Connecticut western news., 1919-01-23
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America CaiIed on by End ot War to Supply Added
 Millions.
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED.
Over Three Times Pre-War Shipments RequIrsdLssthation insWhess and Fass Proves oovernnentss 'e
 policy Sound.

PoiIcy Sound.
 With the guns In Europe silenced, | we have now to consider a new world | food situation. But there can be no hope that the volume of our exports can be frightened to the slightest de- gree with the cessation of hostilities. Millions of people liberated from the Prussian yoke are now depending upon us for the food which will keep them from starvation. With food the United States made 1 1t possible for the forces of democ- racy to hold out to victory. To insure i 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 a i people inevitably breeds anarchy. { American food must complete the work 1 of making the world safe for democ- i racy.
 Last year we sent 11,S2O,0O0 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 17,500,000 tons. Now,
 to feed the liberated nations, we will
 have to export a total of not less than
 20,00O,000 Unexpectedly the limit
 of loading capacity at our ports Re
 viewing the world food situation, we
 find that some foods will be obtainable
 in quantities sufficient to meet all
 world needs under a regime of eco-
 nonNcal consumption. On the other
 hand, there will be 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
 genuine 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 he a heavy short age - about 3,0O0.000,000 pounds - in pork products, dairy products and ' vegetable oils. While there will he a ' shortage of about three million tons [ in rich protein feeds for dairy ami malls, there will be sufficient supplies k of other feedstuffs to allow economical ' consumption.
 < In the matter of beef, the worlds k supplies are limited to the capacity of the available refrigerating ships. The k supplies of beef in Australia, the Ar. genuine and the United States are suf ficient to load these ships. There will < be 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 < portation.
 < We will have a sufficient supply ot < sugar to allow normal consumption il < this country if the other nations re < tain their present short rations or In < crease them only slightly. For th' 4 countries of Europe, however, to in < crease their present rations to ma < terial extent will necessitate our shar < ing a part of our own supplies witt < them.
 ~ Y Of the world total, North Americ' will furnish more than 60 per cent The United States, including the Wes Y Indies, will be called upon to furnis x 2O,OOO,OOO tons of food of all kinds a compared with our pre-war exports O x about 6,OOO,0O0 tons.
 x While we will be able to change ou x program in many respects, even Y casual survey of the world supplie q In comparison to world demands show < conclusively that Europe will kno' x famine unless the American peopl x bring their home consumption dow
 to the barest minimum that will maiI + tain health and strength.
 2. There are conditions of famine <. Europe that will be beyond our powe <. to remedy. There are 40000,O00 pe' i, ple in North Russia whom there ., small chance of reaching with foo 4, this winter Their transportation i, demoraliZed in complete anarchy, an t shortly many of their ports will .. frozen, even if internal transpo a could be realized.
 + To Preserve Civilization. + At this moment Germany has n + alone sucked the food and anima + from all those masses of people sl + has dominated and left starving, b + she has left behind her total wrec + age of social institutions, and tn .s mass of people IS now confronted wi + absolute anarchy.
 f If we value our own safety and t + social organization of the world, if Y 4. value the preservation of civilizati' f itself, we cannot permit growth of tf i, cancer in the worlds vitals.