Show p 1 k Ir 5 I f 5 1 r I Is I i P a. a it 25 I orl J. J 1 7 j I r t. Why Compare Beef and Coal Profits t Swift Company has frequently stated that tat its profit on beef bf averages only one fourth of a cent a pound pud and ad hence has ha practically no effect on the te price 1 Comparison has ha been made by the Federal Trade Commission of Ii this profit with wit the te profit on coal coa and ad it has ha pointed out ta that anthracite coal operators operator are ae content with wit a profit of 25 cents cent a ton whereas the te r beef profit of one fourth one one-fou of a cent a pound means meas a profit of 50 a ton ton I The comparison does not pint point out that anthracite coal co at the te teI J seaboard is worth at wholesale about abut 70 a ton whereas a ton of beef of fair far quality is worth wor about 40 wholesale To carry car the comparison further the te 25 cent profit on coal is i 3 2 per cent of the 70 value I The 50 profit on beef is only 4 ll 1 per cent of the te 40 value J The profit has little effect on price in either eiter case cae but has ha less le effect on the price of beef than on the price of coal te tan te f Coal Cat may be b stored in the te open air ai indefinitely beef must mut be kept refrigerated in expensive coolers cooler because it i is highly perishable and ad must mut be b j I Coal Ca is handled handle by b the carload cload or ton beef mf is delivered to retailers by the pound or hundred weight 4 Methods of handling are vastly different Coal Coa is handled in o open n cars beef b must be shipped in i refrigerator cars at an sri a even temperature i Fairness Fairess to the public fairness faires to Swift Company fairness faess to the pad packing 1 industry demands that these tese indisputable facts be b considered It is impossible to I Ibave disprove Swift that its beef small to f Company's statement is profits on are ae so smal as t have bave practically no effect on prices o I S Salt Lake City Cay Local Loca Branch 36 S. S Third West Yest Street A A. CIA o. o OVi Manager 1 1 I 1 I 1 f Two Bright Spots in Winter I ate I Creek blizzards f Ice sleet Coal snow I All Al te these are ae gad gradually Uy creep upon uon you What about your coal bin winds wind catch Jh Dont Don't lot the wintry I without iau a good supply of co coal l nai 0 f sure re well well- make youra youre at it Just as wel I having th the beet of the tho good flood one fuel I t Gate Gato or Cloar Cler tho Creek two or loaders in the w wet t i have been the leders twenty twenty five five years BOTH WE HAVE PLENTY OF Ta GOOD COAL CAL FONE FE S WASATCH WATCH TOO TO S |