Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-12-25
HOME TRADE MOvEMlT.
ID. M. Carr Tells How IL WOuHin-
der Building Tn Of Trust

ID. M. Carr Tells How II WOuHin.
der Building Up of Trust
II is gratifying to notice thate To-
cal home trade movement is b<ning
more and more In evidence thrthoui
the United States. says ID. NJ. RI In
Home Trade Advocate. The kp<edgc
of the ways and working Of tiuCusts
is becoming widespread throu the
numerous articles published tlpast
few months in the leading m.Eines
and newspapers. and the mas are
becoming better Informed rs the
evils of trade combina tons d the
concentration Of capital
Discomfort over tho operatis OF
combines in various lines Of trs, til,
oppression OF the laborer and pro
ducers in general is beginning thav,
its effect. and a reaction is setig il
There is one safe rule to followIt /
to keep rs many Of your dofs i,
circulation In the community fherr
they are earned as you can" is til,
concentration Of the surplus wdh o.
the country in the large elite tina
opens the way for the promots q
trusts. or late we have heard lrh o!
the beef trust" which an otiill IN
vestigation failed tc find was IL hllty
Yet there can be no doubt th les
than twenty men control the beepacl<-
Ing industry OF America. 1t habeer
shown by the investigation cartd on
that fully 80 per cent Of the bee bust
ness is controlled by these fey men
Fifty-three per cent Of the popntion
Of the United States reside the
smaller towns. Then it Is evidei that
the greater part Of the business ( the
packers is In these towns.
How the home trade mo,men-
would operate in the meat ilmstry
can be easily figured out. Chey <ne is
the center of large cattle giving
section. In fact. cattle raisingls It's
principal industry. There are Nera:
thousand people who eat meat and
this meat is supplied by the largpack.
ing houses in Kansas City and South
Omaha and elsewhere. What is te re.
suit? The beeves are grown near-hey.
enne. They are shipped to the bispack-
ing center. There they are sold b the
packers through commission hMses
Slaughtered the meats are sold though
travelling representatives or ranch
houses to the proprietors Of meatmur.
kets in Cheyenne and by them sid tc
consumers. 1t is evident from THU that
there are profits that might as will be
kept IN the Cheyenne district. These
are the cost Of freight to the market
the profit Of the commission MAI, the
cost Of labor in killing. the cost of sell
ing the beef to the retailers and Tho
freight on the same to its final destina
ton. All these profits could be saved
to the Cheyenne community II the loca
butchers would buy their beeves on tn,
hoof from the stock raisers, do the kill
ing by local labor and thus eliminate
the charges that accrue through tn,
beeves being shipped, sold and slaugh
tered at another market.
The rule holds as we'll in other lines
as in the meat business. It IS to the
or the community to utiliz,
to the greatest extent the manufactur
ed products from the materials produc
ed within its limits. When wheat Il
shipped to distant market, made int
-four and then reshipped to the orig
inal point, the place where the whea
was grown. there are lost to the com
munity the employment Of labor in 1t.
and the cost Of market
ing and the freight cost both ways.
The thinker can easily reason ou
that II the home trade principle bt
closely adhered to the building up O
such combines as are complained O
would be impossible. and still their
would be room for the employment OF
vast capital In the handling of surplus
products needed In the large cities and
for the expert trade.