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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 24, 1921)
FOUR T1IE ALLIANCE HERALD, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1921 - jUltmttt Hmtto .s - BURR PRINTING CO., Owners Entered at the postoflTice at Alliance, Neb., for transmission through the mails as second clans natter. Published Tuesdays and Friday. CKORGE L. BURR, JR. Editor BDW1N M. BURR Business Manager Official newspaper of the City of Alliance; official newspaper of Box Butte County. Owned and published by The Burr Printing Company, George L. Burr, Jr., President; Ldwin M. Burr, Vice President. IT DOIISNT MATTER MUCH LESS STOCK AND LOWER PRICES Stockmen who attended the annual convention of the ttate stock growers association in Alliance last week were Intensely interested in the discussions which took place u to the why and wherefore of the present low prices Iteing paid to the producer and the reasons for the high priced charged consumers of meats. Resolutions were passed urging that action be taken to save the stock in dustry from the financial ruin which is impending, es pecially if growers are forced to sell their herds this fall to pay off loans which are coming due. Herbert Myrick, a farm expert at Chicago, has coin piled figures from the federal census reports. He de clares that there is no economic excuse for price condi tions and says that the number of cattle for each hundred persons is one-third less than in the year 1900, the sheep Supply is reduced two-thirds, while the number of hogs Is 41 per cent smaller. Myrick declares that the present meat supply will furnish only about one-half as much for each person as formerly and said that "the decline in prices to producers la so utterly unjustified as to constitute the gravest economic crime ever perpetrated upon the farmers." The expert gave figures to show that 20 per cent less tieat was exported during the present fiscal year than during the previous year and that imports totalled 175, 000,000 pounds of fresh meats, or nearly four times as much as two or three years ago. He charges that the United States department of agriculture has over-estimated the number of sheep and hogs and states that the department's estimate for January, 1920, was 28 per cent in error, and said that the census found 34,900,000 sheep fcs compared to the department's estimate of 48,600,000. Myrick also said that the census shows 14,000,000 fewer kogB than department estimates, having found only 59, 000,000 pigs on forms, or 19 per cent less than the de partment's estimate of 72,000,000. The steady decline in the number of cattle since the census is emphasized by the decrease of nearly 18 per cent in the number slaughtered n the last eleven and one-half months. The farmer today takes his hogs to market and re teives from five to five and one-half cents pe rpound. He goes to the market and pays somewhere around thirty cents per pound for a slab of bacon. A Box Butte county farmer remarked this week that he didn't see why the enormous difference and that in the future it was up to him to do his own butchering. He does not blnme the retailer, who usually sells on a smnll margin of profit, but believes that the high freight rates and the margin made by the packer is entirely out of proportion to the price paid the grower. (Hay Springs News.) We took a ride out to the ranch Saturday evening and remained over Sunday. Crops along the line were fine. Iits of winter wheat and rye is all headed out and it stands high. South of the river everything is O. K. While them we met a number of our old time friends and en gaged in conversation, and if all that they said was to be put in print it would make our merchants sit up and take notice. But since it is regarded by some of our merchants that it docs not pay to advertise, why not put it in print? It may be proper first to note that the tleople of that neighborhood are located several miles farther from Alli ance than they are from Hay Springs, yet this is the kind of talk they are putting up: We go to Alliance whenever we can because we can buy cheaper. One fellow said: "I took my cream to Hay Springs last week and got 18 cents for it and took It to Alliance this week and got 25 cents." It may bo noted also that these people read the Alliance papers as well as the Hay Springs News. That the Alli ance nnners are teeming with discount ads, and in conse quence another fellow remarked: "We know what we have to nav for things when we go to Alliance and never know what we must pay when we go to Hay Springs or what we are iroing to get for our stuff until we get there. There were other remarks but th cnature and time and snare forbids. The uoshot of it all is. that these people bring their hogs and other heavy stuff to Hay Springs because of better roads and shorter haul ana take the money pain for them mv our local buyers and with the lighter stmt thev have for market go to Alliance ana lo their trading. The same thing is being done to a large extent by people livinir between here and Chadron, ana people from our - 1 a 1 ! town re going to naoron uany ior snopfiing. This condition of things ought not to De. it is a known fact that all Fmall towns, and larger ones, too. for that matter, have a very considerable amount of shelf-worn (roods that should be worked off as nuickiy as possiDie and new and up-to-date good De suDsmutea. Our merchants ought to De able to see tne point. ON HIS HONEYMOON? JorVinP. ho had hppn crirnilincr tiia r " , Pi . . J 1 1 i vacation hi a iasnioname summer hotel, discovered whn on the point of leaving that his pockettiook had disap peared. Accordingly he interviewed the manager who asked him to de scribe it. 'Well,'' replied Jot kin, "it was Rus sia leather, red anil had a claVpl And the shape 7 asked the man ager. "Hat, of course, snapped Joikins. "Haven't I been here a month ."' American legion Weekly. IN BEHALF OF TAXPAYERS (Omaha Bee) TU mA f tV-i1ont 1fai1ina miftincr the l lie rinaiui v i l 1 1 1 f - - - . budget system of government expenditures into effect, is on art inn Imnnrtnnt to the taxnavinir Dublic to be passed by without comment and consideration. For years the haphazard way in which congress has voted appropria tions without inquiry as to where the money was to be r..-wl Una K-.t n otihi'iut tf Vi mi tr t f nl iritiriem. Tn re- 1 UUIIU 1 1 uixii n rvj.v. - .i - v. ... - - sponse to this growing objection, a budget and audit bill was passed a year ago, oniy 10 oe ve-oeu Dy rresititmi Wilson on account of a rider which he interpreted as in- r..:..-,:-..- ..mam Vila mtu'Ava Thaf t Vi i q mpnuiifp. Kliirhtlv 1III1KI1I UpVfll llin J V.O. llli ''' .HV1..IW.V, - " - - " altered, has been put through unde the new administra null, la icasnuiuiH mviiii.tmiii.iivi r.nvummpnt vnfnilitnrpR must be pruned vigorously if prompt recovery of prosperity is to be aided. Taxes . - 1 1 A I 1 . A. 1 -- .1 . I ,, that were possiDie during me ueparieu penuu ui immwun now present a mreaiening onsiacie io recuveiy oi nm -.-.! Coa QiiViciilloa ravnlvinrr funilo And indefinite BD 1 1 1 a I ptaici uuMmnn, "-'"""'"Mr propriations such as in the transportation act of 1920 have contused tne government s accounts unm it i impussiuic . . . J L A t tL A ..i n .1 fob the treasury to give an exact, siaiement ui me muuu t .. nr., , uiK wi aiit-ii-. Under the budget plan no appropriations can be asked or estimates suomiuea wunoui exummuium mi i-yiMv as to ways and means by the secretary of the treasury - .1 I- nirinioli -V. n i-iruil witVi Aminpint, thfm. T?pfnre ttllll UllltTI Ulllliain tump,-, nil., -in . public expenditures are made it must be ascertained if the money to meet tnem is on nana, or wnere it is coming TU....J1 t visit n t, onv 1 n (rudHAUU Jlhrmt BllfVl milt- IIUIII. 1 1 IT J C IO 1 1" V w unj inp,v.i-. " - - " ters, no slipping through of appropriation bills under the cover ot some greater or more popular issue me umwu States now for the first time will have a complete pro gram on which all demands for public funds will be listed Vim- TViic in fiirwlampntfll -the Tire- tlliil .uiinmiri tru iuf,tviii.ii i i"'1 i.i-.......-. i liminary to a policy of governmental economy which was pieugeu in tne ium cuiiipaiKii. . . .ii Mr. Ellison can ask questions that college men cant answer. So, for that matter, can little Willie. Providence Journal. It may be due to the fact that women are now the equals of men, when once they were the superiors, but the old marks of courtesy are one by one passing away. The insurance underwriters are responsible for the latest breach in the guide to male conduct. It is no longer the proper thing to remove the hat when entering an elevator Vrhere there are women passengers. A head-line reads: "Dempsey Did Not Forget His Mother". Maybe not. But it was a sin the way he treat ed his Uncle Sam. Marion Star. ( If Lenine has "gone crazy," the mystery is how they found it out Greenville (S. C.) Piedmont. Mrs. Bergdoll says Grover is worth half a million dol lars. She means he has that much. Arkansas Gazette. SSES TRADE AT Mor 9 rfs A few of the many low prices you get at our store Very Best Cocoa Full Pound 22 Special Blend Coffee 45 value, per pound 30 Best Crackers, per pound 17 Uncolored Japan Tea (Green) V pound package, 35 value, 7 201 Large Box Matches, 3 boxes for 15, We Pay the Highest Price for Fresh Eggs. FERTILE GROUND The seedy-looking individual's shirt was far from spotless and his coat and vest were covered with irrime an ! grease, but in his buttonhole he sport ed a red, red rose. "Where do you suopoi I got 'hi? he asked an rrquain.auce. "I don t know, admitted the other. "Maybe it grew there." Having spent $50,000,000 for fucc powder last year, American women may fairly claim to have done their bit. Pronounced dead, a minister camc to life after 14 hours. Just 'vhen yout think a minister is all throjgh, he it-n't. Miss Maybelle Pilkington and Dan iel Hogan of Oregon City, Ore., were married Tuesday. Officejmisne 558 i Residence Phone 617 It Will Pay You to See4 E. T. Kibble & Co. REAL ESTATE INSURANCE AND RANCHES Several jrood bargains close to town. Will sell on Reasonable Terms. Iet us Show How Box Butte County Land Will Pay Big Returns on Money Invested. ALLIANCE ... :- -:- NEBRASKA ' those troublesome Mower Repairs We use every precaution to see that you take home the repairs that fit your Deering, McCormick or Emerson Mower. ... This means much to you and we take pride in the service. Rhein Hardware Company Prompt and Courteous Seervice 0 m I Pity the Blind Man SOME days you'll see him, slowly, hesitatingly, feeling his way. At other times he has a guide who quickly leads him where he wants to go. When you shop without advance knowledge of where to go to get the best, you are feeling your way. The advertisements in The Herald are guides. They tell you where to go to get the best quickly. And they are a guarantee of satisf action. The consistent advertiser pays money to tell you about his goods. He knows they are good he backs them up with his money because he believes they'll satisfy. Only merchandise which is consistently good can be consist ently advertised. Read the advertisements and buy the advertised products. Don't spend your money blindly. Get dollar's worth for a dollar by buying products that have proved their worth under the glare of publicity. , r The Alliance Herald Twice a Week Tuesdays and Fridays " Masonic Temple Building . : i i Morgan Grocery Go. AVwvwwAvwMmWAVAW.VAV.mmv.wmvr'