Show I i CREDIT DUE TO WOMEN Meal and nd Fat increased ten bat Pound Pounds Conservation measures measure applied b by ta Q e American people enabled d th the Unit Unit- United 14 ed d to ship to th the Allied peoples and to o oar or r own for lor for n overseas oversea bushels buhel of r what and ud goo pounds pond bf neat ecat t the past pel sear rear ear valued IB la all sit at t This ibis WM was accomplished In the free face ee of a ous food shortage In tn this bespeaking ft MM h. and t Iii with I b which the e Amt American ft ra havener N rC t the tilt food feed crisis abroad r d. d Administrator I t tor Hoover B t. t In I l let tar ter t to 19 Wilson lIOn explains explain bow how c he situation wo w. wan met The Th tutu P a program mJ I t b bj by th the food Administration enabled the op p of th tM the million of bu bushels el of or what ferine ud the o shipment of of meat ja I TIM The Mb tal 1 of all su toed food sUy te to e Allied its ts ill all this food bo t through or or la Sa ceU UA r UI lW tk reed 1 Administration on a. TheM gerea are aN r all based baled ea es reports report rte lU tad Isad food sports exports for U the ae t year that at closed June Joae M 30 lOlA ta ef f stets 18 and 4 fats fat meat protects produces pro dairy pro prod o sets ets na n vegetable oil oils etc ete to tit Allied Allied dee der OD WIN were a as 1 follows fiscal year 1 17 1010 1916 Tb year or lt 1017 Ibs Increase 4 4 lb the o Ow Oer v at th the ae be- be b of ot the last lt fiscal ascal year tar were D not t Appreciably larger than the year 1 b before be be- before fore twe and particularly In hogs hog the they w were e proM probably ly lets lea Th The ne Increase la in shipments 1 is Ie due to and the III extra estra weight of f animate animal added aMed by bJ 01 our farmers The full tull effect of f these theM the efforts effort began Mean to to bear their best bot results 1 the tit last lt half t of f the fiscal leal year er when lien the ex u. export port ports to the Allies AlIle were pounds a as a against l t 1 pounds pound In ln the same me period of the year oar before This TM compares with an average of pounds pound of total exports for forthe forthe forthe the same half halt years year In tn the year three i iY r In cereals and cereal products product reduced re re- to term terms of cereal bushels ls our oar shipment to Allied destinations have hav been ben Fiscal year ear 1910 1916 bu bushels bushel bell Fiscal year ear 1017 1917 1911 bushels Increase e bushels Of these these cereals our shipments shipment of the prime breadstuffs breadstuff in th the fiscal decal year 18 1017 to Allied destinations were I Wheat bushels and of rye rya bushels a total of 1000 1000 bushels The Th exports export to Allied destination during puring the fiscal year 17 1019 were I Wheat bushels and rye bushels a total of bushels In addition some ome ba bushels heis pf pt 1017 1917 wheat are now in port for Allied destinations or en route thereto The Tho total shipments to Allied countries from our last lut hat harvest of wheat what will be b. therefore about bout MO bushels or ora a total of ot bushels of prime prim breadstuff s. s In a ad o to this we w. have haTe shipped some buh bushels l. l to neutrals neutral I depend eat at Upon upon us 01 and we wt have bao received learn some Imports from other quarters This ria accomplishment of our people t In this matter atter stands out even more dearly clearly If we 0 bear in to mind that we I had bad callable available In the tho fiscal deal year Mr 1816 17 from bom net nt over carry and nd as al surplus ever Oyer oUr our normal consumption bo about abort bushels buebel of wheat which w we we were able bl to to export that year year without trenching on our home loaf Mr Hoover said laid This last tut year r however owing to the lar large failure of the 1017 1917 wheat heat crop we had available f liable from net tarry over and production and imports Import ionly only just about our normal Uon Therefore our wheat shipments to Allied destinations represent approximately approximately ap ap- ap proximately savings from our our own heat wheat bread These Thea figures however do not tull fully convey the volume of at the effort and sacrifice made durin during the past ye year yearby yearby by the Uie whole American people D Do Deo Stilt magnificent the effort of our agri agricultural cultural population in plan planting tin a much Increased acrea acreage In not only was waa there thre a very 11 large failure in wheat whet but also allO the corn com failed d t td to mature prop erl erly and neS our corn is II our dominant crop I 1 I Im am sure ur Mr Hr Hoover wrote In including concluding his We report that all the millions of ot our people agricultural as aswell well 11 as urban who have ban contributed 0 i w these rul results should houleS feel tel a very 11 Definite satisfaction that In to a year of 01 food tood shortages In ID the north tru m hemisphere all of ot those peep people 1 together Meed-together hays have conre eam ugh through Int Into sight of of T the corning on I lf harvest hanHt not only with wealth and anel strength full fully 1 maintained but wU with t only temporary periods period of hardship It I ls Ia difficult to distinguish between various sections of of our people the people the homes public eating places food trades urban or agricultural In done In assessing credit for these thOle re re- suits Cults but no one will deny the dominant domi domi- nant Daft part of the American women |