Evening Star Newspaper, February 20, 1925, Page 27

" PACKERS MY SOON SHP ANNED D0DS Control of Refrigerator Cars Stirs Up Distribution and Sales Question. BY J. C. ROYLE. Bpecial Dispateh to The Str, NEW YORK, February 20.—A pos- sibility of the re-entry by the big packers Into the sale and distribution of canned goods, frults and general groceries is seen by the grocery trade of the country as a result of the re- POrt of the Federal Trade Commission to the Senate just made public. The report recommends that Congress or the courts should take action to sep- arate packers from ownership of re- frigerator cars. Although the inves- tigation of the commission was re- opened at the intervention of the Cal- ifornia Co-operative Canneries for the speclal purpose of securing per- mission for the packers to resume dis- tribution of these unrelated lines, the report makes no recommendation in this respect, declaring that this question needs further study. Packers Little Interested. The representatives of some of the five large packers have indicated to the writet that they were not par- ticularly anxious to resume the dis- tribution of groceries and ®oods. What they desire particularly to accomplish is to have removed any stigma of acknowledgement of wrong- doing in connection with the so- called “consent” decree under which such distribution was abandoned. The report and the additional com- ments of Commissioner Gaskill in as- senting to it is felt in some trade cir- cles to present an opportunity for forcing the position of the packers on the attention of the public. Commissioner Gaskill indi- cated his doubt as o whether exclu- sion of the packérs from distribution of the canned goods and fruit lines was the proper remedy for the situa- tion. Contrel V The relation of the trigerator cars by the packers to dfs tribution of groceries, it is recognized, is a close one, and, indeed, the report indicates that if the packers were dis- associated from operation of cold- storage cars,’ the grogery problem would assume less importance.. Pri- marily the packers went into the gro- c distribution business because ¥ operated refrigerator cars. Carcasses of meat are hung in thesa refrigerator cars on hooks sus- pended from rails in the roof of the car. These carcasses do not extend within three feet of the car floor, and possible tonnage is cut down mate- rially unless the space between the floor and the sides of beef or mutton or pork is filled with other products. Groceries and canned goods and dairy products lent themselves specially well to the filling of such space, and the money saved in freight hauls was 2 deciding factor in inducing the packers to handle these lines. Would Change Methods. Progress is gradually being made away from this method of loading, however. Packers are endeavoring to educate butchers and retailers of meats into acceptance of certain standards of cutting.’ At present the method of cutting up & earcass of beef differs materially in the East and in the West. If it can be standardized it' will enable the packers to do most of the cutting up for the entire country. canned | trade and the | COMMODITY NEWS WIRED STAR FROM ENTIRE COUNTRY CHICAGO, ~ February 20.—Unless | Spring weather .turns out to be par- ticularly bath, the Illinois Winter | wheat crop. this yvear ts going to be {much larger than in 1924. Weather conditions up to the present ,have been seasonable, and little damage is expected. TULSA, Okla, February 20.—Oil men are becoming anxious over the fact that gasoline is the only petro- leum product which has gone up with crude ofl in price. Kerosene, gas oil, distillate and fuel oil are stationary, although crude is up from $1 to $1.82 a barrel. PHILADELPHIA, Febroary 20— About 8,000 tons of steel have arrived here in preparation for the active construction work on the Delaware River Bridge, which will begin in March. About 460 men now are em- ployed on the bridge. PITTSBURGH, February —The plg-iron situation here is unchanged, With insufficient business to give the market any real test. Prices are un- changed. Scrap iron has developed an easier tone, with prices down 50 cents to $1 a ton from last week. A Youngstown mill Is reported to have bought heaving melting steel as low as $19. KANSAS CITY, February 20.—The Kansas Bookdealers' Association has ordered $100,000 worth of paper tablets | from the H. D. Lee Mercantlle Co. of this city and has agreed on the product of the Irving Pitt Manufacturing Co. as a standard in the loose-leaf line. I NEW BROKER FIRM ACTIVEi IN SOUTHERN RAILWAY | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Februa | election of Walter S. Case as a di-| rector of the Southern Railway Co.| marked the entrance into the active| affairs of the road of Case, Pomeroy & Co., dealers in investment securi-| ties, who last year were reported to| have obtained a large interest in the| road. The firm, which began accu- mulating Southern Railway common shares in 1916, was said to have| | built up paper profits of several mil-| {1lon dollars on the rise in the price| of the stock from a low of $18 that| vear to the current levels of about $90 a share © With the inauguration of dividends | in 1924, the stock rose from a low of 381% to a high price of 79% during| the year, i 20.—The | ‘WIRE PRICES ADVANCE. NEW YORK, Fehruary 20.—Revival | of demand for wire products through- out-New England has been followed by & price advance of $2 a ton They say they can do it cheaper and better than the local butcher. Meat shipped cut up can be more economi- orlly packed and transported, and the packers, declare this will be reflected in the price to the consumer. The agitation with regard to the regulation of oleomargarine produc- tion also is .swirling around the packers. Dispatches from the cotton States of the South received today in- dicate Southern business leaders are not alarmed over the movement in Idaho and other Western States to pass laws - which will discriminate against the use of cottonseed and peanut ofls in -oleomargarine manu- facture. Nevertheless, vigorbus rep- resentations protesting against the alleged unfairness of such measures will go -forward to the governors und legislators of Wisconsin, Califor- nia, Idaho, Indtana, Missouri, No- braska, Ohio, Oregon and Utah ~THE EVENING ROADS IN MERGER HAVE BIG EARNINGS Five Lines in Nickel Piate Deal Average $16.75 Per Share on Common. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 20.—Pre- liminary earnings statements of the five railroads which will make up the Van Sweringens' niew “Nickel Plate” system indicates that it will rank favorably in earning power with ex- isting trunk lines. The combined income of the present “Nickel Plate,” Erie, Pere Marquette, Chesapeake and Ohio and Hocking Valley, railroads in 1924, applied to the capitalization of the new system, would have been equivalent to a re- tur of $16.75 4 share on the common stock. Indicated gross revenue of the com- STAR, WASHINGTON, bined roads last year was approxi- mately $340,363,954, which exceeded that of the Balfimore and Ohio, but failed to equal the receipts of the New York Central or Pennsylvania. { e QUEBEC BONDS ON SALE. American Syndicate Outbids Ca- . nadien Bankers. NEW YORK, February 20.—An is- sue of $10,000,000 Provinceof Que- bec 4% per c bonds, obtained by an American syndicate in competition with Canadian bankers, featured new offerings today. The securities are priced at 97%, to yield more than 4.65 per cent. They are due March 2, 1950, and are redeemable March 2, 1945, at 100. Others included $1,000,000 St. Louls Join Stock Land Bank 5 per cent bonds at 104, to yield from 4.50 to 5 per cent ADOPT NEW FARM PLAN. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, February 20 (Special).—Two hundred and forty farmers in Woodford, McLean, Taze- well and Livingston Counties have organized for co-operative farm man- | under the direction of of- Illinois Agricultural agement ficials of the College SAY ‘‘BAYER ASPIRIN"’ —<pmuine ‘When you see the “Bayer Cross” on tablets you are getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed Colds Headache Pain ‘Neuralgia Toothache Lumbago Neuritis S Aspirin {5 the trade mark of Bayer-Masufacture of ¥onoacetle: by physicians 24 years for Rheumatism Accept only “Bayer” package which contains proven directions. Handy “Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets. Also bottles of 24 and 100—Druggists. Gestar 56 Setinvlioncid D. ¢, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1925. DEMAND MORE CARE IN MARKING BUTTER Business Men in South Would Avoid Trade War With West. Special Dispatch to The Star. ATLANTA, February 20.—Business men of the South, especially those int/mately assoclated with cotton production, are putting forth a plea for laws enforcing truthful labeling of oleomargarine and butter as a means of settling any econtroversy be- tween the animal fat producers of the West and the vegetable oil pro- ducers of the South. * They point out that the Southern States sell much less oleomargarine Colds are infectious. cough will spread them. contacts—so will Kisses. A sneeze or a So will close One with a cold is otracized, or should be. Colds are dangerous. Nobody knows where a cold may lead. But & cold can be stopped. in 24 hours. The fever and headache can be ended. La Grippe can be checked in § days. So there is no excuse for colds. Milllons know that Hill's Cascara-Bro- mide;Quinine tablets stop a cold at once. They are so’ sure that all druggists guarantee them They are so effici- cent that 25 years have developed no way to improve CASCARA Alldroggion QVLL%g Price 30c in fhe West than the Western: Stites selF: butter in the South, while the markets of the East are open to both. An embargo on cotton oil in the West, -they. assert, .would be met by an embargo against imported but- ter_in the South The South feels that, with its huge cotton productién and leadership in peanut oll output,- it could not be worsted in such a trade war, but business men are unanimous in de- siring to aveld any such ceaflict. —_——— Japan is the world's third largest machinery marke O ey B i S orporation 2./ Colds them. W. H. Hill spent his life in the study of colds. He devoted decades to research. And he created the best rem- edy we yet have found for colds. It not merely checks colds. It removes the poisons they have caused. It tones the whole system, so vitality returns to normal. Don't dally with a cold once, and in the supreme way. Do ything to rectify conditions. The ay Is to use the Hill method. Get the genuine, - Start it promptly, for every hour of delay at the start gives im- petus to the cold. You will never treat colds in other ways when you once know this. Fight it at QUININE with portraie COAST LINE RY. EARNS 18 PER CENT ON COMMON By the Associated Press. NEW .YORK, February 20.—The| Atlantic Coast Line Railroad earned about 18 per cent on the common stock in 1924, about the same as the year before, according to J. R. Kenly, bresident. 'January gross earninks equalled those of January, 1934, but net cperating would show a decline, he said, owing to expenses incurred by recent floods which necessitated embargoes on certain freight to kesp passenger trafic and perishajle freight moving, ix 1 Prescription prepared for Colds, Fever and Grippe It ix the most specdy remedy we ) know 4 Preventing Pneumonia The Safe Drdq Stores 13th & F 14th & Irving 7th & E Sts. 904 F St. 1237 Pa. Ave. 1715 Pa. Ave. s 15th & G entire satisfaction. Our Desire to Please Our policies are right, our in- tentions are the best, ideals high—but should you ever find one among our three thousand loyal employees who fails in their execution—we ask you to give us the opportunity to ad- just the transaction to -your Special Reductions $1.25 ‘size Maltine and Combinations ..... 35¢ size Upjohn’s Phenolax Wafers (30's) ........... 75¢ size Mellen’s Food (10 oz.) . 25e- sise Lavoris (small) 50c size Resinol Ointment (small) 50c size Bromo Seltzer 35c Oderono Liq. (small) . 25c size Mavis Taleum. (3 for 50) . $1.00 size Dethol Combination ... 35¢ size Vick's Salve (small) ... v Twinplex Stroppers for Gillette Blades ........ eoee Med)) ...... i 36e I e 25c size Djer Kiss Talcum Powder ... Kotex (12 in package) . 60c Tonsilire $1.00 size Pinkham’s Vegetable 79¢ e Price Solid mahogany console table and mirror to match—both for $42.50. . Grand Rapids made and in a beautiful Tudor finish. This is just another example of the hundreds and hundreds of remarkable values to be found here now during— THE FEBRUARY SALE OF LIFETIME FURNITURE MAYER & CO. Seventh Street Between D and E Buailds up Your System! $1.00 Bottle Maltoleum A pleasant tasting of Malt, flymbfilph Extract of Liver Oil. Builds up the sys- tem and improves the appetite . . . . . Only 2 Days to at these low prices! Cigarette Sale Feb. 20th & 21st 200 Lucky St 200 Chesterfields 200 Sweet Caporal 200 Piedmonts 200 Black & White. 200 Lord Salisbury. 200 Fatimas .. 200 Omars 100 Egyptian 100 Heimars .. 20’s, 50’s, 100’s 100 Turkish Trophies. .$1.00 20’s, 50's, 100’s ° 100 Melachrino . No. 9 Plain and Cork 100 Murads 100 Moguls 100 Naturals . 100 Pall. Mall. Regulars 200 Pall Mall.... Specials, 20's 100 E[ypthfi D;ifia 0. ‘combination ites and 79c buy them .$1.65 Straights $1.10 $1.00 {Homemaid Bitter Sweets Pure Vanilla Creams with a covering of rich, bitter choe- olate. xq-hdy‘-m Special " 39c A delightful confection! . Delicious Big, red, ripe Maraschino Cherries in semi-liquid cream, eoated with rich ~chocolate. Reg. price, pound box 59¢ Febrery Only 490 Healthfal and delicious! 35¢c Liggett's ~ Milk Chocolate Half-Pownd ng.b 25¢ 100 Philip Morris.......$1.80 Camb. o pussatl i3 e:l.:ru.; likeit. Builds flesh, blood, muscle . $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50 per pownd Liggett’s Milk Chocolate Almond, Bar A big }§poundbar of delicions, ing, real Milk Chocolate filled with rossted almonds. T reboners Oty 29C Febrmery Only Make shampooing at home apleasure.Saves money and time. . . R-e-d-u-c-e-d Electric Flat Iron Heats quickly. Non - heatin, handle, back-rest, long eord. Choiceof 6-Ib. size or 8-Ib. size. Regularly $2.98 2.49 February Only Save Money On . Pure Foods Every Friday & Saturday 50c Coffee [peund] 2for86c Ope T ; iy 2Tl \* 2for26e Pg;m‘;h:;“ 2fordle B o e 2for 1.19 - 2ford9c Serawberry Jam . (15 0n. regulariy dbe] P rden e 2fordSc Ol - 2fordSe 2ford6c Pa Omeally . 24or 36 Best Cubes .+ - 2for3lc Ugr asdDree 2 o d 1 2for40c Pure Cocoa (34 15, regularty 28! (nnm"-bfi:d (30 0. jur regulariy Sc) No Need of Dandruff on the Coat Collar! $1.00 Bottle Rexall Hair Tonic When applied to the scalp regularl ;”lidl in eradicating dandruff. (mel‘ healthy condition of scalp d_stops falling out . e PR oy 5