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...Hull)-one new and valuable factor. Satan, meanest tiger in captivity, chews off the lion tamer's right leg at the picture's start, obligingly devours what remains of him at the finish. Between times he prowls down a village street, goes on a rampage in a butcher shop, makes kindling out of innumerable kitchen chairs, kills a substitute keeper, growling the while in a complacent undertone...
...example: John Smith has a 700-lb. heifer ready for market. If shipped to the stockyards, it would net John about $30. Instead, he takes it into the co-op and has it butchered at a cost of $7. It provides him with about 330 lb. of prime beef which the butcher cuts into convenient-sized steaks, chops and roasts. These are frozen quickly and put for storage in John's locker. The same meat, bought over the counter, would cost him $90; his total cost now is $40, including locker rent. If John Smith is expecting a threshing...
Economically, the locker system is a sound co-operative enterprise. Lockers, large enough to store 325 lb. of meat (or equivalent in fruit and vegetables), rent for $10 per year. There is no labor cost-the butcher more than pays for his time by butchering fees. Power and maintenance costs average about $900 per year. Depreciation at $500 per year is a liberal estimate. Locker rents give a gross income of $5,000. Net result is operating profit of $3,500 per year: enough to amortize entire investment in less than ten years...
...that God has a plan for business"-Charles Hogan, Manhattan butcher. "God can even show us how to play golf"-British Rear Admiral Horace Summerford...
...past two or three decades neither the practices nor the policies of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange have changed materially. President Howard Butcher Jr., senior partner in a local brokerage firm, carries on the ancient traditions despite the half-hearted threats of revolt by younger members. Excitement is occasionally provided on the floor by Salt Dome Oil, a mysterious issue which moves as much as 12 points between sales. As characteristic of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange today as it was in the 1870's is a deal of fast trading in local traction securities, foundation of most of Philadelphia...