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Show i THE HELPER TIMES. HELPER. UTAH Bread and Meat World Problem France, and Australia follow wltb seventeen, fourteen and thirteen million. There are heavy holdings of cattle In India and other parts of the Orient, bnt the beef production from these countries Is very light owing to religious scruples and vegetarian habits. "The World war seems greatly to habits have affected the meat-eatinof the West. Apparently France learned meat eating from her allies. Her pre-wa- r Imports of beef were only million pounds, while she exforty-onmillion pounds. Now ported sixty-twthe exports have been cut almost jo f the former figure, while the Imports have Increased more than six fold They are now 7'.i per cent of all International exports. "Germany has doubled her lmitorts, and now takes 13 per cent of world shipments; her exports both before and since the war are negligible. "As with bread, so with beef Great Britain Is the greatest importer. She imports now more than one and billion pounds per yeaV, against one and a quarter billion in r days. "Changes in the sources of beef have not been great ; rather, the prewar tendencies have been followed out. Russia was never an Important factor In Europe's hief supply, and fier withdrawal from European Bffaira had little effect on the meat trade. The World's Meat Counter. "Argentina is the world's chief beef purveyor. Before the war her contribution was 40 per cent of the total international exports; now It has grown to W) per cent. Uruguay Is a poor second with 11 per cent; double her pre-wAustralia, proportion which furnished 14 per cent of beef shipments before 1914, sends out only 9 per cent now. The United States, too, has dropped from a 10 per cent contribution in the years prior to the war, to 5 per cent today. "The only other country with exports which equal C per cent of world exports Is, strangely the Netherlands, with more than 7 per cent. This country has only two million cattle. The explanations lies In the heavy imports of beef, most of which are "Because the teeming population of the East lives largely on rice. It would be natural to assume that more rice Is grown than wheat. But the fact that the people of the West are on the whole much better fed, apparently turns the scale In favor of wheat. The average estimated world rice crop for five years preceding the World war was two and a half billion bushels, whole the corresponding wheat crop was approximately one billion bushels greater. The average annual crops for the year 1921 to 1925 were nearly three billion bushel? for rice, and nearly four billion bushels for wheat Less Rice Exported Than Wheat. "A much smaller percentage of the rice crop enters International trade than that of the wheat crop. In days 8 per cent of the world's rice production was exported, as against 23 per cent of the total wheat. The percentages now are practically the same. "Pork plays second fiddle to beef, as rice does to wheat among the meats and grains consumed by man. There are far fewer hogs In the world than cattle about two hundred Sfty million as against more than six hundred million. The United States leads all other countries In the number of its hogs between fifty and sixty millions. The nearest competitors are Germany with sixteen million and Russia with fourteen million. "The United Stntes is also first In pork exports, sending out nearly one and a quarter billion pounds, more than half the total International shipments. The next more important exporters are Denmark with four hundred sixty-thremillion pounds, and the Netherlands with two hundred llo Buv or Make i A Wife's The BABY) Transformation for Christmas j The Stopr of (K Comeback of Woman Con to Seed By Mary Culbertson Miller For Baby's Comfort g Wheat Keeps Pace With the Growing Population, Meat Lags Behind. Washington. What of the world's bread and meat supply since the Wprid war? The world's population has been growing: Have these two primary food items kept pace? Blnee the problem Is being proached from the Western world, let wheat stand, for the moment, for bread, and beef for meat. A bulletin from the Washington (D summarizes the G) headquarters world wheat and beef production as follows "The average yearly world production of wheat during the five years immediately preceding the World war was roughly three Bnd a half billion bushels. In late years the average has been closer to four billion bushels. The wheat supply, therefore, has advanced along with the number of mouths to eat it So too with that part of the crop that is transplanted from country to country Ap proximately eight hundred million bushels (nearly 23 per cent of the pro duction) of wheat and flour entered International trade channels In pre war days, and about eight hundred fifty million bushels (22.4 per cent) enter now. "But although the World war had no lasting effect on wheat production and Its steady growth, it played have with the world trade in wheat. This flow of wheat from the less developed countries to the countries with great urban centers has been an Important factor In world economics since the rise of cities. Doubtless Babylon drew grain from its satellite countries When Rome came to be a great power a veritable river of grain flowed to It from northern Africa, Spain, and the Near East. Medieval Flow of Grain. "During the Middle ages commerce In food staples lagged, each country, for the most part, producing its own food. But with the planting of colonies and the coming of the machine age, the tide of grain begun to run again, setting toward England and western Europe from Russia, the Western hemisphere, and finally from the antipodes. "Russia was the big factor In the wheat trade ucfore the war. She proh duced more than of the en tire world crop, and exported a fifth of the total international shipments. After a big drop, Russia has almost readied her former position In the matter of production. Rut njparently the Russians of today nre better fed ; only 3 per cent of the wot Id's wheat exports now come from that country. "Canada has become the chief factor In the International wheat trade. She produced less than two hundred million bushels before the war. and shipped only 11 per cent of world shipments. In 1920 she grew more than four hundred million bushels and her exports far surpassed the greatest shipments of Russia, reaching 37 per cent of total International exports." "Rut although Russia and Canada have stood out as the greatest ship pers of wheat. In the matter of production they have been surpassed since well before the World war by the United States. This country, in 1920, produced eight hundred thirty-twmillion bushels, more than a fifth of the world total. Only European Russia came anywhere near this mark, with five hundred ninety million bushels. Even when Asintlc Russia's two hundred million bushels are added, the United States is still In the lead by more than forty million ' bushels. "F.ut Uncle Sam's 120,(HK).(MK) mouths consume most of this vast volume of wheat. Some years the exports jump to a quarter of a billion bushels. Usually, however, they are little more than one hundred million bushels, making up the 12 per cent of world shipments that was the rule even in moved to first place, there have been significant shifts In the positions of other countries. Rumania which contributed of the world exports, dropped out entirely for some years, and now supplies only Bulgaria has cut her contribution to the former figure; and Hungary's five million bushels have shrunk to twenty million. India, too. has been slowly losing ground as an exporter. "Next to Canada. Australia has shown the greatest growth In wheat r shipments, raising her figure of 6 per cent of the world shipments to 15 per cent. Argentina has shown a less spectacular growth from W per cent to 12 per cent. "A surprising fact disclosed by r survey of the wheat situation is the magnitude of the crops produced by France, Italy and Germany, all of which are relatively densely populated, consuming countries. France's crop of three hundred thirty million bushels in 1925 was considerably larger than that of Argentina (two hundred twenty-thre- e millions) and twice that or Ausapproximate!) tralia. Italy's two hundred forty million bushels was also greatei than the Argentine crop; while Germany's one hundred eighteen million bushels was not far short of the Australian production. All three of these countries found It necessary to supplement their heavy home production by taking from 4 to 9 per cent of the world shipments. There has been little change In the 'volume of French wheat and flour Imports since before the war, but that, of Italy has Increased, and that of Germany has decreased. "The greatest Importer of wheat continues to be Great Britain, which takes about of all Internationa! wheat shipments. In 1928 she Imported two hundred three million bushels of wheat and flour, an amount about equal to the total combined shipments of the United States and Argentina. In addition. Great Britain raised morq than fifty million bushels of wheat at home. U. 3. Leads Also In Beef. "In beef cattle, as in wheat production, the United States leads the world, with close to sixty million head. Russia probably ranks next with slightly under forty million, although both Argentina and Brazil have almost as many. Germany. wheat-producin- g one-thir- fifty-- pre-wa- one-quart- one-sixt- GIFT FROM RADICALS "-- 7 4 rc-- M v-c- i' o pre-wa- r days. Smaller Nations' Exports Drop. "While Russia has dropped out of the world wheat trade since the war, at least temporarily, and Canada has i .7 m .rA I- - Wl one-hal- I rs pre-wa- ar ire-w- fifty-nin- e ' -- B hot-wat- hot-wat- n U3ii ' hot-wat- In Santa's Menagerie ST " a din of and "quack-quacks- " there would be If all the animals and ducks and chickens and such in Santa's pack should start to talk at once. The calico dog in this picture, with eyes painted so big and ears so long, is not half as ferocious as he looks. In fact, he makes friends not only with children, but the flapper contingent, who doting on the sensational, call them "snuggle dogs," carrying them under their arm with true "beauty and the beast" effect As to the other dog and duck, you can get them at almost any fancy work department stamped on pique ready to embroider. They launder perfectly. What "bow-wows- Czechoslovakian fat-secr- Pottery i4 At y patter." if mm.-- ' Meat for Convicts Ktj 0 VV If baby could write, it is fair to suppose that Santa Claus would be deluged with letters' saying, "Please, dear old JsIf'k. bring me a nice little bottle to make me comfy." A miniature bottle in a satin case Is a cunning gift It doubles the message of comfort If a bit of talcum powder be Included. These nursery requisites are obtainable in matched sets, beautified with flower craft which creates such wonderfully lovely posies out of satin ribbon. million. "In pork England is again the world's best customer, taking more than one and billion pounds of the world's exports. 57 per cent of the total." "nf." ' St Joseph, Mo. Sing Sing Js to have some choice meat on Its tables. g Eight baby beeves of the recent Interstate baby beef show here have been sold to the prison. prize-winnin- This stalue youth with the emblems of the Soviets the sickle and the hammer was presented by the Young Pioneers of America, an organization of young people of radical trend, to the "Young l.e.iiniies" of Soviet Russia, on the occasion of the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Soviet republic. of a Skirts Make Trouble Jersey City. N. J .Mrs. Marie Sprutt, who is suing her husbund for custody of their two children, says her short skirts were one cause "of family dissension. of the guardian lamas to the huge black slab at the rear of the shrine and writes with the accompanying priest's hand prophecies for the coming year. For seven centuries the priests have preserved the mystery. Jewel studded In Washington Violent weapons of Genghis Khan and his own Speech Is Misdemeanor lion, stery of his reign, a Washington. Profanity Is a misdtiger and horse In pink .Vide and a Copy emeanoreven lu the bent of an athof the Bible written by an English letic contest according to the cap monk, also were In the total. Ital's police force. vigilant Professor Kozloff also visited the Two park police waited until the tomb of the Genghis' favored wife, the of a soccer game on the monuend Inscription on whose while marble cof- ment grounds one afternoon and fin sets forth that "the great khan reRobert Hall, goal keepleased her by placing his dagger In her then arrested Marlboro team. They said the er for breast." Hall's exclamations during the game The tomh lies beyond the labyrinth were profane enough and loud enough of passages cut into the mountain side. to shock the spcclators. It Is :i spacious hall, about 40 feet It cost Hall's friends $10 to get him square, the whole carefully preserved. out of the clutches of the law. Once each year certain privileged Mongols and the khan's descendants repair Does Her Stuff thillicr to make sacrifice to his memN. Y. Trained two years Buffalo, ory. Once a year, Professor Kozloff was by Its owner to scream when a assured, on the anniversary of the stranger entered the house at night, a khan's death his ghost arises and parrot did just that when the occa blows out the lamps, leads the chief slon arose and drove off a burglar. erf"' i3i wAv . Much to the Joy of the art connoisseur genuine Czechoslovakian pottery is finding its w3y (reasonably priced considering its beauty), Into America's yuletide displays. This ware is Bftnnllv hnndmnilo nnrl linn.lroi hnmni Tli., rated In the verv higldy colorful de; igns are the sme as in vogue us lar DacK as eleven hundred years ago. Anyone would be proud to receive a gift of pitcher (note its unique convex handle) and gobleta to match like the one In the picture. nr-isn- Of Gay Enamel Cloth I. life-siz- e Russian explore Prof. Peter Kozloff, says the Sunday Impress, has solved darkest Asia's mystery by the jTi:tosi discovery of the tomb of Genghis Khan (.lenghiz Khan). Mongolian conqueror. 709 yenrs after his death, near the ruins of the dead city of Kharnkhoto. In the Gobi desert. Professor Kozloff has devoted 20 He found the years to the search preit khan's remains In a silver eoliin rcilni' on the crowns of 78 princes and khans whom be had conquered. The secret wonders of the conquer ors' tomb, says the Express, vie will, Seven ilcn; tlio'ie of l.:m:is guard the secret place and every seven hours one of them strikes seven times on a huge jade bvll hanging above the sar 'oj ha;;us. London. The A cushion of colorful enamel cloth f With of realistic-lookingay flowers Is warranted to bring a real thrill on Christmas morn to tins friend who enthuses on the subject of Interior d 'coratlon, and who waxej bas-relie- t TOW that Helen Crane was wholly IN awakened to the consciousness of natural feminine charm and beauty her enthusiasm in the pursuit of it brushed aside almost every other interest The vanity that had been submerged by years of ?nd" indifference was now a salient factor in her life, tiring her on toward her goal. "I'm giving you a very nice little beaugirl for your operator," said the Helen's appearance upon ty genius that second morning. "All our girls are put through a thorough apprenticeship, but this girl usually takes our special cases. She will take you to an isolated booth and explain her work to you. 1 want your loving labor at home to be effective, Mrs. Crane." One of her rare smiles came. "I mean to make you over from tip to toe. Oar rules here are ubsolute quiet,...but you may ask any questions I xne emergency uuiuU you HUe. sound proof." Eater, In the soft reclining chair in her particular booth while being swathed in wldte. Helen ventured: "1 always thought massage loosened the skin and made more wrinkles." "Not the delicate manipulation that I will give you." said the operator. "Miss Wkyte has an aversion to the ordinary massage followed by applications. She believes they do harm. But In your case she has advised it. Your skin Is in too sluggish and unhealthy a state for any other treatment than professional massage. It must have that attention for a while to get it back into normal condition." Finds It Soothing. moved The operator's finger-tip- s lightly, with delicacy, accuracy and strength. "You see, I'm working only with the finger tips, always moving upward and outward. On your cheeks and around your chin I massage in circles. But on your forehead and around your mouth I stroke with the length of my fingers." She demonstrated her meaning as she spoke. The gentle soothing motion dropped lleh ii's eyes. "Pve heard of so many preparations I'm sort of bewildered." she roused herself to say. "You see, first I rubbed in softly a cleansing cream that liquefies when applied on the skin, perfectly eliminating dust, grit, and other deteriorating elements. It takes the place of soap und water. Water does not properly cleanse the face, and soap contains lye and other deleterious ingredients v hich in time injure the skin. Now then, after the cream was rubbed in I wrapped your face in steaming hot towels to remove the cream and open the pores to make them ready for the skin tonic. "This skin tonic and astringent produces an evenly measured excretion in y of the moisture and glands. Abnormal diminution or increase of these secretions makes the skin cither dry or dull, or unduly moist and oily. But if you use this tonic it will make the pores uormai. the skin firm and more active, therefore lighter and dearer In color Eollowing the use of cleansing cream it removes any oil left therefrom and is delightfully cooling, giving one's skin tlie realization of absolute purity and cleanliness." Patience Needed. "Should It he patted on?" "Yes, for live minutes daily, with a piece of absorbent cotton, or with a o one-thir- d TOMB OF GENGHIS KHAN IS FOUND IN A SECRET CAVE Seven Silent Lamas, Writes Explorer, Keep Watch at Coffin in Central Asia. Face Skin Treatment v e three-quarte- V INSTALLMENT g eloquent ever "a note of c.iior" In the scheme of things. I'o ri:t confuse enamel cloth with glided chintz nr or anything of that sort. it looks rather like colored p:;tont leather and It Is produced in every lovely shade, both pastel tints and exotic coloring, also black. cru-tonr.- j "Hot towels again?" said Helen, frowning. "Madame must not get tired It takes a lot of patience, this beauty building, but ah . . . the result! Just once more I'll steam your face, then I'll cover it with a lotion which will close the pores again More tow els, but cold this time, followed b a plaster of cotton soaked in witch hazel. The Idea Is to thoroughly close the pores so the dirt can't enter. An Ice rub helps, too." "But can I do all that myself?" The massage "Certainly, madame. treatments will be discontinued after one or two more, and you'll only have to consider the care of the skin as It Is normally treated. It's quite simCleanse your face with some ple. good cleansing cream just as you have seen me do it. Always remember to rub upward and outward. It woiil I be well to provide a lot of tissue towels. They are line for wiping off various creams. Then apply skin food. I should advise you to use a patter, It gives better results. Your face Is You may use tissue cream plump. and pat it In firmly. Since much of the work of our bodies Is done while we're asleep It U well to ,.ave the skin foo' on ull night so that It has a chance to work deep Into the pores and enrich the skin." by ( th- - Syndlrntp, ::.'f- Why do so many, many babies of t day escape all the little fretful spella and Infantile ailments that used t worry mothers through the day, and keep them up half the night? If you don't know the answer, yon haven't discovered pure, harmless' Ca toria. It is sweet to the taste, and sweet in the little stomach. And Its gentle influence seems'felt all through the tiny system. Not even a distasteful dose of castor oil does bo much good. Fletcher's Castorla is purely vegfr table, so you may give it freely, at first sign of colic; or constipation; or diarrhea. Or those many times when you just don't know what is the matter. For real sickness, call the , always. At other times, a few T drops of Fletcher's Castoria. The doctor often tells you to do just that; and always says Fletcher'i, Other preparations may be Just at pure, just as free from dangerom drugs, but why experiment? Beside, the book on care and feeding of bablej that comes with Fletcher's Castorla la worth its weight in goldl f hal ii I should I'ille- r- Children Cry for DON'T RUB INFLAMED LIDS It increases the Irritation. Use MITCHELL IlYE fiALVE, a simple, desafe remedy, pendable, 25e at ill dnmgists. HaH Bottle!, Rw Tor Hfr Coughing ni..Stop cuuu iiic .. Bosehee's Syrup, has been giving relief for slxty-onyears. Try it. 80c and 90c bottles. Buy," It at your drug store. G. G. Green, Inc,; sl Woodbury, N. J. Fer Cuts, Burns, Brmses, Sores Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh' Honey back for first bottle If not tnlted. ckum and some kind Waiter (returnins Biggest Artificial Lake 1 here I'iaer-lle- bllt you ro you've Waiter-Wlu- il'n Iiner-T- he j, it. ,,,. h. n, I His Decision ng)-! xm't Speaks to Women it I I found eo muctt relief that I took another bottle and after that I had no further trouble. "After I married end during my I period V .. whisperi- P.nt Ozden, Utah "It seems as thousb I had always been bothered wish functional disturbances. I tolt a bottle of lit. Favorlt Pierce's Prescription and in ache and pains in n y lin:bs until I began tcklnj Ir. I Oreo's Favori:J I 1:1 hly recommend Prescription. . this medicine for r.ry young mother-to-beI know the Tavorlta Prescription' will give relief wbn others have failed." Mrs. Ivan S. Larsen, T3 J3rd St. d. All dealers. Tablets or !,al? at (Ee eggs l.l!e ... , itoorawr ,.,,.,., ))(, kind words" WUi,.r (hemlirw beV and . Binnienjj j shouted Gap Johnson of ltunmus. j ti:ne- sniie of Itidge. "Glory hallelooyer!" "Now what's the matter with youJ" asked his wife. "I was reading along and didn't find anything interesting for quite a spell and was about to fling the paper down when I ran onto the account of a lust chance sale of Shakespeare's books If I don't buy 'em now I'll never get t another chance 1" "Well, what about It?" j to buy 'em; that's "I hailn't f all." Kansas "lty Star. nooraw: ptjfferri a t:ioii?and - sonictlu., j When You Feel a Cold Coming On.f Take Laxative BROMO QUININE Tab- lets to work off the Cold and to fortlfrf the system against an attack of Grip or Influenza. 80c. Adv. iml words. u ill! All deslen. The world's largest artificial lake? whose water Is to produce electrfe power in Alabama will soon he' formed. A dam 2iMi feet high and '.m' feet long on the Tallapoosa river ahnutji twenty miles tinm itirmiligiiiiin isj. hacking up water for the new Laknj 'les Ion,", Martin which will he P3 and Impound three times as much ter as is walled up hy the great Muscle Shoals dam. The project cost about $20.1 MUX HI but the demand of the South for more electric power to more than justify the costs Inc l ,,, I , i. ine wurse you iceu hiujc yuu and the more Inflamed your throat and lungs Become, Give them a chance tj heal. i ,.Vfl li;) a.- - bark- ..i,. Hq-l- I WpWWWJBWIWipiapMSJi I doe-tor- His Advice Wnltor-W- I wi&'ri - |