BIG BUSINESS PLANS HOARDING CAUSE OF
WATER POWER GRAB
ADVANCE IN SHIES
P
ecial Interest Bill Before Con
gress Would Deprive Peo
ple of Rights.
Packers Store Hides While the
Price of Leather Soars out
of Sight.
Unless the people promptly and vln
grouslv protest, and thus create such
pressure of public opinion that Con
grpus will fear to' Hot, certain ureat
Wall Street Interests will succeed In
pMBopoltlltig all the remaining wa
ter power rejtoun e of the I'nited
Rates While the soldiers are at the
front and the people nt home ar' a l
orbed In war questions. tln selfish
power inti rests are Ojaietly scheming
to P"t over this gigantic raid on the
people's heritage.
, The Shields hill, after passing the
SJenate, was abandoned because SOI
nervation exponents pitilessly expos'-d
ASm i-1 . i 1 1 c . Ii . r-i . or tint thn Wull
l HU'"B I M lV 1 1" 1
freet crowd has another hill Intro
duced by Congressman Kaker of Call-
forma even worse tlian the Shields ,
will. They hope to get It through .
Ijefofc the people are aware of Its
provisions.
r State Should Develop Power.
. Ten years ago public opinion com-
rilled a Federal order withdrawing
om entry all powor sites (Ocatfld on
government land. There Is SCarrfy
city or town In the 1'nlted iUtel
that cannot be reached in time by
water power transmission Experts
predict that we shall have little us
Cor coal In the not distant future.
Every progressive citizen, therefore,
wants to see this resource of such
tremendous importance developed by
the government Itself and the power
gupplld at cost. Only thus can private
Interests be kept from getting a
Strangle hold on American business
But granting that private develop
nent is to be tried for a time, the
Raker bill Is, nevertheless, a vicious
treasure.
Commission Is All Powerful.
It provides a commission of three
to have entire charge; it provider
tor private sale of this public prop
crty; it provides a minimum charge
of 10 cents per horse power per an
Bum; it prevents the government
from taking over any water power
development except temporarily un
der military necessity; It provides n
real time limit within wheh construe
tlon must be completed; It grants n
franchise for fifty years.
A bargain between the public and
a private Interest should he at bast
fair. Tb" Raker bill is not a bar gal
but a gift The charge of in cents
would not puy the expenses of the
Commission, and whan once Dxed th
Charges must stand for fifty years.
50-Year Contract Absurd.
A r0year contract is absurd be
cause no one can foresee conditions
for that time. A contract that proves
unfair to a private Interest canaol pi
enforced, but a contract unfair te
the public is always sustained. The
bill allows preliminary permits with
out cost. This gives tin Wall Street
Interests the (banco to grab all the
good sites at once and to develop
them at their convenience.
There is DO provision for llmltlm
the charges to the public except out
general anti trust laws. No Indep nd
ents will be allowed to do any d( vcl
opiig because the thianc :.' powei
back of these Interests ( too strong
In a few v rs the profits from wa
ter paw r develop v. would prob
sbly Daon than i the expenses
the Federal Got r irrent.
Mcnc--i- Will Fe In Saddle.
Cnli rhia bill i defeated, the peo
plo cr r- United States will be Had-
died with a monopoly t' at nil o I
live the children of the present gen
it is not even wa- mens.
c'ai'i'ed. because no powi
Hoarding of hides by the packers
and plic m in cnal profits of tanning
companli" arc the principal causes
for the high prices of shoes and other
leather goods, according to a prelim
inary report of the federal Trade
'ornmlssion.
figures show that the takeoff of
hides has Increased 10 per cent over
that of 1012. that the Imports of hides
In spite of tonnage scarcity, increased
by 70 per COM, and that at the same
i time exports of shoes decreased from
the high level of 13.non.nnu pair In
l!Mr, to llltle over 8,000,000 pair In
I 1917,
War Doesn't Excuse Prices.
The frequent excuse for high shoe
prices, namely, the large government
orders for our soldiers, evidently had
little or nothing to do with the prices
to the public. The Trade Commis
sion went behind the publicity of the
packers and the leather and sltoe
companies to get the facts, and again
found that their widely circulated re
ports covered up unjustifiable and vic
ious profiteering.
Although stocks of hides are ab
normal and there is little or no mar
ket for country hides, the leather
companies are working ri far from
cupacitv. The people. thcrcfiSrc, not
only suffer from famine prices for
shoes and other leather goods, but
are threatened with real shortage as
soon as the present manufactured
stocks are used up. The big leather
Interests are not only asking monop
oly prices, hut are reducing produc
tion. Huge Leather Stocks Held.
"The quantity of hides," says tiif
report, "stored by the Ave large Chl
go packers increased 45 per cent
during IfHti and the first half of lillT.
These five concerns are undoubtedly
the chief factors In the hide market
In the United States, and the Bwl
and Armour interests are among the
important leather manufacturers.
"The increase in the values whim
the packers have placed on their
hides is much greater than the in
crease in the price they have paid
for cattle. Thus, at the five principa'
phMtS of Swift i Co., the price paid
for cattle in nine months of 1916-10
compared with the same nine month I
of ltlt-17 increased approximate
IT per cent, but the value which Bwl '
& Co. put on the hides from these
same cattle increased so per cent.
Excessive Profits Revealed.
"Kipanclal reports secured by th
Commission from Bwlft v Co., an;
Armour & Co. show phenomenal in
(lease- in the profits of their leather
business in 101516 compared with tl i
previous year.
"Reports of the larger companies
show that n"t profits in 1910 were tl
severn' instances two. three, four, 01
even five times as large as in 1916
and the 1916 net profits In turn show
ed Increases of from 30 per cent ti.
I more than 100 per cent over those of
1914."
KA IIANtiKM
one of the largest crowds outside
of a celebration attended the lted
toss sale lu ine public square in
tiro KSj How Saturday, that has come
U) this city for a number of years.
, i in- hi tides w hich had been donated
.'.i n numerous and many of consid
erable value.
i our auctioneers were busy most of
tht afternoon and yet all the goods
awn not sold. These auctioneers were
Jim lories of Ansley; William Holly,
Berwyn j P. L. Fuller, Broken Bow;
and J ud Kay, ilrokeu liow.
The fanners had been very liberal
in their donations to the Ued Cross.
PlgS, tbroughbred with the papers,
valves, sheep, chickens, ducks, and
geese, were numerous. There were
any amount 6i household articles tor
sale. Plants and cooked articles, with
canned goods were in abundance
The bidding did not become stroii)
ln the early pari of the sale until tin
IhouroUghbred calf donated by Judge
Sullivan bad been brought upon the
platform. Judge bought it back the
tlrst time for 161. He then put it up
for sale again, and his closest bidder
before bought it and put it back. At
tention was called then to the fait
that this man was of tierman decent,
the crowd cheered and the bidding
wsa started. The calf sold nine times,
bringing u total of $310 the last man
buying him having bought him once
before and put him up for sale aga.n.
decided to keep the calf.
The following is the Treasurer's re
port of the Saturday Sale:
"The gross receipts of last Satur
day's Hed Cross sale at this date,
March 19th, is f2.108.65. There art
various sums yet unpaid amounting
to about $300. It is hoped that the
completion of this sale n next Satur
day Will push the net receipts beyond
the fit. 000 mark. --Custer Co, He-
publican.
developed for at last tin.
err-i
or-. .'
ran I s
years.
Bnrdencd With this power monop
oly our American business will not
be able, to meet the competition oi
more progressive nations.
POLITICO REVOLT IN EAST
Discontent Among 'Vsw York
ers to be Voiced at
Polls.
Farm-
Inspired by the ecoompltahmaata of
the i irnierB of the Northwest who
have taken their political fortunes in
their own hands, agriculturalists of
New York state have determined to
launch a political party of their own.
This uprising of the farmers is
the result of dissatisfaction with the
aray the state administration is hand
ling ai;rii ultural and food problems.
The plans call for an entire state
ticket, with candidates for the assem
bly In every rural district in the
It will be a purely agrarian
None but farmers will be
State,
party
nam ad
New York state politicians are
greatly agitated, over this evidence of
Independence on the part of the
farmers who have been voting for
rears the way they were told to vote.
Republican leaders tried to avert the
Inception of the new party. Tha agri
enlturalists refused to accept the
alive branch offered by Lieutenant
Governor Schoeneck on behalf of the
State administration.
NULLIFIES ALASKA COAL ACT
Sec-i-i in Walsh Bill Would Put Ne
tlonal Resources in
Jeo-nrdy.
in Section 2 of the Walsh mineral
lands Mil, Whieb has passed the m :.
ate and Is i ndlnc in the house com-
mittee -n public lands, has been In
sorted so amendment which wipe
off the statute book-; the Alaska eoal
lands act.
: Thl was done by Senator Jones
of Washington, who offered the sim
ple amendment, "or territory" to the
Walsh bill. It was accepted without
. debate, and it is claimed that most ot
! the senators were in ignoranos oi
i the fact thai it SfOUld wipe out the
, Alaska coal lands bili under which
'half of the coal of the territory ll
reserved for government d velopnient
and lbs other half is safeguarded In
laws which define labor condition?
under which it may be mined.
To destroy this act would be a be
t ray al of the nation's property riuht
in 1 1, 000.000,000 worth of coal and it
would be a repudiation of the whole
purpose of the building of the gov
ernmeiit railroad.
Fear is expressed that this provi
sion in the Walsh bill which repeals
the Alaska coal lands act. is the first
step towards destroying the effects of
the great fight for conservation that
was won in the Roosevelt and Taft
administrations by Hrandeis, Pinchot
and those associated with them nnrr
that it is the opening wedge by
which the resources of the north will
again be at the mercy of the Morgan
and Guggenheim interests.
A determined fight will be made In
the house to remove this objection
able amendment now that the atten
tion of the public has been called to
it.
CRAWFORD MBTHOOl STS
ii.im .i n: t tit it ti
What is considered the finest
church in the Northwest country was
dedicated by the Methodists last week
The building represents an invest
ment of f20,000.00, with a $2000.00
pipeorgan included in the equipment
Last Sunday was a big day for
Methodism in Crawford. The occasion
was the dedication of their new
church, and the closing of 'he Jubilee
Week. At both services, ana a special
meeting in the afternoon, crowds ut
pOOUle irom Crawford, Chadron, Alii
ante, W hitney and surrounding coun
try, lining the seating capacity and
requiring large numbers of chairs m
the available open spaces in tin
auditorium and balcony to accommo
date tlie people Who llocked to th
temple Of Worship to witness the led
calory services and oilier meeting
held throut the day.
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CHADRON LAD !-HO'l BI i.Al
l.aat Thursday evening little
ueorge ij;;ucck, twelve year old son
oi Juuge Babcock, was shot in the
uip while in iront ot the residence ot
T. i... Farthing, near the Babcock
bomb in mis city.
rrom what the Chronicle can
learn oi tne aiiair, George anu tome
oi ms playmates were piuyiug neat
trie var ttung reeiaence, auu were
blowing uii pa Der aacas uuu crusn-
I mi tiieiu wit n laeir nanus, the result
mnning a louu popping uoi&e. v bile
near tAe window oi ihe rurUiiu;,
I residence, atter one ot tne explosions,
I a snot v..i& nreo from a small nut,
line uuiui taking aft OCt as above
stated.
1 bununoiib was Issued for the ar
in..!. oi .hiu. r arUUUg lutsuay, and
I on tvvuueaus) out appeared before
I AjuUh juuge WWtiery, where bDe
pMMMi uiiij 10 easeUK uuu was UneU
'n o.ii.uv ana ute cosis oi me m-
noli, niUOUBUng .U an io
j r. io tiauersuMMi iui tne iktaresbM
ParUMH luuae toomt u.uu D a ocuk
iueui DOtOre tOe trial oi iue case, us
no eViucuco vs.nj introduceo uuu tne
uompiaiai u u uoi tnesmog tuai any
suoonug Was Uone.
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State Supertor to Citizen.
"The right to run my bupinfts aa I
tee tit." haa received a hard jolt by
the necesaltlea of war. Two ketchup
aompanlee at Ureenvllle, Ohio, have
beM told to shut op for the year be
se.ua they die obey ed government rep
Lawyers Not Necessary.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
announces that neither soldiers, sail
ors or (heir dependents need to em
ploy lawyers to collect insurance. The
government furnishes simple blanks
and will assist any person in filling
them out. Iowa farmers, who employ
mostly lawyers aa legislators, should
take the hint and do ihelr own law
ii. .aiiiii.nii.il roil HAMKU
AaotttBtarat was uuu alia counti
JUilKe tslullet ieslerauj iilteinioU
tor un- arrest oi h numuer oi young
lueu, members oi promintui (amiiiee
in tins t iiy, on account oi suuie naz
iiin arnicn took place uu Tuesday ot
this vvet-K.
tna complaint, which was tried b
the county attorney, marges thai
HarltB U- Pegt, stuueut at the ior
liuu, was taken by force to the old
Acakiay building south of the .Nor
mal, ami there stripped of his cloth
ing and beaten by a party of young
men composed of Herbert Kussell,
Raymond Bartlett, Alfred Ishaiu,
Frederick Alaika. James Tidwell,
Kred Larson, Harold Gillam, Marvin
Landes and Ueorge Russell, all of
whom are students at the Normal.
The young men were placed under
anv.M this morning by sheriff Can
held and rought before County
Judge Slattery. They were released
upon their own recognizance to ap
pear for a hearing before Judge Slat
tery next Monday morning at ten
o'clock.
It is understood that the boys im
plicated in the affair now consider
their arrest aa a sort of a joke, but
the penalty for an offense of this kind
is quite severe and should they re
ceive a light sentence they should
then, and not now, consider them
selvea fortunate.
Chadron Chronicle .
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The New Hupmobile
We now have several cars on display at our
show rooms. Our factory expert, M. E Holloway
is now in charge of the Alliance department. He
has spent ten years in the Hupmobile factory and
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This Hupmobile is 15 per
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the very name Hupmobile
mean superior performance.
Come in and Let Us Demonstrate to You.
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