Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1918 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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' ■■ mm, One Carload Every Two Minutes I |i 15,000 POUNDS ,» I Amfi nif I s: MEAT A MINUTE W rlj in mo ’ .y £ COING TO ALLIES “ to, to | the t« r I t p One H°g Out of Every tei iy Se Four Being Sent m/\ XS Abroad. am, B mitt* MR- .rol ♦ on | se .ond Shipments of meat have been going Rin the to the allies for some time at the rate | ta 70 of 15,000 pounds a minute. As the j J i 917. shipments are kept up during a ten all ■I bb •of hour day they amount to 9,000,000 Wi • han pounds daily. The meat goes to sol- c [ 9 tr. the diers of the United States and the al- j ff id as lies and to the civilian population of 'uget all the countries at war with Ger- the many. c laj I » —Chicago Tribune, June 5,1918 These statements were made by a prom- I inent representative of ' I the United States Food I Administration. I■ . j No industry in the j country has played a more important part in helping to win the war ' than the American live- | j stock and meat-packing industry. Swift & Company I alone has been forwarding over 500 car loads of || meat and meat products | per week for overseas | shipment. | Swift & Company, U. S. A. | • /