The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-04-24

Practically Every European CouI,-
Try Short Of Foodstusfs-
Auriculturlsts lson This Side 81 tha
Water Are Called on % Save the
World From Starvatlon-West-
en- Canada's Great OPP
portunity.

Considerable discussion Il taklng
place In the paperssas to the amouuk
OF money that the United States win
have to pay for its guarantee Of the
price of wheat for 1919. The indicAr
tons at present are that the treasury
will not be affected. Instead Of wheat
going down the outlook now Il thatsk
will &c considerably above the pres
ent guarantee, tits not only the opin-
ion Of q mar Of the experience Of NJ.
Hoover that gives weight to this ~
sumption, but we have the 'glaring fact
that there will be more mouths to feed
for this year. and the next year or 50.
than there were in 1918, and the quar-
tity Of food will be little, fanny.
greater,
The assumption is based on the fact
that Germany, Austria ana Poland.
and others Of the fighting nations, un-
able to secure food enough In the past
two or three years, and still unable -
supply 1T within themselves, will 10
quire to be fed. The food can now be
taken to them. For some time the D
dlers will require to be fed !; Italy win
have It's demands. There will be adj
ditional shipping, some of which will
be needed for requirements of India.
but it will also make ocean transport
easier. Mr.. Hoover is possibly better
acquainted than any other Individual
observer with both the worlds fO6A
needs and it's prospects of %supplyin9
them.
He is naturally very close in touch
with conditions on this continent and
his position as virtual dictator Of the
distribution Of American-grown food
in Europe has given him a possibly
unique insight into European needs.
Mr.. Hoover says there will be no
surplus from the 1918 crop to carry
ver into 1919. Even under normal
conditions this would be q sufficiently
precarious situation, for there natl-
rally is II possible guarantee
that n or more Of the great wheat
producing countries in Europe may
not experience a crop failure. Under
present conditions, however, such lack
of surplus is distinctly dangerous, for
the very European nations upon which
that continent could normally rely for
the great bulk of it's wheat, that is to
say Russia, Bulgaria, Serbia and Rou-
mania, will for obvious reasons be un-
able to supply their own demands for
the coming year. In addition to- this,
Mr.. Hoover points out that famine in
India will cali for a substantial pre-
portion of the Australian surplus, and
that, moreover, a considerable part of
the Australian supply, which for lack
of shipping has been accommodating In
that country, has spoiled.
And the demand is 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 it Is
asserted that the German stocks Of all
kinds Of grain and Of potatoes and
other vegetables will surely be ex.
hausted before June.
Mr.. Hoover has also expressed the
belief that it is questionable whether
can be supplied to tide Germany over
until the next harvest.
1t Is quite clear from all this that
the world is going to depend more
than ever upon this continent to keep
the wolf from the door until the war
devastated and anarchy-ridden coun.
tries in Europe can once again feed
themselves. Already we read of the
protests of British soldiers occupying
Germany against allowing German
women and children to perish Of star
walton as they are beginning to do. i
these conditions prevail in German.
what must be the state of affairs else
where in Europe arrong nations which
: have fought with us during the las
: -four years?
< TO sum up, it may he stated witt
confidence that he demand for ever
product of the farm will De Un.:rece
denied, and that the, agriculturist vii
! receive the highest prices on recor
for all that he has to sell.
8 The duty of Canada. therefore, is
e keep up its work CT assisting in SUI
plying the need. 1t a do So. . ha
q the land available at low prices; tn
:. market is there; railroad facilities ar
. good, the climate and the soil produt
the. best wheat in the world. Wester
Canada offers the opportunity and tt
unceaaing flow Q. farmers into tt
country indicates the fact that adva'
z tage is being taken Of it.-Advertis
ment. So. =
- Physically Impossible.