Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1918 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

II Both -Ends HI (Producer and Consumer) |ffl Against I The Middle | (The Packer) llill The consumer wants to pay a low price for meat. ■ The farmer wants to get a high jil ll|!| price for cattle. The packer stands between these |||| conflicting demands, and finds it im- |H| possible to completely satisfy both. The packer has no control over the M prices of live stock or meat, and the : j most that can be expected of him is || hi that he keep the difference between the two as low as possible. He does this successfully by converting animals | H into meat and distributing the meat || H) at a minimum of expense, and at a |H|l| H I profit too small to be noticeable in the |l mH jlj farmer’s returns for live stock or in the ?|| meat bill of the consumer. L Swift & Company’* 1917 transactions in Cattle were as follows: |j|l ■>. ~~ ~ _ Average Per He»d HI | IHff f Sold Meat to Retailer for . . $68.97 Uli Sold By-products for ... 24.09 | ill Total Receipts ... . v . 93.06 | fl Paid to Cattle Raiser . . . 84.45 | jl j Balance(not paid to CJattle Raiser) 8.61 H j| Paid for labor and expenses at Oh' Packing House, Freight on Meat, |||| II and Cost of operating Branch <c h i distributing houses .... 7.32 $ Remainingin Packer’s hands as Returns on investment ... $ 1.29 The net profit was $1.29 per head, or I || ’ about one-fourth of a cent per pound I I of beef. | By what other method can the dis- i ference between cattle prices and beef i||p prices be made smaller, and how can I the conflicting demands of producer 11 .H h and consumer be better satisfied ? II 111 1 — I II j|h 1918 Year Book of interesting and HI | instructive facts sent on request. !ph ;|hj Address Swift & Company, h j|p! Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois |&| || Swift & Company, U. S.A. 11

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