The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-01-03
FOOD FOR EUROPE.

Our government promised four
months g that this nation'ssfriends
n Europe should receive 17,50O.O00
tnns Of our foodstuffs during the cur
reut crop year. We sent to them in
ne preceding year 11,820,O00 tons,
aad the average Of such experts for
three years before the war was only
5.633, 900. 1.-The cessation of hoStil-
i6es," said Mr.. Hoover q few DAYS be-
fore he sailed for Europe, "cIsa.es an
enormously increased demand for
I'D, and we must be deeply concern
ID that the starving millions iibe.-
sted from the German yoke
ahall have supplies that will enable
1sem to return to heai.h a.d
prosperity" it is now expected
that the quantity exported will
be- enlarge from 1880 900 to
at least 20.GC0,0 900 tons What are
the supple fr1m which the oargoes
will be dcaNn:
The area OF leading food crops here
was increased last year by $4,000, 900
acres, OF about 9 per cent and this
year there was another addition Of
1900 900. Consequently there have
been large SURPRISES. The whoa.
Twp ~ - SNSta Nsi-k SitiAslA SlEO OOl ,O'p,-
900 bushels, and the quantity needed
for shipment was obta.rc3 Only by re-
Stricting consumption o. home. But
$4,000, eu) bushels were harvested
this year, and 300,0O0,D0O a bo
sent TO Europe without reducing thc
normal domestic supply. C&raca can
spare zoe, 0G0, 600. Ec,@~-1 VI ocean
carriers from War service - affecting
the export movement. In thc week that
ended on the 5.h the shipments were
S,6I4,936 bushels, following al aver
age CT only 100000 fer the five
weeks Immediately preceding. It
may be however. that Europe VIII not
take AT t2-t NC-th america cua Guare |
hecausc t1e great SURPRISES OF two
southern countries are beginning to
move. Australia has about 200. 900
600 bushels and dispatches on Nov !
mebec Il said that a group Of ships
carry: 100000 bushels had start
ed for Europe. Argentine's new
crop increases the surplus there to
l75,OO0,000 bushels, nearly all OF
which has been bought by the Brit
lsh and French governments. In con-
nectlOn with this purchase Argentine
has recently offered the buyers q
loan of $240,0 900 for two years.
We could spare 200, 000,0 900 bushels
OF corn, bat there is little demand for
this grain. and it can be had at lower
prices in Argentine, where the surplus
is LOG 600, 900 and residents have
been using it as fuel. The with
draWal Of 300,000,00 bushels of
North American cats, rye and barley
WOULD leave enough for our own
wdpts.
III MS survey of The worlds, sup
plies MI. Hoover found a shortage of
pork and dairy products. This coun-
try will be able TO satisfy the demand
included in his comprehensive esti-
mate OF 20,000,0 900 tons. During the
war our farmers, in response to the
governments suggestions or appeals.
increased their holdings of live stock.
At the beginning of the present year
they had 66,S28,0O0 cattle, although
the annual average for the five years
bat ended with 1914 was only S.
6f6,0OO, and the number of hogs had
increased from an average of 61.-
S65,OO0 to 71,374,0 900. Secretary
Houston'S report shows that the pro
auction OF beef. pork and mutton rose
from l6,325.360, 600 pounds in the !
fiscal year 1917 to 19.495.OCO,O 900 in
1918. Larger herds and this growth
OF meat supply PERMITTED exports of
Gso41,6S6.l34 pounds of beef. pork
and dairy products in the fiscal wear
that ended with last Jure, although
tie average for three years preceding
the war was only l,2OS, 693, 789. The
cultivation of new garGent and other
small tracts Of land has made con- -.
siderable additions 10 the vegetable
supply which are not included in of
fetal crop reports.
There is TO danger that withdraw
al OF 20.000.0G0 tons of fcodsfutrs Z
Will not leave enough for the supnort
of u own people. So far as wheat
IS concerned in all PROBABILITY the re-
str1ctlonS recently canteled VIII not
be renewed. Conditions will suggest
and require careful saving and rea-.
sonabie economy in the use Of food
suppHhg, but Americans will not suf-!
fer 4Pm hunger because 20, 4OGVGn .
tons sirc taken fcr those who ara, " r
s~hordIratiots, or eveh starvi7is ST +;
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