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Show JOKP ON GERMANY j Americans returning from Germany Ger-many on the exchange ship 'Grip-sliolm 'Grip-sliolm tell amusing talcs bfl how German people are led to pelieve this country is slowly starving to death. The Germany know from bitter experience that aj nation, like an army, fights on ts stomach. stom-ach. Picturing the United States as a hunger-weakened opponent is logical for a people who have lived with starvation and have iised it as a weapon to destroy other nations. Few citizens of the U. S. know the importance of food, because they have never known scarcity. How many customers, when they walk into the marvel of a mod- I ern food store, stop to think of the scientific productive effort that went into the stocking of the shelves and counters before them with canned, packaged, and fresh foods from every corner of the United States? It is a pity they cannot see a living panorama of the preparation and distribution of the food on those shelves. From beginning to end, it is a struggle against the elements and the grim laws of supply and demand. de-mand. Wartime restrictions are just one more hurdle that food producers and distributors take in stride. No one has a better conception of the work that -goes into keeping keep-ing the Amerjcari'dinner table the most lavish" 'in the world, than the - ) retail distributor. He is familiar with the problems of both pro- ducers and consumers. He knows the limitations of the housewife's i pocketbook, just as he is conversant con-versant with production details. His is the job of balancing the demands of the two producer and consumer to achieve mass distribution. |