TOE ALLIANCE HERALD j
LliOYD C. THOMAS, Business latuLffr
JOHN W. THOMAS, Editor
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Lloyd 0. Thorn M, President
J. Carl Thorns. Vice Pre.
John W. Thomas, Secretary
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I JULY
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elay when you mlsa your paper.
There is but one roaRon why 1h country is so calm amid the
dreadful alarms of the times it has faith in the man at the helm.
The foreign commerce of the United Slates for the fiscal year
ending on the 30th of this month is estimated at $6,400,000,000 or 80
per cent greater than the biggest commercial year under Republican
Payne-Aldrichism and bothf armera nd workingman share in the
prosperity wave.- The only hard times in sight is thato f the Republi
can calamity howler. .
MORE STEEL FOR USE AT HOME
American steel production for 1916 is estimated at 42,000,000
tons, as against 31,000,000 tons in 1912, which was the record under
Republican tariffs. German production for this year is estimated at
12,500,000 tons, and the British at slightly lens. The interesting fact
is that only 15 per cent of the total steel product, as shown by the tl.
S. Steel report, is exported.
If the total steel exports arc deducted from the aggregate pro
duction, the tonnage produced Ihis year for domestic demand only
will, still exceed that of 1912, produced for both domestic and export
demand. This summarily disposes of the Republican "calamity
howl," that without war the country would be going to the dogs.
, FACTS DISCREDIT HIGH TARIFF
The average wage of the U. S. Steel Corporation rose from $729
in 1908, to $925 in 1915. This is an increase of nearly $200 per man,
and it was brought about under a Democratic cut in the iron and steel
tariff schedule. It is interesting to note in this connection that the
wage cost of steel production dropped from $19.41 per ton in 1908 to
15.03 per ton in 1915. Here is a shrinkage of $4.48 in Wage cost of
steel production coincident with a $200 rise in the annual wage.
This proves two vital points in our national economy : First, that
a high wage standard is consistent with efficiency and economy in
production ; and second, that the old Republican doctrine of the high
tariff school, that well-paid labor needs protection against cheap la
bor, is discredited by actual results as disclosed by the reports of the
greatest industrial enterprise on the globe.
The silence of the Republican national platform on the great con
structive measures of the Wilson administration the Federal Re
serve Act, Federal Trade Commission, Agricultural Extension, Fed
eral Land Batik, Federal Shipping Board, Income Tax, and the rest
is followed tip by the Ohio Republicans, who did not even oppose
the administration tariff, or the Mexican and preparedness records.
Silence is a great assenter.
Are you for Democracy's constructive program of the Federal
Reserve Act, the Federal Trade Commission, the non-partisan Tariff
Commission, the Rural Credits Act, the Federal Shipping Board, and
Agricultural Extension? Or are you for the Republican predatory
program of high tariff, ship subsidy and Wall Street control of in
dustry and finance? Are you for public or private interest! The one
means prosperity for the few; the other menus prosperity for all.
OLD GUARD IN SENATE
Should the Ixepublicaus capture the Senate the seniority rule will
inevitably prevail, for the Old (Juard will be in llie majority and the
Standpatters can name their own committee chairmen. The small
band of progressives Republicans in the Senate is steadily declining,'
as is evident by the defeat of Senator lapp in the Minnesota primaries
and the. firht beius; made on Senator Poimlexter in Washington by
Jlr. Humphreys, of. the House, and the fijrlit that will be made on
Senator La Follette to defeat his re nomination in Wisconsin. Accord
ing to the seniority rule, Senator Calliner will be President Pro
Tempore and Chairman of the Committee on Ilules. Senator Calin-
ger's aversion to everything progressive is well known and was re
cently illustrated by his inability to defeat the confirmation of Wubleel
on the ground that he was a citizen of his own state personally ob-
noxious to him. Senator Penrose will be Chairman of the Committee
on Finance, Senator Warren of the Committee on Appropriations, Sen
ator NMson of the Committee on Banking and Currency, Senator Du
pont of the Committee on Military A." .'-if, Sj.ator Lodge of the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs, Senator Clark, of Wyoming, of the Com
mittee on the .Judiciary, Senator William Alden Smith, of Titanic
fame, Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, Senator Me
Cumber of the Committee on Pensions, Senator Townsend of the Com
mittee on Post Offices and Post Roads, SenatorSuiherland, of Utah,
of the Committee on Public Buildings and (1 rounds, and Senator
Smoot of the Committee on Public Lands. The only important com
mittee of which a progressive Republican will be chairman is the
Committee on Interstate Commerce, to which Senator Cummins will
succeed by reason of the defeat of Senator Clapp. Senator La Follette
must content himself with the Committee on the Census, or on Civil
Service and Retrenchment, or the Committee on Indian Afairs, while
Senator Borah will have to take his old Committee on Education and
Labor.
How do real progressives like the idea of the absolute control of
legislation by the Old Guard of the Senate acting through their com
mittee chairmanships ?
The tariff bill, in the event of Republican success, can be named
in advance the "Penrose-Fordney Bill," Fordney being the ranking
member of the House Committee on Ways and Means Fordney of
Sugar Trust-Inter Ocean fame. The Republican members of the Fi
nance Committee will be Penrose, chairman; Lodge, McOumber,
Smoot, Gallinger, Clark, of Wyoming, and La Follette.
Considering the fact that the original Republican insurgency in
the Senate, led by Dollivcr, Beveridge, Dixon, Bristow and others, was
arounsed by the iniquities of the Aldrich-Payne tariff legislation,
what have their sympathizers in the country to say about the renewal
of the old fight against privilege and favoritism in the framing of a
tarjff bill, with the reactionaries who fought Dolliver and the insur
gent Senator m entire control of the situation!
Ladies Coats
All new and up-to-date styles
$4.98
Choice of any Ladies
Coat in the House
July Clearance Sale On
Wash Goods
Figured crepe goods 15 cents
Regular 25c value
Figured lawns 9J4 cents
Regular 15c value
Palm beach cloth 48c
Regular 65c value
Ladies fiats on sale
July Clearance
$1.9
this includes some hats
up to $6, $7 and $8.00
July Clearance
Values of suits sold less than
wholesale price
Mens suits, one lot
$30.00 Suits now $19.98
25.00 Suits now . 16.50
20.00 Suits now 12.50
15.00 Suits now 9.98
Ladies Tailored Suits
0 Choice of Any Suit in Our Store. Come
in and Help Yourself. Values from $15
to $35. Every Suit MUST be Sold as WE do not
Carry Any Suits Ovsr to Anothsr Season.
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It Is not poverty that helps a man,
It la the effort by which he throws
off the yoke of poverty that enlarges
the pswers. David Starr Jordan.
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313 1-2 Box Butte Ave. - Alliance, Nebr.
Society 5oL
Mrs. Reuben Knight was hostess
Monday evening at a delightful din
ner party. The guests were Mr. and
Mrs. H. E. Ganti.
Tonight, Ruth Morris wlllentertain
at a dancing party at the Phelan op
era house, in honor of MIhs Margaret
Welsh of Omaha.
Misses Cleta and Helen Harrington
were guests of honor at a movie par
ty given by Miss Thelma Fitzpatrick
Monday evening. Those present were
Misses Cleta and Helen Harrington,
Matilda Frankle, Margaret Carey,
Edith Reddish, Dorothy Blcknell,
Theresa Morrow, Virginia Cramer,
Rose and Grace Carlson, Mabel
Young, Delia Holsten, Helen Rice
and Margaret Harris.
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Toilet Kecc-aitics. On
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calls Profit I 80. Out
fit sent prepaid tor
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11.10 Samplecas and
New Catalog I re.
Anderson
Sales Co.,
Brule Nebr.
Tuesday evening. Mrs. Hurry E.
flint, antartulnail l w nwA Mw t . n '
ben Knight and Dr. and Mrs. Hersh
man at dinner.
Judge Herrlngton'a daughters.
Misses Cleta and Helen Herrington,
are visiting Teresa Morrow this week.
Mrs. Ganti entertained in their honor
at tea Saturday afternoon.
The Eastern Star lodge will initi
ate a number of new members to
night. The officers have planned to
serve a delicious lunch In honor of
the new members.
Organized an Art dub.
Laat Thursday evening, a meeting
was held at the home of Mrs. Harry
E. Ganti, to organize an Art Club.
Mrs. Charles H. Tully was temporary
chalrmau. Mrs. Wilson was elected
president. Mrs. Gants secretary, Mrs.
Boyd critic and Miss Doris Young
treasurer. At the meeting tonight,
which will be held at Miss Hamp
ton's, the club will decide whether or
not to discontinue un'il fall. All
members are requested to bring one
dollar, so that the necessary books
and references can be purchased.
1 J i teu Shower for Nelle Keeler.
Mrs. Leonard Pilkington and Miss
Ruth Reed entertained at a linen
shower, in honor of Nelle Keeler, at
the home of Ruth Reed. 422 Sweet
water avenue. The house was beau
tifully decorated with blue and white,
tulle and ribbon, also sprays of green
ferns. The guests assembled at 8
o'clock and each guest had the duty
to perform of hemming a tea toweL
The towels were all hemmed and
were Judged upon by Mrs. Reed and
Mrs. Keeler. Mrs. Thomas won the
prize for the neatest hemmed towel,
a hand-painted plate, which was pre
sented to the bride-to-be.
Mrs. Pilkington rendered several
beautiful piano solos. The guests
were seated at tables by place cards,
of blue and white paintings, and a
delicious three-course luncheon was
served. The guests were Mesdames
Keeler, Eldred, Holloway, L. L.
Smith, Thomas, Niemann, C. L. Les
ter. Dietleln, Shaw, Reod, Belle Reld,
and Misses Nelle Keeler, and Bessie
Reld, of Lincoln. Miss Keeler was
the recipient of many beautiful and
useful linen pieces.
Frohnapfel Ilanled Watermelons
N. Frohnapfel, the Hemlngford
meat market proprietor, was In Alli
ance Wednesday for an auto load of
watermelons, which be took back
with him. "Frohn" always does
things up right, as he showed sever
al Alliance people Tuesday evening
when they visited his shop In Hem
lngford. They asked for melon.
Frohn handed each of them a large
butcher knife and a water melon
apiece. Did they finish the melons?
If we told you who they were you
could easily judge.
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