Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-03
MILK PRODUCTION
IN u. s. INCREASES
Fresh Food and Vegetable
Supplies Are Also Greater.
Prices Higher.

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i NEW YORK. September a.--Peopls
OF the United States seem 10 be going
on o naflk diet. In 1919 milk produc-
ton in the United States amounted to
% 900, 900, 600 POUNDS. Seven years
lateg-in 1o2e--at had increased to
l3A.OGo, OOo, eco pounds.
stated IN another way. consumption
OF milk curing this period increased
three times as fast % population. FOE
the milk consumption went up 81 per
cant, while the population increased but
n per cent.
The New York Trust Co. is authority
for the statement that the consumption
Of fresh ,nailk has increased % per cent
In this period. while the pre-War value
Of such manufactures % Ice cream nave
increased almost skiold. That inquire
stands. in 1926 at 93Oi SOC, 600.
The demand for fresh foods ana vege-
tables likewise has, Increased rapidly.
Tia per capita consumption OF sugar
advanced from 90 pounds In 1914 to
1l3 pounds in 1877.
Americas sweet, tooth caused the
candy sales 10 more than double since
1914. The total amount Of candy sales
last year increased to @3o2, 100000.
Ths Presidents committee on recent
0GOn0EulC CHau8GS 0cCA@hSU tA@S "
maintain the same living scale aS in
1914 the American labor today would
nav prices Of % or 10 per cent higher
than In that year, but he is drawing
vases nov Of about 13e per cent higher
Those figures, in d nutshell, show the
reason for the prosperity OF the labor
Tl1iS' COMMITTEES brings cut the fact
that while the American has been able
10 spend in the postwar years mere
than @21 600. &C., 600 for luxury ana
diversion, he has reeeived In addition
from the state I'M free public services
such as eAueation. reegeation, santa
taon and charity. sim other billions. In
1915 the figures for this free service
amounted to 1854, 33s, o0o but In 1895 1t
had reachsd the impressive figure OF
"a, eco, e3S ,000 a.
such Agures show American business
activity IN q striking way.
The Diesel ensine-that powerful type
Of internal combustion engines grad
ually pushing itself into the place Of
undiSDuted leadership.
For years the railroads have been
looking forward to the time when they
could use aslch On engine.
In water transportation. however.
wlaere weikht and space are not such
important factors, the Diesel engines
have come into fairly general use,
That new type of Diesel engine. made
by Westinghouse and weighing only %
pounds per Horsepower, which the Ca
madam National has tested out over the
last three years, 10 m important fevolu-
ton in RAN motive power.
The other day mentioned this ex-
pertinent. u 10 Mluch more than that.
IL Is really an epic In transportation de-
The fuel costs have been figured out
at 70 per cent less for the oil car. While
there h Q hig saving In space and weight
required foE carrying fuel. Ia addition
the Oh engine eliminates electrical isni-
ton systems and rather complicated
It Is the cid story all over again. The
drive which the motor buses and trucks
have made for freight business has COM
PEELED the railroad executives to seek
every possible economy.
So railroads, driven TO invention by
the keen composition Of the day. have
brought forth this new internal combuS-
ton engine, which. without blare OF
trumpets, seems destined to have = far
reaching effect On the railroads Of The
future.
The railroads are doing more freight
business today than ct any time In their
history. ia spite Of the competition Of
the motor has and the motor transport
BiRger ana better locomotives and cars
Il the order Of the day.
II Is o striking fact that with gross
revenues roughly $1,000, 600 less q
month than three years ago, net earn
inwS are virtually the same. This Is
directly due TO efficiency in operation.
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