The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1919-05-22
ALL MUST Be FED
Practically Every European Coun.
try Short OF Foodstuffs.
AoricuIturists on This Side OF the
Water Are Called on to Save the
World From Starvation--West-
ern Canads's Great op-
portunity.


Considerable discussion Is taking
place In the papers ns To the amount
OF money that the United States will
hive to pny foe its guarantee of the
price OF wheat for 1919. The indca.
tions nt present arc that the treasury
will not be affected. Instead Of wheat
going down the outlook now Is that II
VIII go considerably above the pres
ent guarantee. II Is not only the opin.
Ion OF man Of the experience Of Mr..
Hoover thnt gives weight To this ns.
sumption, hut we have the glnring fact
that there will be more mouths tn feed
for this year, and the next year or so.
than there were In 1918, and the qunn.
tity Of food will be little. IL any.
greater.
The assumption IL based on the fact
that Germany, Austria and Poland.
and others OF the fighting nations. un.
able to secure food enough In the past
two or three years. and still unable TO
supply II within themselves, will re-
quirc To he fed. The food can now be
taken tn them. For some time the sol.
diers Will require to he fed: Italy will
have It's demands. There will he al.
dItional shipping, some Of which will
BE- needed for requirements Of Indlr.
but II will also make ocean transport
easlcr Mr.. Hoover Is possibly better
acquainted than any other individual
observer with both the worlds food
needs and Its prospects of supplying
them.
He Is naturally very closely In touch
with conditions on this continent and
his position as virtual dictator of the
distribution of Amerlcnn.grown food
In Europe has given him possibly
unique insight into European needs.
Mr.. Hoover says there will be no
surplus from the 1918 crop 10 carry
over into 1919. Even under normal
conditions this would be sufficiently
prccariOus situation, for there natu-
rally never Is any possible guarantee
that one or more OF the great wheat.
producing countries In Europe may
not experience 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. :, rbln 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 call for Il substantial pro.
portion Of the Australian surplus. and
that moreover. n considerable part OF
the Australian supply, which for lack
OF shipping has been accumuating In
that country, has spoiled.
And the demand Is by no means
| only for wheat. Mr.. Hoover estl.
mated that he would be able 10 fur.
nish Germany 10000 tons of grain
asserted that the German stocks of all
kinds Of grain and of potatoes and
vegetables will surely be exhausted
before June.
Mr.. Hoover has also expressed the
belief that II Is questionable whether
under the circumstances food enough
can be supplied to tide Germany over
until the next harvest.
II Is quite clear from all this that
the world Is going 10 depend more
than ever upon this continent To keep
the wolf from the door until the war.
devastated and anurchy-rilIcn coun-
tries In Europe can once again feed
sh.t1 al al Il ..f Ia.
protests of British soldiers occupying
Germany against allowing German
women and children Ia perish of star.
walton rs they are beginning Ia do. II
these conditions prevail in Germany
what must be the state OF affairs else.
where In Europe among nations which
have fought with us during the last
four years?
To sum up, II may be stated with
confidence that the demand for every
product OF the farm will he unprccc.
dcnted. and that the ngriculturist will
receive the highest prices on record
for all that he has to sell.
The duty OF Canada, therefore. Is 10
keep up It's work Of assisting In sup
/ plying the need. II can do so. II has
the land available at low prices; the
market Is there: railroad facilities nre
good. the climate and the soil produce
the best wheat In the world. Western
Canada offers the opportunity and the
unceaslng flow OF farmers into the
country indicates the fact that ndvan'
tara is being taken Of it.--Adyerlise
ment.