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Show far it "will TSurh In That "direction To day, we can see why so many people turn vegetarians over nisht. The $10 Iiok was caused by the European Eu-ropean war, the same as the price of uncut diamonds and bronze shoes. I!efore the war a stout-legsed. adtil! American hog could he bought al.mosi anywhere for less money than it takes I " unf Rann-tbm Reels j I By HOWARD L. RANN ! ti:e b'KJ iioo THE ?H! hoi; is a siieeessful nt-tempi nt-tempi lo discfiiira'e people lioiu ; eallnx meat lliiee times a clay. 1 The Ameriean p; ople, as a class, have paid very little attention to the hoi: in reeent years. They have been oo busy pr-otei-tiii; mar"'in and b-aMi-iir' how to adjust the Iieedie- a i ve ea t ! n i '-e: or so that It would ca rb in seipieie "e. When a l.u-'l.e man l - cei .tj I orders to bnn:i up a small sec-: sec-: tiun ut pi;,' for dinner he did so tvith-j tvith-j out lakini; his checkbook out of the i safe. Whi-n we look bad; and see ! bow many lean pork chops one could buy for a quarter and then see how US 1 77 A ,'' TOST:,. p . I SoT PorK j OREADfUUl 5SliC2 I HiGrt ThfcS. ,,,, 1 5tw"tV T j W ! People who serve any kind of pig do i so with an air of pride and comment j j on the price per pound in an awed j ; tone of voice. : to start up in the grocery business. I Xo Sunday dinner was considered I complete without a nine-pound pork roast which could be strung along through the week with the utmost success. The recumbent form of the pickled pig's foot was seen both 'in mansion and cottage and produced the i same kind of Indigestion in each. Now, however, people who serve any kind of pig do so with an air of pride and comment on the price per pound in an awed tone of voice. The $16 hog has been a priceless blessing to the farmer, however, as it has enabled him to take nine full-grown full-grown pigs and four runts to market and return with enough money to choke a safety deposit box. Thou- j sands of automobiles are being bought i today with the proceeds of a few squint-eyed pigs which a few years ago were as muVh of a drug on the market as the self-sprouting potato. We should not be envious, but when a business man who Is pleased to be able to break even at the end of the year sees a farmer lead a few head of bow-legged pigs to market and re-.turn re-.turn with the price of a twin six, it produces a lump in his throat as big as a football. (Copyright.) o |