The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-10

find that some foods will be obtainable
In quantities sufficient TO meet all
world needs under regime of eco
nomical 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 the supplies of Australia, the Ar
gentine and eother markets now acces-
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 nj
a high percentage OF extraction and
maintain economy In eating and tile
avoidance of waste.
In fats there will be q heavy short.
age - about 3,000,000,000 pounds - in
pork products. dairy products and
vegetable oils. While there will be a
shortage of about three million tons
in rich protein feeds for dairy ami
mails, there will be sufficient supplies
Of other feedstufls 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.
sentiue and the United States are sui.
icient to load these ships. There will
be Il 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 trans
portation
We will have n sufficient supply OF
sugar TO allow normal consumption in
this country If the other nations re-
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.
terlal extent will necessitate our shar-
ing part of our own supplies with
them.
Twenty Million Tors Of Food.
OF the world total, North America
will furnish more than 80 per cent
The United States. including the West
Indies, will be called ulon to furnish
100000 tons of food ol all kinds as
compared with our pre-war exports OF
about 6,000,000 tons.
While we will be able TO change ouI
! program in many respects, even O
casual survey of the world supplies
IN comparison to world demands shows
conclusively that Europe will know
famine unless the American people
bring their hor.c 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 40,000000 PEG
pie In North Russia whom there /,
small chance OF reaching with foot
this winter Their transportation I,
demoralized In complete anarchy, an,
shortly many OF their ports will b,
frozen, even II internal transpor
could be realized.
To Preserve Civilization.
At this moment Germany has no
alone sucked the food and animals
from all those masses of people sh,
has dominated aud left starving. hu
she has left behind her n total wreck
age OF social Institutions, and thi
mass OF people is now confronted wit
absolute anarchy.
II we value our own safety and IN
social organization OF the world, II "
value the preservation OF civilization
Itself, we cannot permit growth of thi
cancer in the worlds vltals.
Famine is the mother OF anarchy
IRON the inability of governments {
secure food for their people grow
revolution and chaos. From an abllit
to supply their people grows stabiiit
OF government and the defeat of an
archy. Did we put 1t on no highe
plane than our interests in the pr,
lection OF our Institutions We mus
bestlr ourselves In solution of thl
, problem.