The Lincoln Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 13

FUIDA.Y, DECEMBER 28, 1917 THE LINCOLN DAILY STAB. Testimony Brings Out Packers Control Rendering Companies In East. Force independent Dealers Out Of Business--Swift's Mentioned. (AMOciated Press.) TO DRIVE OUT RETAILERS. BOSTON.

Glennie. witness at the federal commis- toarfng of the packing business, eharged today that were big meat stores in various cities for the purpose of driving retailers out of business. The Mohican company, which operates a chain of storra in New England wa sone of th-so concerns, he said. The packers, he set retail prices at these stores so low that independent stores could not compete and many went out of business. BOSTOX, Dec.

of Uie Eastern Oil and Rendering; company, was the first witness at the packing house inquiry here today. He said the company was now controlled by the American Agricultural Chemical companv, and had moved from Portsmouth, N. in 1912 to Boston. From butchers' waste the company manufactures oleo oil and oleo stock, tallows and the like, while from the residue it made poultry food, fertilizer, lard compounds and glycerine. When the company began to collect waste in Boston prices rose rapidly and the competition became so keen the eastern Oil and Rendering company lost money for eighteen months.

The examination of the witness by Francis B. Heney, special counsel foi the federal trade commisMon was interrupted at this point in order that there might be read into the record copies of indictments returned in September, 1912, against officials of various rendering companies for alleged unfair practices. It was brought out that various rendering companies in this vicinity were now controlled by the large packing companies. The various consolidations, the witness said, were brought about to stop the existing competition The plan, the witness said, had not -worked out so well as had been hoped as "breaches of were always occurring. The witness said there was nothing to prevent one rendering company taking away another's customers.

Bonuses had been paid new butcher shops tor their waste business Whitcomb said. Rendering Combines, Mr. Heney brought out that the combination of rendering companies brought about by the packers made it difficult for non-rendering firms to enter the field. The same condition'? prevailed "throughout the country, Mr. Heney asserted, with gentcmeii's agreement to divide territory and tie up customers fpr life.

In Boston, the firm of McCaffery of Pawtucket, R. was at present trying to fight the combination, he said. Il developed in the testimony that other lirms trying from time to time to enter the field had been driven out of business. It was brought out also that the American Agricultural Chemical com- paying unusually high prices in Philadelphia to pet business. Police Commissioner JlcCaffery of Pawtucket.

R. one of the firm of What Cheer Chemical company, tht next witness, testified that he bad been driven from Providence by the trust and! had to collect waste in Boa- ton in order to keep his firm alive. He said the Consolidated Rendering company, controlled by the Swifts, always offered his- customers from one-half to one cent a pound more for waste than he did. Trust Approached Him. McCaffery said he was by E.

C. "Wolf of Providence, whom he identified as an agent of the Swifts, and asked how much he would take to get out of business. He replied that there was not enough money to induce him to retire. McCaffery said he was told by representatives of packers in this city that conditions here were very "unhealthy." Edward T. Murphy, who controls the Consolidated Rendering company, a Swift concern told him that the Tenderers in Boston were very wealthy and were going to jump the price of suet in Province, where 1 lie Neglected City MARY ELLEN SIGSBEE The Unprovided for Youngster Who Laughs at All Sorts of Danger.

Advance Notice Of Oir Which Commences Wednesday, January 2nd Detailed information of prices, together with reasons for your taking advantage of- price reductions, particularly this season, will be found in Daily papers Dec. 31st. No Preferred Customers--Sale Prices in Effect Now McCnffery had been collecting waste from 10 cents a pound to 14. Later when he persisted in taking Boston business he was informed that he would either have to come into the rendering combination in Boston or gc.t out of business. Wanted! Sure Cure for Measles, Also Mumps: Apply to Uncle Sam By MARY ELLEN SIGSBEE.

I wonder what that old T-dian, who is supposed to have sold Manhattan to the Butch for twenty-four dollars, would think if. he should come back i and view the so-called improvements that have been wrought upon his island. How would he think the city' jungle compared with his own wilder- ness as a sale and pleasant place to live in? i AVe itill consider that our Ameri- can Indians hold the standard for alertness and thnt acute development of the senses which enables the savage to protect himself from danger. But, as a matter of fact, the alert- JICKS of the Indian does not compaie with that of the neglected city children, whose natural habitit is the public thoroughfare. Those active, wary httle city savages, who daily face dangers and difficulties which would seem insurmountable to that first owner of Manhattan could he stand by and look on.

Those city dwellers, although like all children; created for the peace- playground of green fields, have adapted themselves to their unnatural environment to an extent that is only possible 1 in the human family. With almost sluperhuman watchful- ness they pursue their games betwecTi the wheels of motor monsters, and through it all manages to "keep eye on the ball," Their trained ears detect among a i of other noises the especial noise that means immediate danger. Play is the very spirit of childhood. No amount of municipal stupidity or avai ico will ktep the child from it. The most marvelous thing in our marvellous civilization is the adaptability of the unprovided for, the city child, who laughs at danger and, because he must play, miimiges to make a playground of the crowded city street.

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Phono B-1530 1137'P St Little Bobbie's Pa By WILLIAM F. KIRK. WASHINGTON. Dec. and fortune await the man who can trace to Us-Source that periodical of the army and navy--the measles and mumps Pa took Ma me in a otlomobeel yesterday.

We had a long ride bee- hind, a truck. Pa was think-ing of buying: the ottomobeol but not now. Pa called the ottomobecl; a I. W. it dident work.

I may buy car, sed wen we started out for our nde. It bee- longg to old Bob Footbraik, sed Pa, he had a milyun, left to him he left i it to Broadway, sed Pa. He needs I a little change now, sed Pa, and I may buy tliis car. I hoap you will think twiae, sed Ma, beefoar you buy a. second-handed car.

I have often thot, sed Ma, about the first new ear that you were going to bring rolling up to the house. I dident ewer dream that you wud buy a used car. Well, we will see, sed Pa. Whare wud you little Bobbie like to go this We mite go out to Brewster see Caroline, sed- Ma, I have been wanting to see her for sum time. Brewster it is, then, sed Pa, ho toirid the driver to taik us to iirew- ster.

I The car went fine for a little while I Pa was talking all the time about I how butiful is Nater. Fill yurc lungs I with air, Bobbie, sed look at them golden feelds of waving corn, sed Pa. It was In jest such feelds that Do not borrow trubbel, sed Pa. Keep cool. That is about the easiest thing we can do, sed Ma, betting out her this cold Fall air.

Bobbie, sed Ma, do you think yure father will rise to the occashun? I doant know, I sed, i wish a other car wud cum along. Well, Master Mechanick. scd Ma to Pa, after wo had waited about a hour, how is old 999 Of w-hat are you speaking of, sed Pa. The gasoleen ghost, sed Ma, that you brot us out in. How does it look for gitting hoam beefoar winter sessens als icy clulch on the land, sed Mu.

Be silent, sed Pa; can't you see that I am fujce to fame with a crisis, sed Pa. This is no time to jeer, sed Pa. wm I need to have my wits about me fix tins here car. then a frend of Pa caim along, he was driving a big truck ho put our car beehind his Iruek brot us bnck to town. AH the way back Ma was laffing about what a grate oar our car was how nice it ran wen il was running afler a truck.

I think it will be nicer, sed Ma to Pa. if we buy a lonygralf lisson to sweet musick instead of what Bobbie me had to lisscn to. sed Ma, wen you was fixing the I. W. W.

Think "Stonewall" Jackson Best General WASHINGTON. Dee. of nil the American prcncr.ils is it that has given Eutopcun stralCEifetb most food i for thought? Give a giiobs, or two, or three. And then you will bo. wrong, according to a piomlnent 'southern con- gicst.ni.iii.

who sujs it is not Washington, or Sherman, or Giant, or Robert E. Jackson is the man," this congressman declined. "I wns surprise 1 recently in talking to Biiti.sli a i of- ficeis, to lean) thai thr-y have made a point to study all of Jackson's campaigns. It seems they regard him as the cleverest of all the Aiiiuricnn genera s. and the moht capable in maneuvrlng again-st odds.

One British offit er loltl me that he personally, with a. staff -bordinatcs. hud gone on foot all thefcground covered bv Oener.il Jackson in his great raids during the ch il war. lie sftid It was as fine a studv in Uctics as could be found anywhf-ic." Subject to Croup. "Our little girl is subject to frequent attacks of croup," writes F.

O. Strong, Calpclla, Cal. "I always give, her Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, as ouo or two doses of it cures her. This is a favorite remedy for croup, as it nun be depended upon is pleasant nm) safe to take. It contains no narcotic.

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1209 Lincoln, Neb. Ask The Man Who Owns One Packard Twin epidemic. For some troops are concentrated, either in large camps or on board ship, one of the first diseases to make its appearance is the measles, and this disease, which most of us place in the category of childhood ills, ii one of the most dreaded by army sur- Econs. of Oie disease appearing In r.n of the men is the signal for the im- n.odiate quarantining of the soldier's A-'ompany and the barracks where he is I worked wen a tied Pa, got this fine jKmrful frame of mine strong, unknown reason whenever rugged as this car, Pa, then the I stopped. Now, Bobbie, sed Ma, you can get a good look at them golden feelds of corn.

We will proubly be rite here for quite a stretch, sed Ma, if I am not grately mistaken. Wo will be on our way in u. minnit, sed Pa, it is only the spark plug. Pa sed. Wen I put in a new apark plug I we will be flying rite" along aggcnn, located.

Fumigation of the barracks Then follows and every precaution is prevent an epidemic. An after-effect of measles, fen red by army surgeons is the development of pnetlmonia and it has been found thnt the fata Hies among mature persons are much si-cater than with children. The pneumonia result has been prcv- nlent in the cantonments located in the routhprn state than Jn those of the north or west. Generally speaking, suigeons look for nuimps nt about the time that measles nnd are rarelv disappointed. The fatalities through mumps do not begin to tench the number of those by measles, but the same rigid quarantine is ob- sei ved in both cases.

For many years the best surgeons tn thft army have been working on theories would entdlcate the source of these diseases, but they have to admit that they t'Tf now no nearer a solution than ever before. This Is the season of the year thnt the pnwJitr.ios usually start, nnd it would not be Risrprlslncr to hcnr of the quarantining of ontire eantonmont posts in all sections of the country through the holiday season. sed Pa. taken to Are you sure, that is what ails this char-iot? sed Ma; it seemed to me, sed Ma, that it went to peeces all af onst nothing fust, sed Ma, like the old one (1) Horse Shay. Portable Garages and Buildings.

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