Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 9, 1918, Page 3

WOOL SUPPLIES Large; Price Regulation When Supply Gets Scarce Coming requirements of the army for wool look large. Besides cloth- ing for the soldiers in France and at home a reserve must be accumulated sufficient to take care of any emer- gency. There are large stocks of manu- factured clothing and cloth on hand adequate for essential civilian needs, Lut woolen suits will not be cheap or plentiful during the coming win- ter season. Wool stocks from abroad to supple- ment the domestic supply is restrict- ed by shipping conditions. The ship- ping board states the movement of Argentine wool will be heavier the coming year than in any preceding year. But a large portion of the raw wool stock in this country and stock to be produced or imported to Jan- uary, 1820, will be needed for mili- tary uses. The war service committee of the National Association of Woolen Manufacturers and the American As- sociation of Woolen and Worsted Manufacturers conferred with the war industries board and represen: tatives from the shipping board, war trade board, and army and navy over difficulties in the wool supply situa- tion. The policy of the war indus- tries board is to regulate prices and distribution when a scarcity arises due to government demands. POOL HALLS HI BY NEW RULING High License Expected to Reduce Number of “Loafing Places” in Casper Eight pool rooms are about the limit for Casper when the new or_ dinance, passed at the council meet- ing last night, goes into effect di- rectly, the ordinance having been made an emergency law. That they are a hanging-out place and a ren- dezvous for loafers and a breeding place for mischief was the opinion of the council and as the state gives the council Revs to regulate the pool and billiard rooms, this meas- ure of precaution was adopted. e first table will cost the owners $45, the second one $25, and $15 for each additional table, the rate being per annum. The number of pool rooms to be allowed in Casper was regulated on a sliding scale and as the popula- tion increases so may the number of pool rooms, if the owners care to pay the license fee. One pool room to every 1,500 people was the ratio decided upon, and figuring Casper’s {erates at 12,000, this fixes the imit for the city at eight, or nine at the most. _Those now operating pool rooms will not be affected by the new rate until the expiration of the quarter when they, too, must procure a new license, paying the new fee. The penalty was fixed at $25 to $100, or a 80 to 90 day sentence in jail, or both fine and sentence for Violation of the ordinance. WAR ON RODENTS County Aericultaral Agent John Hays has declared war on the prairie dogs of the Muddy school district and left this morning to lend assist- ance in opening a campaign expected to rid approximately 40,000 acres of these herbivorous pests. The ranch- ers of that district are intensely in- terested in exterminating the ani- mals and thru the agricultural ap- propriation bill now before con, r, Hays expects to secure funds to Poison those on state and govern. ment land, When these funds are available an active campaign will be waged thru local and government aid, it being the first to be projected on a large scale in this region. SUES FOR $1,000 For damages alleged to have been sustained thru carelessness of the defendant in ermitting gas and smoke to issue from the engine ex- haust at the plant of the old Wyom- ing Electric:company, T. H. Dunphy, realty dealer, has brot suit against the Natrona .Power company ~ for $1,000, The complaint charges that the damage is not confined to the ex- terior of the premises, but included furnishings as well, The suit is the second to be filed by residents of that section to col- ect damages resulting from an open exhaust, which painted residences a dingy color during the winter months. H. L. BOGUE ENROUTE TO: SCOTLAND, IS MESSAGE H. L, Bogue, son of F. P. Bogue, of this city, and who left this city on May 7 to enter the Great Lakes nav- al training camp as a first-class mu- sician, has sailed for Scotland, ac- cording to a communication received by his father this we jogue plays 4“ clarinet in the nav d, having formerly been a member of the Cas- Fer band. He has a host of friends Ie Casper who will be interested in gernings that he has completed the irst stage of his journey overseas. FAILURES NON- ADVERTISERS It will doubtless prove a matter of surprise to innumerable persens to learn that 84 per cent of all business failures are among those who do not advertise. Statistics compiled by Bradstreet’s indicate this fact beyond peradventure. it is also significant that the research was made by an institution not engaged in the pub- lishing business, but rather one which devotes its chief energies to the keeping of records of business concerns, corporate and individual. THIEVES TAKEN IN THRILLING CHASE, REPORT LANDER, Wyo., July 9.—After a chase of 100 miles, Deputy Sheriff Tom Clementson of Pinedale, captur- ed two alleged horse thieves, James Hedding, 24, and Jack Smith, 22, in the Jackson Hole country. The men, when brot to Lander, confessed their. guilt of stealing two horses valued at $150 each and four saddles from T. D. Holt of Pinedale, for whom ti\y had been working. Deputy Sheriff Frank Wise immediately took them before the district court. sentenced to a term of from two or three years in the penitentiary. Each was, District Judge C..E. Winter, ac- |companied by Cou#® Reporter Mc- Craken, have returned to after having been marnnned at Lan- der for the past 30’ days on account of the floo?-. Judge Winter dispos- ed of numerous court proceedings at |the Fremont county seat during his |stay there, but rocedure jwas |clients and attorneys to reach the place. Several cases heard during the past week at Lander have been taken under advisement and pending the entering of orders in this litigation little business of importance will be transacted in the Natrona county court. VILLNAVE ENJOYS FIRST ACT IN ARMY THEATER A letter from Tom Villnave, for- mer manager of the New Iris theat- jer, recounts the fact that he finds camp life about as busy a routine as a picture show. Like other embryo fighters Villnave has learned to make his own bed and attend to sundry other things that the job entails. ;There were enougA Wyoming boys |for two companies, he says, and all |are “up on their toes’ to get in shape for the next act, overseas. sn aaa date tesa | ty, workmanship, ladies’ Tailor-made garments. L. C. Moore. Casper } a a? demoralized y inability of} ¥ WITH THE FLAG Wyoming has now seven per cent of her entire population in the army, and is willing to furnish 68 per cent more if it is necessary to win the war. ) But while demonstrating the patriot- ism of this state, and making no com. plaint as to the number of men in service, Adjutant General Weaver, who is taking the matter up with the i | officials at Washington, points out} the inequality of the present method of calling for men for active service. In doing this, he gives some interest- |military service, and expresses the | opinion that the original draft law based upon population and giving credit for volunteers was eminently \fair if equitably administered. Saaaeue (2 aman ‘LANDER SCHOOL HEAD IS ASKED TO RESIGN LANDER, Wyo., July 9.—Asking = |for the removal ef W. B. Gilmore, }as superintendent of the Lander schools, a petition signed by 125 & school patrons, was received by the | school board at a meeting last week. ing and instructive figures regarding | | Individuality, smart styles, quali-| The petition charges Superintendent |= Gilmore with inefficiency and contin- (ual friction with pupils. 4 send Su- petition with the suggestion that he ent Gilmore is visiting at present in his ion. Superintend- rnd of the TUCKER’S Center St., Filling Station Gas, Oils, Tires and Accessories eoccvccocvccsreces On account of the process of street paving, we have been un- able to serve the public for the past month. The streets will be opened tomorrow and we will have a better place for you to drive in to the pump and we are better than ever equipped to render you service. Are the Packers Profiteers? Plain Facts About the Meat Business The Federal Trade Commission in its recent report on war profits, stated that the five large meat packers have been profiteering, and that they have a monopoly of the market. These conclusions, if fair and just, are matters of serious concern ° not only to those engaged inthe meat packing business, but to every other c itizen of our country. The figures given on profits are misleading and the statement that the packers have a monopoly is unsupported 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 industries... Any citizen who would familiarize himself with its details must be pre- pared for large totals. The report states that the aggregate profits of four large packers were $140,000,000 for the three war years. This sum is compared with $19,000,000 as the average annual profit for three years before the war, making it appear that the war profit was $121,000,000 greater than the pre-war profit. This compares a three-year profit with a one-year profit—a mani- festly unfair method of comparison. It is not only misleading, but the Federal Trade Commission apparently has made a mistake in the figures themselves. * * * ‘ The aggregate three-year profit of $140,000,000 was earned on, sales of over four and a half billion dollars. It 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 busness is conducted upon such small mar- gins of profit. * * * * Furthermore—and this is very important—only a small portion of this profit has been paid in dividends. back into the business. The balance has been put It had to be, as you realize when you con- sider the problems the packers have had to solve—and solve quick- ly—du: ring 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 additional profit makes only a fair turn 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 improvements made necessary by the enor- mous demands of our army and navy and the Allies. “If you are a business man you will appreciate the significance of these facts. If you are unacquainted with business, talk this mat- ter 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. f No evidence is offered by the Federal Trade Commission in support of the statement that the large packers have a monopoly. The Com- mission’s 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 maffipulate prices, If this were not true they would not dare to make this positive statement. : (ig 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 it were possible to interest you in the details of their business. Of how, for instance, they can sell dressed beef for lesa than the cost of the live animal, owing to utilization of by-products, and of the wonderful story of the methods of distribution through- out this broad land, as well as in other countries. The five packers mentioned feel justified in co-operating with each other to the extent of together presnting this 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 to trust their case to the fairmind- edness of the American people with the facts before them, Armour and Company Cudahy Packing Co. Morris & Company Swift & Company Wilson & Company