Show HOW WEALTH IS one brief of D armour the great chicago er made senator vests ton cittee the dressed afe combine ia noteworthy as a test in economics in moaL nt mr armour staled that alie p dofita ot ins firm for the year were only per head on every carcas carcasi i dresa ej and for alie a eo email a margin as to teem almost unworthy ot his talents and albors pew men ot even ar less ability auld 19 tempted to engage in a business hat offered such insignificant returns aut it must IM that the armour handled dur nj that year beovia aad that etere half a milion dollars there are none of us so bagh and mighty as to anear at an in come like that it Is tho old lesson of stopping small leaks and converting their dribbling streams into a current of mighty gain it is true that a profit of per head on lie cattle bo slaughters would scarcely supply rait to the table of the small batcher but it is no less true that it armour wasted as much on each of his beeves as the email dealer does half a million dollars would not cover bis annual loess the difference in management is that in bis immense business the constant aim is to save every morsel of hide hoof or horn which can be made to yield a revenue v ith tha email dealer the aim is to make enough off donao portion of the igalo enable the dealer to throw away the remainder alie result is that a vulture or a goat would starve on what armour leaves of a bullock while a millionaire with business tact and energy could double bis money on what the army of small dealers out of their slaughter houses and markets aery evening and what is true of the large and small dealers in animal food is also true of almost every other kind of in which mankind tha world is growing wiser because it has to in order to meet conditions which every year become more stringent the vagaries of edward bellamy may bo far from practical and their fulfillment may not come daring our childrens day or that of their children but there is a bright gleam of wisdom and truth hidden anay in their mass of invention and absurdity just as there is an axam ale of value to individuals and communities muni ties shining out from the tissue of grasping trusts and grinding com binea with which the name of Armour is so frequently coupled as file leader and chief |