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PEARL— STAPLE COMMODITIES AND 



or even the entire omission, of single ones of the other minor items 

 can have but httle effect. 



Comparing the order of the commodities in 191 7-18 with the 

 average of the six preceding years, it is seen that the only change 

 of position among the eight commodities normally furnishing over 



f^i^CtrfTAOt CaiT/?/BUT/On TO TOTAL PROTtffi COTiSUMtD 

 Pt-R CttYT 



20 ^5 



30 



35 



4C 



Fig. 6. Diagram showing tlie percentage of the total protein consumed in 

 the United States contributed by each of 22, commodities. The solid ba'rs 

 denote the average consumption in the six years preceding our entry into the 

 war. The cross-hatched bars denote the consumption in 1917 and 1918. 



