The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-03-19

AMERICA MUST
REDUCE WHEAT
CONSUMPTION
French High Commissioner Says
His Country Will Demand
More Cereals of Us
ARE TAUGHT TO SUFFER
United States Must Learn Some
Of Deprivations Now Com.
mon in Europe
ARE TAUGHT TO SUFFER

Baltimore. March l9.-America must
! do more toward reducing the domestic
consumption OF cereals and increasing
exports of that food to France, de-
;lared Andre Tardieu, French high
commissioner to the United States, in
an address he delivered here last
night before the Southern Commercial
congress. 4
''YOu must do it because it is a case
If necessity, because it must be done,
asserted Nj. M.aTardieu. For these last
~hree months the shipments of cereals
rom America to Europe have been
short about one third OF the supply
recognized as Indispensable to strictly
compromised needs. - ''',-'' f.' '
Summing up some of the economics
OF food practiced in France and to
emphasize his request for more food
from America, NJ. Tardieu SAID:
You are aware that the French ma.
ton has always lived mostly on wnea,
bread. Our pre-war consumption was
100000 tons per month. Our present
consumption has been now reduced to
r,30, eco tons, reduction OF about .
per cent. ,
"Of course it was impossible to re
duce TO any great extent the bread IA.
lion OF the soldier. That ration,
winch amounted in the first years OF
he war 10 about 20 ounces, has been
progressively cut down to a little Ovel
II ounces.
But, on the other hand, as regards
the civilian ,opulati6l, we had to es-
tablish the individual breadcard, al
lowing only about 10 ounces per day,
which means barely the third part OF
he average daily bread consump.
lion of the rench peasant or work
men before the war
''Feeding of horses and cattle on ce-
reals which could be used for the MAX
ing of bread has been prohibited. This
resulted in decrease of 80 per cent
in the number of horses in France
and in an important reduction of our
cattle
1--WE have radically suppressed, on
he other hand, all flour consuming in
lustries. The manufacturing of bis
cults and Of pastry, has been CON-
Dlelely abolished Strict rules have
been imposed on hotels and restau-
rants namely: absolute suppression OF
fancy bread.
Why No MeatIess Days.
II have heard that some Americans,
who were in France, few weeks ago,
have been wondering why we have not
kept the meatless days.
This suppression of meatless days
resulted from the lack of cereals for
the cattle feeding, which involved the
killing OF cattle, and the killing of cat
lie was meant. on the other hand, to
bring about a reduction in the human
consumption of these same sereals. !
may be allowed to add that, of late,
my good friend Mr.. Hoover, insisted
hat, as far as possible, we ought to
try to substitute the meat consump-
tiOn for the consumption Of cereals.
1--WE have reduced our sugar con.
.lmption by 40 per cent; our rice
consumption by 81 per cent our i'm
ports of fried vegetables have been
reduced 50 per cent; of oils and fats
by 4S per cent.
The people who have imposed such
sacrifices ON themselves are a people
who have kept fighting for almost
four years-a people who have MOD
ilized 100000 men from population
which, excluding the invaded teritor,
les, does not exceed 35,000,0O0 inhabit-
ants, people whose women and chill.
iren have taken the burden of indus
rial and agricultural work left by the
men who joined the army. people
whose army lost over million men in
killed, over a million men in manned
"a people whose army, nevertheless,
is still holding, with an uncOnQuerable
steadfastness. over twothirds of the
western front.
within the last weeks, despite the
restrictive measures | have stated.
there have been in France agricul
tural districts which had for days, to
put up with complete, absolute de-
privatio NOT bread--which could not
60 on, with0nt endangering the physi.
cal and moral health of the nation. e2 /
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