Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1920 — BIRTH RATE IN U. S. DROPS 33 PER CENT [ARTICLE]

BIRTH RATE IN U. S. DROPS 33 PER CENT

Washington, Aug. 16.—Demand for baby carriage has fallen off fifty per cent in the last six months, the United States Chamber of Commerce reports. Manufacturers say the birth rate has decreased thirty-five per cent last year. \ The bureau of votal statistics says the birth rate decrease will not reach thirty-our per cent.