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The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-07-24

THE FEDERAL TRADE RECENT REPORT ON WAR
PROFITS, FIVE LARGE MEAT PACKERS HAVE
BEEN PRoF1rEER1NG MONOPOLY OF THE
THESE CONCLUSIONS If JUST ARE MATTERS OF
SERIOUS CONCERN ENGAGED IN THE MEAT
PACKING BUSINESS EVERY OTHER CITIZEN OF OUR
COUNTRY
THE FIGURES GIVEN ON PROFITS MISLEADING AND THE
STATEMENT THAT HAVE MONOPOLY IS uNs1JP
THE FACTS.
THE PACKERS MENTIONED REPORT STAND READY TO
PROVE THEIR PROFITS REASONABLE NECESSARY "
THE MEAT BUSINESS IS LARGEST AMERICAN IN
DUsTRlEs ANY CITIZEN WHO HIMSELF WITH
ITS DETAILS MUST BE LARGE TOTALS
THE REPORT STATED PROFITS OF FOUR
LARGE PACKERS WERE $4,000, WAR YEARS.
THIS SUM $eooooooo AS THE AVERAGE AN
NUA PROFIT FOR THE THREE THE WAR; MAKING
IT APPEAR THAT THE WAR GREATER THAN
PROFIT $751;
This COMPARES TaREEYEAR PROFIT WITH
A MAN1FEsrLY OF COMPARISON IT IS NOT
ONLY MISLEADING BUT COMMISSION AppAR
EMILY HAS MADE A MISTAKE FIGURES THEMSELVES
PROFIT OF WAS EARNED
ON SALES OF OVER FOUR AND BILLION DOLLARS IT
MEANS ABOUT THREE CENTS DOLLAR OF sA1Es-oR
MERE FRACTION OF A CENT PER PRODUCT D."
STOCK AND LARGE BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED
UPON so SMALL PROFIT .tn2r~ 8
fORlHERMORE-AND THIS is MPORTATNT-ONLY SMALL,
PORTION OF THIS PAID IN DIVIDENDS THE
BALANCE HAS BEEN PUT THE BUSINESS II HAD TO
BE- AS YOU REALIZE CONSIDER THE PROBLEMS THE
PACKERS HAVE HAD TO soLVE-AN QU1CKLY@DuR1NG
THESE YEARS. .:i-@:
~ CONDUCT THIS BUSINESS IN HIGHER COSTS
AND THE NECESSITY OF PAYING TIMES THE FOR
MR PRICES FOR LIVE REQUIRED THE USE OF TWO
THREE TIMES THE ORDINARY AMOUNT OF WORKING cAPtAEn
THE ADDITIONAL PROFIT FAIR RETURN ON THIS
N~>>>' tIa;ra:%nr ST.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-07-24

|: There are always few people who
refuse to do what, the Government
asks. them: & But this should not be
AN excuse for the rest of us to do
likewise. !. IL, :. r'l
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-07-24
THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO THE
1 s2ABONE.@ NAMED DEFENDANT r.

Il .ABoWEs NAMED sDEFENDANTs: = 7.
You are hereby summoned and re-
Quired to answer the complaint OF the
plaintiff Vim IS the above Untitled action,
which, complaint is filed in the office Of
the Clerk OF, the District Court OF Cook
County, Minnesota,v and to serve, g copy
upon the subscribers at their OFFICES IN
the. Lyceum Building, City of Duluth,
State Of MINI ESQ I'd, ! within twenty days
after the service OF this Summons upon
you, exclusive OF the day OF such ser
vice, and. II you nfaitssto ANSWER the
said complaint within the time afore-
Said the plaintiff will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded therein; ,xy5E
~ Dated this LIST day Of July. 1913.
-, ARNOLD & ARNOLD,
Attorneys for Plaintiff,
421 Lyceum Building,
ITO ! Duluth, Minnesota.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-07-24
STATE OF MINNESOTA.
County OF Cook.
IN DISTRICT COURT
Eleventh Judicial District.

Northern Counties Land Com 1
pany. q MINNESOTA Corpora \
ton. !,
James LaBerget, Andrew st. :
Martin, Allen H. Ash,
Richardson Realty. Company,
Minnesota Corporation.
Charles johnson. Richard
] bowman, Noses Zimmerman,
T.. ,ss4s..:s sss=,st q. Defendants.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-07-24

Official County and v,llax. Paper.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-09
RED CROSS CANTEENS;
JUST WHAT THEY ARE
American Woman Tells NNidly Of Her Canteen- The
Gayest Brightest Little Room One Ever Saw
NEVER so PROUD OF ANYTHING IN HER LIFE

Just what Red Cross canteen is,
how 1t is outfitted, and the hundred
problems the American women have
to meet in feeding the French, Eng
lish and American soldiers is well
shown in this letter from an American
Red Cross worker:
We have really a wonderful place.
1t was given to US so rough and plain
and ugly. had q coat of plaster put
on the walls, painted a bright blue
wainscot three feet high with a STEM
Gil of flowers of red, white and blue
above, white walls and ceiling, doors
and windows outlined with light green,
and stencils of bright colors between
the windows of trumpets, and over
the five doors delicious little paintings
by Miss Kirkpatrick and Miss Beckett
of soldiers and canteeners in the most
cleVoS and attractive way.
Brightest Little Room.
At the end of the room we have two
girls, one American and one French,
holding French and American flags.
We have red and white oilcloth on the
tables, red glass carafes and red tur-
key window curtains, and always flow
ers on the counters. 1t Is the gayest,
brightest little room you ever saw.
However, 1t only holds about 120 men
seated ut the tables and it is to be
used as a recreation room and even
movies. Our big room is to have a
huge kitchen and seats for 1000 men
or over, and will open right on to the
platform. 1t is to be decorated by an
artist from the Beaux Art, as Miss
Beckett has gone and Miss Kirkpat-
rick is too busy.
1t will really be splendid big place
ana we can work In comfort instead
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-09

of being put in straits as we are now
In to feed so many men with only six
gas burners in a long row. We make
the coffee, soup, cocoa, and ragout or
sometimes regular Irish stew on our
stoves and the roasts are cooked for
us gratuitously at the bakers. All
food except coffee, meat, cocoa and
sugar Is cheap down here. 1t is the
garden district of France All the men
are so pleased and grateful and we
get such post cards and thanks. We
have stewed apples, stewed dates and
figs for deserts and tell you 1t keeps
us hopping to keep things going.
Sometimes we run out of meat and
then we fry eggs for them and they
love them. The dormitories are won
derful. 1 never was so proud of any
thing before. Two Hundred canvas
stretchers for beds. We never used
them before, but we can keep them
clean and put them outside IL there
Is any vermin.
Model Of Cleanliness.
We have q splendid fumigating plant
and an incinerator, and the place is
model of cleanliness. All the men
take off their wet and dirty boots. We
have good felt slippers for them, two
wooden blankets for each bed, two big
stoves and an orderly that wakes
them for their trains, good shower
baths and wash rooms and altogether,
when the big room is finished, it will
be model of everything it should be.
particularly as our last touch is bar
Der. Last year the men slept in the
road. We have adopted. the Auberge
sabots as the only sensible footwear
as the roads and our floors are always
wet.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-09

What is the attitude of the French
people toward the Americans? The
French are a very polite people, and,
no matter what their inmost thoughts
may be, they are not likely to express
an opinion to an American other than
complimentary. But the children of
all the world are guileless. They can
be depended upon to express in public
the private opinions of their parents.
The children of France are crazy about
Americans in uniform, so we guess
what their parents feel for us.
On one occasion was passing a pub
lie school with another Red Cross wo-
man physician in uniform and q
French visiting nurse. The school had
just been dismissed, and a group of
young boys came trooping out. In
stantly we were surrounded, and after
a seconds parley a young Mirabeau of
about twelve years, the spokesman of
the group, stepped forward, bowed
formally and delivered an address on
Lafayette and America, which was
punctuated by the applause of his ad-
miring compatriots. The American
Eaglet could not possibly have scream
ed louder in the United States on the
Fourth of July than it did on that back
street of a munition town in France.
Washington Not Mentioned.
There seems to be some difference
of opinion on the relative importance
Of certain historic characters connect
ed with the American Revolution.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-09
TOOYOUNC TOKEEP
GAS MASKS ON
The Myriad Things the Red Cross
Does, That Government
Can Not Do.

Many people say: why doesn't the
government do the work Of the Red
Cross?" There is no better reply to
this question than to cite some Of the
activities of the American Red Gross.
Last August the American Red Cross
issued an order for an automobile to
be given to q French hospital for chill
dren of Toul, near Nancy. A lot of
chintzes for the bedrooms were sent
down to brighten them up, lot of toys
for the children-French children
brought in from the war zone, too
young to keep on their gas masks. To-
day ten Red Cross automobiles are
hauling to Red Cross hospitals in
France French children whose parents,
held in slavery in Germany, are now
being dumped every day at Evian, on
the Franco-Swiss border.
Fancy our government doing that for
French children. Yet 1t must be done
if the French morale behind the lines
is to be kept up. These deeds of the
American Red Cross are just as much
part of our military policy in France
and Italy as though they were done un-
der articles of war.
Hired Knitters7 Mol
The government could, of course
hire knitters; 1t could, of course, issue
pensions for soldiers families in Amer
lea. 1t could buy ether and bandages
and hire nurses. But these things are
so small q part of the Red Cross work
that with them alone our cause would
fail. Every man or woman who out OF
his own heart here at home gives to
support the Red Cross in helping ouI
cause from an angle of attack that is
new in modern war. 1t is the angle OF
brotherhood. 1t siffens the courage
of civilians. 1t puts heart into our
soldier allies by the comforting knowl.
edge that their home affairs are going
well. And every dollar put into the
Red Cross makes not only for victory
in this war, but for everlasting peace
between the great nations now fighting
together in this war. England and
France have been our benefciariea not
merely with the blood of our soldiers.
But England and France and Italy
have seen how freely and how well we
spend our love of humanity upon their
people at home, how truly and effec-
lively we are friends in need, brothers
in democracy. That is the Red Gross
job-to make enduring the peace gain
ed by our guns.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-09
SOME STRINGS ON
RED CROSS GIFTS
Eighteen Dollars Given for Relief
of the Chinese in
France.
One of the least known phases of

One of the least known phases of
the Red Cross is the accounting.
In a talk recently given at Red
Cross luncheon by the Deputy Comp
troller, a most interesting phase of
this branch oe Red Cross work was
brought out in the story of the re-
stricted gifts.
The fact that Q person makes a re-
stricted gift to the great Red Cross In
dicates that that person is particularly
anxious to know that his or her money
reaches definite piece Of work in this
war relief.
Every penny that comes into the Red
Cross has to be balanced on an edge
to see into just which Of the more
than five hundred accounts 1t shall
drop. When that penny comes in 1t
must be spent In just the way the
donor wishes.
On the very day the CN0ptroller
spoke, there had come In a restricted
gift from a little Sunday school in
small California town-$18 to be spent
for relief of Chinese In France-not
$18 to be spent for relief of Chinese,
which could have been easily arranged
with the general work now being car
ried on in the flooded districts in CHI
ma. Not that, but $18, given possibly
In little penny and five-cent contribu-
tions by Sunday school children who
had learned somewhere that there
were Chinese in France who needed
help. That money will be spent for
the relief of Chinese in France. The
restriction of the donors will be OBJ
served.
The same morning came SIS for re-
lief of Belgian soldiers In Paris-not
Belgian soldiers who might be in Os-
tend or Belgian prisoners in Brussels
or Germany, but SIS to go toward the
relief of Belgian soldiers in the city of
Paris-and this restriction will be OBJ
served and the SIS will find It's right
place.
You may get an idea Of the amount
of business conducted with the Red
Cross funds In this unofficial work of
Mercy when you learn that the clear
ance of the Red Cross for the month
of February was greater than the
clearance of the largest Washington
bank.
Can any one doubt the care in the
expenditures of the American peoples
millions when he learns that each
penny is carefully considered to see
where it must be charged, and that
every item Of receipt and expense is
carefully scanned, not only by compe-
tent officials Of high business standing,
but also by our own Governments
War Department.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-09
George Washington
Was Not Mentioned
Youthful French Orator Seemed to Think Lafayette Wa
Really the Father Of This Country.
By DIR. ESTHER LOVEJOY.

Lafayette is inseparately associated in
the mind of young France with the
United States and all 1t stands for.
George Washington wasn't mentioned.
According to the Juvenile French
version, Lafayette saved America.
This was the most glorious achieve
ment in the history of the world. Sin
gle handed and alone Lafayette sowed
the seeds of liberty in the United
States that has spread from the At
lantic to the Pacific and fired the souls
of hundred million people. When the
struggle with the Hanoverian monster
on the throne of England the Hohen.
zollerns and Hessians and Hlndenburg.
ers and all the H's representing He'll
on Earth in that day and generation
Lafayette crossed the ocean on a slow
sailing ship-so slow, so slow for SO
swift q soul-and saved America. And
now, after 40 years, the hosts OF
America, a million strong, are return.
ing that historic visit for the purpose
of repaying the debt of gratitude.
To say that the audience followed
the speaker would be undertaking the
case. They all seemed familiar with
the speech, and their applause fire.
quently anticipated it's climaxes. Good
feeling was rampant. We shook hands
with, all the youngsters within reach
and as we turned the corner we looked
back, and they gave us a final "Vive
rAmerique
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-09
YOUR HUNDRED
MILLION DOLLARS
WAR FUND COMMITTEE
TELLS HOW IT WAS
SPENT.
No Part of 1t, Says John D. Ryan
Went for Any Expenses of
the Organization.

John d. Ryan, vice chairman of the
War Council, recently discussed the
disbursements of the first $100, 100000
American Red Cross fund and spoke
Of the neceGzity for further funds.
He announced that the week sst apart
for the drive is Nay 20 to n.
"We have collected $105, ,0OO.0O
said Mr.. Ryan. "We have allowed
refunds to chapters-as you know,
chapters are entitled to retain 25 per
cent. of the collections covered by the
chapter. They have not in all cases
availed themselves of the % per cent,
but we have allowed $17,006,121 on
this account. We have appropriated
to date $77,721,91S and we have. avail
able for appropriation on March 1
$10371 PIT, with the addition of $3,-
100000 we know to be perfectly good
when called upon.
"The appropriations have been
made to the different countries as fol-
lows: France, $30,936, 103; Belgium,
$2,0S6,131; Italy, $35SS,S26; Russia,
81 PAS, ,S45; Rumania, $2,676,369; Ser
via, 1915, 5,1S0; Great Britain, $685.
$50, including $1,000,000 that was ap-
propriated by the War Council to the
British War Relief, and for other for
eign relief work, $685. 300.
"For relief work for prisoners we
have expended S343,304, and this
work is only beginning These appro-
priations have been made to care for
the prisoners that we feared might be
taken. We also spent for equipment
and expenses of Red Cross personnel
sent abroad $113,900; for army base
hospitals in the United States, $54,-
600; for navy base hospitals In the
United States, $4,000; for medical
and hospital work in the United
States, $531, 900; for sanitary service
in camps in this country, 100000; for
camp service in the United States,
S6,451, $50, and miscellaneous In the
United States, $1,118,74S. We have
funds restricted as to use by the
donors amounting to $2,520,409, and
we have as working capital for the
purchase Of supplies for resale to
chapters or for shipment to France
of $15,0O0000. We have working cash
advances for France and the United
States of $4,286,00O.
"People say we use 60 cents to
spend a dollar. The expenses of the
Red Cross today are well within the
amount of money provided by mem
bership fees. No part of the $105, 5,OOO,-
900 that we got is spent for carrying
on the work"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-09
Caleb bRogersDoes
ABit of Figgerin'
By JOSEPH c. LINCOLN
Of the Vlgilantes.

Caleb Rogers was seated at the little
desk behind the counter of his "Een
eral store" at Rogers Corners. His
check book was open before hiIzA and
he was tapping his front teeth will
the end of penholder and apparently
considering deeply. Daniel Griggs
who owns the big farm half mile Ut
the road, entered the store and stood
for moment regarding its proprietor
with an amused smile.
"Well, Caleb" he observed, 'you
look and act more like a Rockefeller
every day you live. l. presume likely
you're figgerin' whether you'll invest
this months income in more Standard
lie or use it to buy your wife another
diamond collar?"
Mr.. Rogers smiled also, but he was
serious enough q moment later.
"Dan," he said, 81 tell you what
was figgerin'. 1 was figgerin' whether
| hadn't better make the check l was
goin' to give the Red Cross folks a
hundred instead of fifty"
Griggs mouth opened in astonish
ment.
What About Jim Griggs7
"You give a hundred dollars to the
Red Cross, Caleb Rogers |" he demand
ed. "You! Are you crazy? You sar
tainly amt worth any more money
than am, and l was calculatin' to give
about ten-not more'n fifteen anyway
The Red Cross is a mighty fine thing
| know that well enough. But If you'll
tell me why folks no richer than you
and me should give"-
Caleb's foot, which had been resting
over one corner of the desk, came tC
the floor with a bang. He straighten
ed, leaned forward and shook his fore
finger earnestly at his visitor.
Tell you?" he repeated. "Yes, Dar
Griggs, will tell you. I'll tell you be
cause you've got boy, same as have
up here at the big camp, and 1t won
be many weeks, or even days, afort
they're both over on t'other side of the
big pond tightin' the most cussed
cruel, unscrupulous gang of thieve.
and murderers that ever rugged up il
uniforms and killed women and babies
for fun. oh, of course you know al
that, you'll say. You know your sor
has enlisted and is goin' to war, tC
battle, to run his chance along will
the rest of bein' killed or wounded ol
taken prisoner You know it, yes, in {
general way you do. Such things, tbs
woundin' and all that, happen to othel
boys every day. but It's amazin' how
slow fellers like you and me are to re
alize that they're just as likely TO hap
pen to that one boy we set so mucl
store by. It's what I've just been try
in to realize. Dan. I've been sittin
here thinkin' it out.
"Take my own boy-or take yours
TO fetch 1t right home-take your Jim
Jim left here and he went Off to CAM
to be trained. And IL was colder thar
the northeast corner of an ice chest VI
In that camp. and he no sooner landed
thar than he realized he hadn't got th'
heavy sweater he'd ought to have
His mother would have knit 1t, bu
'twould ve>taken time, and he'd hav,
pretty nigh froze waitin'. So the Ret
Cross gave 1t to him, along will
wristers and a comfort kit. On thl
way up to camp wherever that trool
train he was on stopped there wa
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-09
SAVIOURS
By ANGELA MORGAN

Yours is the daring skill to tread
The waters of world at war;
Yours is the miracle to shed
Where rocking seas of hatred are,
Courage and comfort, like a star.
You cry unto an earth dismayed,
And God is thrilling in your tone:
Brothers, the ship is not alone;
Be not afraidw
Ye are the Christs of this black hour,
The Great Physician come again,
Within your sacred hands the power
To heal the race of men.
Ye hold the hurt world to your breast;
Ye bind her bruised and broken soul;
The sick, the manned and the oppressed
Yours is the gift to make them whole.
And where the stricken miles unroll
Ye sound the resurrection morn;
Above the bier where Justice lies,
With visions of an age new born,
Ye bid the dead arise!
o World, that walkest now in tears
Where Truth again is crucified
After the thousand, thousand years
See yet that Christ is not denied!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-09

useful life alleviate hundred nights of pain you woul
grant him the money You would not feel that you ha
lost but gained
This is what the Red Cross says you Give of you
safe and substance and will sooth pain will gathe
up heroes who have been shot the earh and houS
them will nurse them back to life. For myself ask
recompense. My reward is my conscience My applause
restoring to his family
Hearing these words and feeling that they true
would you hesitate to open your purse whose contents
gathered in times of peace
The Red Cross appeals to you personally. To you
opens its mecfu heart and beg you for assistance Th
cutting down of luxury day would mean soothn
tenderness on the red fields of France
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-09

Red Cross women with hot coffee and
sandwiches, a-makin' him comfortable,
| doin' the little kind things you and his
MOTHS are just longin' to do this min
Cute.
When Christmas come who saw
that the bundles from home got to
him? Who gave I'm things-candy
and smokes and sueh-on its own ac-
count? The Red CFssA that's who
And when he had the lad cold and
fever who supplied the Auzse that I'd
more than anybody else to fight the
pneumonia off? The Red Cross, Dan
nobody else.
"And when he's on the ship goin'
across, when he's marchin' through
France on his way to them trenches
we read so much about, when at last
he's in those trenches-who's lookin'
outsfor him every minute of the time
Who's motherin' and fatherin' him,
same as you and your wife would give
all this wide world to be able to do?
Why, the Red Cross, just the Red Cross
"And when he goes over the top to
get his first real punch at the Kaiser's
gang of pirates, suppose he gets a bull
let through him somewheres. It can
just as likely be him or my Sam as
anybody else's boy, remember that.
He's lyin out there in No Mans Land,
and it's night and cold and wet, and
he's in pain, awful pain, and"-
Mr.. Griggs interrupted.
"For mercy sakes, don't, Caleb I" he
pleaded. 81 can't bear to think of It,"
"Then you ought to. Twill do you
good to think just little. For pretty
soon who comes crawlin' along through
the hell fire to him and gives him wa.
ter-and morphine, If he needs it-and
binds up his wounds and carries him
back to the place where the doctors
are? And whose doctors are they that
gives him the very best treatment
that's possible, and whose hospital
does he go to afterwards, and whose
doctors and nurses take such good
care of him there? Putin 1t all to
gether, who makes Jim Griggs a well
man again and makes 1t possible foI
| his father and mother and sisters tc
lay eyes on him once more? Nobody
on this earth hSt the Red Cross. And
God bless it, I say!
What Is Your Son Worth to Your
"And now you wonder why a man nc
richer than l am is givin' a hundred
dollars to society that's doin' all that
and a million times more for my boy
Look here, Dan Grlggs. How much is
your son worth to you? If you could
save his life by doln' 1t wouldn't you
sell the farm and the stock and your
house and the last shirt on your back
Wouldn't you give him the last cent
you had IL he needed it to save himself
from torture and death? Well, the
Red Cross Is doin' everything humans
can do to save him from those things
and it's warmin' him and comfortin
him and keepin' him well and happy
besides. And what It's doln' for hin
it's doin' for every one of the soldiers
in the fields or the trainin' camps, the
hospitals-even I'm the German pris
ons. And 1t needs money-and you
grudge givin' It"
Mr.. Griggs shook his head.
"No, DON'T" he said. 81 guess ]
can spare a hundred. too-for the
boys sake"