tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post5620931241914752963..comments2024-03-28T10:14:21.729-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Nexus: The Great War's Grain Crisis and the Coming of Prohibition in Americasnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-6502186859238794612016-05-01T05:50:02.616-07:002016-05-01T05:50:02.616-07:00Just fwiw, the "save wheat" efforts in t...Just fwiw, the "save wheat" efforts in the US had a collateral impact on other grains. You can find some period posters, for example, urging Americans to substitute oats for wheat. A similar campaign was urged for beef, with it being urged that people should consume fish if they could.<br /><br />Corn was another matter, you can also find period US and Canadian posters urging the Pat, Marcus & Alexishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13097254988446524947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-41144827703111103472016-05-01T05:43:59.037-07:002016-05-01T05:43:59.037-07:00Not quite related to this, but something that'...Not quite related to this, but something that's worth noting, is that World War One caused a huge agricultural boom in the United States. As part of that there was a flood of homesteading in grain growing areas, or areas that looked suitable for growing grain.<br /><br />As it turned out, that era was unusually wet in the western US. The end of the war brought about a decline in the export Pat, Marcus & Alexishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13097254988446524947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-72467102642409054352016-02-01T04:36:10.336-08:002016-02-01T04:36:10.336-08:00It is also interesting that it all came to passing...It is also interesting that it all came to passing after the Great War was over. Also there was mass smuggling of alcohol into the US from all our neighbors and Europe, which never stopped production. T guess the momentum just carried it thru... and opened a very sad era of greatly increased crime and corruption in America after the war. And even FDR drank... So we live with the echos of this David John Hastiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668499102291275170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-61647121487038124742016-01-03T07:16:02.822-08:002016-01-03T07:16:02.822-08:00What it does not explain is that there were more t...What it does not explain is that there were more than a few substitutes for wheat that were not only known at the time but were offered as exemptions, but the prohibitionists wouldn't allow them. Their agenda had nothing to do with "saving" anything but their interests. Like any other petulant child, they would have their way.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15932318362316798388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-87981130341781710152016-01-03T07:10:33.664-08:002016-01-03T07:10:33.664-08:00Yes, it did.Yes, it did.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15932318362316798388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-34757619891803696752016-01-02T22:00:22.015-08:002016-01-02T22:00:22.015-08:00The women and men that were part of the Anti-Saloo...The women and men that were part of the Anti-Saloon League (ASL) and Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) were smart politicians and used the anti-German feelings in the country in WW I to campaign against brewery companies, whose owners were of German ancestry (Adolfus Busch of Busch Brewery Company in St. Louis, MO & Gustave Pabst of Pabst Brewing Company in Milwaukee, WI) who usedDavid Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539002824273503170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-55018634369193908852016-01-02T17:10:31.092-08:002016-01-02T17:10:31.092-08:00Excellent article, Keith. Very informative. Sheds...Excellent article, Keith. Very informative. Sheds light on the Progressive Era and on Hoover's reputation.<br /><br />I second David Thompson's recommendation of _Last Call_, which is a delight.Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-53297779974052057862016-01-02T14:37:13.436-08:002016-01-02T14:37:13.436-08:00Marc and Bill, thanks for the comments. I could ha...Marc and Bill, thanks for the comments. I could have spoken more clearly in the passage about Russian grain. What I meant, but did not articulate clearly enough, was that losing Russia as an ally ended any possibility of grain coming from that country, at least in the short term. Russia's exit from the war raised the stakes and the responsibility for Hoover and the Food Administration, comingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-31948471105149738042016-01-02T14:21:58.782-08:002016-01-02T14:21:58.782-08:00This is a great article that buttressed Daniel Okr...This is a great article that buttressed Daniel Okrent's excellent book, "Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition."<br /><br />In the grain producing Mid-west, not only did the grain crisis and temperance movement come together during WW I in ways that were mutually reinforcing, but the temperance movement leveraged itself into the fray of the Minnesota Commission of Public David Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539002824273503170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-50267046421130433022016-01-02T12:15:13.630-08:002016-01-02T12:15:13.630-08:00An excellent article, raising many fascinating iss...An excellent article, raising many fascinating issues and food for thought. Prohibition activism enabled women to become politically active and involved, out of the kitchen and into the streets. Linking the prohibition cause to support for WW1 troops "Will you back me or booze?) is brilliant marketing. The movement fostered culture wars (not that they used that term) because alcohol use was Diane Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16794521230958515051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-45605555081597386232016-01-02T12:01:45.178-08:002016-01-02T12:01:45.178-08:00Interesting article. I also thought Russia ended t...Interesting article. I also thought Russia ended the export of wheat in 1914. The primary reason that Germany and Austria-Hungary blocked land exports and Russia's merchant fleet and navy unable to open the Baltic Sea.bill o'neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01987598176551650867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-47172809182339685482016-01-02T10:43:40.682-08:002016-01-02T10:43:40.682-08:00Excellent article, but didn't Russia's exp...Excellent article, but didn't Russia's export of grains cease when the Ottoman Empire entered the war in October of 1914?Marc Sheinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17994714327325097291noreply@blogger.com