The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-01-01

In spite of a subnormal food supply
in this country the American people
have been able to ship to the Allies
as well as our own forces overseas
4 10000 0 bushels of wheat, besides
S44, 600, 900 pounds of meat, during the
year ending June 80 last. This has
been made possible by the whole
souled cooperation of the people,
who, besides practicing self-denial,
have speeded up production and re-
sponded nobly to the appeal from
abroad.
Food Administrator Hoover, in q
letter to President Wilson, gives a
brief summary of the results of food
conservation in the United States and
of the activities of the Food Admin
istratiOn to this end. The conserva-
ton measures have been put through
practically on a voluntary basis which
is regarded as a splendid tribute to
the patriotism of the American people.
Meat shipments were increased 844,-
100000 pounds during the first fiscal
year, as compared with u meat ex-
ports during the year before America
entered the war.
"The total value of these food ship
ments," Mr.. Hoover wrote President
Wilson, (which were in the main pur-
chased through or with collaboration
of the Food Administration, amount
to, roundly, $1,40O, 0O0, 900 during the
fiscal year"
In 1867 the United States sent
the Allies 2,1e6, 100000 pounds of
meat. In 1917-1S, with voluntary con-
s~ervation practiced in America, and
aided by extra weight of animals, we
sent the Allies 2.011, 1901 900 pounds Of
meat, an increase Of S44, 100000
pounds.
Wheat Saving Enormous.
When the Food Administration be-
gan operations in the summer of 1917,
this country was facing a large deficit
in wheat. Counting in all carry-over
wheat from the 1916 crop, we had at
the beginning of the 1917 harvest year
just enough wheat to take care of
Americas normal consumption,-nOt a
bushei Of surplus.
At the close of the 1917-18 harvest
year the Food Administrations official
showed that our total wheat
shipments to the other side had been
141. OOO, 900 bushels. Every bushel
shipped was wheat saved by the
American people from their normal
consumption.
In cereals and cereal products re-
duced to terms of cereal bushels our
shipments to Allied destinations were
$40. SOC, 900 bushels, so. 600 bushels
more than the mount sent in 1867.
Included In these figures are 13,9OO,-
700 bushels of rye and the 141,OO0,OO0
bushels Of saved wheat. In addition
sent the neutrals dependent on US
o. 900. 900 bushels of prime breadstuffs.
''These figures do not fully convey
he volume of the effort and sacrifice
made during the past year by the
Whole American people," the Food Adj
wrote. II am sure that
the millions of our people, agricul-
ural as we'll as urban, who have con
ributed to these results should feel
very definite satisfaction that in a
ear of universal food shortages in
he Northern Hemisphere, all of those
,eople joined together against Ger
nany came through to the new har-
est, not only with health and strength /,
ully maintained, but with only tenn ]
orary periods of hardship. I
at is difficult to distinguish be- !
ween various sections Of our people :
ne homes, public eating places, food !
rade, urban or agricultural popula-
Ions-in assessing credit for these !
but no one will deny the DOM !
lant part of the American women. ]