MILK FOR CHILDREN
SIR,—In regard to the letter from St. Louis on " Milk for Children " in last week's Spectator, I cannot say definitely whether every ship that has been loaded from Canada or the United States to Great Britain has been carrying condensed milk, but I can say that this commodity has been coming forward steadily from the United States for over twelve months. If there should be any shortage of it, it will not be due to lack of foresight by the Ministry of Food, which has purchased huge quantities, nor to the Shipping Controller, who gives it priority, nor to the British and United States navies, which are doing wonderful work in escorting convoys, or the merchant navy, who are gallantly taking considerable risks in bringing it over; but solely to the limits of production in the United States. Mr. Taylor, living in St. Louis, Mo., has probably not yet heard that 4o million tins of this commodity are now being distributed throughout the United Kingdom and that another 4o million tins will be dis- tributed in December. Besides that, all our children have priority for fresh milk and none is likely to go without.—Yours truly,
The Ridge, Coleman's Hatch, Sussex. CHAS. LEHMANN.
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