INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS rPAGE TWO ~r THE INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS development of the smaller packer. international legal .'development will I do not believe the American people be discussed by Professors George fully appreciate the important Grafton Wilson and Jesse S. Reeves. AND BORDER BUDGET The combination of the formal lecture part that big business has played in with the informal discussion by the development of this country. H. J. MINER, Editor and Manager a small group oS specialists in a "Quantity production" has made it subject of Politics may perhaps be possible for producers to get moire itered at the Post Oftee at Internatiomal Falls, Minn., mm Sccoad-Claaa Matter for their products, and for consumers said to be the nventor. The lecture permits a scholar or administrator to obtain their finished goods at lower SUBSCRIPTION RATES: U. S., $2.00 FOREIGN, $2.50 PER YEAR of distinction to present the prices than woould otherwise have informed opinion of his countrymen been the case. This has meant more Northwestern Advertising Representatives upon the problems which they have to Minnesota Select List business for the producer and a 7M Exchange Bank 215 South 6th Street face the discussion groups offer an higher standard of living for all. It St. Paul '-Minneapolis opportunity for extended debate upon explains why the standard of well those same problems. The advantages being is so much higher here than haul the stock arrived much shrunken LARGE PACKERS BENEFIT of this combination are apparent, abroad. And the point has now been in weight. At certain points on the PUBLIC ASSERTS SWIFT especially w^en as was frequently reached in our (development where road it was necessary to unload the the case last year, the lecturer it is not so much a question of the stock.and give them feed, water and Head of Leading Plant Explains the attends the sessions of the conference economies of large scale production (i rest. All this involved heavy expense. Position of Companies in Price and has an opportunity to as it is a question of their absolute In addition there was the Adjusting. I explain and defend the^/point of view economic necessity. We must have fact that only a little more than half which he has previously presented large business undertakings if we are the animals dressed out as meat, and Claims Nation Could Not Be Fed At from the lecture platform. to continue to be a prosperous nation in those days the balance, with the Present Cost if Giant Plants Were and the sooner this fact is recognized As to Membership. exception of the hide, was largely Not Active. by the irresponsible agitators Membership in the Institute is waste. To the other wastes of the who would impair the service that is open to all tgachers of history, government, system would be added nearly half the By LOUIS F. SWIFT. now rendered, the greater will be the and economics in colleges Editor's Note Louis P. Swift, freight costs. benelt- conferred upon producers and and universities throughout the country, head of the vast organization that The large packer -lias been1 instrumental consumers alike. Big business has hears his name, in the following outlines and invitations are extended to in eliminating these wastes. come to stay because there are fundamental the reasons why America'^ modern others who by reason of special training Herein lies his distinctive service. complex life has given birth to his economoic laws which have or experience in the field are His packing plants located near aVe own and similar companies and why established the necessity for it existence. able to contribute to the discussion This new the^source of production. Refrigerator their existnce is important to every And there has never been of the subject in hand By this citizen of the United States. It is a cars transport the products of •fr a time when this should be emphasized sugar-coated means it is possible to group together clearly written article and presents these plants long distances (in many so much as now, with the the packers' side of a disagreement in the Institute along with cases more than a thousand miles) to gum delight foreign countries fighting for markets that is of many years' standing. the college teachers, representatives branch houses located in consuming throughout the world. young and old drawn from other learned professions centers. His cars are also used to We have been hearing for a great from banking and internaional finance carry perishable meat products to TO SEEK SOLUTIONS many years, especially during the from the army and navy and It "melts in your the small towns located along the OF WORLD PROBLEMS war, about the economics of producing from the active service of the government railroad lines extending out in all directions mouth" and the gum in the goods on a large scale. Most of its great administrative department. from the packing plants. the textbooks on economics tell us Institute of Politics at Williamstown Different points of view center remains to aid digestion, As to Distribution. Prepares for Second Meeting for that the large concern is able to carry are this way represented, the legal In short, the refrigerator cars of brighten teeth and soothe mouth Next Month. on its business at lower costs than and financial, the military and the the large packers, together with his a small concern for the following academic. and throat. packing house and branch house organization, To Discuss Reconstruction, Pacific reasons: have made possible the The membership of the Institute It buys and sells in larger quantities Ocean Problems, Political Consequence even and economical distribution of is necessarily limited by the accommodations There are the other WRIGLEY and is able, therefore, to buy of Present Peace. which Williams College is perishable meat products all over the raw materials and to sell, finished friends to choose from, too: country, notwithstanding the fact able to offer. The maximum of By HARRY A. GARFIELD. products to the best advantage if that' the big centers of livestock production 300, therefore, cannot be exceeded. Editor's Note—Harry A. Garfield is it is a manufacturing concern, a large are far removfed from the But it should be understood that the president of Williams College, .of Williamstown, output permits greater specialization large centers of meat consumption. Mass., one of th^ oldest and public is cordially invited to attend on the part of its labor forces, and greatest institutions of learning in This nation-wide service of the the lectures 4uring the session of permits the use of the best manufacturing America. In the Institute of Politics large packer has made for greater 1922 as they were in 1921. While methods, with the result there is gathered some of the master stability both in the price of meat" the members of the Institute last that manufacturing costs are reduced minds of the world. Mr. Garfield was products and in the. livestock prices. year numbered only 138 there were instrumental in the organization of the to the lowest possible point It prevents, as far as is humanly possible, frequently from 800 to 1,000 persons Institute and is one of the leading large scale operations make it possible gluts in one market and scarcities present at the lectures. The College substainers of it as well as being active to employ highly efficient managers in another. It thereby benefits dormitories are reserved primarily in the discussions that arise. and to maintain research specialists both producer and. consumer. In addition for members of the Institute, the large concern can utilize its The gathering of, representative to the benefits that are derived but ample accomodations for those by-products more economically. Americans at the first session of the from a nation-wide* distributing attending the lectures can be secured In these respects the packing in-t Institute of Politics drew from Lord organization, there is the fact that at the inns and hotels dustry is like all other industries. The Bryce the remark: "I know of no the economical utilization of byproducts N O E N I N N E S O A large packing plant can be operated other country in which such a large J. J. A E High Finance. by the large packer enables O S I A more economically than a small plant group of prominent men and women He—So the jury awarded Flossie the producers to get a higher price chiefly on account of the economies Dr. B. F. Osburn, Physician and could be held together for so long £200 a week alimony? Lawyer for his livestock and reduces the price attending the utilization of by-products Surgeon in Charge for the study of International relatons." She—Yes she it would seem so says on a large scale. But strange the consumer must pay for his meat From such an indefatigable food now not to be dependent upon a Office Phone 30 Hospital Phone 79 International State Bank Bldg. as it may seem this fact alone does products. man for her income!—Wayside Tales. traveller and close observer of men Office Intl State Bank Building not really explain why large packers While it is well to point out the International Falls, Minnesota International Falls, Minnesota in all parts of the world, it was a have come into existence. A very economics of large scale operations high tribute to Americans' interest in real reason for the development of in the packing industry, it should problems of international politics. (•large packing concerns is to be found not be overlooked that the reason The second session of the Institute, in the distinctive and absolutely for the existence of large packers is which is to be held in August necessary service they render in not to be found alone in the economy at Williamstown, will duplicate the transporting meat products long- distances with which they operate. The significant first in so far as the general subject from the producing to the fact is that large 'packers are of the lectures and conferences consuming sections of the country. absolutely necessary. The producers is concerned. Courses of lectures Stock in West. and consumers for meat products on various phases of international rerelations It so happens that approximately must have the long distance service will be delivered by scholars two-thirds of the livestock of the which only the large packer can render. and statesmen from South America, country is produced west of the Of course, they must also have China and Japan, and Central and Mtssssippi River, while two-thirds the service of small packers who buy Western Europe. Public announcement of our population lives to the east livestock and sell meat products in of the list will be made as soon 6f it. Either live animals or fresh local markets. In this respect the as it is complete .and the particular meats must be shipped from West service rendered by the small packer subjects arranged. There will be to East, and it has been found to be is essentially different from that many new names among the Round more economical to slaughter the rendered by the large packer. Each Table leaders. From the experience animals in the producing sections is doing a definite kind of work, but LUMBER of the first session, the emphasis will and to ship the meat products in refrigerator both are needed. be directed this summer even to a cars to the consuming sections Open to Competition. greater extent than last to intimate than to ship the live animals. It is interesting also to observe in ?ind free discussion in Round Table Before the development of the refrigerator this connection that whenever the Conferences. Subjects to be discussed car it was impossible to business of a small packer becomes in conferences will include the ship fresh meats. The livestock of large enough to waVrant the extension economic reconstruction of Europe the West had to be shipped East for of his operations to distant the problems of the Pacific Ocean slaughter because it was impossible markets, he purchases refrigerator the political consequences of the to transport perishable products any cars, branch houses, etc., and becomes MITOOSTCS peace, as well as some of the more great distance. The shipment of one of the many competitors of the technical phases of international law. livestock to Eastern markets for large packer. The service rendered The Great Leaders. slaughter was exceedingly wasteful. by the large packer is not so complete Among the leaders of the conference Many of the animals died on the long or perfect as to be able to close HE house you build will tell the world, in so many words, just what you are groups are man of the foremost journey. Owing toAthe length of the the road for the further growth and authorities upon world finance, —and in the end it will be either an asset—or a liability. Mr. Frank A. Vanderlip, former president of the National City Bank Mr. Pull the Blind For a Shine in New York It is the decisions you make now, as to materials which go into that Paul M. Warburg, a charter member of the Federal Reserve Bank Mr. house, that will determine whether or not expenses begin or end, after it S or skirts in Oscar T. Crosby, a former Assistant New York resulted has been lived in a year. Secretary of the Treasury. Regarding in a faHing-off of the problems of the Pacific, the business for' shoe leadership of th4 discussions will shining stands catering In offering our services to you, we fed we are placing concrete assets to women trade fall upon at least two of the technical until an inventive at your desposal, because our experience with all kind of building materials advisors of the government during Knight of the the Washington Conference upon BrushH equipped his qualifies us to advise you judiciously. stand with a common the Limitation of Armament, namely, window shade Professors George H. Blakeslee and Mr. Farmer—Make a list of your lumbar wants and when you attend the as is shown here. Stanley K. Hornbeck. The most Now milady has her prominent authority npon Canadian shoes shined with a Farm Bureau come in and see us. mind quite at ease. history Dr. Adam Shortt of Ottawa, will assume charge of the questions arising out of Dominion Autonomy within the British Empire, a subject LUMBER SHINGLES which has recently been brought into prominence by the creation of the MILL WORK LIME Irish Free Statd. Our relations with INSULITE CEMENT the South American countries and their relations with each other will ROOFINGS SASHES form the topic to be discussed in conferences led by the Director General of the Pan-American Union and Professor John H. Latane. The political Falls Lumber & Coal Co. situation in Europe, especially in Central and Southeastern Europe will be handled by Professor Charles H. Haskins, Professor Robert T. Lord, an4 Dr. Isiah Bowman, Director of the American Geographical society. Some of the heWr aspects of