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wvwfpco RotnmriM Krv :w. TrrsnAT. jvj.y a. ian. Mf SAM TURNS OUT AVfRAGCOf 10,000 TONS ftF QHipc pfo nsv urn vt uiiii J i til lrti nun SAN FRANCISCO. July 5 Charlta M. Schwab, American itilp building director-general, peat a comparatively quiet day her Unlay, utier u whiilwind wug around the bay yesterday, which was called for by the launching of seventeen ves sel for the navy and the new Ameri can merchant marine. Ad tit guest of honor at a luuch eon given by a group of manufactur ers and city outcials, Mr. Schwab aid the emergency fleet corporation had launched the equivalent of one lu.ituu ton ship a day for the last sixty days. This record would be maintained until the need tor ships no longer existed, he said. "Our aoldier boys will be safe guarded despite eery enemy agency," he said. The Schwab party inspected other shipbuilding plants here today, among them being the .Moore Ship building Company plant iu Oakland, where he eloped a contract for ten freighter and six oil tankers at a cost or $3fl,HiO,000. Mr. Schwab's visit already haft re united in a great enlargement of the I'ucific CouBt's big building program. The future was provided lor with the letting of the 16-ehip contract to the Moore, company, which gave that firm rU vesseiH to construct before the end of 1918. coos rorxTY ki:siiknt STAItTS A Whit KAlSlIi. rolhiwing is a copy of a notice found posted on the door of a de serted cabin iu Coos County recently by a party of timber cruisers. The cabin is loeaed In an isolated dis trict about 2G miles from any road. The notice was sent to Mrs. Head, of this city, by her husband, who is a member of the cruising party. It Is very cleverly worded and abounds with patriotic spirit. It says: Feb. 7, 1918. To whom it may concern: There's potatoes in the woodshed, There's flour in the bin. There's beans a plenty in the cup board, To waste them is a sin. Go to it neighbor if you're hungry! Kill up while you've a chance. For I'm going after the Kaiser, Somewhere over in France. L. A. JOHNSON. Alias, Charley the Trapper. LOCAL AND PERSONAL. (From Port t'mpqua Courier.) John Leach, au old resident of the Lower tinp'iua country, has re turned here from Olenada aud will engage in fishing. .V.r. and Mrs. V. S. Gates and fam ily, nsent residents of l'owers, have moved to this city aud Mr. Gates will tn into the lishing business. Kelatives of Jack Cowan have re ceived word from him that he has arrivfd safely lu France. He arrived June 4th at a coast town by the name of Pouelac Gironde. Mrs Maude Noel, of Gardiner, left Wednesday for North Bend with her little daughter. Lucretia, The latter will be operated upon at Mercy Hos pital in that city for appendicitis. The atmosphere is full of smoke, Vhieh has been blown into the val-l'-ys here by the winds from distant f ;i reminding the older ones of what we would call "Indian sum mer," in fact the present season has ail the characteristics of fall. Mrs. It. M. Uunman and child were up from North Bend several days last week visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hanson, on Smith liiver. They returned home Tuesday evening. T. I'. Bierely, while at work over an anvil, had the misfortune to have a flyn.g piece of steel strike the back of his hand, causing quite a painful wound. The piece of steel being quite small, has not been located in the wound as yet. W. T. Dewar brought down on the cream boat Honita, SO cans of cream Monday morning for the creamery at this city. The majority of the cans contained ten gallons of cream, and the others five gallons. This cream came from dairymen on Smith Illver. Curl Pyrlt n n 1 I I i o .j n f Walter, succeeded a few days ago in trapping two black bears a short distance from their home. One of the bear is said to be one of the largest caught in the country for several years. Bear are said to be quite numerous at the present time in the Smith Klver sec tion. It. J. Hubbard, who is interested In the building of the new sawmill, was in this city last week making arrangements for a pile driver and piling. We have been informed that he rem red a driver at North Bend and is having it put in shape for work, wiiich will be brought here the iat of this week. LEMON JUICE TAKES OFF TAN I Girls! M.ik' l'K-K-!iit. l,.'i-' if ;.!in is Minlunu t.mnrj ( r - vl... i S M'ee the juice of two lemons i i ;i mimI eontniufnc thre ounce. it ( m ' 1 Hi"d '.Vint', hiiake w eil, and .fit L .i a quarrr pint of the best ire M". sunburn and tan lotion, and .!;'('! xi'n b auTfpT, at very, very f'ii:II co.-d. v.ir tm r 1 ;i t 'he l ni'ns snd ; ii) drn Ut r to-P t counter will t :r, ; three our-'-i of on-hard Will:, for a ft w cents. Manage this MV'-tlv ;r.n:r;ifit lotion into the far, r.'ik. nr'i n and ban-i eaeh day and st' I fr.l-s. fjn'tTirn. windbura unl ;.tn dMp'ar and how clear, oft anl white the skin becomet Yet! It t harmlew. AdT. Are the Packers Profiteers? Plain Facts About the Meat Business The Federal Trade Commission in its recent report on war profits, stated that the five large meat packers have been profiteering and that they have a monopoly of the market. These conclusions, if fair and just, are matters of serious concern not only to those engaged in the meat packing business but to every other citizen of our country. The figures given on profits are misleading and the state ment that the packers have a monopoly is unsupported by the facts. The packers mentioned in the report stand ready to prove their profits reasonable and necessary. The meat business is one of the largest American indus tries. Any citizen who would familiarize himself with its details, must be prepared for large totals. The report states that the aggregate profits of four large packers were $140,000,000 for the three war years. This sum is compared with $19,000,000 as the average an nual profit for the three years before the war, making it appear that the war profit was $121,000,000 greater than the pre-war profit. This compares a three-year profit with a one-year profit a manifestly unfair method of comparison. It is not only mis leading, but the Federal Trade Commission apparently has made a mistake in the figures themselves. The aggregate three-year profit of $140,000,000 was earned on sales of over four and a half billion dollars. It means about three cents on each dollar of sales or a mere fraction of a cent per pound of product. Packers' profits are a negligible factor in prices of live stock and meats. No other large business is conducted upon such small margins of profit. Furthermore and this is very important only a small portion of this profit has been paid in dividends. The bal ance has been put back into the businesses. It had to be. as you realize when you consider the problems the packer have had to solve and solve quickly during these war years. To conduct this business in war times, with higher costs and the necessity of paying two or three times the former prices for live stock, has required the use of two or three times the ordinary amount of working capital. The addi tional profit makes only a fair return on this, and as has been stated, the larger portion of the profits earned has been used to finance huge stocks of goods and to provide additions and improvements made necessary by the enor mous demands of our army and navy and the Allies. If you are a business man you will appreciate the signifi cance of these facts. If you are unacquainted with business, talk this matter over with some business acquaintance with your banker, say and ask him to compare profits of the packing industry with those of any other large industry st the present time. No evidence is offered by the Federal Trade Commission in support of the statement that the large packers have a monopoly. The Commission's own report shows th; large number and importance of other packers. The packers mentioned in the statement stand ready to prove to any fair minded person that they are in keen com petition with each other, and that they have no power to manipulate prices. If this were not true they would not d.ue to make this positive statement. Furthermore, government fivuies show that the live large packers mentioned in the report account for only about one-third of the meat business of the country. They wish it were possible to interest you in the details ol their business. Of how, for instance, they can sell dressed beef for less than the cost ol the live animal, owing to utilization of by-products, and ot the wonderful story cf the methods of distribution throughout this broad land, as well as in other countries The five packers mentioned feel justified in co-operating with each other to the extent of together presenting this public statement. They have -been able to do a big job for your 'government in its time of need; they have met all war time demands promptly and completely and they are willing to trust their case to the fairmindedness of the American people with the facts before them. ARMOUR AND COMPANY CUDAHY PACKING CO. MORRIS & COMPANY SWIFT & COMPANY WILSON & COMPANY OOUGIAS FAIRBANKS IN "IliE IAMB" PROVIS 10 BMtfAl FIGHTER ' The I.anib" Is a story of a young millionaire who thought he van a oward. but found out after till that le whn a real fichtT. ToufclaB Kitli 'hnk play Hi his best In thin film, . hteh ill be ieen at the Ma jest ir 'heater tonight and tomorrow evening. Gerald, a sprig of an old weallhv family, has won a beautiful glii and e erything 8ei-mM merry as a wed ding bell, when the jir Mary. df -rovers a yellow tr-ak in lo-i l:i:i i. She given him the mitten. Afier a course in physirnl training, he hh out to Arizona, where the girl and her friends are enjoying a visit at a ranch. The Iamb le v t lie 1 l it iiM- nit i-ih-'i!! train to trinkHs mid die train speeds off without him. Crook offer to take him to the train by a hf.rt route, tnen fi.H-k him. and he In left f.r deml on the d rt. Lat both (ieral.l ui.d an aviator, whom he MieetH on the de.sert, art r;i pt lil"'l by Indians. t;i k-n ncro.sii the Mf.tr. u bi.rder and held prion-rt. A thriv ing tight ensuew between the Yao,ui and .MfxU-iiii i-oldi-r?, v. hh n i tie In dians win. (Jei'i.lil f weefheart, in an aulo party, ) ulo raptured bv the In lia n i. F l!uw en pi s e -, I !- make their eseatie in a serie of thr.illtilf .id ''lit l r w Whir-h pi i e lb1 ral U;ditM- of the lamh. ClaWon Smith uriiwd lust even ing from Kug'ne for a bi'Mti" J iKit this riiv (Tort Vmpuua Courier. Will Walker, Karl Chapman mid .t.K.- Ciillainore. who had te en out to Portland taking a physical examina tion lor Hie purpose of joining th' nevy iu eaKf the county military boa id would permit, which tiny re f used lo do, left here lint week lor iiini'hui g for ent rain merit . Mif-H It He Wade, who had been in I'orttand during the pan! mIkiI yar with her nie h. Kva and Laura It ". . w ho were at tending h gli school In that Mty, ban n tnrned to her home in Cardiner. Tin- win k on the bridge arrow the Sihofh-ld, whieh t b' iiiK built by the couiif y, I ptogref sing, hut kIow l . July pi uph w mild be aide to alk It wan' experled that b the 4di of over It Little Americans Do your bit Eat Corn meal mush-Oatmeal- Corn flakes Hominy and rice with milk. Eat no wheat cereals. Leave nothing onyour plate. V M I T S ADMINISTRATION fco--.e - b'ii:-i.-iorc ' hi f.l T.VV fTBJO Even a small chevT" of Real Gravely Chewing Plug satis fies. It gives more real to bacco comfort than a big chew cf or&inery tobacco. ' f Peyton Brand Real Gravely Chewing' Plug 10c t pouch and worth it A. MATwMwfWJI Crawly uaf tnmuh longer it mottt Au nmrv w vhmw than ttiinu ry plan f B. 0ly Tobcco Com p Any Dauvill, Virgini
