Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-04-24
ALL MUST Be FED
Practically Every European Coun.
try Short OF Foodstuffs.
Agrieu!turists on This Side o. tho
Wafer Are Called on 10 Save the
World From Starvation-West.
ern Canada'H Great Or
p%ortunity.

pace in The papers as to the amount
OF money thar the United States will
nave 4" pay for its guarantee of the
price of wheat for 1919. The. indica.
tl"nS at present are that the treasury
VIII not be affected. Instead OF wheat
gong down the outlook now is that it
WI! go considerably above the pres
EN- guarantee. 1t is not only the opin-
Ion of II man of the experience of Mr..
Hoover that gives weight tn this as
'S;tnption. but We have the gluring fact
t!at there VIII he more mouths to feed
Cor this YEAR. and the next year or so,
than there We're in 1918. and the guam
tity of food will be little, if any,,
greater.
The assumption is based on the fact
that Germany. Austria and Poland,
aud others OF the fighting nations. un-
abb" 1" secure food enough in the past
TWO or three years. and still unable to
supply ii within themselves. will re-
qulre to he fed. The food can now be
taken to Them. For some time the SOL
diers will require to he fed: Italy will
have its demands. There will be adj
d!tinnni shipping, some Of which will
be needed for requirements Of India,
but ii will also make ocean transport
easier. Mr.. Hoover is possibly better
acquainted than any other individual
observer with both the worlds food
needs and its prospects of supplying
them.
He is naturally very close in touch
with conditions on this continent and
his position as virtual dictator of the
distribution of American-grown food
in Europe has given him u possibly
unique insight into European needs.
Mr.. Hoover says there will be no
surplus from the 1918 crop to carry
over into 1919. Even under normal
conditions this would be a sufficiently
precarious situation, for there nutl-
rally is any possible guarantee
that II or more of the great wheat
producing countries in Europe may
not experience Il crop failure. Under
present conditions, however, such lack
of surplus is distinctly dangerous, for
ttN WY " fSdlll IIdltlOIlS ulpOu lllSbl
that continent could normally rely for
the great bulk OF its wheat, that is to
say Russia, Bulgaria, Serbia and Rou.
mania, will for Obvious reasons be un.
able tn supply their OWN demands for
the coming year In addition to this,
MIR. Hoover points out hat famine In
India will call for q substantial pre-.
portiOr Of the Australian surplus, and
that. moreover, Il considerable part of
the Australian supply. which for lack
of shipping has been accommodating in
that country, has spoiled.
And the demand is by no means
only for wheat. Mr.. Hoover esti-
mated that he would BIZ able to fur.
nish Germany 10000 tons of grain
during the month of April. But it is
asserted that the German stocks of all
kinds of grain and of potatoes and
other vegetables will surely be ex.
haustpd before June.
Mr.. Hoover has also expressed tho.
belief that it is questionable whether
under the circumstances food enough
can he supplied to tide Germany over
until the next harvest.
1t is quite clear. from all this that
the world is going to depend more
the wolf from the door until the war.
devastated and anarchy ridden coun-
tries in Europe n once again feed
themselves. Already we read of the
protests of British soldiers occupying
Germany against allowing German
women and children to perish of star
walton as they are beginning to do. II
these conditions prevail in Germany
what must be the state Of affairs else.
where in Europe among nations which
have fought with us during the last
four years?
10 sum up, it may be stated with
confidence that the demand for every
product. of the farm will be unprece-
denied, and that the agriculturist will
receive the highest prices on recor,
for I'LL that he has to sell.
The duty of Canada, therefore, is tc
keep up it's work of assisting in sup
plying the need. 1t car do SO. 1t has
the land available ut low prices; tn,
market is there; railroad facilities are
good. the climate and the soil produce
tl,e hest wheat in the world. Western
Canada offers the opportunity and tho
unceasing flow of farmers into the
country indicates the fact that adyan
,nce is being taken Of it.-Advertise
taent.