The Denver star., 1918-09-21
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, SOC, 900 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 H..
100000 bushels of wheat and S44 ,6OO,-
900 pounds OF meat during the past
year, valued in all at 81. 4OO. O.OOO.0O.
This was accomplished in the face OF =
serious food shortage in this country.
heSpeaking the whOleheartedneSS and
patriotism with which the American
people have met the food crisis abroad.
Food Administrator Hoover, in let
ter to President Wilson. explains how
the situation was met. The voluntary
conservation program fostered by the
Food Administration enabled the pilsng
up of the millions of bushels of wheat
during 19l7-lS and the shipment of
meat during l9lT-lS.
The total value Of all food ship
ments to Allied destinations amounted
to 81, OO.OOO.OO0. al this food being
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. 1913
The shipments of meats and fats
(inc!uding meat products, dairy prod
ucts. vegetable oils. etc) to Allied des
tinations were as follows:
Fiscal year l9lG-l7 =. l66, 800 900 lbs
Fiscal year l9l7-1S. Bob. 100000 lbs.
Increase ........... Si46OO,OOO lbs.
Our slaughterable 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 and
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 ey
ports to the Allies were 2.l33. 100000
pounds, as against .2G6. 800, 900 pounds
in the same period of the year before.
This compares with an average of
sol. 100000 pounds oG total exports for
the same half years in the threc-year
pre-war period.
In cereals and cereal products re-
duced to terms of cereal bushels our
shipments to Allied destinations have
been:
Fiscal year 1861. 2l9. 800 900 bushels
Fiscal year l9I1-lS. .3iO. 800, 900 bushels
Increase ......... $4,000, 600 bushels
or these cereals our shipments of
the prime breadStuflS In the fiscal year
1917-1S to Allied destinations We're ::
Wheat l3l.0OO.Oo0 bushels and OF rye
l3 800, 900 bushels, II total of l44 .9OO,-
900 bushels.
The exports to Allied destinations
during the fiscal year 1861 wer. ::
Wheat 13J. 100000 bushels and rye
2.3oO, 600 bushels. a total OF 13T. 400 900
bushels In addition some i0.OO0,OOO
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 141 900.
900 bushels, or total Of l54,9OO.OOO
bushels of prime breadstufs. In ad-
dition to this we have shipped some
1O.OOO.OOO bushels to ncutrals depend
ent upon MS. and we have received
some imports from other quarters
This accomplishment Of our people
in this matter stands ont even more
clearly If we bear in mind that we had
available in the fiscal yenr 10l6-l7
from net carry-oycr and as surplus
over our normal consumption about
200, 100000 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-
tion. Therefore our wheat shipments
to Allied destinations represent APP
proximately savings from our own
wheat bread.
'"rhese figures. however, do not fully
convey the volume of the effort and
sacrifice made during tile past year
by the whole American people. De-
spite the ma gnificent effort of our aeri-
cultural population in planting ii much
increased acreage in 1917, not only was
there a very large failure in whent,
but also the corn fniled to mature prop.
eriy, and our corn is our dominant crop.
Il am sure" Mr. Hoover wrote in
concluding his report, that aIl tho
millions of our people. agricultural as
well as urban, who have contributed
TO these results should feel a very
definite satisfaction that in year OF
universal food shortages I'm 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 and
strength fully maintained, but with
only temporary periods Of hardship.
ut Is difficult to distinguish between
various sections of our people--the