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The Feder its stated i and that t1 These con< cern not o1 every othe * The figur< that the p; The p~acke profits re The meat A: rAny citize be prepart The repor ers were $ This stun profit for the war p: This con ifestly uni but the F; take in th The aggre sales of o" three centi per pound Packers' $ and meats margins o: Furtherm< of this pro back into consider t1 quickly-d To conduc necessity< stock, has amount of JY 4 BIG DAY [OR TAKS: troyed Mchine Gun Nests by Run- a ning Over Them TERRIFYING TO GERMANS 'German Infantry surrendered or Bolt ed at sight of the Iron Monsters With the British Army in France,c July '7.-No further attempt by the 1 Germans to retake the ground wrest- I ed from them Thursday by the com bined Australian-American attack has been reported today. Not satisfied S with the positions acquired from thei enemy in the initial attack, the Aus trallans Friday night again drove for -ward just south of Vaire wood and jammed the~ Germans back some four {~. inn~ red yards more along a front of I 2,0 yards. The operation was entire! success ful and has made the new line' much -~srogr Work of Tanks c Detalil now are available concern- 4 Sng the work of the large fleet of I 1nks which prticipated in Thurs- I ~ ysbattle. The .tanks gave inval. Suboassistance in the attacking in- I u ~try, Officers say this was one of < re the Plain FE al Trade Commission in its r ;hat the five large meat pack< hey have a monopoly of the n -lusions, if fair and just , ar aly to those engaged in the m< r citizen of our country. )s given on profits are misle, ackers have a monopoly is un rs mentioned iii the report si asonable and necessary. business is one of the largest n who would familiarize him d for large totals. t states that the aggregate p 140,000,000 for the three wai is compared with $19,000,000 the three years before the w ofit was $121,000,000 great ares a three-year profit with air method of comparison. deral Trade Commission api: figures themselves. gate three-year profit of $1 rer four and a half billion d< 3 on each dollar of sales-or of product. >rofits are a negligible facto: No other large business is < F profit. >re-and this is very import fit has been paid in dividends. ;he businesses. It had to be, le problems the packers have uring these war years. b this business in war times, >f paying two-or three times required the use of two or ti working capital. The additic he most pconomical assaults ever un lertaken on the British front owing to *he fact that the tanks saved cas zalties among. the infantry by mop ing up machine gun posts and strong >oints in advance. In numerous in stances, whole machine gun ci'ews with their rapid firers were literally rround into the earth by the tanks, w'hich swept over the enemy posts ike steam rollers, One group of tanks alone destroyed ir captured more than thirty machine runs and brought about the surren ler of at least two hundred Germans. n addition many Germans were slain >y these great engines. surrendered or Holted Other tanks were dloing similar vork. Taken as a whole, the German nfantry surrendered or bolted on the Lpproach of 'these monsters, the ap >earance of which in itaclf Is terrify.. ng. The Germ~an machine gcunners, owever, fought to the last in many natances. Numerous times the Australlah and kmerican infantrymen communicated vith the tank crows and gave them he direction from which hostile ma hine gfrn fire wasi coming. In every ase the tank was\able to deal with he rapid firers, and thus allow the nfantry to advance. On'e tank, which vas 200 yards In front of the Allied nfantry, destrogred a nest of six ma hine guns by running over It after Ric tets About acent report on war prof ers have been profiteering iarket. e matters of serious con at packing business but to ding, and the statement supported by the facts. and ready to prove their American industries self with its details must rofits of four large pack years. as the average annual ar, making it appear that 3r than the pre-war profit. a one-year profit--a man It is not only misleading, >arently has made a mis 10,000,000 was earned on llars. It means about i mere fraction of a cent e in prices of live stock -onducted upon such small ant--only a small portion The balance has been put as you realize when you had to solve-and solve with higher costs and the the former prices for live tree times the ordinary ~nal profit makes only a the gun crews refused to surrender. Hun Over by Tlanks Another tank's crew destroyed three rapid firers, but a fourth machine gun continued firing at a distance of five or six yards. This gun, in turn, was run over and dlestroyedi, together wth its crew. At one point a tank, moved against a moundl which seemed a likely place for a machine gun. No sign of the en enmy was to be seen at first, but after the tank had circled the mound once, about forty Germans came out of a camouflaged trench andl ran towardl the Allied infantry to surrender. During the consolidatfon of the new lines, the tanks patrolled the front for nearly half an hour for protection. On one sector, when snipers in a corn field were making things uncom fortable for the men at wor'k on the dieInse, a tank advanced across No Man's Landl andl fired several shells l into the corn. With the explosions, I many of the enemy jumped up in varn ous p arts of the field, and all were 1 killed by the fire from the tanks. several officers have said since the battle that the prospects for victory never geemed so bright as now. The< latest work of the Allies had reallyi opened their eyes to the possibilities of causing the Germans heavy defeats with slight caslauties to the attackidig infantr. :rs Prc the Meat . fair return on this, and as ha the profits earned has been i and to provide additions an< the-enormous demands of ou If you are a business man y< these facts. If you are una< matter over with some busi er, say-and ask him to com with those of any other larg No evidence is offered by th port of the statement that t The Commission's own repc portance of other packers. The packers mentioned in tU any fair minded person that each other, and that they ha If this were not true they w, statement. Furthermore, government f ers mentioned in the report of the meat business of the They wish it were possible i business. Of how, for instan than the cost of the live ani products, and of the wonder: tion throughout this broad I The five packers mentioned : each other to the extent of t ment. They have been able to do time of need; they have me and completely, and they ar mindedness of the American [NOUCH COAl 10 DO. "uel Administration Will Allow Only Necessary Am~ount ENOUGH TO TIDE WINTElt f supply fRuns Out Consumer Will Have Only Himself to Blame Washington, July 7.-Rationing of oal to householders was announced ~onight by fuel administration as imong plans dlesignedl to prevent a hreatenedl shortage of coal next win er. Each dlomatic consumer will be al owed only as much coat as is found o be scientifically necessary to heat iouses to 68 dog rees, provided every ~onservation rule h as been obeyed1. L'he allowance for each householder, he announcement said, will be suf icient for comfort, but the thought ess and wasteful consumer who finds is allowance gone before the end of he winter willI have only himself to hank If he has no fuel with which .0 heat his house." New Department The administratilon'u. plan involves department of coal allotment in onnection with each local fuel ad ninistrator's office an~d this system iow has boon completed and will be ut into operation at once. I~ach or ber for coal wilt-be censored by corn maelson with the rating of thka house fiteers usiness s been stated, the larger port ised to finance huge stocks of I improvements made necessa r army and navy and the Alli iu will appreciate the significo quainted with business, tall ness acquaintance-with youi )are profits of the packing in e industry at the present tim a Federal Trade Commission he large packers have a mo: rt shows the large number a te statement stand ready to pi they are in keen competitio ve no power to manipulate pl ould not dare to make this I: igures show that the five larg( account for only about on country. ,o interest you in the details o ce, they can sell dressed beef f mal, owing to the utilization Eul story of the methods of di and, as well as in other counts 'eel justified in co-operating ogetber presenting this public big job for your governmnen t all war time demands pr~ willing to trust their case to t p~eople with the facts before I ARMOUR and COM CUDAHY PACKIN( MORRIS & COMPAI SWIFT & COMPAN WILSON & COMPA where the coal is to be used; all doubtful cases will be0 carefully check ed up by inspecing the house in ques tion andl surplus coal when ordered will be refused. Liable to Prosecution . t All consumers who have obtained *a quantity of coal in excess of their allotments, or will by deceit or imis representation have violated any rules or regulations of the fuel administra tion will be prosecuted. "Th is system,'' saidi the administra tion's statement, "will be dlrastic and will introduce conditions new to the i country; it will be no more dIrastic however, than condlitions dlemandl in ~ tJhe interest of all concerned. No one will be dieprivedl of conii actually need ed for heating, but no one will be atllowedl fuel for waste or extrava gance. "The fuel administration expects " every one to recognize the necessity " and the reason for this supervision andl to cooperate fully with the local ~ommittees entrusted with carrying out the plan." No0 Worms irn a Healthy ChIld All children troubled with worms have an un healthy color, which Indicates poor,blood, and as a rule, there is ore or less stomach disturbance. GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONiC given regularly for twoor three weeks will enrich the blood, Im prove the dIgestIon, and act as a General Strength eining Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then rqpf or dIpe ithe worm and the Child wil be 7 ion of goods ry by es. nce of c this bank dustry in sup lopoly. nd im ove to *1' a with 'ices. ositive p pack e-third f their or less of by stribu 'ies. with state in its omptly he fair hem. PANY ~CO. Y NY STORM NEAR TINDAILS Mona afternoc.n a severe storm f almost cyclonic character Passed arough, the Tindal section of the aunty :". the vicinity of Mr. T. E. lodge's, place. Crops were consider ly injured an da few barns and arm buildings we're unIroofed an therwise damaged. Mr. Di' k Io 'as the worst sufferer, two barnsi be ig un-'oofedl on his palce and a great cal of corn blown dlown. Fortu ately the storm was severe in a lim ed area only and not many farms~ tere danmaged. NO SUGAR FAMINE Washington, July 9.-Definite as urances that there is no danger of ai ugar famine were given by the forod dministration todlay and the food sit ation generally was declared to be otter than at any time since America ndlertook the feeding 'of the ameed rorldI. EXIT LOUD BATHING SUITS Wilmington, N4. C.,,July 9.--Drastic islation against immodest bathing .uits has been enacted by the Vrlghtsville Beach board of alder ien, following registration of conm ilaints, and a fine bf $10 will be Im.. iosed on the, mermaid who appears without steokings or in an otherwise ndecent costume.