The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, September 29, 1919, Page 11

A h a " ~The: food a(fmmmtratxon permxtted ~Senate Asks More Facts on Packers Unpubhshed Section of Trade Commission Report on War- Time Profits to Be Demanded by Upper House : Washmgton Bureau, ST Nonpartisan Leader. 2a| ELIEVING - that -enor- mous profits were made by the Big Five packers out of the national neces- sity during the war, a _ group of senators favor- ing federal regulation of the meat packing:industry are working to have all available information on this sub- _ject given wide publicity. A step towards this.end was achiev- ed when the senate adopted a resolu- tion by Senator Norris of Nebraska calling upon the federal trade commis- sion to submit to the senate the find- ings of its special investigation as to the reasonableness of the maximum profits allowed in the meat packing _industry by the food administration during the war. This investigation was the subject of a sharp controversy between the members of the federal trade commis- sion and Herbert Hoover when the completed report was submitted to President Wilson more than g year ago. The findings of the commission ‘regarding the packers’ war-time prof- its. have been refused publication by the president, who, it ' is said, took the ground during the war that pub- ;Heity as to packer ‘profits would arouse dangerous public indignation “because of the flagrant profiteering which the report is understood to re- ~ “veal In his testimony before the senate “agriculture committee; favoring the pe_nding packer regulation bills, Com- missioner Colver verified the existence of the special report. MADE SPECIAL REPORT ON PROFIT LIMITATION “The federal trade commission,” he " said, “made a special report to the president on the - reasonableness of the maximum profit limitation fixed on the meat packing industry by the food administration. This report was. the result of an investigation directed by the president in accordance with the recommendation of the president’s committee on meat policy, which sug- gested' that the federal trade com- mission ascertain the reasonableness of those maximum profits and report “thereon before July 1. This the com- mission did. - This report, being made to the president, was not and is not a subject of discussion by the com- -, mission,” - The Norris resolution will probably result in a statement to the senate by the federal trade commission that a report on the packers’ war-time profits ‘was made and was submitted to the president, but that the report can not properly be submitted to con- gress without executive authority. A second. resolution will then be promptly introduced calling upon the president to submit the entire report “if not incompatible with the public interest.” The group which is work- ing for packer regulation, comprising every progressive in both parties, be- lieves that there can be no valid rea- son now for preventing the search- light of “pitiless publicity” to fall on the packers’ war-time profits. If the president should refuse to make the réport public, it is pointed out, that in itself will be circumstantial evi- dence of profiteering too flagrant to be told the public. Even the packer representatlves who have flocked to Washington to testify against the Kenyon and Ken- drick regulation bills admit that the “restrictions” of the food administra- tion did not: prevent 1917 -and 1918 ~ from being extremely profitable years for the packers. the packers 9 per cent profit on their war-time meat business. Their profit on other commodities in which the packers deal was not even restricted this much. Several senators believe that a guarantee of very healthy prof- its had to be made to the packers be- fore they would come forward to help the government in.the. war. A member of the agriculture com- mittee said that the commission’s re- port will show that the packers bor- rowed huge sums of money through their -banks at 5 per cent interest in- order to make the government- guar- antee 9 per cent on borrowed capi- tal. “This,” he said, “was at the time - we were drafting men to go ta France to lay down their lives.” About the time the report on packer _ war earnings was made to the presi- dent, members of the’ federal trade commission became convinced that the government should take over the meat packing industry and operate it as a war measure. - LAND. COLONIZATION BUREAU Chicago, 111 Edltor Nonpartisan Leader: Believing that reduction of the hlgh ! cost of hvmg is essentially a matter of ! increasing production, the Catholic Colonization society, U. S. A., with headquarters at Chicago, has entered on an extended land colonization cam- paign. ‘The society purposes to ex- tend widely its work of locating on farms those who ought to be on the land and who can succeed there. The organization has investigated many land projects out of which 22 are ready for settlers. These projects are located in 14 states and more colony tracts are to be opened in the near future. The services of the society are free to all. The work of the society is es- pecially useful to people of foreign birth who do not know how to get the land in a safe and practical manner. The society neither owns, buys or sells land, but is merely a’directing bureau. PETER J. CICHOZKI. Truth stood on one side and Ease on the other; it has often been so.— THEODORE PARKER. AUVEETISEMENTS 1,000 MEN Men who want to make bxc% ey—who want to : ahen —who won’t be satis- fied with lessthnn $200.00 & week. _Tosuchmen I want. - il to offer an o portunity ofa { lifetime in the sale of my Automatlc Handl-‘l‘ool li§ tofarmers, teamste, !tretche'l;, plrlcss tvn I D uller, stum o Taldre 1t boed's dosen ] dmeu.dny Sells eany. ) ubfl'al commissions. Big ney maker. Thousands 1 hm ‘Wl hfor proposition tonight. =gl Don’t delay. Get started. Addrens R. W. HENDERSON, Mgr. Hiatt Manifold Company Dept: C Box 971 Indianapolis, ind. Proves it is Built for Long, Hard Service At the Minnesota-North Dakota Interstate Fair, Fargo, N. D. (July 21 to 26, 1919), a Lalley plant operated continuously without stopping for 124 hours. wear. and even weeks. In every case, when stopped, there was no sign of Instead, there was every evidence that the i plants céuld have been run indefinitely, for days ! No owner ever needs to run his Lalley for days at . At the Minnesota State Fair (Aug 30 to Sept. 6, 1919) another standard Lalley plant ran continuously for 179 hours. At the Illinois State Fair (Aug. 15 to 23, 1919) a standard Lalley-Light plant was run continuously every- minute, day and night, for 124 hours. At the Ohio State Fair (Aug. 25 to 29, 1919) still another standard Lalley plant ran without stopping for 110 hours. At the Michigan State Fair (Aug. 29.to Sept. 6, 1919) a standard Lalley plant was started when the Fair opened ‘and never stopped until the close of the Fair, runnmg for 216 hours. -At the National Tractor Show, Wichita, Kansas. (July 14 to 19, 1919), a standard Lal- ley plant ran throughout the show for 120 hours. At the Nebraska State Falr, Lincoln (Aug. 31 to Sept. 6), a standard Lalley plant ran continuously throughout the Falr for 102 .hours. These are a few of the scores of instances in which Lalley plants gave continuous performances at Fairs and exhibitions throughout the United States and Canada this fall. a time. But farmers who are buying Lalley-Light at the rate of about 1,000 plants per week, realize the Lalley ability to give them reliable, economical and efficient service, day and night, whenever they need it. There are many reasons why the Lalley : does give this unrivaled service. It has been in actual -daily farm use for about ten years— proving itself absolutely reliable under all conditions. It has only three moving parts—No -complicated mechamam K to get out of order and to wear out rapidly. It is. ball-bearing “equipped, which, with only three moving parts, practically eliminates internal friction and wear. It is water-cooled, like the Liberty airplane motor and prac- ncally every autamoblle motor. Lalley water-cooling keeps the engine always at the proper heat, insuring the hest service and the longest life. -So far as we know no other farm lighting plant has ever been able to stand such marvelous non- stop tests. If there is no Lalley-Light dealer in your 1mme- diate vxclmty, write to us for our merchandlsmg proposxtlon 3 LALLEY-LIGHT CORPORATION 801 Bellevue Avenue Lalley-Light Distributor for North Dakota— LALLEY FARM LIGHTING COMPANY, INC., 9 N. P. Avenue. Fargo, N. D. Lalley-Lu;ht Dlnnbumx‘ for Minnesota— . J. DOWNES COMPANY, ~ 300 Washinzton Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minn. Lalley-Light Distributor for Montana— ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY, ™ . 28 Broadway East, Butte, Mont. LALLEY-LIGHT THE ELECTRIC LIGHT AND Powsn FOR EVERY FARM Mention the Leader When Writing Detroit, Mlcl_ugah I AR S S SRS T, B