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TIME IN THE
HISTORY OF
AMERICA
The President of the United
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Next Week
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fEACEADOS TO
U S. FOOD TASK
Europe Needs Nearly Double
Last Year’s Supplies From
America.
ECONOMY MUST CONTINUE.
World Survey Shows Sufficient Wheat,
But Shortage of Fata—Govern¬
ment’s Stimulative Pro¬
gram Justified.
With the return of pence America Is
confronted by a food problem even !
harder of solution than that with I
which we coped In time of war. We 1
have an entirely new world situation j
In food. It will mean essential changes
In our domestic program. But more
important than this. It must of neces¬
sity require increased export.
Last year we shipped 11,820,000 tons
of foodstuffs to the European Allies.
Had the war continued we would have
increased this enormous figure to 17,-
5f>0,000 tons In the present year. Now,
with the responsibility of feeding mil-,
Ions of people liberated from the Ger-i
man yoke, our exports must be brought
up to at least 20,000,000 tons—prac¬
tically the limit of loading capacity i
at
our ports.
Wceld Food Demand Increased.
The end of the war will create an !
enormously Increased demand for food.
Humanity demands that the starving
millions freed from Prussian oppres-j
sion shall have sufficient supplies to
assure their return to health and pros¬
perity. If these liberated nations are
faced with starvation they cannot es¬
tablish orderly governments. Hunger
breeds anarchy In n people. The war
to free the world for democracy will
be lost after It has been won. Amer¬
ica must continue Us work to libera¬
tion and by sharing its food make de¬
mocracy safe In the World.
In order to meet this new situation
the Food Administration has made a
careful survey of the food resources of
the whole world In relation to the to¬
tal demands. Computing supplies on
the basis of the avoidance of waste,
and war consumption, It Is found that
wheat and rye may be obtained In suf¬
ficient fpmntities to meet economical
world consumption; high protein feed
for dairy animals will show a shortage
of about 3,000,000 tons, while there
will be sufficient supplies of other
feeds to allow economical consunip
tlon; beans, sufficient peas and rice will also be
foiuid In in quantities t<^ main*
tain economy consumption j there
are sufficient supplies of beef to keep
pace with the capacity of refrigerating
spuce. 1
Great Fat Shortage.
The most distinct reversal of policy
will come with pork and dairy prod¬
ucts, vegetable oils, sugar and coffee.
Utmost economy will be required In
the use of fats and oils. In which there
Is a world shortage of about 8.000,000
000 pounds. Inere are sufficient sup¬
plies for us to return to our normal
sugar consumption If ether nations
continue their present short rations,
or even If their rutlons are slightly In¬
creased. If the European countries,
however, are to resume thetr normal
sugar consumption It will he through
our continued conservation In order
to share with them. There Is a sur¬
plus of coffee.
Of the world total required to pro¬
duce these results North America will
furnish more than 60 per cent. The
Uuited States. Including the West In¬
dies, will he In a position to furnish
a total of about 20,000,000 tons—
against onr pre-war exports of about
6,000,000 tons.
The bread groins situation nllowg
the world to abandon the use of sub¬
stitutes In wheat bread. Iairge sup¬
plies have accumulated In the Argen¬
tine, Australia and other hitherto In¬
accessible markets. A continued high
milling percentage, economy of con¬
sumption ami elimination of waste
make It possible for (he world to re¬
turn to a white wheat loaf.
Of all our export possibilities In
fats, the largest and most Important
Item Is pork. While we cunnot supply
the world deficiency, we will be able
to help It enormously because of the
past policies of stimulating production
and restraining consumption, The
government's policy with regard to
stimulating the production of wheat
gt»I of poqk, the readiest source of
fats. Is thus amply Instilled by the sit¬
uation upon the return of pence.
Famine Specter Still Stalks.
The people of the United States
must continue cure nnd wise economy
In the use of food In order to complete
the work of liberating the world. Rut
even with the utmost conservation and
production In this country there will
be In Europe for the next year or more
starvation beyond all human power to
allay. In North Russia there are 40,
000,000 people to whom food cannot
be mude accessible this winter. Their
transportation Is demoralized In com¬
plete anarchy. And even If Intertml
trunsport can be assured their ports of
entry would soon he frozen. Mllllohs
more who have felt keenly the oppres¬
sion of war will be beyond reach of as¬
sistance.
We must realize thnt upon our
shoulders rests n greater responsibili¬
ty than we have ever before been
asked to assume. We must realize that
elfflfiE:- fit live* depef-jl absolutely
topon~(5e conttnuedlservlce and sarrl
flee of the American people.
We most realise that the specter of
famine abroad now haunts the abua
dance of our table at home.
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METHODS OF DEMOCRACY.
The extent to which the United
States Food Administrator has
relied on the voluntary support
of the American people Is shown
by a statement made by the
United States Food Admlnlstra
tor speaking before the Senate
Agricultural Committee less
than three months after this
country entered the war. That
he was Justified In his implicit
confidence In the strength of de
mocracjr hag been clearly reflect
ed by the measure of support we
have lent the Allies.
■'If democracy Is worth any
thing,” Mr. Hoover declared, “we
can do these things by co-opera
tlon, by stimulation, by self-sac
. rlfieo, by the patriotic mobiliza
tlon of the brains of this coun
try. If It cannot he done in this
manner it Is better that we ac
cept German domination and
confess to failure of our political
Ideals, acquiesce In the superior
My of the German conception
and send for the Germans to in
struct us in Us use."
SUGAR TESTED
MORAL FIBER
Doubters Declared Saving Sta¬
ples Would Be Easy Compared
With Sacrificing Luxuries.
FIGURES SHOW RESULTS.
Americans Demonstrated Sturdy Sup¬
port of War by Conserving for
the Benefit of the
Allies.
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When figures began to show def¬
initely that the people of the United
States were actually reducing their
consumption of foods needed abroad,
the United States Food Adminis¬
tration was told that it was com¬
paratively easy to bring about conser¬
vation of staple necessities, but thnt U
would be far more difficult to accom
pMsh an actual decrease in the use of
luxuries. The doubters took' sugar as
an example, and declared that It would
be practically Impossible to bring our
consumption of sugar down to a point
Hint would meet only the food needs
of the people.
Now that demands upon ocean ton
nage will be lightened, European na¬
tions will be able to go farther afield
for foodstuffs, nnd will no longer be
entirely dependent for sugar upon
North American supplies. With the
stocks now In prospect, we will have
sufficient sugar to pinch this .country
hack upon normal consumption If the
present short rations In Europe are
not materially Increased. If the Eu¬
ropean ration Is to be materially In¬
creased over the present low amount
It can be only through the American
people's making it possible by con¬
tinued restriction to a greater or less
extent here.
The fact that the Food Administra¬
tion lias been able to relax the volun¬
tary sugar ration Is In Itself proof that
the ration of two pounds per person
per month was generally observed
throughout the country. This conser¬
vation allowed the Food Administra¬
tion to build up a reserve, and to tide
over the period of scarcity, until the
the new crops of Louisiana enue ami
beet sugar were ready for distribution.
The records of the Food Adminis¬
tration show thnt In July. August, Sep¬
tember mid October 905.000 tons were
distributed. Normal consumption for
that period Is 1,600,000 tons. This
shows a definite, concrete saving of
over 500,000 tons. These figures ap¬
ply to sugar consumed on the table, In
ihe kitchen and In the various Indus¬
tries, and show conclusively that In
the homes and public eating places of
America, where 70 per cent, of all our
sugar Is consumed, the sugar consump¬
tion has been reduced by more than
one-third.
In the four-month period begin¬
ning with July, this Country normally
uses 400,000 tons of sugar per month.
East July 260,000 tons entered Into
distribution. In August only 225.000
tons were distributed. In September
the figures showed 270,000 tons, and
then fell to 230,000 tons In October.
There could be no more definite
proof thnt the American people have
given their loyal co-operation and sup¬
port of the war.
Hun Prison Camp Inspected By Swiss
Fort McPherson.—A delegation from
the Swiss legation at Washington,
which lias charge of German affairs
In this country, Inspected the German
prison camps at Fort McPherson. The
delegation, which is composed of Dr.
Charles Vuilleumer, Swiss consul at
Philadelphia; Bernard Sarfasin and E.
O. Humble, of the legation, arrived
from an inspection visit to the Fort
Oglethorpe barracks, where civilian
enemy aliens are confined. Doctor
Vuilleumer says he lias found no cause
for complaint at any of the barracks
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