The Washington herald., 1914-08-24
Statement 1. Untrue.

Statement Is Untrue.
There was not a word of truth in
the statement. Meats have not jumped
! 81 per hundred. Armour & Co. has not
contracted with England for canned
meat Of any kind, either Immediately
before or since the war began
''Other publications had US shipping
vast quantities of meat into Canada. to
be shipped abroad from there. Neither
before nor since the war began has Ar
mour & Co. shipped meats to Canada
for these good reasons:
Canada has a prohibitive tariff Of g
hundred against American meats; Ar
| mour & Co. has plant in Canada, and
! daily imports meats from there as well
as from other Canadian plants.
Investigation will prove that meat
prices have been less affected than prices
Of many other foods by the European
war excitement The wonder is they have
not been more affected with this scare
added to an accentuated live stock short
age in recent weeks.
Receipts of cattle at the six large
markets-Chicago, Kansas City, St Joe
South Omaha, st. Louis, and Fort Worth
for the six weeks ending August Is,
ls14, were only $4,000. a decline Of q per
cent from the corresponding period of
1913.
In spite Of this shortage. in spite OF
the stoppage OF beef importation from
Argentine because ships could not be had
after war was declared, and in spite of
fluctuations on account of the high price
scare" the average wholesale selling
price Of beef. during the six weeks pre-
ceding August Is, advanced, in no large
city in the United States, as much as
three-quarters of a cent a pound. In
Chicago the advance was seventy-four
hundredths OF a cent: in Pittsburgh,
forty-siX one-hundredths; In Baltimore
sixty one-hundredths: in New York,
seventy-one one-hundredths- The aver
age advance throughout the United
States on all beef actually sold through
Armour & Co.'S $50 branch houses was
fifty-six one-hundredths OF a cent a
pound.
Shortage in Hogs.
The hog shortage has been even
more acute. During the six weeks prior
to August Is. Armour & Co, killed
at all Of its nine plants an average
Of 1900 hogs a week or less than one
half Of the average weekly kill for 1913
For the week ending August S-the week
Of sharpest fluctuations in some lines of
pork products-Armour & Co, killed
only 1900 hogs at nine plants or
only Is per cent of a fair average Dur
ing these six weeks the cost of hogs
advanced from $s.3s per hundred to $s.I5
per hundred.
Much has been made OF pork loin
prices. At times during these recent
weeks, pork loins could not be had in
many places at any price. There were
not enough to go around. The weekly
average selling price Of pork loins sold
at Armour & Co.'S, wholesale mar
ket at the Union Stock Yards, Chi
cago. during the last four weeks were:
Week ending July q, S16s5 per hun
dred pounds; August 1, Slses; August s,
Hal; August 10, SlS.73
The packers have been accused of
piling up vast quantities of fresh meats
in cold storage and holding for high
prices during this period of agitation. Ar
mour & Co.'S stock Of fresh meat pro-
ducts of all kinds on hand August Is
was nearly 80 per cent less than 1t was
six weeks before. Stocks in hand are
now about the same as last year at this
time, although considerably less than in
other years at this time
Armour & Co.'s stock OF sweet
picked and dry salt meats today is II,
000 600 pounds less than It was on June
G. and only three-fourths what is was
a year ago now. Does that look like hold
Ing meats out Of the market for higher
prices?
These are but a few concrete facts
from the books and records OF Armour
q Co. They speak for themselves. They
can and will be added to, amplifed and
substantiated beyond the shadow of
doubt to any honest seeker after the
truth"