INFANT MORTALITY RATES (PER 1000) ACCORDING TO FATHER’S EARNINGS
Combined figures from seven cities studied by U. S. Children’s Bureau
The baby death rate rises as the father’s earnings fall
Uncle Sam as a Watchman
Most of all in times of danger and distress do we turn eagerly to that multiple of ourselves, which we call Uncle Sam. In the most peaceful days the sailor in blue or the soldier in khaki stood behind the courts and the laws and the policemen. When rioters and anarchists raised their heads they knew that Uncle Sam was drawn up around the corner, and would stop them whenever they passed from noisy words to desperate deeds. “U. S.” is the trench line which protects this country from invasion. “U. S.” builds the forts, works out plans of harbor defence, keeps powerful ships in commission, and raises, clothes, equips, feeds, and pays the armies which are the clenched fists of the nation. Other governments, state, municipal and local, offer many benefits, but Uncle Sam is the only American known to foreign nations as the creator of armies and the fighter of battles.
WELFARE WORK FOR BABIES, WHITE AND BLACK
Weighing and measuring babies. Work conducted by the U. S. Children’s Bureau, Department of Labor
The mystic two letters “U. S.” which are the emblems within the United States of peace and protection, became known in the World War far across the seas in many lands. Disturbed and broken nations welcome occupation by United States troops, because they have learned that Uncle Sam is both strong and merciful; that he hits his enemies hard; but raises up and saves the noncombatant, the neutral and the vanquished. Never has the reputation of the United States of America stood so high as a stalwart, resolute and unflinching power which puts out its wealth like water, and enlists its man-power by millions, when war must be fought. Never has the Uncle Sam conception of the great North American federation been so clear and so welcome in the minds of other peoples; what can any nation ask that is better and higher than to be hailed as the defender of civilization against the most furious blows; and at the same time as the friend, ally and protector of men of good will wherever found throughout the world? “U. S.” to hammer the Hun; “Uncle Sam” to succor the Belgians and French, to aid the Armenian and the Greek, as the friend of mankind.