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Show SAVING AND SAVING AND LENDING Sir William Goode, of the British I Food Ministry, says that from July, r 3 317. to April, 1918. the United States exported to the allies 80,000,000 bush- . ; els cf wheat products. Of this It Is as- 11 serted that 50,000,000 bushels repre-; repre-; sented voluntary sacrifices by the (American people In their consumption t 'of wheat. ' . j There Is a triple economy, a aspect to this saving of wheat. ' It ' ! raved wheat for our Army and the armies of our allies; It saved money to the American people, and for the most part this money went for the purchase of government war securities. securi-ties. There Is another saving still; this ' sort of sacrifice and economy Is helping help-ing win the war shorten the war with the resultant saving of soldiers' lives. . f ' " ;l |