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Editorial
February 25, 1947
The Key West Citizen
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
What is this article about?
Editorial explains expected rise in US food prices due to exports to relieve starvation in Europe and Asia, predicts summer relief and fall decreases, notes wheat shortage impacts, and urges Americans to embrace higher costs as civic responsibility.
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FEEDING THE HUNGRY
Key West housewives, who had been led to believe three months ago that prices for foodstuffs were decreasing, probably were shocked to read the Associated Press story in The Citizen Saturday about the likelihood that the cost of living will go up several notches between now and late spring or early summer.
Advances will be such, economists in the Department of Agriculture think, they will set a new high for some commodities.
But summer will bring relief. Chief cause of the up trend is, and will continue to be, the vast shipment of food abroad to curb starvation in many countries, in Europe as well as Asia. With the coming of summer, shipments of food from the United States to foreign countries will decrease, resulting in increased supplies at home, and the larger the supplies the cheaper will be the prices on them.
However, probably it will be next fall before significant decreases become effective. Foreign countries, now depending on the United States to a great extent for supplies of food, will have gathered their crops in the fall and will not need outside aid, or, at least, that aid will be only a small part of what it is now.
Flour will increase because of a shortage of wheat caused by the foreign shipment of 325 million bushels. Other supplies derived from wheat will show large increases, and probably bread, now at its highest, may increase further in price.
But Americans, with the largest food supplies in the world, should not complain over the advances when they realize that the chief cause of higher prices has been the feeding of people on the verge of starvation.
While paying more for what we eat, we can sense satisfaction in knowing that we are helping to feed the hungry.
A greater sense of civic responsibility is one of the crying needs of the times.
Key West housewives, who had been led to believe three months ago that prices for foodstuffs were decreasing, probably were shocked to read the Associated Press story in The Citizen Saturday about the likelihood that the cost of living will go up several notches between now and late spring or early summer.
Advances will be such, economists in the Department of Agriculture think, they will set a new high for some commodities.
But summer will bring relief. Chief cause of the up trend is, and will continue to be, the vast shipment of food abroad to curb starvation in many countries, in Europe as well as Asia. With the coming of summer, shipments of food from the United States to foreign countries will decrease, resulting in increased supplies at home, and the larger the supplies the cheaper will be the prices on them.
However, probably it will be next fall before significant decreases become effective. Foreign countries, now depending on the United States to a great extent for supplies of food, will have gathered their crops in the fall and will not need outside aid, or, at least, that aid will be only a small part of what it is now.
Flour will increase because of a shortage of wheat caused by the foreign shipment of 325 million bushels. Other supplies derived from wheat will show large increases, and probably bread, now at its highest, may increase further in price.
But Americans, with the largest food supplies in the world, should not complain over the advances when they realize that the chief cause of higher prices has been the feeding of people on the verge of starvation.
While paying more for what we eat, we can sense satisfaction in knowing that we are helping to feed the hungry.
A greater sense of civic responsibility is one of the crying needs of the times.
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic Policy
Foreign Affairs
Social Reform
What keywords are associated?
Food Prices
Foreign Aid
Wheat Shortage
Starvation Relief
Civic Responsibility
What entities or persons were involved?
Department Of Agriculture
Associated Press
The Citizen
United States
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Rising Food Prices From Foreign Aid Shipments
Stance / Tone
Supportive Of Aid Despite Domestic Price Increases
Key Figures
Department Of Agriculture
Associated Press
The Citizen
United States
Key Arguments
Food Prices Will Rise Due To Shipments Abroad To Curb Starvation
Summer Will Bring Relief As Foreign Shipments Decrease
Significant Price Decreases Expected Next Fall After Foreign Harvests
Flour And Bread Prices To Increase From Wheat Shortage Of 325 Million Bushels
Americans Should Not Complain Given The Humanitarian Cause
Satisfaction In Helping Feed The Hungry
Greater Civic Responsibility Needed