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ThiiiHday, July II, 1918.
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SOLDIERS' LLTTOS V
Mr. and Mra W. II. Hlbbs re
tched tiio following letters recently
ircni liioir son Fraalt, who is serv
ing France:
Limoges, France, June C, 191S
I received your letter of May 15,
jiiul v.au -.lad to Lea: from you that
yr.u w.re all well. I cua't under
f,t.".:.d vl'.y you liave nut ijot more
o." my laticrs. I Lave written at least
or.ee a wool, bsiiidi:s often I wrot?
U Uie rest
1 am :u:t i isirucio:' at a
iraclor artillery at'.iooi now, a::d
xliiiK aio-'g t: ie. Koer felt belter
in rny Kf .. it, hi o::ly a few days
unt'i pay (lay. 1 liave not bita paid
fi.ua I left Frisco, Imt can get all
ilio money i need, bo it doesn't
pxe It too iiaJ.
i had !o laiit.ii whea I got your let
ter .vjiiiiiK about ti!3 vay yon
tiic.i&ht tr.inss were over here. We
tire ail having bettor food and quar
tern and everything else iliaa we had
li the states, and you l.now we did
not hi'rt oursclt'cr. any there. We
do not know as much about the war
row as wo did when we left, so you
need not worry about me.
Well, there Is not much to write
that will Interest you, so will close.
Your loving son,
FRANK.
' June 9, 1918.
Dear Father and Mother:
Uectjved your loiter last night
end v.aa glad to hear from you
'.hat you were nil well. The latest
letter I received was dated May 17.
Everything here is about the same.
John Enders and Bentley are the
only A.shland hoys here,, hut there
are about twenty Battery C boys
here. I set to see most of the other
Ashland boys once In a while.
Have not heard from Charles Free
man since 1 left San Francisco. We
have not heard from any of the boys
who were left in the states.
! had to go to a lecture and Just
pot back. Do not have to stand
nany calls. We are each assigned
to a car or a truck and have to take
care of It, and each day they as
blpn men to that car for us to teach
them how to drive. I finished my
course at the truck school about two
weeks ago, and got through fine. Do
sot know how long we will lie here,
but probably for some time.
Your loving eon,
FRANK J. HIBBS.
L. J. Orres, the tailor, received
the following letter from Lieut. YV.
A. Phillips, a former well known
Ashland young man whose present
i.ddrcss is 19 F. A., U. S. A., Air
f ervioe, A. P. C. 717, A. B. F.:
June 9, 1918.
Dear Lew: Was glad to get your
letter of May 3, and would appreci
ate more of them, but, of course,
realize that you have to keep dig
ging. I am much in the same boat
and this Is the first letter 1 have at
tempted to writo to anyone outside
ihf Immediate family.
I haven't much to write about ex
cept mysjlf and that subject gets
siale after awhile. However, I have
nonaged to find out that the home
company is about 100 miles south of
here. They are doing nothing at
present as their guns were needed
at the front. I understand that Cap
tain Vance and Don "Spencer have
been transferred to other branches
of the service. Will try to get dowa
to see them before I leave Tours.
I am In the aerial observers' school
l.ere and enjoy the work very much,
of course, we are kept pretty busy
studying aeroplanes', aerial phonog
raphy, wireless, infantry tactics, ar
tillery and machino gunnery. It Is all
very Interesting. I had a peculiar
experience the other day. I had been
down south of the city about five
nlles makirg a sketch of a certain
t.rca. The air was very bumpy so
that I finished my sketching as
quickly as possible and signaled my
I Hot to return to the flying field.
We started back against a strong
vlnd and I got a little bit seasick.
We were flying at an altitude of only
about 25 00 feet, and as we got di
rectly over the city the motor cut
off, and we began to lose altitude.
When we got about 1000 feet from
the ground my pilot began to look
for a place to land, and I began
looking around, too, and the only
thing I could see was a graveyard di
rectly below us. But about that
time our engine picked up again and
brought us In O. K.
. They tell the story on one of the
pilots that ho took an observer up
In Italy and when he landed the
observer was gone. The pilot says
ho hasn't any idea where he lost the
rian.
When you are In the air the coun
try looks Just like a map and the
view is wonderful. Taking aerial
photos Is good work. They are tak
en from an altitude of from 5000
le 10,000 feet. We adjust artillery
fire by wireless from about 10,000
feet. But our best work is machine
gunnery. We have guns capable of
f'rlng GoO rounds per minute and
when we fire them (only for the ob
server) It Is necessary to stand up In
t lie pit, the top of which just reaches
to the upper part of the thigh.
When I finish this couise I will
rend you a picture I took with a cam
era gun of another machine. It will
show where my bullet would have
struck had I been shooting a regular
machine gun.
Of course, we are all t'ckled about
the way the people over there went
over the top In the Liberty loan and
red Cross drives. It shows that you
are behind us to the finish, and you
can nlready see the results In France.
Remember me to all the old-timers,
and tell them to write.
Sincerely,
WALTER A. PHILLIPS.
Not Always. "
"The young fellow who's calling on
your daughter, Smith, has a lot of
go' In him."
"Not any to notice when he's calling "
on my daughter."
A WORD FOR MOTHERS
It is a grave mistake for mothers to
neglect their aches and pains'and suffer
in silence i-this only leads to chronic
sickness and often shortens life . '
If work is tiring, if your nerves are
excitable, if you feel languid, weary or
depressed, Scott's Emulsion will
prove a wonderful strcngthener.
It possesses the very elements to
invigorate the blood, nourish the
nerves and build strength.
Every druggist lias Scott's.' " Try itA
Beott fc liowm, BlsomUtld. N. J.
Plain Facte About the Meat B
usinei
The Federal Trade Commission in its recent report cn war pro
fits, stated that the five large meat packers have been profiteer
in and that they have a monopoly of' the markets.
These conclusions, if fair and just, are matters of serious con
cern not only to these engaged in the meat packing business buc
to every other citizen of our country.
The figures given on profits are misleading and the statement
that the packers have a monopoly i3 unsupported by the facts. ,
The packers mentioned in the report stand ready to prove their
profits reasonable and necessary.
The neat business is one of the largest American industries
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 pack
ers were $140,000,000 for the three war years.
This sum is compared with $19,000,000 as the average annual
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 cent3 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 meat3. 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 balance has been
put back into the businesses It had to be, as you realize when
you consider the problems the packers 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 additional profit makes only a
fair return on this, and as has been stated, the larger portion oi'
the profits earned ha3 been used to finance huge stocks of goods
and to provide additions and improvements made necessary by
the enormous demands of our army and navy and the Allies.
If you are a business man you will appreciate the significance
cf these facts. If you are unacquainted with business, talk this
matter over with some business acquaintance with your bank
er, say and ask him to compare profits of the packing indus
try with those of any other large industry at the present time.
Noevidence is offered by the Federal Trade Commission in sup
port of the statement that the large packers have a monopoly.
The Commission's own report shows the large number and im
portance of other packers.
The packers mentioned in the statement stand ready to prove to
any fair minded person that they are in keen competition with
each other, and that they have no power to manipulate prices.
If this were not true they would not dare to make this positive
statement.
Furthermore, government figures show that the five large pack
ers mentioned in the report account for only about one-third of
the meat business cf the country.
They wish it were possible to interest you in the details of their
business. Of how, for instance, they can sell dressed beef for
less than the cost of the live animal, owing to utilization of by
products, and of the wonderful story of the methods of distribu
tion throughout this broad land, a3 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 state
ment. '
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 fair
mindedness of the American people with, the facts before them.
Armour and Company
Cudahy Packing Co.
Morris & Company
Swift & Company
Wilson & Company
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