The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-17
Presidents Recommendation in
Light Of Europe's Food Situation
8 No< Broad Enough
Keep Us SAT From It's Spark"

President Wilson's recomm en- atfor
that the war dry act be repealed OF
am ended in so far as it pertains tc
the manufacture and sale of beer
based on the statement, 1T seems te
be entirely safe now TO remove ths
ban upon the manufacture and sale OF
wines and beer" recalls a warning
issued by Frank A. Nanderlip, presi'
dent OF the National bank of New
York city, to guests at dinner giver
in his honor at the Hotel Aston MAY
&c.
Mr.. vanderlip said: There is M
security anywhere as long as you have
part OF Europe idle, in want, In hun
ger. ready for bolshevism.
Mr.. Vanderlip Is president of tn.
greatest bank on this continent ant
no Intelligent person will class hin
as an alarmist. He has Just returned
from an extended trip III Europe il
which he had made an exhaustive In
vestigation of Industrial and fipancia
conditions. Touching the immedi Il
and most urgent problem of food. MIR
Nanderlip said In this address:
Hungry stornachs will not wait
for things TO stra ighten out in
the long run In past history
there is nothing compare Bile with
the present intricate organization
OF society. National life Is based
on international tnterdependence.
Industrial life is highly specialize
cd. There has been a vas. growth
of population that can only be fed
when industry goes on and inter
national trade is continued.
Englapd must have resump-
tfOO If E<nroneap n fcr her
goods or she cannot get the out
side credits with which to buy
food and materials. France must
have vast amounts of cotton,
wool, silk and some food II she
fs to resume her normal life, Bel
gfum must have machinery. raw
material and food. We must re-
gard the European situation as a
unit We must be awake to the
danger of delay. Hundreds of
thousands OF people have died OF
starvation. These figures are not
adtectives. They are statistical
facts. The highest authorities
believe that the food situation will
he worse in the spring OF 1920
than II has been this year The
supply OF Russia is cut off Rou-
mania, which has been large ex-
pcf fSi W aiits mas itSt ilSI Wptk
cattle and because of shortage of
work cattle and seed has planted
only enough for her own people
Poland has planted only about
one-third of her land. In those
countries east OF Germany trans
Dortation Is so broken down that
there will he starvation because
the FOOD which might be available
cannot he moved. Nor will it do
for us to feel that we can stand
apart and while sympathiz.ng with
these suffering countries, our
selves enjoy uninterrupted pros
perity. Wherever want and hun
ger becomes severe enough there
will be blazing revolution. II the
blaze should become widespread
the Atlantic would not be broad
enough 70 keep US safe from it's
sparks.
What has this to do with Presiden,
Wilson's recommendation that brew
cry fires be relighted? Simply this
Prior to the war the brewers OF thil
country destroyed every year tn,
food value of cereals. the equivalent O.
nine million pound loaves OF bread 4
day With wheat at $328. corn ii
$1.as, rye at si.s3 and oats at $50
with pound loaves OF bread sellino
for fifteen cents and womsa 1ActinI