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"Thursday, July 10th, 1919
THE ALLIANCE (NEBRASKA) HERALD .
BEEF PRICES AND WHAT THE CONSUMER PAYS
The Following rrom the Sioux City
Live Stock Record majr tend to en
lighten those who labor erroneously
under the Impression that none other
.-than the packers are making the
""kale" which they believe Is unduly
v -exacted of them when they step to
the meat counter and purchase their
-dally ration of beet or pork:
"Occasionally, as things more
along on the road from now to
hnce, one sees certain of our sus
plcious.cltlenry rush for the print
ing shop to explain to the dear pub
lic the why and wherefore of certain
practices that are more or less ques
tionable In fact, that the dear pub
lic has learned to consider as need
ing investigation. In a species of
English that may come into play
about next Friday afternoon, down
on the banks of the old Maumee
river, near the home of a certain
automobile that ain't being advertis
ed In this paper--to back up, draw a
long breath and start over again:
' When you get the suspicious cltlten
ry to pushing into print to explain
the psychological circumstances on
which the suspicion is located, that's
-when you have got them groggy and
leaning against the ropes. Of course.
Just as some rocks are harder than
others, one finds osme of this suspi
cious citizenry that one could not
make a dent in 'with a chilled steel
f unch and a twelve-pound sledge
hammer but we are not responsible
for, nor Is it our purpose to enter in
to any discussion of the geological
formation found 'to constitute the
-domea of certain of the genua homo.
"With this prellmlnar observa
tion, we have now come to tha dis
cussion of a little gem that floated
-from the seam in one of these geolo
gical formation that adorns the
-apex of some one of our own suspi
cious cltlienry. 1 'There is no chance
for the price of meats to come down,
Is the substance of this gem that
jooied out through a fissure in one of
our mummified topknots and found
lodging in the only morning paper
that is allowed to be printed and
tolerated at the forks of the Big
Sioux, the Folyd and the Missouri
Tlvers. The main argument is to
the effect that cattle prices must
come down tuu cfte export of meats
muBt be stopped before the consumer
-can expect lower prices for the fresh
meats he needs. Need it be again
Tepeated that the cattle that three
months ago were Belling at '$16. 50 to
$17.50 per hundred pounds are now
begging an outlet at $12.00 to
$13.00 per hundredweight? Need it
"be repeated that this country has no
export outlet for beef and has had
none for three months? Need R be
repeated that the government has
ceased to buy beef for transport
acrossthe Atlantic? Need It be re
peated that packer coolers and cold
storage houses are bursting with
beef that is begging a market? Need
It be repeated that the packers have
lowered their wholsale prices to re
tailers have folewd them . more
than the per pound decline in. the
prices pair ror the live cattiei ine
Tirnrinrprit. th live stork market men
..and the packers all know these
things. Then, why, in this country
with tls laws entitled 'Laws Against
Combines In Restraint of Trade,' Is
retail trade allowed to rush into
' print to say there is no chance for
the price of meat to come down?
The retailers, a few senatorial fos
sils, possibly that 'Committee of Fit
j teen' which held a star chamber sea
I slon in Chicago last week, ana a few
gratting calamity howlers, are the
only folks in this country who have
not learned that cattle are from
$4.00 to $6.00 per hundred pounds
cheaper than they were three months
ago. that the producer is losing
j money by the thousands, that the
packer Is overloaded with beef that
he Is offering at less than cost to the
retailer. The producer, the live stock
market man and the packers know
that unless there is some move made
to get beef into the channels of cou-
sumption, this country will be Ini
' porting beef in less thaii two years,
: for the American farmer hold up
Under the losses he has been pocket
ing of late and he will cease to
raise cattle. a
The hog market Is different. There
Is an export demand for cured meats
and fats, such as are yielded by the
hog. But there Is no export demand
for beef, nor is there likely to be one.
The only salvation for the cattle
trade is a strangle hold on the re
taller that will comple him to let his
prices down to a par with the whole
sale price from the packer to him.
"Be it known, In this reference to
what alls the cattle trade, and the
alleged laws against combine in
restraint of trade, that a movement
is on foot among live stock exchanges
to demand some action on the part
of congress to save the cattle trade-
and among the proposed, actions is
one which proposes going after the
retailer. It was brought out in a
meeting of the Kansas City Lire
Stock Exchange, last Friday, that re
tailers are making a gross profit of
70 to 100 per cent on beef, thus
keeping beet from the consumer's
table, while the cattle producer is
pocketing losses of $30 per head on
his feeding operations. Meat prices
will not come down--until the re
tailer is forced to come off his
perch."
YANKEE ROBINSON SHOW MORE
COMPLETE THAN EVER BEFORE
The big Yankee Robinson Three
Pinr wild Animal Circus due in Ain
ance on Tuesday July 22 will be
more complete this season in range
of standard features, aided by
m-nriri-ntrked skilful . artists, having
a greater number of men and horses
,nH additional animals OI WO sun
M.tneria than pvpr before. They also
JUII tv- ' - - -
hare anlarged thansportation iacn
ities, the largest of canvases, with
an expanded seating capacity that
will seat 10,000 people comionauij
tv,o iqiq mnnn has a special in
terest, as the-circus is reinforced by
the presence or young ncnu
..hMt tho World's ChamDion mid
dle-welght Wrestler who will meet
all comers dally rorieuing one uuuu
The loncest
j lasting benefit.
;, ... f A the greatest
tri Vr- satisfaction for
' WMKtrl jrfM-" your sweet
;f -M tooth.
'pftFEcrGUM ns BUI
yRIGLEVSfKI Iff
VRIGLEYS
in the sealed
packages.
Air-tight and
Impurity-proof.
SEALED TIGHT
KEPT RIGHT
WRAPPED
IN
red dollars to any man he cannot w!n
a fall from In fifteen minutes. He Is
Just one of the participants in the
Athletic portion of the Yankee Rob
inson program.
To give the public an Idea as to
the character of entertainment pre
sented by this vast amusement en
terprise, the Yankee Robinson Clr?
cus and Eddie Rlckenbacker, Amef
lean Ace of Aces were chosen out of
a thousand attractions offered as
the leading features of the Nebras
ka State Fair to be held In Lincoln
next September.
The novelty filled mile-long pa
rade will take place at 10:30 a. nu
Doors open at 2 and 8 p. m.
German Siege of Paris.
The siege of Paris began on Rti
tember 15, 1870, and ended on Janunr
28, 1S71, when the city surrendered,
Germs n troops entering the city In
March, 187J, and remaining 43 hours.
The eastern part of Paris wns bom
barded by the Germans on January
8, 1871, and about a week later there
was a general bombardment, In which
many buildings were damaged and a
number of persons killed. After the
latter bombardment France appealed
to the neutral powers, but received no
response.
EAT MORE POTATOES
Although mostly gtarch and water,
potatoes contain enough of the other
essentials to make a fairly complete
food ration, which Is borne out by
the fact that the entire population of
certain parts of the globe subsist al
most entirely upon the reliable spud,
says an exchange.
There are a thousand and one
ways In which the potato can be
served as rood. The variety of
dishes In which the potato can take
the leading role or play a minor part
is virtually endless, and the house
wife heed never complain that she Is
getting tired of cooking potatoes.
All she need to do Is to cook them In
a new fashion to make them appe
tizing to her spouse.
Civilization will be indebted for all
time to Sir Walter Raleigh, not for
his gallant conduct on so many occa
sions nor for the romantic flavor he
adds to our history books, but to the
mere fact that he introduced the po
tato to the white man. spread potato
propaganda throughout England,
boosted the lowly spud to queen and
courtiers &M ms4 it popular among
the knights, squires and even the
common peop'S. The potato of today
Is a different locking vegetable than
it was In Sir War's day, but It Is
still on the Job, a hNtlnstay at many
a table In many a land?.
But are we eating as many pota
toes we should, considering their
food properties and their very, very
reasonable prices? 1 don't believe
we are. .
People in this country mere fright
ened away from the potato two years
ago and have not gone back to the
old reliable tuber as they should.
There is no reason now to seek sub
stitutes, as there are plenty of pota
toes anoj the price Is reasonable.
Colors of the Sard1".
The fresh sardine Is a ber.ntlful lit
tle fish The scules on Us buck are nn
Irldesrent blue-green, the exact tint
which the sen so often tukex, while he
neorh the scnles there show up the
most wonderful peacock b'i". There
ore bars on Its back and sides when
It first comes out of the water like
thof-e on the mackerel, but they seem
to fade and disappear the moment It Is
exposed to the air. The remainder
of Its body Is pure sliver in Its color
scheme.
First Tenement in New York.
The first tent'im-nt house in New
York city wns built In 18.13. It was a
four-story building ntid stood in what
It now Corlcars park.
I
Real Meaning of Luck,
j Luck means the hardships and pri
vations which you have not hesitated
,to endure: the Ijna nlahta ran ha
devoted to work. Luck means the ap
pointments you have never tailed to
keep; the trains you have never failed
to catch. Max O'RelL
Fruit Is Healthful.
Fruits are not only wholesome a
food but often act beneficially as med
icines. The acids of some fruits ar
good destroyers or -disease germs and
tend to restore as well as keep tht
organs of secretion and the whole di
gestive tract in a healthy condition.
Then and Now.
Bald the facetious feller: "la tha
olden days when the automobile waft
designated as 'one lunzer' I suppoM
the ciisp who owned one had a good
deal of trouble with his lung, but now
his chief complaint Is either jras-triti
or that tired feeling."
Horse and Mule Sale
Friday
v At the Stockyards, Lakeside, Nebr.
Thursday and
JULY 17th and 1 8th
600 Head of Horses and Mules, ranging in
weight from 900 to 1600 pounds each.
There wilibe offered at this sale six hundred head of horses and mules weighing from 900 to
1600 popnds each. Mr. Westover will have about two hundred head of horses of his own raising. There
will be two hundred and fifty head of broke horses and some good southern mares. If you want horses
be sure to attend this sale for these horses are going to be sold. We' will have plenty of cars on track
for horses to be shipped out. We have good hotel accommodations for as many people as may come.
Further particulars may be had by writing or wiring the managers of the sale at their expense. .-, .-.
We
stover & Rask, Msxs
R. L. FULLER, Auct.
Lakeside, Nebr.
T. W. Farris
R. F.i Marcy
R. W. Hanley
h arris,
Go,
Live Stock Commission Co.
110-112 Exchange Building
Omaha, - - - - Nebraska
The best proof of our ability is the weeess we hare already attained, Our best recommen
dations are from oar satisfied customers.
Successful and Efficient in the Handling of Range Cattle
The
Flavor
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