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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1919)
T THE ALLIANCE HERALD II 0- L : r 63 is what you will have ifyou join our Christinas Banking Club. Hoes have lots of HONKY in their hives in the Winter by putting it in there a little at the time while they can. You can have AlON'KY the same way. Come in get a "Christmas Hanking Club" HOOK FKKK and put in our bank only 5 cents for the first week and increase your deposits 5 cents each week. In 50 weeks YOU will have $G;i.75. This is a "fine" thiug for HOYS and (HULK for HVKItt BODY. You can also start with 1 or 2 cents or 10 cents and in 50 wrekn have .$12.75, $25.50 or $127.50. You can put in $1.00 or $2.00 or $5.00 and 50 weeks have $50 or $100 or $250. FIRST STATE BANK Alliance, Nebraska ' PROFITS OF PACKERS DUUBLEjAND TREBLE WMnrv' lit lore Uic iSt'iititu Ak' W'uW lllllll 1 OllllllllUC it'll iuMS on Hie l'Mkf't i Quick Service Electric Shop F. T. McKEE, Mgr. Phone 250 Alliance, 423 a Box Butte Ave. Nebraska Washington, U. C, Food utlniiu ihliauuii n ulalion iicillioi reguiat. ta piuui ot tfi meal imcKtia nor Uciii-iiiit'd tins iiublic or Hjo (ousuiii t ia, biUitin CticiM', ana ixpt-11 uc couiuunl tmpuyU by ttie luderut llaue coiiiiiil.itiioii, told the Scuttle uki iculiunu coimnitu e in pi ebtnuiiK. ugurca to show tUat prouts of the ivv bit; packing concerns had doubl ed and trebled during the war. Mr. Chase, who was testifying at Lear intf on the Ktndrick bin providing for government nupcrvlsion of the meat Industry, Bald no one knows accurately wuat the packers' earn ings are becaustr their methods of bookkeeping have the effect of cover in up ttietr profits, lie declared, however, that examinations by the commission of the books of Armour Co., Morrhi L Co., Swift & Co., Wil son & CU. and the Cudaby company showed their aggregate profits in 1912 were 118,715,000, and in 1917, 195,639,000. liased on capital stork, Mr. Chase said Morris & Co. profits in 1017 were 167.7 per cent.Vnd that on the saine basis Armour & Co.'s profits in 1916 were 114.2 per cent. Because of a later increase in capital stock the percentage of Armour &. Co. dropped to 27.1 In 1917. Swift & Co.'b profits in 1917 on the same basis were 63 per cent, while those of the Cudahy company in 1917 were 23.2 per cent based on capital stock and .surplus. Wilson & Co.'s earnings for the same year were 29.6 per cent on the com bined capital and surplus. The. witness said Thomas Wilson, president of Wilson &. Co.,' receives an annual salary of $125,000, and Vice-President Valentine ,of Armour & Co., receives $50,000 salary an nually, with a bonus of $35,000. He said he thought Vice I'resident White also receives the same amount while President Morris, of Morris & Co., 13 paid $50,000 salary, with $25,000 additional for being presi dent of a stockyards company. Senator Xorrls of Nebraska sought to ascertain from Mr. Chase as to whether the packers' books showed any expenditures made for the pur pose of influencing legislation. The witness paid he recalled seelnRentrles in Armour & Co.'s books showing the payment of lepal fees to attorneys, principally In state capitals, for serv ices in introducing and watching leg islatures. He said he did not believe the whole amount would exceed $50 000. . i Hugh Mslsaac and Dr. A. B. Adams, investigators for-the federal trade commission nt the time of its recent puckers' investigation, testi fied relative to the examination of various papers in the Chicago office vatiMfs of Henry Veerder, attorney forSwift & Co. JAPENESE SEND US ' MUCH TOTATO FLOUR While I. H. Potato (Srovtrr Sleep on Job, Jnuie Send Hour Which llrotijtlit Twehe Cents Pound Ottawa. Canada Prof. K. W. Jackson of the Manitoba Agricul tural College has written a treatise on potato flour and Its UHes, in the course of whk-h he says: "The Japan ese who did not know what potatoes were at the beginning of this war, are now growing 35,000,000 bushels or four times the Manitoba crop and last year shipped 400.000 pounds of potato flour to the United States, where the average selling price was 12c per pound. In 1913 Germany produced 1,750,000 busfrfls of pota toes, one half of which was converted Into potato flour or stareh to make It Imperishable and therefore mar ketable. In this way the plenty of one year can be stored up for another or future years and no doubt, these vast - l t A ' .. . 1 . V. reserves enauiea wiuwu iu wuu stand the blockade, "Three hundred thoUOftnd dollars worth of t Is potato flour Wa fretit In 1913 to the United States, where it wan used to make bread, for thicken ing soup, and for making fancy pas tries. On factory In little Holland dried 33.000 bushels of potatoes erery 24 hours. A special variety is grown which yields 500 bushels per acre. One hundred and thfrty-seven pounds of potatoes nir.ke 25' pounds I of potato flour nnd nt a cost of 3V4 cents per pound. From this special v:irlpfv nf nntfltoea. Holland mnrfA 346, 000000 pounds of first-grade flour last year at a cost or 170 per ton, so It Is apparent that we fulebt or they would not be cacrificed at 25c per bushel when potato" flour is cel ling at 12c per pound, aiirl can be manufactured at a cost of Se per 'pound; nlthouch it Is claimed that it Jwould cost 8c per pound Jo dry po tatoes in this country. Hut surely what Holland and Japan can do we can do. There are now six plants In the United States making natural po tato flour. In 1917, 6.000.000 bushels of potatoes were dehydrated Into natural potato flour which is better than the German or Japanese pro duct, which is simply starch." Muskrat Hunters . Making A Clean-Up lliph Prices heing Paid for Fur Ilenr ing Animals Causes Hunters to Make Big Sums 1 FIRST-CLASS MEAT MARKET IN CONNECTION I have installed a first-class meat market in connec tion with my stock of groceries and am now prepared to care for your wants in this line. ' I buy nothing but the best of Fresh and Cured meats -and assure you that the prices are right. It makes no difference what quantity you want, from a whole beef or pork to a small steak, we have it and will save you money on the deal. You should remember too, that our grocery line is ALWAYS full of nice, fresh goodsand that our prices are as low as the market will stand. We want you to come in and see us. It will pay you well and we'll be glad to give the best of service. If you cannot come to the store, just phone 753, we will deliver your goods for you. Western Nebraska muskrat trap pers and hunters are cleaning up in good shape this winter. One trapper is reported to have enueht 1,000 rats in ten days and another one 1200 I rats in fourteen days. The skinrf are j bringing from $1.00 to $2.50 each. (Thousands of the rats are being caught every week in the lake dis tricts in the sandhills. It Is reported that a number of the hunters are leasing lakes from ranchmen for trapping purposes and planning to do their trapping and hunting late in April and May in the hope of getting many more rats be cause of the younger ones. Thes men will find themselves In serious difficulty if they delay their trapping after February 15th as the state law plainly says: "It shall be unlawful for any person, between the 15th day of February and the 1st day of November, next ensuing of each year, to trap, catch, kill, or to pur eue with such intent on the premises of another, any fur bearing animal, to-wit: muskrat, mink, raccoon, opossum, or ottor." A fine of twenty dollars Is the penalty for each offense. POTASH STOCK FOR SALE 1 offer for sale, at the market, stock in the following Nebraska potash companies; in blocks of from ten to 500 shares: . Western Potarh Company, Antloch Stndard Potash Company, Lake side. Alliance Potash Company, Antioch Omaha Potash Company, Lakeside U. S. and National Potash Com panies, Antioch. William Berg Company, Merriman These offerings. In limited amounts, ore subject to previous sale or wlthdrawnl from the market nt anv time. Adnrens Box , care of Alliance Herald, Alliance, Nebraska. 8- tf- THE SILVER CASH STORE . TOM STALOS, Prop. Advice from Washington under date of January 17th state that the potash, industry of Nebraska is in no danger of competition from the Alsace product. The dispatch stated, "Shipment of potash from "Alsace Lorraine to the United Sates .cannot be started pending decision as to the 'mines, officials were informed today in dispatches from Paris. Potash from Alsace-Lorraine is being fur nished to agricultural interests only in carload lots and the best informa tion obtainable in France Is that the French government will consume all available potash for some time. In ability to Import tle commodity from Alsace, it was said, would operate as a protection to the industry in this country." -John Krause, It. M. Hampton and C. A. Newberry, heavy stockholders In the Alliance potash plant at An tioch. went enst Sunday nnnn on Im portant business connected with the ! potash company. XOTICIJ Tit HO.MH iUAKIS I A meeting of the Box Iiutte Home Guards will be held at the armory in Alliance on Friday evening, January 31st, starting at 7:30 o'clock sharp. All members are requested to attend, as there will be important business. This will be the last meeting and the guards will be demobollzed at that time. Uniforms and equipment should be brought to the armory. Those bringing all equipment will be allowed to retain their uniforms. ROT C. STRONG 8-lt-nc. THE EWEFgYBA Y BATTLE Battles are not all fought with cannon and shell. The most vital are the everyday battles against the debilitating tendencies that invite weak ness. For nearly five decades ifilFI Flilil .Sifts! mm iur ua u has been a definite help to millions in the trying battles against weakness. Scott s is as rich floF n kkocl'forrnirg properties and as powerful in strengtn-supporting qualities now as ct yore. Let Scott's Emulsion help ycu win your battles. &ott & Eswne, B:ooffi4ield, N. J, " U- ANNOUNCING The Opening of an EXCLUSVIE UNDERTAKING PARLOR You arc assured wiieu you haW jour funeral arrange' nu'iifa handled by this establishment Miflt you will have the best of service and supplies at reasonable prices. GEO. G. GADSBY Business phone Residence phone 510. 114 West Fourth Atlianee, Nebraska FOR SALE I am offering for quick sale the following: 1 Wagon and hayrack 2 Red heifers 1 Holstein steer 2 Hogs Some farming machinery C. S. PHILLIPS, Phone 86 Alliance Milk Station FARMERS' UNION CO-OPERATIVE ASS'N Carry a Complete Line of John Deere Plow Co. P. & O. Plow Co. Independent Harvester Co. Farm Machinery V Buy & Sell: Hay Grain & Feed. V