The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28
America Called on by End OF
War to Supply Added
Millions.
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED.
Over Three Times Pre-War Shipments
Nequired-Situation in Wheat and
Fats Proves Governments
Policy Sound.

VIC nave HOW " COliSlueI u new WOCIu
food situation. But there can be no
hope that the volume Of our exports
can be lightened to the slightest de-
gree with the cessation Of hOstilities.
Millions Of people liberated from the
Prlssian yoke are % depending
upon us for the food which will keep
them from starvation.
With food the United States made
It possible for the forces Of democ-
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 q
people \ inevitably breeds anarchy.
American food must complete the work
Il making the world safe for democ-
Ncy.
Last year we sent H. 600 tons Of
food to Europe. For the present year.
With only the European Allies to feed,
Ne had originally pledged ourselves to
q program that would have increased
4 exports to 17,5OO,OOO tons. Now,
TO feed the liberated nations, we will
have to export q total of not less than
3O,OOO,OO toas-practically the limit
Of loading capacity at our ports. Re
viewing the world food situation, we
and that some foods will be obtalnable
n quantities sufficient to meet all
world needs under a 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,
aAd the supplies Of Australia, the Ar
0entine and other markets now acces-
skble to shipping, there are bread
grains enough to enable the nations to
return to their normal wheat loaf,
provided we continue to mill flour at
q high percentage Of extraction and
maintain economy In eating and the
avoidance Of waste.
In fats there will be q heavy short
age about 5000, 900, 900 pounds I'm
PORK products, dairy products and
vegetable oils. While there will be q
~A~ So6C VI nOOul lNlCC ulllllON IUu0
n rich protein feeds for dairy ami
mails, there will be sufficient supplies
Of other feedstuffs 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
uentine and the United States are sui
ncient to load these ships. There will
Dc a shortage In the importing coun-
tries, but We cannot hope to expand
exports materially for the next months
y view Of the bottle neck in trans.
Dertation.
We will have 4 sufficient supply Of
sakar to allow normal consumption In
tAis country IL the other nations 70
tain their present short rations or Ia
e1sas them only slightly. For the
countries Of Europe, however, to in
CREASE their present rati0ns to q ma
tsrial extent will necessitats our shar-
)4x 4 part Of our ovn supplies with
them.
Twenty Million Tons Of Food.
OF the world total, North America
WBll furnish more than 50 per cent.
HBhs United States. including the West
ladies, will be called upon to furnish
100000 tons Of food Of all kinds a.
compared with n pre-war exports Of
about 100000 tons.
While We will be able to change our
program in many respects, even q
~>aAy MsNvA~ - tn ~~>ApA -..--pR--
= comparison to world demands shows
A~oncIusively that Europe will know
famine unless the American people
bring their home consumption down
- the barest minimum that will MAIN
thin health and strength.
There are conditions Of famine in
Europe that will be beyond our power
b remedy. There are 100000 900 peo-
Dle In North Russia whom there 10
small chance of reaching with food
This winter. Their transportation 10
0emoralized In complete anarchy, and
Shortly many of their ports will be
frozen, even II internal transport
could be realized.
To Preserve Civilization.
AT this mO1nen Germany has not
alone sucked the food aud animals
from all those masses of people she
has dominated and left starving, but
she has left behind her a total wreck
age of social institutions, and this
mass of people is nov confronted with
absolute anarchy.
II we value our own safety and the
social organization Of the world, il we
value the preservation of civilization
itself, we cannot permit growth of this
cancer In the worlds vitais.
Famine Is the mother of anarchy.
From the inability OF governments to
secure food for their people grows
revolution and chaos. From an ability
to supply their people grows stability
of government and the defeat Of an
arehy. Did We put 1t on no higher
plane than our interests In the pro-
tDction OF our institutions, NJ must
1sstjr ourselves In solution = this
problem.