The Raymer enterprise., 1918-12-05
MUST INCREASE
FOOD EXPORTS
America Called on by End o.
War to Supply Added
Millions.
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED
Over Three Times Pre-War Shipments
d-oituation In Wheat and
Fats Proves Governments
eeliey Sound.

With the guns In Europe silenced,
ws have now To consider a new world
food situation. Bui there can be no
hope tina, the volume Of our exports
can b. lightened to the slightest de.
~ with the cessation Of hostilItIes.
MILLIONS OF people liberated from the
frussian yoke are now depending
upon vs. for the food which will keep
tAsm from starvation.
With food the United States made
It possible for the forces OF democ.
racy to hold out 10 victory. To insure
democracy In the world. we must con.
tinus to live simply In order that we
nay supply these liberated nations OF
sarope with food Hunger among II
people inevitably breeds anarchy.
American food mnst complete the work
e making the world safe for democ.
ncy.
Last year We sent II Sa0OOO tons OF
food to Europe. For the present year.
with only the European Allies to feed.
We had originally pledged ourselves 10
program that Would have increased
eur exports TO i7.J00.OW tons. Now
70 feed the liberated nations, we viii
have to export total OF not less than
ONO,OOO toas practically the limit
Of loading capacity at our ports, Re.
viewing the world food situation. we
nno that some foois will be obtaInnble
u quantities. sufficient to meet nil
world needs under regime Of eco
aonica consumption. On the other
hand, there win be marked world
ahortagss In some important commodI-
de-.
AsssFn = Normal Broad Lest.
WitA the enlarged wheat crops
NAaeA Ansrican farmers have grown,
~ tAs supplies Of Australia, the Al.
eeatiss and ether markets now acces
~ TO shipping. there are bread
esains seo1GA y enable the nations to
rstssn y tAslr normal wheat loaf.
pssvi1sd ~ esatinus to mill flour at
. AaeA perceatage Of extraction and
maintain seonemy In eating and the
svst1aaca Of waste.
h fatt there will be q heavy short.
~ shout 3eD0, 100000 pounds - in
Deuk predudl1:~ dairy products and
veossabls -. While there will be q
! >easftags Of abeut three million tons
u neh protein feeds for dairy anil.
nalA tAers will be sufficient supplies
= ether fssdstuifs to allow economical
consumption.
u ~ natter Of beef, the worlds
SUPPLIES are limited to the capacity of
u available rsfrigerating ships The
saDpliss Of bsef In Australia, the Ar.
gsntiae and the United States are sur.
scisat to loaA these ships. There will
b. shortage In the importing coun.
triea but We cannot hope to expand
sxperts materially for the next months
u view Of .as bottle neck in trans
portation.
We will have Z 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.
eerial extent will necessitate our shar.
l1p part Of our ewn supplies with
Hsm
Twenty Million Tens Of Food.
OF The world total, North America
Will furnish more than % per cent.
The United States, including the West
ladies', will be called upon to furnish
1000, QUO tons Of food Of all kinds as
compared with our pre-war exports of
sbOut 10000 tons.
While We will be able to change our
program In many respects, even a
casual survey Of the world supplies
u comparison to world demands shows
ceaciuslvely that Europe will know
famine unless the American people
oEsas tneir a0me consumption down
70 ths barsst minimum that will main.
tain health and strength.
There are conditions Of famine In
Europe that viii be beyond our power
b remedy. There are 40,0OO,0 600 peo-
pls In North Russia whom there IL
small chance Of reaching with food
this winter. Their transportation IL
demoralized In complete anarchy, and
shortly many Of their ports will be
frosen, even II internal transport
could be realised.
: 70 prsssrvs Civilization.
At this moment Germany has not
alsas suched the food and animals
from oil those masses Of people she
hAs dominated and left starving, but
shs has left behind her Z total wreck.
ags Il social institutions. and this
mass Of people u now confronted with
sbeoluts anarchy.
Il W value our own safety and -