about 3,O00. 100000 pounds = in pork products, dairy products and vegetable oils. Willie there will be shortage of about three million tons in rich protein feeds for dairy ani- mals, 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 genuine and the United States are suf- fcient to load these ships There will be shortage in the importing coun- tries, but we cannot hope to expand fo1l in view of the bottle neck in trans portation.
 We will have 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 extent will necessitate our shar- ing part of our own supplies with them.
 Twenty Million Tons of Food.
 Of the world total, North America will furnish more than 60 per cent. The United States, including the West Indies, will be called upon to furnish 2O,O00,0OO tons of food of all kinds as compared with our pre-war exports of about 6,OO0,OOO tons.
 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 exclusively that Europe will know famine unless the American people bring their home consumption down b the barest minimum that will main tain health and strength.
 There are conditions of famine in Europe that will be beyond our power .o remedy. There are 4O,OOO,OOO peo- ple in North Russia whom there Is 'man chance of reaching with food his winter Their transportation is in complete anarchy, and shortly many of their ports will be 'rozen, even if internal transport ,ould be realized.
 To Preoerve Civilization.
 At this moment Germany has not Hone sucked the food and animals rom all those masses of people she las dominated and left starving, but he has left behind her total wreck lge of social institutions. and this mass of people is now confronted with Ibsolute anarchy.
 If we value our own safety and the ocial organization of the world, if we Talue the preservation of civilization tself, we cannot permit growth of this ancer in the worlds vitals.
 Famine is the mother of anarchy From the inability of governments to ecure food for their people grows evolution and chaos. From an ability o supply their people grows stability if government and the defeat of an rchy. Did we put 1t on no higher dane than our interests in the pro ection of our institutions, we must