Show FOOD EXPORTS america called on y end of war to supply added millions ECONOMY STILL NEEDED over three times pre war tt required situation in wheat and fata government policy 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 lightened to the slightest degree 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 it possible for the forces of to hold out to victory to insure democracy in the world we must con dinue to live simply in order that we may supply these liberated nations of curole with food hunger among a people inevitably breeds anarchy american food must complete the work of making the world safe for democracy last year we sent tons of food to 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 tons isow to teed the liberated nations we will have to export a total of not lebs than toas practically the limit of loading capacity at our ports reviewing the world food situation we find that some foods will be obtainable in quantities sufficient to meet all world needs under a regime of economical consumption on the other hand there will be marked world shortages in come important commodo ties return to normal bread loaf with the enlarged wheat crops which american farmers have grown and the supplies of australia the argentine and other markets now accas 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 u high percentage of extraction and maintain economy in eating and the avoidance of waste in fats will be a heavy short u about pounds in pork products dairy products and oils while there will be a shortage of about three million tons in rich protein feeds for dairy ani mals there will be sufficient supplies of other feedstuffs feed stuffs to allow economical in the matter of beet the worlds are limited to the capacity of he refrigerating ships the supplies of beet in australia the ar aad the united states are auf to load these ships there w in a shortage in the importing coun bics but we cannot hope to expand sports materially tor the next months in view of the bottle neck in irons e will have sufficient supply of aar to allow normal consumption in ills country if the other nations re iain their present short rations or in rense them only slightly for the of europe however to in reise their ht to a ma lerdal extent will necessitate our shar ing a part of our own supplies with bliem twenty million ton of food of the world total borth america lil furnish more than 60 per cent rhe united state including the 1 indies will be called upon to tons of food of all hinds as with our prewar pre war exports of about tons while we will be able to change our program in many respects even a casual survey of the world supplies in comparison to world demands shows conclusively that will banow famine unless the american people bring their home consumption down to the barest minimum that will main tain health and strength there are conditions of famine in europe that will be beyond our power to remedy there are people 10 borth cussia whom there I 1 small chance of reaching with food this winter their transportation Is demoralized in complete anarchy and shortly many of their porta will be frozen even if internal transport could be realized to Pret erve at this moment germany has not alone sucked the food and animals from all those masses of people he has dominated and left starving but she has left behind her a total wreck age of social institutions and this mass of people Is now confronted with absolute anarchy t we value our own safety and the uncial organization of the world it we value the preservation of civilization aselt we cannot permit growth of thie cancer in the world s vital famine Is the mother of anarchy from the inability of governments to secure food for their people grown revolution and chaos from an ability to cupply their people grows stability of government and the defeat of anarchy did w put it on no higher plane than our interest la the protection of our bons we must bestir ourselves la solution of tou problem w |