The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1919-01-03
America Called on by End Of
War to Supply Added
Millions.
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED.
Over Three Times Pre.war Shipments
Required-situation In Wheat and
Fats Proves Governments
Policy Sound.

gree with the cessation Of hOstilltIes.
Millions Of people liberuied from the
Prussiun yoke IRE now depending
upon us for the food which will keep
them from starvation.
with food the unitcd States made
II possible for the forces Of democ.
racy 10 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 n
people inevitably breeds anarchy.
| American food must complete the work
Of making the world safe for dcmoc.
racy.
Last year we sent ii.s2o,OoO tons Of
food TO Europe. For the present year.
with only the European Allies to feed.
we had originally pledged ourselves to
u program that would have increased
our exports to l7,aOO,OO0 tons. Now.
| to feed tho liberated nations. we will
have To export total Of not less than
| .0,Oo0,Ooo tons-prncticnlly the limit
| 90 loading capacity ut our ports. Re
viewing the world food situation, We
| lind that some foods will be obtninnbie
10 quantities sufficient to meet NIL
world needs under n regime Of eco
nonicai consumption. ON the other
hand. there will he marked world
shortages In some important commodi.
ties
Return to Normal Bread Loaf.
/ With the enlarged wheat crops
which American farmers have grown.
and the supplies Of Australia, the Ar
gcn,iuc and other markets now arces.
siblc to shipping. there nre bread
| grains enough TO enable the nations TO
return 20 their normal wheat loaf,
| provided we continue to mill -four at
n high percentage Of extraction nnd
maintain economy In eating ind the
| avoidance ~ waste.
IN fats there viii he n heavy short.
age - nbout 5000. 10000 pounds - In
pork products. dairy products nnd
vegetable oils. While there viii DO u
shortage Of nbout three million tons
IN riclf Tfo'~r feeds for dairy nni.
mnis, there viii bc sufficient supplies
~ other fccdstufTs 10 allow economical
consumption.
w mo hh''er ot hccf, the WORRIES
supplies ne limited 10 the capacity of
III" arnllnbl" rcfrlgcrntIng ships The
supplies Of beef IN Australia, the Ar.
| s''''' "n" w" 'h''eh states are sur
"'''h' W ''"" 'n'sr S,'hs' Ihcre VIII
he shortage IN the importing coun.
tries. hut We cnnnoi hope to VSIiand
exports materially for the next months
w view o' tue po'lIe neck 10 trans
P"r,"''"n,
Wv WI" nnNe sun''''ht Supply OF
s"su' 7" h'l"w ho''ha' consumption III
,",s ."un'Is " 'h' "'her nations re-
'n'n '''Ir present snort in'ions or In
''"ho '"''Ii nh's shgn'iS' F"r tue
"uh'''s OF Europe, however, 10 IN
'c",' 'n''' p''s'h' rhli"hs 10 ma
"r'uI 'N'ch' WIN h'e'ssl'n'e our shhr'
lns par' OF our own supplies with
| 800" ''"s " 'o'"'
w ne Wort" '"'nl' North America
w.. ,,, s" 'nore ,hnh w per cent.
"v o"''su suites, 'h'ihuihg the West
1880. s, WI W. cnle" upon 10 furnish
-o,VVu" IONS OF tood OF all Kinds ms
,"np"r'u WIN our pre'wnr exports Vt
"""u' ooU"p tons
VINE we VIII Dc nb'e TO change our
posra" w many respects, even
,"sun' survey OF the world supplies
:" ."par,son 10 "or'd demands shows
.onrIus''e'y mat Europe viii know
,",nihe unless the American people
o''nR ,ne'r nome consumption down
|" ,"s pnr'sl minimum that viii main.
'",m nea''h anu strength,
inere hre conditions OF famine In
Europe ,hat VIII be beyond our power
W 'e'hcuy' there nre ao,oOOOOO peo'
que III North hussia whom there Ia
hhlnii chhhce OF reaching with food