The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, August 18, 1919, Page 11

Tractor Demonstratlon Arranged Versatility of Farm Machines to Be Shown at Exhibit at Aberdeen, S. D.—Other Accessories to Be Displayed T THE Northwest Tractor Demonstration,scheduled for August 19, 20 and 21 at Aberdeen, S. D., more than a hundred tractors, of all sizes and types, w111 be on display. Tractors will be seen, not only plowing, but also operating binders, - threshing machines, cultivators, discs, road graders, drills, ensilage cutters, feed mills, and doing a host of other things not usually thought of as pos- sible with a tractor. There will also be numerous farm lighting plants on exhibit, showing the farmer how to light his -house, barn and other outbuildings with elec- tricity, making a clearer and lrighter light with less danger from fire, less bother, and less expense in the ‘end; as well as showing the farmer’s wife how to use electricity in running a washing machine, churn, sewing machine, vacuum cleaner, electric iron, electric heating devices, and electrical devices of every kind. Other accessory exhibits such as demonstra- tions of the drawbar pull will be nu- merous. E This demonstration is the first great tractor show, sanctioned by the n#- tional committee, to be held in the Northwest. It is international and will draw thousands upon thousands of people from all over the United States, and especially from North and South Dakota,eastern Montana, north- ern Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota and 2 : southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The general exhibit will be held at. demonstration - headquarters—two miles from the city—where a tract of - 1,700 acres has been reserved for the demonstration. - The headquarters for . the demonstration will be at Wylie park, the center of the reserved space. The park is accessible by good roads from every direction, which are being put in the best possible condition by the county road supervisor. Street cars run to the park every 10 minutes and are planning to handle capacity crowds.- A beautiful lake is also situated at the park, which makes the spot a delightful resting place for tractor show visitors. Restaurant and hotel- men of the city are importing extra stocks of food, and are bringing in help from ' TERMINAL 1R BASEBALL ™ \ PARK outside cities to aid in feeding the crowd. A rooming committee, under Secretary C. M. Branson of the Mer- chants’ association, is hard at work on the housing problem, and has al- ready secured the promise of enough rooms to make it certain - that all visitors to the demonstration will be well cared for as regards the rooming problem. Nothing will interfere with the demonstration during the day, but in the evening there will be a complete progranr of elaborate entertainment, including a street parade eachevening, band concerts, an hour and a half vaudeville program, all free to the tractor demonstration visitor. In ad- dition, one of the best carnival com- panies in the country will be present. There will be pavement dances, and indoor at the city auditorium at Wylie prark, and numerous additional attrac- tions of desirable kinds. The three best bands in the state will furnish music to the visitors. * Farmers who are giving serious at- tention to the relative merits of the different kinds of tractors would prob- ably find the exhibition a good field for study. Brown Paper at Meat Prlces Packers’ Graft of $5,000,000 for Selling Wrappers on Ham to Be Stopped by Congress BY JUDSON KING OODBYE to the gentle graft by which the pack- ers have been cleaning up an added profit of over $5,000,000 a year by selling brown paper and string wrappings at the price of ham and bacon. Unless the meat trust is stronger than the United States gov- ernment the people ought now to be able to buy ham and bacon from 2 to 4 cents a pound cheaper. The agricultural appropriations bill, which passed the senate on July 23, carried a “rider” amendment which provided that “wrapped meat enclosed in paper” shall be construed to be a “package” and so be brought under the - pure food act of 1913. That means the packers will be forced to stamp the net weight of the meat exclusive of the wrapping, on the outside of each “package” of ham, bacon and other meat products and can not charge meat prices for meat, paper and string. This may look innocent to the average citizen, but what it means to the packers is shown by.the following figures, prepared by an expert, and quoted by Senator Kenyon when the bill was before the senate: There are about 45,000,000 wrapped hams and pieces of bacon that receive government inspec- tion yearly. The average weight of the wrappings of each of these packages is six ounces or three-. eighths of a pound. e i o With a paper cost of 8 cents a -pound the wrapping on each of , these packages costs the packer 3 cents. The - average selling price for the paper (at the price per pound of the meat within) is 16 cents, or a gain of 13 cents per package. Cost to packers of paper 45,000,000 packages at 3 cents ........o.......... $1,350,000 Packers selling price of same paper at 16 Cents’” o i veeee 1,200,000 Gross gain for pack- . [ ¥ B A $5,850,000 Less wrapping expense, freight and overhead.. 450,000 Net gain ... $5,400,000 This gain of $5,400,000 on cost of the paper is just 400 per cent, all of which is passed on to the consumer., In addition to this the packers probably clean up another million on pork loin paper, which costs them around 4 cents a pound and sells for 36 cents. The packers had been doing this thieving for .years and, when protest was made, were permitted to continue the graft by a ruling of the chemistry bureau of the department of agricul- ture. A high-priced lobbyist of the packers, George P. McCabe (former solicitor of the department of agri- culture), was on the job and he got several thousand dollars for turning the trick. It meant millions to the packers. So it happened that when the agri- cultural bill with the “package” rider hit the sénate there was a pretty con- test. Senator Smoot of Utah rose and moved to “strike out” the rider. Not in the interests of the packers, good Lord, no! “I wish it distinctly under- stood,” said Smoot, feelingly, “that I am not here speaking for the packers. I am speaking for the consumers of meat who already ‘have to pay such enormous prices for hams and bacon.” Senator Sherman of Illinois backed up Smoot in a long speech, and things seemed going very well for the pack- ers when suddenly Senator Kenyon of Jowa arose and remarked: “Mr. President, as I-introduced this amend- ment in the committee I want to say just a word against its assassination by the senator from Utah and the senator from Illinois.” Kenyon. then handed out the facts | previously quoted. They exploded like a bomb under Smoot and Sherman’s little scheme to retain the packers’ graft under the pretense of protecting the consumer, and it went down to de- feat on a test vote. 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