Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Rejoinder of Swift and Company to the Statement of the Federal Trade Commission: In Reply to I. Statement of Swift and Company on the Summary of the Report of the Federal Trade Commission; II. Answer of Swift and Company to the Federal Trade Commission's Report on Profiteering
The absurdity of this comparison is obvious. A ton of beef is worth at present about $400 at wholesale, whereas a ton of coal is worth only about $7 at tidewater. Swift Company's beef profit is only 1} per cent. Of the selling price; the coal profit is over per cent!
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