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Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-08
Plain Facts About the Meat Business

additional profit makes only a fair return on this,
and as has been stated. the larger portion of the
profits earned has been used to finance huge
stocks of goods and to provide additions and improve
ments made necessary by the enormous demands
of our army and navy and the Allies.
II you are a business man you will appreciate the
significance of these facts. If you are unacquainted
with business, talk this matter over with some business
acquaintance-with your banker, say-and ask him to
compare profits of the packing industry with those OF
any other large industry at the present time.
No evidence is offered by the Federal Trade Commission
in support OF the statement that the large packers nave
a monopoly. The Commissions own report shows the
large number and Importance OF other packers.
The packers mentioned in the statement stand ready to
prove to any fair minded person that they are in keen
competition with each other. and that they have no
power to manipulate prices.
If this were not true they would not dare to make this
positive statement.
Furthermore. government figures show that the five large
packers mentioned in the report account for only about
one-third of the meat business of the country.
They wish 1t were possible to interest you in the details
of their business. OF how. for instance. they can sell
dressed beef for less than the cost of the live animal,
owing to utilization of by-products. and OF the wonderful
story of the methods OF distribution throughout this
broad land. as well as in other countries.
The five packers mentioned feel justified in cooperating
with each other to the extent OF together presenting TINS
public statement.
They have been able to do a big job for your government
in its time of need; they have met all war time demands
promptly and completely and they are willing 10 tuS
their case to the fairmindedness of the American people
with the facts before them
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-08

was the great love OF her husband.
Lathrop faced q crisis. his own
money was gone and he had called on
Nicholas Eyre, steel king and friend
of his wife's dead father. for aid 50
many times that at last the hnancier
had turned him down. 1t was In this
desperate frame of mind that he
urged his wife to intercede for him
with the great money king. With
great hesitancy Mary promised to do
so and as a result unknown to his
trusting wife. Lathrop secured = lass
loan of 81. 900.
With the check in his pocket La-
throp hastened to Lolass apartments
to tell her the glad tfdlngs and take
her in his arms. So great was his
haste that he burst into the apartment
without knocking and there stood
Lola in the arms of Billy Haskell,
her secret lover who had been living
with Lola on the money lured from
Lathrop.
There in the beautiful oriental
apartment, furnished with LaJhfop's
money, the two men fought Ike
beasts for the woman. and In a half
unconscious frenzy Lathrop clutched
at a revolver lying on the mantle Tor
Haskell was slowly getting the better
of the struggle. II his attempt 10
bring the gun into play Lathrop Vas
again worsted oy Lola's lover who
twisted it from his clutch and sent
a bullet into Lathrop's body.
How Iathrop's wife received the
news of his death and the methods
of revenge she employs form the blot
OF the Triangle play Fanatics" This
picture which features ]. Barney
sherry will be shown at the Royal the
atre today.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-08
PLEASANT PLAINS

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Harris have re-
burned to Newark after a visit with
her mother. Mrs Mary Silk. of Prince
Miss Nancy Manifold. OF Little
Farms has been visiting In Manhat-
tan
Miss Maude Morgan. OF Manhattan.
y celebrated harpts1 Is back at her
bungalow In Bloomingdals road for
lie SIMMER.
John Nuttan was home from Fort
Wadsworfh over the weekend.
Thomas Morris was home from
New Brunswick yesterday for a visit
Mrs. NJ. B. Wyrill has returned
from a visit IN Brooklyn.
Prank vanBuren. the seven-year-
old son OF Albert NanBuren. OF HUI
&uenOt who was injured when struck
b an automobile near his home Sat-
Nrdny, June 8, has returned home
from the staten Island hospital
Miss Bessie ROmer has been visit
Ing MI. and Mira Percy Walters the
basE week
Nj. and Mra John J.. Webb have
gone % Hafnes Fails In the Catsk1lls
Tor The RESI- or the summer.
Former Coroner FeinberE and fam
Is. Of Manhatlan. are AZ thel Anna-
Gale Lf<fla KaFms nanGnlow for the
g. y Graft coanesl Jr o. Il. Al ~.
m4sls tanIeht ~ Aui<tlia han.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-08
PLAN PATRIOTIC PAGEANT
IN TOTTENvILLE IN AUGUST
Arrangements Started for Big Event
at Meeting Held Saturday After
noon-Cau for III. s. Girls
Rn SDecf0f Cor-rez1ondenf

By Special Correspondent
TOTTENvILLE, July Sat a
meeting Of the high school girls and
young professional women of the
town, held with Miss Grace Yetman,
of Arthur XIII road. Saturday after
noon, tentative plans were made for
"a patriotic pageant to be given here
the latter part of August for the ben
eft of the local branch Of the Red
Cross. Miss Mary Ayres, of the Tot
tenville library, viii direct the pa
'geant. A detailed account of the pro-
posed entertainment will be given
later.
Through the Misses Lindenmeyer
the store N Main street formerly oc-
cupied by J. F. Bedell has been placed
at the disposal of the girls club for
war work this m It Is pro-
posed to place a knitting machine
there. with Miss Aleita Hopping, of
school, as instructor.
The house committee, of which
Miss Katherine Lindenmeyer Is chair
man, will meet at the clubrooms
Tuesday morning to prepare the
rooms for immediate occupancy.
The cooperation of all the young
women of the town Is needed and
earnestly requested in order to Insure
the success of the pageant, as well as
the other Red Cross work to be I'M
dertaken.
This meeting was held at the call
of a committee for a knitting drive
hat Is to be held this summer to
complete 200 socks. 100 sweaters and
100 helmets as the share Of the local
branch.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-08

ed at the Armour plant in Chrome.
Seweil registered at Bath. Pa. Hat
cher at Haverstraw and Frey at Man
chester. N. z.
All three were arrested by Detec-
tive Schley and Sergeant Benedict. OF
the Sixtieth precinct station. They
were locked UP in the Sixty-sixth pre-
cinct station, Stapleton, and will be
taken today before board No. 100 In
Hudson street, Manhattan. Robert
Bell and Isaac Lane. two colored men
giving Perth Amboy as their resi-
dence, who were held up by Detective
Schley q week ago yesterday for fall
ing to file a QUESTIONABLE after they
had registered a a ago., will have
their cases disposed of today. They
have been locked up In the Second
precinct station, Manhattan. over
since last Monday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-08
cHlLD'S WELFARE
Examination OF An Children Up 90
Six Years on Staten Island
| BIZ SpectoI Correspondent.

EXAMINATION OF All OR1k0FtD I'd 70
Six Years TN Staten Island
BIZ Special Correspondent.
TOTTENvILLE, July SAN ex-
animation of all children up to the
age of six years will take place this
week at the public schools of the Dor
ough OF Richmond. This work, In
augurated by the Federal Child Well
fare Bureau. which has had the
hearty endorsement OF President Will
son, is In charge of the Women's
League for Service on the island. Mrs.
NJ. G. Quimby has arranged for the
schedule here while Mrs. George Will
liams has made a canvass of the
homes to a mothers bring their
children within hat g to have
them examined. weighed and treated
IL necessary.
In New York City, 1t is said. twen-
ty-one per cent. Of the school chill
dren are under-nourished and twelve
per cent. of babies under one year
die, while only four per cent. of the
soldiers In the allied army are killed
in battle. On this island there are
$4,000 children under six years of age
and 1t Is expected that all will be ex-
amined during the campaign.
The schedule for this end of the
island will be as follows: School No.
L, Tottenville, Monday. 2 to 4, DIR.
David Coleman: Tuesday, Wednesday
and Saturday. 1 to 2, DR.. Walker
Washington; School No. 3. Pleasant
Plains, Tuesday and Saturday, 2 to s,
DR.. r. z. Meyers; School No. 8. HUI
.guenot, Tuesday and Saturday, 2 to s,
DR.. Fred Schwerd; School No. s,
Rossville. Tuesday and Friday, 10 to
IL. DIR. Coleman; School No. 8, Great
Kills. Friday and Saturday, 8 to s, DR..
Presley.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-08
Many Applicants to Take Part
In Moving Picture at Strand

Movie aspirants of Perth Amboy
will assemble upon the studio-con-
verted stage at the Strand tonight. as
well as the matinee performance of
Making Movie Stars and the maxi
ing OF a real photor'ay in full view Of
the audience will be initiated. Tomor-
row afternoon and night will be set
apart at the Strand for the local art
lists and each afternoon and night all
this week will be reserved for those
desiring to perform.
Many have filed applications with
Mr.. Glenn White. the motion picture
director and while the principal parts
havo already been distributed, there is
still room for others of adaptabllity.
A rehearsal was held before the matt
nee at the Strand at 1 o'clock today.
and another rehearsal will be con-
drcted with those who work dur'ag
the day at v this evening.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-08
ToTTENWLLE

Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Collins OF
Rrooklyn. were the guest of his sis
ter, Mrs. Wilbur j.. Shea yesterday.
Miss Julia Lowe of Big Flats. N. K,
ts the guest OF her brother. N. j.
Lowe.
Mrs. George Pepper and daughter
returned 10 Newark yesterday after q
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. ID. j. Pepper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Van Name OF
Brooklyn, are the guests of his par
ants. Mr.. and Mrs. p. NJ. Van Name.
Miss Sadie Gibbs was home from
Manhattan yesterday o a visit with
her mother.
Joseph Williams and son OF Staple
Con. visited his mother in town yes
kerdsy.
Nr. and Mrs. Frank Rutherford of
Caldwell were at their bungalow al
Raritan Bay Park yesterday.
Mrs. Charles HiIker. injured In an
automobile accident n week ago re-
burned home Saturday from the
Staten Island Hospital much i'm
Thomas DUNCAN was home from
Manhattan rel the weekend with
bis parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Alschuier had
Is guests yesterday. MT. and Mrs.
Samuel Litchenstein of Brooklyn. and
Mrs. Samuel Marshok of Orange.
James Copeland was home from the
Pelham Bay training station yester-
DAY.
Lieutenant Andrew Linouist OF the
oavy. who has just returned from a
Successful trip across he water. 10
home for q visit with his family while
bis vessel Is ut Philadelphia.
Charles Peifer returned yesterday
from Philadelphia
Al quarterly meeting OF the Totem
wilIe Veteran Firemen's Association
#fll be held tonight at 8 O'Clock at h
Aouehonga Athletic clubhouse.
A dog hat WIS run over and badly
m30red By an automobile In Amooy
had last night was shot by Patrol
han Esselborn-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-08
STATEN ISLAND
LYING WITH HEAD ON TRACK,
MAN is KILLED BY TRAIN
Richard ID. Long Meets Death at
Great Kills Saturday Night-May
Have Been Dazed.
n, crzosnT Norreeoondeuf

A1S
By Special Correspondent.
ToTTENvILLE. July s-Richard
D. Long, thirty-one years old, OF
Brooklyn, was struck by a train of the
Staten Island Rapid Transit railroad
eli Great Kills about 10 o'clock Sat
urday night and died within twenty
minutes. An ambulance was sum
moned from the Staten Island hospi-
tai, but when Ambulance surgeon
skidmore arrived he pronounced the
man dead.
Long, with his wife and three chill
dren, had moved down from BROOKLYN
to take UP their residence in Great
Kills Saturday morning. He was
struck by train No. "a that left st
George for TottenviIle at s:2s in
charge of Engineer Philip can OF
Rosebank, and Conductor Chester
Butler. of T~ottenville.
Engineer Meany said when he first
saw the man his head way lying close
70 the track. He sounded his whistle
and applied his brakes. but witnout
avail, The locomotive struck the man
in the head and knocked him from the
track. The train was brought to q
stop and the crew went back TO where
the man lay.
How he came to be lying on the
track is a mystery to the family, be-
cause 1t Is said that he only left the
mousse II OCWCs 1NCA0O oAOhe
Before with his wife and brother.
Faey had gone out Amboy road while.
IL is said. he had gone to get cigar
cites in a place near the station. He
had probably walked along the rae
to get to his home. Whether he fell
and struck his head, rendering him
unconscious, is not known. Brakeman
Lfnwood Jacobie. OF Tottenville. was
left with the body and the train which
had been held up for some time came
on to Tottenville.
Assistant Medical Examiner George
Mord viewed the body and had II re-
moved to Oates morgue in Stapleton.
Mrs. Long was formerly Miss Ella Nc
Coy, OF $50 Brighton street, Raritan
Bay Park. The body will be brought
today to the home of her parents, Mr..
hnd Mrs. Patrick Mccoy, In Brighton
street. from where the funeral will be
held. The intcrment will be in st. Jo-
seph's cemetery. Rossville.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-08
SACRED CANTATA

Choh. of IS Voices with Orchestra and
Soloists Yesterday.
- GpeciaI Co~TresDorcsaE
TOTsTENVILLE. July s:-Soutn
Baptist Church was well filled last
hight when the sacred cantata. "Faitl
and Praise" was rendered by a choir
81 twenty-five voices under the direc-
lion Of Walter Z. Sharrot, director,
Assisted By an orchestra and several
soloists. Miss Gladys Journey was at
The organ and the soloists were Mrs.
r. Trachsel, soprano. of West New
Brighton; Mrs. r. Moller. contralto
Of Mariners Harbor; Jesse Slaight,
kenor, and Alfred Anderson. bass of
nottenville.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-08
LAWN SOCIAL
Ladies OF South Baptist Church Plan
for Event.
Ru H1ecfol CoTrespondsHfL

81 cpScfoJ CoTT0Spon0eRG.
TOTTENvILLE, July s:-The la
dies of the South Baptist Church will
hold a lawn social at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. N. J.. Lowe of Johnson ave-
rue, tomorrow night. There will be
singing and speaking during the
evening. Peaches. cake and Ice cream
will be for sale. Should the weather
prove stormy it will be held Thursday
night
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-08
MORE DRAFT ARRESTS
Men Who Had Failed TO File Ques-
tionnaire Taken
BIZ Special Correspondent,

TOTTENVILLE, July s:-Three
more arrests were made here Satur-
day night for a violation of the Sc
lective draft law when those caught
failed to file a QUESTIONABLE after
registering June 8, 1917. Those ar
rested were Clarence Sewell, twenty
seven years old, colored laborer, of
Greenridge; Thomas Hatcher, TWEEN
ty-four years old, colored laborer, of
woodrow. and Albert Frey, thirty
years old, laborer, white, of Wood
row. The latter two reside at the
Armour house in Woodrow and work.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-08

Armour and Company
Cudahy Packing Co.
Morris & Company
Swift & Company
Wilson & Company
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-08
RAISE SERVICE FLAG
Patriotic Event at Great Kills Yacht
CHub Saturday Afternoon
R8 SpecfoI C0Trespoadeae.

TOTTENvILLE. July ga patri-
otto service held on the lawn of the
Great Kills Yacht Club Saturday af-
kernoon attracted a large crowd of
people from Great Kills and vicinity
who Joined in the exercises with the
FachtBmen. Just before the cere-
monies began a service flag contain
Ing ten stars was raised in honor OF
The clubs members in the service of
khe government
The "Star Spangled Banner" was
Sung and heads barred as the flag was
raised by Horace Stoneham. the COM
modore, who afterward made an ad-
dress. recalling the names OF those
represented on the flag.
There was dancing at the club
house during the afternoon and even
ing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-08

The Federal Trade Commission in its recent report on war
profits, stated that the five large meat packers have been
profteering and that they have a monopoly ofthe market.
These conclusions. if fair and just. are matters of serious
concern not only to those engaged in the meat packing
business bur to every other citizen of our country.
The figures given on profits are misleading and the
statement that the packers have a monopoly is unsup-
ported by the facts.
The packers mentioned in the report stand ready to prove
their profits reasonable and necessary.
The meat business is one of the largest American indust-
ries. Any citizen who would familiarize himself with its
details must be prepared for large totals.
The report states that the aggregate profits of four large
packers were $14O. 100000 for the three war years.
This sum is compared with SIS, 100000 as the average
annual profit for the three years before the war, making
it appear that the war profit was $121 100000 greater
than the pre-war profit.
This compares a three-year profit with a one year profit
"a manifestly unfair method of comparison. 1t is not
only misleading. but the Federal Trade Commission appar-
emily has made a mistake in the figures themselves.
The aggregate three-year profit of $14O,O0O.OO was
earned on sales of over four and a half billion dollars. 1t
means about three cents on each dollar OF sales-or a
mere fraction of a cent per pound of product.
Packers profits are a negligible factor in prices of live
stock and meats. No other large business is conducted
upon such small margins of profit.
Furthernore-and this is very important-only a small
portion of this profit has been paid in dividends. The
balance has been put back into the business. 1t had to
be. as you realize when you consider the problems the
packers have had to solve-and solve quickly--during
these war years.
To conduct this business in war times. with higher costs
and the necessity of paying two or three times the former
prices for live stock. has required the use OF two or three
times the ordinary amount Of working capital. The
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-08

4taNAAA2A6a
stll enjoying the applause OF all
America as the natural result Of her
Joan OF Plattsburg," Mabel Normand
greets her admirers from the pinnacle
of screen comedy-drama in her latest
Goldwyn production, The Venus
Model" which comes to the Ditmas
tomorrow and the City wednesday.
The sprightly star has no equal as
a comedienne, and 1t IL In a role writ
ten expressly by H. r. Durant for the
display of her unique gifts that Mabel
Normand promises to please her au-
diences when she discloses herself as
The Venus Model"-the romance OF
a perfect At, the story of a girl who
found q fortune In q bathing suit
The play Is a skilful blend of
everything the public wants Miss Nor
mand to give. Not a star on the
screen can handle an amusing situa-
ton as she ran, nor can any artistic
express so much by q flashing look
through upcurled lashes. Few femi-
nine luminaries wear beautiful clothes
as Mabel Normand wears them, mol
are many actresses held in he affec-
tionate esteem enjoyed by the clever
GoIdwyn star. In The Venus Model
everything in which Mabel Normand
excels she does. More than this, she
is given the opportunity to fascinate
anew IN an extraordinary patiiihs
dress around which h most anus
ing moments of the play cluster
Chuckles, laughter, mystery, suspense
and surprise are all cleverly woven
into this quick-action play.
Strand.
Julian Eltinge, Americas popular
feminine impersonator, who has tenn
porarily deserted h stage for the
screen, will appear at the Strand
theatre In his newest Paramount pic
ture. The Widows Might"
This is a comedy drama, written
especially for Julian Eltinge by clever
Marion Fairfax. and allows the noted
a-ctor-actress to display his-her powers
of mimicry to the best advantage.
The director. William G. de Mile
chose beautiful Pasadena as the scene
of the outdoor bits and some or the
views are exceptionally beautiful. The
story was mostly supposed to hap
pen at "Coronalta," a fashionable Cal
ifornia resort, and Pasadena furnishes
the the beautiful hotels and
smartly gowned guests so necessary
for the correct Atmosphere"
Dick lavish decides to be a rancher,
aud the TACT that he is the rankest
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-08

New York ~tenderfoots that ever set
foot In a prairie, does not deter him
In the least Dick Is no other than
Julian Eltinge, the famous feminine
impersonator, and the way he wins
out on the ranch proposition, OF
course, through the disguise Of a
woman makes an extremely enjoyable
picture which win be shown at the
Strand Theatre. This was written for
him by Marion Fairfax and directed
by William c. de Mile
CITY
As q combination of comedy and
m~elodramatic thriller, "The Girl He
Couldn't Buy" the opening attraction
of the Jack X. Lewis players at the
CITY theatre next Monday, Is some
thing quite out of the ordinary. 1t
has all the fun OF the comedy and all
the excitement OF the thriller.
There is a detective in the play,
but he isn't the conventional detec-
tive. nor the conventional detective
story-not by any It is some
thing more than that. 1t is a dra-
imatic narrative throbbing with hear
Interest and fairly irridescent with
the sparkle of wit and humor. Hope
Nelson, a charming young girl, who
has been brought up in luxury, finds
herself suddenly thrown upon her
own resources. Then the unscrupu-
lous partner of her deceased father
tries to get her into his power. going
so far as to persuade her employer to
discharge her and leave her fnan-
cially helpless.
This scheme of v~illainy Is frustrat-
ed and ultimately turned to the utter
discontinue of the villain by the un-
expected appearance of a protector
In the person Of a young man who
adopted the occupation OF burglar
after serving a prison term for a
crime he did not commit. The girl,
In turn, saves him and brings him
back to his better self. after they
have fallen IN love with each other
and dared much to bring happiness
out OF misery, and to force restitution
from an memorable enemy at the
very moment when he believed he
had them at his mercy.
Every one of the characters is
cleverly drawn and interesting.
ROYAL
Enslaved by her charms, intoxicated
by her beauty and blinded by his own
selfishness, Robert Lathrop had
wrecked his business to satisfy every
within of beautiful Lola Monroe. He
was fast running his own life and
jeopardizlng that of his sweet littlo
wife, Mary. who calmly awaited him
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-08

Throw Out Your Chest
It gives you self-respect aid cour
age.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-04-23

CTS of that group, there was no telling what might happen. Ills interests might become permanently identified with Granville.
 Bill informed her from time to time as to the progress of his venture. The company was duly incorporated, with an authorized capital of one hundred thousand dollars, five thousand dollars worth of stock being taken out by each on a cash basis-the remaining sev- enty-five thousand lying in the con- pany treasury, to be held or sold for development purposes as the five saw lit when work began to show what the claims were capable of producing.
 In early March came telegram from Whitey Lewis saying that he had staked the claims, both placer and lode; that he was bound out by the Telegraph Trail to file at Hazelton. Bill showed her the message-wired from Station Six.
 Il wish l could have been in on It. that was some trip he said-and there was trace of discontent in his tone. q don't fancy somebody else paving my chestnuts out of the coals for me. It was sure a mans job to cross the Klappan in the dead of win ter"
 The filing completed, there was ann pie work in the way of getting out and whipsawing timber to keep the five men busy till spring-the five who were on the ground. Lewis sent word that thirty feet of snow lay in the gold-bearing branch. And that was the last they heard from him. He was a performer. Bill said. not cor respondent.
 So in Granville the affairs of the Free Gold Mining company remained at standstill until the spring floods should peel off the winter blanket Of the North.
 Ultimately, spring overspread tho eastern provinces. And when the snows of winter successively gave way to muddy streets and then to clean pavements in the city of Granville. new gilt sign was lettered across the windows of the brokerage office In which Paul Lorimer was housed.
 FREE COLD MINING COMPANY P. H. Lorimer. P. J. L. Brooks. Sec.-Treas'
 William Wagstaff. Manager.
 So 1t ran. Bill was commissioned in the army of business at last.