The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-03-28
SHOE PRICES CUT
IN TWO COUNTRIES
ENC, AND AND ITALY BENEFIT
BY STANDARDIZATlON AMI
CONTROL OF PROFITS.
GOODS ARE ALL OF LEATHER
Agricultural Department Estimates
Show Range of War Emergency
work-Vast Amount Of Food Sent
bv America to Allies.

by America to Allies.
(E,rorn the Committee on Pubic 1nIoiLAo-
tion)
Washington.-There has alreauV
been a drop in the prices charged ny |
retailers for footwear in England III
view of the governments act1on III
placing on the market standarulzeu
shoes made at controlled rates u
nroft, according to a report TO Tie
United States department or COLI
merce. -. >,
At a recent exhibition of wartime
boots 20 samples were shown, ranging
from heavy boots for carriers anu Il"
horers to shoes for ordinary street use'
and children's shoes. Prices rans0
from S2O6 to $6.38 pair. Inc
shoes are made entirely of leather ana
the retailers price is stamped on TIE
sole.
italian shoe factories are manuIac-
turing standardized shoes, using leatn-
or furnished by the government, when
cantrols the system of sales to the
public.
In England the manufacture VI
standard cloth for mems SUITS mas
made rapid progress, "a patterns Delns
included in the first goods shown. AS
now planned, provision is made TOT
100000 to 100000 suits ready for de-
livery from June to August. Inc pro:
1ect NAV later include production or
certain classes of cloth for womans
wear,
of the total of nearly $2O,OOO,OOO
.skod for war emergency activities by
the department of agriculture 1t Is
Dronosed to use 100000 for the pur-
chase and sale of seed to farmers tor
cash at cost; Sc, 100000 for the ueVel-
onment of the cooperative agricultural
extension work in cooperation with
the state agricultural colleges; $1'zo9'-
AK for combating animal diseases
eliminating the production or i've
stock, and encouraging the conserVa-
ton and utilization of meat, pouilrS'
dairy and other animal products'
$911, 300 for the prevention control'
and eradication of insects ana plahL
diseases, and the conservation anu
utilization of plant products; $685.
Q5S for extending and charging the
market news service Of the bureau OF
MARKETS preventing waste of food in
S+orap 90 in transit or held for sale, CIV
ing advice concerning the market
movement or distribution of PERISH
able products, making inspections anu
certifications regarding the conoltlon
of perishable agricultural products'
and gathering information IN connec-
+ion with the demand for and the pro
ductiOn. supply, distribution and ut1n-
za+ion of food; and $1,OSO,99O Tor
dealing with the farm-labor problem
enlarging the international work OF
the department, printing and distribute
ing emergency leaflets, posters anc
other publications, and extending the
work of the bureau of chemistry lne
bureau of entomology, and the ourea'
of biological survey.
Statistics compiled by the food ad
ministratiOn show that the grand tota
of all food exported to the four anne
the United Kingdom, France, ltal'
and Russia-from July 1, 1914 Z
January 1, 1918, would furnish con-
nlete yearly ratiOns for 57,lOO'9o
admit persons, with a surplus OF pro
tein capable of supplying this portlo
of the diet for 22,194, $40 additions
men.
Since the beginning of the war tn
United States has averaged TO Suppi
the allies with food enough eacn yea
to support 16,314,552 persons an
with an excess of both protein an
fats sufficient for several million
more.
The total exports Of wheat an
wheat flour to the three principal a
lies. Russia getting but very sma
nor cent of the whole, were equiv
lent to about 3S4,OOO,OOO bushels, or
average of about 11O,OOO,OOO bushels
wear. OF this total amount the Unite
Kingdom got 145, 348,OOO bushels
wheat and $4,000 barrels of whe
-four: France got 79,798O0O bushe
Of wheat and 5,462,OOO barrels
wheat flour; Italy 87,136,OOO bushels
wheat and 1,S95,OOO barrels of VINE
1our, Russia received only 1900
bushels of wheat and $4,000 barrels
wheat flour.
The toal exports of pork produC
were nearly 2,OOO,OOO,OOO pounds,
YEARLY average of about 57OOOOC
pounds. The total sugar exports we
over 2,269.OOO,OO0 pounds, yea
average of about 648,OOO,OOO. or &C
there was exported 23,332,OOO bushe
oats. 2O7 ,981, 900; rye, 3,4O7,OO
Reports based on figures from
department of agricultural show tt
January 1, 1918, the number of M
animals in the United States v
greater by more than 100000 h'
than it was January 1, 1917. The nj
Der of inspections for slaughter il
cate a decrease in consumption.
The summary shows the total nj
Der of cattle in the United States J
uary 1, 1918, was 66,83O,O0O, an
crease of 1,247 900 head over the Sc