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Show CHICAGO HAS GREAT ; PART IN FEEDING ARMIES 4 .' Vast Shipments of Meats and Cereals Supplied to Warring Nations. By Associated Press. j s CHICAGO, Tec. 17. -Chtco. r.epr)- ! .-' tentative, of the Middle Vet. to whtth j the world has looked for Its provisions, , has had a great share in victualing; peoples and armies during; the four ; ' eara of the war and In tint period an mormous amount of provision , has paused through the Chicago gate- ! I -uV. I With the 1918 shipments there has shipped from Chicago more than PAtOO.OOO tons of cereals. In the same period the meat shlp- menta, according to the 1 trover's Trade Journal, including cured, canned and freeh meats, amounted to more thy n , 00)1,000 tons. l-'ats. Including lard, butter and j rheose, tuHnled more than ..hOO,'.'t,U ' tons. v In addition to rrafn. merits nn'l rm ;n.i!.i,imii mis pais nf porn Toe handled out of Chirugo, and live, hos, .r.87.4Ij head of rattle and 4 166670 shf p ftpro shipped. Prior to the spring of 1 11 7 the tisual agencies of trade con dinted the distribution distri-bution of the vu.t (jUHiitlties of foodstuffs food-stuffs snt out of 'hicHHu and contractu con-tractu for provisions were iJiada ty foreign governmerii direct with the dealers In Chicago. With the entrance of America into the war the food ad- , ministration through Its various ! branches took over the handling of provisions Jn quantity and the distribution distri-bution was conducted under governmental govern-mental supervision. |