Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1919-01-02
MUST INCREASE
FOOD EXPORTS
America Called on by End Of
War to Supply Added
Millions.
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED.
Over Three Times pre-War Shipments
Requred-Situatio in Wheat and
Fats Proves Governments
Policy Sound.

Fats Proves Governments
Policy Sound
With the guns in Europe silenced
we have now to consider a 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 win keep
them from starvation.
With food the United States made
1T 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 n
people inevitably breeds anarchy.
American food must complete the work
of making the world safe for democ-
racy.
Last year we sent il $4,000 tons of
food to Europe For the present year,
with only the European Allies to feed,
we had originally pledged ourselves 10
program that would have increased
our exports TO 17,50p,0O0 tons. Now.
to feed the liberated nations. we will
have to export total of not less than
2o,0000 600 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
We I'd needs under regime Of eco
nomical consumption. On the other
hand, there will be marked world
shortages in some important commodl-
ties
Return to Normal Bread Loaf.
With the enlarged wheat crops
which American farmers have grown,
and the supplies of Australia, the Ar
gentine and other markets now Access
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 ut
a high percentage of extraction and
maintain economy in eating and the
avoidance OF waste.
IN fats there will be a heavy short
age about 1000, 100000 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 ami
mails, there viii be sufficient supplies
of other fecdstuffs to allow economical
consumption
In the matter OF beef, the worlds
supplies are limited to the capacity of
the available refrigerating ships The
supplies Of beef IN Australia, the Ar
gentine and the United States are suf.
flcient to load these ships There viii
be a 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 a sufficient supply Of
sugar to allow normal consumption in
this country if 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 ma
terial extent viii necessitate our shar
ting a part of our own supplies win
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
compared with our pre-war exports OF
about 6OO0O90 tons
While we viii 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 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 our power
to remedy. There are 10000 000 peo-
pie I'm North Russia whom there is
hmall chance of reaching with food
this winter Their transportation IS
demoralzed in complete anarchy, and
shortly many of their ports viii be
frozen. even if internal ira sport
could be realized.
To Preserve 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
che has left behind her a total wreck
age Of social institutions, and this
mass Of people is now confronted with
absolute anarchy.
II we value our own safety and the
social organization Of the world il 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
secure food for their people grows
revolution and chaos. From an ability
TO supply their people grows stability
of government and the defeat OF an
srchy. Did we put II en- no higher
pIana than our interests in the pro-
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