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Show MEAT CONSUf IN IN AMERICA DECREASES Decline in Comumption 1$ Declared Blow to Nation's Industrial Life The annual consumption of meet and lard In I'nitcd Htates droped from about I 210 pounds per capita In to about 1 in llMK. (in basis of present population, popu-lation, this means a dwrenas of more than S.OUu.lJirO.wiu pounds below what national na-tional consumption would be If. consuinp- , tiun per capna of wo had been main talned. I'it capita coneiiiii.it n of meat I and laid for ieua esra la aa follows: rounds. i:0d, Itu9, ?!; ISM, 17b, 1117. la.'.; 11 IK. 1M; ISIS, 1K. Kecord breaking prod u lion of 1S1D gent coiicuinptlon upward, and It is again on Ihe down grade. Tht-t declining consumption lias had its -effed-i- m prodiHrtum eacefrt during the-war the-war peri'sj. Meat has now declined In price, hut If eoneiuiier-i on not ua tt fri-ely the livestock prodticr will be dia-i dia-i vouragi-d snd continue to shorten his pro-fluctioii. pro-fluctioii. while Mpulatlon iiicreHses. This! wouhl be s hardship for the consumer in the long run. I lovertuneiK figures of alaughter at I ixfy-nlt.e prhielM stock arils show I luraw h firodui lloii baa decreased this ! esr computed with last. For ten months eddwl wltti lkclolMr the number of cattle cat-tle and calveB slaughtered hud de4'reHsd a 1 per c-nt, and liurnber ( hove H'.a per cent fi r.u-ae of 2. bl3. hogs, one facirfr which has exerted downward r triflu'nce on meat t one;iinpi ion h;s tM-en ' the eHKrln nd sometltnea mien-ud-( itig fropKiiidrt ptit on by manufu'ttir-r I of pr pared foods. hose proiii't com ! f with meat . I 'onsutnerM Iimm liern ' urfd r.i ptibstilule 4-ert-ai and other proc- , fissla for strk ami luef. l.tvestrM k I I'dMinciri are now ifintKlering extenalve icuiiipaign to counlerat t i- -roiienus asaer-l asaer-l .ona hi Ihe an 1 1 meat propaganda cir-.ililated cir-.ililated so v4gorousl. I sL-Ht a ni ma la he sn indirect value 'to I tie farmer, apart from direct yiliie. ; ry oflen Ihet enall him lo trarket h i:rni lieaiock more prnfMttd tl..!ii he could rnaikei l grain. More-; More-; over. me;ii Iml istry Is essential lo the i dH.r tndusirv. I.ivesiock also make It i , ostt 1j uliltre sotne land which other-jwise other-jwise mtsht tee pracMinliy w it led I f or these and other re (eons declining meat cotisumpt -on ia a blow to afc-rn-ul- .litre as M Uhole.M.I a bllW tO MgrU-r. 'tore is a blow to ttitho-tn;! j-nl nier.-an- ' lile life of Ihe nation. This fact .e re-"; Jcnlty Itnpreaaed on tl-oee niHitjf;t4 turra ; who buy their raw materials from the ' farmer, thfe who ee;I their goal to the I I farmer end ihoe who consume the farm- 1 er's tiroduct when within about throe-! throe-! montha the value of lniKrtant farm crops i I 4-hrnuk In Milue to extent of Several bit- I Hons This shrinkage limlis the farmer's! fHissbllity to produce and his capability) 1 to piirchis |