The Benson signal., 1918-08-17
OUR Saved FOOD
FED The ALLIES
Food Administrator Writes PreSi-
dent America Conserved 141,-
100000 Bushels Wheat.
CREDIT DUE TO WOMEN.
Meat and Fat Shipments Increased by
s44,eoo,ooo Pounds.

Meat and Fat Shipments Increased by
s44,eoo,ooo Pounds.
Conservation measures applied by
the American people enabled the Unit
ed States to ship to the Allied peoples
and to our own forces overseas 141,-
100000 bushels of wheat and S44,60O,-
600 pounds of meat during the past
year, valued in all at 81, AGO. 100000
This was accomplished in the face of
serious food shortage in this country,
beSpeaking the WhOleheartedness and
patriotism with which the American
people have met the food crisis abroad.
Food Administrator Hoover, in q let
the situation was met. The voluntary
conservation program fostered by the
Food Administration enabled the piling
up of the millions Of bushels of wheat
during 1917-1S and the shipment of
meat during 1917-18.
The total value of all food ship
ments to Allied destinations amounted
bought through or in collaboration
with the Food Administration. These
figures are all based On official reports
and represent food exports for the
harvest year that closed June 30, 1918.
The shipments of meats and fats
Gncluding meat products, dairy prod
ucts, vegetable oils, etc., to Allied des-
tinations were as follows:
Fiscal year 1851. 2,16G, 100000 lbs.
Fiscal year 1917-1S. ..3, oil, 100 900 lbs.
Increase ......... 044,6OOOoO IDS.
Our sIaughterable animals at the be-
ginning of the last fiscal year were not
appreciably larger than the year be-
fore and particularly in hogs; they
were probably less. The increase in
shipments is due to conservation end
the extra weight of animals added by
our farmers
The full effect Of these efforts began
to bear their best results in the last
half of the fiscal year, when the ex-
ports to the Allies were 2133, 100000
pounds, as against 1896, 100000 pounds
In the same period of the year before.
This compares with an average of
SO1 100000 pounds Of total exports for
the same half years in the threeyear
pre-war period.
In cereals and cereal products re-
duced to terms Of cereal bushels our
shipments to Allied destinations have
been:
Fiscal year 1916-17. .259,900,CO0 bushels
Fiscal year 1917-1S. $40 100000 bushels
Increase ....s.... S0900,000 bushels
OF these cereals Our shipments Of
the prime breadstuffs in the fiscal year
Wheat 131 100000 bushels and of rye
13,90000O bushels, a total of IA, ,90O,-
600 bushels.
The exports to Allied destinations
during the fiscal year 1861 were:
Wheat 135,100,00O bushels and rye
100000 bushels, total of 1877, 100000
bushels. In addition some 100000
bushels of 1917 wheat are now in port
for Allied destinations or en- route
thereto. The total shipments to Allied
countries from our last harvest of
wheat will be therefore, about 141, ,000,-
600 bushels, or total of 154,90O,O00
bushels Of prime breadstuffs. In adj
dition to this we have shipped some
100000 bushels to neutrals depend
ent upon us, and we have received
some imports from other quarters.
"This accomplishment of our people
in this matter stands out even more
clearly if we bear in mind that we had
available in the fiscal year 1867
from net carry-Over and as surplus
over our normal consumption about
200,000,000 bushels Of wheat which we
were able to export that year without
trenching on our home Loaf" Mr..
Hoover said. 'This last year, however,
owing to the large failure of the 1917
wheat crop, we had available from net
carry-over and production and imports
only just about our normal consump-
ton. Therefore our wheat shipments
to Allied destinations represent ap-
proximately savings from our own
wheat bread.
"These figures, however, do not fully
convey the volume of the effort and
sacrifice made during the past year
by the whole American people. De-
spite the magnificent effort of our agri-
cultural population in planting Il much
increased acreage in 1917, not only was
there a very large failure in wheat,
but also the corn failed to mature prop
erly, and our corn is our dominant crop
II am sure" Mr.. Hoover wrote in
concluding his report, "that all the
millions of our people, agricultural as
we'll as urban, who have contributed
to these results should feel Il very
definite satisfaction that in a year OK
universal food shortages in the north
ern hemisphere all Of those people
Joined together against Germany have
come through into sight of the coming
harvest not only with wealth ana
strength fully maintained but with
only temporary periods of hardship.
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