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be marketed more readily from Chicago than from 

 a point within a few miles of the New York City Hall. 

 The following are some selected farm crops taken 

 from the census retm'ns of 1899 and 1909, respec- 

 tively, showing the extent to which food production 

 has fallen off :^ 



The amount of food produced per capita of our 

 population has fallen off from year to year or at 

 best remained stationary even in the face of the 

 export demand due to the war, as indicated by the 

 figures on page 96. 



There has been, it is true, a noticeable increase in 

 farm production along some lines. Among these 

 are California fruits, cereals used in the manufac- 

 ture of whiskey and beer, sugar-beets, figs, rice, and 

 olives. The noteworthy increases are in articles in 

 which the producers have organized for marketing, 



^statistical Abstract of the United States, 1914, p. 142. 



