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THE NEWS AND OBSERVER. .WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 6, 1919. PACKER WHITE ON WITNESS STAND Says Armour Made No Profit TW$T3r On Beef; Lost Money This Week AS TO EGGS JHEY CARRY EM TO ACCOMMODATE PUBLIC Charges fcetaileri With Bcinf The Seal Profiteers J f ays They lut Up Frice With lack Advancing Market and " Hold It There As Long As Customers Would Pay It Washington, Anguat 8.-(By The As sociated Press.) F. White, vlee president ef Amour Co., appearing before a Senate eoltte investigat ing the high, eost of living la the Dis- trirt of Columbia, denied that bia torn. .pan wtl profiteering or atiag anfnir . motnede la the distrihutioa a a tile af tneata. H declared the row pa ay haj made ae profit ea Itt beef business this yeaft and thettt-wouM welcome nw4n eatigatioa of ita books and rerords. Mr. Whit deaied also that hie rem - paay partirlpated la emrbttant nrofltj : la eggs, declaring the egg atorage I uai Jieae raa carried on mere at aa e.'eom inadatloa then aaythiag alee, aad that tha company' average profit was not mora than I or 3 rent a doxea. SelHag Al a Leu This Week. Tli wltnest told the committee that yesterday all Srm an Id meat at a loss of from t to 1 1-2 eeate a pouaj In Eattera eiffes, due to a full In the mar ket. Mr. White eaid tha kigh toil of living Was a serious to business inter , fata aa to tha people. In thli eonnec , tioa hi said, tba eott to kla company f production and distribution had greatly inerenecd. labor costs alone hav ing advaaeed 1.11 ,per rent. In four J-eara. liambera of tba committee asked , why atent priori v.ere lower In Well ington than elsewhere. Mr. White et plained that bia company ahipped a . better grade of meat to thia city titan ta other Eastern cities, hern una of a AM:iud here for higher grades Mr. White charged the Federal tmdr commission with withholding from the - puhlie that Ita iarettigntion had rotrn the packer' profile to be only 3.6 per teat, and added that there would not he fnr prrarnt agitation agnlaat the park rrt had thoe figures been aaaounred. Charge Retailer With Blame. lie told the committee that the eon tuner waa to blame la part for the present hlph cant of living. Aiked by it wa that although nholesale neat prleea were lower, retail price were higher, the witness (aid the rValler advanced hi prices with each advanc ing market aad held the j.rlcce up Just Mihg at h's customers perm tted hire to do no. Tha witness suggested the iinpotitlon of an rteese profits tai against profiteer a a meant Of atop, pingihnt practice. Ju. While told the rommtttre that letter rorelved by Armour A Co.. in. v dieated that the producer were op ,ivd to Federal regulation of the ptctf-in- industry. T Prlva Oat Malaria . Aad BalU Ue The Svstem Take th Old . Standard OROVK'S TASTELESS chill TOXIC. You know what you are Using, a the formula It nrinted on evory lubel, thowing l I (Jiiinlne and Iron in a tasteless form. would be higher under government than under private operation. Cider govern ment operation, eipenaei rise in rela tion to I actio, aad tha aharge imposed by tba goverement, if a defteit ia to be avoided aaust b higher than tboa which it would be necessary to permit ruilroad corporations to make, i -Menace To PoliUcrl Freed. 6. Th : "iticnl effect of govern meat ownership and operation of railroads fat tba United 8tatee night be eerion. There are no about 300,000 civil em ploye of the government. Tha additios t the publia eervira af SfiOOfiOO rail road employe, tha majority of whom art voter, would (onstltnt a force of about 2,500,000 government employe Llcreated ia controlling tha .policy af the fflverament at regard wage, hours and aonditioat of or r vice, 8nrh a, boiy of , employe might easily erelse controlling influence upon State und actional politict." Meeoeatd la Seaat. Ditrussioa of the rtilrand question ran throngh murh of the day'a delmte In Congres. ' Tha Senate Commerce Committee referred to a aub-committce the quo.tlea whether an investigatlna ahoiild be made of the new wage da ie.in.ls. Thi tiitweiiiinittjee will report tii,iorraw. Director u(tcri'l Hines wa the nubjret of attaeki by Senator KjI !oig ainl Pomerene, nho argued tht he tiu uid make the dteislon aa to in rr'0ii'.a wsger. Mr, Pomercue nd THOMAS DEFIES WAy EMPLOYES Colorado Senator 'Likens Their -Attitude To The Offense of Treason" Washington,' Aug. 5. 8entoi Thomas, Democrat, of Colorado, ia aa lnpaa. lioned addre in tba Senate lata la th day, flung defiance to the riilroad em ployes aud ' likeued thfir attitude to treason. - - - ' "I cannot justify It as anything abort of treason," hewaid, after tiling the r cont public ttntemrnt of the Brother hood officer. "We art faea to face with the demand for wage inerenset eosting tjOU,U00,0OO which confeaaedly will not help them, or they will euspend Our great transportation system. "Their second demand is for confisca tion of 20,OUO,00e,OOO of property, that it be put into government ownership. Thi i the first time in the) hlslorv pf the American au'lin," the t'olorader Sen ator continued, with great eartjeatneu, "and Ood grunt it In the last, ia whirh ! a segment of the American people has Senator Itimminn asserted the Fresi-rl,intelj jt, flnj.-r at the American Coa den, and Mrt Hiocs had ample author- gress and mid 'ywu mut legislate thtit ityio actti the preseat crisis wit.nont and so' or we will it r ike and tie np all rr:erniT to Congri-v, "PnfWeerlng In Wg. CritieUm of the employe for their ilom.inili came rrcm rtviiii.iir ri.i.l.i, ..i Georgia, who declared there Was pro fiteering in feagea, nd from Kenaldr Tlinnms. nf Colorrtrln, who asierted the trik thrrata of the employes was only Short .nf treason Benatnr Norris, of Nebrarka, anggested that increased freight rutrs might be avoided by cut ting dowa the guaranteed dividends, al leging that soma holder of railroad stocks were receiving from 10 to W per ernf. Statement As ta War Board leml-ff. , A format statrnynt is expected to morrow from the Semite Interstate eotn mri" rnmmlttee replying to lotters to Chairman Cummins from President W'il-1 o:i und Mr. H ues requesting legisln-1 tion to et.-iMifh a wage board. The ' statement, it la understood, will advise ! the President that in (be committee opinion sueh le;lslntion is unnecessary I and that the committee lielienes he and I the director general have all imwers neeaesary to fit wajes and also rates during government operation of rail- j roads. Another epreiul meeting of the rommittc was railed today for tnmor- row nf'ernoon to consider the Presi- ' dent' request id to receive a report from tha ub-r.ommittro. I l,tM SHOPMEN VOTE TO tO OUT AT RICHMOND. Richmond, Va., Augunt 5. Two t! uu annd alinpmcn employed by the various railroads here voted to go on atrike and remain out until a wage advance retro active to January 1, 10 It), ia granted by Director General nines. The strike vote wus tukon following talk by various union official. It a deeidrd to abandon the plnn of leaving enough men on the Job to operute the mail and troop train and all were or dered onl. Chesapeake A Ohio, South ern and R. F. A P. rends are affected. ffansportattorr nnd industry, "Ours is the responsibility now to give tiH:wer. There Is no eor.teqnehee a se rious as Involved in yielding. It mean aa end to representative government. Let' not flinrh the issue; It's quit as important as any treaty. It is a threat to bring ruin on the country." In the past, Senator Thomas declared, both politienl parties In Congress hid eted with a view to cantnre the next Presidential election and he expressed lioiw that In the present erisia partisan politic would not be a factor. Hometimes, he said he wondered whether, in the next Presidential !- tion, but on party, composed of both Democrat and Depubllcans would not be found lighting vide by tide to over come ta title af radicalism, "W have just waged a treat war," be continued, "to make the world anfe for democracy, it sew la the daty ef thi generation te make dcaiasracy afe for the world te wake democracy eon erieua that there can be liberty which doe tot feapeet th. liberty of ether.' ktYSTEIIOVS HANGING , Or A -CHICAGO WECK3 IK CA. Cochran, C., August 8. An n a iden tified aeg re who wai taken from a aonthera patscnget 'traia here at l:i o'clock tbia morning on com) ' 'at . ef aegra paasclgeri ef tkt train, and placed la the city barracks, waa ly ached Uiy unknown part let during the early morning, mi body waa round twinging to amall tree fifty yerds from the Cochran, aad fcaatmaa Ua, The negro wat en rout to EochelU R told aeveral persons It Is aatd, that be waa from Chicago and bad a message from that city, Jfegrees informed white people that the victim of th lynching had boasted that the negroes of Georgia were going to do what th negroes f Chicago had done. CenSaed I Hospital. Mr. Ikt tluiiitttn. ho is in the city looking after the lntereit of the estate ef hi late brother, ha goo to !! ItMniftftl lor traatMAtt oa necAunt of an injured foot. He hopes te be nut in a f?vr day. . gwmrWHmntimtnnMWirnTtTmmtifr iioMi.wiMiwtwiwwowmtM?imnnwHirtiwwititiiwwiwtitwmimtpwwwimti!'wiw.T JMIIuilllillllllliiIMiiuiliillMimlllllUlimmMMMI WIUWIHUUIUWIMHIUUI a IIWHI.HWWIMMIIMIWUimiMHWmlUillUIIIIIIWWHimilllHWUiimll'; S i 1 v i MBetter MereUndis" r.M', Stomach Ills permanently disappear after drinking thi celebrated blar Mineral Water. PoaitWel guaranteed by money-baek afftr. Taitet fine; cost a trifle. De llvtred anywhere by our HalelgU Agent, Porter Candy Co. Phon them. Adv. The Sunrise 6 sGp6cf Spirits v vtklllll'i ll , (i. 8. A T. Shopmen Tot to Strike. Macon, ;., August 5. Three hun dred (ieorglu, Southern nnd Florida railroad shopmen retura to work this morning when the company nnnounred that G. C. Re.ildkk, foreman, whoe re moral the men had demanded no longer in tba aervieeot ttio toniany. At aoon a strike vote on t'u iviik' In- ,r,iM ilfininnH M-ni taVn R ft fh mn l..fn rn.M " " - - - ' - - wTiljl Jl th. .v.t.m. fM rents.- hopmen'a committee, to :k out Comes with the morning cup of Maxwell House COFFEE It atarta the day right Served by beat hotel. Sold by best grocera. CHEBK-NKAL COFFK CO. fcaMlle, leaataa, Jattaanfla, liehaMaa - Iran build- ua -the ayitf M. W t'!' Adv. Business Opposed To Federal Ownership and Control . of Railroads 4mmeditiJV, Thes men ..with JJOJJ others in different railroad, simps here are out. (Continued from Page One.) weight in selecting me for official po tiHout. "5. Unlest the government adopted tha policy of fixing lew rates aad fares rith th Intention that any resulting deficit from operations should be placed i aa Increased hurdea of taxes upon the general public, . rate end fare How Shivar Ale Renews Health i TOO FAT? itri-r'cr. a thnMrf. mm mm mMm. (".ft? saiitsaa)i 41)11 New EngUnd ScleatUt DiaeoT ri tb Secrtt of the Well Known HealtS Girtriff Prop rtio of TKW Famous SoutK ra Product AIDS DIGESTION AND NUTRITION Dr. W, JL Mom, Coatultlng 6elntit, HtrUord, Conn, after careful analyse and ixperimtataUoBi, ha dl :ov the Kitatifie reatoni fo the wall-known medicinal effect of Bhlvir Ale, a South era aaia I wttr product, who booltk-glviag propartie havt won the ftvor of the medical preteatlor, aa well u the laity, throughout America. Or. Moraa't atteatioa waa -rt nt tracttd :e thU lubject by kia ra per total eiperienet it the e ef the Ale, and by kla bttrration of It Uneieial effect npoa hit patient, but not being eoateated te nerery ebserva the results, be decided te tad out tbe eaus. Bia analvsea and praetieal teati diloe tbc fact that SMver Al possesses narked beaHtlal affects npoa tke item ia three relation, namely, dlgeatkn, nutri tion and eaaretioa. Dr. Mors finds that th Al tncr.a trt tbe Sow of the diges tive tnida, namely, aaliva, gastrl juice and the paaereatie aad iateatinai Juices, that aisting week tonaehi. ia tk di geattoa ef all varietlc ef foeda. pre. pars tbe find completely for abor. twa aad nutrition, thereby .trapro.ing tha health, itreagth aad nourishment of . th system m a whole, iacludiog th. atonae' Itself, for tba aton-acb it oae of tbe first orgs te. auffer .roe tbe . eentsqutact of IU own failure to prop. rly digat food. - ; Dr. Merae further explain that in consequence of th pert t digestion md th lncrs ct digestive tluida, tbe All correct constipation, billiouaaete, bead aeb, anmeroua fonni of auto ntotiea tion, urie acid poisoning and jiaay ether diserdrt growiag out of faulty dig, tion aad fu ilty tllmlnntion. ' It your regular grocer or drnggljt cannot supply you telephone Porter w I Demand the Best! 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