| Show i U. U S. S As Larder 1 Of Democracy I Sf s. s BURTON HEATH HEATHi i 1 NEW V YORK YORK Trial Trial balloons tossed o ed aloft casually by administration adminis adminis- subordinates indicate that I DR has ha decided definitely that soon toon as the lend lease-lend bill becomes becomes' be- be J JJ comes comes' he he law will make the U. U S. S the Jarder larder of democracy That Is isI I in addition to guns munitions tanks ships and raw ma- ma trials we shall lease lend and ire jve fe England food fibers and to- to This Is supposed to please the he nations nation's farmers The unfortunate thing about this Is j that the foods England will need particularly are not for the most part art the ones of ol which we have surpluses Corn Is an exception We have plenty of ol cotton coton cotton cot- cot ton ton on wheat tobacco lard and dried fruit But what Britain needs especially es especiallY especially es- es are meats and dairy prod- prod oct They need nd cotton too but negotiations are under way to get at from front Brazil so as to provide that nation with sterling credit with ith which to buy English goods some Some Same Trice Prices Soar I Meats and dairy products are the the which have very Items already I Increases started to soar as reemployment our workers workers' buying pow pow- er The A F ol of L figures that have gone back to work ince jince defense production began The rhe government figures that the person going from relIef o 0 work increases Its food budget by iy y 5 cents a day a person person much much of ci it for meat dairy products and fresh fruits So our of larder-of- democracy activities are bound to clash sharply with the efforts of our our ur rec recently unemployed to eat I better than they have been doing The department of agriculture estimated not long ago that I Americans roughly AmerIcans roughly one out of were tee were living Jiving below the nutritional nu- nu danger line To pr provide vIde satisfactory diet for everybody In Ine e U. U S S. would require 20 per cent ore milk 15 per ct cent nt more butter 35 per c cent nt more eggs 70 per cent more acid fruits and per cent more leafy vegetables Dont Don't Know Dietetics Even If reemployment entirely eliminated the relief rolls and wages ages became so high that labor unions mions closed shop for lack of any- any Lhing Ing to do we wouldn't find ourselves our- our selves In any nutritional heaven If If for no other reason because h housewIves dont don't know enough of dietetics and husbands are too finicky In their tastes But already already al- al ready eady we have started to draw upon pon the previous surpluses of key foods As Asa a backlog to be worked against we have pounds of f lard pounds of tobacco co Co p substantial quantities of apples citrus trus and dried fruits Defense experts report that meat tion on this year year Including Including stocks in in will storage-will orage will give from to pounds per person Without any export this would allow from three to six pounds a person less than thane we e used last year without anything anything any- any thing toward satisfying increased demand Nor does It allow for the fact ct that soldiers get 60 per cent centore onore ore nore meat than a corresponding number umber of civilians Copyright 1941 McClure Syndicate |
