Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-12-05
America Called on BY End Of
War 10 Supply Added
Millions.
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED.
over Three Times Prs.wr ohlpmsn,'
Required Situation In Wheat and
Fats Proves Governments
Policy sound,

We have now to consider n rev world
food bltuntlOn liut there can be no
hope that the volume of our exports
can be llghtened 10 the slightest de-
gree with the cessation OF hostllltles.
Millions of people liberated from the
Prusslnn yoke are now depending
u,on us for the food which Will keep
them from starvation.
With food the United States made
II possible for the forces OF dcmoc-
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 n
people inevitably breeds anarchy.
American food must complete the work
Of making the world safe for democ-
racy.
Last year we sent 1l,S20,000 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 l7,500,000 tons. Now,
to feed the liberated nations, we will
have to export total of not less than
200O000O toaS-practically the limit
of loading capacity ut our ports Re
viewing the world food situation, we
and that some foods will be obtalnable
IN quantities sufficient to meet all
world needs under regime of eco
nomical consumption. On the other
hand, there will be marked world
shortages in some important cOmmodi-
ties.
Return to Normal Bread Loaf.
With the enlarged wheat crops
which American farmers have grown.
and the supplies of Australia, the Ar
gentine 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 -four at
q high percentage Of extraction and
maintain economy In eating and the
avoidance Of waste.
In fats there will be a heavy short
age - about 1900, 600 900 pounds = in
pork products, dairy products and
vegetable oils. While there viii be q
shortage of about three million tons
In rich protein feeds for dairy ami
mails, there win be sufiicient supplies
Of other feedstufrs 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
gentine and the United States are suf.
hcient to load these ships. There win
Do q shortage In the importing coun-
tries, but we cannot hope to expand
exports materially for the next months
N view Of the bottle neck In trans
portation.
We will have q suficient supply Of
sugar to allow normal consumption In
Nils country II the other nations re-
tAin their present short rations or In
crease them only slightly. For the
8ounhles Of Europe. however, to In
grease their present rations to a ma
fsrial extent will necessitate our shar-
Ing q part Of our own supplies WITH
them.
: Twsnty Million rens Of Foed.
= OF the world total, North Ameriss
win furnish more than go per cent,
The United States, including the West
Indies, will be called upon to furnish
10000 600 tons of food of all kinds ~
compared with our pre-war exports OF
about 100000 tons.
While we will be able to change ouI
program in many respects, even q
casual survey Of the world supplies
In comparison to world demands shows
conclIslvely that Europe will know
famine unless the American people
bring their home consumption down
to the barest minimum that will main
tain health and strength.
There are conditions of famine II
Europe that viii be beyond our power
to remedy. There are 40,000.000 peo
Pile IN North Russia whom there ii
small chance of reaching with fooC
this winter Their transportation i
demoral1ed in complete anarchy, anG
shortly many of their ports win b,
frozen, even If internal transpor
could be realized.
To Preserve Civilization.
At this moment Germany has no
alone sucked the food and animal
from ali those masses of people sh
has dominated and left starving, bu
she has left behind her total wreck
age OF social institutions, and thi
mass OF people is now confronted wit
absolute anarchy.
II we value our own safety and tn
social organization Of the world. IL W
iyalte the preservation Of Civilization
itkef we cannot permit growth Of thi
cancer ii lie worlds yitais.
Famine is the mother of anarchy
Eroxa tile Inability Of governments t
ser0re food for their people grow
reTolatIon aud chaos. From an abiiit
ilo supply their people grows stabillt
III government and the defeat Of III
'nfcDy. Did we put II on no higte
I6Iane than our interests in the pr
cfion Of our institutions, we mus
hesfir ourselves 10 solution Of thI
nroblem-