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Safe as the United States BUY LIBERTY BONDS EATERS OF MEAT AND MEN AMONG MEN If an army really travels on its belly the American hog lias done its bit in wiping out the St Mihiel salient for statistics show that the Yanks in France have broken thevorlds record as bacon eaters eatersFrom From President Edward Morris Jr of Morris Company packers it is learned that statisticians of the company after checking past meat records with late government figures have discovered that the exports of bacon in the first seven months of this year are almost equal to the total bacon exports for five years preceding the war The figures are 736959092 pounds as compared with 912370461 pounds7 pounds7Practically Practically all of the 1918 shipments have gone only to the allied countries It has also become kmnvn that the doughboys are eating twice as much bacon proportionately to beef as they formerly did didEven Even KO the beef shipments have increased amaz ¬ ingly on account of the war exports of fresh beef for the single month of July 1918 the latest month for which figures are available having exceeded fresh beef exports for the entire year 1914 by five times The figures are areJuly July poundsYear 1918 32056016 pounds Year 1914 6394404 pounds poundsOn On all meat sent to allied countries the price has be ii sef by Governmental agencies and the Fowl Administration has limited the profits to two and onehalf cents per dollar of sales This figure however packersHow is not guaranteed to the packers How shipments of meat abroad have increased in accordance with the growth of the American army there is shown by the following statistics July 1918 1918Pounds July 1917 1917Pounds Pounds Pounds Beef canned 13526800 2675634 Beef fresh 32056016 12963020 Beef pickled 2651413 2144552 Bacon 119893655 19462349 Hams and shoulders 55368812 11792532 Pork pickled 4676888 1405380 7 mouths 1918 Pounds Beef canned 85879455 Beef fresh 311733004 Beef pickled 25614175 Bacon 736959092 Hams and shoulders 370708140 Pork pickled 23821199
