Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-03-07
MUST INCREASE
FOOD EXPORTS
America Called on by End Of
War to Supply Added
Millions.
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED.
over Three Tlmes Pre-War Shipments
Requlred-sltuatlon In Wheat and
Fats Proves Governments
Policy Sound.

With the guns in Europe silenced,
we have now to consider a new world
food situation. But there can be no
hope that the volume of our exports
can be lightened to the slightest de-
gree with the cessation of hostilities
Millions Of people liberated from the
Prussian yoke are now depending
upon US for the food which will keep
them from starvation.
With food the United States made
1t possible for the forces of demOc.
racy to hold out to victory. To insure
democracy in the world, we must con-
tinue to live simply in order that we
may supply these liberated nations of
Europe with food. Hunger among u
people inevitably breeds anarchy.
American food must complete the work
OF making the world safe for democ-
racy.
Last year we sent 11,S2OOOO tons Of
food to Europe. For the present year.
with only the European Allies to feed,
We had originally pledged ourselves to
a program that would have increased
our exports to 17,500,000 tons Now,
to feed the liberated nations, we will
have to export total of not less than
100000 tOas-practically the limit
OF loading capacity at our ports. lie
viewing the world food situation, we
ind that some foods will be Obtalnable
In quantities sufficient to meet all
world needs under a regime Of eco
nomical consumption. On the other
hand, there will be marked world
shortages in some important commodl.
ties.
Return to Normal Bread Loaf.
With the enlarged wheat crops
which American farmers have grown.
and the supplies of Australia, the Ar
gentine and other markets now acces.
sible to shipping, there are bread
grains enough to enable the nations to
return to their normal wheat loaf,
provided we continue to mill -four al
high percentage of extraction and
maintain economy In eating and the
avoidance of waste.
In fats there will be a heavy short.
age = about 3,0O0,OOOO0O pounds - In
pork products, dairy products and
vegetable oils. While there will be a
shortage of about three million tons
In rich protein feeds for dairy AMI
mails, there will be sufficient supplies
of other feedstuffs to allow economical
consumption.
In the matter of beef, the worlds
supplies are limited to the capacity Ot
the available refrigerating ships. Til,
supplies of beef in Australia, the Ar
gentine and the United States are SUI
fcient to load these ships. There vii
be a shortage In the importing cOun
tries, but we cannot hope to expanC
exports materially for the next month.
In view of the bottle neck in trans
portatlon.
We will have sufficient supply oil
sugar to allow normal consumption II
this country II the other nations re
tain their present short rntions OF in
crease them only slightly. For the
countries OF Europe, however, to In
crease their present rations to a ma
terial extent will necessItate our shnr
ing part Of our own supplies will
them.
Twenty Million Tons Of Food.
OF the world total, North America
will furnish more than 90 per cent.
The United States, including the West
Indies, will be called upon to furnish
20,00O,O00 tons Of food of all kinds as
compared with our pre-war exports OF
about 100000 tons.
While we will be able to change our
program In many respects, even a
casual survey of the world supplies
In comparison to world demands shows
concluslvely that Europe will know
famine unless the American people
bring their home consumption down
to the barest minimum that will main
tain health and strength.
There are conditions of famine in
Europe that will be beyond our power
to remedy. There are 100000 PEG
pie In North Russia whom there is
small chance of reaching with food
this winter. Their transportation is
demorallzed In complete anarchy, and
shortly many of their ports will be
frozen, even II internal transport
could be realized.
To Preserve Civilization.
At this moment Germany has not
alone sucked the food and animals
from all those masses of people she
has dominated and left starving, bul
she has left behind her q total wreck
age of social institutions. and this
mass of people is now confronted with
absolute anarchy.
If we value our own safety and the
social organization of the world, II We
value the preservation of civilization
itself, we cannot permit growth Of this
cancer In the worlds vltals.
Famine is the mother OF anarchy
From the inability of governments Il
secure food for their people grow,
revolution and chaos. From an ability
to supply their people grows stability
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