The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-12-26
MUST Increase
FOOD EXPORTS
America Called on BY End oi
War to Supply ADDED
Millions.
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED.
Over Three Times Prs-War Shipnents
Required Situation In Wheat and
Fats Proves covsrnmenrs
Policy Sound.
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED.

We have now to consider new world
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
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 .
people inevitably breeds anarchy.
American food must complete the work
Of making the world safe for delDoc-
r.cy.
Last year we sent II. SIC, 900 tons 81
food to Europe. For 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 17.5O0,0O0 tons. Now,
to feed the liberated nations, we will
have to export total Of not less than
2O.OOO.OOO toas-practicaliy the limit
OF loading capacity at our ports. Re
viewing the world food situation, We
find that some foods will be obtainabie
In Quantities sufficient to meet all
wcr;d needs under a regime Of eco
romical consumption. On the other
hand, there will be marked world
shortages In some important eomlnodi.
: ties.
Return e Normal Bread Lest.
With the enlarged wheat crops
which American farmers hare crown,
and the supplies OF Australia, the Ar
gentine and other markets now acccs.
sible to shipping, there are bread
grains enough to enable the nations ID
return to their normal wheat, loaf,
provided We scontinuer - nfaH 6esar ID
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 3,0O0 OOO. 900 pounds - In
pork products. dairy products and
vegetable oils While there will be q
shortage Of about three million tons
in rich protein feeds for dairy ani.
mails, there will be sufficient supplies
Of other :cedstuffs to allow economical
consumption.
In the matter Of beet, the worlds
supplies are limited to the capacity of
the available refrigeratirg ships. The
supplies of beef In Australia, the ar.
gentine and the United States are sui.
ficient to load these ships. There will
be Q 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.
portetion.
We will have a sufficient supply of
sugar to allow normal consumption In
this country II 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.
terial extent will neccssitate our shar.
ins part of our own supplies with
them
Twenty Million Tens 81 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
20,000,0OO TONS of food of all kinds as
compared with our pre-war exports Of
about 6.Oo0,OOO tons.
While we will be able to change 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 cur power
to remedy. There are 10000 600 peo-
pie In North Russia whom there Is
small cll;iiice of reaching with food
this winter, Their transportation is
,Icmoralizesi In complete anarchy, and
shortly many OF their ports will be
frozen. even II internal transport
could be realized.
To Preserve Civilization.
At this moment Germany has not
alone sucked the food and animals
from all those masses of peoDle she