Word: food
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...tramps' lodging house, which is under the control of the Y. M. C. A., is a place where men may get food and lodging for a certain amount of work. The institution is self-supporting...
...weekly consumption of the staple articles of food at Randall Hall is as follows: 3100 pounds of beef, 840 pounds of ham and pork, 90 bushels of potatoes, 850 pounds of poultry, 530 pounds of butter, 960 pounds of lamb and veal, 75 pounds of coffee, 390 dozen eggs, 6 barrels of apples, 18 barrels of vegetables, 840 pounds of fish, 950 gallons of milk, 20 barrels of flour...
...policy which the United States adopts for Porto Rico must have three qualities: first, it must cure the immediate economic needs of Porto Rico by supplying cheap food and ready employment; second, it must assure the permanent development of Porto Rico industrially and socially. Finally, it must fulfill our moral obligation and must be politically wise...
...people on the verge of starvation needs cheap food and ready employment. We see that cheap food will be afforded; will our plan give employment? The tobacco and sugar growers are idle because they lack markets. The coffee planters are without capital to make good the losses of the recent disastrous hurricane. Porto Rico lacks markets as a direct result of American acquisition. There is a solemn obligation upon the United States to furnish a substitute for those lost markets. The highest considerations of justice demand that we open our markets to the Porto Ricans. American markets are ample...
...With Porto Rico included within our customs boundary, her industrial development will be assured; with industrial development will come employment; with employment the means to buy food and the opportunity of self-support. Porto Rico will flourish and prosper, only when you assure relief for the suffering, capital for the crippled industries and a stability of government. There is one way, and only one, of securing these benefits to Porto Rico; include Porto Rico within the customs boundary of the United States...