The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-04-11

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Kinley's ancestors could he traced
back to the first king of all Ireland
| and through eighty other kings.
AS for his greatness, when compared
with Caesar, the latter would have
to take back seat. !.
The New York Herald has inaug-
urated a vigorous war against the
so called beef trust and other Eastern
newspapers have Joined in the
movement looking to an investiga-
tion as to the prevailing high prices
of meats. It 10 q matter of common
knowledge that for years the large
packing houses have been combined
in movement to place tho retail
butchers in the position now occupi-
ed by the saloonkeepers in their
business relations with the combined
brewers. Formerly q saloonkoeper
was IN individual entirly FREQ to act
~ he pleased with regard to the
brand of beer he sells. This is no
longer the case. A large number of
the saloons in the great centers of
population are the property Of the
combined brewers, who own the fix
lures, and in many instances the
buildings in which the saloons are
located. The keepers of such estab-
lishments are practically employees
rather than business men-if saloon
keepers can be 10 classed. The indi-
vidual neutrality-suspicious. who own
their establishments and bear the
same relation to tho brewers that
retailers bear to wholesalers in bust
ness generally-are not free to sell
any beer that may slut their fancy.
If they cut their brewers they can
not buy from the others without the
consent of the victim of the their
displeasure. The only way out IF
the predicament is to close saloon
for certain lengthof time and then
reopen. In such instances fresh
choice is permitted.
The retail butchers are now large
ly agents who are in similar subser-
vaient positions. In order to get
their daily supplies they must be in
harmony with the wholesalers so
far as retail prices are concerned.
Violations of orders end in the alb
clifton Of shops as distributing
cente1s. Butchers who own their
own establishments complain that
they cannot retain their individual
ity and get meat supplies land when
they try to help themselves by buy
ing cattle and hogs they come in
competition with the buyers for the
combined packers and are beaten
out. The big packers can get more
out of each ''critter" by working up
the offal, and in the end they get
more out of the carcases by working
the consumer through their vital
ownership of the retailers.
Prices of meats in the East are
now almost prohibitory, and there
is loud cutlery against the packing
combination. This cutlery will
spead, and eventually there will be
an investigation into the cause of
the high prices of meats everywhere.
Cattle and hogs maybe. scarce but
the high prices will surely tempt
farmers to enter the stockraising
business and then the law of supply
and demand will operate to lower
the retail figures. One Of the inter-
esting phases of the irritation caused
by the firm and raising prices Of
meats is a feeling of satisfaction
over the German meat interdict.
The Eastern consumers do not re-
sent the Kaiser's stand in regard to
American meats. - On the contrary,
many Of them are of the opinion
that if other foreign governments
were to follow suit there would be
more meat for home consumption.
Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin.