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1TANP BY OLD LEADERS:
fcforts of Hostility Between
lp5cttnnns and Austnans at
Kiev Lonnrmeu
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(Delayed.)
Rayovsny re-
f v-tf r..AniH PiihHff.rilnfir
wfrfceayrtoM'. 19S, iv .Vno'l'orfc.rtmrt Co.
mv .Moscow. June S
Ski . Yenterrtav morning M
?jx turned to Moscow from conducting
&, Iui).llH. 1.tA- 1 met him laRt
nrBViiiuwils t ,,,,. . .....
..I i-i Tt. aah(1.mh.1 !1a osnArt n!a TO
jffiV lUBIIl "O tuimmicu iie ' '"
X nostmty mere oetween in utniui"
ft i.A.URirians.
W 1 TKtH -A, n4rf1ir film fit Herman llTI-
KB , patience' with the Inefficiency of the
Safe- Austrian troops, who without t.erman
M.- help would be upable to hold down tne
K Ukrainian unrest. The Austrlans arc
& assigned to the quieter districts, Ger
T rAnn soldiers helnir Invariably sent where
33 trouble Id ' expected. There l also a
KiT ,nolltlcaf hauls In the difference concern-
V i.."!.. -ti..i ((...tit ,.M0, la r-lnlmpd
ins n xiiuiih maitiLi, ii'- " -
both by Poland and the Ukraine. Aus
tria, owing to the strength of the In
ternal Polish influence m thlB matter. Is
Involved.
Unless conditions Improve materially.
Ra'ypvhsy says that revolution is In
evitable In the Ukraine immediately on
the removal of the foreign troops.
Continued from race One
assassination of the German Ambassa
dor was to have been the signal for a
big revolt under the leadership of the
Social Revolutionists, but that failed to
materialize on the scale tlint had been
planned.
It seems from this account that the
fighting between Bolshevlkl nnd Social
nolut(onlsts reported taking place In
Mcxcow was an outgrowth of the Von
Mlrbach nffnlr. The Frankfort message
from Moscow mentioned such lighting as
taking place In various parts of the city
when the dispatch was filed, but gao
no details,
BERLIN TO FORCE NEW'
DEMANDS ON RUSSIANS
i
By the United Press
Stockholm, July S.
(termnny will demand tho right to
police Moscow nnd Petrograd, under
the guise of malntnlnlne order, as the
result of the assassination of Count
Mlrbach. German Ambassador to Rus
sia, according to Information from
diplomatic sources today.
The Germans, who charge that the
murder Is the work of the Kntente.
will further demand free passage of
troops to the Murman coast by way
of Petrograd. The Russian Inhabi
tants of that region. In anticipation
of n German-Klnnlsh Invnslon. already
have declared their allegiance to the
Allies nnd nre expected to join forces
with the Allied troops guarding tho
supply base there.
The TSolshcvlkl either will accede to
the German demands, or will nbdlcate.
The former action Is more probable,
ns Premier Lenlne Is reported to have
prepared an apology which will bo
forwarded to Ucrlln at once.
The Russian Baltic, fleet Is In peril
themselves, they never contemplated
nghtlntc Russian Slavs, and their attitude
toward the Bolshevik Rovernment was
formerly strictly correct.
"Their action creates a nucleus to
which the Siberian party of order may
rally and effects a screen between Si
beria and the armed forces of Bolshev
Imji. These developments are Important
because of their spontaneity, and may
lead to a natural and satisfactory solu
tion of the, Siberian problem."
WILL TRAIN COLLEGE MEN
War Department Seeks Them
Cnmp Instructors
fly the Associated Press
tVn.hlnitnn, July 8. A plxty-day
tensive training course to train college
men as assistant Instructors In the stu
ng
In
dents' army training corps will openybe
.iiny m at I'laiisourg, ,. .; Kort oner
Irian. III., and Presldlol Cal.
Tho War Department announred to
day that college? which enroll the mini
mum of 100 able-bodied students for the
tudents' training corps will be Invited
to select a number of men for the
courses.
Regular army officers will have charge
and members of faculties, as well as
student!', are eligible.
It
their vessels.
Russian Social
revolutionaries be
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,iZ;! "."" C"r-irtr fnr'".f capture nlcM tho sailors blow up
those who bcllevo that Intervention and
k ... .l. r. ..!... ...Ml h, a
ine oyerinrow otjnr .:.. '""'-, , lleve members of their party killed
celved with gratitude by an "pP'" ' Mlrbach. They declare that terroristic
population. The Czechs t e mselvea re- )(s p
franed from re pres-lvc "!""" h '" , i.enlne. Trotsky and nil other Bol-th-lr
.presence allowed other- "ties to ; icador.s
take revenge which alone they were
powerless to obtain. More than 100
Bed Guards were shot, and about fifty! !I fill HER MAY U AW.
civilian workmen. The Soviet leaders;
were. Imprisoned under very bad conai
tlons on a diet of bread and water.
As soon as the local work people
realized what was being done, they came
to the "new government-' with a demand
for the Immediate release of the leaders
here arid a cessation of further ariests.
The; sympathies of the population were
so obvious that tho new government,
perhaps with recent exainples fresh In
mltld, packed a- democratic "conference
of representatives of tho population"
to consider the formation of a govern
ment This packed conference was com
posed as follows :
'''Two hundred officers who were actual
;' ly taking part In tho antl-Sovlet move
ment; 200 workmen, and to Insure a
majority, thirty bourgeoisie.
..In Eplte of- this manifestly unfair
proportion the voting was: For a con
stituent 'assembly, 200 to 198 for the
Soviet Government, while the remaining
handful Voted for giving all authority
Into tho hands of the old local organiza
tion. Nothing could more clearly
Illustrate the feeling of the majority of
the' population.
" ".The reign of terror In Finland Is really
du'i to the fright of tho party which.
with German help, has obtained pre
dominance, tjtt realizing that the only ef
fect t)t suppression Is to strengthen and
deepen the revolutionary movement.
'The same conditions exist In Ksthonia.
Mvo'nla nnd In Ukraine. Every act of
oppresaion strengthens the revolutionary
feeling 'of the masses, who. after losing
the 'Soviets, were Immediately forced to
realize how valuable, was the thing they
d lost.
Allies V?n in Macedonia
I'nrla, July 8. French troops, co
operating with Italians, on the border of
Albania and Macedonia, near Korltza.
attacked the heights between the Devoll
nnd Tomorlea Rivers for the purpose of
Improving their position. They seized the
crest of GJasperlt. In spite of the violent
resistance of the enemy, and have re
pulsed counter-attacks. Some prisoners
have been taken.
Gangrene Fatal to J. N. Boone
llmletnn, r July 8. .1. Xewton
Boone, sixty-three years old. a well
known fisherman and hunter, died at the
State Hospital after amputation of his
right foot for gnngrene. Boone built
many of the breakers of the Hazleton
region for A Pardee & Co.. pioneer op
erators of the t.ehlgh field, and was In
spector of many public contracts In this
section In late years.
U.S. FLIERS ANXIOUS
FOR REAL WAR WORK
Italian Commandant Finds It
Hard to Keep Them on
Ground
By the. Associated Press
Italian Army Headquarter., July 8.
The Italian commandant, under whose
direction the American filers are work
ing on the Italian front, has only one
fault to find with them. They never
want to remain on the ground.
The exploits which brought Ave of ths
American airmen decorations cannot yet
puhllnhed. but the value of their
services may be Judged from the fact
that King Victor Kmmanuel traveled to
the section held by the Americans to
personally make the presentation. But
all the Americans are doing splendid
work, more than Justifying the confi
dence placed In them when their pres
ence on the battlefront was requested
the Italian supreme command nnd
him the Imminent danger they wer In.
The' mechanic, without a moment's hesi
tation, climbed out and fought his way
to the wing against a tremendous wind
pressure. Then, lying flat on his face,
nnd bracing his feet against the strut,
he grasped tho machine's damaged cable
with one hand on each side of the
break,
LONE AMERICAN FLIER
FIGHTS OFF 7 GERMANS
Aerial Photographer Attacked
by Bochc Airmen Brings One
Down in Flames
by
they were selected by Captain Florcllo
Lo Guardla, the Congressman from
N'ew York, who Is now attached to the
L'nlted States aviation corpi.
A few days ago Lieutenant Alexan
der O. Craig, of New Vork, while Hy
ing over Austrian territory, was at
tacked by a chaser plane. By skillfully
handling his own machine after a few
mlnute.s of Jockeying he put his adver
sary at a disadvantage nnd maneuvered
his own gunner Into such a position
hat burst of machine gun fire shot
the attacker dead and sent his plane
to the grounds In flamese Lieutenant
Craig's exploit received official recog
nition. The machine of Lieutenant Marry L.
Iloltz, of Hurley, Idaho, on his way back
oer thn Austrian lines after a deep
raid into enemy territory, was struck
by a hurst of shrapnel from anti-aircraft
guns
Lieutenant Holt?, calmly pointed out
By EDWIN L. JAMES
Special Cable to Eveninp Public Ledger
Copvrlaht, J3J,' tiA'rw Vorfe Times Co.
With the American Army on the Marne,
July 8.
In a successful French attack on Hill
204, west of Chateau-Thierry, American
airmen In considerable numbers co-operated
with the French artillery and In
fantry. The mission of tho American
pursuit machines was to keep the Ger
man fliers away from the American and
French observation planes, and this was
successfully done.
Because of the number of American
planes, the Rlchthofen circus kept Its
distance and refused an Invitation to at
tack. Once It came near enough for an
exchange of shots, but there were no
casualties. Quentln Roosevelt took part
In this brush.
A lieutenant, with an observer, had a
thrilling experience several days ag
He was on a photographic mission, mree
kilometers behind the German lines,
when he was attacked by seven airmen.
Instead of running, he gave battle In
the big new French biplane, mounting
four guns, which was recently furnished
to our observation filers. Despite the
largo number of Germans who were
firing at them, the two Americans
airplane1 In
flaines ahd the other six made"bff. '
The lieutenant's chin wait grazed by
one bullet and, his forehead by another.
Two bullets went througt. bis protected
gasoline tank, nnd theNmachlno was
pierced In more than thirty places. When
he landed one wing was collapsing, be
cause a German bullet had cut the sup
porting wires.
Night raids Into the German lines
have long been a common thing for our
troops, but Corporal It. A. Shafer has
been cited for conducting a raid deep
Into German positions In broad daylight
and returning with prisoners under the
fire of German snipers and machine
gunner.
The mission was given Shafer to find
out what' was going on In an isolated
house beyond the German lines. Taking
Privates John Kane and Alonto Aman
dola he crawled across a field and
through a hedge and walked right In
front of the door of the house.
Here they surprised a German In
stalling a telephone line. He said that
another German was upsvalrn fitting up
the house for an observation post.
Shafer sent one private back to say
that he was coming with prisoners, and
then with the other soldier, while bul
lets were falling all around, walked
back to the American lines with his
two prisoners, who furnished some val
uable Information.
BUTCHER-AUTHOR SENTENCED
Gets Ten Ycnrs for Publishing Al
leged Seditious Book
By the Associated Press
New Vork, July 8. Stephen Binder,
the Brooklyn butcher-author convicted
for violation of the espionage law, was
sentenced to ten years' Imprisonment by
Federal Judge Garvin today.
Binder published a book called "Light
and Truth." alleged to be seditious. He
defended the book at his trial.
"Sentence Is Imposed not primarily
to punish you, but to protect all Ameri
cans." said Judge Garvin. "It Is their
right to know that a substantial term
of Imprisonment awaits him who raises
his hand against tho Government today."
Girl Arruses Real Estate Jlun
Frederick Schneider, a real estate
dealer, Twenty-ninth street near Master,
was held for court by Magistrate Pen
nock at Central Station today on a
charge preferred by May Mclntyre, sev
enteen years old, the same address.
MURDER OF MIRBACH
MAY UPSET B0LSHEVIKI
Abject Acceptance of German
Demands Likely to Precipi
tate Leninc's Fall
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
London. July 8.
The Dally Chronicle says editorially
on the Mlrbach assassination:
'The German Government will find It
self In an awkward dilemma between
two motives a desire to avoid using
more troops In new theatres of war and
a desire to teach the rtusslans by exact
ing a most drastic penalty. In order that
the lives of eminent Germans In Russia
may be held sacred. The German Em
peror, It will be rememboHMi. nas al
ways been particularly emphatic about
the sacrosanctlty of, his diplomatic rep
resentatives abroad, and It was the mur
der of the German minister at Pekln
that prompted his original "Hun speech'
to the soldiers whom he Bent to take
vengeance on China,
"If his personal Impulses carry the
day we shall witness a German march
on Moscow, accompanied by ruthless se-.
verities, but It Is possible that a more
prudent policy may prevail, especially as
Lenlne and Tchltcherln may be relied
on to nccept almost any demands for
reparation, however abject. It remains
to be seen whether such a surrender on
their part might not precipitate the fall
of their government In Russia.
"The episode docs not stand alone.
Taken In conjunction with the feats of
the Czecho-Slovaks, which would scarce
ly be possible unless they had a great
deal of popular feeling on their side,
It certainly suggests that events are on
the march."
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w,. m-irioi rVinrt sfrAMMti feefor
which he wit examined; havthtypM
with a percentage. of out'of atofe
Bible 100." He was one' of the three nig n
t men In the class of elghty-alx of
whom forty-nine passed the examlna-
tlons. i
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A Year's Work for
6 Billion Bees
Chinaman Practices Law
San Francisco, Cal., July 8. Chang
Chung Wing, native son of California,
Is an attorney-at-law. tho first Chinese
American to be admitted to the bar In
the State. He was given his legal papers
As a bee lives sin weeks,
157 thousand "colonies," of
50 thousand each, arc popu
lated eight times before pro- y J
ducing tne cy2 muuuu
pounds of honey required1
each year by the families
that read The Delineator.
Why not make your factory
a "hive of industry" to
produce goods for these
prosperous households, by
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FAR-REACHING EFFECT
By the Associated Prcs
London. July 8.
The assassination of Count ven Mlr
bach, the German Ambassador to Russia,
Is viewed by the newspapers here as
an eent of great Importance which may
have far-reaching results.
The Dally Mall nnd the Daily Im
press agree that the assassination may
have momentous consequence and com
nare It to the murder of Archduke
Francis Ferdinand at Sarajevo four
years ago. (The Kxprcss adds:
"German Influence (In Russia) can
only be established on a Folld basis by
the maintenance of a great army ot oc
cupation. Russia may once more play a
t:irt In th wn "
The Dally Chronicle expccls that if
the German Kmperor has his way there
will bo a march on Moscow accompanied
by ruthless severities, although It Is
possible a m re prudent policy may pre
vail, especially as Lenlne and Tchltche
rln will accept almost any demands for
I reparation, however atjject. It thinks,
nevertheless, that such a surrender
I might precipitate the fall of the Bolshe
' vlk Government.
J TWO POLISH CORPS
AID CZECHO-SLOVAKS
HOLDS INTERVENTION
. WOULD HELP RUSSIA
Allied .Action Would Be Bene-
fifcial, Czecho-Slovak
h Organizer Believes
By
ST'
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the United Press
tVaahlngton, July 8.
Allied Intervention In Russia will be
KOod'for'th'at country, though Its people
Way not know It for some time.
This Is the opinion of Dr. T. G. Masa
ryjc, president ot the Czecho-Slovak Na
tional Council here and organizer of the j
gallant band of Czecho-Slovaks now hold
rlne 'the center of world attention at
Vladivostok, Russia.
, He. has urged President Wilson to
ten'dj Immediate aid to t'nese Slavs that
.the")' rnay be made useful in the great
j London, July 8.
I Polish forces are fighting the Germans
4 In co-operation with the Czecho-Siovaks,
! according to the Mall correspondent at
Copenhagen. He quoi s Polish news-
(.apers as saying that the ,Trt Polish
i corps, under General Muonltskl, Is en-
gaged against the Germans, and that
i the Second corps, under General
j Mlchaells, had crossed the Dnieper and
I Joined1 the Czecho-Slovaks.
This latter force was surprised at
j night by the Germans and a four days'
! n.lsnn.ru Tim J.la l,n. Ihl- l.'iitta
began is not glem
?) t7ie Associated Prets
Amsterdam, July 8
The position of the Czecho-Kloak
forces operating In Siberia has become
more serious for them, according to h
Vienna dispatch to the Berlin Tageblatt.
They already hae suffered several
severe defeats, the message declares.
Austro-Hungarlan prisoners of war In
Siberia, the newspaper adds, are taking
a prominent part in the fighting against
the Czecho-Slovaks.
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aCruggle. These men, 'Masaryk declares,
want to help the Allies. When he first
organized them It was for the purpose
of setting them to the west front. He
secured permission for them to move un
molested through Siberia to Vladivostok
fori shipment to France. They were
pledged, as were the Russians, not to
"open hostilities during the movement
.eastward.
r.ater,- however, they were attacked,
.'and as a result, virtually fought their
'-way to the raclflc port, and are now
there. In possession of huge war stores.
captured when they took the city a
week ago.
These stores, Masaryk declares, are
sufficient for successful operations
against German and Bolshevik forces
until the Allies send aid. That the
end for the. Czecho-Slovaks would be
popular Is Indicated, he says, by
warm reception accorded them by the
v populace,. as they moved across Siberia.
,3 .The Bolshevlkl do not represent the
j.)Ttuislan people, and are not deserving
'ifr of.'Allled recognition, Masaryk has told
Kv ,Jresiaeni vr uson. uui wneinrr or noi
ft' V'.the various Russian factions would wel-
v.'come intervention now, sucn .Auiea ac-
frrjfiori, would certainly do them good.
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LV IMVS-
17.
KERENSKY OPPOSES
ENTRY BY JAPANESE
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By the Associated Presi
Turin, July 8.
Kx-Premler Kerensky of Russia. In an
Interview by his fellow-countrvman.
1 Halperlne Kamlnsky. printed In the F.X-
ceisior toaay, gives his opinion on tho
subject of Japanese Intervention In Rus
sia more deflnlteiv than he has done
heretofore. After attempting to describe
the chaos now ruling In Russia, where
"every town and village, large or small,
has its soviet acting as it pleases, with
out regard for the orders of the people's
commissioners, and where all property
rights have been abolished except for
the Germans." M. Kerensky said :
"It Is time, once for all, to understand
our position. We have no prejudice
against the Japanese people They have
always hecn loyal, even during our
struggle In Manchuria, before the war.
nnd during the war, but that Is not
the question.
"It Is the question once more of not
playing the game of the Bolshevlkl and
their German protectors by giving them
the opportunity of exploiting anew the
Ignorance of the Russian masse. In
making them believe the Japanese ar
tl, j coming to make war onRupsla Has
toi irons) haiu tnar Deinvjeen uerman
and Japanese occupation, hTJsUld pre
fer the Germans?"
CZECHO-SLOVAKS MAY
SOLVE SIBERIAN PUZZLE
and
be-
Vf
,'HOPES FOR GERMAN REVOLT
. itit W'JT'
KW-A
Rfflk
Branling Says Proletariat Would
. Ktse if 1 hev Knew 1 nilh
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vr. v
J-'Ai
H2&4 Tt rrl.. Julv 8.' Hlalmar Brantlnc. So
?$; BlalUt leader In the Swedish second
avf-chamber and formerly Minister of
2f? HVinmnre. before leavinr for a visit
t i vtoiV- ihn front crranted an rlntervtew
.I.-'v- " ' ." " . .
ip-the Havas Agency, In which he urged
. Miviaiipv i.wiiicibii.c, ad CAtu ii Humu
fe a great moral value, as the Ger-
proletarlat could be Induced to re-
ralnet their Planters If they un
itood that that universal court conr
anePrussian'mllltarlsm. Jf. Brantlng
FAni France to attend the congress of
French Soclalut party on July 28.
f Th rittestlon la not whether such
' Aarman Socialists as Phlllpp Scheldc
fiann and Dr. Kduard David can be won
"flWr .' '', ' Brantlng "The German.
- pwfue nave u great recpeci-ior tne ae-
fMtona of ins iniernstionaie, wnicn pre
vtsmoly was dominated by German In-
were It to learn some day
l tne bopiansts ot in countries, In-
f some or its own 'chiefs, dltrjp.
jYruselan. militarism. tbre are
, that some or Ita socialists, at
, those who have a saner .conception
tnrai, wouia rawy to me cause,"
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Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copynoht. lOtS. fey.VfH' York Time Co
London, July 8
A dlsnatch to the Dally Express from
Toklo, dated July 2, says:
"The Vladivostok Soviet had taken
elaborate measures to resist the Czecho
Slovaks, and the eae with which It
was dispossessed Is hii encouraging Indi
cation of tenuity of the Bolshevik power
In Siberia The Czecho-Slovaks at
Vladivostok are cut off from their com
panies In western Siberia, but develop
ments suggest that soon thev may Jointly
control the Trans-Siberian Railway
"The movement, of which the Czecho.
Slovaks' deeds are the outward manl
festatlons. Is entirely spontaneous. The
main bodies of the Czecho-Slovaks being
beyond the reach of the Ka stern Allies,
their action proves the depth of Russian
antagonism to the Bolshevlkl Slavs
JAPAN WAITS U. S. WORD
FOR ACTION IN SIBERIA
By the United Press
. . .- " Toklo, July 8 I
Alter two weeks' negotiations here
over the request of the European Allies
that Japan Intervene In Siberia, It may
be stated that Japan will not consider
intervention until the United States Joins
the other Entente Allies In the request.
It Is generally believed that the Jap.
anese favor Intervention, provided the
United States consents, but the attitude
of President Wllsqn qn,' the, subject 1
tbought here to be unchanged.
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
statement that the packers have a monopoly is unsup
ported by the facts.
The packers mentioned in the report stand ready to prove
their profits reasonable and necessary.
y- :
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 $1 40,000,000 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 $ 1 2 1 ,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
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
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 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 busi
ness, talk this matter over with some business acquaint
ance with your banker, say and ask him to compare
profits 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 report shows the 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
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 thefive 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 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 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
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