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Library of Congress1914

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), August 27, 1914

The European War ft Eflecct Upon the Resource and Indus tries of this Country Washington Aug 24 1914 A di rect benefit to the United States from the European war will be its effect in making the people of this country real ize to a greater extent the value of its mineral resources said Franklin K Lane Secretary of the Interior in an interview today It is entirely possible to so utilize these resources and expand our industries that the label Made in America will become familiar in our own foreign markets Of an importance second only to that of the food supply said Mr Lane is the supply of mineral products necessary to meet the requirements of Twentieth century civilization One of the first ef fects of the war has been to make us realize the interdependence of nations in the matter of food supply Most of the countries now at war are dependent up on importation of foodstuffs and we have cause for selfcongratulation in the United Stales that we are able to feed ourselves What we possibly have not so fully realized is that we are nearly as independent in the possession of essential mineral resources and

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Library of Congress1941

Image 2 of Carbon County news (Red Lodge, Mont.), April 11, 1941

73 fjifz erjsJi gfegggsgs s F Government to Encourage Greater Food Production m o SÏ Prepare for Increased Aid to Democracies Newspaper Men From Small Town Make Good in Washington By BAUKHAGE National Farm and Home Hour Commentator WNU Service 1343 H Street N W Washington D C WASHINGTONBefore long the government will take steps to give the American farmer an incentive for raising more animals and in creasing the egg and milk output for this arsenal of democracy it can be safely predicted at this time Fur thermore with the incentive will un doubtedly go some type of guaran tee as in the case of the manufac turer that the farmer will be pro tected at least from possible loss in such undertakings At most he might even be guaranteed a profit Here is the background of the situ ation details of which government officials are not ready as yet to make public Food is as much a munition of war as guns The United States in pledging its aid to democracies is starting to send food supplies to them Important FoodWeapons One of these foodweapons is wheat We have plenty of that grain The department of agriculture esti

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Library of Congress1917

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), June 21, 1917

i ACCUSED AS GERMAN SECRET AGENTS ___ Harry F 1erissi Irving Bonaparte and Axel B Melchar accused of hav ing maintained a secret mail system between this country Germany Mexico and South America _ Farewell to Meat By Scott N earing in Coast Seamans Journal Vegetarians have always been rare in the United States People have taken it for granted that in India or in China a meat diet was out of the question but in the United Stateshave not our ances tors eaten meat from a time whereof the memory of man runneth not to the con trary True enough but our descendants must stop it From 1860 to 1917 the population of the United States increased a little more than threefold and from 1880 to 1917 it doubled almost exactly Contrast with this in crease in population the increase in the production of meat for which the work ingman spends onethird of his food bud get The meat supply is absolutely limit ed by the number of meat animals in a community The figures showing the number of live meat animals in the Unit ed States indicate an alarming failure of t he meat supplies to keep pace

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Library of Congress1915

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), September 9, 1915

Skim Milk as Food lb Nutritive Elements Underestimated Many Ways in Which it May be Used in the Diet Skim milk is a very economical food material in the opinion of experts in the department and might well be more largely used as human foodthis in spite of the fact that it is ninetenths water The argument for economy is based on the price at which it is usually sold and upon the composition of the remaining tenth or the nutritive portion Whole milk as everyone knows is an indispensable food for the young and even in the diet of the adult it is com paratively economical The only nutrient taken from it in skimming is the butter fat There is left therefore in the skim milk not only all of the sugar which amounts to about 4 12 parts in every 100 and all of the mineral substances but also all of the protein The last named substance is important because besides serving as fuel for the body as fats sugars and starches do it also supplies nitrogenous tissuebuilding ma terial The proportion of protein in skim milk as well as of the mineral constitu ents which are also

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