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BALTIMORE AND OHIO |HANLY’S LETTER RIDGEVIEW PARK | of Japan and China, where the “Very recently bur attention}
RAILROAD OF APPRECIATION. CONFERENCE, | Jciormed church has large) ys girected to the case of a
WESTERN MARYLAND | Dear Dr Truxal: [als hore will rr on mother 34 years of age, who
Y _l doubt be int The fourth annual Mission] 3 Specially qd given birth to 21 children,
+ RAWWAY | You will io doubt be inter] gonterence. under the suspaes 10% classes conferences with fF of whom died "before
ANNOUNCEMENT the offering at the foundation 8f Dre Reformed (hare in 50%] addresses by. strong speakers Ppaghing He fw your of iis
: | meeting held in the M. E.|n. i , 3 |of the Reformed and other ns :
Effective Sunday, July 7, 1918, ~, Thursdiy evening Ridgeview Park, during thelr cp’. in the evenin £ waste of life and of human suf-
Western Maryland trains| June 20th. It was as follows: week of August 5 to 12. The {0 saris. Ou Yous 2 Bare" fering in this case. Tt is, in-
Nos. 5 and 6 between Cumber- cach $184 51 | Prospectus of the committee of '~ "1 > number ony i Y€T-| deed, food for thought for the
land, Md., and Connellsville, \jhhaid Subs. ............. 182.00 | arrangements promises well ; IISSION-| ant advocate of large
wl : : Unpaid Subs. eens 00), 1 _| aries going to the foreign field, Ha
Pa., will be discontinued. | or a large and better confer and a patriotic service at the families.
Baltimore & Ohio trains Nos. | Total sassissracstrrsanen Beiciaiiniisn $366.51 ence than any vet held at! jose of the Conference on Sun- “By all means, let us have
| Ridgeview.
run between ;
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15 and 16 will I hereby
more & Ohio Station, Cumber-
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Western Maryland Rwy., and, 354 national prohibition, | eral Gone!
these points on the Baltimore {perefor.
& Ohio R. R. ; ; Please accept the Founda-
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16, except as follows:
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grateful appreciation for your now, as never before,
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Keystone, Pa., and the Balk receipt of the same for the use| gral subject is that of a Edu
of the Flying Squad Founda-| ational Movement of the Fed-
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own personal tune than the present because
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kindly and generous courtesy|world’s workers claim the at-
tention and encouragement of
the Christian church. The sub-
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ISN'T IT QUEER!
When the Meyersdale Republican
is able to secure information at the
local postoffice about The Commerclal
which we are uninformed of is it not
a queer state of affairs, indeed? We
were not informed that Mr. Shipley
{ had received a telegram on Saturday
topics of the Conference will and a letter on Sunday from the Sol-
icitor of the postoffide department
relative to the hold-up of The Com-
mercial until we read the Republican.
large families, provided, how-
ever. the health of the infant
shall not be impaired by drain |
upon the mother’s vitality oc-i
casioned by rapidly succeeding
pregnancies. Had the chil-
dren of this mother lived, and
had she nursed them through-
out the first year of their lives,
she could not have had 21 chil-
dren in a period of 15 to 17
years.
“This mother would have
more truly discharged her debt
to the state and to society as a
whole, had she given birth to
three children who survived
and were healthy and robust,
| than to have borne 21 children,
15 of whom died and the re-
maining six of whom, in all
probability, .are undernourish-
ed, undersized, and deefctive,
because of the physical, men-
tal and financial drain upon
the parents before and after
their birth.
“During the past 15 years
the death rate among infants
has been reduced more than
one-half. In a great measure
this reduction has offset the de-
cline in the birth rate, so that,
despite the fact that fewer ba-
bies are born now than 15
years ago, the proportion of
infants surviving the first year
of life is the same as formerly,
and I have no doubt that they
are healthier and stronger
youngsters, who will grow into
virile men and women.”’—Dr.
Shirley W. Wynne, chief of di-
vision of statistical research,
New York City department of
health.
Patronize our Advertisers.
J. FRANK HANLY. | her allies in Europe and those
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 matter of serious con-
cern 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 unsupported by the facts. ;
The packers mentioned in the report stand ready to prove their
profits reasonable and necessary.
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The meat business is one of the largest American industries.
Any citizen who would familiarize himsef 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
profits 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.
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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
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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.
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Furthermore—and this is very important—only a small por-
tion 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
Are the Packers Profiteers?
Plain Facts About the Meat Business
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 improve-
ments made necessary by the enormous demands of our army
and navy and the Allies.
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If you are a business man you wil appreciate the significance
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 at the present
time.
No evidence is offered by the Federal Trade Commission in
support of the statement that the large packers have a mono-
poly. 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.
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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 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 distri-
bution 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
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Cudahy Packing Co.
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