White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-01
America Called on by End Of
War to Supply Added
Millions.
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED.
Over Three Times Pre-War Shipments
Required-Situation IN Wheat and
Fats Proves Governments
Policy Sound.

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can be Mghtened to the slightest de
gree with the cessation of hostilitieS
Millions Of people liberated from the
'Prussian yoke are now depending
upon us for the food which will keep
them from starvation.
Wkh food the United States made
1t possible for the forces OF democ-
racy to hold out to victory. To insure
democracy in the world, we must con-
tnue to live simply in order that we
may supply these liberated nations of
Europe with food. Hunger among a
people Inevitably breeds anarchy.
American food must complete the work
Of making the world safe for democ-
rncy. SO
Last year we sent 11,S20,000 tons OF
food to Europe. For the present year,
we had originally pledged ourselves TO
4 program that would have increased
our exports to IL, 100000 tons. Now.
TO feed the liberated nations, we will
have to export . total Of not less than
100000 toas-practically the limit
Of loading capacity at our ports. Re
viewing the world food situation, we
ind thar some foods viii be ~obtainable
In quantities sufficient to meet all
world needs under . regime Of eco
nemical consumption On the other
hand, there will be marked world
shortages Ia soms important commodi-
usa.
Return % Normal Bread Loaf.
with the enlarged wheat crops
which American farmers have grown,
snd the supplies of Australia, the Ar
gentine and other markets now aces
Ebls to shipping, there are bread
grains enough to enable the nations to
return to their normal wheat Loaf,
provided We continue to min aour at
4 high percentage Of extraction and
maintain economy In eating and the
avoidance of waste.
In fats there will b Z heavy short
age about 600 pounds - In
pork products. dairy products and
vegetable oils. While there Will be Z
shortage of about three million toms
in rich protein feeds for dairy AMI
i't1fS bACIC al VC SuA1C1GAl 8QDUkkEo
81 other feedstuffs to allow economical
consumption.
In the matter Of beef, the worlds
supplies are limited to the capacity of
the available r~efrigerating ships. The
supplies Of beef in Australia, the Ar
Kentine and the United States are sui.
icient to load these ships. There will
hA q uhnpfouA In tho fan~r1n0 Anx~n
t1eA. but we cannot hope to expand
exps - materially for the next months
in view Of the bottle neck In trans
p~ortation.
We will have a sufficient supply of
sugar to allow normal consumption in
this country II the other nations re-
nj 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 n~ecessitate our shar-
ing a part OF our own supplies with
them.
Twenty Million Tons 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 upon to furnish
20,000.0 600 tons of food of all kinds as
compared with our pre-war exports Of
about 100000 tons. &
While we viii be able to change our
program In many respects, even q
casual survey Of the world supplies
in comparison to world demands shows
e~onclusively that Europe will know
famine unless the American people
bring their home consumption down
70 the barest minimum that will main
tain health and strength
There are conditions Of famine In
Europe that will be beyond our power
10 remedy. There are 40.OO0,O00 PEG
pie In North Russia whom there %
small chance Of reaching with food
this winter. Their transportation 10
demoralixed IN complete anarchy, and
shortly many Of their ports viii BE-
frozen, even II internal transport
could be realized
To Prsssye Civilization.
At this moment Germany has not
alone sucked the food and animals
from al those masses Of people she
has dominated and left starving. but
she has left behind her . tofel wreck
aee q social institutions, and this
mass OF people u nov ~confronted With
absolute anarchy.
II We value our own safety and the
s.,cial organization OF the world, Il We
value the preservation Of civilization
itself, we cannot permit growth Of this
cancer In the worlds vitals-
Famine Is the mother of anarchy.
From the Inability Of governments to
secure food for their people grows
revolution and chaoG From an ability
TO supply thslr people grows stability
az government and the defeat Of an
archy. Did we put It On no higher
plane than our interests In the pro-
tsnt1en q our institutions. We must
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