THE SLACKENING OF COMMERCE IN FOODSTUFFS,AND THE DISPROPORTIONATE RISE OF PRICE

Now, the whole of humanity, including the white races, on the average is still maintained and fed by vegetable food, and the white races by cereals (wheat, rye, maize). I t is therefore the production of cereals that gives an indication of the state of food-stuffs. Table 53 shows the greatest cereal producers in the world during the decade 1901-10, with the amount of world production.