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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1G, 1919
f BIG FIVE" AGAIN
B
r UNULK HhAVY HKh;
Milting discrimination not nlutic lu serv
ice, lint nlo in rntrs.
tTntil the packers lire Miurn of tho
tratinnorlntluu mlvmitiiRrH grunted them
I., kl.L. 1 ...... U Mn..t lm.j "tlmfn
I y uic itirrici n imu n'jui rijo. "nn
' .. i . ! t...i.. i .! :.
la no yny 01 uipmuriuK mtu nuu u
clustriitl L'fllcieury."
rl TRAIN WITH ARMOR
lifts ...,
DKIVtSUrr MIINtKS
Tederal Commission Accuses
Packers of Seeking to Dom
inate Grocery Trade .
(lint tlm ftrco niickcrs bid fnir (o itom
Inntc tlic vliolrsiilo Rroiory trnilc. rj
t- I'n .'a mips nf croui-rv liroil
iimoiiut tn only u little more (linn 1
nor tout of the total wlioloinlo Rincrj
ltillni'. The live lnrfie liaoKoin to-
Kotlior liitmlle no more than II per (out ,, . ,
Tlio trade rnmml'wlon'i tljtiirrx Unioil EXDedltlOII Forced
. t it -........,.... f ......1.,., lint I '
SWIFT CALLS CHA ROES , oK LmY., tW iw W-k
ABSURD AND FALSElZ &XA-
' iiiiilnirtit or AcriiMilliire iCi.utN show
'. . .. . .. f , . 1 11-u mill
Ing tluit mvim iv vii. iiHiiui-
iiliinit ' for rent of the tuliil ijimnlltJ
.if thee uroilui't!' Mild ill the I tilteil
Back
by Armed Men at
Logan, W. Va.
&WIFT
MAKES HOT DENIAL
Denies blntemenl That
er.s ire Combined lu
r rices
I'ach.
If.
IllllltlllCtoll.
i'. i Kirt
W. Va.. Oil. It!.
union organizers
Illy
went
riince
i Ity the ssmlateil I'itss
WasliliiKlnii, Oct. Kl.-Ki'ilorntion
pt the claim Hint the Iho Iiib parkins
tympanies of Oik-hrii bid fair to dom
inate the vvliolisule croiciv (rude mid
nlreadr haiulle more I linn -0(1
iinrclatcd to the moat imcMnir industry.
Jnnny of them iliii'rll.v rompotitive as
,7nent substitiitrs Is nuulo in I'nrl IV of
the i'cilcrnl Tnule ('.uuniKsion's report
bn the lndtislrv, puhlilioil today.
"The extern to vvliirli Hie pn.'kor
Wiould lie pormilted In enter unrelated
Jfood llnrs i even nuinlns lrsltlmitle
rompetitlvr tnelhixNi" the report sni.l,
"ls a matter uhirli the public interrl
tolone should determine.
"Two questions, primal ih e. onomie.
arc Involved-
"Does tln widening if it.ttiilv ie
suit in additional rciiintiiii's f prodin
tlon and illsirililitmii?
"D0c. it result nod will il rotitiliue
ti result to the imlilie m lower price
nrnl bettor iti:ititv of product mill
erviee?
"A third question not heir iliriissil
Tclatcs to the ullinialc efl'ecl 'if such
vast and powerful orsnnial ions .m the
political and wnil fnliri. "T Amen, mi
institution
1'nclirrs Handle l.nt.rrlrs
Slntex. i into l.nsnii ronnty jcstenlay iu it ti at
'I'heie is no comlnunnou or ni ,,,,,, , unnzo ,.,! minors of the
iiietit with other packers in the inniimi. (ijnn ,nlCJ., t stioiflj before mill
, f these products or n illude irmioij l( ,f ,pJ r,,, ,,., t HuntiiiRton anil
i in their pur. ha-e or sate. icported that they had been stopped
t liiiMco. Oct l(! - (Hi A IM "I helioo that the pub lie "rf: !' nonr I.okiiu by nrmrd men, and that
I ouis r Swift nresldrnt of Swlfl iv ' iilnz In earn that It citlinot ieij on .... ntrr ,
t:o" lo'ln, ilV n "men. deylK! piejudiced and, Mtl"-l hrf ... d o, ml ,
Ihe Ho 1,1k packer DJ I lie ,i "'"." " u VT" Vl , ,- """r"
of their liusi- that tins ",""" ;, "V " i.,U , ,lw. ' r
ro'nlenl and misunderstanding
Ihe rliarcos thai
In enlnri?ltii? the scolir
ness tin eaten to control the wholesale'
BMeerj trade of the country, which
foods' arc .ontalncd in the latest icpnrt of Hie
Federal Trade Commission.
Mr. Swift's statement rnids in pait :
The piiekinc industry is iicaiti put
in a wrong- light b.) Ihe latest install
ment nf the scries of attempts on the I
part of the l'doml Trade Commission
to scare the American p. ople into the
belief (hat the large packers are getting
control nf the f.iod supph of the . -.11111
rj
"In the I'tl'sl ln e tile pa. kors do
not enntrol uii.ilhing Swift Co. is
in active compel ition with all other
packers in the puichase and sale nf
eiery product bought anil sold
"The ihnrge that Ihe live packers
linxe divided Ihe Held, each speciiill.lng
on certain lines, is absurd Swlfl
Co. handles only such products as lngi
cnll result Irnm Icing I lie packing
business and such other pioducts as
can bo handled ofliciontlj through Its
sales rgain..ition and icfrw;. luting
equipment The nel reull is Ihe lower
ing nf selliu" ensts, nmie dire. I niaikeli
ing Irntu pioduccr In .nnsiitiior and
Inter an nrinorrd train with several hun-
ruied men and machine guns on
had followed their tram back
across the Logan county line to a point
near this city.
The orgnfiUcrs said the nrmed foreo
was mnde tip of compatly officials, coun
ty oflitctsniid miner. They denied
assertionsof Don Challu, Logan county
clerk, that when searched by deputies
at I .neon (went) -six pistols were found
on members of the parly.
The band reported the ense todnv to
district headquarters of the United Mine
Workcis of America at Charleston. It
is expected that the uniou officers will
take steps immediately to secure com
plete details of the Inrtilng hack of the
orgunizers and place the facts before
state officials with n request for an in
cbtlgJilion. Freighter Strand on Sandbar
Orleans, Mass., Oct. 1(. A steamer
believed to be a freighter from ova
Scotia bound for New York became
stranded on a sand bar near United
States coast cuiml station No, 40 last
nigni. am ntution crew, niter reach
ing tho vessel In the heavy fog, lcmalncd
aboard.
'
Woman legion member
Ventnor City Post Makes rmy
Nurse Active Member
Atlantic Clly, Oct. 10. Because she
Is a "good fellow" who showed licr
mettle very close to tho Tiring line,
Miss I.ucy Pqrker, army 11.11 sc corps,
with a record for heroism and efficiency
in France, has been elected to active
membership in, 'James Harvey I'qst.
American Legion, of Ventnor City.
Miss Parker is to liavo the same
rights as If she had carried a gun and
wetit over the top. Stic is the llrst
woman in New Jersey to enjoy full
membership in the American Legion.
-i,j
Included in Hie 1 1 I of niiinin.lilics, . .. . ., 1 1., 'hivetnt,
ir .
paid to be falling uudor .ontrol nf
"Big I'ne nic poullrv anil game '
dairy product-, lard mid bultcr -oh
stitulcs, canned auil dried vcgetahl.s
and fruit cautie.l. cured and fm.i
fish, cocoa enlTcc, mnla-.sc- and ,in
corn and maple sir::p In uildiiim.
Armour & ( nno nf Ihe lm 1 -ml
lo be haudlmg . tcnsivch -n.l.i fmiut .m
preparation' ami uteusii-
"TIlC exteur 'f p.ilkil .cillllr.l 1 1
uith the iniaht, uud . ,M,niifi.Jii v m.i
the dealer w lin-c luismes- 1 In mj; .l.
eorbed,' the repnrl a imi-
"Ovving to the ma, ami -c 1 ei ..1
packers' methods of e.iii.lin ting tun. h m
their business it j n , 1 - imt -tnh-tics
on man'' of the.c . iinnnnilitt. - are
not available fur Hie . minliv 1- .
"Whole, which will shnw i. -t hnw lii tli,
Jiackcrs' control has icnlml
"lan.v enmpaiite- ui.uiiit.n 1 imu; m
bandliug these ..untnn.liii' - n , , n
trolled b lincl,er mteie-l- ,, Inn nt
TrbJch is disclosed bv tin n.iiin 1 i. f
which thej operate and .v.n 1 1 P
-ough going n u tiiiiin t ion in.i in i..
uncover the pa kei cnuin . n.m tn 1 .t
case." '
Four of the pjtkei' wiii 1 n
Armour and Cudaln the m 1 it. -
through their suhsidinrics ami nut m I
rluding foinilv contrnll.il ioinpani
baudled 111 101S -I!).,", per .enl .t ilr
estimated total of shipped dres-e.1 piul
try and .'J.T per cent of shipped eg-.-.
The same four Handled IM pet cent 1
if all factory made cheese in Klls the
report sa.vs. and adds.
"That tho big five 1110 m n nn-inon
to control Tt to Ml p.-r t.'in .if the 1
cheese of the state 1 Wisconsin 1 1- - e,
crallv conceded "
Libby, McNeill & Liubv. a Swift
concern, alone handled 10 I tier ."lit
of all evaporated and condensed milk tn
1018, according to the report
Cereal Profit 200 Per Cent
ThrArmour drain Companv a fin-ioi
in the cereal acrt breakf.ist food husi
ifss, reportr.l surplus unrlniiled profiU
for the year l!)l of ..-. -iLMi.s, atter
rtcdiicting 7S per .out dn idond on
capital stock the report satI adding
'The year . net enruing- amounted tn '
52,f)08,f)ll'. or 'On per cent on the
capital stock and O" poi . etit on the pet
worth of the companv . including . upitul
purplus and undivided profit- a- ao
nounced at the close f the u-, ai
year 1910 ' (
Production of anl rtun pound- and
Substitutes by the five packer' during
the first six months of lill" was place.
at 40.4 per cent of (he total, and olon
juargarine at Til per cent
Complete figures to show th packet
interest in canned foods, such n- fruit
nnd fish, were not uvailable, the report
days, but thebusiness of the "Hi-; no
was Bhowu to be large and grow-tug
'Xhe Libby Companv s raiim.l fon.l -ale-Hlone
showed 0 '-."i per .out tm reuse m
191S over lflir, Libby sales of canned
ealmon increased from I c, pet ,ent of
the world pack 111 101.1 to ti 7 prr .cut
in. 1018, the report suows.
So complete has heroine the control.
Especially by Libbv. McNeill .1 Libhv.
jver the pineapple supplv. the report
t-eads, "that one of the laigost whole
Mle grocers in the fountrv wus unable
in the summer of 101S to scrtirS anv
(upply whatever -' ',
Big FIvo Dividing l'leltl
There is biiCfirlent f vidonce, ithe re
Jiort ccntinues. that tiie "big live" are
dividing the field among themselves
"If Armour's grocer.v specialties are
concentrated along such Hues as rice
cereals, certain kluds of canoed goods
and cheese, and each of the other of the
five great packers concentrates his spe
rialties aloug a few well -chosen linos.
the profitable fields become pretty well
rovercd and prettv well ruled bv the
five."
The report declares the meat packers
'aro large bpeculntors," and that their
Control of capital and credit enables
them to buy in such a waj ah to resell
"upon a market iu which their pur
chases have forced up the price." It
also asserts that the packers "have
extraordinary nu.viug au.t marketing
:.... . power, due to certain aduiiitages, per-
jiaps not uiwuys uniawiui. ttiit certumi.v
often' unjustifiable."
Among these advantages are enumer
ated packer coutrol of 14. S jier cent
bf nil cold storage facilities, their lefrig
erator car service, the "highly fuvnrahle
routes" obtained In the pa. kors for
mixed carloads of fresh moats and pack
ing house products permitting them to
jnclude a great variety of goods foreign
to their slaughtering business with re-
.1 iml reinh to pi .ire ti
1 1 llnitt ll
anv
on g
in. I t..
111'
READING BOOSTS LIGGETT
Wants Native Son Elevated to Rnnk
of Fuji General
Beading. P.... Oct. 10. A movement
to soculie advaucemcut in the military
service of Lieutenant-fieiioial Hunter
Liggett, native of Heading, was begun
bv the board of dirctnrs of Ihe Head
ing Chamber nt Commerce last evening.
In siipp.ut of this position letters wore
sent tn Senators Penrose and Knox, and
Congressman Dewiilt. urging that tlon
oral Liggoil be advanced to the lull
grade of general in the porninucnl tnili
tarv nrgiinialion
If the proposed advancement of (!en
oral Liggolt should be incompatible with
the policy of the inilitai.v anlliorilics
which lotl in the appointment of (iou
er.il Pershing to his itrcsonl perinaiieul
l.ink. Ihe Chambci urged that (ietieral
Liggett be kept nt his present lauk nf
Lioutenanl-tieneiiil t)icriii.ilienllv It
is understood that Ins present rank is
oitlj a war lime grade.
At liresenl (iencial l.tggoli 1- tho
romiiianding gonoiiil of the llep'it imenl 1
nf the csi with headqiiaii.i- .n 'hn
Presidio nt San r'innci-on
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PHOTO PIAYS
THRU
COMPANY r
OFlMERICA
All,-,-,,!,.... l-Hl. Murrls . l'Dnryuuk Av.
rtinaniura v Daiunt j.iiveb.uus&u.
rJAiir r. w ili.iams in
tin; vvdli
The following; theatres obtain their pictuies
through the STANLEY Company of Amor
ica, which is a guarantees of early showing
of the finest productions. Ask for the theatre
in your locality obtaining pictures through
tho Stanley Company of America.
1 IQI7DTV UltOAlJ fc COLCMHIA AV.
l-,lDU,r. 1 I MATINi:C IJAII.V
run
ai.tci: .lUM'L
WlNl'IIK-STMl WOMAN
APOLLO wv & "SMS
him mix
he v 1i.1u.nM:-
LOCUST
r.sn -:-'i iadimim
Mats 1 .10 1 'Ml l.'vei
llli.1.11.. liLt.lsf. 111
TJli; MIM.RAIJtNCi WllliiW
pi r. 1 i
1) ;,ii In
ARCADIA
C'llUSTNl'T Hlnw trll
'lOJHHItr W AFl 1' K
IN MC.ZHI tl V '
BELMONT
.VJU A ll' IV IJ MAHKUT
I'ANNtr. WARD In
' OMMON TLA
1 BLUEBIRD
DKOAD SlUEEr ANU
SfSQUCHANNA AVE.
rtitaiit imt.Mi:s
HE UTllLlt MAN M ITE'1
BROADWAY ",d Tl
biuem: 1) nmr.N in
Tin; pEiin:rT i.ovr.rt"
r A DITPlI "" MAUKUT STREET
LA" 1 I sJL. 10 A M to 11:15 P. M.
MRS HAULER CHAT'I.IN In
"FORI1IDDE.N '
THEATRES
Owntd atlfl ifanasd by Membfri ut
The Vnltrd Kihlhttori)' Aioorliiilou
sst nmi AI Ctn i. Maplewooa Av.
CULUrNlAL. 21.-, unit 8:15 I'. M.
nonKrtT WARWH i m
'TOLD IN the hills
CIlDDirCls3 MAIN ST, MANAYUNK
WILLIAM TARM.M In
LOME-STAR HANdER"
FAlRMOUNT:
BROAD ST. AUDITORIUM ,K,i ,
Mth 4 nlllAItU AV.
MATINEE DAILY
ROBERT WARWICK In
TOLD IN Tilt; llll.l.M'
1'AN.NIE WARD In
"TUB I'ltOH'IEERf" '
r-A ftIll V THi:A1RK- LIU Market St.
rAlVlll-.I A M tn Mldnllht.
.V
CEDAR
ORA i-AIlKW
' LOO I
O0TH & CUUAJt AVENUE
SESSLE IfAYAKAVVA In
THE .VAN HENEArH"
n-U CT THEA'IRE Below Sprtlc.
3D 1 rl O I MATIVKI3 DAILY
'THE ONE WOMAN"
THE OHEAT OAMI1LE"
333 MARKET SVWlUVt'S ,
MARY PIl-KrORD In
"DADDY LO.NO 1 EiT-
MODEL "" ' rontlnnniia
On lm..lra.
1 to 11.
MADELA1NE TRAVERbL nt
"THE M'LENDID SIN
NIXON
55D AND MARKET 51 f
2-l'i 7 ami n
HERRERT RAWLIV.SON n
"THE CARTER CASE
OVERBROOK 0M &',
MADELAINE TRAVTRSR
"WHEN I'ATK DECIDES
mew Dally
r-M-.r-vI-' 10 A M to 11.15 u M
"BROKEN 11LOSSOMS
PRINCEsSSI0R,fnnMAA1'i,!2'1sIT1Pu
DIXIE-LEE in """
"WHERE BONDS ARE LOOSED
REGENT "ct t ,,., 1TrlI
VIVIAN MARTIN j loil'-.
"HIS OI'TICIAl. I'lASi II
D 1 A I TO OKHMANTOWN A E
K1M-. IU AT TI'I I'EIIOI'KLN bt
OLIVE THOMAS In UTl
"UPSTAIRS AND DOWN'
D 101 I r,'-'D ANU SANSOM STS
ir.nuciii linn l.l.N.s.1-,- ,
"A DANOEROLS AFFAIR'
DAILY
--l IC171 IN1 MARKET BETWEEN I
WLilOCvJlVl OHTH AND (JUTJI ,
KINO W V IDOR I'l.AY
TUB OTHER 1IAI.I-" ,
RUBY
MARKET ST HELOW 7T1I
10 A M tn 11,15 v
ALL-STAR I AST In '
CHOOSING A WIFE '
.EUREKA
FRANKLIN TnSJlg
i FRANK MAH1 in
I "LITTLE BROTHER OF THE RICH
40-ni W'V"4"" nRp at NORTHERN 'W.1;"'
JVS.fk,l,M,'!T' '" " JACK PICKFORD 'in ' ''
'OH BOl "RILL Al'PERSON'S HOY '
FRANKFORD ,s Ai;!iAvNuKiJ,UI,D !
CHARLES RAY tn
, "TIIE KUO-CRATE WALLOP
I. JEFFERSON"
Riyi ...,.,, y, .,,.-. i"
VTltt . . IAH II I Alllll III
," TI1H ACE OF TUB SADDLE"
njAW? RIlKJli V-L" f. DAt'I'IlIK ST
,' r,Arft. Jlut ' ir,, Kvw H3 tq It,
k 1A' WIS VUlJIJIJHIl K III
-) ' iiiii l'B'is siv uo,uuxu n wi"
lAIDCDI AI n0T A WALNUT STS.
IMrt-rvlAL, Mt a.so evsi 70.
BEATRIX MICHELENA In
' THE PRICE A WOMAN MUST IY"
SlITir AND UAVPH1N t II initDH FRONT ST OIRARD AVE.
STW. JIAT DAILY jumuu Jumbo Junction on KranViford "L"
t '' .'II ATfT.KSl I1AV In
"IIAYFOOT STRAWKOOT"
I rTAnCR 1ST IANCA8TER AVE.
LCVLCrV MATINEE DAILY
IAK Mt RHAY in "TWIN PAWNS"
AllUVUvLU In "tUv-'K JtrAaB"
CArV 12" MARKET STREET
J-. V 8 A M TO MIDNIUHT
EVELYN OREELEY n"uiyJUT
t "THE OAKDALE AFFAIR''
STANLEY J'AHIjnT ABOVE 1UTII
3 1 -l"til.l-i I 11 1. A M loll lis I'M
JIIRIAM COOPER ,4,,,1-M'
"EVANGELINE"
STR AND af'MANTowN ave,
Oirvrvnu AT VENANGO
MARGUERITE CLARK t n""At,
"WIDOW BY PROXY"
VICTORIA MARKET, AB DTH
DOROTHY PHILLIPU .'
"THE- RIGHT TO HAPPINESS"
yEST ALLEGHENY S&s-
v "WITNESS slR TUB WEFKN4E"
w.
E, are trying to run a factory so
nearly ideal that always more
people will want to work in it than
we can hire.
We are trying to build an auto
mobile so nearly perfect that always
more people will want to buy it than
we can supply.
R. H. Collins.
OlHCL OF THE PlJLMPLM. CADILLAC MolOK CAR COMPANY
How Much Profit
Do You Pay Us?
The United States Department of
Agriculture informs us that you as an
average American Citizen, eat about one
hundred and eighty-two pounds of meat
(181.83 lbs.) in a year.
Based on these figures, if you had purchased all
of your meat foods from us, Swift & Company would
have profited to the extent of 48Vfe cents during the
first eight months of our present fiscal year.
In that eight months we averaged to make two
fifths of a cent on each pound of meat and all other
products sold.
This profit you paid us equals
or just about one street car fare.
6 cents a month-
More than 30,000 shareholders looking to us as
trustees of their invested money, had to be paid a
reasonable return out of your 6 cents a month.
Volume alone made this possible.
Now figure for yourself how Government inter
ference in the operations of the packing business is
going to reduce your meat bill!
Let
us
send you a Swift "DoUar.
It wUl interest you.
Address Swift & Company,
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, HI.
Swift & Company, U. S. A.
mmmmmmmmB.96 at I
JPraSi Z.04Gmta.
Seven Wholesale Distributing Markets
Central Office, 9th and Girard Ave.
F. M. Hall, District Manager
THIS SHOWS
WHAT BECOMES 0F
THE AVERAGE DOLLAR
RECEIVED BY
SWIFT & COMPANY
FROM THE SUE Of MUX
ANDCTPMOUCTS
ItCCNTt It PAID rot TM(
UVI ANIMAL
It.M CtNTS P0II LABOR
CXP(Mt AND rttlt HT
X.O C(WT HCMAINt
WITH
USWH4 COMPANY
At MONT
II jdvr.'n.' ,&&&Wfi$&3&?JF fill
AteWf famous
mr & ex
EI DDOTITirTfl
L r ICIIiJUL IU
IfeSfSlfeiv' Ju.rita.no
enjoyment t5EJ
HI that's in a good ttyi
I cigar depends as 'l-il-ff.
much on the way it's MtMJvM
made as on the qual- iil
ity of its tobacco. II '
When you smoke El Producto, you'll
appreciate how careful workmanship
and skilled blending will improve
even the finest Havana filler and
sclectcil shadc'grown wrapper.
The nine snapes ol Ll yk:MPm
Producto ate the result ol SMw? ffiMb
eaicful study of smokers' J-Vtfwmr
tastes. They range in ''MbMF
price fioin ten to tvvcnty $. $$MmB
fivc ccn-' S?SSrl
MMmfl 2 for
M &ccOoritct
G.H.E Cigar Co?
Wtakers, PKila Plwr
J
x
"Mild HaOana Siller
Shade SrovOn Js)rapper
V
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p