The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-07-12

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! ttrstatc slauGhl"rrr>. III" Big F'iv" pro-
| ductiun durrur ihts i,r'"d Ms ~ per
| cent If tina, total Production OF ia'd COM
! unuud and lard SuhSIltui" hN thrS"
| rrourS Th,. nyrrar" monthly holdings
! Of lard COMPOUND and lard substitutes
i Nv the lis; IIN" during 1916 Was ?l"
percent Il h"ldnss r. al 'mi M ,,,'n,,
/ llauphtrrrrS. az rutt"n~"cd oil soap
| Stock for thu season l9l6-l?l1, the HlE
! I'lvc produrrd 80 percent OF the total
! tor In" country, A., -,
| Olcumarrcr'uc rr"ducti"n Inr n ~" "
! tire United States from July l9l" 10
| June 1916 WIS al percent Ennlrm'icu
! hT armour. swift. Morris and Wilson IN
! t,.rcSiS: and al percent by III" pico
! I.-:,islaiiy" Pool. "mhrh' ing w
| th"S" packers. john r. JclN' 90" ANA "
In grains. the Armour Grain company.
Chicago. Of which j. Ogden Armour ""rH
/ I'll prrr,nt Of The stock ana nth'r H'Ii.
! hrrS If the NruIsur family *! P'rc'n''
dirrctIy or through it's subsidiaries OPP
| crates over 80 country gram cI'nttutH,
Its eight terminal elevators NJ n'.aS"
! and IT'S Iwo al Kansas lltH '"'ln,I,ut
| - percent of the total elevator 49,, n.rrc
| Is Of thus" cites. In 1917. it's sales ~clG
! Il A41 .Onu bushels or 80 percent ol az
| frtin receipts at Chicago. IN" worio
/ greatest market: and it's huSil'SS 40 10
! growin.; rapidly. In connection YIN tr,mo r
.
! Grain Company ncrChandiZcS lrrtlliHra'
! feed coal. fcuc" posts. wire l'hTails
builders hardware. binding twln'; lutI-
! Der, mill work, cement. Iln,c; or i."S''''
! brick, sand and gravel and ruGfhE;
| In tn, manufacture of brcaklaSt loouH'
/ and stock and chicken feeds. III" At
mour Grain Company says Inc r'p"t'. !"
! expanding cSrrrlrlIy in the Inc "l pr
i du,,inr retail brands. Within four years.
! II has undertaken the manutacI uET "
| Armour'S oats. has taken over INC ltu,
| falo Cereal Co. with ITS many pranG ~:
! of cereal foods and animal feeds. ana III
| 1917 took over tn" Napier laHc HltI"' VI
| Battle Creek. Mich.
Substitutes for Meats.
"Thc reason why tn" packers arc sock
] ing control of thu substitutes for meat
tho foods that compel" win
! are ohI iGus." says he report. II INC
prices of substitutes for meats are once
: brought under packer CONTROL the CON
| sumner will have it'll" to gam IN tuIhiuh
to them for relief from "NcrSSlN" ma a,
| prices" An Armour advertisement IN
the New York Daily Mail, December 81
1917. said in part.
The intelligent housCwifc has come
to realize that the Armour name IS syn
| onymouS with virtually every 1000 Sne
needs for her tahlC-rrncilcaIiy eEfra-
thing for every meal in the week. includ-
| ing the McatlcsS Day! Soups. 'hSh, N"E"-
tables. fruits. condiments. beverages
| sh" can obtain them all under the guar
uutCC Of the Armour name.
| In Poultry and Dairy Products
| Judged conScrVntlNcly by trade "s-
Inmates. the Big Five handle NJ lcast
half OF the poultry. eggs and cheese IN
tn" main channels "l lntcrSta'T CON- com
mcrcc" the report states. Most cstl-
mates place the total production IN
dressed poultry and eggs controlled by
the packers at 4 higher percentage.
"Iractically all estimates received
stated tn" packers handle IS To so per-
| ROM e MI cheese nTnllCpU IN w lSCOnSlTl
alone where 500 percent Of the cntir"
C9untryS cheese was made AT IN" llmc
of the last manufacturing CrpSuS IN ~ .:
All of the BlE Five are di# rihuturS OF
cheese and ali except Wilson K 60. OWL
and control large cheese companies
The Packers are also important FAC
tors in condensed milk. ana are rapidly
! increasing their proportion. Wisconsin
is covered by th'!T cr"am"ri"s, c"ndcn-
series and buying stations. and sim.
liar process Of concentration ana c"nlroi
is already evident in tho other principal
dairy states
Swift Il Go. is the largest single but
ter distributor i'll the United states
handling III 1918 approximately 5O,Op0.'
n0n pounds or nearly as much as the
combined sales IF the two largest non
packer ORGANIZATIONS: and tn" butter dc
! parIm"nt WAS pushing for IL p percent
InrrcaS" III 1918 over 1911. Swift 4 co
alone. for its own Cr"am"ri"S. collects
cream in Arkansas. California, Colorado
illinois, Indiana, Iowa. Kansas. Michigan
Minnesota. Missouri, Nebraska. New
Mexico. Ohio. Oklahoma. Texas, Wiscnn.
sin. and Wyoming. Companies owned
or controlled by il, such "a W. +. lrich'
X Co. Western Meat Company. Union
Meat Co. and Libby Mcneil " Libby
obtain milk and cream in still other
! states.
Armour e. Co. in 1915 handled in its
branch houses alone over 2hO0n.n0O
pounds Of butter. Most of its creamery
butter was manufactured by the Eau
Claire Creamery Co. Eau claire. Wis.,
which is controlled Ivy Armour: the Ken
tIrcly by Armour: Oukdalc Creamery
Oakdal". Calf. \. s. klninmonth Pro
ducc Co.. Winfield Kan. and III" Michi'
gan Ic" q cold Storage CO.. operated by
| Armour: and tn" Armour plant in ROCh'
ester Ind.
Norris & Co. operates II" cr"amcrics
but controls Sherman Whit" X Co.. Fort
| WAYNE, Ind and buys large Quantities
of butter manufactured Nv other CON
Germs: Cudahy owns IN" ID. T.. Wood But
ter Co., Evansville, Wis, ana thu sun
light lr"duC" Co, Sioux city. Wilson
K Co. owns no cr"am"rl"s but purchases
The Big Five tho report shows. sold
in 1916 through their branch houses
alone. nearly leo. 0nu 900 pounds of poul-
try, 80. 00U. 900 pounds Of butter. I5.00O,-
U0n pounds Of cheese and oyer $1,000,
600 dozen CSES.
In Canned Fruits, Vegetables, Etc.
"Frut and vegetable canning are re-
mote from Strengthening and meat pack
ing. but TN" biz packers. through their
branch house system of distribution. pos
ScsS special advantages in this field Of
! industry" the report says. "Th" Big
| F'lNr IS advantage rests not so much on
| their ownership of canning factories. al
though in som" branches their output
amounts In NOR" than 4 quarter OF III"
total for. the .uit"d States. aS upon their
rapidly growing control of the wholesale
distribution of canned goods. Armour
d Co. increased its canned goods from
about So. SOU nD in 1916 TO $l6.br0.0h IN
1917, Wh,r"aS the combined sales Of
these products at Austin Nichols 60. and
SpraEuC Warner X Co.. two Of the larR-
est independent whuh'SHl"rS amount ed
ITO only s"Inr $1,000. hUu IN 1917. Although
distribution is tn" point at which the
packers have acquired IN" greatest con
Ir"I. they ar" nevertheless entering tho
field Of manufactures.
Swift Il Co.. tn" report pointed out
through Libby. Nc NcIll n Libby. has be-
come a factor Of considerable import
anCc canning Tomatoes. beans, baked
beans. cabbage" spinach. asparagus
| b"'ts. pumpkins. Squash, Saucr kraut
pears. apples. cherries. grapes. berries
plums. prun"S and pin"appl's. Libby
Mcneil 4 Libby (Mainc) owns % per
cent of Libby, Mcneil ~ Libby U.td)