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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY ,17. 1917.
. CATTLE INCREASE
Y- LESS THAN HOGS
Swift & Co. Annual Report
Shows Decline in Prosper
ity is Expected.
LARGER DEMAND FOR MEAT
The hatf-billion-dollarmark in dis
tributive sales of packed goods (or
Swift & Co. plants during the year
1916 was passed by better than $75,
000,000, according to the statement of
L. F. Swift, president of the packing
plants of that name in this country, in
the annual year book just issued. Live
cattle purchases, of the corporation
amounted to $300,000,000, or an in
crease of more than $50,000,000 over
ms or 1914.
A two-page detailed statement by
Mr. Swiit gives forth in concise man
ner the ways and means by which this
enormous increase in business was
- accomplished. The increased receipts
at tne nine markets where bwitt pack
ing plants are situated amounted to
more tffan 1,000,000 head of ctttle and
4,000,000 head of hogs. Sheep receipts
were somewhat less than the year
betore.
Least Increase in Bisf.
"This year has seen unusual condi
tions in all fields of business activity.
President Swift stated in his report,
"especially in industries doing an ex
port business. Prices for nearly all
commodities have been relatively
higher, beef probably having shown
the least advance of anything.
"The average price paid for alftat-
tle was only a little higher than in
1915, but for native fat cattle reached
the highest average on record. Range
cattle were about the same price as
in 191S. The greatly increased re
ceipts of these 'commoner cattle made.
a congested beef market for this grade
of meat-
"The practically stationary prices
for range cattle this fall were occa
sioned by the very large increase in)
the supply receipts were from ib to
40 per cent heavier, week to week,
in the season, than the year before
Decline in Last Year.
"The price obtained for beef in May
and June, 1916, is the highest on
record and was accompanied by high
prices for cattle. Since then there
has been a decline in the price of
beef and cattle."
The big packer predicted a decline
in the general prosperity and fore
warned consumers to Watch for a
change. "Values will not, howeveiCl
continued to rise indefinitely," he said,
"and this is the time when the pru
dent individual should conserve his
resources against the reaction which
is bound tofollow. The farmer,
through the higher prices that he has
obtained for crops, the wage1 earner
employedlull time at high rates, and
the business man, making larger
profits, have all enjoyed larger in
comes than in the past. The effect
of this has been a larger demand for
all commodities."
. Increased Pay Roll.
The certified domestic profit on cat
tle and beef was announced at 12 Vj
cents per hundredweight on live cat
tle and less than 25 cents per hun
dredweight on dressed beef. The lat
ter compilation included net results
on "beef, hides and by-products. The
announced net profit in lump figures
was $2,342,702.
An increase in the pay roll of the
nine plants was approximately $5,000,
000 per annum and was general, ex
tending among all empkSyes of what
ever rank. Over one million dollars
was paid to members and families-of
the Employe's Benefit association 're
cently organized. The official report
shows a grand total of $2,202.T)60.55
expended, accounting for 17,378 cases
ot sickness, J,oio cases oi accmeni
and 1,016 cases of death.
Mush is Being Used as
Substitute tor Potatoes
-Housewives are beginning to won
der to what extent they can substitute
rmis'.. for potatoes.,
Potatoes cannot be had for a cent
less" than $2.40 a bushel. That is 4
cents a pound.
Cornmeal can be had for 254 cents
a pound. Thus.it is only a trifle over
half as expensive as potatoes, . Pota-,
toes are mainly starch; so is corn
meal. Thus the. food value is sub
stantially the same.
There is this exception, however,
that potatoes are nearly half water,
while cornmeal is solid dry food sub
stance. Buying the water in the po
tato at $Z40 a bushel is costly. Water
at 4 cents a pound is a condition that
probably never prevailed on any spot
oh earth, unless in the middle of the
Sahara desert during a sandstorm.
Thus boiled and fried mush are
coming to be substituted to some ex
tent for potatoes. tJ
County Commission Minus
Bedford; Starts for Texas
Minus one commissioner, the county
board left Thursday night for Dallas,
Tex., to inspect the rebuilt macada
mized roads and stone highways in
. that section of the south, with a view
of gaining information for use in
making . similar improvements in
Douglas county. The board mem
bers will consider the merits of the
"Finley method" of macadamized
road construction, which is being ex
tensively used for highways in that
part of Texas in the vicinity of Dai
las. , .
Commissioners McDonald, O'Con
nor, Compton and Lynch made the
trip. Commissioner" Bedford will re
main in Omaha to push the bill to
be presented in the state legislature
by Governor Neville authorizing the
county to sell the county hospital
poor farm site, with a view of erect
ing a new institution.
"Gus" Tylee, Athlete, Says
Wife Treats Him Cruelly
Augustus A.. Tylee, Jne well-known
"Gus", who trains wrestlers, prize
fighters and other "hard boiled eggs"
of the athletic word, has enough of
the matrimonial game after a two
years', siege of it, according to a di
vorce petition filed in district court.
He wants his freedom from. Honora
Tylee, who, he alleges, - treats him
1 cruelly.
t Dm m ConatliaattcaL
Tmlw doM of Dr. Kind New Ufa Pills
"( tonight. 8e bow much batter you feel in
'tb. morn toff. 26c All axuvstsu. tr
Omaha Heads the List
Y$UTKrt.JttM M MISTAKE M f &J
WOMEN'S TONGUES
.SPURT SOME ACID
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Suffragists and Antis Swap
Charge of "Unladylike Con
duct" Words Sizzle.
POTATO PRICES
BREAK RECORDS
Market Man Foresees Three
Dollars a Bushel Specula
tors Growing Rich.
ANANIAS CLUB NOMINEES
"Unladylike conduct" is the charge
both suffragists and antis are hurl
ing at each other as a result of the
joint delegations which went down to
Lincoln Thursday to lobbv for and
against the suffrage bill.
I -never heard a woman utter
stories-so vulgar as did Miss Bron
son in her talk to the senate com
mitter," said Miss Grace Thomas, a
suffragist, who came here - recently
from Washington.
When 1 aot. uo to soeak. thev
laughed and snickered at me," said
Mrs. William Archibald smith, anti,
"but, of course, I didn't mind. But it
was not a bit ladylike and is just an
other argument that women are not
ready to take part in pontics, , sne
saic. -..
Thev sav that the solnf'of the
antis made up for their small repre
sentation, which consisted of six wo
men." said Mrs. H. C. Sumney, "but
the marked enthusiasm at the suffrage
luncheon when 250 women were pres
ent before we went to the senate, not
to mention the fact that many of the
suffragists stood in the crowded
aisles listening-intently for three
hours speaks for itself for, the suf
fragists' spirit."
That teachers do not want the vote.
a statement made by 'Miss Bronson,
is refuted by statistics gathered by
Mrs. E. L. Burke and Mrs. James
Richardson last week, according to
Mrs. Sumney. "According to their in-
vestitgation three-fourths of the
teachers are for suffrage."
Onlv a small chaue 01 antis in the
gallery applauded .the anti speakers
while :our speakers were greeted by
continual applause," asserted Mrs. J. 1
M. Metcalt. president ot tne equal
Franchise society. ,
.
School Girl is
Latest Victim
NEW NAME FOB GROWERS
Potatoes advanced 40 cents per
'bushel Thursday afternoon, the open
ing retail price Friday morning being
70 cents per peck at stores which han-.
die large quantities and 75 cents per
peck at some of the smaller retail
places.' This breaks all local records
for potatoes.
Telegrams were received from
Idaho quoting ' $2.50 per bushel for
one carload and $2.65 for another
carload, f. o. b. Omaha
"When you consider hauling and
shrinkage you can figure just about
how much profit there is for the local
dealer," remarked the manager of a
downtown market. This spun, attri
buted manipulation as the cause of
high prices of,, potatoes. He predicted
that this staple will be $3 a bushel
here within soehort time.
Rise of the Onion.
Onions are selling for W3 and 12
cents per pound. It was not very
long ago that they could be bought
for three pounds for 10 cents. Beets,
carrots, turnips and parsnips are 5
cents a pound. .
Potato growers are calling them
selves "tuber miners," and in New
York City the market name far pota
toes is "pomme de terre," heing "the
French term. The word "spud" has
been ostracized from polite society.
Sugar has advanced 65 cents a
hundreds pounds. The twenty-four
hour revolution down in Cuba is the
assigned cause of the price boost.
A RAW, SORE THROAT
Eases Quickly When You Apply
. a Little Musterole
flf Mpn.TiO'.tW ' 'And Musterole won't blister like the
JL mcill-UglllO old-fashioned mustard plaster. Just
" spread it on with your fingers. It pene-
Anna Tnhha 7 vMr nf hp .191! trates to the sore snot with a m-ml.
North Twenty-first street, is the latest tingle, loosens the congestion and draws
victim of cerrebro-spinal meningitis ou' tne soreness and pain,
reported to the health office. She at- Musterole is a clean, white ointment
tended Lothrop school and has been ade with oil of mustard. It is fine for
ijuitK renei ior sore tnroat, bronchitis,
tonsilitis, croup, stiff neck, asthma, neu-
Iralgia, headache, congestion, pleurisy,
rheumatism, lumbago, pains and aches of
me back or joints, sprains, sore muscles,
bruises, chilblains, frosted feet, colds on
, the chest (it often prevents pneumonia).
I Nothing like Musterole for croupy chit
dren. Keep it handy for instant use.
i'l two days.
The Enemy of Uric
Acid is Anuric
(By L. H. Smith, M. D.)
In spite of the best care one takes
of oneself, any part of the human machine-
is liable to become out of order.
The most important organs are the
stomach, heart and kidneys.
The kidneys are the scavengers and
they work day and night in separating
the poisons from the blood. Their sig
nals of distress are easily recognized
and include such symptoms as back
ache, depressions, drowsiness, irrita
bility, headaches, dizziness, rheumatic
twinges, dropsy, gout.
The very best way to restore, the
kidneys to their normal stale is. to
drink plenty of pure water and obtain
small amount of Anuric, which is
dispensed by most every druggist.
Anuric (double strength) is inexpen
sive and should be taken before meals,
ft is much more notent than lithia
and many find that Anuric dissolves
uric acid as water does sugar.
People are realizing more and more
every day that the kidneys, just as do
the bowels, need to be flushed occa
sionally. The kidneys are an elimina
tive -organ and are constantly working,
separating the poisons from the blood.
Under this continual and perpetual ac
tion they are apt to congest, and then
trouble starts. Uric acid backs up into
the system, causing rheumatism, neu
ralgia, dropsy, and many other seri
ous disturbances. It means that you
are a victim to uric poisoning. Then
ask your druggist for Anuric, which
was first discovered by Dr. Pierce of
the Surgical Institute in Buffalo, and
which is dispensed by nearly every
druggist in the land. Advertisement.
JEROME MAGEE IS
SUED FOR $200,000
Aged Grand-Aunt of Florida,
Almost Bliqd, Asks Account
ing for Her Money.
COIN USED TO BUY SHEEP
at
will stop thi
scalp itching
The way a few shampoos with Ret
inol Soapcheck dandruff and stop scalp
itching is a distinct surprise to people
who have tried in vain to find relief from
these annoying conditions. In severe
cases, a little Resinol Ointment should be
worked into the scalp after shampooing.
' Robot Koap and Rninol
VfcVK Ointment araaold by all rfnia.
'3rZj k list. For aamolaa of aaek.
frae, write to Dept. 2-N, JUa.
inol, Baltimore, Md.
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Jerome Pratt Magee, prominent
Omaha society and club man, di
vorced husband of Mrs. Ella Cotton
Nash Magee, a lawyer himself and
son of a well known Chicago attor
ney, has broken into the local district
court limelight again with the filing
of a $200,000 suit against him by his
aged grand-aunt. Miss Ellen L. Pratt,
of Green Cove Springs. Fla., a sister
of the late Colonel . 11. l'ratt, a fa
mous financier in his day.
Miss Pratt, aged, practically totally
blind and unable to write, read or
write, alleges that her nephew failed
to account for assets aggregating
$200,000 which she inherited from the
late Julia A. Fletcher. This part of
her fortune, according to Miss Pratts
has been in her possession-since 1911,
A .1.- ri-:j
iniung tne rionua woman 5 alle
gations are those that "lie pledged her
securities for loans to himself and
went into the sheep business in Mon
tana with capital taken principally
from her estate. She also asserts that
he has $25,000 worth of her securities
in-an .Omaha safe deposit vault.
Miss Pratt asks from the court an
accounting, a judgment for $200,000,
an injunction forbidding her grand
nephew from, disposing of any assets
in his possession and the appointment
of a receiver to manage the estate,
In addition, she petitions the court to
hand down a decision that she has an
interest in a one-fourth share of the
late Colonel Pratt's estate, alleged to
have been purchased by the Omaha
club man from Mrs. Margaret Pratt
Olsson of Sweden, a daughter of the
financier. She asserts that her grand
nephew acquired this share in the es
tate by making use of her money.
Jerome Pratt Magee is defendant
in another suit involving a quarter of
a million-dollar estate now pending in
district court. This suit, bought by
his aunt, Mrs. Olsson, seeks to set
aside the purchase of her part of the.
Colonel Pratt estate.
Death Follows a
Playful Push Into
Scalding Water
John Higgins, who was playfully
shoved in a tub of scalding water by
George Parks, bedmate in the city
workhouse about two weeks ago,
died at the, St. Joseph hospital. Hig
gins was just about to take a bath
when Parks pushed him. He was
badly burned about the arms and legs,
but at the time of the accident his
condition was not considered serious.
Recently he appeared to be getting
along better, but f sudden relapse set
in Tuesday. Tarks is being held at the
police station and a charge of man
slaughter will probably be placed
against him.
They'll Dance Them AH
At Postal Clerks' Ball
Dancers need not be expert at the
twinkle trot, looter's toddle, Galli
poli gallop, pussy cat pace and kan
garoo canter in order to enjoy the
postoffice clerks' annual ball this
evening at Hotel Rome. ' -
Clerk Meyers, in charge of the af
fair, says there will be plenty of the
good old-fashioned waltzes and two
steps on the the program, as well as
the new fangledest of the new
fangled dance numbers.
Clayton Woman
Who Abandoned
Baby Before Jury
Anna Clayton,, who attempted to
abandon her 12-day-old baby in a va
cant house near Thirty-ninth and
Jours streets because, her sweetheart
didn't want him, was brought before
the grand jury Friday.
At the Child Saving institute, where
the baby is now being cared for, it is
reported that he is getting along
nicely.
Credit Men Come for
' The Big Banquet Tonight
Retail credit iner from various parts
of the state began to arrive today for
the banquet at the Hotel Fontenellc
this evening when H. Victor Wright
of Los Angeles is to talk to them on
credits and better systems of estab
lishing efficient credit systems by "co
operation. The delegation of fifteen credit men
from Lincoln was due to ariSve
shortly after 4 o'clock this afternoon.
The banquet room, selected-with ata
pacity of 150, is expected to be well
filled, according to the reservations
that have been asked for from all
parts of the state.
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In Perfect Health
Amputate Jeweler's Foot;
Infected When but a Boy
When Earl Kennan, jeweler, of the
firm of Kennan & Overholt, Brandeis
building, was a boy, he ran a nail in
to hislcft foot. Three weeks ago an
abscess formed where the nail had
lodged. A doctor was summoned and
ordered Mr. Kennan's removal to the
Nicholas Senn hospital, where the foot
was amputated Thursday.
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin
the Family Laxative for
Many Years.
Mrs. Aug. Doellefeld of Carlyle,
111., 'recently wrote to Dr. Caldwell,
at Monticello, 111., that sbe has used
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin in her
home for a number of years, and
would not be without it, as with it
she has been able to keep her four
children in perfect health.
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup' Pepsin is a
combination of simple laxative, herbs
with pepsin that acts on tin; bowels
in an easy, natural way, and regulates
the action of this most important
function. Nearly all the sickness to
which children are subject is trace
able to bowel inaction, and a mild,
dependable laxative, such as Dr. Cald
well's Syrup Pepsin should have a
place, in every family medicine chest.
It is pleasant to the tasj and chil
dren like it, and take it readily, while
it is equally effective for adults.
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is sold
in drug stores everywhere for fifty
cents a bottle. To avoid imitations and
ineffective substitutes be sure you get
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. See that
a facsimile of Dr. Caldwell's signature
and his portrait appear on the yel
low carton in which the bottle is
packed. A trial bottle, free of charge,
can be obtained by writing to Dr. W.
B. Caldwell, 455 Washington St.,
Monticello, Illinois. '
The Workers of?
the World with hand
or brain, in doors or out
doors, under all conditions ,
and in all climes, will find in
Shredded Wheat the food
that supplies all the material :
for building healthy tissue
and good brain a food that
nourishes every organ of
the body arid keeps the bow
els healthy and active the
one universalcerealfood that
appears on the breakfast,
table of thousands of Ameri
can homes every day in the
year. It is ready-cooked and
ready-to-eat For break
fast with milk or cream, or
fruits. Made at Niagara
!falls,N.Y.
THEY WERE RUNDOWN
How often we hear it said of a man
or woman that "they were rundown in
health"whichaccountsfortheirr)resent
sickness. For that reason it is impor
tant that when you find you tire easily,
when your nerves are troublesome or
your work is irksome, you should
strengthen your system immediately
with Die blood-enriching, tissue-building
food in Scott's Emulsion which
contains pure Norwegian cod liver
oil and is free from alcohol.
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THE
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SPRING STLYES
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What America Can Do
Inl
ar
With
Germany
If there is any American citizen who feels alarmed as to' how the United States would fare in
a war with Germany, he should read THE LITERARY DIGEST for February 17th and learn the
exact facts regarding our immediate military, financial and industrial preparedness, and the im- ;
mense resources which can be drawn upon. 1 . . ;
- While the Chicago Tribune declares that the present crisis "finds us unprepared," and our
navy "grossly undermanned," and a few other editors agree that this is the situation, there are still '
others who brush' such statements aside and cite a mass of statistics and facts that will astonish and
cheer American readers. ' .. ' :
In this article, drawn from various sources, the military, financial and industrial resources of
the country are shown, and they are indeed impressive.
A typical expression js that of the Wall Street Journal, which declares that "H the shortsight
ed Kaiser sees nothing but a mobilization of untrained men behind our little army, he makes his
last and greatest mistake. Well in the forefront is a mobilization that can begin at once to feed,
finance and furnish the Entente Powers, and in such an avalanche as to give the 'War Lord' a dose,
of war which should cure him and his militarist bodyguard forever." v . .;
No feature that has been published in THE LITERARY DIGEST in many months will chal
lenge the interest of American men and women more than this, coming as it does at this critical
moment. '
Other articles of importance in this number of "The Digest'are: ' ! ; ' : . V . V.
Congress Overrides Presidential Veto and Ends 20-Year
T Fight to Restrict Immigration
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Where German-Americans Stand
Japan's Insistence on Land-Rights
Karl I. Is Housecleaning
Two Ways of Marketing Food f
Can We Foresee the Future?
Nitrate-Plants for War-Needs
The Languishing British Stage
England Can Not Be Starved
A Fine Collection - of Interesting
and Other Subject
Can the Submarine Boat Win the War?
How the Railroads May Save Millions ,
Do We Need More City Managers?
For World-wide Control of Narcotics
Death Claims a Great American
Cartoonist
The New Spirit in the French Church
New York's "Infidel Missions" '
Illustrations, Covering the War.
a of World-Interest -
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