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Show m Meat: Russia and the Allies i i Russia crumbled away and failed the 1 1 Allies largely through lack of food, accord- ; j ing to an American eyewitness. ! jl With plentiful reserves and resources ill virtually untouched, her people starved at ' home and at the front because there j was no adequate organization to place , food where it was needed. ; Animals on the hoof were shipped thou- llj sands of miles to the various fronts, wasting 'I;! transportation facilities required tor other purposes. They arrived shrunken and email ema-il dated, to be killed and dressed amidst filth and confusion behind the lines. Half of those brought from Siberia, it is said, perished on j the way; many more were unfit for food. ii' v On the other hand, the American packers turned 1 1j live stock into meat in large sanitary plants located in the producing sections, and shipped the product under I I refrigeration so that it reached the trenches in Franco I I in perfect condition, without waste. ill Says Oar Authority : ;;: si t; "Had such facilities for cold storage transportation III been available to the Russian supply committee as ;; were placed at the disposal of the quartermaster' of i the United States by Swift & Company,' there might M, have been a different story concerning Russia's part 'a in the final drama of the war." A large-scale packing industry would be an asset ilijf to Russia, in war or in peace, as it has proved to be to m!1 TTnifftH Ktafpo j The cost of this large scale industry in the form of profits is only a fraction' of a cent per pound of meat 1 - , .. I Swift & Company, U. 8. A. j Salt Lake City Local Branch. 336 So. Third Street, West ! ; A. Gavin, Manager ' , . |