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Secretary Baker Urges Letters With €iHome-touch ” For the Boys«TKp fear Hr. BesdlolriTh* aye* of th# wcrtd srs open nr soldiers overseas today not mere for vfcat they Mvo done than for what th«7 ore blt;*» oallad upon to do. Bafora them lie tha tasks of helping to rehabilitate tha devasted loads of franco and Bolgiun and Of Baking rare that tha viotciy la wfcloh they Uv# ao gloriously aha rod ahall ha a paraanant cae.This neon* that -a my not axpoot aooa to Mr# tha® all with os here and to greet than fooa to faoa. Tha postponement of tholr hcmeoanlrf will ba ofto- vpporaont aa wall In thalr nlnda aa la ewra. They will yat moat and mot overoone nany dlffl-oultlaa without either tha Infant Its or tha excitement lant la tha past tha aotlrltlos of war. Ybay need our help and sn-oour*g«r»ant new parhapa Bora than at any othar time olnoa thay left ho to In ordar that thoy n*7 ha lnaplrad and atror«thi»nod to maintain that fineness of charaotar, manner and conduct whloh has earned for than snoh universal roopaot.Z believe that aoong all tha lnfloanoao whloh my ba fOcuaed upon thla objest, tha strongest and aoot far-reaching la that whloh emanates frca bcoo lot tore, and 1 therefore urge tha notharo. father#, wires and slaters of our ooldlars ever-aaaa to express thmoaelve* earnestly In thalr letters aa tholr •hare in seals* that tha high standards whloh toarloa reoresaata both hare and abroad ilaU to oonstoatly uphold.Cordially yours.yew ten a. baker 600rotary of Bar.■ft' fttymond B. Bosdloh,Chairman, Canml salon cn Training Camp Activities,34.MEAT INCREASE AT TIME NEEDEDProducers Responded Nobly When Demand Was Shown to Them.CATTLE AND HOG FIGURES.Government Justified In Pork Policy Which Nov Provides Chief 81 p-ply to Meet Three Dllllon Pound Fat 8hort*fle.TURN THE BOYS’ THOUGHTS HOMEWARD, SAYS FOSDICK, ASKING CO-OPERATIONWashington. — (Special.) — Just fore leaving for Franco to superlnt tend the demobilisation activities of those organizations which recently took part In tho United War Work Cainpulgn, Raymond B. Fosdlck. Obnlrronu of the Commission on Train* tog Camp Activities, was Interviewed with regard to tho preaent situation of our overseas forces.i “The problem presented by the gradual demobilization of more than two million men three thousand miles from home Is one which will to* all our social resources,” said Mr. Fob-dlefc “It Is above all o morale problem, and It must be faced as such, with the full co-opprntlon of families and friends here 1c this country, If It Is to be solved successfully. Every one who has a son, a brother, must help.While the wur was on our boys were fully occupied; they were still fUled with the spirit of udvc-ntura looking forward relher thuo back. Wow, however, the fighting is nt an end. They nre going to remain, most of them, muny months doing work which will be neither oxcitlpg nor particularly interesting. They will get lonesome, bored and terribly homo-sick.“The *170,000.000 relsod in the recant United Wnr Work drive Is to be used precisely to bridge over this period tiv Providing recreation and8ugpcstlon for Mother's Lettsr.Son of Mine:TheyTo sending you home to mo ut last Through nil these months of waiting and longing I’ro been wearing a atnr for you and bolding my bcud high and thinking wonderful thoughts about you. Tvo watched you through ocean mists and dreamed anxious dreatnB. l’cs, and cried a little, too, but not when people could see.And now you're coming home- Oh, It seems too good to bo true. I've Just read your lotc-ra again. They say bo much more titan you ever thought when you were writing them. Just happenings—that’s all most of tho things you wrotn about were to you. But to me they said you were fnclng tho biggest thing In life, fnclng It bravely, as I should want my son to face It. You were offering your body and your soul for n thing bigger than you or me or America.When 1 wrote to you I tried to write cheerful, encouraging letters, because I did no: want you to go Into buttle feeling that I was holding you back from the big ancriflce. It's only now, when the fighting Is over, thr.t 1 can let down a little end be Just your mother. Just tho wonmn who loves you better than anything clue In the world nnd Is so glad to know you’re coming back to her that she doesn't cure who oeea her cry.Perhaps for some of tho boys who have stood with you so finely through these trials the fighting Is not yet all over. The fighting I mean la that between a mun nud himself, and for mauy of them this will be the hardest..•A*. -4In lino with the geheral plan of conservation formulated by the U. 9. Food Administration Immediately following the entrance of the United Slates Into the war the contribution made by the meat producers of this country lo the war program In of particular significance, S9 It demonstrates the heoriy co-operation accorded the Food Administration by ttio meat pnxJuecre of the count’/.According to reports of the U. S. Deportment of Agriculture, there was an lucres** In rattle of 10,23$.OJO head and 12,441.000 hogs, these figure* compiled to January 1 Inst. In the some period there was a decrease of 810.000 hend of sheep, but Indications nre Oil* decrease will Blvow an Increase following the latest report*.Since January 1 unofficial Information Indicates an Increase in hogs of not less than eight per ceDt. nnd not more than fifteen per cent, cotnpnrrd with one year ago. with an Increase in average weight.Following the request of the Food Administration for Increase In hog production for the fall of 1018 and the spring of 1010 Ihe Increase may yield not less than l,«0C,000;0CO pounds more of pork products than were available '.net year. Without thla Increase Ihe shipping program arranged by Mr. Hoover regarding nnlrnul food products would have been Impossible.The dressed hog products during tho three months ending September 80, 1017, nmonnted to 003,172.000 pounds, while for the same months of 1018 the production was 1.277.580,0C0 pounds, no Increase of over 374,000.000 pounds for the quarter.During the same period In 1017 Inspected slaughter records of dressedbeef showed 1.263,000400 pound* as against 1,454,000,OCX) pounds for the three month period ending September 1, this year.Wa must Increase our meat shipment#, especially our pork products, to meet the added demands of the millions liberated from German oppression. And ut the same time we mu9t look forward to the rehabilitation of the Kuropenn meat herds. The policy which guided our mc-at program in tho past year has been folly Justified, for only the heavy pork production which it has brought about will enable us even partly to entlsfy the Increased demands on us for the coming year. There will be a world shortage In fats, and It is to the United States that Europe must look to supply Its deficiency, At the same time there will continue to be heavy demand* for beef. Owing to the limited refrigerator shipping capacity European Imports of beef for eome time will be limited. The United States, Australia and Argentine will be able to maintain a supply that will keep all available freezer vessel* operating nt capacity.America's Pledge to
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Wed, Jan 01, 1919
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