Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1917 — Could Feed Ourselves Without Imports Say Statistics. [ARTICLE]

Could Feed Ourselves Without Imports Say Statistics.

Recent figures compiled by Assistant Secretary 1 Vroom an of the department of agriculture show that the United States could exist without imports, and that the nation is amply able to feed itself if cut off from outside communcation. We produce, in round figures, 23,000/)00,000 pounds of meat, and we import less than 100,000,000 pounds, or .ess than one-half of one per cent, the bulk of which comes from Argentina, Austria and Canada. We produce here slightly over 2,000,000,000 pounds of sugar, and we import over 5,500,000,000 pounds from Cuba. We produce about 7,500,000,000 gallons of milk, importing about sl,500,000 w T orth, mostly condensed milk from the Netherlands and Canada. We ,produce close to 2,000,000,000 pounds ofbutter and import less than 1,000,000 pounds. Cheese, production 300,000,000 pounds; imports 30,000,000 pounds. Eggs, production 2,000,000,000 dozens yearly, imports less than 1,600,000 dozens. Corn, wheat and rice production, 4,000,000,000 bushels. Imports of wheat 6,000,000 bushels, miports of rice 2,500,000,000 pounds. Fish production 1,000,000,000 lbs. Imports something over sl7/XX),000 worth from Norway and Canada. Sweet and Irish potatoes, production 450,000,000 bushels; imports are slightly over 200,000 bushels, from Bermuda, Canada and Mexico. Oranges, lemons and grapefruit, production 25,000XXX) boxes; imports $2,100,006 worth from Italy and the West Indies. Very latest style of white kid pomp for ladies, $3.00. No more after this lot is gone.-—B. N. Fendig’s Shoe Store.