Beef Trust Profits Under Fire In Roosevelt Report
President Roosevelt transmitted to Congress the Commerce and Labor summary on beef packers. The Big Six slaughtered 5.52 million cattle in 1903, about 45 percent of U.S. total, with net profit per head around 80 cents. The study questions high margins between cattle and beef and notes profits from by products and private car mileage are modest.
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Department of Justice
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White House
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Morris & Co
National Packing Company
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger &Co
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Schwarzschild & Sulzberger
Hammond and Fowler
Armour, Swift, and Morris
National Packing Compapany
Margins and By products in Early 1900s Meat Trade
The investigation shows margins between cattle and beef prices were affected by by products like hides oil and stearin. By product values fluctuated, with hides peaking in 1902 then falling, dragging per head value from 6.98 to 5.79 dollars. Despite shifts, overall profits at Armour Swift and Schwarzchild remained stable around 13 cents per hundred pounds dressed beef in 1902 03 and 1903 04.
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Schwarzachild & Bulzberger
Schwarzchlid & Sulzberger
Morris & Co
Cudahy Packing Company
National Packing Company
Armour & Co
Swift &Co
Schwarzchild & Sulzberger Company
Hammond Company
Swift & Co
Sanitation on Isthmus Improve Says Reed
Dr. Reed, member of the joint U S Panamanian commission, after returning from the isthmus, says Panama’s sanitary conditions are improving as fast as possible given material delays. Yellow fever has caused 36 cases and 12 deaths since July 12, but Colon is reportedly not infected. fever reports are inflated due to fever cases sent to Ancon being assumed yellow fever.
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