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Show : - Profits and Prices ll Profits may be considered 11 from two angles: 1st Their effect on prices; j j 2nd As a return to investors. p i When profits are small as 11 compared with sales, they have ! little effect on prices. Jfj III Swift & Company's profits pi! are only a fraction of a cent ) U per pound on all products sold, j and if eliminated entirely pjj would have practically no n effect on prices. Swift & Company paid 10 Iji J per cent dividends to over 20,000 pi , stockholders out of its 1917 & a; - Sr'l profits. It also had to build extensions and improvements ij! j out of profits; to finance large I stooks of goods made necessary fj by unprecedented requirements i of the United States and Allied Governments; and to provide l protection against the day of j declining markets. ' ? K i la it fair to call thl . t profiteering ? , I Swift & Company, U. S. A. l , ' ' 1 " ' r,-, j , Li w. mmn .,, I,,, i,ra ......I,,-.--. --, ii Beaver-Milford Garage repairs and recharges batteries so they are as good as new AGENTS FOR Studebaker and Ford Cars We Carry a Full Line of Parts Nickleplated Ford Bumpers $5.00 a pair BURNHAM & MARTIN, Props. No Need to Build a Fire to Cook a ' Meal. EAT MORE VEGETABLES Summer Days' Specials Radishes, Lettuce, Green Onions Fresh Tomatoes, Cucumbers Strawberries, Raspberries Blackberries, Cherries WATERMELONS New Carrots, Turnips, Asparagus Beets, Rhubarb, Etc., Etc. FULL LINE OF FRESH MEATS Fish, Crabs, Etc. LUNCHEON MEATS Boil Ham Minced Ham BOLOGNA WEINERWURST Jefferson Merc. Co. . It is Your Duty to Store Coal Now Prices are steadily advancing advan-cing and coal will be hard to get later. Prices and distribution dis-tribution of Coal is under control of the fuel administration. adminis-tration. All coal will be sold for cash only. Make your arrangements ar-rangements accordingly. MILFORD LUMBER COMPANY |