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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1914)
WAREHOUSE LAW 111 THE MAKING Cente Begin to Arrange Foi Keeping Party Pfcdge. DEMOCRATS FAVOR MEASURE. Msrton L. Corty of Clay Center Speaki Glowingly of What Ha Thinks II Will Co Ssya Farmere Aro thi Chief Benaflciarlsa. Lincoln After numerous defeats defeats brought on largely through th Satsunderstandlng of the object! ongbt, it appear probable that warehouse law will be enacted at tin scaling session of the leglalatura. The Democratic platform declared tor such an act, the Democratic cam paign orators extolled it In their meet lag over the state and the Democratic literature lauded it to the political kits. Now that the Democrats an to be In power admittedly in a meas ra through their advocacy of tbli legislation they will proceed to carry out their platform pledge. Since election some of the part) leaders of the state have been putting la considerable time studying the problem. The warehouse laws of Min aeeota, Kansas, Missouri and IUInoli tare been carefully studied and tht beet points of each of them have bees picked out for the proposed enactment tat tills state. In the front rank oi -this work baa been Merton I Core et Clay Center, the man who wrott the plank in the Democratic platform nd who, In the capacity of chairman guided the state convention affairs al Colnmbus last July. Mr. Corey started life aa a farm boy, be obtained bis education among farmers and he has lived and worked Among farmers all his life. He be lieres that this Jegislatton will apply with striking force to farm conditions In an interview for this paper Mr Corey gives what be believes to bt the salient points of the legislation t&e effect it will have on the sale ol farm products and on general buBlnrsi .conditions in the state. His state mast is of particular interest at thli thne and should be read by ever) Ban who Is interested in his own wel fare jind the weirare of the state. ."There are two pressing problems it tail state," said Mr. Corey. "One li the problem of financing the tenant farmers, and the other the problem ol ettlng up market conditions that wll. anable all farmers, tenants and own ra, to obtain equitable prices for tbeli products. "Statistics of the state show that 01 tfea 120,000 farms reported upon practically 60,000 of them were oper ted by tenant farmers. Those fift) thousand men depend upon the conn try bankers for their finances. Tb country bankers In order to protec' themselves must charge higher rata than where a warehouse law would nable them to loan upon warehoust receipts as collateral. And undei present conditions, in order to makt payments upon money due thest banks, the tenants must sell on a de pressed market at a time when tht prices are at lowest ebb and when re turns to the farmers are therefort lata than as if tbey were enabled t( hold their grain. -Thls reacts agalnBt both the farm a and the bankers, and flnall) reaches the storekeeper and the re tail merchants in all lines. As th farmer la held down In his operation! are the balance of the buslnessei la the state held down. And as thi farmers prosper so do the other llnet of business take on a brighter bust A6SS OUtlOOk. -''JVlth public warehouses the farm era could store their grain and sef oa the rising market, a month latei Winn Jhey now ordinarily do, 01 two months or three, as the case might warrant from the condition of tht market. Tbe gain to them would bt enormous. On wheat alone It would amount to enough to pay all stab laxes 'n a year. On other grains It would total high. In a year on al rops of tbe state it would pile nj enormously In the entire state. ! would spell the difference botweei access and failure of hundreds o: the farmers of the state and no smal camber of retail business men. Thi good that such a law would do wouk be reflected all the way up the scali from the cross roads store to the bt? ftmaha wholesalers, and from tht email bank to the biggest financial in stltutions In the state. It Is some thing that has done much good li theee lines for the states where tht laws are now operative, and will un questionably do much good for thi people of this state." "Government statistics show tba on Aug. 1 the federal authorities esii mated the winter wheat crop in Ne raska at (0,274,000 bushels. The In crease in the market from July 2 to Oct. 30 was 32 cents a bushel. Ant esuch of the wheat. Just how much nt one can aay, was o'd on tie de pressed market. Apply the warehon law, enable the farmers to have helt their grain and most of It would hav keen sold at the top prices. Figun the Increase on half of the arao.int I would have been nearly fto.oon.ooo, o sough to have footed all the appro aviations of the state for the twi peara 1911 and 1914. It would ha , for 1000 cne tfcou.nd do!J tvery family In the city of Lincoln. "Who got the advance? The oper atora In t;ie big markets, tbe fellowi who didn't have to turn their flngen over In raising the crop. The Nebras ka farmer who did the real work go' a pitifully small share of hat bt was entitled to. "I want to see the enactment of t workable bill, cne that will put Ne braaka even ahead of other statct where such laws are now on the stat ute books. And from what I havt heard frqra a number of the legislator! there will be such a law enacted ant the farmers of the state will be ablt to proceed under It at least In 1916.' The board of control, having chargt of the fifteen state institutions, ha given out figures showing that In splu of an Increase of 12 per cent In tht inmates In the Institutions, the cost 01 maintenance and all expenses will rut $346,000 less than wan approprlatet for the purpose two years ago. Thlf Is a most remarkable showing. It means that If the legislators accept the board's flgureg that the hue ant cry of Increased appropriations wll die down In the cnmpalgn two year! hence. If the figure Is not reduced it will mean that the Democrats wll be to blame in entirety this spsslor for last session the house wns Den ocratlc and the senate nput!!t en and the people were constra'ned to in cept the view that both parties wen responslblM for the big ;p!n. If the legislature holds to tie opln Ion that the members of th's l.o ic have a thorough underst uid'n? of ti needs of the various Inst. tut. ons, u . If the solons reallup a m tl.rt fi . board has reported evcrytMn IVt . needed and nothing that I.-, not n -" ' ! then there will some oaten 1 e oil l: done. The lawmakers wi.l r it h:x -. to make committee trips to utile in stltutions, the house sessions will '. greatly facilitated, and the member of the legislature from the district? where the state Institutions are !o cated will not be expected to pull tht pork barrel movement in their aetlv Hies of tbe session. Legislators who have been In tht city and talked over the matter de clare that the board is In an eminent!) better position to tell what Is needed St tbe various Institutions than are tht legislators who make flying trips tc . to prevent me from putting an end to' the Institutions and whose knowledge 1 this dad-dinged practice huh? Is limited to a day or a day and a hall , "Suppose I don't go to this Christ Investigation. ,mas reunion? Suppose I stay homo The personnel of the board, fornioi ' here and enjoy my day of peace on Governor Silas A. Ilolcomb, formei earth In the way I want to? What District Judge Howard Kennedy 0: J will happen? Omaha, and Henry Gerdes, for sever 1 '' "Why, next year there won't be a terms a state legislator. Is such that single, solitary soul of my relations everyone may have the utmost con I that will get together In an affair of ftdence In them. lawmakers win ; this kind. I'll have pointed the way come down here and spend a few short weeks trying to aid In the nn'r tenance of the government coulc hardly be expected to Improve on tht recommendations of this body. J Late this week tbe speakersbli contests will assume more deflnitt ground than they have in the past. K M. Droome of Alliance is due to ar rive In the city, Dr. O. W. Meredith 01 Ashland will also drop in for a day 01 so, and 11. C. Richmond of Omaha wll. 1 not remain away from sight. Thest three men, with George Jackson, art those around whom speakership talk i centers at the present time. Droomt j tay away. Just this once, from this is the dark horse, while Richmond and , Christmas party I've been invited to! Jackson are the leading candidate "And think of the good I'm doing Just now. The Omaha man apparent!) to other people, too!" he added. "How has the edge on his rivals as far at grateful the public will be to me for aggressiveness Is concerned and ap : pointing out tbe way to their own re parent friendships with former law j lease from this idiotic custom of eac- makers out In the state. He is thought ' to be well fitted for the place. Talk has already started over where tht other entrants in the race could bt placed It they lost out in the race. It this manner, George Jackson has beet referred to as a likely candidate foi the chairmanship of the house financt committee. Mr. Broome for the insur ance committee and Dr. Meredith fci the cities and towns committee. Thost ' carried it out, Mr. Simpson's thoughts who have felt that another than Mr ran until Christmas morning. Richmond would be elected speakci n va8 n r. Simpson's idea to eat his have suggested that the Omaha mat . Christmas dinner, ordered in from a be given the latter place. It Is ont 1 nearby restaurant, In the solitude of of the important offlcts within the Rllsihis own home, bare as it was of his of the committee on committees anc ' family. Is genera'ly filled by a man from eith M 0-cl0ck the waiter brought er Omaha or Lincoln, as legislator , , ,h. hvv frnv Mr Simn.nn auner- affecting ecch of these cities comet up at every sess'on. Amendment to the primary law It quite s.ir to come up at this session Objections galore to the present law have been piling up for tome time ant it Is probable that several scheme j will be proposed which will modify i- j to a considerable extent. One of tht plans most advocated and which woult undoubtedly stand a fair chance a passage contemplates the norainatloi of Vnlted States senator and governor railway commissioner and supremt juriKe by tbe voters and the nomina tlon of all other state officials at tht naiu conventions. The closed primar) law would still prevail under thli scheme. Delegates to the state con tentlon, It is proposed further, shal be chosen by county primaries held a the same time at which the state nomi natlng primaries are held. Tbe proposal to raise property valu atlon for taxation purposes to the fu' value and to lower the maximum 01 levies will quite likely be arreed t by the coming legislature. The pro posal conforms entirely with moden tax canons and will enable the sttt to be less easily undertaxed In future than it has since 19"S. whe the basis was altered t oi t T proposal hs few enef'es. s far r can be .lern" ar1 't tb"t no t1' " it ' M-i any great anio nt of 'nT nt I impuntt'fi (Hljrifltmaii Br KEWHETH RAPID 00L8!" said Mr. Simpson. "Idiots!" ha added. "Even If they are my own rela tives!" he supplemented with a dogged shake of bla partially bald head. The aouvenlr postal card which called forth his op probrious language had Just arrived. "Look at thle, will you?" He turned the card over In his fingers,. "Peace on earth, good will to men!'" Mr. Simp son read the inscription. Then he turned It over. "We want you with us day after tomorrow for a good, old-fashioned family reunion around the festal Christmas board!'" he read in three lines of handwrit ing on the other side of the card. "There you are!" he ex claimed wrathfully. "There you are, doggone it!" He waved the card vio lently around In the air at arm's length aa ho continued muttering. "They send you one of these paper dollies from a madhouse dining room," went on Mr. Simpson to the listening walls of the room of which he was the only occupant "with 'Peace on earth, good-will to men' on one side, and on the other an invitation to take a six hour trip out Into the sluehy country for a rotten meal with a gang of people who drive me crazy at the thought of belng related to, every time I aee 'em." "Here I am," he said, regretfully shaking his head over his hard lot in life, "here I am, planning that I'll be comfortable for at least one Christ mas, anyway. Family away In Florida for the winter; me here all alone, to do Just as I like and now along comes this this summons to spend a day be ing miserable!" Suddenly Mr. Simpson sat up straight In his chair. "By Jerry!" he ejaculated suddenly. "By Jerry what's to hinder me from ( being the martyr in the cause? What's I'll be the example they've been wait ing to follow away from custom and, by Jerry, I'll bet you the thing will spread, too! "And I'll be responsible for it!" added Mr. Simpson Joyously "If I rlflclng themselves! 'Why. I shouldn't wonder if there would be a statue erected to me as the first man who stayed away from a family reunion at this holiday! I can see it now, labeled: 'The People's ' Santa Claus He Gave Us What We .Wanted Most for Christmas!'" And so. in nleasant reflection unon the perfection of his plan aa he had I ., n.,ni)ol .rnmnt nf lt con- nn thn t.Mtt lh. dlnin room. And it was just one-fifteen, as he stood rubbing his hands at the pros pect of eating alone on Chrlstmae for the first time In his life when the doorbell rang. "Doggone It!" burst out Mr. Simp son. "What's that?" For a moment he decided not to open the door. Then he changed bis mind and went downstairs, two at a time. It might be some bad news from his absent family. He threw open the portal and stag gered back into the hall. And after him trooped a gayly shouting and laughing party of sixteen Mr. Simpson's relatives! "We came to eat our Chrlstmae din ner here!" cried one of his aunts. "You poor man we knew you'd be all alone!" gushed a flret cousin. "We didn't want you to eat your Christmas dinner all by yourself," chortled another female relation, "so we brought ours here in baskets to eat with you!" Mr. Simpson looked over the crowd still streaming Into his front hall. His lips pursed tightly ae he led the way to the dining room. But all he said, unintelligibly to bis unexpected guests, was: "Well, I guess they wonl put up that statue of me aa Santa Claua this year!" iCosrrlght. Th Frank A. Mutiaey Co.) SofiiiMi Batt Han Br DtCNE BEACH H DEAR! I wish ha'd come," sighed Rosle Per rona. "Maybe he be sick," said the broth er, aa he dusted carefully the array of fruit arranged with such a holiday air In the narrow window of his shop. "Ha come if be not sick, Tou wait Santy man no forget" But Rosle In spite of her brother's encouraging words became very Impa tient Finally she started In search of the kind friend, who was none other than the Santy of her street Not the real Santy of Christmas eve, but a man who Just pretended he was the same Jovial friend of holly and cheer and wore a cloak and hat of red, faced with fur, and carried Instead of a long whip to urge tired reindeer, a sign which told of a wonderful toyshop Just around the corner. A week before Pletro had seen from his little shop windows this same San ty man stagger and fall. Then both he and Rosle had helped the stranger into the fruit shop, where food and sympa thy had been generously given. Now, It was the day before Christmas and the stranger who each day had stopped at Pietro's little shop bad failed to appear. "Maybe he up the street some wheres," the brother had called to Rosle. "WTien you see beem, tell beem, tomorrow we look for him to eat with us. Yes?" Rosle nodded and went on down the long avenue. There was a gentle snow falling, Just enough to add to the street the touch of Christmas. But nowhere could Rosle see the kind Santy man of her street, who had told her such won derful tales of toys, fairies and of the real country of deep hills and red sun sets. Suddenly she thought of something, a something so different that It made her heart go thumpty-thump. She would go to the wonderful toyshop, j Just around the corner and see for her-1 self, If her friend was there. But not a tired, hurried clerk of the shop bad time to answer Rosie's ques tions. Finally she approached a tall gray-haired roan standing in the center of the long aisle. She felt certain he would know something about the San ty of her street "Please, do you know our Santy man?" "Who?" asked the man. "The Santy man, who wore a red coat cap and carried a sign?" "No, I don't. What is it you want to buy, little girl?" "I don't want to buy nothln'. I'm Just lookln for the Santy man of my street He " Then Rosle could say no ire. The lumps would stick in her throat, no matter how hard she swallowed. Just wnat might have happened is hard to say, If a lady standing near hadn't heard what Rosle said and wanted to help her. She knew exactly what to do. An hour later, after seeing Pietro at his little shop, Rosle rode away with the lady, who was very beautiful, by tbe w ay, in her big automobile, to the hospital, where the poor Santy had been taken the night before. It was a wondering, curious little Rosle, who followed her friend down the long, cool hall to the ward where the tick Santy man lay. Timidly she walked to the man's beside. He saw her. He held out his hand. Rose grabbed It and held it close and fast ; In her own little hands. "Oh I'm so glad you're found. Me and Pietro love you so much. I never would have found you If the beautiful lady hadn't " But Rosle didn't finish the sentence, for Santy hadn't heard a word she was saying. He was staring with deep, strange eyes at the lady, who had drawn nearer the sick man's bed. "Sis," he whispered. "Bob," she answered. There Rosle sat with shining eyes and a little heart thumping and lis tened to the wonderful story of her Santy man and the lady. Santy was none other than the lady's brother, whom she hadn't seen since the day, years and years ago, be ran away to sea. Ana the laayr sne was me Deau tlful fairy of the toy-shop. "And did you know all the time she owned it?" "Yes." "Why didn't you go and see her?" "Because I was too poor, sick and proud." Now, of course, like all stories where fairies and Santy hold forth, every body was glad and lived happy ever afterward. It was a wonderful day for Rosle and Pietro. And up and down Rosie's street, too, there was gladness; for the good news had spread to the children, Rosie and the sparrows told, that the Santy man of their street had found a sister. MAY TIIIS 13 K YOUR MERRIEST CHRISTMAS UNTIL THE NEXT. AND MAY 1015 BE YOUR. HAPPIEST AND MOST PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR UNTIL. IOIO THE HORACE BOGUE STORE To the South Winter Tourist Fares All the principal southern, gulf and Cuban cities and resorts are included in the general arrangement of attractive Winter Tourist fares. Many circuit tours of the historic South are offered, gointj one way, returning another, including Washington, D. C. The Burlington maintains the highest class, electric-lighted, through trains for southern tourists, either via Kansas City, St. Louis or Chicago. Ask the undersigned for the Burlington's "Winter Excursion" leaflet, or for any of the handsomely illustrated publications of south ifiap i'Uft I Just A Word To Earn More You Must Learn More Let me tell you how. 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Why get unsatisfactory, 6hoddy printing done when you can get the kind that satisfies for the right price. Phone 340 and we will call. Mail orders given prompt attention. fuse, accumulating, is almost certain to spread disease, especially typhoid and other malarial diseases which make it an offense punishable by fine to permit refuse or filth to accumu late on vacant lots or in alleys. A. D. RODGERS. Chairman Board of Health. 53tf 4886 "When you get a suit cleaned at the Alliance Cleaning Works, you've got a suit cleaned that's clean." MRS. ZEHRUNG, Prop. adv-487:-dec24-4t