The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, January 9, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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GROSBYTBN,CSbSai tfHMIf, TEXAS, FWOM JANUARY 9,1|20
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lers to
Spring Whftt
While >\te
' nprmal condition^i t is ^ad-
visable to plant a\vetf large^
acreage of spfitjg wheat in Texas,
yet with the present outlook f or
'wheat production and the as-
sured world's demand fbr wheat,
' seems that it will
pay Texas farmers to materially
increase! their, acreage" -next
spring," said D- N. farrow,
agronomist of the -State '.Ifcdjis-
■ trial - Congress.. ■ . * - \
--Wbttle-it is- re'c'ognized that
spring wheat is neither as cer-
tain nor-as large of yield as fall-
sown wheat, the conditions now
facing,the world's bread supply
will fully warrant the taking of
Ih' e m c
MSUT BEEF COSTS
This May Throw Some Lighten
ife Price Yott Pay for
Beefsteak
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TOD THE "WOULD "WITH
AM S aCAN BED^GROSM
v . .a-iating Prisoner®.
ggiliiiipppsippp
Testifying recently before a body of
senators in Washington, a vice-presi-
dent of one of the lai*ge packkig con-
cerns (F. Ed&on White of Armotir and
Company) made the astoujuli/ig state-
smen! that so-far in their .gscal year,
which w'Suld cover-t.he past eight or
Bine months, his company-had "made
ho money whatever on beef."
, This statement is doubtless well
nigh incredible to th.e. average man.
Yet it was made in ful1. knowledge that
the-senators had access to, the com-
pany's books.
Kecovenng trom tne nrst shock, thfys
tKI|S3®BonaT ris^rTn
of a steady ..and assured world
demand for all the wheat that
can be produced during tfte com-
ing year^we are faced'with the
faefc thiat swing to .bad we^tfiSl his Statement included everything
same average manWfll- say, "Yes, but
the packers are shrewd; what they do
not make on the beef""they more than
make up on. "the hides."
- But even this illusion was destined
wft
at
. and shortage of labor the winter
wheat acreage of the' Uni^ld
States has been reduced 25™p?n
cent, while the condition of what
was planted is far below the av-
erage. This "alone will insure good
prices for any spring wheat that
:^ay - be produced; Of. the two
factors that entered into this re-
:'x ction ®f acreage, the shortage
of labor-still remains. Certainly,
remeT^he"newyeaiv-with8r
shortage of labor, we should be-
gin now to plan for those crops
that will require the minimum,
and in this respect., no other crop
that holds oi*t-a prospect of such,
good prices compared with spring
wheat. ' It possesses another ad-.
Land upon which it is
becomes avail abe' for
crop during the same
even-though the crop
might fail there will still remain
a chance-to grow some other
crop upon the same land.
7-Jtf-is'true;.- that much wheat
, Pwas lost in 19©, due to inade-
quate harvesting machinery,
^pMatT^.faci)ities,- but there
that was derived from the steer as
purchased—the hide, fat, even the in-
testines' .-Which are used .largely for.
sausage casings, -. -r- -
—j-: MakevMoney, Nevertheless^ /'
Well the packers make money—fiov':
do they'do it? Mr. White admitted
that they did, quoting figures secfired"
by auditors of the Food Administra-
tion,' to the; effect that packers' profits,
on food commodities . of all kind last
year were 1 G/10 cents on each dol-
lar taken •• in. These would include
such things as sausage, shortening,
vantage,
planted
another
year, so
is
-- no reason- to expect a repetitian
of these conditions in anything
like the same degreenext spring.
J Despite all that. can~Tie done,
there is no chance of- makisf up
with spring wheat the shortage
^7ofAcreage oFwinter:;pllnthag.
:"::^i«i^illi8it':.the: same time fe-
lieve both the -machinery aud the
labor situation, while having di-
rect bearing upon transportation
facilities, even should there be
no unprovemeat-in this respect.
But the chief loss-last spring a tad
s.amnler was caused by uapre-
^rc^enited we$)rer cdndit^
certainly we are warranted in
anticipating that this condition
will not be repeated the coming
year.
Sc !.i - astpoaed. .
On account of.-bad weather we
— Done "our s'Sfe^Qt-wlTf
lipyo -same at the Caw
January 16 th,
good wea i ng, but, if
WeiithW is 1 ?d will'Mye- it on
Saturday following.
' Edward^..
^
. M. Reed from the mi
Ek i Mains^ wa,s In town Tuesday
^BMh is Mum-erous fee ads
and acting so much like, a can-
didate that we questioned some
who were likely -to-know, but no
! ' jusi 1 >d up
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cannea meats,' etld, In addltl
meats, hams and bac^a. On all the
products of his company, Mr. White
explained, comprising both £oqds and
inedible commodities; the profits dur-
ing the same period were 1 8/10 cents
on each dollar, sale: '
■ which would lead many, to
say that the packing business is not
.well understood. It isn't. Yet as one
of the leading lndustries^f--the roivn-.
to;., jts woirlHHgs and, -above all, its
iprofits,--shoU'lj(l be familiar matters to
us. It is quite useless to orate against
the. high'cost of., living without digging
into some of. these., fundament ais.
By-Products -at„.Market_.Values,
One of the. most enliglUening bits of
Mr. White's testimony was' his ex-
planation of the? way in which, cost
prlte-pf beef is arrived at. If a sfeeer.
is bought at $125.00 jmd hidesj^arq
^bringing f 16.00' in the open- market,
nli,red to the cost of
the Steer. If hides are selling at $28.00
that amount. is'creditedV""The viscentt^
fat, . offal and everything else that
comes from the steer are^'likewise
credited .at their prevailing- market
vaifteS." What remains-is.-talj.en as the
cost price of the meat. The beef car-'
:cass is then shipperl-to" one of the-lo-
" eai^mstnlViiting branrh hnnsos, anrl
the manager there is given the cost
priggjjjith instructions' to'Sell the beef
at a profit if :he can. But in any event,
whetheipffie^local market Jje lively" br
.dull-, he] must sell,,for \vhat he can get,
|pr the •commodity "is a "perishable one
and must be sold. . - ■ ! ■
Manufacturer's Pr&fit ori. By-Products.
However, there is another hitch to
the pac'king business, qurtp as littfe
understood apparently, that goes to
sliOw how a loss On fresh mea.ts may.
be accompanied by a profit on the to-
tal "amount of tfttsinoss done"* Tak-e,
for example, t.lie 'banjo strings afore-
mentioned,. wliich are made from the
intestiBes- Of sheep. The department
that'" makes banjo, strings ^(an^-l&e-
wiso surgica'l ligatures, "tennis strings,
etc.,5 "b^y's" (he iniesanes from tile
b (|i ill in lepar lm i p it o:
actly the same price that these bring
when sold to the outside market. 0*a
tbi-sf-i^sis-11 iP"-Ptrirt^--rlf:p frrt m en t-1namr-"
factures its s( rings . and sells them,
QjUfrrmin-i''- - nrofit-mtn fhp"bu~in"ss.—■-
In liko iflanner the forjiltzor depari-
merii. buys blood."anil tankage; the soap
department buys fats; the glue ■depart-
ment buys hoofs, horns, bones- and
Sinews; and so onjiirough the list of
<fl)jT-products." The fertilizer, "the
soap and tb«-fdtK\ an the mu.su-
slriijgs, bring in a manufacturer's
profit. •"(
. )]] cases -Sit -iduete,
whether, tliey be void to" outside nian-
uCnclumr. or to one ot the niariufac-
turing (Jeparlnumts in 1 ho business ;<a(.
u-K.-'i price), ntfe
credited to the meat por-
lion of IIkv,< i is in the'in-
fa;'. 5* v.^ri >tiM
When, hostilities, ceased there were in the hands of tlieir'Tmiton capfors
millions of prisoners of-^ war of all Allied countries,'..the; terrible plight of
' w.pricers, "carrying" relief"
supplies of clothing, medicines and supplementary foodstuffs, "penetrated the
Central Powers asl-soon after the armistice as the military authorities would
permit, and the work of getting the prisoners started back to their owp coun-
tries was soon' begun. In this photograph a group of—these men are'seen
• :l aeked up and restored to apxaletlung like normal health, awaiting the train,
thai ".vill carry tliem but of bondage. ' ' "~
A Light Blizzard Hits Us.-' -
... The worst spell this "country
has had this wifiter set- in Wed-
nesday when'Mi; day dawned
cloudy and windy. In the'after*
frieads .were1 grooming him for
something. > He is a good-eitiKeia
, -and if he should throw hi hat in
the ring county politics will be-
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come more 1
Wmmm
at s
'hi^ "^tsrScte hide?4nentfonett above.
hns-'i-ho "ii,: i" ' 'of-'by.-pi'oducis"
a'cold north wind whipping it
back made the waather exceed-
ingly unpleasant^ The snow dHft-
ed-in ^ridges- and- piles and in
places it -is two ur three feet
deep. Yesterday remained cloudy
.most all day and very 'little snow
melted. However, the" day was
much more pleasant. It is^ .clear
and |calm this mornining with
^lae pr08pecf:f©r a beautifal day,
aad i-f it remains this way thru-
out the day much of t'hre snog
-will be-gcm.€',l)y night.
This snow-andr"eold spell should
put"the ground in fin© shape for-
another crop. It is also the ve?1?-
thing for -wheat, " hut ^unfortun-
atelyTher-e4s-'very little wheat;.'i"ii.
this country,, owing to the fact
that-such a large cotton crop was.
made that the farmers did- *iot
.hate time to..fo@l with wheat - ;
I5rof. Bit! :SmaVt -^and" Mart
Lowrey from near Paducah v ere
in - m their"
way home "flrofn Seagraves where
tfeey had purchased laad. Prof.
Smart ia cmite a noted fFontfersr-
man, is a poet of -no'mean abil-
ity; is a college graduate, but of
the old,.school of cowboys who
''passing away; is g®®cl
conversaiionalist.. and an' • 'all-
round iatereStiBg character. He
is new i the latter forties and
in spite of the fact that hfe was
far beyond the-draft age and not
subject to military duty, the
blo.sd of his forefathers, wh©
fought ■ in the Revolution and
,who-,lwe - heen... -a^d loyal
cjtizens all dpwn thedine, ek&tfa:
' ,lief-"
vices in the late world we
after much difficulty.. was_ ac-
: ■ over thirteen
Moaths : i ihc t^nwicc overseas.
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S. G. McCai from
Lorenzo ynr.U ing taxes,
id the Review a .brief call
and we enjoyed a chat with hftri*
ab®nt his boyhood day if -before
the Civil war,back in the gocid
old Creole state, Louisiana. "He
was n ^ <" 1 d-?pareniT5
who i in Clair..
The Parent-Teacher Associa'tion.-
The teachers ©f Crosby eeunty
at the Institute ia; Lubbock, or-
ganized and appointsd a cOm-
mifct.ee of three to call a ffljfcHMjg
During the fore part of the present
year he carried his inquiry further; He
our county to -further organize a
Parent-Teacher Association.
The object of the organization
is ttTW'Smote general school in-
terest in the co.unty and to do all
that we eah to raise the stasd-
ard of our schools, ..especially the
country schools. We have de-
cided to meet at. the public school
building in Rail#, Saturday, Jan
1.7.tb.at 11 a. m. All teachers
and patron® "of ths county are
cordially In vited to be present.
Come out and help us work out
our gj3mMQn.. .PfobJ.ems alid-' to
.create a live organization.-
Aura Adams,
' v- • Chairman"
Senator-Currie, Stock Raiser of
Nebraska,' I'r
perimeiit.
' Meat is high; the packera adjjjlt it,
though they, say that other 'foods, are
higher in proportion. TltS'farmer says,
he is not getting too much for his cat-
tle, in fact not enough, • he says. How
about numerous local slaughtering
plants scattered throughout the, com-
munities of our country, or a more di-
rect-frorn-farmer-io-consuraef relation;
ship? . ' -
There is almost a-sentimental attrac-
tiveness about the thought, like dreams
of one's ""boyhood home. It looks so
simple. Indeed, it is simple" aftgr a -
igr the'-i.'witf^^tnOat. Awat
/: "J
m
was handled before; the Industry grew
Xp national and International propor-
tions. But would it pay? '
. .Tried to-Build-Up-Local-Market:
Esperiroentation.\ and ' testing
Is.
""tTo^TftTess tlie best teacher. And in-
quiring minds have not hesitated to
dig irrti>- the matter. Senator F. M.
Currie of Broken Bow, Neb., himself
a stock raiser, relates a,bit of exix,--.
rience of his own along this lino.
He tried for years, he tells lis, to
establish a-market for fat cattle v?Jth*
local butchei*s, invariably finding -teat
he could not meet the price made to
them by the packers."
"In other- words,''^be says, "the pack-
ers could pay us more for our cattle
on foot, and sell the product to our
local butchers.for less money than
W
Tujesday afternooa"'^
home of -Mrs. Che'siey-Smit;)
first meeting for the year nine-
teen twenty wsis held with a "full
attendance. A business'session ||
was conducted by the president,
Mm&p. ^^phhh^hH
date for the election of offices
the following v^ere elected: "Mrs.
W. ' , ., ; ..:i I
1 'u i1 ( ! ' L Oil >
'/ .'. . •
Chesley ;Smith. treasurer:
1 ' ' '
Shaw, who has serve< ;stly i
and faithfully as president 1
past two years declined
tion, but the mem-fcei
Mrs-. Milligan- , ''y ~
rto promote th^ wefl^e~"oF this
organization and with the hearty .
c6-eperation of all members
-much-ean-be---accoTOplishedTand^'
civic pride be stlmuiafced amnno--
our citizenship. Mrs. R, F. E>iinn
and Mrs. C. F. Riley were/ ad- -
mitted as members of the League, ?,
A "'social-hour was enjoyed./Mrs. !
Smith heing af=sisted-by-Mrs.'R.
J&: Shaw and Mrs. Jalaes T.pack;
Victrola music, was appreciated
and Pauline Buck, gave a /couple
of piano numbers. Reffeshments,'
consisting of chicken sandwiches,
fruit salad, Stuffed date's, olivep
and coffee weTo serye-rjl -to,-th^-
followihg members and/ guesti:
Mesdames J. A. Parksy R. -F.
Dunn, Sep Smith, C. F. Riley, J.
shipped two carloads of cows to.lA* Buck, T« CJ Mathiep, R. T.
Omaha, and they were sold to Armour I Woodson, EdJojjnSon, Tl H. Bftl-
lowe, W.,; S. McClung, Victor R.. . ,
PI i; mm or of El Paso and Pauline
lJuck. Next meeting of "the
League will be held at the home-.*'
of Mrs. W. S, McClung.Tuesday
afternoon^Jariuary 20th.'
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-Would Cost Consaincr.
-^^--r;tt0ltTor Pupiis '
It was recently suggested by
one of the teachers in the" public
sfehool that the names of the-
pupils making. grade "A" each
•month be published in the Re-
view ;as;; a_' mark of distinction.
We heartily approve r "this idea:
and Misses Kearse and Brown,
teachers of the 5th and 6th
grades^|g,dT;.:in , .the following
names if achieved
this honor in the month of De^
cember: 5th grade, Quinn Buck;
6th grade,-Wipie Johnston, Rub.y
Boyd.. -All: honor to these three
pupils for their excellehtreeord.
Let- us have a large list of honor
pupils for January.
A Town Man ftow
"Six-Shooter0 Wilson' moved
in Wlth'his family from the fafm
W ... fr.
'system of which' wc have hoard much, homo parish, and he can fcH
,hnd b.v Which it is con- some ^ into'okI ing incuk^ts of
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cluctc, / ' • '
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r
pharmkceuticals to ghi«, do', in reality,
' p ifip burden of fresh rue«t pric«>K.
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higheit
| 4| sw «• $ Palftft®
last week and the y 4^<' - domiciled
in the Burke house a block West
of'the editorrs homo, which -h'tr
recontly purchased from F.
; .?j.: ..;>
lirally :'' .. .Vilao.-
ing a "bad /umbra'' and atypical
representative -of. the
me in-.prinl, .buf noL so. He is
: i cl $ id got his" so-
briquet honestly. We have known
him for the past IV
found him to be reasonably docile
and a splend; ! are
1 '< -nd to nt
tknfc time sm< 1 iod.
m 28S?"W
' ^, # .j *
and, Company for .$7.90 per hundred
weight.' 'Among these was one cow
which he wished to have himself for
beef. TJ)'is'r'cow weighed 840 pounds
and there'fote hrou jrht him |66f36. r^Le
animal was thgged and, th^ldentical
carcass, was /shipped' to him 'l>y ex-
press to ThMford, Neb.,__aad .chnrgcd
to j him at / the. prevailing "whole-
sale price of /such meat on that day in
Kansas City.,! Omaha "and Mimnapolik
The cafe'ass'jlnrtb'dKrcarrying charges
of .ahcuiiCmOO, cost him. gfiO.ll, or'
$6.25 less t|an he sold, the animal for
in Omaha.
What
"NoX'C c/ontinues the Senator, "sun-
JBSSg n*' eniisiirVipr in . amiibn-
dered-thia-fnieat direct from rrie, and "Ij
had slaughtered tl^ beef at the ranch
and sent the meat direct to the'"?!bni
sptfier. Tin king as a basis the price
received fpr this cow in Omaha.
leSS the freight of 17% eent^fir.''j^n-
dred, it would make the cow worth on
the rancji $65.00," j. I
~ To thik' ^M^r;TddT~$^0|[) jfo-r
slaughtering at home and $6.00 for ex-
press from Thedford to Omaha, and"
he. deducts $7.00 credit- for the... hide.
According • to ','these.... figures ~ the
dressed carcass of. his cow-would be
worth .$6^-0^ in Omaha, as against the
nacI < [th (A >i 1 > i lii t i
(which !'• derived by deducting the ex-
pr'&$$■ £Mrges"t6 Thedford,^$H^0, ffoiit:
-the price the carcass was'sold"to him',
:;l v':
Cheaper to &tiy Than KHf. r
"Afiei".th-(it:in!^;fi i'nVof't'jgation,' iae
Senator sayS, 'J am convm '1'ihat
it does -not pay for us to slaughter
meat at the ranch,; tlia.l we
etter ship our cattle "to
and - buy our beef from the
I. have been engaged in_\he
cattle producing business all my li^e 5
ll-.ere is no particular reason why' I
Mumhl bQ" fcifndly to the packers, but
'X. i'.m -thorMgbly
cen.Jjv-- > rectrirndT
morel for nlj cattle on foot, than if I
;ha4;to^
sumorT'and itonseauently the" cort'sdM'er
has bcen^-nbW to buy my- product for
less monej Vhrough the packer than
tmOxfr any- other system' ivhich is
feSown'to bu.^ne en to the present
tittle "
..... , ..^
IVomarj's missionary SociBly.
•^^--bbisine^^ineeting'
month was held Monday after-
our own
would' l
Qjnaha,
packer*.
Junior k r's Party,
!ovl(i of the Crosby ton
KK-;h Pi hool and .some of their
fttiepds enjoyed-a New .dear's
part^. at the home ef T. U.'
; : i: . . ; :
Games an i ' t
noon by the Woman's Missionary
Society of the Methodist church.
In the absence of Mrs. Dorsey,
c<5!li'duci:e3.' •by^the-&ret -yi'dfe-p^es--
ident, Mrs. R-. F. Dunn. Mrs... R. ~
J. Heard was elected: to the/of-
fice of treasurer aritTMrsT' Ches- ^ \
-ley Smith was appointed to loofc
after" the Missionary-Yofciftliu'b—
scriptions; Mrs. J. A. B.uck land
Mrs, R. X,- Woodson having re
sighed.these officefin the Isociety
Fext-Monday.;Bf ternoon the so
ciety. wi|jL^meet; for "tl e." Bible
study'at the church.
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Tax.
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Women Fail to Pay Pol
Amarillo, Jan. -2. —According
to City Secrtary E. A. Mclvinnon
not a single " "woman hps paid
poll tax to'the cityrso far.^'Tnis |
means that unless the tales -iakf _
paid soon no women will vote in - ! !
the coming elections fir ctt;
officials-and other .mattergk>| ira*
portance \^jiich^wiU Be
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The"Re view"eaito|Ts~m
o£aniatere&iing.lett«r~fra
aimuaemenU 4«d- refreshments
„wer® served. Fellowing are
ef 'elaw present:
Beatrice Engliah, Artie Wkitle}
Gladys Davii,* Li'^Bic
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ir Jphnola Staley;"
fidna-Dobb^ Pearl
Henyy^lHpoin who ieft 'hereHtts
■.before the' holidays to vTsif
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