The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-12-06
MUST INCREASE
FOOD EXPORTS
America Called on by End Of
War to Supply Added
Millions.
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED.
Over Three Times Pre-War Shipments
Reauired-situation in Wheat and
Fats Proves Governments
Policy Sound.

With the guns in Europe silenced,
we have now to consider a new world
food situation. But there can be no
hope that the volume of our exports
can be liEhtened to the slightest de-
gree with the cessation of hOstilitles.
Millions Of people liberated from the
Prussian yoke are now 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 n
people inevitably breeds anarchy.
American food must complete the work
Of making the world safe for democ-
racy.
Last year we sen 11,820,0OO tons Of
food to Europe. Fol the present year,
with only the European Allies to feed.
we had originally pledged ourselves to
q program that would have increased
our exports to 17,5OO,OOO tons. Now.
to feed the liberated nations. we will
have to export a total Of not less than
20,OOO,OOO toas-practically the limit
Of loading capacity at our ports. Re
viewing the world food situation, W
find that some foods will be obtainable
In 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 som important commodi.
ties.
Return 70 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 aces
sible 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
a 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
SCSCl0OIC OlI0s W ullc IlCTC Will UE u
shortage of about three million tons
In 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.
gentine and the United States are sui!
ficient to load these ships. There will
he q shortage In the importing coun.
tries. but we cannO hope to expand
exports materially for the next months
in view Of the bottle neck in trans
portation.
We will have a sufficient supply OF
sugar to allow normal consumption In
this country II the other nations -.
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.
terial extent will necessitate our shar-
Ing q part Of our own supplies with
them.
Twenty Million Tons Of Food,
OF the world total, North America
will furnish more than 60 per cent.
The United States, including the West
Indies, will be called upon to furnish
~2O,OOO,00O tons of food of all kinds al
compared with our pre-war exports Of
about 100000 tons.
While we will be able to Cargo our
program In many respects even q
casual survey Of the world supplies
In comparison to world demands shows
cOnclusively 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 In
Europe that will be beyond our power
to remedy. There are 4O,OOO.OOO peo-
pie In North Russia whom there ID
small chance of reaching with food
this winter. Their transportation IL
demoralized In complete anarchy, and
shortly many Of their ports will be
frozen. even II Internal transport
could be realized
To Preserve Civilization.
AT SAAS UlOUlcuS OeTIuauv has uO(
alone sucked the food and 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 thi,
mass OF people Is q confronted will
absolute anarchy.
If we value our own safety and tn,
.ocial organization Of the world, II ",
value the preservation Of civilization
itself, we cannot permit growth Of thll
cancer in the worlds vitals.
Famine Is the mother Of anarchy
From the inability Of governments t.
secure food for their people grows
revolution and chaos. From an abilit!
to supply their people grows stabilit!
Of government and the defeat Of an
archy. Did we put 1t on no higher
plane than our interests in the pro
lection Of our Institutions, we mus