Show r u r L I J J 1 4 rn Y f. f tr F I I I Are the Packers Packer's Profiteers Plain Facts About the Meat Business I The Federal Trade Commission in its recent report on war profits A fair return on this and as has been stated the larger portion of r stat stated that the five large meat packers have been profiteering the profits earned has been used to finance huge stocks of goods and nd that they have a monopoly of f the market and to provide additions and improvements made necessary by the r enormous demands of our army and navy and the Allies These conclusions if fair and just are are matters of serious concern not only to those engaged in the meat packing business but to t other If you are a business man you will appreciate the significance of every citizen of our country these facts If you are unacquainted with business talk this matter matter matter mat mat- ter over with some business acquaintance with acquaintance with your banker say The figures given on profits are and the statement that and and ask him to compare profits of the packing industry with the pack packers r have a monopoly is unsupported by the facts those of any other large at the present time t t. t The packers mentioned in th the r report stand ready to prove their profits reasonable and necessary I No evidence is IS offered by the Federal Trade Commission in In support support support sup sup- port of the statement that the large packers have a monopoly The I Commissions Commission's own reports shows the large number and importance of other packers Th The e mea meat t b. b business is IS one f 0 of th the e I. I largest arges t A American m industries d us t. t nes A Any ny rJ citizen who would familiarize himself with its details must be beH H fl p prepared for large totals tob The packers mentioned in the statement stand ready to prove t to r any fair minded person that they are in keen competition with z v 4 e each h other and that they have no power to manipulate prices rices other The report states that the aggregate profits of four large pac packers ers If Jf this not true would t dare to make this were they n not positive were for the three war years statement 3 Ji lil This sum is compared with as the average annual profit for the three years before the war making it appear that appear that government figures show that the five large packers the war profit was greater than the war pre-war profit mentioned in the report account for only about third one-third of the m meat business of the country f i This compares a three Y year three ar profit with a year one r pr profit profit profit-a fi a manifestly mani mani- i r unfair method of comp comparison rison It is not only misleading but They wish it were possible to interest you in the details of their the Federal Trade Commis Commission ion apparently has made a mi mistake take in inthe business Of how for instance they can sell dressed beef for less the figures themselves than the cost of the live animal owing to utilization of byproducts byproducts byproducts by by- products and of the wonderful story of the methods of distribution distribution O c. c tion through throughout ut this broad land as well as in other countries r The aggregate year three-year profit of was earned on sales of over four and a half billion dollars It means about three l ce cents ts on each d dollar lIar of sal sales sales sales-or or a mere fraction of a cent per per The f efi five packers five ep packers c e i jn ti ed justified fi in in operating co-operating ng with t each J K L pound of product v ot other other to to the extent of together presenting this public statement J Packers' Packers profits are a negligible factor in prices of live stock and They have been able to do a big job for your you government in its meats No other large business is conducted upon such small time of need they have me met all war time demands promptly and margins of profit completely and they are lre willing wiling to trust their case to the J edness of the American people with the facts before them I 2 and and this is very important only important only a small portion of this profit has been paid in dividends The balance has been put i. i Armour and Company It back into the businesses It had to be as you realize when you z consider the problems the packers have had to solve solve and and solve solve Cudahy Packing Co quickly quickly during during these war years Morris Company To co conduct duct this business in war ti times es with higher c costs and the he Swift Company necessity of paying two or three times the former prices for live livestock stock has required the use o of two or three times the ordinary y Wilson ilson ilson Company amount of working capital The additional profit makes only a r Ii f L PROFESSIONAL CARDS W. 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