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Show oo PROFITS FROM CHARITY. Newspaper readers will "recall the j frequency with which items concerning concern-ing the shipments of condensed milk to war torn countries have appeared in print the last two or tlireo yenrs. These news stories told how this American product was assisting inhc saving of thousands of child sufferers, These shipments of milk were consigned con-signed to European countries in connection con-nection with the plans for relief of conditions con-ditions caused by the war. The desire to gain profits was not the impelling motive for the shipment. J3ut now the charitable work of th United States In Europe promises to have a decidedly profitable reaction, especially in the case of condensed milk. j IJefore the war the United Stales ! ' i sent comparatively little condensed milk to Europe. Now this country Ib .sending $125 worth for every $-1 worth sent prior to the war. Europe seems to have acquired the taste for the condensed product of th. American cow and ca,n hardly get enough of It. The value of tho product exported prior to 1910 was so small the government govern-ment did not make u record of It. In 11915 the milk exported was valued at ?3,000,000; In 1916, $13,000,000, gain-ing gain-ing in the next two years and reach-ling reach-ling the value of ?120,000,000 for 1919. |