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ENGLAND'S FOOD SITUATION.
Luxuries Must (Jo, on Account of Serious
Shortage of Food.
London. Feb. 23.?David Lloyd
George, the British prime minister,
today presented to the house of commons
in a speech lasting an hour and
a half his programme for coping with
the problem of shortage of shippingspace.
The speech was a serious and
grave effort, the premier giving his
audience little opportunity for enthusiasm
and endeavoring to concentrate
attention on the serious situation
with which the nation is faced,
owing to the shortage of food stocks,
and the German submarine menace.
The premier's programme for dealing
with the situation was under two
heads, the first to increase home tood
production and the second the curtailment
of non-victual imports.
Speeding Up the Farmer.
Under the first head Mr. Lloyd
George outlined a scheme for speeding
up the farmer by guaranteeing
him good prices for his commodities
over a period of years, inviting him
tn ninw and sow pvptw inch of avail
able land. He announced that the
land owner would be actually forced
to cultivate his land.
The speeding up of the leisurely
British farm laborer, who has been
regarded the poorest paid laborer in
England, was provided for by the
premier by guaranteeing him a minimum
wage for twenty-five shillings
per week, insteau .2 fourteen to
eighteen shillings.
Mr, Lloyd George said he expected
to reduce the demands on cargo space
by several million tons. Foodstuffs,
of which 16,000,000 tons were imported
last year, will be cut down
nearly a million tons by lopping off]
certain luxuries. Paper users must
get along with only half the present
supply, thus saving 640,000 tons.
Certain savings also will be effected
in the import of ore, which now j
amounts to S,000,000 tons annually,
and in lumber, which is 4,000,000 j
tons.
At Lowest Tide.
The stocks of food in Great Bri-i
tain at the present time are lower j
than they ever have been before, Mr.
Lloyd George said. It was essential
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tor tne nie 01 me nation, ue ueciaieu,
that every possible effort be made to
increase home production. The im-1
portation of apples, tomatoes and
fruits will be prohibited entirely.
The opinion was expressed by the J
premier that food prices were not
likely to decrease for a long time;
after the war, inasmuch as Germany
would then be a heavier purchaser
than ever before. Therefore, it was
safe to grant to the farmers a minimum
price over a definite period of
time, which was the only way to
bring about immediate action.
For wheat the government will
guarantee the farmer the following
minimum prices per quarter: For
the present year, sixty shillings; for
1918 and 1919, fifty-five shillings;
for 1920, 1921 and 1922, forty-five
shillings.
Brewing Cut Down.
Brewing will be cut down to 10,000,000
barrels annually. A similar
reduction will be made in the output
of spirits, effecting a saving of 600,000
tons of foodstuffs.
The importation of aerated, mineral
and table waters will be prohibited.
Powers will be given to the
board of agriculture to compel land
owners to cultivate their ground.
The minimum wage for farm labor
announced by Mr. Lloyd George,
twenty-five shillings a week, represents
an increase of 50 to SO per
cent, over the present prevailing payment.
The imDortation of paper, the premier
announced, must be curtailed
by a further 640,000 tons annually.
The premier announced that the
government would guarantee a price
of thirty-eight shillings, six pence,
for oats this year, thirty-two shillings
for the next two years and
twenty-four shillings for the three
following years. The price of pota
toes would be guaranteed tor tne
coming season only at six pounds a
ton.
Oranges and Bananas.
The only exceptions made in the
prohibition of fruit importations will
be in the case of oranges and bananas,
in which the amount brought
in will be restricted 25 per cent. The
same restriction will apply to nuts.
Canned salmon importations will be
reduced 50 per cent. The importation
of foreign tea. coffee and cocoa
is prohibited, and even the amount
of India tea which may be brought
in is reduced.
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The premier said it was expected
to save 000,000 tons of shipping yearly
on foodstuffs.
Kr.mnerates Kssentials.
As essentials, the premier enumerated
food, clothing, maintenance and
equipment of the civil and military
population at home and abroad and j
raw material for munitions, for war
equipment and for industries which
are essential to the national life.
'"These are essential." declared the
premier. "Anything beyond is a
XO PROPOSAL RKCKIVKI).
Tokio Declares Japs Have Xot lieen
Invited to Wage War Against I". S.
Tokio. March 2.?Japan has received
no proposal from either Mexico
or Germany, directly or indirectly.
to join in a possible war against
the United States, Viscount Motono,
Japanese foreign minister, informed
the Associated Press today.
Viscount Motono said he considered
such an idea ridiculous, it being
! based on the outrageous presumption
that Japan would abandon heallies.
If Mexico received the proposition.
Viscount Motono added,
that country showed intelligence in
not transmitting it to Japan.
non-essential and unnecessary article
which the nation can dispense
{with. If we cannot, then we ought
not to wage war and ask sacrifices
| of those fine fellows who represent
us abroad. It is idle to suggest that
while millions of our best citizens
are facing the conflict abroad for a ?
great cause that we who are comfortable
at home should not be pre- I
pared to surrender things which are .
not a necessary part of our existence."
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After referring to the government
committees who examined these j
questions, the premier turned to the
question of paper, and said:
"I had no idea that such quantities
of paper were utilized for newspapers
and wrappings. They both j
consume an enormous tonnage. I j;
cannot say whether I ought to treat;'
J newspapers as a luxury, a comfort, aj (
| stimulus, a necessity or a nuisance '
I in life. "They have been an enormous!
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the war. There is no better proofj
I of this than the brilliant success J I
J achieved by the chancellor of the ex-j ^
I chequer in his recent war loan. "
Cut Down Size of Paper.
"Still when we have a chance to j
choose between them and very stern i
necessitv, I am afraid we shall have !
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j to deprive ourselves of a certain j
i number of their pages and substan-!
! tially to reduce the imports of paper;
[and material. We propose to halve|
I the present supply of 1,200,000 tonsj
and reduce the annual imports to j
640,000 tons, the reduction to be dis-l
j tributed equally between the print-'.
i ing and packing trades. We recog- j
j nize that it is a serious handicap, but
feel that it is imperative."
The importation of printed post-j
: ers, paper hangings and certain,
I kinds of foreign printing matter, j
i books and periodicals, Premier Lloyd j
i George added, would have to be pro-:
I hibited. Otherwise it would be un-j
! fair to the trade in Great Britain, j
To Begin Immediately.
! The premier said these restrictions;
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would be imposed immediately and!
j steps would be taken to prevent spec- j
I ulative buying. If the whole pro-1
gramme was carried out, he said, "L
honestly say we can face the worst
the enemy can do."
VI want the country to know ourj
food stocks are low," he said, "due |
not to the submarine, but bad har-j
vests. It is essential that we in-!
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crease production, and the govern-j
ment proposes to guarantee me tai-j
mer a minimum price for a definite'
period, and a nominal wage of twen-j,
ty-five shillings will be fixed for the I
laborer."
The premier said it was necessary j
to get as much work as possible out!
of the ship yards. Six million four j
hundred thousand tons of timber had j
been imported, and if this was to besaved
the problem must be dealt!
with. The French government had!
placed two forests at the disposal of j
Great Britain, and he was afraid!
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France must be asked for greater!
sacrifices.
The next heaviest item of import j
is iron ore. Regarding this item the;
premier said:
Iron Ore Imports.
"We are importing millions of j
tons, but the importation cannot be!
diminished unless more iron ore is j
icund in our country. There is pleii-i
iy of low grade ore. howt ver, in this i
country, and if the supply of labor; 1
can be augmented we can increase;:
enormously our output. The saving!:
of tonnage would be large, but. un-j
fortunately, it would come late in',
the year." j
"Farmers can increase even now) :
by hundreds of thousands of tons fori
this year," said Premier Lloyd i
George, "the food supplies of the'
COUIltry. 11 nil Lilt; j.lUiis ait; tamcuj
out a very considerable quantity ot'i
tonnage will be saved, but future ton-i
nage is urgently needed. The French j
ambassador has been here begging j
j for more ships, and the Italian am-j
! bassador lias just left after making j
the same request. We need an im-j
mediate and substantial saving of
[tonnage. Let us come down ruth-j
| lessly on imports which are not es-j
sential. it is idle to suggest that we I
! who are comfortable at home should
j not be prepared to surrender the
j things unnecessary." The premier
i also announced that the importation
| of books, periodicals and other print|
ed matter would be prohibited en:
tirely.
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