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New Britain herald., 1919-12-04

total investme ent for one year under the rules Of the Food Administration Of 5.s per cont or considera blN less than the ma ximum allowed by those rules.
 On, the gross sales of $2.434, l3,- 43o the profit of $40. ,935 repre- s-nts a percentage Of only Is per cent
 "Controlled' products included edible commodities, and the bulk Of the packing business The Admin istra tion's report covered returns from all subsidiaries. Figures which have been subject to audit hy the Federal Trade Commis- sion prove that the packers profits per podnd of product sold is only a fraction of a cent. This includes rev enue from all products and all sourc- es whatsoever. There are no hidden profits.
 A misconception on this point may be natural since it is hard to visual ize how a big total profit may be made upon a negligible margin. For the year 1918 the five large packers handled over 912 billion pounds of meat products @, ,0O0,- O0op Had the profit on this volume been only l cent per pound it would have totaled S95,O00, 0,0U0. The Unit ed Sta tes Food Admin istration reports the actual profit to have been $4O,- 594, ,935, or less than F cent per pound product, Cncludins bN-pro- ducts).
 This is one way of indicating the servics which American packing firms render to the public. If the profit were eliminated there would be no material difference in prices to he consumer.
 In concluding its editorial the Herald says. The public may not be an impartial tribunal, we very much fear hat it is not in this instance, but it is the one before which he case will be fought just the same, providing the people are given an op- poftunity'
 If the people are given an Oppor- tunity Of seeing all thA facts. he packers have no douh' as 70 the yer dict. We are exceedingly anxious to meet all questions squareIy and to ob- tain an accurate understanding of what the packing industry stands for and what il accom- pIishes in the pub lie interest.
 Very truly yours,
 BUREAU OF
 PUBLIC RELATIONS.
 w. ". Woods
 Associate Director.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04
COMMUNICATED
Packers Take Exception to Herald Editorial and Attempt Refutation

Institute of. American Meat. Pa ackers.
 - West Monroe St.; Chicago.
 Nove m Der 29th 1els To the Editor. New Britain Herald,
 New Britain Conn.
 Dear Sir:-An editorial printed by the Herald on October 17th, under the heading, The Packers,' has just come to our attention. Several sta te- ments which occur in this discussion seem to Us misleading and in the In- terest Of fairness to the packing in dustry we should like to explain what the acts really are.
 The Herald says, Tn addition to a practical monopoly on poultry and dressed meat Is the packers are so ex- tending then work that almost every conceivable article in the grocery line will eventually be controlled by hem"
 This assertion, paraphrased from a report of the Federal Trade Commis- sion, has no basis in fact. The i've larger pa ackers, adding together. all their business. do not handle more than 40 per cent. of the country $ total meat business. They do not handle more than 10.2 per cent. Of the poultry entering trade channels.
 Furthermore. packers do not con- 1rol any product. nor are they slead- lily encroaching upon lie grocery line as the Trade Con mission sug- Sests +-~
 The Trade Commission lists everr- thing handled by any one of the five larger packing concerns as being handled bt the Big Five" Since there is no Big Five" nor any com
  gives an inaccurate and misleadi ing grossly unfair 10 the meat packin g. industry.
 Some packing houses handle el.o- cerN products of one sort or another Some handle no groceries. In every case. however, where com moditjes have been added in 8 packing busi- ness, the reason has been that econ omies could be effected, and savings made which in every case hay. be come available to the consunier
 If the packers handled onLN meats they would be unable 10 na d ifslain the effectiveness Of their distribution and selling systems, which resuIt in re- duced expenses and lower; tIices to consumers. By handling ttxer pro- ducts which utilize raw rnAtA14Is and facilities available, the hacksxs lower the unit costs ef handling and Benefit producer ana consumer.
 rhe Herald expresses the opinion that packers, althoush their nrofit IS ostensioly small. have bean derivin 8 ,hidde ret urns from subsid any bus inesses. This is not the fact
 The United Sta,ek Food Adminis- lration. in it's report for the year 1918. says: ''Fhe profits on the controlled products Of the packers subject to this control during the first wear of such regulation from. November l. 1917, to November ], 1918 as shown 'hy audited accounts were S4o.5s4,935 on a! il.yestmept srarass. fer tn. year of *rlif fsT,204, a net~erost on' eh Q
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04
.AIE& AND EMMA.

Alexander Bertman, sometimes or Chicago, and Emma Goldman. or anywheie, in company with a number of their friends and co-workers in the noble cause of anArchism, for which they tried to stand in the l'niteh States. will be on Ellis island tomor- row waiting for vessel 10 take them back to Soviet Russia. In the mean time, Harry Weinberger, whom the two have employed as counsel has been denied his application that he be allowed to retain custody of them until he brings ha beas corpus pro ceedings in the United States District Courts.
 So far. so good. But the lawyer defending the two Red leaders main t;tins he has received aut thoritativo Information from government officials that Alexander and Emma and thpil, following cannot be legally deported to- Soviet Russia until the United Sta fes off iaIIY recognizes that gov ernment as such. A shortage of ships is said 10 he holding up the proceed- ines furt her, and it seems fairly cer- tain that Emma and her dear Alex and their beWhiskered and unWashed friends will remain on Ellis Isani for some time, conducting their own little communist affairs to their hearts content and eating a Christ mas dinner of turkey. mincc pie anI cranberry sauce furnished by q kind and forgiving Uncle sam.
 In the matter of deportation Of
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04
The Lake Michigan Meteor.
Waterbury Republican,

Waterbury RepublCHn)
 It ia pity that the huge meteor that fe,l into the southern end of Lake Michigan Wednesday night should have elected to cool it's fierce flame in the waters of the lake "a th- CT thah in the less oblitsrating Michi- gan sel. Whenever one of these wanaoDAvs Sf space is able to reach the surtact of our earth before it is burnt cut it is certain of a welcome. There is room for many more of them in our m useunls for interest in them never grows less and compara- lively few communities own one. The one that fell in Lake Michiaan seems to have been Of unusual size. also Detroit reports thaS it was "of lre- mendous size and when it plunged into the lake it caused earth tre- mors in many cities in Southern Michigan. Indiana and Illinois. and a deep, prolonged rumblne thai was .Jieard far South Bend and La sfae rte, F. Aians.-
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04
From q report by the United State Bureau or Fisheries:

From q report by the United States Bureau or Fisheries:
 "The Bureau of Fisheries of the Department of Commerce in 19iS taught Pacific Coast house wives how to cook albacore, barracuda, boccar- cio, bonito, carp, catfish, founders hake, halibut. kingfish, ling. col. chub, macllerel horse mackerel. erANtish, perch, rocktshes. sabIetish sand dab, sardines. shad, skates shipja elk. smelt, souptin shark, sole sturgeon, NelIoWtaiI and heads, milts and flyers of salmon; also sQuid octopus and Whale.'
 Good work. and if the Bureau has been teaching the "househusba nds' of inc Western coast how to catch a few of these, everything should De lovely in California. But it sounds tiShN.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04
TIE FIVE, BILLIONS.

As might be expected the budget. R1S submitted by the Secretary of the SrreasurN. making estimates for the #omlnS year and which calls for the Asum of five billions, is raising in- Rlisnant protests on the part of the AR publicans of the House and Sen bate, Well they might complain. we Ado likewise. At first blush it seflnS No be d stupendous sum even for q Scountry the size of ours. We do not Adoubt but Treasurer Glass himself #accd the final addition Of the differ Sent demands with a sinking heart. Nwatoh word. so the Republicans say. HRnd estimates are to be deeply pared. Eli is well that they be pared, but not Stripped to the bone. There are 6nany things that we need. ther" IS much added expense in maintaining # bur Army and Navy, for instance, that Snay not be cut down.
 A Strict economy in government eN- @penditures will please the people of
 < he United States beyond measure, Whichever party practices il success M'uIiv. There is difference between Economy and deliberate destruction of he several departments through the Withholding of funds. It may not Become immediately apparent that @ .erta in parts of our civil or war ma S,htne has deteri0rated through neglect. @put it will, eventually. SuppOsing hat the developm ent of the aerial M Mlepartm ents of the Army and N"vN Nshould be entirely without recogni- @ ion through lack of funds, such has M4lready been threa tened and that war Nrhereupon we would miss our flyers,
 @to the great dctrment of operations Msnd much unnecessary loss of life in RI the infantry There are immune erable Mnstances wherein the lack of funds #Would convert the money that has MlIready been placed in the depart Mncnt into an absolute loss. This Hshould not be allowed to come about. While the House and senate are < bra acticing economy it might be well #to consider the great ''oNerhead" eX- Spensc that we have in running the same establishments. II costs much @real money to keep the two branche eS of the government in operation. and Nthere is much valuable time wasted Nby individuals in both gatherings in Mfmmaterial discussion, in unbusinesS- like interiection of irrelevant matter into debate. in playing politics at the Mrxpense of the people.
 Ase gentlemen of Congress, econ NpD ize-'tis what we wish, but look @Aoug and carefully to your methods Mpf economy. Eliminate the pork bar @ rel which is lia ble to he heavily load
 N ad with good things in the period ot
 N Reconstruction. and consider carefully RI your countrys real needs, With the
 methods of accomplishing them. If AH for every penny spent, the people zs reaHze q penny, there will be no dis
 @ sexrsion, no disa ereement with NouI spending. Take care that there is [ S Aie4d for your expenditures.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04

1 be some inquiry regarding eld~rber- ries. Manchester Union. Uncle sam may give more atten- ton to the Armenian appeal for a mandate after he has discharged his mandatory duties in connection with the coal, steel and railroad indus 1ries-kansas City Star. We see by the papers, 1hat there ] may be danger of strainins the rela- 1 tionS between Mexico and the United ! States. All that remains is to make 1t 1 clear that this is purely and eNcIu- sively in d PicIlWicIlian sense. Man 1 chester Union.
 And now the school children of 1 Highland Park hay" eon" on strike. 1 It's beginning to look as if the whole 1 world eedcd good old Fashioned ! panling.-- Detroit News. The great former German liner InI- perator, after all. will be handed over 10 John Bull. Might have guessed it. ] Besides, We have always said we did l not want anything out of this war 1 and we are getting it.-CIoNersville Q ! Ieader-Republican
 A few more boosts to prices will 1 knock "L' out of the II. C. of l.. In l other words, there won't be any living 1 with these, high costs.-Watch on the 1 Rhine.
 The coal conservation order, clos l ing stores and office buildings thea ters and assemblages. again reminds l that peace has it's defeats no less re- nowned than war.-kansas City Times.
 A Chicago banker says shiny clothes prove a mans patriotism these : days. If that be true, much Ameri- canism in these parts is unsulIied.-- Detroit News.
 { There are some people in the coun-
 try who are saNins they are not going i to vote for candidates who look for 1 ward but walk ard.-KnoxviIle ] Journal and Tribune
 It must be great to be d miner
 able to laN off four weeks at a time and not give 'darn.-Manchest CT 1 Union.
 ! Some difference between an asv- | lum for honest political refugees and ! d Sana tOrium for recuperating ana r.
 chists.-Wall Street Journal
 Our idea of a. happy life would be to live beyond our income and not
 have anything happen.--phio State Journal
 Almost any married woman can
 tell you that there is some mule
 blood in her husbands amily-Cin- 1 cinnati Enquirer
 "'The Injunction Dates Back to Old 1 Roman l.aw.' says headline. It
 was also about that time when it last
 worked to much. public advanta ge.--- 1 Kansas City Star.
 In some homes the dom estic gin 1 mill threatens to become the substi- tute for the sewing PhiIa.- delphia Public Ledger. Between news from the Mexica n
 capital and news from Petroerad by
 way of Helsingfors there is a remark =
 able family resemblance.-.sp field j Republican, >.. x, ll =. How the presid en ffa fasp5iran,s feel
 concerning the tall>.'ahout GOV. Cool
 idge may be inferred from the po- 1 lteness with which their friends are
 now proposing him for vice president.
 --Spring gfleld Republican.
 Comparisons are odious. but the
 struggle in Washington irresistibly
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04
FACTS AND RANCHES

We don't hear any more talk about the possible candidates for the presi- doncy of the league: of nations. - WatartOWn Times.
 There doesn't seem to be any gas shortage in the land as Net.-New London Day.
 Wonder why it is so many persons are asking about the comparative cf- fleets of hard and mild ~Winters on
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04
TtIE; SCHOOL EXHIBIT.

Show your interest in your child
 and his welfare and, incid"ntallN in' vour neighbours child and his welfare by visiting the exhibit which opens tomorrow al the EIihu Burritt school. | You. time will be we'll spent The
 New Britain teachers, assisted bv
 their pupils, have spent many days and d good bit of energy in prepa ring
 for your benefit an illustrated resume
 of their work in the past. what they are doing now and what. with your aid and cooperation, they intend ;o
 do in the future.
 The program says there will be an exhibit, with some form of entcrta in-
 ment to explain fully each sort Of school work represented. The in,- portant duty of caring for the less fortunate little children of the com m,lnity-thoSe 'undernourished and' umdeveloped pupils who require extra supervision and tutcIasc-Will be i'-" frustrated by the exhibit prepared by the Opcn-A Air school. \ closely allied fca ture of this open-air school Work-- the domestic science department--
 also will be fully explained aud illus trated, as will the remaining depart mcn1s of the local school system.
 The exhibit and what il rcpresents
 and the good it accomplishes will br wasted and thrown away. however. ii you do not visit the t,lihu Bulritt school with the purpose of going there 10 learn, and, after learning. of giving the benefits of your thought l and cooperation to the teachers. So long as your little son or daughter does well at school and his or her name on the "honor roll" 1 you are satisfied with his work and l with the work of the teachers and the l school. But if you go down to the hali-paSt eight o'clock and listen tn some Of the problems presented there. you may think differently of tho schools and what the teachers are confronted with in helping Judge
 James T. Meskill to diminish the number of youthful laW-hrea l<ers brought into court for their first oHense.
 If a boy lacks the supervision tt 1 home that you are able, by your more fortunate position. to give your own 1 child. he is very apt to go wrong. 1 And if his first WayWard steps arc
 not corrected, he will grow up q
 menace to the community and it's future development.
 The local schools should provide
 the incentive for the boy to work and 1 study by making him interested. And { if d boy is interested. he will keep
 out of trouble. The school system is
 doing it's work, he teachers are doing
 theirs, and all they need is your help ! ful interest and cooperation. Show
 that you are willing to give it by Nis-
 iting the exhibit at the E,Iihu Rurritt
 School-if not for your own benefit i and the benefit of your own child, 1 then for the benefit of your neighhor's 1 child
 ] As the coal strike and the cold { weather continue. Mexico Q place to spend the winter presents it's !
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04
National Happcnips,s.

National Happenings.
 President Cleveland has recovered from his recent illness and is once more able to be about his duties at { he White House
 Annual report concerning national banks-oe institutions were organized during the wear with s5.6eo,sto cap ital-4l charters eNtended-7e banks passed out of the system.
 The annual report of the secretary of the treasury as submitted today to congress-It shows that revenues from all sources for the fiscal year !. ending June 30, 1914 were S372, ,s02,- A9S. The expenditures for the year were si42,b0a,75S leaving, a deficit of over $69,000,AO0.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04

the dandelion crop. There seems to be some inquiry regarding eid~rber- rieS. tOO.-MancheSte Union.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04
25 YEARS AGO
Derenl ber 3, l lS91.

(From The Herald of That Date)
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04

com panN. The contract covers all lines operated by the Consolidated com DanN
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04

As the coal strike and the cold weather continue, Mexico as a place to spend the winter presents it's advantages.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04

Comparisons are odious, but the struggle in Washington irresistiblN suggested the king against the com mons.-~-New. York, Telegraph.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04
TELEPHONE CALLS

itered at the Post once st New Britain
 as Second Class Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04

Uncle sam may give more at1en- ton to the Armenian appeal for mandate after he has discharged his mandatory duties in connection with the coal. steel and railroad indus llieS.-kanSaS City Star.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04

We see by the papers that there may be danger Of StraininS the rela- tionS between Mexico and the Unit cd States. All that remain is to make 1t clear that this is purely and eNcIu- sively in d PickWickian sense. Man chester I'niOn
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04

The coal conservation order, clos ing stores and office buildings. thea terS and assembageS again reminds that peace has it's defeats no less re nOWned than War.-kanSaS CitN Times.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04

=. How the nresiaeNNal fAspiran1S feel concerning the tall>'a bout Gov.. Cool idge may be inferred from the po- liteness with which their friends are now proposing him for vice president Springfield Republican.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04
Britain Herald.
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HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
 Proprietors.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04

In some homes the domestic gin mill threatens to become the SubSti- tute for the sewing machine e.-PhiIa- delphia Public Ledger.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04

Between news from the Mexica r capital and news from Petrograd b9 way of Hefsingfors there is a remark. able family resemblance.-..S Spring g ele Republican.' ~>. x X <. .<s
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04

A Chicago banker says shiny clothes prove a mans patriotism these days. If that be true. much Aneri caniSm in these parts is unSullied.-- Detroit News
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04

It must be great to be d miner. able to laN off four weeks at a time and not give a 'darn.-ManchcSte CT Union.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04

There are some people in the coun- try who are saying they are not eoin2 to vote for candidates who look for ward but walk ba ok ckWard.-KnOXville He Journal and Tribune.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04

A few more boosts to prices will knock "L' out of the H. C. of l.. In other words. there won't be any living with these, high costs.-Watch on the Rhine.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04

he only profitable advertising medium In the city Circulation books and press room always open to Advert1sers
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04

And now the school children of Highland Park have gone on strike. II x beginning to look as if the whole world eedcd q good old fla hioned spank ing Detroit News.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04

''The Iniunction Dates Back to ole Roman Law. says headline. II was also about that time when it Ia Is, worked to much, public adNanta ge.-- Kansas City Star.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04

some difference between an aSy- lum for honest political refugees and d Sana tOrium for recuperating ana r. chiStS.-Wall Street Journal
New Britain herald., 1919-12-04

Our idea of a, happy life would b to live beyond our income and no have anything happcn.--phio Stat Journal
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-12-03

1
Church win hnld an aIl-d.r roonfino ~
tho nartrrs of Tho rb,Irlb nn,, !srt5ja,.
Thev win moe. - ia :, rn m ea, s.,
NOM a pic,,ic- lrnchanu viii ba ea--vo}
in the afternoon the annual marf.n
of the Wpmau's Missionary Safiat.
will he held at $50 O'clock.
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The menhar4 nj the Ladies' Anvil.
iarv of thn - u held thair animal
huginess meeting and election Of of.
dcaps last EVENING in tha Knights of
ro,un,bus nan large nnmhar Of
,nnr,hars of mo .nra.,oilatinu uara in
attendance Tho rauorts of tho Of
arare u..rn pivan ,ftar which the fol.
having officers were elected
president Mrs William }tniboIland
Vice President AIRS Richard Dunn
pecn,dins Sacratarv MIS- u Nj
t4eIapan
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-12-03
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TIE Chicago Evening Post on Mos
day evening contained the following
announcement Of an engagement OF
much interest to Ottawa people,
MIR. and Mrs, Paul Blatchtord $50
North EucIid avenue Oak Park an
nounce the engagement or their
daughter Miss Dorothy Lord Blatch.
ford, &c r.. nosweH T. Petit OF OF
tawa, H.
Mis- E.atchford is very charm.
ing youH. lady. ohe visited here q
few weeks ago and made a wide cir,
Gle OF acqualntances. She is the see
rotary CT the Illinois Society for Pre-.
yention eli Blindness. member OF
the womans board Of the presbyte-
ian Hospital in Chicago and a trus-
tee OF Gods I'm Social Settlement.
Or. Petit Is the Youngest son e.
Dl. and MRS j W. Petit OF this
city. He served during the war II
the medical corps, entering the serN,
ice Us Il lieutenant and receiving d
promotion to captaincy. He i one
OF the most prominent young physt
clans in the city and is making u
mark in the medical world by his
AliSIitNtE WI Is. liz ID lut = iIAt.t
States pH..ic health physician and
surgeon t. this district. looking after
disabled soldiers and sailors.
One huudiod and twenty-five people
attended the annual meeting of Mary
f. Chapter OF the Eastern Star last
evening at the Masonic Temple. The
annual report OF the secretary. Miss
May Weeks, and the treasurer. Mrs.
Vera Thomas, were given, after
which the election of officers was
held The following officers We're
elected for the ensuing year:
Worthy Matron, Miss Miriam Farms
worth
Worthy Patron, Fred Thomas
Associate Matron, Mrs. Barbara
Sawyer
Conductress. Mrs Darlene Mers.
Associate Conductress. Mrs Emma
Hathaway.
Secretary, Miss Mary c. Weeks.
Treasurer Mrs Vera Thomas.
Trustees, c NJ. Pool, r. c. Lucas
and j Fl Francis.
Mrs Thomas and Miss Weeks were
the only two officers who were re-
elected The other officers were all
pushed up one place. with the excep-
tion of Mrs Emma c. Hathaway, who
is the ontv new officer. The iustalla-
ton will ~ held some time after the
next regular meeting.
= !. X
Misses Nina Ogden and Alice Ste
phens entertained the members of the
G. I. club at a very pleasant party
last night at the formers home on
Second avenn1 Fourteen young Ia
dies were present. The evening was
spent in playing progressive "Bunco,"
and with music. The favors were
presented to Misses Mabel Pyle and
Dora Dolder At late hour delicious
refreshments We're served by the
hostesses.