The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1918-12-13
MUST increase
FOOD EXPORTS
America Called on by End Of
War 10 Supply Added
Millions.
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED
over Three Times Pre.War Shipments
Reaulred-s,ua,ion In Wheat and
Fats Proves Governments
Policy Sound,

with the guns In Europe sIlcnccd,
we have now to consider new world
food situation. hut there can be no
hope that the volume Of our cxporls
cnn he llghtened to the slightest de-
gree with the COS alton NJ hoslIlllles
Millions Of people liberated from The
Prusslan yoke are now depending
upon US for the food which will keep
them from starvation.
With food the United States made
4 possible for the forces of dcmoc'
racy 10 hold out To Victory. To Insure
democracy In the world, we must con.
tlnue to live simply In order that we
may supply these liberated nations "
Europe with food. Hunger among n
people Inevitably breeds anarchy.
American food must complete the work
Of making the world safe for lcmoc.
ncy.
Last year We sent ll,S200O0 tons u
food to Europe. For the present year,
with only the European Allies to feed,
We had originally pledged ourselves to
n program that would hive increased
our exports to 100000 tons Now,
to feed the liberated nations, we will
have 10 export a total Of not less than
2O,OOOOOO tons practically the link
OF loading capacity at our ports Re.
viewing the world food situation, we
find that some foods will be- u lble
In quantities sufficient To mr all
world needs under n regime 20 rco.
nomlcnl consumption. On the other
hand, there will be marked world
shortages In some important commodl.
ties.
Return TO Normal Bread Loaf.
with the enlarged wheat crops
which American farmers have grown,
and tho supplies OF Australia, the Ar.
genilnc and other markets now acces.
slble TO shipping, there nre 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 NJ waste.
In fats there will he heavy short.
age - about 3,OO0.OeOOO0 pounds - In
pork products, dnlry products and
vegetable oils. While there will be a
shortage OF about three million tons
In rich protein feeds for dairy anil
mails, there will be sufficient supplies
OF other feedstuns to allow economical
consumption.
In the matter Of beef, the worlds
supplies are limited to the capacity Of
the available rcfrlgeratlng ships The
supplies Of beef In Australln, the Ar.
gentlno and the United States nfe sui.
ncient TO load these ships. There VIII
DO a shortage In the importing coun.
tries, but we cannot hope to expand
exports materially for the next months
In view OF the bottle neck In trims.
portatlon.
We VIII have sufficient supply Of
sugar 10 allow normal consumption In
this country II the other nations re.
tain their present short ratlons or I'm.
crease them only slightly. For the
OF Euronc bowever ia In
crease their nresent ro,lons 10 n na
terlal extent will necesslinte our shar.
Ing a part of our own supplies with
them. ~
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Wi.'ne WorIu iolal' North America
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indies. wifi he chilled unan ~ ~" s,,n mvSs
10000 900 ions Of food or nh lInda oa
COMPARED with our nre.,yor a,na, ss ="
about GOOOO O0 TONS 70 VI
While we viii no mia 10 .,..
program in many resr. o, s"''" as'e. our
casual survey ~ tho uor,d . s.uu
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