The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-01-04
Must Increase
FOOD EXPORTS
America Called on BY End o.
War TO Supr'y Added
M!iIiena
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED
ovw Three Times Prs-Wzr ehlpments
Required Situation In Wheat and
Fats proves Governments
Policy Sound
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED

,
Policy Sound
Wit, the guns Ia Europe sienced,
we have DOW to consider q new world
food situation Bnt there can be no
hope that the volume Of our exports
can be Iighte1ssd TO the slightest de-
gree with the cessation Of hostilitise.
Millions Of people liberated FROM the
Prussian poke sse now depending
upon % for the food which will keep
them from, starvation.
With food the United States made
1t possible for the forces Of de1noc
rscy to hold out b. victory. 10 insure
democracy In the world, We must COO
tInus to live simply in order that we
rlay supply these liberated nations Of
Europe With foed Hunter among Z
people inevitably breeds anarchy.
American food must complete the work
Of making ths world safe fos dsaoc-
racy.
Last ysos ~ sat n0o tons at
fsod'A Europa For The preeent year.
with ord. The european Allies to feed,
We had originally pledged ourselves TO-
. program that would have Increased
our exports % 1850 600 eonA Now;
to feed the liberated nations nFs win
have - export q fetal Of BOT Hss than
2aooo,6o0 alphabetically The LIMIT.
Of loading capacity u sE postA L.,
viewing the world food situation, ne
find that some foods win be obtainablst
In quantities sufacient 30 inset all
world needs under q regime Of Eco
tonicai consumption. On the other
hand. there VIII be marked world
shortages h some important eomnodk
tea
Return 70 formal Bread LoH.
With the enlarged wheat ereps
which American farmers have grown,
md the supplies Of Australia, the Ar
gcnti'ss and other markets now acces-
sibis to shipping, there are bread
. ;rpi'M cnoagh to e:!asie tho nations to
! sose!ro I. iii normal wheat loaf.
| 80 ~ we eo:,;inns to mill four at
a high peseentage Of extraction nnd
.1., !ntnin economy La eating and the
avoidance or WAStA .
IN fats there will be q heavy short.
are - Mhont 1900 G0o, 900 pounds - In
cork products. dairy products and
! .sgc,asle oils While there viii be q
| -;.er,ase Of about three million tona
In Rich protein fceds for dairy AMI
mails there viii be sufficient supplies
eli ether fsods,ufs TO allow economical
! ,nsut.n tieH. !.
In tic matter Of beef, the worlds
-.nplies ara limited to the capacity Of
.L= available refrigerating ships. The
supplies at beef in Australia. the Ar!
! ,,,!tine ind the United States are saf.
'c,eH. ~ load thess shfpA There win
| ca s.ortaSe IN the importing coun-
lis but we csnnct hope 10 expand
sports materially for the next months
:, view CT Ge Bottle mech IN tronS.
! orfation
We will have sufficient supply Of
| ,,E;ar to ai;ow normal consumption In
'hss country H the ether nations re-
ain ttc!; present short rauons or In
.~ass them only slightly. For the
eunfries ct Europe, however, to In
ease their pyeasut rGtions to q ma
er!A extent wilt necess;tate our shar-
| ~ a part Of oCr own supplies with
,iem
Twenty Million Tons Of Food.
OF the weird total. North America
| ~Nl f.:inisl, moro than Gu per cont.
the Emitted States. Including the West
.ldias, viii DO called upon to furnish
:,.o1',,4o0 tens OF food Of all k.uds ~
compared with our pre-war cxporls Of
.ao.:t 100000 tons
| While wa will be able TO change our
i..ogran In many respects. even &
! a.ral survey Of the world supplies
=, cos.,urison to world demands SHOWS
.-eneius,vtN that Europe will know
! la;nins unless the American peDlsr
bring their home consumption down
| % the hlrest minimum that will main-
lain healSh ard MrenGrh.
There are conditions Of famine IN
! Europe that will be beyond our power
| 10 remedy. There are 10000 900 peo-
F, pie In North Russia whom there In
small chance Of reaching with food
! this Writer Their transport alton 10
| demoraiizeI In complete anarchy, and
shortly many Of their ports will bs
+. frozen, even II internal transport
could be realized
To Preserve Civilization.
+, At this moment Germany has not
alone sucked the food and animals
f, from all those masses Of people che
has dominated and left starving, but
she has left behind her total wreck.
age Of social institutions. and this
mass Of people is now contracted with
absolute anarchy.
II we value our own safety and the
F; social organization of The world, II W.
value the preservation Of civilization
Itself, we cannot permit growth sf this
cancer In the worlds vitala.
Famine Is the mother Of anarchy.
| From the inability Of governments to
secure food for their people grows
F.! revolution am chaos. From an ability
to supply their people crews stfbility