Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1901 — Feed the Entire World. [ARTICLE]

Feed the Entire World.

The United States is the great breed producing country of the earth, and if our supply of foodstuffs was suddenly cut off half the people of other countries would starve to death. Recently published statistics show that the United States sells approximately $1,000,000,000 worth of surplus agricultural products in a year. It feeds the armies of Boers and English, and a squeeze In prices In America is felt all over the world. England is the b6st customer of this country In food supplies. In 1900 we sold her $408,000,000 worth of farm products. Germany spent here $184,000,000 for agricultural products. About half of ?hls was for cotton, the rest was for food. France buys annually from us about $45,000,000 worth of agricultural products, mostly bread and meat.