The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-09-05
CUR SAVED FOOD
FED The ALLIES
Food Administrator Writes PreSl-
dent America Conserved l4l,-
OO0.0OO Bushels Wheat.
CREDIT DUE TO WOMEN.
Meat and Fat Shipments Increased BY
So COO 600 Pounds.

Conservation measures applied by
he American people enabled the tuit-
ed states To- ship 20 the Allied people
ana To our own forces overseas i4l,-
100000 bushels 81 wheat ANA >44,6o0
900 pounds of meat daring tie PAST
year. valued lu all at Sl4et@0o00
This was accomplished in the face Of
serious food shortage In This country
heSneaktng the Vho.rheartedueNS ana
patriotism uith which The American
neople hive Met the food eriSi, abroad
Food Administrator Hoover in q let
.er fo President Wilson. explains how
he Sttuatfon was met The voluntary
conservation pro-ram fos-ered 10y the
Food Administration enabled the piling
ap of the millions Of bushels Of wheat
during 1q17-1s and the shipment of
meat during 19l1-1S.
Tie total value Of all food ship
mentS to Allied destinations amounted
10 81. 100 0Oo0OOoO. all this food being
bought through or in collaboration
with The Food Administration. These
figures are all hase1 on official reports
and represent food exports for the
harvest wear that closed June 30 l"ls
The shipments of meats and fats
Gncudlug meat products dairy prod
uctS. vegetable oils, erc.,) TO Allied des
tinations were as follows:
Fiscal year l9l6-l7....2 . lG6.5o101o lbs.
Fiscal year l9l7-1S. ...30ll 100000 lbs.
Increase ........ Sl46oo0oO lbs.
Our slauehtera5le animals at the be
ginning of the last fiscal year were NOT
appreciahly larger ttan the wear be-
fore and particularly in hogs they
We're probably less. The increase II
shipments is due 70 conservation and
the extra weight of animals added by
our farmers
The fun effect Of these efforts began
to bear their hest results in the last
half Of The fiscal year, when the ex
ports to the Allies were > l33. 100 OOt
pounds, as against / 26650o 600 pound,
IN the same period OF the year before
This compares with an average oi
sol 600 900 pounds of total exports fol
the same half years In the three-yeaI
pre-war period.
In cereals and cereal products re
duced TO terms Of cereal bushels ou'
shipments to Allied destinations hav,
been
Fiscal year l9l617 2599o000o bushels
Fiscal year 1917 IS 340, 100000 buSheh
Increase ...... $4,000 00O hushe
OF these cereals our shipments u
| tire prime breadstuffs in the fiscal yea
| l9l7-ls to Allied destinations We're
| Wheat l3l 100000 bushels aud Of ry
Is 100000 bushels, total Of 1i4,9o0
| 0N0 bushels
The exports 10 Allied destination
during the fiscal year l9l6l1 We're
Wheat 135. lOO 600 bushels and ry
a
bushels In addition some 10000 90
bushels Of 1917 wheat are now IN por
for Allied destinations or Ell rout
thereto The total shipments to Allie
countries from our last harvest q
wheat will be therefore. about l4l Geo
| 0o0 tushels, or totaI Of l5l90O00
bushels of prime brcadSluffs In nc
dition to this We have shipped som
4 10000 OU0 bushels TO ueutrals depenJ
cnt upon US. and We have receive
some imports from other quarters
"1his accomplishment Of our peopl
In this matter stands out even nor
clearly lf we bear in mind tina We la
available in the fiscal ycal 1916
from net carry-over and as surplr
over our normal consumption abol
POO 600 900 bushels Of wheat which "
We're able to export that year Withot
lrenching on our home loaf. N
l Hoover said. "Ths last year hoWcye
owing to The large failure OF the l9l
wheat crop, we had available from Il,
carry-over ana production and impor
only Just about our normal conSuml
ti0n Therefore our wheat shipmeH
to Allied destinations represent al
proximately savings from our ON
wheat bread
These figures, however, do not ful
convey the volume of the effort al
. T. /
hy the whole American people y
spite the magnificent effort of oar an
cultural population in planting a niue
increased acreage in 1917, not only ";
there very large failure in Whea
but also the corn failed to mature pro
city, ANA our corn is our dominant Gro
II am sure. Mr.. Hoover wrote
concluding his report, that all ii
millions of our people agricultural !
we'll as urban, who have contribute
t0 these results should feel a vel
definite satisfaction that in year
universal food shortages in the mort
ern hemisphere all of those peop
Joined together against Germany hM
come through into sight Of The CONN
harvest not only with wealth al
! >trcua,h fully maintained. but wi
only temporary periods of hardship.
"il difficult to distinguish belWe,
i auous sections of our peopIe-t'
/ homes, public eating places, 70,
cradles. urban or agricultural popul