THE OMAnA DAILY DEE: SATURDAY, DEC'EMHER 12, 1901.
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. OTHER LAt TIIA Ot Ml.
Th following arc th conclusions of the
Transvaal Labor commission. First, tl'ie
demand for native labor for agriculture In
the Transvaal la lnrgrly In exce of the
present supply, anrl will greatly Increase;
secondly, the demand for native labor for
the mining Industry la In excess of (he
present surply by about 12J.00O laborers,
and It Is estimated that the mines on the
Wltwatersrand alona will require Within
the next five years an additional supply
of 194,000 laborers; thirdly, the demand for
native labor for other Transvaal Industries,
Including railways. Is greatly In excess of
the present supply and will Increase with
the advancement of mining and agricul
ture; fourthly, there Is no adequate supply
of labor In central or southern Africa, to
meet these requirements. The commission
furthermore expresses the opinion that
the evidence of the past Is overwhelmingly
and conclusively against the contention
that white labor can successfully compete
with black In the lower fields of manual
Industry. It estimates that at least 80,000
natives are required for the Immediate
wants of agriculture, 129,364 for mining
purposes and 40,000 for railways. The
scarcity Is Attributed to the fact that the
native tribes are for the most part prim
itive pastoral or agricultural communities,
possessing exceptional facilities for the
full supply of their animal wants, and with
low standard of economlo needs. Until
these conditions are Improved, It says, the
situation Is not likely to Improve.
A report recently submitted to the French
Chamber of 'Deputies by M. Ruau gives
some Interesting Information concerning
the progress of horticultural and agricul
tural pursuits In France. Notwithstand
ing the competition from Italy and Spain,
France still holds Its own as a fruit-grow.
Ing country. Without Including the apple
crops. It Is estimated that It now produces
130,000,000 francs worth of fruit per annum.
In 1883 the total did not exceed 80,000.000
francs, and whereas In 1896 only 28,000,000
francs worth of table fruits were exported,
this total had Increased to 84,000,000 in 1900.
M. Ruau declares that the value of the
products of the milk Industry Is now be
tween 1,200,000,000 francs and 1.(00,000,000
francs; and in-order to develop.lt still
further he advises an addition to the tech
nical schools. Ths French government has
owned, since 1788, a very fine breed of
merino sheep, which are preserved on a
special farm at Rambottillet Castle. ' M.
Ruau, In his report, says that ths fame of
this flock is such that would-be purchasers
comer from- all parta of the world. Great J
care has been taken to preserve the two
species of sheep which have built up this
reputation. The one Is noted for the quan
tity of wool yielded by the fleece and is
sought after by the great flock owners of
South America, the Cape and Australia,
whereas the other gives less wool, but
fattens better and Is consequently more
suitable for French farmers. M. Ruau
casually mentions the faots that wolves
have been almost exterminated in France.
A French Journal publishes some Inter
esting extracts from a private report on
the financial condition of Russia in 1802,
which was presented to the cxar by the
controller. The report directs attention
to the progressive Increase in the arrears
of annual payments by the peasants for
the redemption of the land distributed
among them at the time ot the emancipa
tion of the serfs. These arrears, which
Amounted In 1S8T to 84,000,000 rubles, reached
104,000,000 rubles in the following year, 116,
000,000 rubles in 1899, 119,000,000 rubles in
the succeeding year, 120,600,000 rubles In
1501 and 121,300,000 rubles last year. It
points out the fact that these arrears have
not been diminished by the measures taken
by the government during the past ten
years. The chronic increase of the arrears
proves that the charges Imposed upon the
peasantry are beyond their means of pay
ment and constitute a crushing burden,
the .controller Is "driven to the conclu
sion that the competitions and extensions
of time granted for these payments are not
sufficient to maintain the economic exlst
: ones of the rural population, and that more
radical measures are necessary, to relieve
them of fiscal charges which they are not
In a position to bear." Me criticises se
verely the methods of M. Wltte, who, he
ays, contented himself with giving sub
sidies or huge government . orders to dis
tressed manufactu:em. What Russia needs,
he maintains. Is a domestic 'market
clans, but looking to outriders much ss
If the, nation was In need of an able corps
of lecturers on race suicide to i)ump the
country from the Pyrenees to tho British
channel, the government backing them up
by offering premiums for large families and
decorations for larger ones, with publlo
honors for. those who play the limit as It
were, and surround themselves with a
dozen or so of offspring In the copious
manner of Germany, where nothing In par
ticular .Is thought of It.
EAST COMES WEST FOR CASH
Startling Revirral in Conditions of the
' General Country.
FARMERS' PROSPERITY AN ASSURED FACT
GOIXG OFF HALF-COCKED.
Shootla Off the Moils Without Ade
quate Consideration.
Chicago Tribune.
The tendency to go off half-cocked, es
pecially among certain preachers, lecturers
and reformers, whose mission It is, or should
be, to guide and lead mankind and to better
Its conditions. Is one of the most character
istic features of the time, and the larger
the Idea that such persons havs of their
own ability the more frequently they go
off half-cocked.
Three or four Instances are sufficient for
purposes of Illustration. Rev. Dr. Wills
is a prominent clergyman and social crltlo
and sociological advocate eo prominent
that whenever he opens his mouth the
words that issue are sent broadcast. In a
recent sermon Dr. .111111 said: "In fifty
years women will know more than the
men." This Is going off half-cocked. Jf
Dr. Hlllls had stopped to think he never
would have made such an absurd state
ment In the same connection Dr. Hlllls
said: "Any man that can say he made
87.000,000 last year, be It in oil or in any
thing else, Is not serving Cod as he should.'
This is going off half-cocked. If Dr. Hlllls
bad thought before he spoke be would have
reflected that the woman working In the
sweat shop might say the same thing of
him as shs contemplates his annual salary,
which Is more than she can earn In ber life
time.
Dr. Morgan Dlx, In his Thanksgiving
sermon,, lamented "the steady decline of
womanhood from Its high Ideals." This Is
going off half-cocked. Womanhood Is not
declining from Its high Ideals; on the other
hand, It la elevating its Ideals by thinking
more, doing more and knowing more.
Mr. Clarence Darrow, in his address at
the Lloyd memorial, speaking Of Mr. Lloyd,
said: "He had the misfortune to have
graduated at a college, but he overcame
this misfortune and was still a man. He
had read many books, but yet he had re
tained . his reasoning faculties and the
uman sentiments which books destroy."
This Is going off half-cocked. If he had
stopped to think Mr. Darrow would have
known .that a college career Is not a mis
fortune and that books do not Impair the
reasoning faculties or destroy human senti
ments.. Hs would have known that the
success of Mr. Lloyd's work, which he was
eulogizing, was largely due to the college
and books. In any .vent, Mr. Lloyd would
not have made Mr. D arrow's statement In
Mr. Darrow's English, nor would he have
laughed with tho thoughtless In the audi
ence over It
Andrew Carnegie, 'at a recent dinner In
New York, praised poverty and expressed
his pity for the child of the millionaire.
Mr. Carnegie also went oft half-cocked.
He Is not an admirer of poverty.
He did not mean what ha said. And so It
goes all long the line. It may be due In
some Instances to lack of knowledge, In
some to pessimism; In more cases It is due
to tho desire to say something "to the
gallery," no matter how absurd or sensa
tional, which will attract attention.
POINTUD REFLECTIONS.
"So the doctor's maklnar moner. is he?"
"Well. I should sav so. Whv. he's reached
that point of prosperity where fashionable
women sena lor mm to treat mem lor im
aginary Ula. Chicago Fost -
Oh. res. she's awfully clever."
'But she never had any early advan
tages."
mo. out sne s so clever mat sue makes
lack of cany advantages seem hlahlv
The Curate So the thief overlooked vour
vest In the vestry T
The Hector Ves, but stole by stole and
every sui nlus surDllce.
rinaw! us a wonaer tne Knave left
me nave, Brooklyn, ure.
been directed to reorganise
Tuan Shi Kal
Fechlll, has
the armies of the various Chinese prov
luces on a, national basis by assimilating
the.r arma, equipments and organization.
Lest he should really accomplish some'
thing he has been g.ven as associates on
the commission which Is to undertake this
Job Prince Chlr.g and a Manphu offtolal
unknown to fame. A well Informed diplo
mat at Peking has recently Intimated that
China s policy In the .event of war be
tween Ruwla and Japan would bo to send
all ths European drilled Chinese troops
Into Manchuria to co-o. erate with the Jap
anese. The edict ot reorganisation above
ref-rred to would Indicate that the em
press dowager has some appreciation of
her country's needs; there is no reason
hiwever, to anticipate great; results from
a military commission constituted of one
man of ability and two muke-welghts.
During the recent debates on the army
estimates in the Bavarian chamber the
social democrats took the chance to critl
clze most severely several features of the
German army. One of the. points brought
out was that In parade drills the soldiers
were made to curry sandbags weighing
eighty pounds. The criticism was made
that everything in the army was tending
toward increased show, while renl, efB
clency was suffering. Baron von Asch, tli
Bavarian minlnur of war, made the lm
porUnt admission that despite the numer
ous prosecuticDs and convictions no head'
way was being nutde against the cruelties
committed by .the non-commissioned of
ficers. ' The explanation was tbat a ma
jority of the company commanders refused
to receive complaints from their non
commissioned officers, , desiring to turn in
as clean a charge sheet as possible. The
result was that ths non-corrunlMloned of
ficers were left to their own devices In the
treatment of ths privates.
France had almost 26.000 more deaths
than births lust year, a record variously
Interpreted by her publicists and statist!
laanp la Wall Street Has Ho Ecfce
la the Aa-rlcaltaral Seetiea,
Where Baslaes ts Not
Hot Air.
In one of the largest weekly papers
of general circulation amongthe farmers
of the west there Is now appearing an
advertisement prominently displayed,
which reads;
FIVE TO TWELVE PER CENT DIVI
DENDS.
Many people are satisfied 'to place their
money In the bank where it pave a
ridiculously low rate of Interest. it la
very kind to help other people to make
money, but would you not rather have a
little cream yourself? If so, we will send
you bur list of. eastern manufacturing
companies paying 5 to 13 per cent. Blank
& Son, Boston, Mass.
This advertisement' Is directed to the
farmers of the western states. It Is an
appeal from the- east to the west for aid
In the present financial stringency. The
farmers have fat bank accounts and they
are asked to loan some of their surplus
funds to help out eastern ' Industries.
Westeren bankers , say that they are
dally flooded with requests to- discount
eastern commercial paper, and considerable
western money la flowing east In reponse
to these requests.
This is not the first time the east has
asked for western money, but conditions
are somewhat different now from what
they were before. When the financial
stringency ot a decade ago came upon the
nation the east held a mortgage on the
west. The east wanted Its money, but the
west could not pay. Crop failure followed
crop failure, and the east foreclosed its
mortgage. Some of the securities would
not bring more than a fraction of their
face value,- and general hard times ensued
throughout the country.
Today conditions are entirely different
and this difference will save the country
from a repetition of the financial diffi
culties of a decade ago. Now the west
Is out of debt No one has a mortgage
on It. The banks are overflowing with
deposits and the fields are rich with
munificent crops. The east Is not coming
to it for funds as a creditor this time, but
as a borrower, and the west has the
money to lend.
Blsr Crops Onr Financial Salvatloa.
The big crops of the ' west are the
financial salvation of the country today.
They will keep the country from "going
broke" as it did a decade ago. Big crops
cure that panicky feeling. They will tide
over the stringency until our finances
assume a normal condition, and real
prosperity will then be more prevalent
than ever. This may be the optimist's
view, but a little consideration of present
conditions and a comparison of them with
those of ten years ago will demonstrate
that it Is a logical conclusion.
A. few months ago 'the statement, was
made In these pages that the payment
of western mortgages had caused a flood of
uninvested capital In the east; that this had
brought on speculation, and when the flow
of money from the west ceased the east
would find Itself short. This statement
was criticised by some financial authorities,
but present conditions have proved its
truth. When crops began to Improve In
the latter '80s the west began to pay off
Its judgments and mortgages. Little by
little at first and then in greater quanti
ties, the money was sent east By 1910
millions af dollars had been poured Into
eastern financial centers and two years ago
the west had practically paid both ' the
principal and Interest of Its debts and was
accumulating a bank account of Its own.
Of course there were, and still are, some
western mortgages held. by eastern Invest
ors, but the great bulk had been paid off
by 1901. All these millions upon 'millions
were not called for again by. the west; even
the customary capital "to move the crops"
has not been asked for the west had
money, ot Its own. This flood of money In
the east had to seek new channels of In
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I Jnet an' ould calllach I knowed right well
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promoting new Industrie, but It waa cheap,
and much mora went into wild speculation
and stock gambling. The east was sud
denly 'and unexpectedly "flush." It did not
realise where all ita money eame from, nor
that the supply would some- time cease In
a measure, and It went In for overspecula
tlon In a great degree. In the meantime;
the west concluded Ita debt-paying and the
supply of money from that source stopped.
A few months ago alight flurriea In specula
tion centers began to be felt. Money was
not so plentiful aa it had been. Interest
rates began to advance. Too much wealth
had gone into permanent investments from
which It. could not be withdrawn and the
Wall street speculator found themselves
confronting with a serious financial stringency.
Wall Street Looelkc It Grip.
It ha been said that Wall street ha lost
It grip on the business of the nation to
such an extent that a crash in. "the street"
would not be known outside of its Immedi
ate circles were It not for th. newspapers,
but this Is true only in a comparative sense.
It Is a fact that Wall street doe not domi
nate the business of the country to the ex
tent that It one. did, and it la even true
that a financial crash there Is not felt In
the prosperous west through adverse busi
ness condition But trouble In Wall street
shakes the confidence of capitalists and
has a tendency to drive ready money to
cover. This makes It difficult for legitimate
lndustriea fo' secure the capital on which
to carry forward their business, the great
fall in Wall street securities has caused the
hilarious optimism of a few month ago
to give place to a feeling of pealmlsm, and
this in turn ha prevented eaatern indus
tries from obtaining th funds they need.
That la why the east I aaklng th. west
to loan It money
Ten year ago th condition that exist
today In Wall street and through th east
generally would have produced a panio and
hard time throughout the nation. At that
time they would have tightened business
conditions, mortgage forecioaures would
have followed, and as the crops were light
and the farming classes had little money,
trade would have been excessively dull.
Now there ere comparatively . no farm
mortgzgea and a dump in the stock market
does not revive them. Wall street trou
ble do not affect the wheat and cornfields,
railroad tonnage keepa up. and no railroad
receivership will follow the financial
atrlngency. The only trouble I that con
fidence la shaken. Confidence is a very
necessary ' artlc.e In the business
world and a very good thlnjr
up to a certain point But when men be
gin . to capitalise confidence it hrinn
trouble. Too many speculator have been
turning , confidenceother people' confi
denceInto capital, and now that something-
ha happened to diminish the confi
dence nf the business world their capital
I Jtmlnlshed with It.
But th hard times of a decade ago can
not come again now because thje west
Is in shape, not only to care for 'itself,, but
also to pull the east through Ita difficulties.
There may be some local financial disaster,
but there will not be the widespread hard
ships that prevailed during the middle 'Ma.
Western banks are overflowing- with depos
it. For Instance on Jun. I th deposit
la th. Kan tank war. atpproxJuataly
$91,000,000, or a trifle more than $60 for every
man. woman- and child In the tat.e. Dur
ing the aummer several million were with
drawn to repair the damage caused by the
great floods of th. first of June and to
handle the great wheat crop of the state,
yet during the four months, from June 9
to October 9, on which date the bank
again reported, the deposit Increased to
over $98,000,000.
Bank Deposit Increasing.
Ard other western state are in almost a
good financial condition as ' Kansas, al
though they have not the big wheat
crop Kansaa has. Nearly all have corn,
however, and corn i really king In the
west. Even , Kansas, with tne greatest
wheat crop ever produced by a single state,
worth $60,000,000, ha a corn crop ot still
greater value standing In the field a yet
untouched, and Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and
Nebraska all have still more. Only th re
turn from the wheat and other small
grain crop have yet commenced to reach
the banks. The corn still stand In the
fields, a vaat reserve that will In the next
twelve month add million more to the
bank accounts of the farmers. The returns
from th. wheat crop, too, are only partially
realised. I recently made a personal In
vestigation of conditions in the Kansas
wheat country, and found little more than
SO per cent of the grain threshed, and less
than 40 per cent marketed In the western
counties, which produced the bulk of this
year' crop. Tet with these great resource
just coming in, th bank deposit in most
western farming communities are greater
than ever before, and are dally Increasing.
In Kansas, too, th reserve la above 40 per
cent, or, In other words, the bank of Kan
sas had $40,000,000 of their deposits on hand
on October 9. That ts why tye west Is pre
pared to loan money to the east.
It Is the Industrial world that is calling
for money from the west. 8 1. 'Louis, Itself
a western community, ha needed funds for
carrying on the preparations for the Louis
iana Purchase exposition, but the greateft
demands have come from eastern indus
trials. A prominent western banker told
me recently that ' a big eastern manufac
turing concern had just sent him a. draft
that waa not due for ninety days for $2,004
on a western merchant and asked him to
cash It. Ths merchant was rated at $30,000
and the paper was a good a gold, yet It
was offered to the banker to discount at
hla own figures. The manufacturing com.
pany explained that money waa hard to
get In the east, but the company had ti
have K to carry on the extremely prosper
as business It Is doing. Another banker
aid that offer of this kind from the east
are now of dally occurrence with mm. A
ahort time ago on. of th. largest packing
house of the country, a corporation worth
many millions, attempted to float $0,034
worth of commercial paper. Tills company
usually made it loan, in New York, but
oa this occasion New York did not want
to take the paper. Chicago was not in
shape to handle It and it remained for
Kansas City to buy .it with the Kansas
money. These are Instances of how the
east la borrowing from th. west.
Aa Eaeoaraatn Featar.
. Th. encouraging feature about this de
mand for money I that It I not needed t-
cover business losses, but to conduct In'
creased business operations. When the
farming clasa baa moaey it creates buai
nes In all other lines. When 'crops are
good th. railroads"!, kept busy hauling
the farm products to market, the farmers
purchase th. output of th. factories, the
railroad haul these products back to the
farmer, and th. round of bualnesa activity
is good. It Is to carry on this business
activity that Industrial enterprises must
have funds.
Th. financial trouble in th t ar. not
neaYly so bad a aome people Imagine. They
are realty only on the surface. The farms
are the real foundation of th national
wealth of America. On the prosperity ot
the farms and the mine In a minor de
greeIs bullded the prosperity of the fac
tory,, the railroad and the tradesman. The
speculator is only on the surface, and It Is
really only the speculator who is disas
trously affected by th. present financial
situation. The cheap, money produced bjr
the payment of great number of western
mortgage from 1897 to 1901 produced an ab
normal condition In speculative circles, and
now apeculatlon 1 Just getting back to
normal condition again. Th water la
being aqueeied out of the stock and the
"undigested securities" are being thrown
off. Capital I very easily frightened and
I disposed to b. extremely cautious. Le
gitimate business enterprises In general are
not seriously injured except that they need
money on which to do business and as
soon as confidence Is restored conditions will
be better than before, for the wild specula
tion and the Inflation of securities ot the
past two or three year will by tbat time
have been abated.
If the west were compelled to supply all
the requests mad upon It for fund It
would per hap run short, but thl will not
be necessary. The main thing Is to supply
sufficient money to tide over the stringency
and bring about a restoration of confidence,
and this th. west can probably do, unless
some unforeseen emergencies arise. At
the aame time western banker a re ex
ceedingly carerul in tneir loan. tiara
time are not so far behind them that
they have forgotten caution. There I the
possibility of a crop failure ever before
them, and though they are now In good
hap. to go through such a failure with
no serious embarrassments. It might cause
trouble should they send too large a portion
of their fund east. Therefor, no western
money will come, east for mere speculative
purposes, but only for those lines Of busi
ness thkt are certain to yield fair returns.
West ts Oat ! Debt.
. Seven year have brought about a
remarkable change In the western farmer.
Eight year ago ha was mortgage ridden
and so deeply In debt that he sometimes
almost despaired of ever getting out. To
day he owns many broad acres of rich
fields free of Incumbrance. In many In
stances there ts a piano In the parlor and a
rubber-tired buggy In th. barn. Hia mall
1 delivered dally at hla door, und a tele
phone connect hlra with the rest of the
world. His children go to college, and
there are books and magailne In his home.
And In addition to all this he has a fat
bank account and 1 now lending money
to hi former creditor. He ha in reality
been responsible for the prosperity et the
whole country, for when, the farmer has
no crop to exchange for the. produce of
the factory, the factory must stop and th
railroad must sidetrack Its rollfng stock
for want of traffic.
If seven year of good crop have brought
to the country the widespread prosperity
of recent year, what will not a few year
mora of the same kind bring? I not th
nation simply assuming normal business
conditions now that the west has dis
charged It obligation to th east, and
the eaat ha got over It period of wild
peculation caused by being unexpectedly
"tlushT" Will not the bclanc of trad
from now on probably he in fnvor' of the
farm a long a they yield good returns t
There Is. of course, the possibility of a
crop failure for one or more years, but
this possibility la much more remote than
formerly. The fanner of today i more
of a student tha,s was the farmer of a
decade or two ago. Hs 1 studying his
business. He doe not go at It In th hit
or-mlsa sort of way he onre did. He
studies hi crop and hi soli, and conse
, quently he I far more likely to get result
than formerly. And If he continue to
have good. crops. Is there any plausible
reason far expecting a financial panic T
Clarence II. Mateon In the Saturday Eve
ning Poat.
Why She Hesitated.
Th. girl to whom th. old bachelor had
finally proposed looked worried.
"I am trying to make up my mind," ah.
aid.
"And I It so hard?" aaked her friend.
"Very hard. Tou see, he ' ha lot of
money, but no bad habits."
"Do you want him to have bad habit V
Well, they shorten life, you know."
Chicago Poat
la Oregon's Metropolis.
If bear become too numeroua on the out
skirts of town, the dog will be brought
over to attend to them.
A stranger Waiting th. city was com
plaining recently of the dark and gloomy
weather, aaylng that he could hardly e
to writ, a letter In th. room at his hotel.
On Ion. living duck cam In a day or two
gt. perhap searching for missing friends,
and alighted In a pool of water at Seventh
and Washington. It paddled about quit,
at home, and. although probably never In
a city before, did not seem surprised at
IU Burroundlngs.-Portland Oregonlan.
Bolls, gores ail Feloa
Find prompt, sure cure In Bucklen'a Arnica
Salve, also ecsema, salt rheum, burna.
onuses ana piles, or no pay. 26a For
by Kuhn s Co.
Hnabaatd ts taspeeted fcnrdorer. (
PITTBBURO. Pa., Dec. U.-Anna Cypress
the young wife of an Austrian coal miner
of Federal. Pa was found dead at her
home today, with a gunshot wound in her
breast The husband Is under arrest, pend
ing an Investigation. w v
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Sunderland's "Soot Killer"
For twenty-fira centg you can. with our Soot Killer, destroy the
oot In your range, soft coal heater,- ban burner, laundry stove,
and In your stovepipe besldea. It la labeled "Moffett'a Boot '
Killer," and we have It at our office, put up In cans two glges
23c Six for Stovsjs
SOo Slz for Furnaces
Clear, simple directions on each can. A email outlay will clean
. the soot out of your heating apparatus. If you cannot call,
please phone or send a posUL
Ohio (Paragon) Coal Genuine
At last we have been able to secure a nice lot of Paragon Ohio
Coal. Paragon Is an old-time standby, having been sold by ns
for 15 years, and we think it Is the best soft coal ever sold in
Omaha. Clean, clear, beautiful coaL Hot, quick, ateady
cllnkerlesa,
Automatic Coal Screens
nere la where our customers secure a positive and special bene
fit, for automatically screened coal la worth from 60c to $1.00 per
ton more than poorly screened or unscreened coal.
The name "Sunderland" stands for the latest and best Improve
ments and facilities.
Our new yards are a model of orderliness and convenience. The '
big Auto-Screens cost a lot of money, but they keep our old
customers satisfied and bring new trade. Nobody likes dlrtr
coal. '
The Bio Yellow Wagons
And handsome, fine, power.l horses constitute our delivery aerv- I 1
lee. Only careful drivers I 18 DtrUtlttl with Milfh hnrsiaa V 1
For reaching bins not accessible with the ordinary coal wagon
we have some special flftb-wheel. short-turn wagons. Perhaps
we can in this way save you the cost of carrying in coal,
peal with Sunderland anW KNOW you are getting the best
value and best service.
Some of Our Coal Prices
In addition to having almost every kind of coal handle! In
Omaha, we offer these specially:
Eclipse Nut, $5.00; Eclipse Lump. $3.25; Walnut Block. $5.75;
Cherokee Nut. $5.25; Cherokee Lump. $5.75; Trenton Nut, $6.25;
, Trenton Lump, $.50; Economy Washed Nut (a bargain). $0.25;
Economy Lump. $6.50; Ohio. $8 25; Oiark, $R.00; Ilard CoaL
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Sunderland Brothers Co.
Established 1883.
S. E. Cor. 16th and Douglas Streets.
Phone 212, 799, 158.
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