Evening journal., 1920-01-08
"AMEnro. LAsr'-ruE HOOVER nArrLE-oRY

n UR OLD FRIEND HERBERT HOOVER returns oea'n-
~ Ing and plump TO urge 20 Increase our food pro-
ducon In order that Europe may be bountfuly suppied
Like large number Of Americans who have dwell
abroad long Mr. Hoover doesn't seem to care parten
ary what the hardshlps OF Inc American housewife and
consumer may be In getting sufficient noshment, pro
yided the iablo Is SET for Europe FIRST.
This lack OF Interest in The comfort Of Americans Is
typical OF great many OF bon vivants who enloyne
large incomes. accommodate their ample and capon-
lined pnunches the cheerful blaze stretch out theT
legs and arms and yawnlngly decalm. with Sydney Smith
Fate can not harm mel have dlned today ,,.s
And while Hoover urges US 10 tighten our belts an
other hole Palmer pnk-cheeked and sleek OF body as
sures us that the cost OF living is going to drop
which may mean tha, food going to be cheaper or we
are going be placed oatmeal diet whichever you
choose
II Mr. Hoover and Mr. Palmer. both nursing presi-
dental bees get together and ngure out how add-
tIona burdens in supplying Europe with food can be
laid on America and thereby reduce the cost Of food at
home the nation which at least OF these gentlemen
boasts as his birthplace VIII be interested in their solution
OF the problem.
During the FIRST ten months OF the current year
and those are the latest statistics havethis country
exported no less than s2g75S7OOO worth OF foodstus
crude and manufactured.
For like period the year before the European war
began-i93-our exports Of these same products totaed
Among the largest Of the items in this class Of ex-
ports we find susar refined i2i70oOOo pounds In 1912
and l25G00oo in 1918
For some reason, which only President Wilson, who
refused to secure the people fair sare OF the Cuban
crop can perhaps give u.s. the pound price at
which that sugar-renned mind you-left the United
states was seven and seven-tenths cents.
Another group Is meat and dairy produets--siO5o-
776OOO for the 1919 and s35O5oO for the 1918 period
In this group we find for the 1919 period iOG6OOOOOO
pounds OF bacon 56iOOOOoO pounds Of hams 796sO3OO
mounds OF condensed and evaporaed milk records which
make the pre-war records blush for shame,
Here IS an oncial statement from London, BnsaIs'
early in December:
"Cod storage accommodation is all full and the glut
Of meat is likely to last well into the New Year Ihere
are 100000 carcases sti awaiting shipment Bonded
warehouses are choked and It is useless to discharge
cargoes IL you have nowhere TO put them Distribution
is the crux of the whole position calculation shows
that we are In arrears the extent of 23OO railway
trucks. We are getting 90 trucks day.
Why the arrears in trucksY
Possibly because England did not follow the advice
OF Cemenceau TO Europe early last year to go to work
Italy Is also suffering from eopgesed ports as are
other countries Of Europe uuefr fNmen seems que "
labor troubles.
we must feed Europe" says Hoover.
Breadstufrs for the 1919 period. s79iOOoOOO worth
for i9i3 ssiOOoOOO; vegetable oils. ssS2SoO ana siO
10000 eggs DOZENS 2s676OOO and iisi2oO confecon-
cry s9iO3OOO and s99i,6Oo and so on down the line
How much are these abnormal shipments responsive
for the depreciation Of foreign exchangeY HOW much
are we getting In cash for them?
Think Of their eject on domestic costs
foovers time were better spent IN urging Europe
to 20 to work-hi urging the whole~word tvget down
and scratch gravel that normascunditons may bofmore
speedily resumed