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Show NEED 75,000,000 BU. WHEAT. Food AdmlnUtratlon Ak Aid ot ' Every American In Qlgantlo Tak of Feeding Million It li tho food problem orer there that makes n food problem over hero. If wo wished to bo supremely selfish and supremely shortsighted we could jo on eutlni; ni much as wo llUeiSimd Aiiatovor wo like, without iduqIi-jHHI-:ulty or Interruption ut least Until the Germans camel Out wo are not doing things In that selfish and suicidal way. AVo nrq trying try-ing to make a great common pool of II of our food, and all of tho food ot tho allies, and all of' the food we can get from South Amerlcun and other ncutrus, and dividing It up fairly among America, England, France, Bel-, glum and Italy. ' Tills docs not mean that all of tlia peoplo In the great pool are going to have th same ration, but means that we aro trying to arrango to have enough for everybody, so thut Uicfcol dlors our soldiers and their soldiers will bo well fed, as they havo to bt to fight hard and continuously, and that tho munitions workers and the workers In all the other necessary Industries, In-dustries, and tho men and women at homo will nil hnvo enough to keep allvo and well. It Is absolutely necessary neces-sary to do this If the war Is to bo won, and we are going to do It, but It menus planning, working, arranging, co-operating, bolng careful, not wasting, sav-tag. sav-tag. Aad 1C menna that each and every one of us has got to help. Now, we have enough and more than enough' food for ourselves, and the Government Is going to see te It that we keep here at home a sufficient supply sup-ply of every essential kind of food jo support our people. Out over tierc they simply have not enough. Lord Rhondda, the English food controller, recently cabled the American food administrator, ad-ministrator, that unless we can send the allies before the next uroean harvest 76,000,000 bushels of wheat In addition to what had been sent up te January 1 of this year he could not assure the people of the allies that they would have a sufficient supply of food to carry on 'the war. Be did not aay anything In this cable about the other food necessary, but be has told of these needs In other cables and by his actions In England. For example, his latest regulation compels a redaction of meat eating In tho United Kingdom to a maximum ot one pound per week per person, this tound including the bone and other waste parts tn the meat as bought la the shop. The allies must havo more wheat, eaore meat, more fats, more dairy prod ucts, more sugar. Their harvests were very short France had less than half her normal crop of wheat and the available shipping Is small In amount and constantly being lessened by submarines, sub-marines, so that It Is now practically Impossible to use any ships for the long voyage necessary to bring food from Australia and qtlier remoto markets. The food must como chiefly from America. In specific figures It Is necessary nec-essary for us to send to the allies 1,100,000 tons of foodstuffs a month. This Is a great responsibility and a great problem. The food must ba found, and also the ships to carry It It Is being done, but can only continue to be done by the help and full cooperation co-operation of all of us over our broad laud. We must produce and Bave more. |