New-York tribune., 1919-05-15
Hoover Wires Administers
ton Here That Devastated
Countries Are Ready to
Stand OH Their Own Feet
The Work Is Outlined
Thousands Are Saved by
American Relief; Ma.
tions Now Self-Sustaining

Americas job of revictualling the
peoples of Europe will end soon after
June so, when the last ship to be
loaded with foodstutfs by the American
Relief Association will sail from New
York.
After this cargo of provisions is dis
tributed the European countries, with
the harvest of their first summer crops
selves. 1t will be the first time since
the war began that America has not
been called upon to send food relief to
Europe
Edgar Rickard, joint director of the
relief administration, yesterday made
public cabled advices from Herbert
Hoover. the director general, that the
devastated European countries are al
most ready to "stand on their own
feet so far as food is concerned. Mr.
Rickard said that the summer crops
in Europe, although necessarily sub
normal, would be sufficient to tide the
people over part of next winter, when.
it is hoped. they will have recovered
commercially and so will be able to get
foods through the usual trade channels
Belgium Seif-Sustaining
Belgium, the first of the countries
to be ravaged by war, is the first to
become self-sustaining, Mr. Rickard
said The last relief cargo FOR Bel
gium was shipped on April so.
Purchase of relief toodstuffs have
practically ceased. At the ports Of
Boston. Philadelphia. Baltimore and
New York yesterday forty-four ships
including some former German bot
toms. were loading and were fast clear
ing away the foodstutfs already on
hand The Grain Corporation. cooperat-
inc with the relief administration.
announced that there will ne no fur
thsl purchases OF condensed d or cvapo-
rated milk oils. fats or pork products.
Rye flour and cereal hours will not
be bought for shipment from the mills
after June TO- Most of the mills arc
already sold up that far. so that buy
ing of these products, following the
discOutinuance of wheat -four pur-
chases ten days ago. already virtually
has ceased.
America Leads Relief
Up to the last minute. however.
America VIII continue its unprecedented
relief work directed by Mr. Hoover,
,, with the aid OF his staff and Young
American army officers appointed hv
General Pershlnc. The last figures re-
ceiyed irons Mr.. Hoover are for March
they show hat OF The 33S 600 tons Of
iocd distributed b. the United States.
Urea. BNtalu france and italy. through
the supreme Economic Council. during
the month 21Q.0G1 tons were furnished
/ b. Amenca. OF til total of III, 900 900
/, expended for 1eiiof that month, S99,-
oogeoo cane rom America
Economic conditions are improving
In the Balkan states to such an extent
tnat some Of them already are estab-
lshing credits which Weld them from
S5oOo.0oe TO $4,000 coo a month. Mr..
Rickard aid
tHited states Opens Up Markets
"aen The armistice was signed the
territory rom the Western front we'll
on INTO the Russian provinces was
split up into twenty-one states. Each
state enforced an embargo against the
others. ne American Relief Admins
trS'.on undertook to open up economic
relations. These ihterchanges of com
modities resulted:
Sales OF sugar from the Czcchs to
tne Jugo-S!avs; salt from German
austsia to Jugo- -Slavia; oil from Cali
GA 70 German Austria and the Czechs:
Goa from -Slovakia and Prus
siah Sllesla INTO German Austria; fur
uieuIe ni from German Austria 10 .Jugo-
aiaV'a; coal mine tools from German
Austfia to Czecho- -Slovakia: pigs and
maze from The Barrat and the Batchka
@ ,l.o German Austria; oil and oil prod
us1S rom Rumania into Jugo-Slavja
nno sn huhSary IN return for food prod
~ ~ locomotives out of repair in
1ugo-S!avla to Vienna for renair to bo
ffeeuInea fsu e.. and distributed; matches
ron from Vienna for pigs and maize in
ws2et'a' fabricated steel for bridoe
snJ ,J ifs,li"ay f,y constructions from Vienna
shd hungary into Jugo-Slavia. e',e' te,e'
ccnone ana telegraph equipment from
nota4sd nern'an austria into Jugo- -Slavia; and
psola5oes from Poland for sugar froo r,,,u
hoover's Work Summarized
Mr. Hoovcr's pictures of Amar;oa,
p~'l "a recent reiief work. as containad ne
s.,o.-D 1~D-e6 gust received, were fhus
'1.',I''af t.fI flzed yesterday by Mr. RicksrJ.
II was the American rel;of '.'hard: ss
.s1Fas,on which saved poIand Sornlh- s
snarcny s.ly by supplying food to -Im. the
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