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goods; in 1932; ^ lack of money to pay for goods. It is possible, 

 however, that there will not be as serious a decline in the per capita 



consumption of foodstuffs during this war period, as there was in 1932 ; 



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r.s a result of the depression. During the World \InT there was n very ^ 



substantial decline in per capita food consumption between 1912 and the •..; 



low point of 1921. Part of that decline in domestic consumption was a. .j 



result of greatly increased exports of foodstuffs to Europe. \ 



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