Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-01-18
MUST INCREASE FOOD EXPORTS 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.
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED.
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N
 food situation. But there can be nc
 hope that the volume of our exports
 can be frightened 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 a people inevitably breeds anarchy. American food must complete the work of making the world safe for dem c. racy.
 Last year we sent II ,S2O,OOO tons of food to Europe. For the present ye; r. with only the European Allies to fe I, We had originally pledged ourselves 70 program that would have increased our exports to 17,5OO,OOO tons. Now, to feed the liberated nations, we will have to export a total of not less than 2oOOO,OOO tOas-practically the limit Of loading capacity at our ports. Re viewing the world food situation, we 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 commodi- ties
 Return to Normal Bread Loaf,
 With the enlarged wheat crops which American farmers have grown, and the supplies of Australia, the Ar genuine and other 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 at a high percentage of extraction and maintain economy in eating and the avoidance of waste.
 In fats there will be heavy short age - about 3,0O0OOO,OOO pounds in pork products, dairy products and vegetable oils. While there will be shortage of about three million tons in rich protein feeds for dairy api. mals, there will be sufficient supplies of other feedstuffs to allow economical consumption.
 In the matter of beef, the worlds supplies are limited to the capacity of the available refrigsrating ships The supplies of beef tn Australia, the Ar genuine and the United States are sui Acient to load these ships. There will be . 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 . sufficient supply of sugar to allow normal consumption in this country if the other nations rs- 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 necessitate our shar- ing part of our own supplies with them.
 Twenty Million Tons of 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 2O,OOO,OOO tons of food of all kinds as compared with our pre-war exports of about 600O,OO0 tons.
 While we will be able to change our program in many respects, even casual survey of the world supplies In comparison to world demands shows conclusively that Europe will know famine unless the American peopls 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 our power to remedy. There are 400OO,OO0 peo. l pie in North Russia whom there is small chance of reaching with food i this winter. Their transportation is demoralized in complete anarchy, and i shortly many of their ports will be | frozen, even if internal transport could be realized.
 To Preoerve Civilization.
 At this moment Germany has not alone sucked the food and animals from all those masses of people she has dominated and left starving, but she has left behind her d total wreck age of social institutions, and this mass of people is now confronted with absolute anarchy.
 If we value our own safety and the social organiza tion of the world, If 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 Dscure food for their people grows revolution and chaos. From an ability to supply their people grows stability of government and the defeat of an. archy. Did we put 1t on no higher plane than our interests in the pro. koCt}0n of nnr tuu -a sn,~S