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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1918
Page
3
FTC cites high profits of four large meat packers totaling 140 million over three war years, arguing public concern while admitting misused comparisons and small profit margins per dollar of sales. Authors defend profit levels as modest, with most gains reinvested and capital needs rising due to war costs.
The five large meat packers Armour and Company Cudahy Packing Morris & Company Swift Wilson and Company deny monopoly claims. They argue they face strong competition, contribute to wartime needs, and can justify pricing strategies while inviting public scrutiny of their distribution and by-product use. Government data suggests these firms account for about one third of the U.S. meat business.
An old household guide offers Iriah Apple Pie with baked apples, brown sugar, nutmeg, water, and crust. It also outlines Roquefort Dressing with oil, salt, paprika, vinegar, and cheese paste to serve on salad. Includes laundry cabinet tips and keeping teapots dry with sugar to prevent mustiness.
A compact recipe fragment lists ingredients for a rich cake: butter two sizes, two cupfuls of sugar, Bikar an apparent flour substitute, three eggs, milk a cupful, soda one teaspoon, and gingerbread like flavor from Bako.
Eight cent cheese cloth cut into strips makes effective glass wipers. Three quarters yard, finished and hemmed, yields a lint free polish with no fibers left on the glass.
Readers are advised to roll piscuits thinner and make two cuts per biscuit. By layering one on top of another, they break evenly and become daintier.
A kitchen tip suggests adding half a teaspoon of baking powder to the milk used in mashed potatoes to make them fluffier. The note emphasizes light, airy texture from this small addition.
To remove rust from flatirons saturate a flannel with ammonia and rub the irons. Dry with a cloth sprinkled with powdered bath brick.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture, the article urges farmers to repurpose corn stover, straws, and other crop by-products to cut waste and raise profits. It argues that using stover in cattle, sheep, and horse rations can lift meat and dairy production while reducing reliance on grain, with practical steps from field use to feeding regimes.
A farming notice recommends selecting broad-chested sows for higher market value, while discarding narrow-chested, pinch-bellied ones. The advice aims to boost sow numbers for a favorable season.
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