Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1919-01-03
MUST INCREASE
FOOD EXPORTS
America Called on by End Of
War to Supply Added
Millions.
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED.
Over TIL &C Times Pre-War Shipments
ReQuired-Situation In Nheat and
Fats Proves Governments
Policy Sound.

With the guns In Europe sileneed.
W. have now to consider a new world
foad situation. But there can be no
hope that the volume of our exports
can be llghtened to the slightest de-
gree with the cessation OF hostlities
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 q
people Inevitably breeds anarchy.
/ American food must complete the work
of making the world safe for democ-
! racy.
! Last year We sent II, 10000 tons of
food TO Europe. For the present year.
with only the European Allies to feed.
we had originally pledged ourselves 10
program that would have Increased
our exports TO 17,500,000 tons Now.
to feed the liberated nations, we will
have 10 export total of not less than
200O0,0O0 toas-practically the limit
of loading capacity Mt our ports. lie
viewing the world food situation, We
find that some foods will be obtslnable
in quantities sufficient to meet all
world needs under regime Of eco
nomIcal consumption. On the other
hand there will be marked world
shortages In some important commod-
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 10
return to their normal wheat loaf,
provided we continue TO mill -four AT
high percentage of extraction and
maintain economy In eating and the
avoidance OF waste.
In fats there will be heavy short
age = about 5000. 000, 900 pounds - in
cork products, dairy products and
vegetable oils. While there will be a
shortage of about three million tons
N. rich protein feeds for dairy ami
mails. there will be sufficient supplies
OF other feedsiuffs to allow economical
consumption.
In the matter OF beef. the worlds
supplies are limited TO the capacity Of
The available refrigerating ships. The
supplies of beef in Australia, the Ar
genuine and the United States are SUI.
ficieDt 10 load these ships. There will
be shortage in the importing eouns
tries, but we cannot hope TO expand
exports materially for the next months
In view of the bottle neck in trans
portation. Z
We will have sufficient supply of
sugar TO allow normal consumption In
this country II the other nations re-
tain their present short railons or in
crease them only slightly. For lie
countries Of Europe, however, TO In
crease their present rations TO a ma.
terial extent will necessltaie our shar-
ing part Of our own supplies with
them.
Twenty Million Tons Of Fosd.
or the world total, North America.
MIL furnish more than 90 per cent.
The United States. including the West
Indies, will be called upon to furnish
20,000,O,o IONS of food of all kinds as
compared with our pre-war exports OF
about G,O00,000 tons.
While We will he able to change our
program In many respects, even a
casual survey OF the world supplies
In comparison 10 world demands shows
eonclusiyely that Europe Will know
famine unless The American people
bring their home consumption down
10 The barest minimum that Will MAIN
tain health and strength
There are conditions OF famine in
Europe that viii be beyond, our power
TO remedy. There are 40O00.00O peo-
Pile in North Russia whom there Is
small chance of reaching with food
This winter Their transportation is
demoraIIzed in complete anarchy. and
shortly many of their ports will be
frozen, even il internal transport
could he 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. but
size has left behind ller total wreck
age Of social institutions, and this
mass Of people Is now confronted with
absolute anarchy.
IL 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 yitals.
Famine is the mother Of anarchy.
From the inability Of governments 10
secure food for their people grows
revolution and chaos. From IN ability
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