The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-19
MUST SEND ONE
 HOG IN FOUR TO NATIONS ALLIES

"At least one hog out of four rais- ed in America this summer is being sent to the allies. The shipments of meat are made up of beef, mutton, pork and the various products put up by the packers. Never before in the history of the world has an organlza- ton been built up quietly that han dled supplies on such a colossal scale. The detail involved is enormous. The public in general has little conception | of the prodigious nature of the tasks ] handled by the grain and meat divls- | ions of the food administration"
 So said Charles Mccarthy, represen- | tative of Herbert Hoover in a state l ment appearing in the Chicago Tri- bune of June 5. In nutshell, it. is the story of the one industry that has measured up fully t owar require ments Packing and distributing the food which is destined to win the war is the one problem which has caused no worry at Washington because the efficient organizations known as the | American Packers, have met every de- mand upon them and delivered the I | the minute.
 Shipments of meat are going to the allies and to our expeditionary forces at the rate of 15,0O0 pounds minute during the ten hour work day at east ern ports. That means 5000, 900 lbs. day.
 Shipments, of course, are not so well distributed as the above daily av- craze might indicate. They are reg ulated by available shpis. The ship movements are irregular and there are times when numbers of them put into port together and want cargoes imme- diately. It is in meeting such sud- den demands that the packing indus try has distinguished itself from other | industries.
 l For example,: One day not many weeks ago, shipping space for a con- l siderable quantity of food became available on few hours notice. The government authorities in Washington wired to Chicago packing concerns to begin shipping meat to seaboard at the rate of 200 cars a day. Such an order had never been dreamed of be- fore. But the packers delivered the | ment wired the stop order.
 On several occasions the govern ment buying agents have summoned representatives of the big packers in to conference and then told them that bacon was wanted in untold amounts. How much can you sup ply was the query directed at each packer representative and some prodi- gious orders have been given on that basis.
 Last month the British government ordered 250,0O0,000 pounds of meat to be delivered in three weeks. The final shipments have just been made well within the time limit.
 Not alone in meats, but in other things that the industry and it's allied branches supply, has packer eff1cien- cy been apparent. For instance, the Armour Sandpaper Works received an order by wire for an enormous amount of it's product, 'at the earliest possible moment The factory buckled down to the task, ran off IS miles of sand paper a, yard wide, dried it, cut it up, packed it and shipped it before the following morning.
 These are merely few instances of the way the packers are measuring up to war demands. They are the efficient machine with which the food administration is working in handling the prodigious tasks which MT. Mo Carthy speaks of in his interview.
 The whole story of packer useful ness in winning the war cannot be told in short letter, however. One could be written regarding the devel- opment of any one of dozens of by products which are proving of inesti- mable value to the nation. For in- stance, it was an Armour auxiliary concern which enabled the govern ment to overcome the, handicap to our army occasioned by the German mo- nopoly of potash sufficiently pure to produce the glass that is needed for our soldiers and sailors binoculars, range finders and cameras. It was packer experts who solved one of the most important problems incident to supplying our men with gas masks. It is a packer product that is used to staneh the flow of blood from the wounds of our soldiers; it is a pack CT product which is used to sew up the wounds; the soap with which the sol- diers clean up after their turn in the trenches is a packer product; the glue which figures largely in the manufac- ture of aeroplanes comes from the packers; the aviators' sheep pelt coats are packer products; g1ycerine for use in explosives. animal oils for lubri-