Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-01-30

eCUNUMY SILL NEEDED.
Over Three Times Prs-war shipmsntsa
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. In Wheat and
Fats Proves Governments
!, Policy Sound.
With the guns in Europe silenced,
food situation. But there can be no!
hope that the volume of our exports,
can be liglltened to the slightest de-
gree with the cessation of h0StilitteA
Millions of people liberated from. the
Prussian yoke are now depending
upon us for the food which Will keep
them from %starvntioe
With food the United States made
1t possible for the forces OF democ
racy to hold 20 victory. To insure
democracy in the world, we must con.
tinue to live simply in order that Ne
may supply these liberated nations OF
Europe with food. Hunger among 4
people inevitably breeds anarchy,
American food must complete the work
Of making the world safe for democ-
racy.
Last year we sent 11,S20,OO0 tons Of
food to Europe. For the present year.
with only the European Allies to feed,
we had originally pledged ourselves to
a program that would have Increased
our exports to 17,5OO,000 tons. Now,
to feed the liberated nations. We will
have to export q total Of not less than
20.0O0,OO toas-practically the limit
Of loading capacity at our ports. Re
viewing the world food situation, We
find that some foods Will be obtainahls
In quantities sufficient to meet all
world needs under a regime Of eco
nomical consumption. On the other
hand, there will be ma ked world
shortages in some important commOdl.
ties,
Return to Normal Bread loaf.
With the enlarged wheat crops
which American farmers have grown,
and the supplies Of Australia, the A..
gentine and other markets now acces.
sible to shipping. there are bread
grains enough to enable the nations to
return to their normal wheat loaf,
provided we continue to mill flour at
a high percentage of extraction. and
maintain economy in eating and the
avoidance OF waste.
In fats there will be a heavy short.
age about 5000, 100000 pounds - in
pork products. dairy products and
vegetable oils. While there will be Z
shortage Of about three million tons
in rich protein feeds for dairy ami.
mails, there will be sufficient supplies
Of other feedstuffs 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 AZ.
gentine and the United States are sui.
hcient to load these ships. There will
be q shortage In the importing coun.
tries. but we cannot hope to expand
exports materially for the next months
In view Of the bottle neck In trans
p%ortation.
We will have q SUFFICIENT supply Of
sugar to allow normal consumption In
this country II the other nations re-
tain their present short rations or In.
crease them only slightly. For the
countries of Europe, however, to In
crease their present rations to q ma.
terial extent Will pecessitate our shar-
Ing a part Of our own supplies with
them.
Twenty Million Tons Of Food.
OF the world total, North America
will furnish more than 60 per cent
The United States, Including the West
Indies, will be called upon to furnish
100000 tons OF food Of all kinds a.
compared with U pre-war exports Of
about 100000 tons.
While we will be able to change our
program in many respects, even q
casual survey of the world supplies
in comparison to world demands shows
conclusiyely that Europe will know
famine unless the American people
bring their home consumption down
to the barest minimum that will main
tain health and strength.
There are conditions Of famine In
Europe that will bs beyond our power
to remedy. There are 100000 peo-
pie In North Russia whom there 10
small chance Of reaching with food
this winter. Their transportation 10
demoralized In complete anarchy, and
shortly many Of their ports will b
frozen, even II internal transport
could be 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
she has left behind her . total wreck.
age OF social institutions, and this
mas Of people 10 now confronted with
absolute anarchy.
five value our own safety and TIE
social organization Of the world, II We
value the preservation Of civilization
itself. W. cannot permit growth Of this
cancer In the worlds vitalA
Famine Is the mother OF anarchy.
From the inability Of governments to
secure food for their people grows
revolution and chaos. From an ability
to supply their people grows stability
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