The Keota news., 1919-04-25
ALL MUST. Be FED
Practically Every European coun.
try Short Of Foodstutfs.
Aarievitvrlsts On This Side % thS
Water Are Called on % save the
World From otarvatlon-Weet.
ern canada's Great op.
portunlty.

srn canada's Great or.
portunity.
Considerable discussion Is taking
place In the papers rs to the amount
Of money that the United States will
have to pay for Its guarantee OF the
price Of wheat for 1919. The indica.
tons at present arc that the treasury
will not be affected. Instead OF wheat
going down the outlook now II that It
will 20 considerably above the pres.
ent guarantee. II II not only the opin'
lon Of man of the experience OF Mr..
Hoover that gives weight to this AZ
sumption. but VIC have the giaring fact
that there will be more mouths to feed
for this year. and the next year or 70.
than there were in 1913. and the guam.
THY Of food will be little. II any.
greater.
Tho assumption Is based on the fact
that Germany. Austria md Poland.
and others Of the fighting nations, un.
able to secure food enough In the past
two or three years. and still unable to
supply Il within themselves. will re-
quire to be fed. The food cnn now be
taken to them. For some time the sol.
diers will require to be fed: Italy will
have its demands. There will he ad.
ditional shipping. some Of which will
be needed for requirements Of India.
but It will also make ocean transport
easier. Mr.. Hoover n possibly better
acquainted than any other Individual
observer with both tho worlds food
needs and Its prospects Of supplying
them.
He II naturally very closely In touch
with conditions on this continent and
his position M virtual dictator Of the
distribution Of Amcrican.grown food
In Europe has given him q possibly
unique insight into European needs.
Alr. Hoover says there will be no
surplus from the 1918 crop TO carry
over into 1910. Even under normal
conditions this would he a sufficiently
precarious situation. for there natu.
rally never Is any possible guarantee
that ono or more Of the great wheat.
producing countries In Europe may
not experience . crop failure. Under
present conditions. however. such lack
Of surplus II distinctly dangerous. for
the very European nations upon which
that continent could normally rely for
tho great bulk Of it, wheat. that 10 to
say Russia. Bulgaria, Serbia and Rou.
mania. will for obvious reasons b un-
able to supply their own demands for
tho coming year. In addition to this,
Mr.. Hoover points out that famine 10
India win call for q substantial pro.
portion Of the Australian surplus, and
that. moreover. . considerable part Of
the Australian supply. which for lack
Of chipping has been accommodating 10
that country. has spoiled.
And the demand II By NO means
only for wheat. Mr.. Hoover esti.
mated that he would be able to fur.
nish Germany 10000 tons Of grain
during the month Of April. But Il Il
asserted that the German stocks OF all
kinds Of grain and Of potatoes and
vegetables will surely be exhausted
before June.
Dir. Hoover has also expressed the
belief that II n questionable whether
under the circumstances food enough
can he supplied to tide Germany owe,
until the next harvest.
1t Is quite clear from all this tia,
the world II going to depend more
thNn cVCe hmm thia rr,nt0n~ue - -.