Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1918-03-28
SHOE PRICES CyI
IN TWO COUNTRIES
ENGLAND AND ITALY BENEFIT
BY STANDARDIZATION AND
CONTROL OF PROFITS.
GOODS ARE ALL OF LEATHER
Agricultural Department Estimates
Show Range of War Emergency
Work-vast Amount of Food Sent
by America to Allies.

"VN-Nast SItouHt OI FoOu Senl
by America to Allies.
Urom the Committee on Public Informa-
tion)
Washington.-There has already
been drop in the prices charged by
retailers for footwear in England in
view of the governments action in
placing on the market standardized
shoes made at controlled rates of
profit, according to report to the
United States department of COM
merce.
At a recent exhibition of wartime"
boots 80 samples were shown, ranging
from heavy boots for carriers and Ia
borers to shoes for ordinary street use,
and children's shoes. Prices range
from $2.06 to S63S pair. The
shoes are made en- -irely of leather and
the retailers price is stamped on the
sole.
Italian shoe factories are manufac-
turing standardized shoes, using leath-
er furnished by the government, which
cantrOls the system of sales to the
public.
In England the manufacture Of
standard cloth for mems suits has
made rapid progress, "a patterns being
included in the first goods shown. AS
now planned. provision is made for
10000 to 100000 suits ready for de-
livery from June to August. The pro-
ject may later include production Of
certain classes Of cloth for woman's
wear.
OF the total of nearly $4,000, 900
asked for war emergency activities by
the department of agriculture it Is
proposed to use $S,00O,000 for the pur-
chase and sale of seed to farmers for
cash at cost; $61OO,OOO for the devel-
opment of the cooperative agricultural
extension work in cooperation with
the state agricultural colleges; 81 ,269.-
655 for combating animal diseases,
the production of live
stock, and encouraging the conserva-
tion and utilization of meat, poultry,
dairy and other animal products;
$011 900 for the prevention, control,
and eradication of insects and plant
diseases, and the conservation and
utilization of plant products; $685.
068 for extending and enlarging the
market news service of the bureau OF
preventing waste of food in
storage, in transit or held for sale, CIV
Ing advice concerning the market
or distribution of perish
able products, making inspections and
regarding the condition
Of perishable agricultural products,
and gathering information in connec-
tion with the demand for and the pro-
duction, supply, distribution and utili-
Eation Of food; and $1,080,9S0 for
dealing with the farm-labor problem.
enlarging the international work Of
The department, printing and distribut-
Ing emergency leaflets, posters and
,ther publications, and extending the
work of the bureau of chemistry, the
bureau of entomology, and the bureau
,f biological survey.
Statistics compiled by the food ad-
show that the grand total
,f all food exported to the four allies
the United Kingdom, France. Italy
md Russia-from July 1. 1914, to
January /, 1918, would furnish COM
olete yearly rations for 57,1OO,933
ldult persons, with surplus of pro-
ein capable of supplying this portion
If the diet for 22,194,570 additional
men.
Since the beginning Of the war the
United States has averaged to supply
he allies with food enough each year
o support 16,314,552 persons, and
With an excess of both protein and
ats sufficient for several millions
more.
The total exports of wheat and
wheat -four to the three principal al
les, Russia getting but very small
,er cent of the whole, were equiva-
ent to about 3S4,OOO.OOO bushels, or an
verage Of about 11O,0000O0 bushels a
ear. OF this total amount the United
Kingdom got 145,34S,000 bushels Of
wheat and $4,000 barrels of wheat
lour; France got 79,798,OO0 bushels
4 wheat and 5,462,0O barrels Of
wheat flour; italy 87,1360OO bushels Of !
wheat and 1,S95O0O barrels Of wheat
Iour. Russia received only 10000
ushels of wheat and 25.O00 barrels OF
pheat flour.
The toal exports of pork products
we're nearly 2.OOO,0OO.0O0 pounds, a
early average of about 570.0O0.OOO
'ounds. The total sugar exports were
yer 2.269, 100000 pounds. a yearly
verage Of about Gas. 100000. OF corn
here was exported 1882 900 bushels; {
ats, 207. .9S1.O 900; rye, 3.407 900. /
Reports based on figures from the .
apartment of agricultural show that /,
anuary l, 1918. the number of meat
nimals In the United States was