The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-01-30

appropriation Dill aIOT lS1i. IL Was d
$4,000 appropriation. for the bureau
of markets, which was to publish GER
tain information on sales Of cattle,
which would be furnished by the pack
ers and would help the game of the
packers. The bureau was not unfriend-
" to the packers, and it had absolute
1y no power to conduct real investi-
cation. 4.
"a congressman told me-" said
Heney, "that when this rider was
voted into that appropriation bill,
Mann and Congressman Carlin hugged
each other as they stood in front Of
the speakers desk.
+ False Profit Reports
How the packers have lied about
their dividends and profits was an
other point that interested the COM
mittee. Heney showed that Swift &
Co., recently declared they had made
profit of $21,OOO,O00 in 1913, but as
a matter of fact they had also made
$11, 100000 additional which was set
aside for profits taxes, plus stock
dividend of $25,OOO,OO0 and had sep
arated from them during the year the
American business Of Swift Interna-
tional and the Swift-owned business
of Libby, Mcneil & Libby. They made
100000 profit on a capitalization
of $115, 100000! . ....
But that was not all the Swift stock
holders profited. Their stock was
worth $4,000, 900 more in 1918 than
in 1917-counting the market value
of the Swift, Swift International and
Libby Mcneil & Libby concerns.
ri see no remedy for this whole
situation" Heney summed up, with his
fist hitting the table sharply, Except
government ownership and operation
of the refrigerator cars, the icing
plants, the stock cars, the stockyards,
the branch houses and the cold stor-
Eage houses.
Licensing will be Of no more avail
than the bite of misquito on the
hide Of rhinoceros."
In the meantime, the packers, with
the aid of their soup-bone press, are
securing new kind of whitewash.
Some Of their representatives are ap-
pearing before the senate committee
and their congressional friends are
asking leading questions to draw out
their supposed virtues. The big press
is reporting full accounts Of what
these representatives say and at the
same time is killing the testimony of
much different kind offered by At
torney Heney and other representa-
tives of the trade commission and the
people.
How shocked, for instance, the con-
gressional friends of the packers were
when Armour told them the packers
were not called before the investia-
ing board of the federal trade COM
mission! The surprise and indigna-
tion is for public consumption, for
they we'll know that the packers were
not called because they refused to
come unless they were granted i'm
munity from prosecution for any
crimes that might be confessed.
WAR ON ILLTTERACY
Congressman Baer of North Dako-
ia has introduced bill to create a
department of education and human
welfare. The bill provides for COM
bination of all the educational ac-
tfvities of the government and the
elimination of duplication in such work
as is now carried on. It proposes a
close cooperation between the feder-
al and state governments to eliminate
illiteracy, equalize educational oppor-
tunities, and promote steady employ
ment. It proposes real industrial
workshops where trades would be
taught by combining work and study.
The discovery Of over 100000 Hit
crate men Of draft age in the United
States has been enough Of a shock to
the public to greatly increase interest
in education. Many prominent educa-
tors have already announced their
support Of the League congressman
bill and volunteered assistance.
PEACE CONFERENCE ON RUSSIA
The first important decision Of the
peace conference appears to be an un-
GXOGCC0O St1llu OlA tAAC As$Ao5ASsAA No.
ton. According to reports, the con-
ference, after three-day discussion,
adopted 4 statement Of position by
President Wilson, including the fol-
lowing principles: ..
.sThey 1.-THE allied governmental re-
gard the Russian people as their
friends, not their enemies, and are
willing to help them in any way they
are willing to be helped. &.
q "They recognize the absolute right
.of the Russian people 70 direct their
own affairs without dictation Or direc-'
ton of any kind from outside. They
1do not wish 10 exploite q make use e q of
Russia il any way.
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