THE FOOD CRISIS AND AMERICANISM 



of living is not because of any undue profits made by 

 the farmers, since November i, 1917, when J. P. Cot- 

 ton, chief of the Meat Division of the Food Adminis- 

 tration, assumed supervision, if not control, of the 

 packing industry as shown by Table No. i. 



TABLE No. i 

 PRICE OF CORN AND HOGS, OMAHA 



Price Value Profit or loss 



basis Corn 

 cwt. equivalent 

 Gain bushels 



$.95 13-60 



8.33 

 10.66 



8.71 

 9.844 

 10.23 

 10.51 

 10.42 



10.20 



Average.. . $1.701 $20.41 $16.65 $376 ... 



9.86 



The reports of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture show that on September i, 1917, the 

 month just preceding the commission's report, there 

 were on the farms of our Country 8,038,000 less 

 hogs than on September i, 1915, and 5,427,000 less 

 than on September i, 1916. Adding to this shortage 

 15 per cent. 10,000,060 hogs extra made neces- 

 sary by war conditions, disclosed a deficiency of 

 15,000,000 to 18,000,000 of hogs for our needed 

 supply. 



