We are constantly reminded--especially when food prices go up--that Americans spend a smaller fraction of their income on food than any other people in the world, now or ever in history. ... It is not eating the proper kinds of food. ...

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Children were forced out of school to work and help support their families as well; for a fraction of an adult's pay, the children were exposed to the same conditions. ... Many business entrepreneurs and industrial powers (monopolists like Andrew Carnegie and Rockefeller) tried to cut costs by not providing proper safety equipment for their workers. ...

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