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About Will Maupin's weekly. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1911-1912 | View Entire Issue (April 19, 1912)
Will Maupin's Weekly EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY HIMSELF ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR Editorial Roomi, 436 Bankers Llfa Bldg. Auto Phone B2994 Publication Rooms, 12C-132 North 14th Street Entered at the poatofflce at Lincoln, Nebraska, as second-class mail matter, under the Act of .jngreaa of March I, 1871. THE THINGS MADE IN NEBRASKA. Yes, Will Maupin's "Weekly has a hobby, and that hobby is "patronize home industries." It has no mission to reform the world. It has no time to waste in advocating great revolu tions in governmental methods. It has so many little things to attend to that it is kept pretty busy, so must leave the matter of leading world-wide re forms to men like Bryan and LaFol lette, and Roosevelt, and Lloyd George, and such like men. But Will Maupin's Weekly is going to keep hammering away on this home patronage idea just as long as it can keep hammering. It is possible that we could tempor arily save a few cents by purchasing shoes for the editor's family from mail order houses in Chicago, but in the long run it would lose, for the sim ple reason that the dollars sent to Chi cago would never get back near enough for the editor to again get a chance to grab them. If you buy goods made in Nebraska you help to keep em ployed the men and women who will buy the things you produce, and you make it possible to employ more men and women, thus enlarging your mar ket. If all the shoes worn by Nebraskans were made in Nebraska, there would be a score of shoemakers employed in Ne braska where there is now one em ployed. If all the flour consumed in Nebraska were made in Nebraska there would be three times as many men employed in Nebraska mills. If all the insurance, fire and life, purchased by Nebraskans should be bought of Ne braska companies, we'd keep twelve million dollars a year at home doing business for us instead of sending it to the Atlantic seaboard to do business for other people. If all the candy consumed in Nebraska were made in Nebraska, we'd keep millions at home, employ hundreds more men and women, . enlarge the market for our own wares and products and build up the state. The same thing is true of every line of business. And we are a lot of mighty foolish people that we don't see it and act ac cordingly. We should be developing our own manufacturing concerns. We ought to be building up a home mar ket for our raw materials. We ought to be employing more men and women right here at home. We ought to quit sending money elsewhere and keep it here to enlarge our business institu tions, develop our state and increase the opportunities of our people. What Nebraska needs is the organi zation of a "Home Consumers League," and map out a program that will educate Nebraskans to the wis dom of doing as much of Nebraska's business with Nebraskans as it is possible to do. And the possibilities along those lines are boundless. If it is made in Nebraska it ought to ' have first call with Nebraskans ! Keep that in mind. ANOTHER CAMPAIGN ISSUE. There is a question of grave moment to thousands of pioneers In the central west that should receive the attention of the political platform makers. We refer to the treatment accorded to the homesteaders under the government irrigation projects by the government itself. Those homesteaders are compelled to meet all the requirements of the home stead act. In addition, they must meet some heavy financial obligations im posed by the government in order to secure water . from the government ditch. Because of peculiarities of the soil in those sections it is practically impossible to raise crops the first two or three years, hence these homestead ers have been up against a more serious proposition than the homesteaders in other sections where something could be produced from the soil from the first year. The government asked a stiff price for water rights from the start, and realizing that they had to have the water these homesteaders TlOU don't pick your friends merely by the way they look; you want somethhing more than "front" in the fellow you "tie" to. Better pick your clothes the same way. Men's Handsome New Suits at $20 to $25 Fabrics of exclusive weave and pattern in styles shown only by this store. The really smart ideas of London's young set. The best thoughts of the clever dressers of New York's "400" are shown. Our aim is to give you clothes entirely different from what you see in other stores yet attain graceful, stylish effects. As to the new style touches, such as cut of coat and trousers, shape of lapel, pockets, etc., we'd prefer to have you seethe garments rather than attempt description. You'll be well pleased. . Superb Varieties of Men's Suits at $12.50 and $15.00 Our $12.50 and $15.00 suits are a strong feature and represent considerable more than suits at these prices anywhere else. Greys, Tans and Browns in light and dark colors. Also plain and fancy Blues in large varieties. Regulars, slims, stouts and shorts. For style and intrinsic worth these are by far the best suits obtainable. World's Finest Hats Are Here Pick of the best styles from old Europe as well as the nobbiest of American blocks. Stetson's, Roelofs, Crofut & Knapp, Imperial's and Mallroy's America's Finest $2.50 to $8.00 Armstrong Clothing Co. GOOD CLOTHES MERCHANTS f f 4 signed up at the price asked. They were unable to meet the payments be cause of failure to make the land pro ductive from the start. They asked for an extension and got it, but under a new form of contract that raised the price of the water rights ten or fifteen dollars an acre. Hoping against hope they agreed to the new imposition, and again they were unable to pay. Now they ask for an extension and are told they can have it if they will agree to another stiff raise from $30 an acre originally to $55 an acre now which is in effect a mortgage on their land. Just why the government should find it necessary to practically double the cost of water rights is not known. These homesteaders are trying to de velop a new territory and add it to the wealth producing acreage of the nation. They are enduring hardships equal to those endured by the first homesteaders. The political parties of the west should not make a party issue of this matter. They should join in a demand for fair treatment for these pioneers. Pressure should be brought to bear to secure for them an extension of time in which to make payments, and that, too, without the imposition of an added price that is in effect the worst kind of usury. A UNIQUE DISTINCTION. T. Olway Cherry of University Place has a rather unique political record. A few weeks ago the democrats of Uni versity Place got together and nomi nated a city ticket for the first time. Mr. Cherry was nominated as council man from the First ward and elected by a goodly plurality over a republican and a prohibition candidate. FUNNY, ISN'T IT? Our good friend, Boss L. Hammond is collector for the district of Nebras ka, by grace of appointment at the hands of President Taft, the afore sair job being worth $5,000 a - year. Mr. Hammond is also editor of the Fremont Daily and Tri-Weekly Tri bune. LaFollette recently appeared in Fremont, but the Tribune refused to publish any notice of his meeting. Tet, despite this, Mr. Hammond is a successful newspaper man, and one of the best in the west. But w all have our little crochets, we presume. . Doubtless the Gas Co. can stand the delay quite as well as the consumers of gas, especially as the consumers have to pay the costs of the delay and the mistakes. As long as Lincoln pays men $25 a month to attend to its immense busi ness it may expect $25 a month men and $25 a month results. child.' And that's a glorious com mentary on the manhood of the British and. American men aboard the ill fated vessel. The Titanic cost $10,000,000 and was wrecked on her first trip by an ice berg that wasn't worth a penny. More cultivated acres and more acres better cultivated is the platform of this newspaper. If you can not buy it at home it probably isn't worth buying. . The merchant who fails to advertise has no kick coming against the mail order houses of Chicago. There is not a state in the Union that has made such strides as a wheat producer as Nebraska has made during the last ten years. The Nebraska primary is, at any rate, a boon to the paper makers, the printers and the manufacturers of lead pencils. . Only a week until primary day, and we really ought to have a week in which to mark that ballot. Having shown us what it can do the Platte river now expects us to quit poking fun at it. . Nearly every survivor of the wreck of the Titanic is either a woman or a In the meantime a vote for Andrew M. Morrissey for attorney general on the democratic primary ballot is a vote for a splendid man and an able lawyer. keep the money at home and increase the amount of cash circulating in Ne braska.':' ' ' There will be no new political party worth a name, but the evidences multi ply to the effect that one or the other of the old parties is going to get a horrible shaking up. Nebraska needs boosters far more than she needs politicians. If it is made in Nebraska from Ne braska raw material the chances are 100 to 1 that it is the best of its kind. Every additional Nebraska acre seed ed to alfalfa is worth more than the average politician. There can be no real tax reform un til we abolish forever the fool system of putting a tax on enterprise and thrift and pay a premium for a lack thereof. Don't become so interested in politics that you forget to stand up for Nebraska. Forty-seven years ago last Tuesday Lee surrendered at Appomatox. We certainly have gone a long ways since then. A lot of us town fellows are making a whole lot less garden now than we made in our minds last January. Cattle raisers in Nebraska should not overlook the fact that every time they ship to the South Omaha market they help to build up a Nebraska enterprise, Vote for all five of the proposed con stitutional amendments then make up your mind that what Nebraska most needs is not an amended constitution, but an entirely new one. Take your time with that primary ballot next Friday, and, do it willingly. You'll have to, whether you want to or not. Take that roll of paper the election judges will hand you for a ballot, stagger off to the booth under the load, do the best you can with it, and don't swear. - The man who gets the republican nomination for congress in the First district is going to have a man's work ahead of him to defeat the quiet,, but hard-working John A. Maguire. Somehow or other all this row in the democratic camp reminds us of Jim Laird's cat story. A