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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (July 19, 1918)
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Utwa Serbia. mJum torral Kixh haa takeo uer the iwdleton'a Wottrf day na 110 and Wfn'i only 102. n " of many food reaaona ahy ti unfortunate county aratera ourhl to m"e up here rn nuure. We are rrmin.W aain of me. Unly'a hni to tht fmeral rffr. t that the KaiT didn't raur Im Croww prince to be aoldier. We are moved to remind you. KaUrr Bill, that "prkW forth I f.e a fall and a haurhty ipint befur det ruction." aBwwnnwmHBavs HarUn T. I'ell. 17 yeara old. ah-t himaelf in the tempt with an au tomatic pitol at IVndlcton yter day, and died om afterward. Qurntin Roojevelt dcl in a man- ot of running- the German army i cither a oarful or an understand the probkina of the tprninf thia abtrt over to him while nrr brfittin a brave knieht of the an-l w ill try to are that it doef t ornamental purpoaa. packer any more than the pntre- we f to tne mountain lor a apeii. air ana ru;uuu frmjeman. s Die Wratfalt haa rrturned from Portland, having compared Wealim with the mrtropota ' ,np l'rr' diaadvantage- Hiw f tale. Herbert Uakrr. Aw the aekepe ??eSteg?? 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 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 misleading, but the Federal Trade Commission ap parently has made a mistake in the figures themselves. The aggregate three-year profit of $140,000,000 was 1 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 Etock and meats. No other large business is conducted on 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 pices for livestock, has required the use of two or three times the ordinary amount of working capital The ad ditional 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 pro vide 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 signifi cance of these facts. If you are unacquainted w ith bus iness, talk this matter over with some business acquaint ancewith your banker, say and ask him to compare pofits of the packing industry with those of any other large industry at 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 reort shows the large number and importance of other packers. NThe 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 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 of their business. Of how, for instance, they can sell dress ed 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 distribution throughout this broad land, as well as in other countries. The five packers mentioned feel justified in cooperating 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 the war time de mands 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