2—The Bulletin, Mi. Joy, Pa., Thursday, February 23, 1950 |
The Mount Joy Bulletin
Jno. E. Schroll, E
| ESTABLISHED JUNE, 1901
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EDITORIAL
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Many folks take the road of
honesty because there is so much
competition these days in being
crooked.
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They say we have no idea of |
we many uses to which aleohol |
may be put, but we d ubt if there |
is any persen who can’t name ai |
least onc |
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WHAT A DIFFERENCE
How many of you
was judge and Mr. John Hart was
the score
A scnool avings program wa
eorganized in the East Donegal |
Junior High as a math project. Ad- |
| visors are Mr. Alva Bender and |
| Mr. Stanley |
Dotterer
1Ise a part of a
week for depositing
Students
math period
money, using
regula: banking forms Each
student keeps a duplicate of ‘his
own account.
Glenn Forney and Jeanne Miller |
attended the Open Forum of the
Women’s Republican Club Thurs- |
16th
afternoon, Febr
know that | ways to solve the critical highway !
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only zbout half the circulars dis- | ¢estruction problem.
tributed (nct sale bills) are read. |
That is actually true.
Bu: with a newspaper its differ-
ent. Dad reads it, mother
it, the children read. it and then |
the neighb rs read it.
Can vou realize how much better
it pays to z-dvertise int newspapers”
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| CROSSING THE BRIDGE
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Moving this country’s meat from |
reads | the farms and ranches where it is
raised to the centers where it is |
| consumed is a man-sizel job.
First of all, it requires a big and
and alert industry. There are
A trizl will réadily convince the | Scmething like 4.000 meat packers
most skeptical individual: in the United States and 1409)
oe 8 { other commercial slaughterers of |
IT SOUNDS GOOD | Bvestock. They are constantly |
Once upen a time there was a
farmer who raised two chickens,
took them te the cily, sold: them
tr a factory worker and with the
proceeds hought two shirts. So
the farmer had {wo shirts and the
city man hod two chickens. Ob-
serving the transaction, the plin-
ner told the farmer he could get
more money for his chickens hy
making . them scarcer, I. he did
not raise so many he would ge!
mere income for those he did
raise. The planner also told the
werkingman in the city that he
must werk fewer hours and get
more money for his labor. This
would raise the prices on the ar- |
ticles he made so he would have |
mere money with which te buy. |
Se the farmer brought one chicken |
to the city market. He got as
much money for it as he had. pre-
viously gotten for (we chickens.
This was the life. |
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He felt fine. |
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But when he went to buy some
shirts, he feund that the shirts had
price. So... .he |
Now the farm- |
and the city man
whereas if they
ed to the sitvery- |
pseude - eccnomist, they
also doubled in
he got one shirt.
er has cgne shirt
has one cl
had not Ii
could e:ch kave had twice as |
much. And his,
called “the more abundant life”. |
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FREIGHT TRAIN ON
THE MIGHWAYS
Cne of the most important. gues-
tions affecting the taxpayers of the |
nafign is this; Are the huge mod- |
ern ‘rucks paying their |
caildren, is now |
| ample,
| grass.
| grasses and grains which are £1 |
[only fer consumption by
competing among themselves for
the available supply of meat ani-
mals, and they offer the producer
a year-round cash market, |
Secend, there is a long bridze |
hetween the producer and the con- |
mer. Mos! of the meat is now
vdised: west. of the
while most of it is eaten in the |
cast. The main task of the pack-
ers is to cross that bridge and tc |
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see that the meat is ready ond
Mississippi.
waiting for the consumer when he
gees to market.
Third, the demand
properly met by just bringing cer-
tain quantitics of meat to the mar-
cannot be
kets. In some parts of the coun-
ry, the heavy cuts of beef are in
areat demand. In other sections!
consumer preference runs, for ex-
to light lean cuts of perk.
So it goes. In cther words, the
particular kind of meat which the
consumer wanis must be made
available,
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YOU CAN'T EAT GRASS
You, a human being, cannot eat
But a cow or a sheep can.
and they'll turn the grass into
many things you can cat and wear.
There yeu have the fundamental +
reason why the country should go
cn maintaining its herds of live-
stock at the highest possible level.
A very large part of our live |
| stock pepulation is raised on the |
it |
these
weren't for the
fivesteck industry, they would be
entirely
If it
wasted, The meat ani-
way--or ire the vast sums. needed [mals wax fat and healthy on them—
te build and maintain highways |
suitable fer this kind of traffic be- |
ing raid by the rest of us? |
Various authorities have spoken
And here is what
some of them say.
The Chief Engineer of Highways,
on the subjec’.
State of California, said: “Big trucks | tually help materially in
in this state are responsible for 55 |
per cent of the total cosi of now
highway construction.” the producer's livestock.
Prob- is wasied-- everything plays a part |
The Highway and Traffic
and thus the nation gets its beef
and lamb, slong with hundreds of
sther commodities, ranging sa wide
scale from fertilizer to such vital
| drugs as insulin, which are hy pre-
duc's of the packing industry.
ihese by products incidentally, ac-
holding |
down the price of meat to the con- .
sumer and increasing the value of
Nothing !
lems Commission of IHlinois said: | in meeting the cost of carrying on
“Private zutemeobiles in this
state | the business, And, the
i
packers
are paying three times more tax | a prefit of but a fraction of a
per ton mile than the largest type ‘ent per pound. i
truck.” «| It is ferecast that as our popu- |
The U. S. Commissioner of Pub- |!
lic Roads said: “The chief destruc- | V
tive factor of highways is over- |’
leading (of heavy trucks).” it,
The Cincinnati Post said: What | f
every slate is up against is an ef- | ©
ation grows the demand for meat |
vill continue te increase and that |
he meat supply will increase with |
From the point ¢f view of the I
firmer, meat animals constitute |
ne of the very best crops. A
fort to put freight trains on the | year-round cash market is always
highways, with the taxpayers pro- | open to him.
the | varies, but it is an honest reflec-
railroads, as happens when freight tion of the supply demand situa-
cars are kept on rails.” | fom at the time he sells,
The American Automobile Assoc. | moreover,
said: “Billions of dollars worth of | Source of cash income,
viding the right of way net
are, ©
the nafion’s finest highways
being ded to pieces by jpver- { small scale or a large.
1 pa ial vehicles.” | in some form finally, is
It's no wonder that more
more highway officials--to say
thing of the peaple who pay °
bil are | kin : ly for
The price naturally
Meat is,
agriculturg’s principal
Livestock ”
an be raised and marketed on al
And meat :
fond in |
| the daily diet of every- |
0 | one, ~ t
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The Time The Anti-Trust Lawyers
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For ten years the anti-trust lawyers have been attacking the business methods that
make it possible to give the public the best quality food at the lowest prices.
In our last ad we told you how Federal Judge W. H. Atwell, at Dallas, threw the ail
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trust lawyers and all their inflammatory charges against A&P right out of his com
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But the anti-trust lawyers were not satisfied with decisions against them by three
federal judges,
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They still wanted to destroy, A&P.
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They Appealed to New Orleans They Quit in Dallas
So they appealed Judge Atwell’s decision to the three-judge Circuit On February 26th, while the judge was still waiting for his i
Court at New Orleans. without any previous notice to him, the anti-trust lawyers gave a story
3 war to the newspapers in Washington, announcing that they were dropping
One of the three, Judge Curtis L. Waller, agreed with Judge Atwell that the case in Dallas. dibs
the case should be dismissed. 3 lv simil ”
asad : - fling wv sald that if was their intention “to file a substantially similar sult
The other two members of the Circuit Court, Judge Joseph C. Hutcheson, hy biol i as Ue Sgr gol A :
Jr., and Judge Allen Cox, although saying the case should be fd frend Qn appropriale Jur: Pl ei
: » indictment was vague : ine anv ations which were . ; : -
th it the indictme nt was vague and contained many allegations whic The “early date” turned out to be the same day,
inflammatory. al :
They decided that Judge Atwell at Dallas should protect ‘A&P from these As soon as one anti-trust lawyer killed the case in Dallas, another anid
inflammatory allegations and could order the anti-trust lawyers to supply, trust lawyer filed a new case in Danville, Illinois. This non Hag Tia Fx
the defendants with a bill of particulars, - most of the same allegations that had heen made and dropped mn Dalias
1 . . and that are being made against us today.
So the case was back in Dallas again. { q
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Judge Atwell, carrying out the decision of the Circuit Court, struck So now, according to the anti trust | wwyers, all four judg ¢
out the inflammatory. matter. ruled on the Dallas case were wrong.
He said that without this inflammatory and prejudicial matter the Grand Despite defeats in three federal courts in widely separated parts of the
Jury might never have returned the indictment. country, they continued their campaign to destroy A&P.
Judge Atwell said to the anti-trust lawyers: .
: te ot : hen Tudee Atwell heard of their acti i ordered the anti-trust lawyers
“There are many statements in the indictment which are not af all ~~ When Judge Ma Bn ma Oi alien Bid Dallas cate. vs
in violation, and are highly prejudicial and inflammatory.” Lo prepare an order 10r his signature dishiissills i
The anti-trust lawyers objected. They advanced an amazing argument. Ip siening this order he said to the anti-trust lawyers: ies 4
They said that the removal of their inflammatory allegations (which all four “This nolle prosequi does not have the sanction or approval of this
judges had agreed did not belong in the indictment), destroyed their case. | court. That is not necessary, nor that the government ask for the
Judge Atwell instructed the anti-trust lawyers to furnish the court court’s approval,
with a bill of particulars. In short, he wanted specific charges instead Si J
of vague generalities. He set the deadline for furnishing this material “It is, however, a maller that may be presented to the other. court and.
at January 15th, 1944, v may be of interest to the people at large,
Wis anil tons Ln ied for nore tise, pl aging Seki So after their efforts to destroy A&P had failed in Washington, D. C.,
among their Staff, Judge Atwe | extended the time to february Zoth because "North Carolina, and Dallas, Texas, the anti-trust lawyers moved
he believed that they were honestly trying, in good faith, to prepare the on to Danville. Illinois :
material hre had requested. > ¥ ? ye
Actually, it developed, they were using the time to get ready to drop the ~~ They were still determined to destroy this company which had brought.
case in Dallas and start it in another court. more and better food at lower cost to millions of American families.
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They Wy €re . W rong Three Times eiore.
Three times the anti-trust lawyers went into federal courts and made serious and damaging charges against A&P.
| Three times federal judges said the anti-trust lawyers were wrong and rendered decisions against them,
"In previous ads in this series we told you about these other anti-trust “cases” involving us, which the judges said were not cases at all.
We think you should know about these previous cases, because once again the anti-trust lawyers are making damaging “allegations” that
could seriously affect our business if they were believed by the public.
There was the time in Washington, D. C., when they © There was the time in Wilson, North Carolina, they There was the time in Dallas, Texas, when they made
said we and other good American citizens conspired ° said we and other good American citizens conspired practically the same “allegations” they are making
i to fix the price of bread in that city. to fix prices paid farmers for their potatoes, today. ir
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: : . This was the time Federal Judge C. C. Wychesdirected his was the time Federal Judge W. H. Atwell ruled: ;
This was the time Federal Judge T. Alan I ! i a, 18 ie St pre ae onilty”’ that the case should not even be tried. He said that the .'!
oD : : the jury to bring in a verdict of “not guilty”, that L ;
ruled that A&P and the other defendants did not even : : ., — indictment contained inflammatory statements that he:
need to put in a defense. He instructed the jury to bring © he was the time Judge Wyche said to the anti-trust would not permit to be presented to a jury.
in a verdict of “not guilty”. or It was the time Judge Atwell said to the anti-trust
/ . ‘ fr, . “In my opinion there is no testimony produced from lawvers:
It was the time Judge Goldshorough said to the anti- hich if: p OT Inf > de- ; ;
trust lawwers: Be. ghs : 2c) it oul be Smiley thi the de. “I know of no American rule, and I wish I had the
i 2 : Sends enje eq Mina ANALIGR 10 crepes! power to underscore the word ‘American, which |
“If you were to show this record Ro any experienced oly i . permits us lo try a man because of his size. .
trial lawyer in the world, he would tell you that “I might say that I never tried a fase 1 my life “If I thought I was presiding over a court and that
there was not any evidence aty all, where a greater effort, more work, more investi- I might have to sentence some person because he |
gation had been done, combing almost with a fine- was a great big fellow, or because he was a Lilli«
“Honestly, I have never in myfover forty years’ ex tooth comb to gather evidence. putian, I would feel like resigning. God knows we
J perience seen tried a case twat was as absolutely ‘But, as was said a long time ago, you can’t make don’t want it ever to occur in America that the size
devoid of evidence as this. That is the honest truth. brick without siraw, and you can’t make a case is going lo determine whether a man is guilty or {
I have fever seen one like it.” without facts.” innocent.” |
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