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THE HAYS FILES
THE LEGISLATURE
fiAD PROGRESS
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Proposition to Submit Decision en
Convention. to-People Lost in
House, 64 to 52.
Secretary Glass Asks Congress far
- Broader Powers for Treasury
in Issuing Next Bonds.
GERMAN REPUBLIC
Work Accomplished This Early
in the Session Seldom Has
Been Equaled.
PAY HONOR TO GOL. ROOSEVELT
The Senate and House, in Joint Ses
sion, Hold Memorial Services
in Representative Hall.
A record lor work accomplished sel
dom equaled this early In a legisla
tive session was established by the
senate during the first week in Febru
ary. Meanwhile the number of bills
introduced is low, now totaling 335.
Forty senate bills were passed on
third .. reading and three house
measures. More than half of the ap
propriation bills are through the sen
ate. Of the measures given final ap
proval by the senate, most are local
measures or appropriations. The sen
ate passed ten measures on third read
ing in one morning. There are a num
of general interest, however. These
include:
The anti-profiteering bill is now
awaiting approval of amendments in
the house before going to Governor
Allen for his signature.
The Delany liquor bill, giving coun
ties the right to seize and sell auto
mobiles carrying liquor.
Measures of general interest to
farmers, one giving authorities more
power to have hedge fences cut by
property owners; one to increase pay
of men hired to kill prairie dogs; an
other to have money from the state
dog tax go to sheep owners to reim
burse losses for sheep killed by dogs.
Several measures relating to the oil
industry, one giving the guardian the
right to lease property, several pro
viding regulations for the drawing of
contracts concerning oil and gas. The
Smith bill to prevent oil wells pollut
ing fresh water supplies was not
reached.
The Paulem bill, making the offi
cial state flag one with three red,
white and blue stripes, with a state
seal in a sunflower in the corner.
The , Coleman bill, to prevent mar
riage of persons whose children
would be imbeciles.
Two measures by Kimball, making
judges grant change of venue when
affidavits of prejudice are presented
in both civil and criminal cases.
Both houses of the legislature went
into joint session, the other afternoon
to attend the Roosevelt memorial ser
vice in Representatives' hall. Maj.
en. Leonard Wood and Gov. Henry
J. Allen, both personal friends of 'the
late Colonel Roosevelt, spoke elo
quently of America's appreciation of
Roosevelt as soldier, citizen and
.statesman. The galleries were packed
and several hundred persons filled the
.standing room on the main floor. The
!hall was specially decorated for the
occasion. '
"He was asking of people that they
come on," said General Wood, , in
speaking of his friend. "He never
told people to go, but always to come
on. In other words, he was always a
leader."
General Wood told of Mr. Roose
velt's service in the Spanish-American
war and of his work in high gov
ernmental positions later.
In his address, Governor Allen de
scribed his visit to Colonel Roosevelt
just a few weeks before his death,
and mentioned that he saw the ex
president just after he had finished
conferences with representatives of
four other nations who had sought
his advice.
"The fact of Colonel Roosevelt's
death," said Governor Allen, "is so
unreal to me that I cannot stand far
enough away from it to get the per
spective to make possible to suitable
tribute."
Representative hall was crowded
during the services.
The house has passed through the
committee of the whole a pure seed
bill, introduced by the committee on
agriculture. The bill provides for the
testing of all seeds sold in the state
by the experts of the agricultural col
lege. It prohibits mixing or the sale
of weeds or the seeds of noxious
grasses and weeds and fixes a pen
alty of $10 to $50 for violations of
.the law.
Representative Yount has intro
duced -a resolution providing that Red
Cross nurses be reimbursed by the
state for the money they spent for
uniforms and equipment.
Reprinting of the proceedings of
the Wyandotte constitutional conven
tion of 1859 is provided in a resolu
tion Introduced in the senate recent
ly by Senator Coleman.
The old-time friends of the political
crooks in the "river" wards, the bill
for barnyard decorations for the offi
cial election ballot, the circle voting
and help for the illiterate, has ap
peared in the Legislature. It was in
troduced In the house by Representa
tive Hawk of Harvey county.
Senator Whitney of Phillips and
Representative Lippert of Rush
county have introduced In the ' legis
lature a bill that is intended to put
teeth in the Kansas vAnti-Discrimina-tlon
Law.
The house of representatives roted
recently to raise the . pay of the city
commissioners of Kansas City, Kas.
iThe bill was introduced by Represent
ative Freeman, and provides that the
mayor and commissioner of water
;and lights shall receive $5,000 a year
and the other commissioners are to
'be paid $4,000 a year.
. The senate has passed the Carroll
'insurance bill, rewritten by Price, giv
ing the state superintendent of Insur
ance power to standardize all insur
ance policies.-
A vote of sixty-four to fifty-two in
the house of representatives sounded
the death knell for the constitutional
convention measure over which there
has been a running fight in the lower
house for the past week. While the
Endres resolution to submit to the
people whether or not they v want a
constitutional convention got a ma
jority vote, still it lacked twenty votes
of having the required two-thirds ma'
jority.
This action by the house knocks
one of the strongest pillars out from
under Governor Allen's legislative
platform. In support of this measure,
he appeared personally before a joint
session and talked for an hour. The
opposition, however, has shown a
gradual increase in strength, the final
vote taken showing fifty-two against
the measure, this being the strongest
showing the opposition yet has re
vealed. It was on this measure which Gov
ernpr Allen hoped to build his other
constitutional revisions, but under
present circumstances it will be im
possible for the legislature to submit
more than three constitutional amend
ments to the people for the next gen
eral election. The governor's full plat
form calls for at least six constitu
tional revisions.
Emptying the jails of Kansas of all
male prisoners serving sentences and
utilizing their labor for the making of
road material are the startling pro
visions of a measure just Introduced
in the senate by A. M. Keene of Fort
Scott. The bill follows out the rec
ommendation of the' state beard of ad
ministration that the state industrial
farm for women at Lansing oe utilized
for a detention heme for men convict
ed of jail sentences. It is planned to
build a permanent woman's institu
tion elsewhere in the state. The rec
ommendation is incorporated into the
bill by Senator Keene, with the addi
tional provision that the labor avail
able be used for building road mate
rial. There is a brick plant on the
state grounds at Lansing, and there
is considered little doubt that the cost
of brick for public highways could be
materially lowered. For several weeks
Governor Allen has been working on
a plan for the development of the
state brick plant. The measure pro
vides that counties may se'nd all men
convicted of jail sentences to the in
stitution, to be known as the state
employment home. Here fines and
costs of cases will be worked out and
after these are paid, men will be al
lowed 50 cents for their labor of eight
hours daily. This money will be
turned over to them at the expiration
of their sentence. '
The state senate passed through the
committee of the whole today a bill
to penalize the tax dodger and mak
ing all assessors tax ferrets. The bill
has already passed the house and pro
vides that any county assessor find
ing any property that has not been
listed for taxation in previous years
may list the property as "escaped as
sessment," and a double tax is to be
levied and collected on this property
for the year it escaped. The law is
applicaable to any property which
may have escaped taxation for five
years before the discovery, and is
liable to the double tax in each of
those years. If the- property of a
deceased person is found to be not
listed it is subject to the same pro
visions. The old fight between the stock
company and the co-operative sys
tems of banking1 is scheduled to ap
pear in the legislature in a short
time. The Farmers' Union, which has
developed co-operative operation" of
stores, elevators and mills throughout
Kansas, has drafted a bill which will
authorize the organization of co-operative
banks under the same general
plans as the co-operative stores. The
banks would be under the supervision
of the state banking department, the
same as other state banks.
The house of representatives went
on record recently against the fake
employment agent. It passed through
the committee of the whole the Disch
Bill, prohibiting any employment
agent charging more than a dollar for
getting a man or woman a job. When
the dollar is accepted the agent is to
give a triplicate receipt, one to be
kept by the agent, one to go to the
man seeking work and one to the ex
pected employer.
The Freeman bill, to abolish, the
present board of trustees of the Kaw
Valley drainage district, has been
killed by the house drainage commit
tee. The committee will report the
bill unfavorably. The bill would give
the control of the drainage district
to -the county commissioners.
The house of representatives has
passed the White Bill, which gives
cities the authority to remove snow
from sidewalks where the property
owner or tenant does not do it prompt
ly and charge the cost to the property
owner.
The practice of some corporations
and their foremen of holding up the
pay of discharged employees was
given a jolt by the house of repre
sentatives when it passed a bill re
quiring that all corporations pay dis
charged employees on the day the
discharge, is ordered.
Another bill to kill the Kansas Pri
mary Law has been introduced in the
legislature. It was offered by Sena
tor McClain of Allen county. It abol
ishes the Primary Law entirely and
provides for state and district, conven
tions. The house committee on cities of
the first class has reported favorably
the Freeman Bill that will permit the
cities of tthe state to own and operate
or own and lease the street car
systems.
Commander of Expeditionary
Force Expected to Ask In
vestigation by Congress
ONLY ONE SIDE OF STORY TOLO
Regular Army Officers Resent Charges
of Discrimination Against the
National Guard Troops.
Washington, Feb. 13. If the next
Congress does not investigate all the
charges that have been voiced, in Con
gress and out, of unfair treatment of
national guard officers by General
Pershing and his staff, General Per
shing himself, upon his return to
America, will demand that Congress
make such an investigation and give
him a hearing.
That, according to a member of the
general staff of the American Expe
ditionary Forces and close friend of
the general, is said to be the firm
purpose of General Pershing at this
time. This member of the staff, just
returned from France, is quoted as
saying that General Pershing has been
deeply incensed " at many of the
charges made against himself and his
general staff by returning officers
especially as he is in France and has
no opportunity to meet them.
The view is held by the regular
army officers, who made up the gen
eral staff largely, that the American
people have only heard one side of
the story, and that the other can't be
told until they get back.
Pershing Was Riled.
General Pershing, according to this
information, was particularly "riled"
over the speech recently made by
Representative Gallivan In the House,
in which he charged a "West Point
and Leavenworth clique" ruled' the
army and dealt unfairly with national
guard officers. The attitude of the
general staff of the expeditionary
force is said to be that no officer
was removed from command unless
there was prima facie evidence, at
least, that a change was needed. If
further investigation showed the in
justice of the removal, the officer was
reinstated, otherwise he was sent
back to the United States.
To Start a Probe.
Both the House and Senate mili
tary affairs committee have large
numbers of letters and other docur
ments presented to them by member?
or sent by discharged army officers
asking investigations of certain
phases of the military conduct.
Neither house is working on them
now, but waiting until the new Con
gress convenes. Then a double-barreled
probe will start on both sides of
Congress with the prospect of being
enlivened by a request from General
Pershing that he be permitted to tell
his side of the story, too.
READY TO ACT IN MEXICO
Senator Lewis Introduces Resolution
Demanding Protection for Amer
icans in That Country.
Washington, Feb. 13. Reports of
continued outrages in Mexico against
Americans prompted Senator Lewis
of Illinois, the Democratic whip of
the Senate, to launch a movement to
strengthen the administration's Mexi
can policy to an extent sufficient to
guarantee the safety of American
lives and property. The Illinois sen
ator introduced a resolution calling
for the adoption of "such a course as
would be appropriate for the United
States government to take that will
make secure in Mexico, under the
present government, the lives and
property of Americans."
The resolution is one of a number
of similar measures introduced in the
Senate recently. Senator Lewis ex
plained today that he had prepared
the measure after a conference with
Frank Polk, acting Secretary of State.
BACK UP THE BUTTE STRIKE
Butte, Mont., Feb. 13. Indorsement
by the Silver Bow Trades and Labor
Assembly, an American Federation of
Labor organization, of the strike of
Metal Mine Workers' Union (inde
pendent) and Metal Mine Workers'
Union No. 800 of the Industrial Work
ers of the World, effective today, has
added much to the complications of
the labor situation in Butte. This de
velopment and the expectation of
early closing of the smelters at Ana
conda and Great Falls, which Ana
conda Copper Mining Company offi
cials intimate is inevitable within a
day or two unless ore production
should be increased, Is expected to
cause a broadening of labor difficul
ties. Annual Express Losses, 18 Million.
Chicago, Feb. 13. Losses to ex
press companies and patrons amount
ing to 18 million dollars a year are
caused by thefts and poorly wrapped
packages, according to William Gour
lay. general agent for the American
Railway Express Company.
A Home for Every Man.
Washington, Feb. 13. Senator Ken
yon today introduced a bill providing
for study and a report to Congress
on a plan to enable every American
worker to own his own home.
Casualties in Siberia, 324.
Washington, Feb. 13. A cablegram
today from the headquarters of the
American Expeditionary Forces in
France gave the total casualties in
American forces In- Siberia up to Feb
ruary 9 as ten officers and 314 men
killed, died of wounds and disease,
wounded and missing in action.
-Harkness Millions to Widow.
New York, Feb. 13. The will of
Harry S. Harkness, filed here yester
day, left his entire estate to his widow.
The property is valued at 40 million.
Washington, Feb. 11. Secretary
Glass today asked Congress to in
crease the amount of Liberty Bonds
authorized, but unissued to approxi
mately 10 billion dollars, and to give
him broad powers to determine the in
terest rate and other terms of the
Victory Liberty Loan, to be floated
late in April. " He also sought permis
sion to issue not more than 10 bil
lion dollars of treasury notes, matur
ing within five years, and asked that
the war finance corporation be au
thorized for one year after the decla
ration of peace to make commercial
leans on exports to facilitate foreign
trade.
In a letter to Chairman Kitchin of
the House ways and means commit
tee, Secretary Glass outlined the
broad policies which the treasury
hopes to follow in dealing with war
loans and other national financial sub
jects of the readjustment period.
The secretary submitted a draft of
a bill which would carry out the
treasury's recommendations. Specifi
cally, this bill would accomplish the
following results:
Raise from 5 billion dollars to 10
billion dollars, the authorization for
the Victory Liberty Loan, and per
mit the treasury to determine what
part of this sum should be sold.
Permit the Secretary of the Treas
ury to determine interest rates on
bonds maturing within ten years, or
the next Liberty Loan, instead of lim
iting the rate to 4V4 per cent, as pro
vided in the present law.
Permit the issue of not more than
10 billions of interest bearing non-circulating
notes having maturities from
one to five years; these might be sold
along with bond of the Victory Lib
erty Loan.
Authorize the issue of bonds and
notes payable at a premium.
Exempt war savings certificates
from income surtaxes.
Confer on the Secretary of the
Treasury authority to determine the
tax exemption in respect to future is
sues of bonds and notes and to en
large tax exemptions of existing Lib-,
erty bonds in the hands of subscribers
for new bonds and notes.
Reopen the privilege of converting
4 per cent Liberty bonds into 4's;
this privilege expired last November 9.
Create a 2 per cent cumulative
sinking fund for retirement of the
war debt.
Extend the authority of the war fi
nance corporation to permit it to
make loans in aid of American com
merce, supplementing the aid given by
the treasury on direct loans to allied
governments, and in a measure re
lieving the treasury of demands for
such loans.
Permit the continuation of loans to
Allies after the war.
Exempt from income surtaxes and
profits taxes all issues of Liberty
bonds and bonds of the war finance
corporation held abroad.
TO DEPORT THE ALIEN I. W. W.
Fifty-four Anarchist Agitators Are on
Way From Seattle to Europe
Via New York.
Chicago, Feb. N 11. Fifty-four mem
bers of the Industrial Workers of the
World passed through Chicago last
night in a special train under a heavy
guard on the way to an Atlantic port,
where It Is said they will be deported
at once by the Immigration authori
ties. Forty of the prisoners came direct
from Seattle, where some of them
took part in fomenting .the general
strike which has paralyzed the indus
tries of that city for several days.
Three leaders of the Seattle strike,
one Spokane agitator, an I. W. W.
leader from Denver and five alien
convicts, arrested in Chicago, were
among the prisoners gathered into
the federal net.
THE SEATTLE STRIKE ENDS
General Committee of Labor Orders
Men Back to Work Metal Trades
Men Stay Out. -
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 11. Seattle's
general strike will end officially at
noon today.
Decision to call off the strike was
reached" yesterday afternoon by the
general strike committee, composed of
delegates from all of the 130 "locals"
on strike, after a 4-hour session. The
resolution by which the strike was
declared off contained a statement
advising all labor unions which re
turned to work Sunday or Monday to
go on strike again until today noon.
as a demonstration of the solidarity
of labor.
Paris, Feb. 8. Announcement was
made today the Italians and Jugo
slavs have made favorable progress
toward a compromise on their terri
torial disputes.
To Enforce Dry Law.
Washington, Feb. 10. Provision for
enforcement of the war-time prohibi
tion law, effective on July 1, is em
bodied in a bill introduced In the Sen
ate today by Senator Sheppard of
Texas and referred to the Senate ju
diciary committee.
Miss Margaret Wilson Recovers.
Antwerp, Feb. 10. Miss Margaret
Wilson, daughter of President Wilson,
who had been ill In the American le
gation at Brussels, has completely re
covered.
Italy and Belgium Get New Credits.
Washington, Feb. 10. New credits
of $75,000,000 for Italy and $40,000,000
for Belgium were established today
by the treasury. This raised the total
credits for all the Allies to $8,674,824,-
000, including $185,000,000 for Italy
and $236445,000 for Belgium.
Nine Dead in River Disaster.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 10. Nine
persons were drowned late thi3 'after
noon when a passenger boat capsized
on the Warrior river two miles above
Sorgas, Ala,
Revolutionary Chancellor Cho
sen President by Majority
in National Assembly.
THE HEW MINISTRY SELECTED
The Cabinet Will Be Composed of
Seven Socialists Headed by
Philip Scheidemann.
Basel, Feb. 12. The German na
tional assembly today elected Fred
erich Ebert president of the German
state by a vote of 277 out of 379
votes. Herr Ebert accepted the elec
tion. Count von Posadowsky-Wehner
received forty-nine votes.
Weimar, Feb. 12. The German as
sembly has adopted the provisional
constitution with little amendment.
Changed "Empire" to "Republic."
The Independents at first raised ob
jections only to the frequent use of
the word "empire" in the document,
and requested the substitution of "re
public" throughout the draft offered
for acceptance. Much time was
wasted in this procedure.
Doctor Cahnj speaking for the In
dependents, made an appeal for the
construction of the constitution in
such a manner of wording as to leave
no possible doubt in any minds that
the monarchy was banished forever.
Ministry of 14 Members.
Copenhagen, Feb. 12. According to
a dispatch from Weimar, an agree
ment has been reached by the Ger
man National Assembly on the com
position of the new ministry which
will consist of fourteen members.
Phillip Scheidemann has been elect
ed chancellor; Dr. August Mueller
minister of economics; Herr Bauer
minister of labor, and Herr Lands
berg minister of national defense and
justice.
Another portfolio will go to Dr.
Eduard David, who resigns the presi
dency of the national assembly at
Weimar, which position will be taken
over by Konstantin Fehrenbach.
The Socialists have seven seats in
this- cabinet, the Democrats have
three and the Gentrists have three,
including Mathias Erzberger, who will
hold the post of minister without port
folio, Count .Voa Brockdorff-Rantzan,
anti-Socialist, will be foreign minis
ter. NO PEACE BEFORE APRIL 1
Secretary Balfour Says Even That Is
an Early Date Need Not
Wait cn League.
Paris, Feb. 12. "The question of
when peace will be signed is one that
nobody can answer," said A. J. Bal
four, British secretary of state for
foreign affairs in discussing different
peace problems with English and
American correspondents today.
Asked if he thought it might be
signed by April 1, he said the date
was "rather, sanguine." He added,
however, that it is not necessary for
peace to wait upon the formal estab
lishment of a society of nations "be
cause it is not the society's business
to determine the terms of peace."
In answer to an inquiry as to how
Germany could ray indemnities if not
allowed to recuperate her industries,
Mr. Balfour replied: "Germany's re
cuperation should not be at the ex
pense of France and Belgium, but it
is to nobody's interest that Germany
should become a derelict nation."
ARMY BILL TO THE HOUSE
Measure Provides for 27,003 Officers
and 509,000 Enlisted Men and
Guard of 102,600.
Washington, Feb. 12. While con
sidering the large Naval Appropria
tion Bill today the House faced a sec
ond great appropriation measure, the
annual Army Appropriation Bill,
which was reported late yesterday by
Chairman Dent of the military com
mittee. The Army Bill carries appro
priations totaling $1,117,289,400 and
provides for a temporary army of ap
proximately twenty-seven thousand
officers and 503,000 enlisted men. It
will be called up for consideration
as soon as the Naval Bill is disposed
of.
More I. W. W. In Dragnet.
Fort Worth, Tex., Feb. 12 A prison
train bearing about thirty alleged Bol
shevist and I. W. W. agitators, passed
through Fort Worth today en route to
Ellis Island to await deportation to
European countries. The radicals
were gathered by the Immigration of
ficials In San Francisco, Tucson, El
Paso, San Antonio and Dallas. Most
of the prisoners were from California.
Had $10 for Every Soldier.
New York, Feb. 11. After giving
away $10 bills to an amount estima
ted at $7,000, James Kendall, 34 years
old, believed to be a retired Texas
business man, is In the psychopathic
ward at the Bellevue Hospital today,
waiting observation as to his sanity.
Boy of 10 Kills Playmate.
Port Huron, Mich., Feb. 11. James
Sturninan, 10 years old, was killed by
David Belyea, 10 years old, by strik
ing him on the head with a baseball
bat in a quarrel over a sand pile.
Philip Gibbs to Tour U. S.
Halifax, N. S Feb. 11. Philip
Gibbs, the English war correspond
ent, was a passenger on the Car
mania, which arrived yesterday. Mr.
Gibbs Is going to the United States
to lecture, and will endeavor to tell
the Americans what the British peo
ple have suffered the last four years.
Bank Robbers Get $25,000.
Minneapolis, Miniu, Feb. 11. Five un
masked men held up the Liberty Stat 9
Bank today and escaped with $10,000
in cash and $15,003 la Liberty Bonds.
Not a cure-all.
tional remedy for
all inflammation and conges
tion of the mucous mem
branes. Catarrh attacks the mucous linings. In any organ.
In any part of the body. It Is not, as some Imagine,
confined to the nose and throat, although nasal
catarrh Is the most common form, and afflicts many
people.
Unchecked catarrh soon breaks down the tissue and
destroys the organs or part. Evidence of the rav
ages of catarrh are all around us. Without desire
to frighten anyone, we say: Guard yourself against
catarrh as you would against the direst plague.
Fortify your system. Take Peruna-"
xxsprazxG words for the sick fbosi those
WHO K.NOW.
A G4 Mrdldar la tk Family.
T had a bad case of LaGrtppe and could gret tlo
belief. Peruna cured me. It is a fine medicine. "Wo
often use it in the family and find it rood.
iXKS. GENTRY GATES.
East Lake Station. S22 First Avenue,
Birmingham. Alabama.
FEELS LIKE A DIFFEREXT PEHSOX.
Pf runa has cured my stomach and I feel like a
different person. I only took twelve bottles of Pe
runa and can eat anything- without distress, some
thins I have not done for fifteen years.
I recommend Peruna to everybody suffering- with
catarrh of the stomach.
1029 16th St,
Columbus, Georgia, J. J. THOMPSON.
FOR ALL FORMS OF CATARRH.
Peruna is indicated for all forms
of catarrh or catarrhal inflammation
and congestion of the mucous lin
ings In any part or organ, such as
nose, throat, bronchial tubes. lungs,
stomach, bowels, kidneys, bladder,
etc It is fine for coughs, colds and
effects cf the grip and an. excellent
preventive remedy.
If you want health. Insist upon
baving Dr. Hart man's "World F&
Knous Peruna Tonic
Sold Everywhere.
Some pretty women are unconscious
of their beauty, but the majority are
not momentarily forgetful.
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that it
Slgnatierr
In Use for Over SO Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
The years of a dwarf may be many,
yet he never lives long:.
One thorn of advice is worth a
dozen buds of advice.
For Constipation, Biliousness, Liver
and Kidney troubles, take Garfield
Tea. Adv.
When the office seeks the man, he
has a strangle hold on It,
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13 Dollars
13 Cents
When Swift & Company
paid, say, 13 dollars per hun
dredweight for live beef cattle
last year, the profit was only
13 cents! In other words, if we
had paid $13.13, we would have
made no profit.
Or, if we had received a
quarter of a cent per pound less
for dressed beef we would have
made no profit
It is doubtful whether any
other business is run on so close
a margin of profit.
This is bringing the producer
and the consumer pretty close
together which should be the
object of any industry turning
raw material into a useful form.
This remarkable showing is due to
enormous volume, perfected facilities
(packing plants strategically located,
branch houses, refrigerator cars, etc),
and an army of men and women
chosen and trained to do their special
work.
This, and many other points of
interest, are found in the Swift &
Company Year Book for 1919, just
published which is brought out for the
public as well as for the 25,000 Swift
& Company shareholders.
The Year Book also represents the
packer's side of the Feder; Trade
Commission investigation, upon Which
Congress is asked to base action
against the industry.
Many vho have never heard the
packer's side are sending for the Year
Book.
"Would you like one ? Merely mail
your name and address to the Chicago
office and the book will come to you.
Address
Swift & Company
Union Stock Yards, Chicago
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catarrh and
WRITE FOR THIS BOOK.
All sick and suffering should
write The Peruna Company, Dept.
S-S2, Columbus. Ohio, for Dr. Hart
man's Health Book. The book Is
free and contains perhaps Just the
Information you are seeking. It Is
sent in a plain, wrapper to any ad
dress. DO IT TODAY.
IN LIQUID OR TABLET FORK.
Ask your dealer for a Ptruna
Almanac
The demise of the oldest inhabitant
can usually be attributed to the fact
that he was born too many years ago.
Yes, Herbert, there is more than one
brand of smokeless powder that Is
dangerous to mankind.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lacaa
County es.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is
senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney
& Co., doing business In the City of To
ledo. County and State aforesaid, and that
saia firm will pay the sum of ONE HUN
DRED DOLLARS for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cored by the use of
HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed la
my presence, this 6th day of December.
A D. 1SSI
fSeaD A W. C-Teason. Notary Public.
HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE is tak
en Internally and acts thrtrafh the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces of the Cystea.
Druggists. 75c Testimonials free,
F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio.
The deserving poor are often those
who don't deserve to be poor.
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