LOUP CITY NORTHWESTERN
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CATTLE IMPORTATIONS.
Cattle im|K>rtations for the first
nine months under the Underwood
law, which brings it up to the be
ginning of the European war,
ought to be especially interesting
to two classes of citizens:
First, those who think at least
as much of the American producer
as they do of the Mexican; and
second, those to whom the bottom
of the national treasury vaults is
not a vision of ineffable delight.
From the beginning of October,
1912, to August 1913, the total
number of cattle imported into
the United States was 396,130.
For the first nine months under
the Underwood law the total num
ber was T2.‘»,.'»64. The revenue ob
tained *or the first period, which
was under the protective law, was
S732,ii60. The revenue for the
second (teriod under the Under
wood law was nothing to the
United States.
However, not long after the
democratic tariff went into effect
an export duty was levied by the
Mexican government on cattle
coming to the I'nited States from
Mexico. The large difference was:
first, an increase in cattle coming
into the United States from Mexi
co and elsewhere: second, a re
plenishment of the war chests of
Huerta, Carranza and Villa, and a
loss to the treasury of the United
States.
Yet there are those who say
that the Underwood tariff is of no
interest to the farmers of Nebras
ka! _
The treasury department has
ordered a futher withdrawal of
government funds from the nation
al bank depositaries, and by the
end of this month more than eight
millions wdl have been thus trans
ferred from the local banks to the
regional reserve banks. The
government will lose the two per
cent interest which it now receives
on these deposits, but it is believed
that the transfer will have the ef
fect of forcing the national banks
to rediscount their commercial
paper with the regional reserve
banks. This would enable the re
serve bank system too pay exjoenses,
which it has never yet been able to
do. But it can hardly lie argued
that a banking system which re
quires artificial forcing of this kind
to make it profitable is altogether
an unmixed success.
Why is it men who are as sharp
as tacks in most things are as care
less as an infant in others? Get
in a car and drive around the
country and you will see farm im
plements everywhere exposed to
the elements, plows standing in
the fields, mowers, rakes, wagons,
and dozens of implements out in
the rain from January to Decem
ber. Lift a five sp»t from the
pocket of one of these fellows and
he will want to either lick you or
send you to the penitentiary to
square up for his loss. But he
lets many times that amount go to
rack and ruin in exposing his im
plements to the elements without
an apparent thought as to their
value. Queer—but it's true.
The present administration not
only breaks the word of promise
to the heart, but fails even to keep
it to the ear. Though professing
to Ire eager to relieve enterprise of
the burdens thrust ujam it by re
cent litigation. Attorney General
Gregory will, never-the-less, not
accept tlie adverse decrees of lower
federal courts in the government’s
suits against the steel corj>oration
and the coal-carrying railroads;
and he Is preparing to take these
cases up to the supreme court on
appeal. And yet some people
profess to wonder that the Ameri
can business man is suspicious of
the administration!
Theodore I>ouglasRobinson,once
chairman of the progressive state
committee of New York and also
nephew of the colonel, advised all
progressives in Y'ork state to en
roll with the republicans this year j
upon theground that the advanced;
principles which they espouse “can
best be carried forward through j
the medium of the republican J
party’’. This is sound common
sense. It has already been put
into practice by most progressives
and in 1916 there will be no repub
lican division which will again
put a minority party in control of
national affairs.
If you want to travel the road
to better buying; if you want to
make your purchases with safety
and with confidence; if you want
a full dollar’s worth for your
dollar, and a load of satisfac
tion free with every purchase,
your straightest course is right
through the advertising pages of
this paper. There are merchants
advertising with ' us every week
who can meet every requirement
and who often give you more for
your money then they promise.
They are the people to tie to, the
l>eople who always make good,and
their advertisements point the way.
We dropped into a local store
the other day and found a clerk
nearly dead with a sick headache.
But when a customer entered a few
minutes later he was all smiles and
right to the front with a hearty
and whole souled greeting, and he
kept his face and his spirits until
the customer departed in a happy
frame of mind—to come again;
No, never mind who it was, but
that fellow will get ahead in the
world, and the firm he is with will
always do business while he is in
the foreground.
The republican argument against
free trade is well given by Repre
sentative Humphrey of Washing
ton. who said: “Under free trade
you stop production. You stop
the demand. You throw men out
of employment and stop the pay
ment of wages. You paralyze the
entire industrial system of the
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country, and under a democratic
administration you can neither
buy at home nor abroad. Cheap
goods are of no value to the idle
without money.”
As one contribution toward the
fulfillment of the democratic
promise to reduce the high cost of
living, the bureau of mines an
nounces that it can now produce
radium for only $36,050 tier gram.
This will enable the impoverished
speculators in“war order” securi
ties to have radium on their tables
at least once a day, and will be of
tremendous encouragement to
workers in other enterprises who
are now on reduced time, lower
wages or laid off altogether.
At the close of business Satur
day, July 31, the net balance in
the general fund of the .United
States Treasury was $68,173,462
as compared with a balance of $132
263,619 two years ago under re
publican laws and appropriations.
At the end of the first month of
the new fiscal year, the disburse
ments had exceeded the receipts by
$16,171,757, which is the amount
of deficit accumulated during July.
It is said that the idea of creat
ing a navy board composed of
such men as Thomas A. Edison,
Orville Wright and Henry Ford,
was first suggested by a young
man in the office of Assistant Sec
retary Roosevelt. The author of
the first real good idea the secre
tary has had in two years should
be given prompt recognition and
promotion.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels
finally performed one act that
meets the approval of the coun
try. He formed a navy board corn
iced of men of demonstrated
ability. Now if he would resign
and let one of the members of the
board be appointed secretary some
permanent good might be accom
plished.
Mr. Bryan says that he does
does not deal with subjects until
they are capable of soluti«n. That
is why he delayed the slaughter of
C hamp Clark in the Baltimore
convention: and that, too, signifies
his delay in goingafter Mr. Wilson.
He is waiting for Wilson to get
thoroughly ripe before picking
him.
Secretary Redfield publishes
letters to show that he warned the
Eastland’s owners on the 14th of
July. Why didn’t he warn in
tending passengers on the Eastland
at the same time?
Alfalfa tea is now said to be a
sure cure for the blues. This will
be good news for democratic poli
ticians.
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It Isn't Your Town—It's You
If you want to live in the kind of a town
Like the kind of a town you like,
You needn t slip your clothes in a grip
And start on a long, long hike.
You’ll only find what you left behind,
For there’s nothing that’s really new.
It’s a knock at yourself when you knock your town.
It isn’t the town—it’s you!
Real towns are not made for men afraid
Lest somebody else gets ahead.
When everyone works and nobody shirks
You can raise a town from the dead,
And if while you make your personal stake
Your neighbors can make one, too,
Your town will be what you want to see,
It isn’t the town—it’s you!
---The Stockholder Herald.
LIVESTOCK PRICES
AT SOUTH OMAHA
Big Ron of Cattle mi Voices
Mostly 10 to 15c Lower,
HOGS LARGELY 5 T010C HIGHER
Slow Trade In Sheep and Lambs on
Account of La0e Run, but Prices
Are Generally Steady—Good Lambs
Bring $9.00 and Ewes $6.40.
Union Stock Yards, South Omaha,
Aug. 10.—A liberal run of cattle
showed up yesterday, some 7,500 head.
The fat cattle market was slow, and
the trend of values lower for both the
good to choice and common to fair
grades. Most of the cattle went at a
dime to 10@15c lower than the close
of last week. On account of the lib
eral receipts and the bearish reports
from outside markets, buyers were
able to give the market for cows and
heifers quite a jolt and prices bid ar,d
paid were right around 10@15c lower
than Friday. Veal calves -were in
good request and steady. The market
for stockers and feeders was slow ar.d
prices were unevenly lower all around.
Cattle quotations: Good to choice
beeves, $9.25@9.75; fair to good
beeves, $8.50@9.15; common to fair
beeves, $7.00@8.50; good to choice
yearlings, $9.00@9.85; fair to good
yearlings, $7.75@8.75; common to fair
yearlings, $7.00@7.75; good to choice
fed heifers, $7.00@7.50; good to choice
fed cows, $6.50@7.25; good to choice
grass heifers, $6.50@7.25; good to
choice grass cows, $6.00@6.60; fair to
good cows, $5.5o@6.00; canners and
cutters, $3.75(35.25; veal calves, $7.00
@10.00; bulls, stags, etc., $5.25@7.50;
prime feeding steers, $8.00@8.25;
good to choice feeders, $7.40@7.85;
fair to good feeders, $0.75@7.4V; com
mon to lair stockers, $5.50@C.5d:
stock heifers, $5.75@6.50; stock cows,
$5.50@6.25; stock calves, $6.50@8.00;
good to choice hay fed steers, $8.15 @
8.60; fair to good hay fed steers. $7.15
@8.15; common to fair steers, $6.50<3>
7.25.
A moderate supply of hogs arrived
yesterday, about 5,000 head. The
market was active and prices were
largely 5@10c higher than the close of
last week. Best lights brought $7.25.
Most of the packing hogs sold around
$6.25@6.50, with a sprinkling of good
butchers and mixed lights up to $7.00.
A good run of sheep and lambs ar
rived, some 18,000 head, being larger
than at any other market on the map.
The market was rather slow, but
prices were just about steady with
the close of last week. Good lambs
brought $9.00. Old sheep were not
very heavily supplied and. as in the
case of lambs, opened steady. Ewes
sold early as high as $6.40.
Quotations on sheep and lambs:
Lambs, good to choice, $8.75@9.00;
lambs, fair to good. $S.50@8.75; lambs,
feeders, $7.50@8.25; yearlings, fair to
choice, $fi.25@7.25; wethers, fair to
choice, $;>.75@6.50; ewes, good to
choice. $6.00@6.50; ewes, fair to good,
$5.00@6.00.
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When you feel out of sorts from consti
pation, let us say that if
do not relieve you, see a physician,
because no other home remedy will
Sold only by us, 10 cents.
Wm. Graefa,
WHEN LOOKING FOR A SQUARE HEAL
DROP IN AT THE
Ideal Bakery & Restaurant
SOUTH SIDE OF PUBLIC SQUARE
Meals, Lunches and Short Orders at all
Hours
We Also Carry a Full Line of Bakery Goods.
Careful Attention Given all Special Orders.
1916 Car $472.50
(Freight included in above price)
rpHE Ford car is everybody’s utility,
A because it is easily adaptable to ev
erybody’s work or play. It is reliable;
serves everyone and brings pleasure to all.
An economy because it saves money—an
average of two cents a mile to operate and
maintain.
A demonstration will covince the
the most skeptical.
A. C. OGLE, ir„,
LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA
NOTICE.
The Ladles Industrial society will
serve supper on A. L. Zimmerman's
lawn Friday evening, August 13th.
Will serve something to eat from live
cents up. Something to suit every
body’s pocketbook and appetite.
Come and enjoy your supper in the
open air.
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Better buy a few sacks of White
Satin flour while you can get flour
that is made from old wheat. All
merchants handle our flour. Every
sack guaranteed.—Loup City Mill &.
Light Company.
Mr. and Mrs. Criss Sinner and son
went to Bockville Wednesday noon
to attend the funeral of a relatite.
—i »iiin iiiinun i'<ir~iwyt
| Business and professional Guide j
A. S. MAIN
Physician and Surgeon
LOUP CITY .... NEBRASKA
Office at Residence
Telepone Connection
A
C. R. SWEETLAND
Plumber & Electrician
For good, clean and neat work
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Come and Get My Prices
WALTER THORNTON
Dray and Transfer
Call Lumber Yards or Taylor's
Elevator
Phone Brown 43
J. E. Bowman, M. D.
Carrie L. Bowman, M. D.
BOWMAN & BOWMAN
Physicians and Surgeons
Phone 114
LOUP CITY .... NEBRASKA
S. A. ALLEN
Dentist
Office Upstairs in the New State
Bank Building
LOUP CITY .... NEBRASKA
W. L. MARCY
Dentist
Office: East Side Public Square
Phone Brown 116
LOUP CITY .... NEBRASKA
E. T. BEUSHAUSEN
Licensed Embalmer
Funeral Director
Graduate In Anatomy. Sanitary Science
and Embalming of Barnes
Embalming School
I New Elliptic Springs and Rubber Tired
Funeral Car. Calls Answered Day
or Night. Phone No. 104
Lady Assistant in Connection
If you want to sell your farm, or other
property, list it with us at once. We can
find you a buyer.
If you have a farm or city property to rent,
give us a full description of it and your
terms of lease. We can get you a de
sirable tenant.
If you want a farm loan, we can secure it
for you at lowest interest rates and give
you quickest and most satisfactory service.
If you have idle money, we can furnish
you well secured, tax free mortgages draw
ing reasonable rates of interest, payable
twice a year.
We write hail, tornado, fire, life and auto
mobile insurance.
Why not consult us when in need of any
thing in our line?
FIRST TRUST COMPANY
LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA.
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makiny properties than these we handle. The price
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