The Democrat (Beaver, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 1918 Page: 4 of 6
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tHE DEMOCRAT, BEAVER, OKLAHOMA
Low Meat Prices
vs.
High Cattle Prices
If the farmer cannot get enough for
his live stock, he raises less, and the
packer gets less raw material.
If the consumer has to pay too much
for his meat, he eats less of it, and the
packer finds his market decreased.
The packer wants the producer to
get enough to make live-stock raising
profitable, and he wants the price of meat
so low that everyone will eat it.
But all he can do, and what he would
have to do in any case to stay in busi-
ness, is to keep down the cost of pro-
cessing the farmer's stock into meat so
that the consumer pays for the meat and
by-products only a little more than the
farmer gets for his animals.
Forexample,last year Swift & Company
paid for its cattle about 90 per cent of
what it got for meat and by-products
(such as hides, tallow, oils, etc.)
If cattle from the farm were turned
miraculously into meat in yie hands of
•retailers (without going through the ex-
pense of dressing, shipping and market-
ing), the farmer would get only about
1 Yg cents per pound more for his cattle,
or consumers would pay only about Zx/\
cents per pound less for their beef!
Out of this cent or two per pound,
Swift & Company pays for the operation
of extensive plants, pays freight on meats,
operates refrigerator cars, maintains
branch houses, and in most cases, de-
livers to retailers all over the United
States. The profit amounts to only a
fraction of a cent, and a part of this
profit goes to build more plants, to give
better service, and to increase the com-
pany's Usefulness to the country.
Swift & Company, U. S. A.
LETTER FIUIM BILL MERSE
October 27. j
D ar Mr. Tooker:
Well, I am here but don't knov |
whether General Pershing has ir.di
cated my position on the map b. & |
lai, e cross or not, but judi ing by th< j
big shells the Germans have boon
putting around my dugout there ap-
pears to be little need of keeping my
location a secret.
Toll the folks in Beaver not to wor-
ry about the boys from home, for ev-
erythiny is coming our way—every-
thing the Germans have in the way o
machine gun bullets and shrapnel. I
think if 1 ever take another rtip 11
will be to palm beach for I thinK it .1s
a better health resort than the west-
ern front.
A badger has the advantage of -
d< u hboy up here. He can come or
long encu;;h to see his shadow but k
we do the German artillery birds smc
their si' hts and along comes a whi>;
bans: and mud—you have heard a
little of that but I don't think th'sre
will be a dry farming congress over
here thl: year. But the Germans do
n jt like it any better than we do for
w& are continually running them out
of their dry holes and all are artopt-
it>" ihe hal>it of using them for billet-
in' details, men assigned to pr spare
({barters for you as you move from
place to place.
Well, 1 have been over the top
th reo time:; and have heard the "Boche
yell "kamerad". The prisoners feel
that we are in the war for the fun of
it. the sport. Maybe we are, "but all
tell then the season is always open
and there is no bag limit. I am an
automatic rifleman. The Bn >wnin?
automatic is the best gun in the busi-
ress. The Germans are cotr.in g thru
o ir line:; i;i many places as prisoners
and we c< ntinue to gain grou nd to-
ward the Rhine. The priso ncitalk
op< nly against the Kaiser.
Here's hoping the war wMl so.on be
over and I will be back in old Beaver
county whore you don't h ave to i'tike
Uke a gopher to keep t'je shrap nel
l'rom getting you. I haven't received
your paper since bping in France
Will close now with best regards.
Your friend,
WILLIAM H. MEESE,
A. P. O. 796 Co. A 142 Inf. Ameri-
can E. F. via N. Y.
Few Escape
There are few indeed who escape hav-
i ir at least one cold during the winter
months, and they are fortunate wh<
have but one and get through with ii
quickly and without any serious conse
quences. Take Chamberlain's Cougl
licmedy and observe the directions
with each bottle, and you are likely to
be one of the fortunate ones. The
wjith and merit of this remedy has
been fully proven. There are many
families who have always used it for
years when troubled with a cough or
cold, and with the very best results.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
+ +
+ Our exports since Is country +
+ entered the war have Justified a +
■fr statement made by the Food Ad- +
■f> ministration shortly after Its con- +
•h ceptlon, outlining the principles +
4* anrl policies that would govern +
•f the solution of this country's +
4* food problems. 4*
+ "The whole foundation of de- +
4- mocrncy," declared the Food Ad- 4*
+ ministration, "lies In the Indl- 4*
4- vldual Initiative of Its peopl" 4*
4- and their willingness to serve the 4*
4* Interests of the nation with com- +
4- plete self efTacement Id the time 4*
4- of emergency. Democracy can 4*
4- yield to discipline, and we can 4*
4- solve this food problem for our +
4- own people and for the Allies In 4*
4- this way. To have done so will 4
4* have been a greater service thnn +
4- our Immediate objective, for we 4*
4 have demonstrated the rightful- 4*
4- Hess of our faith and our ability 4*
4- to defend ourselves without be- 4*
4* lug Prussianized." 4*
4- ♦
-f-+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + -r + + +
SHE KEPT THEM ON THE JOB
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KEPT PLEDGE
TO SEND BREAD
American Nation Maintained Al-
lied Loaf Through Self-
Denial at Home Table.
AVERTED EUROPEAN DESPAIR.
With Military Demands Upon Ocean
Shipping Relieved, World Is Abls
to Return to Normal Whits
Wheat Bread.
PROVED SPIRIT
OF DEMOCRACY
Voluntary Basis of Food Saving
Showed Heart of America
Beat True for Freedom.
SAVE 16,000,000 BUSHELS
OF WHEAT THAT FORMERLY
WAS LOST IN THRESHING
Farmers, Urged by Food Administra-
tion, Provide Seven Extra Loaves
of Bread for Every American.
To the voluntary service and sacri-
fice of the American people must be
attributed the continued health,
strength and morale of the Allied ar-
mies and the civil populace.
Upon this spirit of service and sac-
rifice will depend Europe's fate in the
months to come. In the past yenr we
nave carried out an export program,
i he magnitude of which is almost be-
yond comprehension. But with the
new demands that have come, with
i he liberation of nations freed froin
German oppression, our exports niusr
he almost doubled. Instead of 11,820,
000 tons, we must ship twenty million
tons of food to Europe in the comiug
year—as much as can be pushed
through our ports.
If the Allies had not been fed by
America, It would have been impos-
sible for them to maintain Uieir de
fense against Germany.
Meeting this world need on a purely
voluntary basis, the American people
have conclusively proved that democ-
racy Is a success ana that in time of
need It will rise to its own defense.
If there were no other accomplish
ment to its credit the very fact that it
has shown the strength of democracy
has In Itself more than Justified the
existence of the Food Administration
in the syes of the world.
Less than four months after the
United States declared war the United-
States Food Administrator expressed
his determination to meet America's
food problem on a basis of voluntary
action and reiterated his confidence
tlrnt awnkened democracy would prove
Irresistible.
"Many thinking Americans," said
Mr. Hoover, "and the whole world
have been watching anxiously the last
four months in the fear that demo-
cratic America could not organize to
meet autocratic Germany. Germany
has been confident that it could not be
done. Contrary proof Is Immediately
at our door, and our people have al-
ready demonstrated their ability to
mobilize, organize, endure and prepare
voluntarily and efficiently In many di-
rections and upon the mere word of
Inspiration aside from the remarkable
assemblage of our Army and finances."
The history of the Food Administra-
tion has clearly shown that the trust
of those who put their faith in democ-
racy has not been misplaced.
By adopting cleaner threshing nieth-
od£ and by literally combing harvest
Ileitis to gather grain formerly wast-
ed, threshermen and farmers of the
United States this year saved fully
16,000,000 bushels of wheat, estimated
as equivalent to about seven 6ne-pound
loaves of bread for every person In
the country. This result, accompanied
by corresponding savings of barley,
oats, rye and other grains, Is shown by
reports from 33 grain states to the IJ
.4. Food Administration. Other states
although not prepared to furnish defi
nite figures of conservation In the
grain fields, report greatly reduced
harvest losses.
This rural food saving achievement,
accomplished in scarcely six months
lime, was In direct response to re
quests by the Food Administration,
which asked fanners and threshermen
to reduce harvest losses from about
■W* per cent.—the estimated average
in normal times—to the lowest possi
ble minimum. Country grain thresh
ing committees carried Into every
grain growing community the official'
recommendation's for accomplishing
the results desired.
In numerous instances drivers of
racks with leaky bottoms were seni
from the fields to repair their equip
ment and frequently'bad order thresh
ing machines were stopped until the
cause of waste was removed. But in
proportion to the number of person*
engaged In gathering the nation's grain
•rop, cases of compulsion were com
paratively rare. The Food Admlnis
nation freely attributes the success of
the grain threshing campaign to pa
triotic service by farmers, thresher
men and their crews. Incidentally
grain growers of the United States are
many millions of dollars "In pocket'
as a result of the grain saved.
NO ONE SUFFERED HERE.
The marvel of our voluntary food-
saving, now that we are "getting re-
sults," is that no one ever actually
suffered any hardship from It; thai
we all are better in healta and splrii
and better satisfied with ourselves be-
cause of our friendly self-deuiaL
Food control In America held the
price of breadstuff's steady, prevented
vicious speculation and extortion aud
preserved tranquillity at home.
Buy it in Beaver.
be proud
Saver
Advertise in The Democrat
In no other nation is there so willing
a sense of voluntary self-sacrifice as
In America—that was shown in the
abstinence from wbeat
Find more wheat, it came; more
pork. It came; save sugar, it was done.
So Americans answered the challenge
of German starvation.
Good will rules the new world as
fear governed the old world. Through
sharing food America helps make the
whole world kin.
Since the ndvent of the latest wheat
crop the only limitation upon Ameri-
can exports to Europe has been the
shortage of shipping. Between July 1
and October it) we shipped (10,980,803
bushels. If this rate should continue
until the end of the fiscal year we will
have furnished the Allies with more
i ha ii 237,300,000 bushels of wbeat and
Hour In terms of wheat.
The result of Increased production
and conservation efforts In tho United
States has been that with the cessa-
tion of hostilities we are able to re-
uirn to a normal wheat diet. Supplies
that have accumulated in Australia.
Argentine and other hitherto Inacces
slide markets may be tapped by ships
released from transport service, ami
European demand for Americun wheat
probably will not exceed our normal
surplus. There is wheat enough evall-
abie to have a white loaf at the com-
mon table.
But last year the tale was different.
Only by tlie greatest possible saving
and sacrifice were we able to keep a
steady stream of wheat and Hour mov-
ing amiss the sea. We found our
selves at the beginning of the harvest
year with an unusually short crop.
iOven the most optimistic statisticians
figured that we had a bare surplus of
20,000,000 bushels. And yet Europe
was facing the probability of b bread
famine—and In Europe bread is by far
the most important article in the diet.
All of this surplus had left the
country early in the fall. By the first
of the year we had managed to ship a
little more thnn 50,000.000 bushels by
practicing the utmost economy at
home—by wheatl^ss days, wheatless
meais, heavy substitution of other
cereals and by sacrifice at almost
every meal throughout the country.
In January the late Lord Rhondda,
then British Food Controller, cabled
that only if we sent an additional 75,-
000,000 bushels before July 1 could he
take the responsibility of assuring his
people that they would be fed.
The response of the American peo-
ple was 85,000.000 bushels safely deliv-
ered overseas between January 1 and
July 1. Out of a harvest which gave
us onjy 20,000,000- bushels surplus we
actually shipped 141,000,000 bushels.
Thus did America fulfill her pledge
that the Allied bread rations could be
maintained, and already the American
people are demonstrating that, with
an awakened war conscience, last
year's figures will be bettered.
Food control made sufficiency from
shortage, kept the rein on food prices,
gave the uatiou's full stiength exer-
cise.
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Physician and Surgeon
Calls Answered In Automobile
BEAVER - - - * OKLAHOMA
DR. O. NOBELL
General Practice
Special treatment given for Can-
cer, Dropsy. Tuberculosis, Hemor-
rhoids, Granulated Lids. Etc.
Office - S. DourIuk Ave. I'hone OH
Residence Phone 88 Beaver, Okla.
See T. P. Braidwood
U. S. Commissioner
Before Making Final Proof
BEAVER - - - - OKLAHOMA
L. L. LONG
Physician and Surgeon
Calls Answered in Automobile
BEAVER - - - - OKLAHOMA
W. F. MARKLEY
Physician and Surgeon
Calls Answered Day or Night
IVANHOE - - - OKLAHOMA
REAL ESTATE
INSURANCE
Frazer & Fickel
BONDED ABSTRACTORS
BEAVER - - - - OKLAHOMA
DR. L T. SMITH
Physician and Surgeon
Calls promptly Attended
LA KEMP - - - OKLAHOMA
J. F. LUNDSTRUM
Agent
Continental Insurance Co.
Farm Insurance a Specialty
SHATTUCK - - OKLAHOMA
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Phone 201
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She treats all chronic and
acute diseases.
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Phone 2206
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BEAVER,
OKLAHOMA
Starvation by Germany chnllenged
nil -.he world; food conservation In
America answered the challenge.
Pood conservation In America has
nei n the triumrh of Individual devo-
liuu to the national cause.
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