The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-01-25
/: i, Increase
FOOD EXPORTS
America Called on by End o!
War to Supply Added
Millions.
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED
Over Three Times Prs-War Shipments
RequIred-sltuation In Wheat and
Fats Proves Governments
Policy Sound.
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED

FVtsSy S0eVOs
With the guns in Europe silenceti,
we have now to cOnsider a new world
food situation. But there can be no
hope that the volume Of our exports
can be lightened to the slightest de-
gree with the cessation Of hGstiiities.
Millions Of people liberated tre,n the
Prussian yoke are now depending
upon US for the food which will keep
them from starvation.
With food the United States made
II possible for the forces OF delloc-
racy to hold out to victory. To in>lre
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 .
people Inevitably breeds anarchy.
American food must complete the work
Of making the world safe for demoe-
racy.
Last year We ssnt II, 900 tons OF
food to Europe. For the present year,
with onIs the European Allies to feed.
We had originally pledged ourselves to
= program that would have increased
our exports to 100000 tons. Now,
to feed the liberated nations, we VIII
have to export . total Of not less than
100000 toas--practIcally the limit
Of loading capacity ut our ports. Re
viewing, the world food situation, we
find that some foods will be obtainabIe
In quantities suficiept to meet all
world needs under . regime OF eco
nonical consumption. On the otter
hand. there will b marked weld
shortages In some important commodt-
ties.
Return 20 Normal Bread Loaf.
With the enlarged wheat crops
which American farmers have grown.
ana Ike supplies Of Australia, the Ar
erct:re and other markets now Access
s'@.e to shipping. there are bread
frai:i, enough to enable the nations to
,e,rrn to their normal wheat loaf.
! ':.oE:dcG we continue to mill -four at
II high percentage Of extraction and
maintain economy in eating aud the
| avoidance Of wnste.
=. III fats there will he heavy short.
zee - ,o-'+ :,OoC, U0O,000 pounds = in
IS products, dairy products and
sgctable oils. While there will be q
: shortage OF about three million tons
n rich protein feeds fot dairy AMI
,:ais, there will Be sufficient supplies
Of other fredstuffs to allow economical
, consumption.
! lii the matter Of beet, the worlds
*uppl!cs are limited to the capacity Of
lie available refrigerating ships. Tho
applies Of beef In Australia, the Ar
:sn.ine and the United States are suf..
accent TO load these ships. There will
,s shortage in the importing coun-
lries, bat we cannot hope 70 expand
Exports materially for the next months
~ view Of die bottle NECK in trans
| ..Or.nttGn.
We will have a sufficient supply OK
:;.hr to allow normal consumption in.
lis country Y the other nations re-
n their present short rations or In
t.t>s.Se them only slightly. For the
tries Of Europe. however, to In
us. their present rutions 10 ma-
RAJ extent will neccssitase or sha>
!ns part Of our own supplies with
.Iem.
Twenty Million Tone Of Food.
OF the world total, North Amer.ca
III furnish more than GU Ter cent.
ne United Stat~s includin. ne Vest
les, will be called Ipor :i:-nisi.
'bD0,0O tons Of food Of II ket.r: AZ
,noare.l with our pre-war -. rs If
ont b.OO0,Ots3 tons.
:, he We will be able to c..a"1,e cuy
'.''. .,a,n In many reSpt",s. 500
sal SURVEY Of tie wn.'t -',,.,,i.t:
comparison TO world ,lema : .iinw>
','c,ueivtly that Europe WI kn"a
inc uniefs the American IseuII,..
ing their home consumption dcwh
:. he bnrest minimum that viii uf..iI-
:. ain health AMI strength.
There ate conditions Of famine IL
,:urOpe that VIII be beyOE.l our ps~ei
. remedy. There arc 4O,0O0.0cU rcs>-
.,.e In North ltuxsiR whom there is
,-..ail dance Of reaching with food
Is winter. Their 1ransInr:a. ias. Is
! moralized In, complete anarchy. arI
eio-tly many of their ports W., ~
.:ozen. 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
'las dominated and left starving, ',Hc
she has left behind her Q total wreck.
are Of social Institutions. ara this
xasss Of people 10 Cow confronted with
knso!rte anarchy.
II we value our own safety and tn.
social organization Of the world, if ~e
alre the preservation OF civilization
f,se.f. We cannot permit growth of Till
cancer In the worlds vitalA
.'rmipe IL the mother Of anarchy
rom the inability Of governments to
.e.t!.r food for their people grows