The state herald., 1919-04-25
ALL MUST Be FED
Practically Every European couR.
try Short Of Foodstuffs.

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World From starvatlen-Wsst-
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portunlty. a
Considerable discussion Is taking
place In the papers as to the amount
OF money that the United States will
have to pay for Its guarantee Of the
price Of wheat for 1910. The indlca-
tons ut present are that the treasury
Will not be affected. Instead Of wheat
going down the outlook now Is that It
Will go considerably above the pres
ent guarantee. It is not only the opin-
Ion OF a man Of the experience Of Mr..
Hoover that gives weight to this us.
sumption. but We have the glnring fact
that there will be more mouths to feed
for this year. and the next year or so.
thnn there were In 1918, and the guam
tity OF food will be little, II any.
greater
The assumption Is based on the fact
that Germany, Austrla and Poland.
and others Of the fighting nations. un-
able to secure food enough In the past
two or three years. and still unable to
supply 1t within themselves, will re-
Quire to be fed. The food can now be
taken to them. For some time the SOL
diers will require to be fed; Italy will
have Its demands. There will be I'D
ditional shipping. some Of which will
be needed for requirements Of India,
but II Will nlso make ocean transport
easler. Mr.. Hoover Is possibly better
acquainted than amy other individual
observer with both the worlds food
needs md Its prospects Of supplying
them.
He is naturally very closely In touch
with conditions on this continent and
his position as virtual dictator Of the
distribution Of Americnn-grown food
In Europe has given him 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 sufficiently
precarious situation. for there natu.
rally never A nny possible guarantee
that one or more OF the great wheat.
producing countries In Europe may
not experience n crop failure. Under
present conditions, however. such lack
Of surplus In distinctly dangerous. for
the very European nations upon which
that continent could normally rely for
the great bulk Of Its wheat, that il to
say Russia. Bulgaria, Serbia and Rou
mania. will for obvious reasons be un'
able to supply their own demands fo'
the coming year. In addition to this
Mr.. Hoover points out that famine In
India will cnll for substantial pro
portion Of the Australian surplus. and
that, moreover. q considerable part oi
the Australian supply. which for lach
Of shipping has been accumulating Ia
that country. has spoiled.
And the demand Is by no mean
only for wheat. Mr.. Hoover esti
mated that he would be able to fur
nish Germany 10000 tons Of grain
during the month Of April. But II Il
asserted that the German stocks Of ali
kinds Of grain and Of potatoes and
vegetables will surely be exhausted
before June.
Mr.. Hoover has also expressed the
belief that II II questionable whether
under the circumstances food enough
can be supplied to tide Germany over
until the next harvest.
II In quite clear from all this tha,
the world is going TO depend more
than ever upon this continent to keep
the wolf from the door until the war.
devastated md nnnrchy-riddeh coun.
tries In Europe can once agnin feed
themselves. Already we read Of the
protests Of British soldiers occupying
Germany against allowing German
women and children TO perish Of star.
wilton ns they nre beginning 10 do. II
these conditions prevail In Germany
what must be the state OF nfYnIrs else.
where In Europe among nations which
have fought with us during the last
four yearsf
To sum up. II may be stated with
confidence that the demand for every
product Of the fnrm will be unprece-
dcntcd. and that the agriculturist Will
receive the highest prices on record
Tor ali that he has TO sell.
The duty OF Cnnndn. therefore. Is to
keep up Its work OF assisting In sup.
plying the need. II can do so. II has
the land available at low prices: the
market is there: rnilrond facilities nrc
good. the climate and the soil produce
the best whcnt In the world. Western
Cnnadn offers the opportunity md the
unccnsing flow Of farmers into the
country indicates the fact that advnn.
tnge IL being tnken OF it.-Adveriisc-