The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-02-08
MUST INCREASE
FOOD EXPORTS
America Called on by End Of
War to Supply Added
Millions.
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED.
Over Three Times Prs-War Shipments
Required-situatlon In Wheat and
Fats Proves Governments
Policy Sound.


food situation. But there can be no
hope that the volume Of our exports
can he lightened to the slightest de-
gree with the cessation Of hostilities.
Millions OF people liberated from the
Prussinn yoke are now depending
lPon us for the food which Will keep
t.ien 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 denloc-
racy.
Last year we sent 11,S2O,OOO tons Of
food to Europe. For the present year,
with onl: the European Allies to feed,
We had originally pledged ourselves to
a program that would have increased
our exports to 17,5O00O0 tons Now,
to feed the liberated nations, We will
have to export total Of not leas than
2O.OO0,0O0 toae-practically the limit
Of loading capacity at our ports. Re
viewing the world food situation, We
find that some foods will be obtainabIe
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 70 Normal Bread Loaf.
With the enlarged wheat crops
which American farmers have grown,
and the supplies Of Australia, the Ar
-crtine and other markets now aces
>ihle TO shipping, there are bread
rains. enough to enable the nations 10
'eturn to their normal wheat loaf,
.,rori,l.d we continue to mill -four at
u high percentage Of extraction and
maintain economy In eating and the
avoidance Of waste.
In fH's there will he q heavy short
age = allout 5000. 100000 pounds = in
''o:k products, dairy products and
J.
shortage OF about three million tons
n rich protein feeds for dairy ami
mails, there will be sufficient supplies
Il other feedstuYs to allow economical
consumption.
In the matter Of beef, the worlds
supplies are limited to the capacity Of
he available refrigerating ships. The
rppiies Of beef In Australia. the Ar
.ntine and the United States are SUI.
:,c.ent to load these ships There will
'.e a shortage In the importing coun-
,-ies, bur we cannot hope to expa?d
:xports materially for the next months
A.. view Of tle bottle neck In trans
-.r.:!:.on
We VIII have . sufficient supply Of
-i:.:lr IL allow normal consumption In
i!:i.; country n the other nations re-
rLt flIrir present short rations or in
,,'r'@ them only slightly. For the
,niries ct Europe. however, to In
II. .,Sc tiieir present rutiOns to a ma
rial extent will necessita.e our shar-
i:.r part Of our own supplies with
ITEM
Twenty Miiiisn Tons Of Food.
Or tlie world total North America
.,iil furnish more than GO per cent.
The United Statrs Including the West
:.ldies, will be csll,sl upon to furnish
:r).UOOO0b tons Of ftOd Of all kinds az
confAret! With our p-e-uur exports Of
..noui 6,NG0U tons
While we will NJ able TO change our
nrorirm In uinny resNa'fs even
a comparison 10 world Demands shows
,'urc'usively that Europe will know
iainine unless the American people
ring their hnrie consumption down
% the tarest minimum that Will main
,ain health and strength
There are conditions Of famine IN
Europe that Will be beyond our power
10 remedy. There are 40.Usi.UU pet,-
;de In North ltuxsia whom there lie
small chance OF reaching with food
this winter. Their transportation Is
demoral;zed In complete anarchy. aid
shortly many of their ports will he
frozen. even II internal transport
could be realized.
u Preserve Civilization.
At this moment Germany has not
alone sucked the food and animals
from all those masses Of people she
has dominated and lefs starving, but
she has left behind her . total wreck
age Of social Institutions. and this
mass Of people 10 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 vitaik
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
nrchy Did We put il on no highe.
plane than on: interests IN the pro-
lection of oGr institutions, we must
bestir ourselves Il solution Of this
problem.