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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-02
How the Red Star Dumb Companion To the Red Cross, Is Caring for Millions of Animals
 In the Great World War
BY KATHERINE LOUISE SMITH.

and to employ inspectors, preferably veterinarians who can be sent to ev- cry camp to examine the condition of from city to city.
 In addition they hope to build six teen ambulances for the sixteen train- ing camps, to purchase a large stock of veterinary supplies, shelter tents, blankets and stable necessities and to place in the hands of the men who handle the horses copies of a booklet which tells how to care for a horse or mule and suggests first aid rem edies. All this is work at home, and in sense is preliminary work, for much must be done when our armies get abroad.
 100000 Animals In War.
 Motor transportation plays it's part in war, but horses are absolutely nec- esraTy. It is estimated that four mil lion animals are employed today in the warning centers of Europe. An officer just returned says: "The more the question is examined, the more two facts stand out. The first is that certain work in modern warfare can only be done by horses. The second i is that the number of horses needed l for armies which are counted by mil lions can be estimated at the hundred | thousands. Often motor transporta- | ton stops many miles behind the fir | ing line. Horses can go where roads are too bad for motors. They can climb mountains and in places shells have so torn the ground that only horses can carry supplies. The Unit ed States War Department estimates that a cavalry regiment requires 1,541 horses, 162 draft mules, 29 pack mules, six riding mules; an artillery regiment needs 1,0S7 horses. SS draft mules. four riding mules. This does not take into account those needed to forward supplies. Figures show that 500.000 animals are necessary for |.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-02

T T IS A SIGNIFICANT FACT that
 child delinquency has increased
 very greatly since the beginning Y of the war. In England it has been estimated that the increase in the first year of the war was 34 per cent. It is also a significant fact that the delinquency is generally of a more serious nature. An English specialist in Child Welfare said early in the war: "If we had set out with deliberate in- tention to manufacture juvenile de- linquency we could hardly have done it in a more certain way"
 This English worker in child well fare referred to the withdrawal of boys and girls from school to place them in war industries, also to the withdrawal of public playground di- rectors, which threw the children back on the streets for their diversion. An. other factor entering into the ques. ton was the large wage paid for child labor and the overworked child, with money in his pocket, turned loose upor the community for his amusement.
 Statistics from other parts of Flu rope repeated the story. Judge Hell wig, a prominent legal authority or the subject, declares that the natior which first rightly recognizes thi! menace will hold the best prospect fol the future. In France and England earlier standards of hours are beins restored, not onl-- to protect the healtl and morals of the workers, but fol the sheer sake of industrial efficiency present and future.
 Prevention And Cure.
 Investigations and suggested meas ures for prevention and cure of sucl conditions represent one of the man phases of the work in child welfar
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-02

Two reports have been published on the social conditions and care of .chil- dren who are mentally defective. A bibliography of published material on child labor has been compiled by the Bureaus library. These facts are checked with facts about wages in local industries and with the records of physicians, hospital and social agen- cies. The Bureau has thus been able to analyze and tabu1ate the facts about some 25,000 babies in nine cities, and as the reports on the vari- ous cities appear they add impetus and arguments to the efforts for in- dustrial and social betterment. The study has now been extended to rural districts.
 Incomplete Registration Of Births. l One of the earliest discoveries of the 'Children's Bureau was the incom- plete registration of births with which many of the States had appeared to be content, which was a source of serious injustice to many children. The birth record is the necessary starting point for any systematic public nurs- | Registration is the one indisputable evidence of age in connection with school attendance and child labor laws and it suddenly becomes very valu' able as proof of percentage, citizenship and age for selective draft registration
 Anticipating some of these needs the Bureau, during it's first year, pre- pared a popular pamphlet on the i'm portance of birth registration and SC cured the cooperation of the Genera Federation of Women's Clubs ant other national organizations of womer in making local tests of the registra ton of births. As result, severa States have improved their registra ton laws and parents throughout tht country have become interested in see ing that they are enforced.
 As supplementary to the research on social and economic causes of in
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-02
THE MAGIC NOTE.

I said. "You are my love, my life, She did not answer ':No" nor ''Yes," Now, dearest, won't you be my wife, Just what was wrong I could not
 guess.
 But when I said that believed In woman suffrage I perceived I'd struck the magic note, and bless Her little heart, she answered. ''xes-"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-02

persons are learning of the Red NA Star, that important organiza- ton whose official title is '"The Red Star Animal Relief" The society is similar to the Red Cross in that it hopes to do for animals what the Red Cross Society does for man. kind. It is endorsed by the Govern ment and assists the Government in caring for sick and wounded animals in the army. It is Humanitarian to the last degree and those who have witnessed the suffering of animals in the war zone are most emphatic in saying that organizations for the relief of animals render assistance to our cause as important as any in the serv- ice. A similar organization to our Red Star cares for war animals in Europe and the field in time of war is almost without limit.
 We are apt to forget work like this in the greater concern for human be- ings but as a matter of fact, thousands of animals have already been provided for our army and put into service and more orders are being placed daily. Many orders have been sent in for Lorses for the future and some of these will be handled by soldiers igno- rant of the care needed. It is prob able the food supply will be limited and this. and over heat may cause many animals to die before they are exposed to shot and shell.
 Horses Absolute Necessity.
 Their program of service states that in helping the horse you help the soldier for without horse trans portation the soldiers food supply suf fers, ammunition fails, light artillery does not get where it is needed, cav airy Is helpless and camp equipment and supplies are not moved. The or ganization plans to form branches
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-02

M~S VERY ONE has heard of The SAzy Red Cross Society and gradually
 persons are learning of the Red M orpanizo-
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-12-21
LOVE MOB MONEY WON'T
BUY EXTRA BUTTER N
the DENVER MIHS
FARMERS ASKED TO sAvg 40
MUCH A. CITY FOLKS ANg
COMPELLED 70 CON.

"Ths seascsst food article b ~
world today 10 buttoe.
Five dollars will net buy Al extra
piece Of butter u psnvsr restaurants;
The half-ouncs PER Dersoe per neal
serving of butter pernitted n the res
taurants and hotels q COLORADO 70 the
absolute limit. That limit 70 eet by
necessity. II may b further reduced.
''In the homes, II greater butter and
other tat saving 10 NOT effected. there
will BE- nothing left for the Feed Al
ministration TO Do bat 70 introduce
some restricted rationing system.
Mr. Hoovsf's pledge Of 100000
tons OF meats and fats for Europe
must b met"
This 10 the concise statement Of the
butter situation In Colorado issued ~
Robert J. Grant, executive manager
Of the state food administration.
That the food Standardization -
strictly enforcing the existing regula'
lions on butter and cheese. 10 shown
By the records Of informal hearings
Given Denver restaurant men last
week who violated these rulings.
Even II consumers outtsr cAfds
should be issued to csrtail the states
consumption Of butter. these CARDS
would not effect the use Of butter ~
farmers who produce their own cream
cry products. The Food Administra'
tion therefore will make o special ap
peal to farmers to save voluntarily %
their own abundant tables. Just ~ city
people are arbitrarily restricted tn TIE
use Of butter and cheese.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-12-21
HALF PINTO BEAN CROP
BOUeHT BY UNCLE SAN
FOURTH ORDER JUST RECEIVED
FOR FtFTGGN MILLION
POuNoo.

Nearly one-half Of the pinto bean
crop Of Colorado has bsen purchased
by the government to fill export or.
dsrs according to infornatioa given
out today by the bean division Of the
u. 8. Food Administration for Colo.
rado.
Out Of An estimated total crop Of
%. 900. 900 pounds. orders for 37.6S<. 900
pounds have been confirmed BY Wash.
ington for expectation to European
countries. The latest large order to
be hooked BY the pinto bean industfy
Of the state 10 for 5000 900 pounds OF
cleaned pintos to b delivered at New
Orleans BY February 1.
For each Of the four large govern
nent orders received. the price paS1
has bsen seven cents =. o. b. Cole
RADIO to the shipper. who must clean
and bag the beans. the farmer rscsiv.
ing six cents. Government ORDERS
have put e1.61S.S3o into the pockets
Of the bean men" Of the state. 81
371.640 Of this going to the farmers.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-12-21
SUGAR SHOWED
OUR BACKBONE
American Willingness to Give Up
Luxury Demonstrated Ma
TONS War Conscience.
STAND WITH THE ALLIES.
ey Reducing Consumption People 81
the United states Avsrtsd .
Famine At Homo In Spite
q Low supplies.

The fact that the people of the
United States were able to reduce by
more than one-half million tons their
July. August, September and October
consumption Of sugar proves conclu-
sively that their war conscience was
thoroughly awakened and that the
country as q whole stood ready to fol.
low the injunctions Of the Government.
Our normal consumption Of sugar In
the four.month period beginning with
July has been 100000 tons per month,
a total Of 100000 for the quarter
year.
In July, when our sugar strtngency
began to reach Its height, consumption
was reduced to 2OO,O0O tons. In Au.
gust only $4,000 tons went into dis
tribution and in September only 3d.
900 tons. In October the distribution
fell to $4,000 tons.
II the general public had failed to
Observe the injunc:iony of the Food
Administrator this country would
have been In the throes Of sugar
famine before the end of August. Our
visible supplies were 80 low as to bring
great anxiety to those familiar with
the sugar situation. They feared that
II would be absolutely impossible to
reduce consumption to . point where
sugar would no longer be mere lux
ury In the American diet.
Few accomplishments OF the Food
Administration will stand forth SO pre-.
dominantly as this reduced consump-
ton Of sugar. BY II we have been able
to bridge over the period of stringency
until the new beet and Louisiana cane
sugar crops WIRE in eight.
Now the nation Is In 4 position 50
that II we choose we may return TO
our normal home use Of sugar, and
Europe. with the release Of ships to go
far aiield, can maintain Its recent re-
stricted rations. II. however. those
nations are to Increase their use Of
sugar very considerably II must he by
our continued sharing with them
through limiting our own consump-
tiOn.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-12-21
HENS AND FARMERS TO
C0LLABoRATI ON
MIRACLE,

Can you make two eggs grow
where only oae grew beforsf
The U. Q. Food Administration
says the patriotic poultrynan
Will have to accom plish this
miracle and the food board isnJ
. nature faker either!
According to the reod Admin.
istration the storage stocks OF
eggs are u Per oeat lees thsa
. year ago and are rApidlv h.
ing consumed.
Bakers used to depend ON
Chinese dried eggs Tor 9 Isree
proportion Of their baking M.
Ths importation of this com1od.
ity stopped last February M
evr since ths bakers have hod
to b supplied out Of ovr ~
tfonal stock Of storage eees.
Farmsrs are urged e nos4 the
sSg shortage By n incfessed
output Of fresh eggs durin9 ne
winter months. Ths feed Sosrd
suEgests they consult VIII tie
county agent. state aSriculturnl
collage at Fort Collins, Or ne
o. .. Department Of Aerscultsrs
for tips on how to Increase en-
output.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-12-21
m MRS. WORLDS
PANTRY.

Here In the latest food table"
summarizing the world situation
in staples. prepared by the
U. s. Food Administration:
WHEAT = Sufficient supply
until next harvest II used with
economy.
PORK PRODUCTS. DAIRY
PRODUCTS, AND VEGETABLE
OILS-shortage Of three billion
pounds. Strictest economy
urged. Butter rations Q posi-.
bllity for the United States.
BEEF-World shortage.
SUGAR-Plenty unless Euro
pean countries should increase
their rations. In that event, n
shortage and q return Of the
sugar regulations. /.
HIGH PROTEIN FEEDS FOR
DAIRY HERDS-shortage OF
three million tons.
OTHER FEEDs-Plenty with
economy.
BEANS. PEAS AND RICE
Plenty II not wasted.
COFTEE-A world surplus.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-12-21
MEAT PRODUCERS
DID FULL DUTY
Increase In American Hogs viii
Help to Meet World Fat
Shortage.
FARMERS SAVE SITUATION.


Through increased production and
conservation we will he able this year
to export seven times our pre-war
average exports Of pork products.
With the heavy demands added In car
Ing for the millions who have been
freed from German oppression. the
Department Of Agriculture and the
Food Administration are justified to-
day In our every action Of stimulation
Of hog production. In the coming year
the greatest world shortage will be In
fats. and pork will help to save this
situation. The efficacy Of the policy
Of stimulated production has built up
In this country supplies which will en-
able US to supply q very large part Of
the fat deficiency of the world. In
beef there must be q shortage In Eu-
rope, due largely to limited refrigera-
tor ship. capacity. All freezer ships
available, however, will be filled by
America. Argentine and Australia.
The contribution made by the pro-
ducers Of this country to the war pro
gram as applying particularly to ami
NAL food products ID illustrated by the
following:
Reports compiled by the U. 8. De
partment Of Agriculture indicate an
increase in cattle Of 1925, 600 head
and 12.441 600 hogs. These figures
were compiled to January last.
In this period there was . decrease
In sheep of $4,000 held. The in,iIca-
lions are that this decrease will show
an increase, according to recent re-
ports.
Since January I unOfiicial informa-
tion indicates an Increase In hogs Of
not less than 8 per cent. and not
more than IS per cent. rs compared
with one year ago. with an Increase II
the average weight.
Following the request Of the U. 3.
Food Administration for an Increase
In hog production for marketing In the
fall Of 1918 and the spring of 1919 the
Increase may yield not less thun 1,6O0..
100000 pounds more Of pork products
than were available last year. With
out this Increase the shipping program
arranged by Mr. Hoover regarding an-
imal food products would have been
impossible. la :.
Tho dressed hog products during tho
three months ending September so,
1917. amounted to Dos, IT., 600 pounds,
while for the corresponding months OF
1918 the dressed hog products totaled
LIT. $50. 900. an increase Of over 874.
OOO, 900 pounds for the quarter.
During the same period for 1917 the
records Of Inspected slaughter Of
dressed beef showed 1,263, 600. OOo
pounds us against 1.454. 600. 600 pounds
for the three month period ending
September l, this year.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-12-21
ALL SUGAR RESTRICTIONS
OFF; VOLUNTARY saw.
mo ASKED.

Under the united States Food Al.
ministration's new policy of entirely
voluntary food saving. all regulations
enforcibly restricting the use Of sugar
have been rescindsd.
No penalty 10 now attached to pur.
chasing sugar In any amount. or to
serving any amount in restaurants.
Sugar bowls have been returned to
the tables.
Although the enforcement Of sugar
saving is thus abandoned. the food id.
ministration urges that families keep
well within the four pound per per
son per month allotment voluntarily
and that strictest economy in the use
u sugar and all foods b maintained.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-12-21
IRoYITEERINa PRBvHSTIoH
TO BK PROPOSED N
STATE SENATE,

Leon II. Hattsnbach, head Of the r.
tail trade division Of the U. 8. Food
Administration for Colorado and hold.
over state senator. will introduce in
the next legislature . bill providing
for = state trade commission for Colo
RADIO similar In functions to the federal
trade commission.
Should the bill 20 through Colorado
will be the first stats in the union 10
attempt by such measure. state COZ.
troll Of Legitimate competition and
profiteering.
The bill will aim at the elimination
Of abusive trade practices. such - I'M
fair advertising. combination sales and
price cutting. and also the psrpstua.
ton Of some Of the functions OF the
Food Administration. notably Its con.
troll Of profiteering.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-12-21
AMERICAN SPIRIT
RELIED ON TO WIN.

In the light Of succeeding events It
10 interesting to iecail the confidence
with which the United States Food
Administrator viewed the gloomy out.
look In July Of 1917. when this coun-
try had been in the war for less than
four months and the Germans were
steadily sending the western front
nearer and nearer to r; ris.
Even though the situation In Flu
rope may be gloomy today" he de-
clared In q public statement, mo
American who has knowledge of the
results already obtained in every d.
rection need have one atom Of fear
that democracy will not defend itself
In these United States"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-12-21
FIRST U. S. FOOD SHIP
REACHES the HUNGRY
SOUTH EUROPEANS
Must Ds Followed UP BY Dig censsr.
walton Effort. County BY County.
In America.

Liberated territories are daily and
urgently calling upon the United
states for food. Prepare the public
Tor 4 coming drastic food program.
This is Herbert Hoover's first mes
sage relayed TO the Colorado Food Ad-
ministration by Washington since the
food chief landed In Europe.
"A definits program cannot yet be
formulated because Of chaotic condi.
tons over here. l am negotiatins
with the allied governments daily
with regard to shipping. finances. and
organization. Keep the food admins
tration's county organizations intact.
As they will have to put across some
thing big In America a. soon n we
can get the program mapped out and
adequate receiving and distributing
organizations created over here"
According to Hoover's telegram.
the first ship loaded with American
food for European relief has been
sighted off Gibraltar steaming slow
ly through the straits toward the
waiting. hungry lands Of Southern
Europe.
This shipload Of food must be fol-
lowed by hundreds more until twenty
million tons are sent And to do this
the present saving on Colorado tables
must be increased two-thirds. Colo
RADIOS proportion Of the amount Of
food which the United States has prom
Used to send Europe II zoo. 900 tons
that's q ton OF food from each family
in the state said Robert J. Grant.
executive manager OF the food admin
istration for Colombo.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-12-21
uoLoRADo's GREAT Yoor
RESoUCES SHOWN.
colorado's exports Of food stuffs. .,

elusive OF live stock, during the fiscal
year ending last June amounted to
a.236.812 S55 pounds. according to .
comp extensive record of the states
agricultural exports compiled by A. ".
Kipp. head Of the transportation divi.
sion Of the U. 8. Food Administrators
for Colorado
This Is the first time In the history
Of the state that accurate figures ON
the states food exports have been OBJ
tanned. They prove that the state IL
rapidly forging to the front agricul-
turally and playing big part in feed.
ing the nation.
Mr.. Kipp's report also shows that
e62.47l cases or 39.531.46 pounds Of
canned goods were packed in and OF.
ported from Colorado last fiscal year;
that 30s.l3s.O4s pounds Of flour wers
milled in the state and 247.612. e67
pounds shipped out: that 46s, 800 900
pounds shipped out: and 434.7es cases
Of condensed milk packed and shipped.
The states major exports follow:
Potatoes. 60s.sss.2e0 pounds: wheat.
6s4.342.000 pounds: beans. 100. 023 800
po"nds: alfalfa hay. 1s6.76o.ss
pounds; alfalfa meal. 142.1s0.56
pounds: apples. 1so.1s0.3eo pounds;
peaches, 36.820.000 pounds
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-12-21
FOOD sHIPulENTs nay
BE LIGHTLY LOADED

Food Administration rsguiatioas'
governing the minimum carloadins for
licensed food commodities were With
drawn Dec. TO- Since that date the
minimum published n the tariff
schedules has governed the loading Of
ears. A. v. Kipp. hsad Of the trans
portation division Of the Food Admin
istfation, states:
Tho heavy carloadins ordered ~
the food board was . war measure
only. designed to conserve railroad
equipment. Cars may now be loaded
from Is to 100 per cent lighter.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-12-21
SUBSTITUTE BREAD AGAIN
URGED.

Six hundred thousand pounds Of
wheat substitutes left on the hands Of
Colorado jobbers and millers will DO
wasted unless the consumers of the
state continue their use Of substitute
dishes and permit bakers still to usc
. small proportion of substitutes In
bread. Is the statement Of the U. g.
Food Administration for Colorado.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-12-21
Our God Gospel
-0~
eat less
00xvO less
waste nothing
Amsrica's Pledge Of Food
Gave Heart to the Allies
In Their Darkest Hour

Whatever Is necessary America will
send. That was Americas pledge to
the interallied food council. And be-
cause the American food army had
hitherto made good the:.- took heart
and went forward.
Farm enterprise and much soft corn
increased pork supplies, food conser-
walton increased exports-total ship
ments doubled.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-12-21
LOYALTY IN LITTLE
THINGS LAST PROOF
OF PATRIOTISM

Americans withoY. murmuring cut
their sugar allowance from four
pounds month to three and then as
long as need be to two pounds for 10y.
.alty's sake.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-12-21
FAITH JUSTIFIED
BY EVENTS.

do. not believe that drastic
force need he applied to main
tain economic distribution and
sane use Of supplies by the
great majority OF American peo-
pie, and I have learned n deep
and abiding faith in the lnteIlI-
gence of the average American
} business man, whose aid we an
) ticipate and depend on to RENE
} dy the evils developed by the
, war.-Herbert Hoover. August
10. 1917.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-12-21
Food Will Win the World.

America earned the gratitude Of al.
lied nations during war by sharing
food. America under peace may win
the worlds good will BY saving to
share