Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-10-25
m-sr INCREASE
FOOD SHIPMENTS

uoover outlines the Iood conserN6
,lon program recommended for thu
,merican people during the cominl
year;
There is no prospect of a proper
..aing of the war before the cam
a;on Of the summer of 1919. To at
..in victory we must place in France
A,ee and a half million fighting mer
with the greatest mechanical equip
AMI thai has ever been given to any
army While we expect tohe position
~ the western front may be i'm
,foyed from military point of view
hrtween now and then, there can be
M hope Of a contamination of the
and that we must secure until an
other year has gone by.
n we are TO accomplish this end
n 1919 we will save a million Amer
iran lives that will be expended if
We have to continue until 1920. To
Dive this final blow in 1919 we have
NOT only to find the men, shipping
and equipment for this gigantic
army. but this army, the allied ar
mics and the allied civil population
must have ample food in the eman-
time If we are to maintain their
strength. We can do all these things
and believe we can bring this dread
ful business to an end if every man.
woman and child in the United States
tests every action every day and hour
by the one touchstone-does this or
that contribute to winning the war?
The food program is no small part
Of this issue. To provide ships for
our army, we have not only to build
all that we can but we must have the
help of allied shipping. In order that
the allies may provide this, they must
take food ships from the more dis
tant markets and place them upon
the shorter run to the United States.
We must decrease our imports of
sugar, coffee and tropical fruits.
Under these conditions the demand
upon us is for larger supplies. The
conferences on food supply and ship
ping we have held in Europe enable
us to estimate our burden. Com
pared with last year, the allied civil
ians and armies, our own armies, the
Belgian relief and certain neutrals
who are dependent on us require the
following increased amounts from
us.
Meats and fats (beef pork dairy,
poultry and vegetable oil products),
1850 600 tons; bread stuffs (wheat
and substitutes in terms of grain),
$500 ,0OO tons; sugar (from United
States and West lndies), $4,000
tons; feed grains (mostly army oats)
10000 tons. A total increase Of
5,730000 tons.
EAGl lIlO lJIO6i an HiGhllS lul lAltl
self-denial by the allies next year
They are making this sacrifice in the
com omcnause. We must maintain
the health and strength of every hui
man being among them or they will
be unable to put heir full strength
alongside our own in the supreme eff
fort At the Presidents direction,
have assured them that lin this com
mon cause, we eat at a common
table and upon entering these con-
ierences in Europe we promised them
that whatever their war-food pro-
gram called for from us we should
fulfill.
II We survey our ability to meet
lhis definite promise to them we find
mat while our wheat production this
year is better than last year, our pro-
auction Of other cereals is less. We
aaVe had severe losses through
thought in many sections On bal
ance our resources are no greater
man last year We find, however
mat We can give this increase in food
supplies, of 5,73O,000 tons over last
year, and still have a margin over the
amount necessary to maintain our
own health and strength.
A AT best the allied table will be
FSs than ours, for the allied peoples
are denying themselves more in
Ofder to transport our soldiers. We
ean DO no less than fill the ships
they send us.
4 vi our imports, we shall appar-
'n'ly have sufficient sugar to main
sn the present consumption and
@Ae care of the extra drain of the
"'es from our markets, instead OF
S~pelling them to send their ships
A tue tar east We can secure in
4 'hg vessels the coffee we need
no one makes an over-brew OF
own products we must secure a
s'uction in consumption and waste
L the two great groups of, first
F0austutfS; and second meats and