T1IK ALLIANCE HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1920.
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BURR TRINTINO CO., Owners
GEORGE I BURR, JR Editor
JCDWIN M. BURR Business Mgr.
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Published Tuesday and Friday.
Unable to Interest the world at
large and the country publishers In
particular In their campaign to es
tablish the nieter-llter-graiu system
for general use In the United States,
the World Trade club of San Fran
Cisco, which has been bombarding us
With publicity literature for the past
year or more, comes out this week In
a two-color pamphlet entitled "Who
Opposes Meter-Liter-Gram?" You've
guessed it the profiteers. We dis
like the profiteers Intensely, but why
lay everything upon them. During
the war all that was necessary to
gain popular support was to about
"Pro-German" with a lusty voice,
nd now the profiteer is the national
bugbear the country's goat. If the
World Trade club can establish the
fact that milk will cost less money
bf the liter instead of the quart, we
predict that the reform will go over
the top with ten million votes to
spare. The club may consider this
an invitation.
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A complication (carbon copy) has
reached us from the Nebraska mil
let", In which in divulged the Infor
mation that at their annual conven
tion, they sent out two telegrams,
one to Mr. Herbert Hoover and the
other to Will Hays, chairman of the
national republican committee. In
the wire to Herbert, the millers as
sure him that they have decided that
he Is the logical man to serve the
people as president of the United
States the coming four years. The
millers go farther they tell Mr.
Hoover that they believe their en
dorsement represents . "the best
thought of a majority of the people,"
and that he "epitomizes all that Is
best and forward-looking In their as
pirations." Our adorations haven't
been epitomized as yet, so far as we
know, and If they were epitomized
we fear that they would cluster
around someone else. The telegram
to Hays is also a marvel, but enough.
We are awaiting a communication
from the coal dealers which will in'
tlmate the public sentiment Is epit
omizing around Fuel Administrator
Garfield.
There seems to have been a revo
lution, of a sort In dear old England
The woman suffragists, over there,
have got practically everything they
have been fighting for for the past
decade. A woman has been elected
to parliament. Four more have been
appointed magistrates. True to the
British style, they are "somebodies,1
one being the wife of Lloyd-George,
another a celebrated authoress, Mrs.
Humphrey Ward, and the remaining
two marchionesses, which sounds as
though they ought to be fairly Intel
ligent. These were appointed. Our
one elected congreswoman turned
out to be a rather colorless lady who
raved whenever labor was under diS'
cussion and who embarrassed her
colleagues by weeping noisily when
ever she was called upon to vote on
a question connected with the war
A THOUSAND MILES
FROM YOUR NEIGHBOR
Those who have been saying that
Great Britain laid down during the
war and let the United States do the
fighting there are some who can
not forget our traditional enmity
with England will be interested to
know that the public debt of the
United Kingdom has increased 157
pounds sterling since the beginning
of the world struggle. The increase
for other countries is given as fol
lows: Germany, 123 pounds; Austria-Hungary,
89 pounds; Belgium
and Italy, 74. pounds; France and
the United States, 65 pounds; Japan,
a trifle over three shillings. . These
figures show that the war cost Great
Britain about three times what It
cost this country. People are apt to
forget that our allies were in the war
a bit sooner than -we jere, though
we spared no expense after wd got
In.
After all. we don't think capital
ever worked labor as effectively as
the radical labor-leaders are working
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M. T. Kippes of Marlon, S. D.,
writes in this fashion to the Sioux
City Tribune:
"A few days ago we butchered a
700-pound hog that let out 240
pounds of lard. Lard Is selling here
at 4 5 cents a pound. At this price
the lard was worth $108. We also
nave two fine hams, a lot of fine
bacon and a fine bunch of homemade
sausage.
"If we had sold this hog on the
local market we would have received
about $85.
"What is the profiteer? It Is easy
to guess. When the city people or
the fellows In Washington are hunt
ing for the profiteer just pass up the
farmer." ' "
The above Is Just another way of
showing that there is something
wrong when pork chops out of ' 14
cent hogs sell for only 5 cents a
pound less than pork chops out of
23 cent hogs.
One of the reasons why Mr. Kippes
cannot sell his hog for anything more
than a fraction of the market price
of the pork, Is the fact that he Is a
thousand miles from his neighbor
when he tries to use the present dis
tribution system for farm products.
If his neighbor were to buy the
pork through the market, this is
what would happen: Mr. Kippes
would ship his hog to Chicago.
Whether It went there or not would
make no difference In the price paid
to him, as the price paid at Sioux
City is the price paid at Chicago,
minus the freight. Therefdte, bo far
as cost Is concerned, every hog tnust
go to Chicago from all this western
country. There the hog is cut VP by
one of the meat packers. The pork
is then Bhipped back to Mr. Kippes'
neighbor. This means, of course, that
somebody has to pay for the freight
from Marlon, S. D., to Chicago and
from Chicago back to Marion, S. D.
In addition somebody must pay for
the very substantial shrinkage in the
weight of the hog. By the time this
is added to the price of the live hog
at Marion, Mr. Kippes will find) an
explanation as to what becomes of at
least part of the money that goes for
the pork, but not into his pockets
Of course, both the consumer and
Mr. Kippes must share this expense
Now It might be argued that the
local butcher should be able to rec
tify all this by paying for live hogs
on the basis of the established price
for pork. But there are reasons why
he cannot do this or has not done so.
Principally among these Is the fact
that he cannot utilize the by-prod
ucts as does tho packing house.
The National Consumers league
an organization trying to bring Gown
the cost of living, is advocating in
dependent packing plants. Herbert
Hoover wrote the president thaV the
remedy for the high cost of meat
and the low price of stock was
more widely based market for live
Btock. Sooner or later, the packing
house buslneps willbe decentralized
It Is out of date. Times have changed
and have left the packers with an
enormous establishment built at
Chicago, to which the stream of live'
stock must be forced from hundreds
of miles away. In the end, the live
stock will be killed near the place
where it Is grown. Any other system
means economic waste to say noth
lng of monopoly.
The farmers and stockmen of this
section have paid for a packing plant
In years past again and again in
shrinkage, high freight rates, com
mission and car shortage. Doesn't it
look like a foolish argument to be
endlessly paying for something we
never get? Residents of this section
will pay for a packing plant again
this year. But a new chapter will be
added to the story, we will have It
The realization of the Alliance Pack
lng company fills the long felt want.
FIItST HAITI ST ClllKCIl
The men's club was entertained
last evening at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. E. G. Laing. Important matters
of business were transacted. Every
body present enjoyed the occasion.)
The club meets regularly the last
Monday of each month.
The choir and orchestra of the
church meet tonight with Mr. and
Mrs. C. II. Fuller, 624 Toluca. All
members are urged to be present.
The meeting of the young people
last Sunday evening was one of un
usual Interest. A number of the pro
gram represented In costume the dif
ferent mission fields of the world.
The Interest In our young people's
work is growing rapidly.
The monthly buslnes meeting of
the church will be held Wednesday
evening in the basement of the
church. There are Important matters
to come before the church.
The religious Institute begins next
Friday afternoon with Dr. Venner
leading. The meetings are to be
held In the Methodist church. All
Sunday school and church workers
are urged to attend every one of the
sessions.
J. ORRIN GOULD, Minister.
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Honey, 10 lb. can; . $2.80
Winesap apples, while they
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Fresh Fish, per lb. . 15 to 25c
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Improvements
Already many building operations have commenced i nspite of the
earliness of the season With the opening up of Spring we expect
all kinds of permanent improvements to be made on every hand.
The forward movement of the City of Alliance and Box Butte County
is practically unquestioned.
New Homes and Business Houses
will be counted by the scores, possibly by the hundreds.
While this unusual development is going on is the ideal time for you
to fall in line. No doubt you have been contemplating some im
i provements about your place a new porch, a new barn, a new
garage or shed something, at least.
Why not take the matter into your own hands and build you a new
home of your own? You probably need the place now, and it will
be many months before building material can come down.
Let Vs Help You
We are able to offer you assistance in many ways and we are only
too glad to do so. If you are contemplating making any improve
mentt no matter how large or how small, kindly give us the pleasure
of offering you our best advice.
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PHONE 23
ALLIANCE; NEBRASKA