Herbert Hoover to Woodrow Wilson
Title
Herbert Hoover to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Identifier
WWP19360
Date
1918 March 7
Description
Herbert Hoover writes to Woodrow Wilson about wheat supplies, including a letter to and reply from Lord Reading.
Source
Hoover-Wilson Correspondence, Hoover Institution, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford, California
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
United States--Politics and government--1913-1921
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964--Correspondence
Language
English
Text
Dear Mr. President
I enclose herewith a letter which I addressed to Lord Reading and his reply thereto. The situation with regard to wheat supplies in this country gets more and more difficult as time goes on and if we succeed in delivering to seaboard the amount of wheat products that have been allocated to the railways for transportation during the present month, we will apparently have a residue ofaabout 130,000,000 bushels available to carry our people for a period of four months. - And this assuming that we get every grain of wheat from the farmer except his seed. I do not presume that we can count on the last 30,000,000 bushels from the farmer and therefore we have now before us about 25,000,000 bushels a month against a normal consumtpption of 40,000,000 bushels. There is, in addition to this, a certain amount in transit and in retail stocks.
I have replied to Lord Reading that under these circumstances it seems to me it is a matter that requires your decision.
I remain,
Your obedient servant,
[Herbert Hoover]
I enclose herewith a letter which I addressed to Lord Reading and his reply thereto. The situation with regard to wheat supplies in this country gets more and more difficult as time goes on and if we succeed in delivering to seaboard the amount of wheat products that have been allocated to the railways for transportation during the present month, we will apparently have a residue ofaabout 130,000,000 bushels available to carry our people for a period of four months. - And this assuming that we get every grain of wheat from the farmer except his seed. I do not presume that we can count on the last 30,000,000 bushels from the farmer and therefore we have now before us about 25,000,000 bushels a month against a normal consumtpption of 40,000,000 bushels. There is, in addition to this, a certain amount in transit and in retail stocks.
I have replied to Lord Reading that under these circumstances it seems to me it is a matter that requires your decision.
I remain,
Your obedient servant,
[Herbert Hoover]
Original Format
Letter
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Files
Citation
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964, “Herbert Hoover to Woodrow Wilson,” 1918 March 7, WWP19360, Hoover Institute at Stanford University Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.