Nebraska Newspapers

    Courage Prime
Necessity for
Life Struggle
Rev. Ralph E. Bailey Speaks
on “The Indispensable Vir
tue” at First Unitarian
Church.
' Human life is a struggle, and cour
..gn its prime necessity, is found in
the intelligent religious faith of the
earnest se»ker for truth who Is not
misled into the darkness of douht by
sophistries,'* was the keynote of the
Ralph E. Bailey’* sermon on
"The Indispensable Virtue” at the
First Unitarian church Sunday morn
•g. further expounding his aerie* on
th* "i lo< d News of Religion.”
“C' lrage is the miracle that makes
the s n alar.il still, and the triumphant
optimism of religion la voiced by Paul I
— ’All things w ork together for good.’i
e’l.ife Is l.Ue unto a combat, consid
ered physically’ or as a fact of con
s iouener i. and whether on the plane
of economic, ethical efr religious in
terest. K-onoadcally, men strive,
- »w, pioneer, ’go dow n to the sea iri
ships’ tn create or acquire wealth—,
measure wits a.id strength in compe-1
t'tlnn. Kibicnlly, tlie purposes find i
ideals of morality, righteousness. is
a call lo battle against influences with- ■
cut and within, a spiritual conflict to
conquer evil and Calac. Relitiously,
t.fe Is a stiuggt" fer truiii and light
a wren ilng v. th the problems of
coience, history and philosophy to find i
ill- ways of Clod manifested in the
way* of man. Th” gun) "f all is two- :
fold, human ha ppl.ie..* and human de- !
elopnient. V ho wins, wins otio or,
both, and cou.ugo is the qualification I
by which ni-»n C’-tn and r* mo ip In the i
U*t f. i
•Vnur-jr • is .leopardi' °d by disillu
sionment, finding Ihn coveted pri:.;#* a
lnuble, an fmni.v honor, without &atij- ;
friction fry defeat ai d a lapse into
f'grknw and doubt—>'in: fry duwtp
pointment, wh“n the fullgr.own tr**o !
r f endeavor yielda n bitter fruit.
"C’our'igc cultivated and fettered)
by oppreolatiov*, putting high worth j
upon human 1 ifo and development,
life beautiful, de\elopmrr.t divine; by |
faith In kMf and Infinite seif poten-|
lifklitfon. tin* kingdom of Gim! within,1
r*A ^oubt ns to this divine presence;!
»y belief ,n the univors** Ab friendly
’i the fare vf B."%minff contradiction i
• nd one'.i di ii • destiny. lri the ru ,
I'giouti i'Nv: ** is alpha and omega,
the living va‘*»rs, the rock of ages,!
i Omfort and consulalion. lie fruit Is :
« ourop' - p* o, *iiov.er. character—the 1
kingdom here . nd now."
Business of Ib-ing Baby
Vlosl Hazardous Occupation
New York. Iter. 17. The nuralifr
of deaths on oh year in the United
States of infanta lean titan 1 year
old, in greater than the total number
of soldier!, killed In notion In all the
wars fought by America. l>r. Henry 1
Painter of New York Nursery and ‘
Child's hospital said at a medical con
ference.
T'r. l’ulnter suggested a national i
movement t<> alter conditions sur- j
i(landing birth and infancy In cer
tain sections.
"The buMner.5 of being a baby la i
the most hazardous of all occupa- ,
t.ono," ha declared, adding that the I
clergyman's chance of living waa 14
times us great as that of the infant;
tho journalist’s, lawyer's, or teach
er's, 12 times; the middle aged physi
cian's. 10 times; the tu:.i driver's, S ]
th-.i»a and , he farmer's, 20 times.
Iiuprot einenl of Harlior
at Astoria Reronuncnded
At tnrin. Ore., lxe. I 7. - -Harbor lm
i ti\-f] ■ ,*:jL work to coat $1.250.Out) and1
rc-'unubllrhm-rit of the city's sewage, I
''ate- aid notice am! telegraph sys
tem i was ver-onnneuded as the gov- :
'’lament's shui'e of the relief work*
fer this i re stricken city by !
Colon < 1 T. M. Anderson, bead Cf a
,*tc5 1 board sent hero to survey thq |
t tnation. The report went to the i’J-!
jut,- nt eereral of the army and to the
•ctm’nan i nr oflicer of tire Ninth corps
t.rca by t-deyraph tonight.
Pilot Return:* to Omaha
Willi Damaged Airplane
Pilot traiih-'in of the air "nil ser
v.e* land'si yesterday afternoon at
Ak Sar Ben field with a plane He
brought tn from Karlliam, la. Hast
rridny. Garrison had to nu ke a forced
landing on account of motor trouble.
i new motor was installed at Karl
ham.
Stock Broker (dears
?30.0<M> in 30 Seconds
on Petroleum Shures
New York. Dec. IT.—A protit of
SI,000 a second, breaking all records
for quick turrte and nimble tradliut in
normal times a>n tin* Stock Uxchnngo,
u as realised by Joe Manning, credited
with being one of tlie most alert
Iruders in the l#story of the exchange.
Manning grasped speculative poten
tialities of the I’iyvAmerican Petro
leum company's declaration of a 20
per cent stock dfc'idend and the rais
ing of the annual dividend of its sub
sidiary, Mexican Pete. When the
opentng gong Hounded Manning was in
the middle of the Pan-American
< rowd.
*'I bid SO for 5,000 shares of Pan
American.'' he cried.
•'Sold,” eaid the broker beside him.
Within 30 seconds, other members
say, the bid rcioe was 86.
••gold,'' said Hanning. And a mo
ment later the price was S6tJ. It was
a flash in tf» pan. however, for the
stock dropped back to 83. But in half
a minute Manning had cleaned up a
profit of *30.000.
Sittings—
mad* before December
IM will be finished In
time for Christmas.
Please arrange a p -
pofntmenta as soon aa
possible.
j or&m/#
Today’s Attractions.
Strand—"To have and To Hold."
Sun—"Brothers T’nder the Skin.”
Empress—"The Top of New Tork.1'
Rialto—"Hose o’ the Sea."
World — The Mysterious John
Smith.’’ •
Moon—"The Sage Brush Trail.’’
The Strand presents a rousing good
story, well acted and well produced
In "To Have and To. Hold," the’drama
tization of Mary Johnston’s novel. The
tale la a-romantic one of King Janies
I period. The king’* beautiful young
ward, to escape a ‘detested marriage,
flees to America disguised as her own
maid, on a bride ship. Bought by a
gallant Virginia captain who rcspOeU
her position, she Is snatched from hap
piness by her 'Jnglish lovjer and there
are thrilling rescues, storms at sea,
pirates, and duels before she is re-1
stored to the arms of her American
and to his p’oturesque plantation 1
home. The scene* on ship board arc
■■ ell carried cut, and the galleons of
tho period are faithfully represented. (
There has seldom been a nvjre strik-J
ir.g seems than that of the stairs of i
the nbhey on the lady’s wedding day.
The evsiuinea of both men and women j
are stunning. ,.
,"T;.o Sage Brush Trail" ftt the Moon !
is pHfUy much true to type. Roy]
K’nart ns theT-Avly elected sheriff of1
flllvertb’.vn Uanvloua to prove hlnwelf
every inch a men in the eves of the
prCUy ouslorn ociiooi teacher. Put the
firs? criminal 1m undertakes to run
ifrmi Is her brother, who has been |
framed and tries to escape into the ;
desert. Hoy Is under,the Illusion that
flic boy In her lover, and his ■ relief I
when tile Mg lines fihally come out. I
■’Right ur wrong — he lo my brother,"
is something touching to see. The
other fubtitles move ut the same gal ;
inphyg tempo. Thrrc is the "branding
ringer of scorn." there Is “fto you
tricked my Jftir.'unci then that dear
old favorite "With the coming of the
ciii.i.," Marjorie, Hu Is as pretty a,
heroine as j bu could ask for, and t
Roy Stuart is nil brawn and avoir-;
dupcis. 1Mb chin bate is to. the top,
of his hfneb as the bottom of a pyra
mid Is to th* p*aV, hut It doesn't show ,
when he w.ears a stetson. Th® horses I
end the scenery arc most agreeable j
throughout.
Oh llie-oi juries that convict a man
of first degree murder on purely cir
cumstantial evidence! It it wasu t
for that minor drawback "Tiic Mjs
teriouM John Smith" -would be a good j
picture. It is homing at the World.
The adventures of a man who was!
railroaded to prison for a crime ho]
never committed, and his efforts to
escape from that past after he.is re
leased form the thread of foe narra- j
live. Eugene O'Brien is the hero,
and it la fortunate that everyone,
doesn’t react. to his handsome but
crooked features the way the movie
uneonsi:lously does, or the audience |
would all have filed,cut smiling only!
from one corner of their mouths. It's ]
catching.
A brCesy amusing tale written by .
Peter R. Kyne holds the screen at the
Sun. "Brothers Under the Skin” teiis
of the similar domestic difficulties en ,
countered by two young husbands in.
widely diverge;]* la; *r.i of society—
one a general manager, at $30,000 a
; ear, the other a shipping clerk at
♦ 30 a week.
The wives of both are young, beau
tiful. charming, but luxury-loving and ;
irresponsible. Both keep their hus-:
bands in eternal debt and eternally ]
worried.
But there finally comes a last straw ,
at which the two husbands rebel. In
no ungentle fashion the respective.!
v.iveu are shown the error of their]
ways. And all. presumably, is well
thereafter.
Claire Windsor, Helene Chadwick
and Mae Bu-eb make an attractive
trio of femininity
Cake eaters, watch out Dad may
marry your sweetie. Ho does It in
“Bose o' tiic Sea” at the Rialto. Not
c. sea picture, but au contraire, prin
cipal soup and nutsv. Father, whom
wo mentioned above, rarely appears
in anything but a full dress. He's a
.-.nappy.codger though he is the father
of a full-grown, gambling and chorua
lady-funeyinjf son.
• Anita Stewart Is the dear little
heroine and Rudolph Cameron and
Thomas Holding fulfill nattafylngly
the rolcB of the son and father re
spectively.
I Still another picture in which the
poor girl marries into a family of
i wealth, automobiles, dress suits and
butlers is "The Top of Kew York." at
the Empress. May McAvoy is a beau
| tifu! young thing who lives with a
drunken ur.cle ^\nd quarrelsome aunt
in a tenement house and takes care
of her little crippled brother.
Cif courre. crippled brothers, al
ways must have expensive operations
to cure them. Mfiy's rich employer
•supplies a squirrel coat to her which
j she pawns. The villain does not gain
his purpose, wo are happy to say,
because of the artist who has built r
seemingly expensive bungalow right
(on the next roof to May’s homo In
| the tenement district. He saves her
I and marries her. Tat Moore in the
I little cripple's role deserves special
i mention.
Weekly Food Index Higher
j Eradatr#etii Fcftd Index Number, based
I en thu vhole^aJe price” per pound of' 31
article.* lined for food. !h v’J.6'-. comparing
with $3.69 la-t week and_ $2.96 fer ♦he*
' rveek ending December 10. 1921. This
i r«#k'.i number show-t ft s in of five-tenth*
! of T p».r cent over las* week and of 19.3
! per c*nt over the like week of last year.
Increased: Flour, wheat, red: wheat,
prlng*. corn, oat1*, <'offec, cotton seed
oil, eggs. potatoes, betver. Uv*; lambs,
live: oleo oil. cotton, print cloth.*. E»*.y
goods, linseed oil. hay. tin. spelter.
Decreased: Short-ribs. lard, sugar, raw;
sugar, relined: bean**, peas. hog*. lP*t;
hide?. P'*r Iron. Beeaemef; pi* Iron, south
ern: steel scrap, Pittsburgh; lead, anti
mony.
Hospital Officials Deny
Reports of “Flu” Epidemic
j Boston. Dec. IT.—Emphatic denial
j of reports ef an influenza epidemic
I at the local navy-yard was-mads-by
! officers at the Chelsea naval hospl
I tah Dr. J. M. Krister, naval sur
1 geon, said there had been a slight in
1 cfease In the number of enlist".! men
| on board ships docked at the navy
I yard who reported colds, but that con
ditions at the navy yard and at the
I hospital were normal. .
The sk'e and height of rooms in na-‘
tive houses in Jitpan are more stan
dardized jhan the room dimensions in
ths houtea of any other country
The Business Barometer
This Week’s Outlook in Co inmeree. Finance, Agriculture
* and Industry Based on Current Developments.
Br TtlKOPORL H. TRICE, Editor,
Commwrtt nnd V'«ru*ru«. New York.
Copyright. ItM,
The advance i;i sterling exchange and
the growing shortage of labor ur» the ivo
in oat important developments ot' the week.
Bills on London sold at 4 63 las’ V'edues
da:. and although the market reached
. oirev hat and stands at 163' a 4 th'.i Is
written, 1? is plain that the masterful
financiers of the British empire arc de
termined to pro-id* thp merchants, of
the realm with a medium of oxotiaugc
that is as good a* the best.
Although it Is vurloq-d;- explained, the
immediate cauts? of the advance iu not
apparent, hut it ie fanoamentalli’ due . to
the exhibition of financial ,courage that
the iilnglloh government, ha* /i*en in
handling itjfl cent to our government mk
»eU as **s pe rejeKnc* in attempting to
untangle the reparation snarl In which
Franco and Germany arc involved.
YoVe'gvi Etchant* Ifrlped.
Mr. Morgan’:* call upo 1 Secretary Hughes.
Iho enauintG rath of a lo»Ch trf $ r.Yoo.OcO,
000 to Germany, and *. platen-tt from
the White Hou.s» Indicating that the pres
ide r* * ould be glad to find s way to aid
Furopu In mottling htlr economic problems,
nave Also helped the m'ATicfor
exchange. Francs nave au\*anded tmarply
and even .German . marks arc up to 14a
despi e the? late t statement af tliC Rcichs
Sk.is, v hlch shows a total of over 753
b-lltcn paper marks outstanding hj of
No ember 30.
Tho effect of the advance in exchange
hn* be*'ii to lift i-ominodiMofl like wheat
end cotton whose -\«luc Is largely de
termined by the prbe obtained for our
Stportablo surplus, but ns Merllng a nuv
' thin 4 or f. per rent of par. there ta
not much room for further r.3* and If It;
quite pos. slide ihiit the Bank of England
will soon a tempt to strengthen If* posi
tion b. taking gold from uj ,ln uuautlty,
t «n at ’it eioaif lots.
Gold dhotis Increase.
£itoul<l any ;*ueh movement develop
If ‘r alfnoHf .certain our .-ommodiy markets
\ ou " be Chilled, for the analysis puMlah
*• ■' *?-Uy by the federal icserve board
hHoap that tho *otai of lean*, discounts
;nd security holdings of the 734 more
lmpori»*it member banks on No ember "9
■vh, |f6 million* great or than on May
-6. 19kJ, w hen liquidation was he ng in
cieie^ upon-an •Fc»ut,al. «Hlne* that dato
th. gold held by the federal reserve bank*
(which gained nearly $15,000,009 !**•_
v e*h > has Increased by oyer t»60 mil
lion.-'. *. hj’o the fedvai reserve notes In
c.r ilatlon have u<»crcaeed nmnc 483 mil
l.oui. Ti ; leap 11 t* fhaf the reserve ra
tio has risen f--o;u fit S per cent to 75 1
pi.* cent but a’l th.a • • u.-l be speedily
rdianged if* wo commenced to export gold
iu Important amount.-.
bhortug© of Labor.
1 Our d^potlder.e • upon a continued abun
dance of c. ed • for i h<* moderate degree
of bus in --as activity* anrl pronperlf;' now
voported, and in .some *<*rea uxnlfg* rated,
Is a».*»<-' emphui :xrd by th*- labor shortage
The Department of* Labor says that the
shortage is acute and nun statement iu
conflrrmJ b; employer" all over the coun
try. The scarcity Iu attributed to the re
s*rictlo-fi upon immigration. Ore re; ult.
of Ir has b-rn an abnormal r*«-dua from
the finma to the cities The negroes are
lea M\g tb' eiopru in i nrh numbers that or
gunlged effo.- u to check th«* beg'ra ara
tv. lug made In tame jfafep. hut the rail
road passenger agents report that the
movement continues t.* vcrthcie,-j.
Wages In many Industries are already
advancing as an Inc*itubls consequence of,
i the competition'for labor 3-.'d the sequence
it certain to be a decreased ■ production at
au Increased cost. This*ma? fo- a time
rente, an illusion of good tirn*a l»ut it
♦ •111 limit consumption tie up i-revht ana
must ult mateiy'rejftncr activity. The «x
H*jT.g railway congestion add* to the dtl
UCUltlea o? a difficult situation.
Vrelght Cm* Incr***-.
In a recent address President Markham
of the lilUVoM central railroad pointed out
that In the five years ending with Jun-;
.0. 1907; the number of freight earn ir.
service Increaued htorc than 480,000. In
the r.e\f five years It increased les.s than
2: 0,000: \r\ the ;.ext four and a half years
It Increased only 114.000, ar.«J in the five,
ybar.3 ended* with 1931 the number of,
freight rara in tervice actually declinedi
mure than J3.000.
1 turlng the same period the number of
locomotives tn service varied as follows.; ;
V #* yeart ending June 30. 1907. Increased j
18.166; five years ending June 30, 191-.,
increased S.447; four and one-half >earaj
ending !»ec**n)ber 31. 1916. Increased 4,058; i
five >earj ending pccembcr 31. 1931, de
erea.-ed 66*.
These figures c {plain the present in- ,
r.bi’ty of the railroad, to handle the traf
flc that 1j the economic lifeblood of the1
r,».t!on. They. m#H4 it clear that a busi-j
nesM boom is impossible tecsu.se an ab
normal increase in dlstrlbutiv** trad#* would j
b- almost certain to result in strangula- ;
tion anai until our railway facilities ric In-;
creased 'the check rHn of tnadoqua'r
transportation, will probably continue to.
hold ua back
Kaptifudon .Impossible.
^ year ago when trade was subnormal :
and well beto** the Capacity of OUr faelitlcn j
for production and distribution it v is safe
to predl't an improvement but the short
age of both labor and transportation
seems to make any further evpanalon pres
ently Impossible and this view of the «•«•»*
sugg tb ca’itlo-i in accepting the many
highly optimistic prediction# that are now
being made.
A mild “prosperity is indebted, but no
wild out buret of sepCulatiOn and ad van-,
ring prices appear? to be possible The
Christmas ^rkdo is good. The posts l re
ceipts swelled by tho Increased uno of the j
parcels post chow ;» gain of about 2*V per
cant. The steel mills aro fairly busy and
copper is *f last a little ab6ve 14 cent#.
Sugar id flight';' en.-Jer a* the weight of
tho now and abundant Cuban crop com
mences to be fCst. ulirl cotton and wlicat
are iomewhat higher because of tho nd
vanco in foreign o#ehuhg ao already ex
plained.
8lo**U MurU*»t 8|eldisr.
Th». clock mark*' 1*. atoadifr Tho fear
of political radhslISm appears to b-' at !
least temporarily allayed The year-end ;
sclhng t.. reduce incOtfle taxes ta nearly i
finished and the reinvestment demand ha# .
observed several large issues of new !
bo n dii.
.The purcharo of the Tnteri ational *■ 1
Groat Northern by the Ft I.Ouin a Pan
Fran•kaco railway ha* attracted not a lit
tle attention bus foreshadowing other trans
actions of the same chUrocrer that arc in
evitable tf the consolidation# provided for
in the Each-Cummins bill Arc to become
realities. Inasmuch a8 it in only through
such consolidation# or government own
ership that it will bo possible to rehabiil
tat.M our, transportstlon service and as
cither alternative J? almost certain to tn- j
crease thA value of railway securities I !
continue to beilev* that the greatest bar
gaioe of the investment market aro to •
be found among them.
Trad© Review.
l£nd of End of
lactweek. previous w eek. Last year
Bark C *arl.tg f Bradctrcot.%,,,
jit thousands ... $6,603,178 $8,033,107 $6,042,476
Bunlnesti Failures .. 4 IS 463 ott&
Federal Be.«tr\e ratio ... 73.1% 74 3% 72.6%
Security Prices. 7 . Y. Stock Exchainge:
20 Industrials ........ 08.1!> 03.31 81.30
20 frail-oada .'. S4H 84 :;9 74.20
40 Bonds . .. 80.08 80.08 83.82
Comnmdlty Priced:
Wheat, Pc* . delivery, Chicago .. St.*;.. $l.l«% $1.07
Corn, De*. deli*cry, Chicago .. .7u% , .70'* .49%
Pork riba, Jan. delivery, Chicago . 10,:*»0 ;o • 7.77
V. cJ*. gd. dressed steers. Ch * ago., 16.to 16.0V 13.26
Sjfar. refined. Nev York ..] .0710 .0710 .0620
Coffee, It o. No. 7, New York . .11% .11** .09%
Cotton, middling. Mew York ... .476 .1800
Print elotk’i. New York .,. .07’* 07 i. .ntu*
Wool, domcailc average. Now York .... . 7!)„U .M.i .1468
Silk. No. 1, Sinshui, New York . 8.16 8.2.< .10
Tlobber, **rude, plar.ta . New York . .2773 7 : 0,6
Hides, park. No. i New York.. .30 lti’» i
Iron, No. 2, Philadelphia . 28.76 -6.14 22.20
HM*oi billots. Mi isbur gli . 36.30 36.60 23.09
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.TRADE REVIEW
By H. fi. DIN ft CO.
Holiday trade te In full swing, many
atoreu being crowded v 1th v’bristmas
dhoppcfi., uni colder vent her in the vert
and elsewhere, nt-h snovfaU In some places
has further Quickened retail distribution. •
These aro purely seasonal phases, but
there is evidence this year of a larger
public, purchasing power In moat uec
of tho country. Employment of
workers has gained appreciably, reports •
of tdlenes^ now oclng tho exception; priced
for leading agricultural produrt.s have '
risen substantially. Improving sentiment In
farming communities; and the banking
position has been measurably strength
ened. With other construe11'. e forces also
operative, including the betleruvm f In lh“
foreign exchange situation, there a
solid basis for confident viev. c vega ruing 1
the futur>\ If buying v ere only for lm. j
mediate or nearby needs. the conditions
would be less favorable: but various man
ufacturer.! are already booked to- nererul
months ahead and v»*v' demand of Im
portance has developed in different In
stances. Tho hide trade shown signs of 1
reviving activity after a rather prolonged j
lull In btiylig; pig Iron markets reflect
similar characteristics: the great In- |
du;,try ht»s attained an 85 per cent raio !
of production In certain localities. u*
against a general average of about 60 ,
r>er cent * yoar age; and output of t»x- |
tiles Id larger than it ha< previously ba*n,
»'lth firmer prices for goods, it uuuldbe
possible to expend tho summary of on- '
• onraglng features, but th*ro is .a vig-r
recognition now or the fact that bust- *
rej.i ha.i experienced decisive recovery and
that tho outlook Is reassuring.
Sterling Ciehange Biae*.
The overshadowing do* elopmont in f1 •
nancifc. markets tlifg we el was the far- i
th*=r upturn tn sterling exchange rates. !
There whi also #i*enBt’i In remittance
ratoj on seme o»h*r foreign countries,
but the advance In sterling to |4.«9 v «s
the really slgnlfcant feature. Doubt who >
expressed In V, all street and elsewhere an i
to the rxact reasons for the continued
f‘**e of sterling, but It wtu! evoiywherc re
garded as partially the linprovenient In *
jRngland'a international trade position To
find a parallel for this week’s high rate,
whlcli whs ’lea* than *jOc below parity, j
!t 1n necessary to go bad: to tl\o spring j
of 1919. The movement of sterling ex- !
change this week had a stimulating ef.
fe^t on leading speculative market,, be
ing a factor in * he betterment in price#
for ntock.i, wheat and cotton.
Record Tear In Building Industry.
Another special survey of the building
construction situation ha.; Just been com- 1
plfted by Dun’s Review, and the latest 1
reports Indicate that the industry has ex
perienced a record year. Some dl«pafoh*vi |
state that high coi ts tended to retard
operations during November, but there
wac the offsetting factor of unusually 1
mild v.* eat her, which wan fa\orablc to the i
continuance of outdoor work. A good ;
rfta! of activity throughout the winter
months is apparently foreshadowed, end 1
1? 1«* not improbable that some ne * rec
ord.* may b made next spring. Worker:!
In the building trade are well employed,
with a shortage reported In some «iuar
tere, and wages remain at a high level.
The ruri ey shows that building loan? arc
r»Adlly obtainable In most centers, at an
average rate of about »l per cent.
Cotton Crop Again Moderate.
Only once before in mere than -.0 yearj
—in ;931—has the cotton proJuctton of
the United States been so small a* that
of this year. The government. In its
final estimate of the season, \vk.t placed
‘the crop at 9,9 04,000 .Vales, which was
about in line with fhc general ♦specul
ation of the trade. While a considerable
increase is indicated over the 8,000,000
bdle crop of laat year, yet the present
yield compares with an average of more
than 13.000.000 bale* for the preceding
i 10 year . and It la necessary to go back
to 1901 to find a smaller crop. After
the official report had been announced
on Tuerduy of this week, prices yielded
moderately; but the decline was soon
checked and a •declaR'e rise followed. The
government’s crop estHaute v. as regarded
[ by many people siu EUppartlng the be -
iilf that I he world supply situation la
[bullish, and bujirg order? camo from
various rdurdtf.
Cot Ion (ioods PrW* Firm.
One of the effects of the cot/on crop
! t *.m»ate waa .ten in the till firmer trend
In markets for good?. Prices were little
change), jet aelle • *’ v,ev*i etemed to b«
further strength enfrl by the fact‘that the
| official report pluc#'l the cotton ! leld at
1 lees than 10.090.u00 bale.. !t 1? not the
time no***, a.’ ha a been stated -in rdeent
is. uea. to loo’: for activity 1;: buying a’
. i r.: hand", but the movement ftr» -Va?*
order? very ..e**y gad retail trade i*
ger.ugai cf goed voiuia *. A * ;'ie /<> lend
e Viproa‘-h* *. > 1*.. ig , wi-h rgiisfactloo
* that vruduwdon a; a h!«li ie\cL being
larger, on the whole, than at any previous
period. Tmpo~'&rit undertakings are tnj
progress, run- over, n connection with hjI- i
dlftoni. to the equipment of cotton mllh.!
and finishing plants.
Kenetved Activity in l’»g Iron.
Signs of reviving activity in pig iron had |
appeared last \»"'k, and this week actual ,
ea’eu of considerable magnitude were
reported. Buying has developed in
districts where there had bo»n littlo d**- ,
mand, especially in Pittsburgh and <**hi
cago, and tb Iron Age say; that sellers j
tn nearly all parts of the country have
been marking up prices. S’ot mu -h busi- j
neag has be... done, ho -ever, a» the n.-w
.quotation i. In the sfe*-| department, rail-,
road equipment orders and inquiries con
tinue to attract attention. Not only are
fully “5,000 cars under negotiations, but i
uev,-ral tli'u sand v. e*' purchased during .
the * »el: adding iUbaiantially to the large |
vci'im-i of ■•orttraetj* previous** placed.'
V'lth as Uiglt as rfc per cent of capacity
reached in the Pittsburgh section, produc
tion of .-•tool has been at the maximum |
point of the j car.
Improvement in Hide Situation.
Tho improved condition! tn the hide ,
trade have only developed after neveral j
weeks of dullnea.!, \ lilt, qUO*atlotis largely !
nominal. Sains of con iijerablo magnitude
vero effected late last week by the Mg
Chicago puckers, more than half a mil-I
lion hides being moved, and this business 1
established a definite price basis ranging
down to «o lo”.er on some descriptions than
the high lcv-jl of five waeka or more a^o.
In local leather circles, buyers do not
to bo disposed to option-' in advax.- e
of immediate requirements, and the equa
tion ta also influenced by the approaching
holidays and inventory period Order* for
spring footwear, xnoreover, continue to be
largely d-ferred, but sonic manufacturers
express the belief that price declines in
hides and leather will help the shoe trade,
rather than hinder it.
Bank Clearings
Bank elesfinf* in t IP United States for
the week ending December 14, reported by
telegraph to liradst reet' j .Journal. New
lork. aggregate *6,f'>3.1 7H,rt09 againtP >8,- .
030.407,611 la.-H week and >6.642,475.600 In
this week ta»n year. Canadian clearings
aggrugii’e >30®,00*5(000, ys agiluat *350.- i
156.100 last week Mid >280,402,600 In this |
••.eel. la: t Jar, Pq) lowing are the return*
for this week and last, with percentages!
of chango shown this week aa compared
with this week last year.
December 14 1 *eeemb-r 7
New York _*3.76u.006.000 >4.*72,600,000
Chicago . 568.320.010 829.I70.10O
Philadelphia . . 472.000.110 616.001,600
Boston . 335.106.600 382.010.100
Kansas City 145.72H.011 I5J.927.000
San KrandscO 1®:.3O0.000 171.7H.OOO
Cleveland . .. 100.879.006 ioi.SHO.OuO
Dgl red* . 10 4.357,000 118.647.600
Uo.i Angeles .. 121.lOO.HO 135,225.000 <
Minneapolis ... *0.065,000 M.648.00u .
Cincinnati .... 14.5il,0ft© t>7.19£,000 I
New Orleans . u&.l93,l«)0 til.422,000
Atlanta . 68.396.000 52.132.u0u j
Richmond _ 64.6*1 000 59,302.600
Omaha. 41.471.000 46.743,000
Buffalo . 43.841.000 45.S96.000 *
Portland, Ore., 38.127,000 32.673.HO
Seattle . 85,285.000 37.356,000 j
Milwaukee .... R5.7fS.OO<9 30,401,000
Denver . 53,430,000 ' 34,420,000 ,
Da ll a u . 32.246.000 35.772.000
Oklahoma .... 76.227,000 26.u91.006 |
Houston ...... 24,609.100 23.657,000
Louisville . 32.476.600 1.350,100 1
Birmingham .. 28.734.000 29,608.100 I
W1 lift on, D. C. 31,610,000 23,652.000'
Naahvllle . 19.825,101 20,156.000 '
St. Paul . 15.fc9P.001 18.913.000 1
I Memphis 28179&.010 30,411.000
Indianapolis .. 20,74Ti600 24.688,000 I
Salt Lake City. 13.071.000 23.231,000 :
Columbus . 1C.134,100 16,5*0,000
F’ort Worth .. 14.323,010 14 323,000 j
[Wichita . 10,119.601 10,8*4.000 I
j Oakland . 16.331,000 10,617,000 j
Pro’'dance ... 12,675,600 15.128.100'
Dee Moines 9,680,HO ll.332.OOo'
Rochester ,,,, 9.600,000 1..200,19"
Galveston . 7.34^.001 8.634,000
j Norfolk . 1°.736,000 11,675.100
Akron . 6,678.000 a.247,190 j
1 Sioux City 5,623.000 6.001.000 ;
Pittsburgh ... 114,019.96o 159.128,291.
- —— — _•
! Total t*. a...*M«a.»7MOO *8,0*5.407.000 \
Active Auto Output
November production of motor % elite.-j
approximated 232.60". or v. thin 3 por
. cent of October and tw.ee the • olum- of
>*o.’ember. 1921, according t<> the Nillonal ,
Automobile Chamber of Commerce, which
ulao reports the .,utpu? »r *1 mouthy
this year .. exceeding 2. ;44,u00, the l.-ittei
. n paring with u .'fevtoua mord for a
I full jcur a production of 2,203.OOu oars In
> 19-0
Chicago Grain
Chicago. Occ. IT.—Grain prices aohl
at the highest of the season laftt week
and finished well toward the top with
net gains on wheat of l1*. to S’sc for
the week, with July leading. Corn
rose 2 to 3*$ct the latter on July and
oats to 2Cc. rye l'j to 2u*c, lard
22’-3 to 30c and short ribs 73 to 00c.
December delivery made the smallest
gains in all grains, owing to liberal
selling by largest holders.
The important feature In the \vhe»it
situation is prospects of* an Improve
ment in the financial condition
abroad. Foreign exchange has ad
vanced sharply, which a good fea
ture, enabling exporters to sell their
bills to better advantage and buy
grains.
Grain prices are higher than last
year, although they arc not high
enough to crowd consumers and a
further readjustment of values of
farm products in comparison with
tho&o of other lines is necessary to
put the farm interests on a generally
prosperous basis.
Movement Hnitj,
Indieu.tlonn are tha * legislat I^n in favor
of farm credit* and for giving ax to
nine months credit to foreign buyer® of
our grains will bo put to congnas by th*»
farm b!o<\ which is expected to help
prices.
W heat has met sales on oil good bulges
snd support on- breaks. Ca a premiums
have changed little tor the w-ck and tho
movement ccjuinuvu heavy, fhnee July 1
prlmarj receipt® aggregated 271.OAA.AOO
buehefa. or only &,f'00,ooo bushels less
than last. year.
December wheat v&~ told frefty and
closed at $1.24 021 Saturday, a net gain
of 1 V for the v cek. lit ay finished at 1
f l.*3 to $ 1.2«j V*. up !’7*c and Julj. which 1
cafno lc for more prominence' ow jng to
an unsatisfactory crop outlook, gained
6 \»C and tinned at $1.14 n* to
Sentiment Bullish.
Government «-atl mates of the corn crop ,
of •.•.891.000,000 bushel® an* 61.000.000 j
bushels above the average and although
larger than private estimate® by nearly !
1 oo.oOO.ono bushel®, are not regarded ®m
111 t-xccfc i of domestic and export re
quirement®, and allowing for a moderate
carry-over Trade -'ntiment remains bu” • 1
lah with an enormous d' appearance of
corn In ul! direction.!, particularly In the I
we®f and i-outbw eat wbero feeding opera
tion nr extensive and there is a heavy !
demand for cars to move grain into throe j
a#ctlon3.
throng local interest?; arc buj !ng May 1
oats on the belief of >«rcii;' 1nt».- tn the
season. The. figure that the winter . d j
tng of ohf.s In the couth way lighter, owing
to drouth and that consumption front 1
t he r section nil! bft large. Texas bought i
•jno.008 iojch-ds o* oatM iti Minneapolis on
Thursday and more, than 700,000 bushel®
were bought there for the south and 1
southwest la.t wk The south la pre. j
par ng to put in m big acreage in cotton, :
owing to higher price® which baa paid I
them better than any ofhAr crop.
Financial
New York. Dee. 17.—The astonish
ing advance ot' sterling last week had
several effects on tho talk of tho day.
For one thing, it started the whole
community, even outside of Mall
street, into animated discussion of the
problems of foreign exchange—some
thing which lias not occurred in any
siioli degree since the week in Febru
ary of 1920 when sterling plunged ,
down to $3,18. On both occasions
public interest and curiosity were
whetted by the mystery which
seemed to surround the market's ac
tion. Tn 1920. the offhand inference !
was freely drawn by amateur econo- |
mists that tic structure of English j
credit was tottering, if German ex
change had been Quoted then in M all
street -It was not dealt in until live
months later—we should doubtlc s ;
havo heard mournful prophesies of ,
"the pound sterling following the 1
mark.”
A little o’ the same extravagance, ;
in tho shape of tho opposite Infer- !
enecs and prediction?, was bound to
follow the spectacular advance last
week. Not only was the pound ster
ling scheduled to return in a few i
weeks’ time to the par of but j
the word began to be passed around !
that perhaps what we were really I
seeing was the "depreciation of the !
dollar."
Con lenient. t'ormilt*.
This last suggestion Is one of tho.c I
catchwords which get their vogue because |
they provide a coiivenisitt formula for j
people who do no* g-‘. to tho bottom of.
things. l»ika the familiar ca'chword of I
1 SCO that '"he dollar has been cut In
two." it call* for notice only t- • auue of t
the popular misconception or'ated i.
Nobody ijasnlod tha'. with t he commodity
price average In 1920 mora than twice as
high a' III 1914. purchasing power of an
American got.] dollar l.aJ bun reduced
one.half: but that x.as no excuse for or
B ribing the process to torn..-' of u'pro ialrvi
currency. In the language that was u, el in ,
dlvusolng the paper doliara of 18 4 and ,
whleh might ha" ■ been used for the atlvor :
cioilttr after 1898 if Bryan had been
elerted. ' j
It was perfectly true hut woe, linn
tho American guid dollar-would uot buy i
us much exchange on London by 12 t"‘r I
cent os It would have bought a. year be- I
fore. The intervening movement was no
doubt as much a decline of the dollar In .
terms of Br.tlah rurreucy as it wait an ad
vance of British currency tn terms . of
American dcltara. But oinee the dollar,
even with eturllng at 14.69. remained at a
premium of nearly 4 per cent, talk of ita
"depreciation" wan the aureBt means .of
causing mtaconeeptIon of the facts among
the simple minded. It la not on re-oril
that tho markets described our own specie
resumption of 1813 as "the depreciation of
the poural.”
l3*»t Mow.
Tho question of the return c»r sterling 10 ■
parity u another matter. If sterling " «r<3
to advance above last Wednesday's Vftco ,
enly a. much an It had advanced In the |
13 da>H before last Wednesday, it would ;
aland at par ox-hang*. Hut the Times’
London financial correspondent was on- i
tlrel. right Is.a Monday in saying fhst the
last at ages of hucJi return to norma! are* ]
always more laborious than the earlier J
recover}-. K ^n if sterling wore tr» fuuh ,
back to 14.86?*, it could not stay thorn u:i- j
less England were to pa} out gold fro |
in uxchangt for h-r paper currency, nnu
It jj exceedingly doubtful If that »*«' P |
could be taken with condliionj in other j
European markets wgat they aro tod*:..
V. « arc likely to hear more of th* j
other suggestion that wince commodity j
prices have been falling in England sin -.
the middle of 19lT. *h11e American prices
have ris«n substantially. Lofidon is how j
rh« cheaper market and should there
fore automatically V"* favered In the
movement os* exchange. Hut this formula
also run:? th- risk of jumping too-hasti
ly to conclusions. The federal reserve ,
board statistician; have lately computed j
rha* average prices la.t month in Eng
land, on the bads of 100 lor 1013, -Hood i
uf 166, v Idle price3 tn the United .^tm
stood somewhere near l&u. und that cen
ter ion of t ho British into geld values j
would actually bring them bleow the ;
American love!
'I he calculation Is highly interesting, and
undoubtedly Indicates a trend of overt:: .
"•hich is making for chang' d relations ’
In international finance. But exchange on
a. given market will not ad an*-* merely
because pn^es in that market aft) lover
than a foreign market. Tho presump
tion !«= that Importers in that other mar
ket will buy goods tn greatly Increased
uuantittes from the country whose prn-c,
V.H'f fallen oelow ltn own. If that hap
pens—If, in the present case, our Imports
from England were to inereu-M out of
proportion to the Increase in our export*
—thfn tii* machinery would operate ft
i« not easy. however, to detect aigna of
such a movement.
A little “Want Ad" in tho “Christ
mas Gift Suggestion” column of The
Omaha Dee will ring tho btjll of your j
cash register and keep it ringing until j
December 24th. Phone AT^anticTOOO.
Make This a Radio
Christmas
Radio Apparatus Co.
312 South 18th St.
Open Evening* Till Chrictma*.
OMAHA PRODUCE MARKET
(Wholesale.)
By brute I'eparunent of Agriculture
Bureau of Mark* t* and Marketing:
BUTTER.
Creamery—Jobbing price to retailers:
; Extras, 55c: extras in 80-lb. tube. G4o
standards, 63c; first a. 50".
Hairy—Buyers hto paying around 37c
for selected Sola of table butter uikJ 2 7c
i for best packing stock; cheesy and dirty
I considerably leas
BUTTERFAT.
Pftllvr’*<*d price ’a lo tower, the firat
decline this winter.
Omaha buyers are now' quoting 48c at
i their country stations, and *4c delivered
Omaha.
EOC.S.
The price being paid for fresh cage, d* -
[ live red at Omaha, is around 46c. but
onl: selected lota of extra pallty *nd
I size* bring th*' top price. No. 2. held egg.-*.
; and small eli.es are bringing only mark. t
prices. which mnx* around 26c; cracks,
2 2c. Some buyers aro quoting on tho case
count basis, paying about 112.00.
Jobbing prices to retailers- Freeh,
fancy, 65c per dozer.; selects, Me; storage,
select.*, Hi"-; N'o. l, i»3c; trade, 27(921»c;
cracks, 25c.
poult nr.
Live—Urollera, idi«*; h«*\: hem; and pul
lets. 18c; light ben i and pullets, 12V;
spring inoaters, all elves. 16c; old cocks,
10c; Leghorn poultry about 2c |efj ducks,
fat. f-)ll feathered 15c. g^e&o. f«*. fix 11
feathered, 14*-. turkey*, fat. 9 lb.-, and
o'er, 80* ; *-apon*. ov«-r a lb.'., 20i/I'.v,
guineas, 40.' each: pigeons, d Often. $1.00.
Stek. scrawny and crippled poultry not
wanted.
I->f eased-Price n being about i|g follows:
No. 1 dry picked turk^yc, both hens an I
young ton's. 40c; old tom turk*.". No. 1.
68c; No 2 turkey*--, not cuI'h, 60*; No. I
ducks, fat, ?0o; No. 1 goese, fat. ls<\ Softie j
buyers aie accepting receipts and r< - '
selling on 14 per * eut commi.-*-ion. Coun
try ; hlppcrr should leave heads and feet
on dre>.se*l poultry.
Jobbing prices to rMai'.'rj. Dr^rsed.
broiler. '.2 4f34c; spring.- 22 'tr V !*•; heavy
hfcne. 2’4c; light )v»ns, 22c; roosters. 17o,
ducks, 22 gf-26c; gees*:. 26c; turU >e. 45c.
RABB . *
Buyers ure quoting the following prices:
Cotton tails, per doz., $2.42; jacks, per
do.;. $1.60
BEEF CUT?.
The wholesale price® of beef cuts in ef- .
feet today art- h* follow-;:
Ribs —No. 1, 23c. No. 21c; No. 3. I.’ -.
Loins—No. 1, 28c; No. 2. 2 »c; No. 3. 16c.
Rounds—No. 1, 14'-; No. 2. 16c; No.
10*:.
Chucks—No. 1, 10c; No. 2. 10c; No. i,
7 c.
Plates—No. 1, 7c; No. 2, C'l-e; No. 3, ,
6%c.
MONET
Jobbers are aeliinr it prices list*.*! below:
New ex traded. 24, 18*0*;. 2* dozen to ,
case. Tier easy. $5 00; new comb. 24 sec
tions per css*’. $4 Gu: new extracted clov*
or. 10-J.. cans, o cans »o case, pet lb., 15e
FRUITS.
Banana*— Bused on selling price of 9
per lb.. $4.00$7.Gt.
Oiv ngea-^-Extrn fancy Cullforuht nave n,
f-r box. nc<-nrding t*» a v. $4.no#6.6'»,
cholc . GOc leas; Mississippi Sataumas. \y
box, $3.60.
Lemons— Extra ‘ dllforr ;a, ••1 ■ 0.
Bizet, per bt"*, liO.on; choice. „ >0 to 5*50 *
•l**s, $Pi'0; Llrnea., 100. $3 "*’>
Grapefruit—Florida. fancy, ail bRpa per i
hot. If.00; choice, ""-size. $5.7u; 45-etz«,
• 4.60; other ei.va, 14 75
Oranberrier—Bb!.. 100 Ib* . $13.60®! 7.09
box. 60 Ibe . $■*,60; Jere*y If owes. $17.00.
Apple*—Delicious. according i > sizo nnd
oualify, \>*r box. $2.00so-4.26: Washington
.fount hanx. p*r box, $1.90 3 2/0; Iowa
Jonathans, per Lbl . $0,00; l>n. basket.
$1.85; fancy Grime* Golden, p. r bb!.. $5.50; 1
choice, p*r bhh. $3 50; Missouri Pippin*,
fancy, per bbl . $4.25; Northern Hp;- h.
per box, $1.0o '(12.25: choice Hood Klver
Banana, per box. $2.00; Spltzeubei ger.
fancy, p*r box, $2.76; Gano. fancy, p<*r
bhh. $4.50.
Grapes—Red Emperor, per k*g. $6.50;!
per crate, $2.76, Aimer!*, (wlpte). per
k< pr. $9.00.
Irlga—California. 24 S-oz. car Ion box,
$2.76; 50-« srtori box, $3.75.
Dates—Holiowi, 70-lb. butte, ^J2c; 1
Dromedary, cas*\ 3n-oz., $f!.76.
Avocado4--Alligator peru, per dozen. .
• 7.60.
VEGETABLES.
Potatoes •-Minnesota lted Hi. er Oh'os
No. J, $t.2x per Nebraska Earl;
OhlOB. No. J. 51.10 per owt : No. 2 $1C0|
per ct\t
Sweet Potatoei Bushel ba< r 51.'.6; !
bbl.. $5.C0.
Old Viee*M. rot Turnips PirunluN
Rutabakhw‘—Per ib., - f in ;ei.s, per •
lb. 2«jo.
Artichoke* • Dozen. $2.00.
Lettuce— Idaho head, 4 do ■ n crate
$*.uU; p*r dozen. $1.60: California crnt*a,
$.'.30; hothojse leaf, per dozen bjnehes,
46c.
Pepper* --Green, market basket. per ib., t
26c.
Egg Piatit—Selected. dos.cn. $2.75.
Tomato**-—‘ 'ailft*rnJa, p r cate,
Florida. 6-bs.*ket crate, $9.00.
Bean*—Southern, uaj, hamper, $5.00^
7.06.
Oiilona—Southern, per dozen bunches.
GOe; Ohio Whites $2 00 per cwt: imported
iipHiJlsh. cr.te. $J.o"; KeJ Glotve, pr lb.,
2 JA c. .
Pa ;**!•»>•—Dozen l unches. 90c.
Spinach—Per bushel. $1.25.
Cau!ifiou*r—California, crates. ,$3.59.
Cabbage—Crates, per lb, 2l*c; sucked.
2c; r*d, per lb., 3c; celery cabbage. p»r
lb. Ice; Iiruaee'l sprouts, per ib.. 20*-.
Celery — Michigan, per -d«»7.*n. «G<p'76*
Idaho, per dozen, $1.55®1.69® 1 .L; Cali
fornia (:.ot trimmed), per crate, $7.00.
Cucumbers—Hot imuM*. per dozen, $3.60.
Garlic—Per lb.. 2fc •
FLOUR.
First paten*. \. . 87.30; fsi ivy, -is,
$0.1.. Quotation., a-, f. o. b. Omalia. {
FELT
C'liia'.n ml!!- und iobberJ s - * .selling
tlv .■ pri-du'-'f* in r-■•;nd lota at fin follow
inr prices, f. o. b. un:; vn:
Bran, $V4. irt-.'brov ,i shorts, * ■. ; gray ,
. hort . DO; miiidil'.g. $ 1 k. r» 0 : fddog.
$“!. , r!full’a 'm*ti:. choice, r:s.0“; No. t,
$2K.£l"; No 2, $21.00; January pri-i •; on
alfalfa ivcsa! arc 5 «e high-* than Gc- n h-r •
prices root'd her**, liiis*cd rival. $f 4.1*0; •
cottonseed meal. 4;> per cent, $&2.«f>; hom
iny f***d. vJilt -. $59.00: yello.v, $29.09; but- ■
termllk, condensed, 5 to 9 barrels. 3.1c j
per lb.; fktUc buttermilk, 600 *o 1,600 lbs., |
7Sc per lb.; egg sVieiJa, dried and ground,
dOO-lb. bago., $25.09 pe- ton.
ha y.
Prices at which Omaha dealers are f
selling In carload lot* follow.
/Jpland Prairie-—No. 1., $1*».00f<£! 8.60; No. •
2. *13 00*1 15.00; No. 3 $8TO® 12.00.
Midland prairie—No. 1, *16.09 ti 1**.*J0;
No. 2. $15.00 97 14.00, No. , $.v 00 <7 11.0". |
Lowland Prairie—No. 1, $10.00® A2.00;
No. 0. $8.0rt%w9.00.
Alfalfa— Cbob-e. $1 •,.00# 2*3.‘9: No. 1.
$19.DOftz 21.1*0, atwndartl. 51 •.*" (. 1^.00; No
2. $14.D0tml6.50; No. 3, $1 2.00® 1 4 00.
Straw—Oat. $3.00 to S'j.OfJ; wheat. $7.00
to $3.00
If TF'ES. FUJIH. WOOL. I
Market conditions arc very much In lino .
ivlth otir report of t week ag<«. Local quo- 1
tations remain unrhAnged. The most im- j
portuut news in the* trade la that the dead
lock between the packers and tanners was !
broken lute last \v9ek and Ai rivy trading 1
roaulted. 1 r«»m a half to fhr-o «iuartora
of a million of hides of various -. Iccthniu
changed llanda at prices ranging from 2:*.o !
to 3».jr v*«r pound lower than 6lrnilar |
hides had sold a short time befor*. w hl' h '
If sufficient evidence that hides bad d- •
vanned higher than th* price **f leather
\Aid digestion
Dc KING’S PILLS
—for constipation
v ou'd warrant, tanner* claiming they
. not sell fttbcg on a replacement
basts. Thl is ah unusually ©e\rr» decline
and at thin time It ta hard to foretell
vtiet the effect wilt be on the Industry ha
» whole. However, local bUyers have nut
reduced, rrl< ©s tills week, and. realising
that ttfMr customers like, t* clean up be
fore the f.Tii of the year, ttv y are giving
their customers an opportunity to sell If
they are disposed to do *©
The » alg .‘.kin market especially de
pressed and lower at eastern points. It t©
reporied locally, and th*ro * •ns be. n Utile
trading on which 10 bn a market.
Horse hi > hj easier, naturally, a© they
always bear a rr'aUvi value to cov hides.
If on© goes down the other is likely to
follow.
There w no' much change In wool or
cheep skin©. Hoth arc rather quiet, but
local buyers are Interested In ©ocuring the
best lots of wool and p- Its.
The tallow ; nil grease market ©hows
hand to mouth trading ' h r- a buyer
wants it certain amount to rill hi on some
requirement, and tht will bring about
steady pri'e.-. There U no large trading,
and buyers prefer t*» close tiovvn a i-oon as
po.«©tbl*! fqr the balance of the jeji: The
London market s r« ported 5d lower,
l.oca! buy'!-, ire l.»- ring down on prices,
allbou?b no change has been made hi quo
tation©
t’urivnt r-c^lut hides, lie «nd 10c; green
bides, 9c uid 8c; bulls, V’ an*] 7> brand
ed. Sc; glue hide?, fie; ktp. 14c and I-’.1,
calf, 18c and FtVfcc: d«-aeon. h"*.' i-a«-i .
glue calf and kip, •>»■; hors© hide. 54.><J
•inrl 13.60 each: ponb*n, 76c each; • o|ta, Lwc
each; hog skins, 15c t a<-l); dry hides. No
J, 15c per lb, dry salted. 12c lb.; dry glue,
be lb.
1*rices printed below nr© cmi tlm ba-is of
buy •■-■is* weight* and aeioctlon©^ for goods
delivered at Omaha;
Furs—HUunli. central slater. narrow
stripe. s*.y i urge. 93 t'0; No. 1 medium
52 00; No. 1 ©mall, 51 60; No. 2 good uu
prlr. y 51."0. Muskrat, western, fall Urge
|1.7.»; medium, 51 Cm*; small. 7«.c. Haccoon
central, ordinary, large, Jf, 00; medium
93.30; ©mall, 92 25; No. 2. 12.25. Mink
central, ordlnar . Urge, $6 f»u; medium
1 . 83.25; No V tl Wolf
northweatern. &oft, latg-\ j; : ou; medium
59."0; btnall, *4.60; No. 2. $2 t" i-’ox. cen
tral. gre; . large-. $3.00; medium, 51
srna i. .».c;s No. 2, 75c. Civet, prime. 60
(936c. I,: iiv cat. $8.00i$i.(j" Beaver, le
gally caught 53*1.00.. Fisher, $V ■ 1 “
■rfio.ou Jlouse c.at, f<0 y lue. Ly n v. S 1 v*.1 *'*
<0 6.00. Otter, $30.0606.00 W arel. white
$ 1 .on ui 25c. V.’itJ cot. - Bad** r.
91.30010c. Marten. 94O.UO05.CO. Bear
$28 fia01 .Of
IVOOl i t*. J’ "5 to $1 60 for full wool )
rtktna; spring lamb©. 75c f<> 90c fm- late
take eft; cHpa, no valm ; wool, 20c t.. Si*"
Tallow, No. J, 7r; Tt tallow, '.c; No 2.
t’jc. A gr^.ni©, 71*, ft grease, 6«:; j p!(j> v
grease, 6c; br© vn grear . 61 yc; pork
rr-wklinge. $40 p©r toi . beef cracklings.
$Cf per ton; beeswax. J.'O p» r ton.
HU DP.
Omaha b'»: a**- pa; in;? the t-dluw mg
prices for t ’J t ~d. thrcblvr run, o
I ve-?d Omaha Quotatonj no on tha
bush, ©f hundred w ctgbr rmafii'
Heed —Alfalfa $12.00 ir» $18."-', t J
. |o\©**, to $18."' , al©y|*. $> "" to
$15 00, timoth'. $4.00 to $4.25; Hudan .
gras©, **.0U r.. $10.00; white liloi ©hm
©we©' clo- er, $ti.CM* to 5) ".6". mill ’', high
grade German, f. to $2 76; common
millet, $1.50 »o 82.00; amber sorghum
can*:, 82.26 to $3.0©.
Weekly Failure;
nurtinetw tajluro* for the « on«l- •
ing Defombot 14 number 4I>. which < nm. |
fSfi t • d with 4G: 1st an e«»K, i» ♦*.% in the liho 1
week of 19:1. 414 In 1120. 12:. in Jf;t» and !
ir.3 in 191,8.
If your husband is
“difficult” to handle
there are just three
things to do. What
they are is told by
Elinor Glyn
in JANUARY
(Snopolitan i
at newsstands
AJJVERTIKKMKNV.
Thoughtful Nurse
Advises Meniho-Laxene
T thorough’. enjoj* * recommending
Mentho*T»as?»— b.ctui^e alr.ios* magical ro
•‘ultn a.v wared .n acute and stubborn
jo'igha and roidr.
“The verr firtt dose tends to atop tv*’0
cneeuins and snuffling; cl<ee!< the *HrVU’
or spacfh, th^.t causes jrveie coughing.
loi^en the ca*tarrha) phleg 1 and s'op • '■'
luT.ring ofcrctio:*..-* of nostrils nod eyes.
■‘You actunl’y feel its eoothing, per."
t atirg, heeling action on the ir.«*mbrane*
of the nostrils, throat and air passage*;
let it positively contains no opiates, nar*
t ••<<!# vr chiorotorr.. . ’
I’se It full strength or n,ir vi\h sugar
v;, rup ln*o a f. I pint cl’ la\ati « ton:
•n,.gb syrup. l a bettor b- far then pin**
p- tar. Sold by i'l good druggists.— Adv.
*
.Start Them All
Laying Now
1 Fggs! fhat’s "hat you v.ant—now and in the
' next few months when puces are high. Youcanget
them—lotsof them—if you put your hens and pu!- J
lets in st rung vigorous layingcondit ion. Give them j
Pratte Poultry Regulator J
t to strengthen and invigorate the whole system,
I to make them active and productive, so they’ll
I just naturally get to work and keep at it. Test this
' well- known tonic and conditioner on our word
“Your Money Back If YOU Are Not Satisfied.” J
f Buy rratts m 12-or 2.'-lb. pails ;U- or .
I 100-lb. baas. j
PRATT FOOD CO., Philadelphia, Chicajo, I areata ]
b« answer r > r^pid growth and hra' ew prodiu tl . —I't.ita
np"f a.ad Laying M»i!;ea and : r*tdi i rd
PRATTS SO» YEAR OF SERVICE
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Brush Trail”
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ARTHUR ZACK
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