Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1918 — Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Bridging the Gap From Steer to Steak Live stock is raised on the farms and ranches of the West. Meat is eaten in the large cities of the East, and by our boys in France thousands of miles away. The day of transporting live animals from ranch to seaboard and overseas has passed. There was too much waste. The modem packer locates his large and specialized plants in the producing regions. He ships the dressed beef in refrigerator cars, and holds it in his own refrigerated branch warehouses until delivered to the retailer. For shipment to foreign ports, he transfers the meat to refrigerated ships. By means of his nation-wide organization the modem packer maintains a continuous flow of meats to all parts of the country, so that each retailer gets just tiie quantity and quality of meat his trade demands, and at the time he wants it. Swift 8c Company recently shipped 1,000 Carloads of meat products in one week to our Armies and to the Allies. Bridging the gap from ranch to consumer can be done successfully—and at k>w unit costs and profits —only by large business organizations. Swift & Company’s profit on meat, always so small as to have practically no effect on prices, is now limited by the Government to about 2 cents on each dollar of sales. Year Book of interesting and instructive facts sent on request. Address Swift Bc. Company Union Stock Yards, Chicago,lllinois Swift & Company, U. S. A.