THE ALLIANCE HERALD, MAY 23, 1918
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NEBRASKA'S LIVE STOCK INTERESTS
BY
JOHN W. THOMAS, Herald Live Stock Editor
inn to accomplish, and asked our sup
port. Your committor voted unani
mously that they would carry out any
suggestions or plans made by Mr.
i Cotton's department, and we have
faithfully lived up to every agreement
made at that time.
The various excanges have adopted
! different methods of helping to win
i the war. Some have been strong ad
vocates of increased production, and
No Government Criticism of the i others of conservation; some have or
ganized help bureaus to relieve the
labor shortage in the localities,
others have offered prizes to the win
ners of boys' and girls' pig and lamb
clubs; still others have refunded all
commission charges for selling live
stock where the entire proceeds were
to go to the Red Cross, and every ex
ANNUAL ADDRESS OF
PRESIDENT W. B. TAGG
Five Hxcliaiige Were Added to
Membership During Past Year
No GOV WW
Wiiliwngm
At the thirtieth annual meeting of
the National Live Stock Exchange,
held on May 16, 17 and 18, in New
YorK City, tne annual aauress oi , change has co-operated to the fullest
President W. B. Tagg, of Omaha, was extent with the various governmental
one of the most important parts of j and state committees in carrying out
the session. We re-print this address : their plans.
in full, as follows:
It is now my pleasant duty to ad
dress tho thirtieth annual convention
General Pershing said that, ""the
war must be won; the war can be
won; and the war will be won," and
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of the National Live Stock Evchange. j 1 "'' " " "
For the first time in the history of angei In the business affairs of this
v,iQ -cra i .M ,.iiqh .ifountry and more sacrifices on the
Will1 ' ' I I- I I 1 I I J . I 1 I ' 1 I " ' c i ' 1 ' vu
gether east of the Allegheny moun
tains, and for the second time we are
holding one of our annual meetings
part of ous all. Today 30 per cent of
the people in Canada, 4 0 per cent of
the people in England, HO per cent of
in hp or.ut iut f 'pw York It I nance, aim ou percent
is, indeed, appropriate that therepre-,01 Pe ,!n Belgium are either
sentatives of one of the greatest in-!on h nr,nP line or doin work ?'"
dustries in the United States should rc,1' connected with w nning the
hold their annual convention in the! war- ln tnia country less than 10 per
largest city in this country, and the(ent of ,t ie a 80 far actively
one
the
the wnrlrl la nnu- twin-- n pdH
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VI iMiniiirno yji m null a I iiiifi fBl.
During the past year we have add-; ...
ed to our membership five exchanges. I f nOU(n,ry'R ,,la on m.
namely: New Orleans, Nashville, Ok- J a, W" bl,s,ls nin"' h:,ns wl"
laho.na City, Sioux Falls and Detroit. 1 kpl np n,a,e'n " ,,rvire
Our organization now includes th J lfr government con ro. and we ought
live stock exchanges doing business , lur
rest city in this country, and the ,c T u "cnye.y
nearest to the battle line, where : Kerdn ln inning the war; but f it
greatest contiict in the history of' akf8 f5.0 Pr f'nt of M we win ad
woriri i n,,u- heinP vh '' do K, for win we must, regardless
at the twenty-four principal market
in every way to conserve supplies, to
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centers in the United States. It . " " ' : .......,.,,.
reaches from New York on the east
tail competitive expenses and to elim
inate unnecessary services wherever
it can be done without working a
hardship or a loss to our clients, the
producers.
increased Production
1 lie campaign for increased pro-
to Denver on the west, from St. Paul
on the north to New Orleans on the
south, from Portland in the north
west to Jacksonville on the southeast,
and from Buffalo in the nertheast to
Oklahoma Citv in the louthwesi.
We have a membership 01 about 2.- auction ot live stock originated by
400. There are still a few live stock the department of agriculture and the
exchangee which ought to e in and. food administration, strikes so close
dOUbtleee, will come in during the t( our client, the producer, that a
coming year. "In unit) there is few words on that subject from one
strength" and every live stock ex- "bo is not direct 1 financially inter
change in the United State, and Can- osted in either the producer or the
ada could well afford to belong to consumer and yet is necessarily in
this national organization. close touch with toll situation, would
The National Live Stock Exchange m appropriate,
and all of its numbers should be' It is perhaps unfortunate for the
proud of the fact that during all the: uoducing population of this country
recent Investigations by the federal that the capital of the United States
trades commission, the f cod admtnts-1 la so tar away from the centers of
tration, and other governmental production, and so close to the cen
bodies, there has been no C'.iticism of ters of consumption. No matter how
the methods of business as conducted fair and just a man the food adtnin
by the Live Stock Exchan-es at the istrator may be. he is bound to be in
different markets, and nc practical fltienced more or less by his immedi
BUggOStions offered as to how th( ate surroundings, and Washington.
handling of our business mighl helm-ID. c, is almost entirely surrounded
proved. This shows that the results by consumers, so t he food administra
of our many years of patient efforts tion very naturally has been influenc
towi.rds keeping the live stock bust- Sd by his immediate surroundings in
neai as conducted til the public mar- favor of the consumer to the detri-
kets under the jurisdirtiin of the,nient of the producer,
live stock exchanges, on a high plane j Mr. Hoover has a very difficult
of business honor and Integrity, have place to fill and is entitled to great
stood the test, and it is up to us to I credit for his work and his willing
see that it la kept up to the preMUtlness to change his plans when they
high standards. There is no other I were found to be working a hardship
line of business in the World today In on the producers. We are pleased to
which so much work is done, so much note that the live stock situation is
responsibility assumed, and so much now showing considerable improve
efflclency attained for so small a re-1 ment and it looks as if from now on
numeration as in the live stock com- the producers' interests would receive
mission business. more consideration from the food ad-
Aiding the Government ministration.
Live stock exchanges and their j The campaign for the increased
members have been dring valiant ; production of pork was put into effect
work in helping to win tho war. They
have been free buyers of liberty
bonds and war savings stamps;
last fall, and was very thoroughly ad
vertised throughout the country. The
farmers and stockmen responded, to
Biwvriiu oiiriDuiora 10 me iieu me appeal 01 me government ln a
Cross, the Y. M. C. A. and every other I manner that does them credit as can
war activity, and will continue so do-lbest be shown by presenting a state-
ing during the period of the war.
As president of your organization
I was invited to attend a conference
called by Mr. Herbert Hoover, food
administrator, at Washington last
August, together with Mr. E. C.
ment of the number of piggy sows
doeked at ten of the principal mar
kets where accurate figures are kept.
Receipts at Chicago. Omaha, St. Jo
seph, Wichita, Denver, Milwaukee
and St. Paul show that during the
the Chicago Live Stock Exchange
and Mr. M. L. McClure, of the Kan-
Brown and Mr. E. H. Ingwersen, of ! first four months of the year 1918
10,963,457 hogs were weighed, out
of which there were 61,499 piggy
sas City Exchange. At that time we ! sows, or an average of 56 piggy sows
pledged the support of our organiza-in each 10,000 hogs weighed Dur
tion to President Wilson, to Secretary j ing the same period in 1917. there
Houston, and to Mr. Hoover in carry-' were 10,191.006 hogs weighed out of
ing out their plans for the increased .which were found 62.442 pigg) sows,
production of live stock and conserva- Or an average of 61 pi . . . ,ws In
tion of food products. leach 10,000 hogs weighed, a decrease
In Bptember we attended another of 8 per cent during that period
conference in Washington of live
stock men from all parts of the eoun
The average weight of the hogs for
the same time shows an increase of
try, which was called to formulate a from 18 to 29 pounds, which shows
practical live stock policy, and again 'hat the farmer is raising more hogs,
our support was pledged to the ad- has made them heavier, and is mar
ministration, jketing fewer piggy sows than during
In November, UW request of Mr. the same period last year, in the fact
J. P. Cotton, chief of the meat di- of some very erratic market rondi
vision ofthe food administration. I tions we have had since January 1.
called a meeting of our executive Personally, I think too much efort
committee at Chicago, which was i has been made towards encouraging
very well attended, Mr. Cotton ex-ithe farmer t oincrease his produc
plained to ub what he was endeavor- ion of live stock, and not enough at
tention has been given to providing
facilities for taking care of the in
crease after it was ready for the mar
ket. For instance, when tie.1 farm
ers and feeders got ready to ship
their fat cattle and hogs the past
winter they found that there were
not sufficient stock cars to get their
stock to market. Many farmers and
feeders had to wait from one to six
weeks for cars and, when they Anally
secured the cars and got their live
stock to market they found market
conditions bad because there Were
not sufficient facilities for handling
and slaughtering their Nfat stock.
Packers could not get refrigerator
cars to move their products and their
coolers were full; order buyers at
the public markets could not g li
stock cars to ship live stock to out
side packers, and feeder buyers often
had to wait several days to get their
feeding stock out of the public, mar
kets to their feed lots. All of these
things combined to maqe a big loss
for the live stock feeders. Conditions
have been improved some, but 1 be
lieve if any great increase ln the
production and feeding of live stock
is necessary and desirable during the
I coming year, preparations should be
I made at once and public announce
Iment made thai the authorities would
: make arrangements for more packing
house facilities, more cooler space,
j more cold storage room, more refrig
erator cars, larger stock yards facili
ties, and better service in the band
; ling of live stock by the railroads.
In my judgment, the biggest sln-
gle thing that could be done to en
tourage increased production would
be the immediate placing of a large
I order for new stock cars. This would
be notice to the farmer and the live
'stock men that when their stock was
' ready for market it would be handled
promptly and without any unneces
sary delay. The farmer and the live
stock man know what is expected of
Ithem and are willing and anxious to
j do It, but they need more support
and not so much advice from the au
thorities. The Railroad Situation
The service given by the railroads.
I or rather the lack of service during
the last eight months, has Caused the
shippers of live stock a great deal
of grief. The railroads say service
during the past year has been poorer
than usual owing to a shortage of mo
tive power, had storms duriitg t'te
winter, and an extra amount of war
materials which had to be moved en
a fast Schedule, The facts are that
the railroads failed to provide new
equipment and sufficient motive pow
er to meet the Increased traffic tbej
have had during the past year.
The railroads have also been ery
active in their efforts towards trying
to yet increased rates for hauling live
stock and packing house produ s,
and have also endeavored to pass
number of their loading and unload
ing charges on to the shippers.
Without going into detail as to the
mens of the various complaints which
will be discussed later by your trans
portation committee. 1 will say i he
lleve it is the general sentiment
among live stock men that the rail
roads are entitled to some increase in
revenue to meet their increased COSt
of operating expenses, caused by the
advance in wages, which they have
been compelled to pay their employ 'S
but I believe this advance should be
made by the Interstate commerce
commission after a full and careful
investigation of the facts in the case,
and when that advance is allowed the
new rates should cover the cosi of
loading and unloading live Stock at
the different markets, and should in
clude all the terminal and bridge
charge . There is no good reason why
the railroads should compel the
shipper to pay additional fees for
loading and unloading his stock at
any public stock yards, nor is there
any good reason why the shipper
should Ik- asked to pay an extra fee
to cover the cost of passing over some
bridge.
Recently, 1 understand, an effort
has been made by certain railroad
companies to have the director gen
eral issue an order relieving the rail
roads of any responsibility on account
of slow service or damage caused by
deray in getting live stock over the
road. This is a very serious matter
and if granted will put a premium on
poor service and will work 4i serious
hardship and an untold loss to the
live stock producers and shipper of
this country, and in my opinion would
do more to decrease the amount of
live stock in this country than any
one thing that could be done. Live
stock is a perishable commodity and
after it has stood in the cars an un
reasonable length of t'me the stock
shrinks and flesh is lost that cannot
he re gained except at considerable
additional expense to the producer.
If increased rates are allowed, then
the railroads should be required to
give better service. Live stock men
are willing to pay what it costs to get
good service, but they will seriously
object to paying high rates and then
getting ioor service.
Some of the railroads, through
the Western Weighing association,
have attempted to hold post mortem
examinations on dead hogs arriving
at the markets, claiming a desire to
protect themselves against loss thru
fraudulent claims that are filed for
the loss of dead animals in the car
when it arrives at the market, when
the animal was diseased at the time
the car was loaded, Every exchange
should strenuously oppose any post
mortem examinations being hold on
shippers' property by any veterinari
an In the employ of or paid by the
rallroadl or their representatives, the
Western Weighing association If It
is desirable or necessary in order to
protect the rallroadl against fraud to
have a post mortem inspection on
dead animals arriving at the public
markets then thlB examination
should le made by a state or govern-1
ment official, who is quallged as a
veterinarian, paid by the state or the.
government, so ne would nc disinter
ested and In a position to give the
matter a fair and impartial verdict
At the suggestion of your secretary
and with the approval of your exe.c
(Continued on Page Twelve)
EXTRA EXPENSE
LIVESTOCKPRICES
AT SOUTH OMAHA
Beet Opens Steady -Closes
15-25c Lower
ROBS GAifl FHOM 5 10c
Bulk of Sales $17.0CQ17.16 With I
Choice Lights at $17.25. Sheep
Trade Slow and Barely Steady.
Best Lambs $19.50.
Clarence Schafer drovo over to
Scotihluff last Sunday.
DRINK MORE WATER
IF KIDNEYS BOTHER
Bat less meat and take Baits for Back
ache or Bladder trouble
Neutralizes acids.
Union Stock Yards, South Omaha,
May '21. Receipts ware liberal Men
day morning In the cattle division stsfli and you may be obliged to seek re-
, I A A 1 ll 1L ltA
Urio acid in meat excites the kidneys
they become overworked; get siugginh,
ache, and feel like lumps of lead. Tho
urino becomes cloudy ; trie bladder is irri-
numherlng 7,800 head as compared
with 6,700 head last Monday. After the
lief two or three times during the night.
Winn the knlneya clog you must help
them fttiRh off the body's urinous waste
Brst round, at which Urns the pack- j or you.u be a real sick person shortly
"My wife always tears her hair
when 1 come home late."
"Which mnkea you feel mean, ebT"
"Yes; and which also makes It nec
essary for me to boy more hair."
GOOD ADVICE TO MOTORISTS
Police Commissioner Woods of N :w
York City Says Don't Rely Too
Much on Auto Horn.
The prOCSntlun enjoined by Police
Commissioner Woods of New York cty
on owners of motor trucks. "Don't til
low your dtlver to rely too much on
the horn," night be accepted by mot .r-
car owners generally, to the advantage
of all concerned, snys Christian Science
Monitor. A widespread observance of
this direction would afford excellent
discipline lor the drivers, as well as in
creased safety for pedestrians nnd
would mitigate the noise on the el'y
3trccts.
A Scandal Averted.
Little Gertrude had been very
naughty and had been severely slapped,
first by the nurse and then by mother,
with a promise of another dose from
father when he came home.
She sat on the Boor, her eyes tilled
with angry tears. Suddenly she rose
with u determined look upon her little
face, and seized her hat.
"Where are you going." asked her
mot her.
"Out to tell the family secrets to the
neighbors," said the child, firmly.
Put she didn't go.
Old Meaning of "Carpet."
The word "carpet" was in later me
dieval times used lo describe draperies
as well ns the MuJf which covered
doors and seuis.
ers paid as high as $17.00, the market
broke badly upon receipts of bearish
astern advlcea and trading wss fully
1 " lower thau last week. Cows
sud heifers were generally steady on
the best grades to 1001.1c lower on
the other and the same could be said
of stockers nnd feeders.
Quotations on cattle: Oood to
choice beeves, $17.'J."i0 17.00; fair to
good beeves, $10."K 17.00 ; common
to fair beeves, $l.."Mi 1&28 ; good to
choice yearling, $1(1.00 17.X) fair to
good yearlings, $14..r. 10.00 ; common
to fair yearlings, $io.oog?i4..ro; good
to choice heifers, $13.00 10.00 ; good
to choice cows, $12.00 14.00; fsir to
good cows, 0.7o 12.00; cutters, $8.75
10.00; csnuers, $7.7008.50 ; veal
calves. $0.00 13.00; bologna bulls,
$H.50 10.00; beef hulls, $10.00013.00;
prime feeders, $12.00 13.00 ; good to
choice feeders, $10.20011.75; fair to
good feeders, $0.00 10.00; food to
choice stockers, $10.00 12.00 ; fair to
good stockers. $8.7500,78 j common to
fair grades. ftMQBM; stock heifers,
$H..rill H..r0; stock cows, $7.."0 HUM) ;
stock calves. gg.QOfl I 1 ..Ml.
Hogs Active and 5a10c Higher.
Offerings of hogs amounted to s.ooo
bead and the market took on a 1
health aspect, with shippers and I
ackers paying opening prices strong )
With last week, mid growing heller as I
the morning adva teed, until on the
ilo-a sales were Uehelally 10C hlghCT.
Bulk of the receipts changed hands at i
from sn.'Ki 17.15, with best light
shipping welghta at $17.25.
Sheep Slow About Steady.
Monday's receipts were 7,00 head i
rs compared with 5,152 head la t j
alonduy and 3,mn stronger than the
corresponding Monday a year ago.
Trading was generally very slow and
draggy, Pest wooled lambs reaching
(10.90. There was no aged stock to
sieak f on the market and no qnot"
able changes.
Quotations on sheep and lambs:
Lambs, good to choice, 10.2bOlBJ0
lambs, fair to v i. 117.004 10.00 j
shorn lambs, choice light, 9t5KO
15.711; shorn lambs, fair licht, 114.750
15,25 ; shorn lambs, choice heavy,
914.70O1&00; sprlnc lambs. $15,000
10.00; spriim lamba, calls, $10,000
15,00; yearlings, fair to choice. llfiOO
017.50; wethers, fair to choice. $14.50
016.50; shorn ewes, good to choice,
912.INt0f3.OO; -horn ewes. fair to
good, $10.00012.00; ewes, culls and
Banners, $7.00fl 0.00.
AM'nut you feel a dull misery in the kid
Tiey region, you suffer from bsckaohe,
nick headache, dirxiness, stomach gets
MMT, tongue coated and you feel rheu
mstM twinges when the weather is bad.
Kat lens meat, drink lots of water;
.No get from any pharmacist four ounce
f Jad Salts; take a tablespoonful
in a glass of water before breakfast
for a few days and your kidneys will
then act fine. This famous salts is made
from the acid of grapea and lemon juice,
combined with lithia, and has been used
for generations to clean clogged kidneys
and etimulate them to normal activity,
slso to neutralize the acids in urine, so
it no longer is a source of irritation,
thus ending bladder weakness.
in I Salts is inexpensive, cannot in
jure; makes a delightful effervescent
lithia-water drink which everyone should
take now and then to keep the kidneys
eloan and active. Druggists here say
they sell lots of Jsd Halt to folks who
believe in overcoming kidney trouble)
wkile it is only trouble.
SAYS HOT WATER
WASHES POISONS
FROM THE LIVER
Everyone should dHnk hot water
with phosphate In It,
before breakfast.
LADIES! LOOK YOUNG,
DARKEN GRAY HAIR
Use the Old-time Sage Tea and
Sulphur and Nobody
will Know.
She Could Swiikathi.o
To feel as fine as tho proverbial
fiddle, we must keep tho liver washed
clean, almost every morning, to pre
vent Its sponged ike pores from clog
ging with indigestible material, sour
bile nnd poisonous toxins, Bays a noted
physician.
If you get headaches, It's your liver.
If you catch cold easily, it's your liver.
If you wake up with a bod taste, furred
tonguo, nasty breath or stomach be
comes rancid, it's your liver. Sallow
Bkin, muddy complexion, watery eyes
all denote liver uncleanlincss. Your
' liver Is the most important, also tho
.must abused and neglected organ of
the body. Few know its function or
how to release the dammed-up body
; waste, bile and toxins. Most folks
j resort to violent calomel, which is a
dangerous, salivating chemical which
can only lie used occasionally because
; it accumulates In the tissues, also
attacks the bones.
Every man and woman, sick or
well, should drink each morning be
fore breakfast, a glass of hot water
with n teaspoon ful of limestone phos
phate in it, to wash from the liver and
bowels the previous day's indigestible
Oray hair, however handsome, denotes
advancing age. We all know the advan
tages of a youthful appearance. Your
hair is your charm. It makes or mars
the face. When it fades, turns gray and
looks streaked, just a few applications
of Sage Tea and Sulphur enhances its ap
pcarance a hundred-fold.
In't stay gray ! Look young! Either
prepare the recipe at home or get from
any drug store a 50 -cent bottle of
"Wyeth'i Itfi and Sulphur Compound,"
which is merely the old-time recipe im
proved by the addition of other ingredi
ents. Thousands of folks recommend this
ready-to-use preparation, because it
darkens the hair beautifully, besides no
one can possibly tell, as it darkens so
naturally and evenly You moisten a
soiige or soft brush with it, drawing this
through the hair, taking one small strand
at a time. liy morning the gray hair
disappears; after another application or
two, its natural color is restore.! and it
becomes thick, glossy and lustrous, aud
you appear vears younger.
Wveth's agc aud Sulphur Compound
is a delightful toilet requisite. It is not
intended fr the cure, mitigation or pre
vention of
material, the poisons, sour bile and
Mrs. Patrician remarked to the new toxins; thus cleansing, sweetening
servant: "I suppose. Mary Ann you!" freshening tho entire alimentary
overheard my husband and me con- "jg J'U,tinK m0ro food ,nta
versing rather earnestly this taorn-j Limestone phosphate does not re
ing?" "Indade, 1 did that, mum." re- strict the diet like calomel, because it'
plied Mary Ann. "1 hope that you I can not salivate, for it Is harmless and
did not consider that anything un- you can eat anything afterwards. It
usual was going on." "Niver a bit '8 Inexpensive and almost tasteless, and
mum. 1 onct had a husband meself. J Pfcffi J' a Quarter
... pound, which is sufficient for a dem
mum. and n.ver a day passed that ntrstion of how hot water and llme
the neighbors didn t believe one or stone phosphate cleans, stimulates and
th cottie, ov us would be kilt en- freshens the liver, keeping you feeling
tolrely." Bt day ln and day out.
Hotel Fontenelle
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Built By Nebraskans
For Nebraskans
MAKE THE FONTENELLE YOUR
HEADQUARTERS WHEN IN OMAHA.
UNFAILING COURTESY and SERVICE
SEEM TO MhRIT YOUR PATRONAGE
330 ROOMS-330 BATHS
BATISlONE PERSON . . 12.00 m 14. OS
1 113 I TWO PBKSONS $3.00 t tt.00
Mtnjigement H. Edgsr Gregory
