New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-24


price IL per cent. lace brick Il PEI
cent, hollow tile eight per cent AM
vitrified brick or block 80 per cent
The average increase in price OF nj
these wares from 1915 to 1919 was Z.
per cen
Structural clay products IS Il whole
(mainly brick and tile) were valued
in 1919 at S10o, $4,000. or 50 per cen
of the total. compared with 500, oO9. 3N
in 1918. Engineering products (yitrl
fled brick. pipe and draintilel
rose in value from S30.6I5.OOO In 1912
To S37.S0O.OO0. or 20 per cent of tn,
total, in 1919. Refractorles (fire bricl
and stove Iining) decreased in value
from So. 3oo 900 In 1918 to $50. 9O0.0O(
in 1919. 70 per cent of the total, Mis-
cellaneous products constituted foul
per cent.
Common brick regained IL rank a.
the clay product Of greatest value In
1919: but Notwithstanding the large
gain shown in the accompanying table
production in 1919 was the smallest
yet recorded by the United States
geological survey, except that in 1918
The average price per thousand IN
1919. S12.79, was the highest recorded
by the geological survey.
Face brick showed the reNt largest
increase in actual quantity and value
and by far the largest percentage Of
increase.
Big Gain for Building Tile.
Hollow building tile or block. which
has been steadily gaining in use, in
creased in both output and value in
1919, and its value was the highest
recorded, being greater by - per cent
than In 1917, the year in which il had
mex greatest value.
Tile mot drain) also made n con-
siderable increase In value in 1918
and reached a record value ST.250,UU,
The year of next highest output was
1917, when the value was S6,S2l22l.
Architectural terra Gotta, which in
1918 reached its lowest value since
1900, rallied in 1919; but with the ex-
ception of the years of 1908 and 1919,
| us Ndlut NiN ~ WV Hi Nv ''''s
With the removal of government re-
striction on road building the out
put of vitrified brick or block in 1919
increased somewhat but was apparent
~ below the normal, having been lit
tie more than half the average
reached during the preceding ten
/ years. The average price per thou
sand in 1919, s23.ll. WAS the highest
ever recorded.
The value of sewer pipe and drain
tile also showed large gains in 1919,
having been exceeded only in 1911.
School Lunch is important.
According to the federal bureau
Of education, ,he school lunch Is
rapidly becoming a recognized part
of our school system, and should
therefore be established through
the use of schol funds, with
the overhead expenses of conducting
the lunch supplied from the same
sourcc. The day of the conccsSionaire
is passing. says the bureau, and ii can
not pass too quickly, as il turns the
lunch into II commercial enterprise,
with the welfare of the children not
the first and only consideration. No
school lunch should be conducted AT Il
Profit. Even ia the larger schools The
receipts from the lunches should ut
the most only cover the cost Of the
raw food, of service, and other running
expenses.
A careful study of school lunch
problems should be made in every
school starting such work, as il is of
the greatest importance that the lunch
should be developed along the broad
est possible lines. The cooperation
and interest of the entire community
are necessary. and the interest of the
school boys and girls themselves
should Ice aroused and maintained in
every conceivable way. Good organi-
zation is necessary for successful
! work. The problems Of organization
and administration are here discussed,
while the food problems themselves
are not considered in detail. Valuable
references on diet are available. and
u selected list of these is given for
the benefit of teachers who wish Ia
inform themselves In regard to all as
poets of the work. The knowledge,
the interest and the enthusiasm Of the
teacher will determine the success of
the undertaking.
Vital Part Of Health Teaching.
The bureau says the lunch work
should be n vital part of the health
teaching In every school. The chill
dren who stay at school for lunch need
hot food at the noon hour. but that is
not all. An excellent opportunity is
offered for instruction and training in
right food habits. and teachers should
take advantage of this 10 the fullest
extent possible. The lunch at school
should never become a ~perfunctory
matter. II is not just a question Of
providing food, but Is n means OF
teaching the boys and girls TO eat in
the right way the foods that are good
for them.
Through the school lunch teachers
may work very closely with the homes
Of the community and should know
something of home conditions In their
own districts. Common errors in the
feeding of children are frequently re-
vealed when teachers secure the inter-
est and cooperation of the mothers.