The Dolores star., 1919-01-10
MUST INCREASE
FOOD EXPORTS
america Called on by End Of
War to Supply Added
Millions.
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED,
over Three Times Pre.War SHIPMENTS
Hequired-situaton in Wheat and
Fats Proves Governments
Policy Sound.

| WIN uhe guns in Europe slenceu
| We nave now to consider n neu, ,,or,d
I"pd situation. But there can no mn
"'pe "'at me volume of our exports
'a'l ne llglitened to the slightest de-
gree with the cessation of hostiIities
| MiIli"hs Of people liberated from rho
! 'FnSSIhh yoke are now depeDdinp
! rl"h US for the food which will keen.
! them from starvation
WIZ food the United States mode
/ It possible for the forces of de,nnc,
'"'S l" h"Id out TO victory. To insure
democracy In the world, we must con-
uhue {" live simply in order that we
| may supply these liberated nations nf
europe wan food. Hunger among n
| people inevitably breeds anarchy
Alnerl"hn food must complete the work
ot making the world safe for democ-
| rucy
last year we sent ll.S2O,OOO tons Of
'""d to Europe. For the present wear.
| WIN only HE European Allies to feed.
| We hhh originally pledged ourselves TO
:. pr"@rnm that would have increased
| our exports to l7.5OO.OOO tons. Now,
10 Ieed The liberated nations, we will
nave 10 export II totnl of not less than
| -O'"oOOO toas-practicully the limit
pt E"ndlhg capacity AT our ports. Re
viewing the world food situation. we
/ ana that some foods will be obtainable
III quantities sufficient to meet nh
"uilh needs under Il regime of eco
hoiill'al consumption. On the other
| hand, there will be marked world
| shortages in some Important commodI-
| lies.
Return to Normal Bread Loaf
with The enlarged wheat crops
which American farmers have grown.
and the supplies of Australia, the Ar
! Rehtinc and other markets now acces.
sible 10 shipping, there are bread
grains enough TO enable the nations to
return to their normal wheat loaf,
! provided we continue to mill flour at
hlSh percentage of extraction and
maintain economy In eating and the
! avoidance of waste.
In fats there will be heavy short.
age - about 3,000,OOO,0OO pounds - in
pork products, dairy products and
| vegetable oils. While there Will be q
shortage Of about three million tons
In rich protein feeds for dairy ami
mails, 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 refrigerating ships. The
supplies of beef in Australia, the Ar
gentine and the United States are suf-
hcient 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
pOrtatlon.
We will have sufficient supply of
sugar 10 allow normal consumption i'm
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 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 GO per cent
The United States, including the West
indies, will be called upon to furnish
%, 600 ,OOO tons OF food of all kinds as
compared with our pre-war exports of
about 100000 tons.
While we will be able to change our
program in many respects. even a
casual survey Of the world supplies
In comparison to world demands shows
conclusiyely 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 he beyond our power
TO remedy. There are 40,OO0,000 peo-
pie In North Russia whom there Is
small chance of reaching with food
this winter. Their transportation Is
demora!lzed in complete anarchy, and
shortly many of their ports will be
frozen, even II internal transport
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
sbe 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, II 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
.rchy. Did we put 1t on no higher
-, .h,u nur interests In the pro- |