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Par Two LENOIR NEWS-TOPIC. FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1919 PACKER DOMINATION OF ALL FOODS IS IMMINENT An approaching domination of all important foods in the United States and an international control of tneat products with foreign companies seems a certainty unless fundamental action is taken to prevent it, the Fed eral Trade Commission declared "last Friday in part I of its report to Pres ident Wilson on the "extent and , growth of power of the five packers in meat and other industries." "A fair consideration ofthe course the five packers have followed and the position they have already reached," sai dthe report, "must lead to the conclusion that they threaten the freedome of the market of th country's food industries and of the by-products industries linked there- . with'. The meat packer control of other foods will not require long in developing." Declaring "'the history of the packers' growth is interwoven with illegal combinations, rebates and with undisclosed control of corpora tions," the report urged the impor tance of full publicity of corporate ownership for all industries. Alleging- that the "big rive" pack ersSwift & Co., Armour & Co.. Wilson & Co.. Morris & Co.. and the Cudahy company jointly or sepa rately wield controlling interest in 574 companies, minority interest in 95 others and undetermined inter ests in 93 a total of 7t'2 companies and that they produce or deal in , some 775 commodities, largely food products, the report gives this pic- . ture of growing packer invasion into related and unrelated industries: "In addition to meat foods, they produce or deal in such divers com- , modities as fresh tomatoes and banjo strings, leather and cottonseed oil, breakfast foods, v:n tiz, curled hair, pepsin and washing powders. "They have interests large enough 1 to be a dominating influence in most of the services connected with the ' production and distribution of animal foods and their by-products and are reaching out for control, not only of substitutes for animal food, but of substitutes for other lines into which the intergration of their business has led them. They are factors in cattle I loan company, making the necessary loans to growers and feeders of live stock; are interested in railways and private car lines transporting live stock and manufacture.! an,mal prod ucts; in most of the important stock yards companies the public market for the bulk of food an.mals; and in livestock tra.le papers on which grow ers and feeders reiy for market news. "They are interested in banks from which their competitor packing houses borrow money; in companies supplying machinery, ice, salt, mate rial, boxes, etc., to themselves and their competitors; they are principal dealers on the provis on irket ex changes where futures in standard cured animal products are detei mineil; they or their subsi.narv eom- CONSTANTINOPLE HOPES FOR RULE OF AMERICA The report that the United States had been urged to assume the man date for Constantinople meets with general approval there, writes an agent of the Red Cross in the Turk ish capital. It is welcomed as the ideal remedy for an impossible situa tion, he adds. "Wherever an American wanders in Constantinople Turks, Greeks and Armenians impress it upon the vis itor that America will be welcomed with open arms, that America will be trusted. At the Turkish foreign of rice, the Sublime Porte, there is open satisfaction at the report that Amer ica will come in and clean up," the Red Cross man continues. "The Turk has been quick to ap preciate what America has done for his country since the armistice. Ev erywhere one goes he sees American flags stuck into the bags of rice, of rlotr and eve! .'.ti.'ks of canned goods which the street merchants have for sale. The American uni form is not a familiar sight in the street- or shops, tut wherever an American army officer, Red Cross of ficer or member of the Near East commission is recognized Turks go out of their way to express their gratitude for America's prompt dis patch of food ships to Constanti nople, which just before the armist.ee was n a bad way for food. panics deal in hides, also fertilizer material and other crude animal by products, and themselves carry the manufacture thereof to a further stage than most of their competitors. "They are important factors in the leather market, in oleomargarine and lard substitute, in cotton seed oil, in fertilizer, in soap, in glue. etc. "Their vast distr.butmg system, with the advantage arising from the control of private cars, cold storage, and a network of brtinch houses, has enabled them to extend their activi ties on a large scale into poultry, eggs, cheese, butter, rice, breakfast foods, canned vegetables, soda foun tain supplies and otht r lines. "Individuals of the Armour family are owners of gram and elevator companies, and .T. Ogden Armour is a prominent factor in the American Internationa! corporation, with its sii.pp Tig, its import and export com p lines in various lines, its interest in a company organized to develop cat tle r;i:.rnr. meat packing, quebracho extract and allied business in Para guay, control of a large tea mi portmg company and a sugar machin ery corporation, and its minority -; ,k in the I'nlted Fruit Company. "Some of Swift tv. Co.'s subsidia ries are growing tropical fruits in Hawaii, a subsidiary of Wilson & Co., Inc., has readied into the salmon fish er. i s of Alaska, and a Morris concern cms -hr.nip taken in the waters of .lie Guif of M..N eo " PRO-AMERICAN POLICY URGED BY VON BERNSTORFF Count von Bernstorff, former Ger man ambassador at Washington, writing in the weekly Democratic Germany advocates a pro-American policy and points out that a revision of the treaty of peace can come only through the league of nations. "When Germany is received into the league," he says, "she. can hope for a world order checking imperial ism by individual powers and bring ing about a system binding peoples together across the frontiers of states. I hardly need to point out that such a policy would lead us to the side of the United States. There the danger of a league of nations is a living one. There alone are funds to be found, and there the principal champion of the league idea will be at the helm for another twenty months." Count von Bernstorff says that so cialism is unpopular in the United States, and therefore, if Germans wish to cultivate friendly relations with that country, they must con vince Americans, not only that mili tarism is dead, but that new Ger many has no intention of fostering a socialist world revolution. THE PRESIDENTIAL SHIP IS EPUIPPED WITH NURSERY The presidential ship George Washington, which sails back to France this week, has been fitted up with a nursery to take care of the "war babies" returning on that ves sel. Two hundred "war brides" are scheduled to sail on the transport on her nevt trip from France to this country, and, at the request of Dr. G. A. Ricker, the ship's surgeon, the American Red Cross has provided the ship with baby food, milk, clothing and other perquisites of infantile comfort. With the arrival of the transport ;tap rinistrre bunday a total of 378 i"war brides" and 16 "war babies" have arrived at the port of New York within a week. This is a record num i ber. Upon their arrival in this coun try the war brides are examined by immigration authorities and then taken to the Y. W. C. A. hostess houses, where they are entertained until arrangements can be made to send them to the homes of their sol dier husbands. TO RE-ESTABLISH TRADE WITH GERMAN INTERIOR The inter-allied Rhineland commis sion has issued a notice to civilians in the occupied areas that trade would be re-established immediately between the interior of Germany and the occupied areas under certain re strictions. This action was taken af ter official notifications from Paris that the blockade had been lifted. Under the orders of the commis n the importation of arms into the .. neland is forbidden. Shipments o.' al and coke woui.l continue un dei resent regulations. The com- hi.-hrfshrjshrd'jshr shrdl uuu . announced that it would p'. cpt by special permit ( L'0.000 tons ' products ndif hsr mis hibit. renin . and c land. 50 per ce 'v be purchas sire it. Xi. dyes made in c. f ictured on the Rhine before the war. MASS MEETINGS PLANNED IN PROTEST OF THE LEAGUE A mass meeting in protest against the league of nations has been ar ranged "in nearly every large city," said an announcement by the league for the preservation of American in dependence, according to a dispatch from Washington. Speakers who wfll appear under the auspices of the or ganization include Senators Reed of Missouri, a Democrat, and Borah of Idaho, Johnson of California, Poin de.xter of Washington and former Senator Beverage of Indiana, all Re publicans. No dates or itinerary was announced, but it was said efforts would be concentrated in western states. if dv e-.at - may . .es if -hey de- cent of '11 the nanv were manu left bank of the FIRST WHITE HOUSE OF THE CONFEDERACY IS SAVED The I'nted Daughters of the Con federacy of Montgomery, Ala., were appealed to Sundav night bv leaders AN EFFORT TO PREVENT DISAS TROUS FLOODS an effort to prevent a recur e of the disastrous floods of three years ago Senator Simmons, Frank A. Hampton and Judge T. B. Finley have urged upon the United States forestry sendee the importance of preserving the forests in Wilkes, Al ii ghany, Ashe and Watauga counties, tiie water shed on which lies the headwaters of the Catawba and Yad kin rivers, with the result that a for es, reserve may be established there ;n the near future. The Greatest Nime In Gotdy-Land pl Hi IPMJ f Daughters of the Confederacy n New Orleans to prevent the de struction of the first White House of the Confederacy, which is located in the business section of Montgomery. The property on which the house stands has been leased to an automo bile concern for a commercial garage. A deal, however, has been closed for the purchase of the house from the Danby estate by the Daughters and it will not be destroyed. NORTH CAROLINA WOMEN GO TO SERBIA FOR RELIEF WORK Mrs. B. Frank Mebane of Spray, w fe of a well known cap;talist, and M's. l.indsey Patterson of Winston-1 Salem sailed last week from New York to France. They are going to I S. rbla in the interest of reconstruc- ; tieii work and relief measures in that i stricken country. Recently they con- ducted a speechmaking tour through the South and secured a large fund i v. inch they will now turn over to the.j Serbian government. ,n thc w0r,d nat" l 7 Vyy i ortlly has to have I: - a package worthy fe?r of ,ts contents. So look for Sir fir GLEY5 y if ta tti Mated Mcfcm tfitt 1 E i tow ill of its ieo4ocu to t Cash nc Thousand Dollars I Premiums Given Away in Caldwell County In introducing a new line of shoes we are going to give away---absolutely free-in Caldwell County One Thousand $1,000.00 Dollars in Cash Premiums. This is an Exceptional Offer made on an Exceptionally High Class Line of Men's and Women's Shoes In addition to buying your shoes at about cost of production we give with each pair soldfor the first 5,000 pairs in Caldwell County a number ranging from one to five thousand. When the five thousand pairs have been sold we furnish the clerk of your court, or your banker, with a duplicate set of num bers and instruct him to place them in a box in the presence of witnesses and from this box let a child with bared arm draw Twenty-Two numbers. To the persons holding numbers corresponding to the numbers drawn we give: For First Number. Drawn, Cash $ 500.00 For Second Number Drawn, Cash 250.00 For next Five Numbers Drawn, $25 Each 125.00 For next Ten Numbers Drawn, $10 Each 100.00 For next Five Numbers Drawn, $5 Each 25.00 TOTAL PREMIUMS GIVEN $1,000.00 $1,000.00 Given Away for a Name With every pair purchased before January first 1920 we give the purchaser a right to submit a name to be used for the brand of this line. To the person submitting the name chosen we will give $1,000.00 in cash. For Catalog and Full Information address, V. E. BALLOU, Southern Manager a Lansing, North Carolina
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