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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1906)
\ , . i There Ie no Rochelle Bolts , Alum , I Llmoor Ammonlo In food mode with f \ 6alumet Baking , Powder . . . . . Porfeot In quality. , Moderate In prlco. . " Names Children After States. , S. T. Dodson , a farmer of the South Canadian vally , proved himself very patrlollc In naming his ten children nrter some of the states of Uncle Sam's empire. Ills six daughters are . I named Virginia , Carolina , Georgia , ! 'Iorlda , Idabo and Jersey. The Dod. son boys are named Missouri , Ohio , Tennessee and Texas.-Kansas City Journal. t liow's This ? We olrer One ) ( I1I1 < 1rell lJoliaro lIeward tor any Caoo of Catarrh tbat cannot be cured by ) ( all' . Catarrh Cure. F. J. CnE EY & : CO , . Toledo , O. We. tbe 1I'I < lerAI ell bavo knowlI } o' . J. Clleney tor the lIut 15 yenro , nllJ bellevo him perfectly lion. orablo In all lJuolneu trR08aclloll ancl nonllclalll able to carry Ollt aoy oblhnllunl lI1allo Ioy hl.llrm. ' \'ALDINO. KIIINAN & IAI..VIN , Whole lIlo lJrlllIIAUI , Toledo O. lIall' . Catarrh Cure I. laken Internally. actlnlr itlrectll upon tbo bluocl sncl mucoua ourfaces of tbe .yUew. Te8l1monlailiellt free. I'rlco 75 cenll per bOttle. Solcl by alllJrumlot8. Taka nail' . j'aIDllyl'l1Ia , for con.lIl'allon. ' A Substitute. "Aro you going to get that automobile - bile which the doctor ordered for ) 'our wife ? " "Can't afford It , but wo have almost the real thing. She puts on a pair of gasoline cleaned gloves , takes a long , long rillo on the front Beat of a trolley car , and walls back. " Mothcr Cray's Swect Powders for Children. Successfully uge by Mother Gray , nurse 1n the Chil ren's Homo in Now York , cure Constipation , Feverishness , Ba Stomach , Teething Dlsorllers , move and regula to t.ho Boels an Destroy WormsOver 00,000 tes- timonials. At. all Druggists , 250. Sample . FUEE. Address A. S. Olmste , LeRoy.N. Y. II I Balmy Sleep. , . "Blessed bo ho wh9 first Invented sleep. " Dear old Sancho Panza. You I were quite right. A monument 1m. presslve as Bartholdl's to liberty In NGW Yorl ( bay ought to rise to that In. ventor of "balmy sleep. " : . A OUARANTEED CUltE FOIt } 'ILES. , ItchIng. nUncl. Dleecllng. I'rotntdlllg l'Uea. Unt\ ! " gIlts are authorlzocl to reruncl 1II0ncy If l' AZO OINTMENT faU. to cure In G to It clays. 1iOc. A man docs not make an owl of himself by maldng a donleey of others ACMB DYSPEPSIA CURB Poslt1vo cure ror nil clllwaqeB or RlomlelllIver , aud bowels , Heeol1l1ncncled by 1"lIl1nl " : : ph 'BI. clan' ! . 1'110 e\ll'o that CIII'I)8 , IlU t&ulols : tlUO. Send money with enl ! ' ! " to A'lI\o JYSllOl , h1 Cure Co" lr..nllNuv Jurl.ouy. RCal Elixir of Life. Contentment Is the real elixir of life. It Is t.he real fountain from which fiows the waters of perennial youth. Sometimes It costs an effort , a tremendous effort , to say It Is 11.11 right , but the man or woman who can say It Is much better off for thus looking at the sunny side of the world than the , person who harbors grievances against all mankind and walls through the : world burdenell with the somber thoughts of his llisappointments. The , dlscontentell perhaps never stop to I thlnle how much worse off they could be ; that. no matter how few theIr pleasures , there arc these In the world . , who have few or none at all ; that ( ( 1lven health anll strength and the full I . . possession of the . senses , they are ad. I , Ildvantaged and blessed In the race of " existence. , : ; Inappropriate. ' - . "Speaktng of misnomers , " said the I. I critical person , "can there bo a more , glaring instance of one than calling J a football fielll a 'gridiron ? ' A grldl- ! ron Is a utensil for the cooldng of I meat. A football Inclosure Is merely 1 the place where the slaughtering Is \ done. " I , , I \ fi i f , , I I i ! . . ' . . .1 I 11\ -t. . 1 r , t .r i I ' . ; - CURES 15oc.nndSI.oo.1 - Swine Disease Hog Cholera Bend for Circular wltb DIrection. . Dr , EARL S. SLOAN , 515 A' ' any St"BoslonMan.I I It afillcted with l Thomnson' EYI Wat. , lOrd OVIII. UIO r I' , . . . ' " - . . - . . . . \ IiUiItiIiLHI : \ / : All WiE "AllS " , , clt toUIh l rrup. 'l'wtIJ.OOO < 1. Ulle In limo. ol < 1 by druill/lotll. . - I . . ' ' ' . - . , . - I Hotel Recently Burned - . . , . . . ' ' ' ' , " . ' : . ' , : 1 "r't . ( , j , ' 1'1"i' . ' . Hl , . ; h. ' " ' . .J 'i ! " , ' .iID , , ; , ' ' 11 } ( " . " : , 't..Ji'i . ' . . . . . . ' " ' . " < ; .t'd . " . . , . ' \i , t. .s. . i. t"f . . , ' . ' ' , L . . . . . " $ . V I , . ; , " , it ' ' ' ' l' ' ' ) 4 , . " 'P' : l\ . . > < l . . ' : fI" . . . i \ { > \ . , t " . ' ' ' ' I : . . , .r. , ; . < > ' . . . . ( . .f . , , , , . , , . . " ' . . . . - 'II . . . . \ ( . . , , . - - - - - - . - - ) ' { EB7 1 l-JOTEL The West hotel , at Minneapolis , . which was partly destroyed by fire Tan. 10 , was built twenty years ago lJy the late Co1. John T. West anll , , , as conBlderell to be the leading hostelry - telry In the clt ' . In It have been 'leld scores of conventions anll other argo gatherings , nnd It Is aBsertell that because of the accommodations the hbuBo aftorded the Republican mtlonal convention of 1892 Was held In Minneapolis. The vast lobbies of X2 the West hotel are said to bo unequaled - equaled In RIo in the United States. It haB rankell as one of the show places of the city , amI usually was visited by strangors. In the ovenlng It was the rendezvous for l\\slnoss and professional men , Its location at FIf.th ntreet and Hennepin avenue rendering It an available meeting place. At the time of Its construction the WeBt hotel waB supposell to have been made as nearly fireproof as pos- sible. . . . " " . . . . - - - . . , . - - - . . " , " , " , . . . . . . - - LANDSMEN IN THE NAVY Middle West Largely Represented on Uncle Sam's Battleships Not moro than 5 per cent of the men of the United States navy are allens.'Vo have 30,804 man.of-wars men , and of these 24,913 are native. born Americans. Naturalized Amerl. cans number 3,415 anll ] ,337 have declared - clared their Intention of becoming citizens. Of these nearly 31,000 men , It Is Interesting to learn that no fewer than 28,319 are whites. The remainIng - Ing 2,500 men of color include 1,325 negroes , 513 Japanese , 384 Chinese , 217 Filipinos , 87 Samoans , 28 Porto Ricans , 26 HawaIIans an 5 North American Indians , This surelr : is va- riety. riety.We We see no Filipinos , Samoans or I-awallans on the continent , because the Filipinos are used among their native Islanlls , the Samoans poll co the Island of Tutulla anll the HawaIIans - waIIans arc lwpt at the naval station at Honolulu. Of the men of the nav ' who are not citizens of the United States , an extraordinary variety of former residence - dence Is lliscoverell. From the Cape Verlle Islanlls In the Atlantic , the Caroline Islands In the Pacific , the BrItish East Indies , Armenia , Rou , mania , Turlwy anll Samoa these stllor : lads have como to serve under the stars and stripes. The subject of desertions from the American navy IB ono which excites much discussion , and In some quarters - ters apprehension Is exprmsed : that desertions are an extremely ball sign of somethln , But lluring the 'ear onb' 3227 men desertell , which is less than 11 per cent of the total en. listed strength , anll this Is said by competent authorities not to be alarmingly large. The chief of the bureau of navigation - gation , the philosophical Rear Ad. . mlral Converse , says that the nav ' can stand comparison In respect of llesertlons with any other calling. He asks , how lllany young men , after tr 'ing one tralle , will abanllon It for another ? Anll he points out the peculiar temptations on shore to which the men of the navy are sub. jectell , and the number of apparent llesertlons which are only delays In reporting for duty. Admiral Dewey said recently that Ir.ost of the bright young enllstell mon of the navy como from Chicago i . . . . . . . . . - . . . . , . . - - " " - - - - - - - - - - Not the Worst Literature. One of our correspondents wants to know If It IB not "time to call a halt , In fact , to place an embargo , on the further publication anll even sale of all 'dlmo novel' literature. " Perhaps he could llo It , but we con. foss that we woull1 nelthor 111 < 0 to undertake the job nor see It unller- taken by anybody else whose name occurs to us at the Instant. It strllws us that for the suppression of sllch llime novels aB are really ball unller any rules of Imaginable formulation there are already laws In full abun. dance anll that all the rest ma ' well be permitted to tal < o their chances with the public to which the ' uppeal. ' And wo are not a bit worried , either , about the effect they have upon that part of the public , The boys who read these little bO91 ( might easl1 ' employ their tlmo to worse all\'antago and wo are not aware of any lllstinct. Iy and measurably evil Influence the ) ' olert.-New Yorl , Times. anll the mltldlo west. The nav ' de. partment has prepared figlll'es which show that , one.fifth of the enlisted personnel are supplied by the states of illinois , Michigan , Minnesota , Wisconsin , Iowa , : MIssouri nd Ne. braslm. 'fhoso figures have their slg. nlficanco as regards groups of states , but the fact Is , that New York leads , with 5,548 of hel' sons In the navy , and 1\Iassachusetts follows with 2,971. As n. matter of percentage of population , Massachusetts sends a greater ratio than Now York. Pennsylvania Is third , California Is fourth : Ohio is fifth and I11lnois sixth , In the number of representa. tlves who enlist In the navy. It is an Interesting fact , that there Is not a state In the Union which haB not Its representatlvo among the enlisted - listed naval force of the Unltell States. Ihdlan Territory and .Arl , zona , New Mexico anll Oldahoma also .aro representoll. For obvious reasons 'fishermen were once the best sailors , nnll the ) ' malw good sailors to.llay. It Is tolll how Commodore Hull In the ConstJtu. tlon tought the British frigate Guer- rlere In the war of 181 ? , and won a glorious victory with a green crew that he had just plcl < cd up from among the fishermen of Now England. Now , however , sailors are not need. ed to operate the giant machines of the modern man.of-war , and so from the Interior recruits are coming who are as good naval men as any in the world. With the commission of new men. of-war , more men will bo neellell for thO navy , and the llepartment has asl- cd congress for 3,000 alldltlonal. At least five battleships anll a number of other craft will have to be commls. sloned In the year 1906. There Is no lloubt that the navy will bo able to get as many men as It wants and can have with the por. mission of congress. 'l'hroughout the countn' during the last year a total of 41,239 mon presented themselves for enlistment , but the requirements observed causell the rejection of 28- 097 applicants. More than 13,000 applicants wore accepted. These figures are sig- nificant. when It Is remembered that the total number of desertions were only 3,227. , . , . . . . . . . . . . . _ " - - - - . . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . One Problem of the Day , The displacement of really skilled worlmen by the almost automatic op' orations under " " the "piece work" 8)'S' em : the dependence of the operatl vo upon the machlno ; the segregation of worltors in Inllustrlal centers ; the constantly growlnE ; tenllency to worle machines anll men at tholr topmost speell-all these things talten togeth. er have ono Inevitable reRult. The worlwr Is llralnell of his vitality , and after n day's worle not only has no energy left for living the remainder of the twentYfour hours anything like the Intellectual anll social lIre that should bo posl1lhlo to him , but after a few years hl' mes a worn out relic of this mo ern Ind1lstrlal system , a burden to society nnll to himself. There is hero a , romenllolls problem , the sutlsfactory solution of which Is Important not onb' to the worler butte to the captain of Inllustr ' ) as well- Engineering Magazine. SUICIDE ENDS FOnGEn'S LIFE. - Buslncss Receptions of Leland W. Prior Are Amazing. I Leland W. Prior , who committed. . sulcldo In Cleveland becaU80 of bill tosse8 In copper stock ! ! . WII.:1 prenl. : lent of the Cloyolanll'Btoclt ox. change anll a member of the Now Yorle anll Chicago stock exchanges :11111 : the Chicago board of trado. The stor ' of the forgerIes of Leland W , Prior anll their IIlscovery Is an astonishing rf1velatlon or the power or business credit. Prior's whole busl' nl'BS blograph ' Is a story of credit -credit cnrefully buill1) , chorlshel } Cor years. then a\\\sel \ \ } and strained to Uw breaking. Prior went far be 'o\1l that other Ino ern Inn tan co of the IJotenc ) ' of l'I'edlt , It's. Casslo I. . , Chadwick , whose cnso his own closel ' parallels , , . L. IYoQ } anll from-whom , It Is more than 1IlC- Iy , he recelycll his Insllirntion.Jr ono thing , It 18 now Imo\Vn that hlB first step In his fatal career of stock counterfeiting was colnclllenl WlUl the exposure of the womlln's crimes In December , 1J04. ! , 'l'he securities ho deposltell us col. lateral for largo lonns were utterly worthless. The signatures of munlcl- : pal officers attached to them were Corgerles of the crudest Idnd. So us- surell was Prior's confIdence that his credit woulll carry this fIctitious ra. per through that' ho made Bcarcely any effort to disgulso his handwriting when signing other men's names un. lIer promises to pay thousands. The statement Is made that 'fifty smaller Ohio banks holll spurous so. curltles sold by Prior. In none of these cases will the losses be large. The American Bankers' association has llirected an Investigation of the sule of forged bonds to see If Pl'lor hall any assistants I , the forger ' . TO MARK CENTURY'S PROGRESS. American Board for Foreign Missions Will Celebrate. One su1tr ' lla ' In summer 100 years ago a band of five young men gathered in n. gro\'e In Wllllamstown , 1\1ass" to hold 11. prayer meeting. Soon a thunder storm came \\p , and they crept' ' under a haystacle nearby nnd continued their talle on the need ot spreading the gospel into Asia , and thc ' determlnell to go to that heathen land as mlsslonarll'8. It was then that the movement for foreign missions started that now encircles the world , and It is this humble beginning that the American board wll1 celebrate In flfty leading cities of the country , be. ginning Jan. 23 , by n. . missionary cam. palgn carried on by n. great number of officials , missionaries , clergymen and laymen. Almost fifty 'ears ago a marble monument was erectell on the spot In Williams town where the first meeting was helll , anll for 'tho "haystack centennial , " as It Is called , the cause will bo presented In the light of the oxtraordlnary promising conllitions In mlsslonul'y work , eBIIe. clally In China I1.nll Japan. Geronimo Takcs Eighth Wife. Goronlmo , the famous Apache war. rlor , 76 years of age , believing lIfo too strenuous without a helpmate , has for the eighth tlmo become a lIene. dlct. This proved startling news to his tribesmen at Lawton , Oklahoma , for they were not Informell ot hlB woo- Ing. Two years ago Goronlmo's sov. enth wlfo died , anll since then he has been converted and become a Christ- Ian. His latest bride was Mrs. Mary Lota , an Apache widow. aged 58. The wOlllllng occurred during the Christ. mas holl11ays , hut only became Imown 11. day or two ago. Blind Musician of Ability. Carlton J , Balfour , a blind KanBas Clt . 'outh of 20 , Is n. musical com. ! IOBer 'of ability , some of his worle ha"lng been published. Usuall ' blind persons lellrn music by car , but young Balfour has his slstor read ( not pla ' ) the notcs for him , 110 Is able to retain the f'omblnatlons n. . long time In his mind , 110 lost hJs sight through un accident at the ago of three Years , . O IAUA GRAIN ( X ( UANGf - WHAT IT HAS DONE TOWARD MAKING a MARKET. - A dress Delivered by Gurdon W. Wat. tlelt , President of the Exchange , at the Third Annual Meeting of the Farmers Co-Operative Grain and Live Stock Assocla. toln at Lincoln , Jnn. 17 At the first meotlng of the co-op. erative grain nnd 11'0'0 stocle mon holt ! In Lincoln , Jan. 17th , there were 2GO presont. Presldont J. S , Casally or Mlndon } Jresldell , G. W. Watll os , presillent of the Omaha GraIn Exchange , at the even. Ing meotlng addressell tllD COoOl1ern. tlvo mon on the sUbject of the Omaha grain market. lie said : Il 18 Indeed plonsuro tor 1110 to nt- tend lhls mcetln ot lhe Ilrollucer8 ot the slnto nnll mlc.lres8 ) 'ou on n. subject et much Inlerest to mYRuH , nnd } 11m surel ot Krent ImlJOrtllnco to you-'I'ho Omnhlt Omln 1\1nrltot. FortunntelY for me my onrl ) ' llto WIIS 8punt on II tltrm In the new nml growhlK west. I wns there tl\uKht by oXllorlonco these 1011- , sonll ot frugnl1ty nnd oconomr : which I must bo IlrIloticod by farlllcrs nnd tholr fltmllies. I there Icltrnoll the 10sBon I hnvo never 81nco COl'Kotton , thnt the fnrms n.re the source of nil the wcnlth In the nl tlon , nnll thnt thoBO } Jol1clos of go\'ornlllont or cuslollls of commerce whloh nftect the produolnK elnssos nro or the most \'Hal Importance to the J'onerlll buslnells Interests of the coun- try. So thl\t when the IJrOposltion WitS made to ostlLbl1sh 1\ homo mnrkot tor the grnln or Nebraslm It mot wHh lilY most onrnost Bupport. In Its ostn\lllsh- ment I saw the oPIJOrtunlty to Increllso the value of the grilin produoell In Ne- bralllta. I\nd Inchlontally to Inoreltso the coml1\orco or the c..y In whloh 1 lIvo. 'l'he ndvont or an hulolJemlent line ot rnllroad to Omaha rrom the marltots or the north and Cllst nnd the encournglng words ot Hs IJrosldent Insiliroll the gratn morohnntll nnd business men or I Omnhn to orgnnlzo the Omnhn. Orn.ln EJxcllnngo nnd It wus opened ror business - ness on 1.'ebrunry 1st , 1904. It wus the linn purpose of the promoters - meters or this oxohltltgo to compel the reoognltlon or this mnrket by Lho trnnBportntion eomplmlos n.nd to get II. roadju8tmont or railroad rates on grnln throuG'hout the state so thn.t shlpmonts to Omnhn. amI from Omn.hn. on to ether mnrltets cou1l1 bo mnde for the sllmo tnrlft ns the through rnto trom Illaco or origin to these IIIn.rleets. In ether wordo , wo demandcd thnt the 8um of the two locnls ahou1l1 not exceed the through rn.te. 'l'hls demnnd wns 1'0- fuscll by those roads which hnll lines running to the eaat nnd west or Omnha , nnd the war waD begun by ono of thesl1 rends outtlng tholr through rates to Chicago on gruln 2 cents per hundred. ' 1'hls cut wna mot by the Grcn.t 'Vostern Rnllway and an succoodln cuts , until the rntos from Omahn. to Chlcnlto wore reducell to l1 a centK lliH' owt , ror oorn and 21h cents per cwt. tor whont. At the IInme time Q. suit wlla c mmonced by the officers ot the Exchange In the Federal Court to onjoln thin roud rrom further dlscrlmlnntlon against the Omahn marleat. 'l'he jobbers and large shilipers or merchnnlliso In Omnhn. , v.re orgnnlzed , nnd they readily agreed to route tholr frellht Into Omaha over those rends thnt were friendly to our 1111\rleet. By lIuch determined - termined elTorts nnll with n fighting rund or neurly $100,000 on hnnd the battle " 'as soon won , nnd on M'nY 10 , 1904 , rlLtes wore ndjustell by all roalls onterlng Omnlm In nccorllance wllh our demnnds. BrleOy stuted , locnl ratcs on whent trom OmnhlL to Chicago were rellucell from 21 cents per owt. to 17 centK pOI' cwt. . nn the prollor- tional trom 21 cents per cwt. to 12 cents per cwt. 'l'ho locnl rntos on corl1 were reducoll from 18 centa per owt. 10 16 cents per cwt. , nnll the proportional - tional rrom 18 cents cwl. to 11 cent8 per cwt. A s rer roduetlon wall made on other g-rnlns to Chicag-o l\nll on all , ; ralns to other mnrltel ! ! . Al the snmo time locnl rntes rrom points tributary to Omahn were rolluced from 298 ! ! tntlons nnd throug-h rales tl'om 725 statlona. " 'hlle this genernl reduo- tlon ot rntcs hn ! ! been ver ) ' heneOclnl to the prollucers or Nebras1cn there hnv boon frefluent s\1oolal rntoR to n-ult ports and to cnatern mnrleots which were unknown betoro the ostab- IIshment of the Omahn Nxchnngo. DurIng - Ing nenrly all or lust wlntor a cut rlLto from Omnha to thA Iflllt ot 11 cents per owt. on corn was In Corco , while for the past two montlls we hnve hall II. cut rate from Omnhto / Bnltlmore of 18 cents per cwt. on corn. This Is the Bnme traffio we formerlY pulel tram Omnhn to Chicago hotore onr Ixchann-o ! : was eslnbllshcd. Ro that I am snfe In saying that the advantacs In railroad rates alone , aecured by the Omahn Ornln Exohamco , ha'e dnrlng the pnsl two ) 'cars been eflnnl to 2 centB per bushel on all the Jtrnln shlpPcd from Nobralllcn. But this hnR not heon the only ntlvnntao or thlR J1xcllanJto to the IItlLtO. No leRa tlmn ton termlnnl 010- vlLtors have been hllllt or are In eourso or construction. TheRe elevators rnn e from one minion bushels down to 60- 000 hnshcls' cnpnclty. ' ] 'ho present storan-o capacity of our terminal elevators - vators Is ahout IiOOOOOO hllShols , nnd this will soon bo Incrense.1 h ) ' the Nye- Schneider elevntor with 1,001),000 ) huah- els' cnpaclt ) ' , 'rhe atornJte ot Inrg-o Qunntltlell or Nehrnalcn g-rnln nenr III home maleea It poslllhlo to sen to exporters - porters or 1/\.rg-e / conllllmers to hetter advnntage thnn beCore wo hnd II. ilome marleet. Until reccntly no such larA'o purcllallars cnme west of Chlcngo tor grain. Since the Omnlln Ornln 1'x- ' chnnn-e was atartell mnny sueh pur- chnsea have bop.n mndo from our g-rnln merchnnts , Itn.l ratcs direct from Omaha to T.lverpool nnel olher foreln-n mnrkota have heon seollrcd. In some cnses these rntell hnvc hoon very all- vantan-eous to our marleet. It has heen conceded by cloRe ob- 8erverll tor many yenrs that the 11011 and cllmnte of Nehrnslcn nre all mlr- ablY adnpted to the fJrodllction or n-ood marleetnblo corn. Our corn Is nlwnys well maturcd anl1 generallY grades hlg-her tlmn the corn ot other western atntes. lly storln our high-grade corn Ilt a convenient home market and keeplnn- free trom the lowp.r n-rndea from other stntes , we will soon eRtnb- Ush a speclnl demnnd for Nebrnsleu corn Ilt an advnnced price. The lecturers - turers , who hnve heen lIent out by our 8tnle University for the rast tow yen I'll to Inlltruct our fnrmor ! ! n the Import. anoe of earetul nnl1 Intelligent selec. tlon otICed corn , hnvo done an InvlLlu- able service to the atnte. In promoting thlA worthy worle the rnllronda of Ne- brns1cn are entltlell to credit and praise. I believe thnt wlthln.n few yenra Nebraslcn corn will he RoM at promlum throu hout the world. The OmahlL Grain Exchann-e wall or. gnnlzell to Increase the vnlue of gralm produced In Nehras1cn nnd to Increall the commerce or QIIUlha , There call he no quelltlon ns to the beneOt tt haf brought to Omahn , the metropolis 01 our atate , at whose commerce , enter. prillo nntl greatneal1 wo are all ao juat. ly proud , Ivory ! : mnn , woman or cltl1e In thnt clly who hns seen the Krenl elevntors sprln up aa hy mnn-Ic , 01 the husy IIceneH nrounl1 the Exchann-e bul1dlnn- , crowd ell to overtlowlnnwltl : eommlsslon merchants nnll brokeI'll , knows of IthenoOtIl to our city. 'rite Kreat hnn1es there that holll tbo surp. lUll funda ot the smnl1cr hnnks tbroll h. out the atate have hllll the oportunlty unlenown to thom hetoro , of lonnln their lIurplua on g-rnlll In IItoro-the best af'curity In the wnrlll Enterprls. InlC grnln merchn nti' ! trom enst'rn mar. ket , . hnve p.slnhllflholl oOkes nnl1 sonl representntlves to IIvo nn.l Inhor In OUI city , Elevator ownars thro'2 hout thl stlLte nre building t'rmlnals to he nenl the centrnl force whIch commnnds ral1. rend rates nnd ntlrnctll the nttentloll of exportorll : tor wherever Il1r/-\'o flUBn. titles of prolluce III tltorell therl' thf hellt purchaseI'll J ny be tounll. Thh purpc1'\O 01 the bUHlnolls mon ot Omaha , who IItnrted thll ! I xehnnge , hnll lJeof1 accompl1shed , 'I he commtrce of our olty hal b.en Increl1l1ed But the ben.nlll have be.n .Ve11 I tr1'.t.r t. tb. produeerl of th. state. . . . \VnlI1 , 1 ( yo" nenr 'IV" " .no , I IIhall nttolnlt to Irovco Accor.lInK to the government 1'01101'1/1. IlIauod hy th , Do. pl\rtmont ot Ar.rlclIltllre , the averale fnrm vnlllo ot corn In the IItn.te at No. hrltlllcn tor 11103 wall 28 cents } Ier bUllh' 01 , win tor anti sllrlnK whcat Ii" cents , onts 27 centa. COlllparlng these val- IIca with tho/l In lanRnIl , It Atllie slml- IlIrly situated. nnd we find that the fllrm vallie ot corn for thllt year In 1lInllall Willi 3B contll , ur 8 centA over NOI'nalta } , winter and 81)rlnnwheat 6\J \ contll. o.r Ii contA over Nohrnaltn : ont" 30 contll. or 3 centl ! over Nohraslm. I or some : voars Ilrevlous to 11103 n IIlmllar tllscrelH\ncy exllltoll ngnlnllt Nohrullen. In tn.vor ot Jansna. Con1\lnred \ with otl1l'r well tern HInteR wo Onel the Ne- brnsltn. prodllcers tlltl not recelvo. up to IIlul Including 1903 ns mueh for tholr A'rnln by fle\'era { centl ! per hush- ehl nil the producers ot other stntell , oven atter 1J1l1klng a lIhernl nl1owanco for IlIlItnnce tram ChlclIR'o nnll el\stort\ 111nrltotll. lnnBaa hall had It homo II\nr. . Itet nt } { nnaus City 101' 1I0\'ornl ) ' 01\1'11. SllIeo the Omnhn mnrkot wns estab- IIslloli the IIlact'elmnc ) ' In the fnrm val- 110 ot corn hnll nlmost dlsnlponrclI , 110 thnt hy the ( rovernmont roport. tor llOli ! , jllRt . , rllliull , wo 111111 thllt the Cnrm vnluo ot corn In Nehrnlllutor this 'oar wnll only 1 cellt ' 1Iushol Irllt ! tlmn In KnIHUlII. ' 1'hlll on y Itmoullts to I\hout the tlllToronco In the COlIl or to the Kult portl ! . 'Vhllo Iho .Iscropancy agltlust Nebruslm In the fnr111 vnlue ot wheat nnd oats still ox lilts , H mltY bo eJtplalnetl by the 811- porlor qultllty ot thelle corenls last ) 'uar In 1a : nlla II. If H he true , I\S 111- .1I0ated by the n-o\'ornment reports , thnt the Omaha Ornln gxchnngo hl\s Inoronl'ell the tarl11 value oC corn 11\ Nebraska hy 7 cellta Ior bushel. wo cnu plnco to the creliit or thnt Institution - tion the enormous aum ot $ l8liO 00 8'tvell ' to the farmers ot Nohralllm on the crop ot 1101i ! alouo , It cnnnot ho donlml that the OmltlllOrltln l1xchnnlfo hns ad.lt1 at leltal 2 cOllt/l per hushol to nil the grain Ilrollucell In Nlhraslen. hy securing- lower ratcs ot transportation - tion to eastern and foroln-II mnrkets anll by elltnbllshlng bettor Krlllllngnnd opening better I11nrlots. 'l'hlll 81t\'IIIIf to the farmers ot this /ltnto nmounts to $7,1)00\00(1 ) ( per nnnul11 on a lull erOI ) . l\von \ : th \ s hns jUlltillcd the odatenco ot the Omnhn mnrlcet. ' 1'wo cents per bushel alllls one clollnr \ nero to the Income ot Inl1l1 which w l\or produce Itrty bushels to the aore. Ono dollar per n.cro addltlonlll Income Is I ) per cent an UO per acre ndilitionn ) valuo. Thtlo olalm therefore III \1nreltsona1llo thnt the Omlthn. Ornln IOxehnnge hn/l boon one ot the Imllortnllt Inlluoncos which hnK ca\1ae.l the ollormoua lu- crense In the vnluc9 at our farm lanlill In thlll Itato tlurlllK the IJnKt two YOlU'S. netore the Omahn Orilin Marleot wnll ostabllllhell very little ot our A'rnln wns exported by way ot the KlIlr Ilortll. nut. ono ot our grain cnrr 'lng rnllroads pUhllshcd ratoll to southern n.nd gulf market8 , IU\d lallt ) 'enr nonrly all lhu corn ( lxportcd tram Nobrnslm wcnt by wny of the Kult at lower rutos ot transportation - portation than e\'or hotore Icnown. Lot mo rcpeat then , and It posalblo em phnslzo my cln.lms for the Omahl\ Oraln Exchnngo. It hns greatly In. . erensod thl' commerce or Omahn. It hn8 lIecured bettcr rntes. It has OIJenell new nl1l1 Jotter mnrleOts. It hM Increased the vtluo ot 1111 Ne- brnlllcn grains , It hna n central toreo , n oompaot orgnnlznUolI necessary In thcse times for eftectunl worle. It should therefore commn nd the SUIJport nn.1 co.opernUon ot Itll who Beele to Improve the oondltlon ot the producer of ou r atn te , \Vhen I henr ot projeotll to ostnbllsh other marleeta In Nehrltalen. . I am rc- mlndc.1 ot the al1\'lco Iven by It tnther to hIs seven 80ns , He hound together II. number of atlclea nnd oftered a 1'0- warll to the ono who woull1 bronlc them. They all trlod anll tnllod. but when ho unhountl them , ho hroleo them one " one with oast. There nro these bl" In Ne Irnslcn who would bo Kind to see numerous Jtrnln mnrleots elllnbllshod In or.lor to dlaslpato the cOlltrlt1 force or one powertul org-nnlzntlon , but these who tnvor this plnn nre lIot worlelng for the produeors' Interolltll , It mn.t- tel's IIttlo to the mon who earn their breall hy the swpnt at their tacos , who worle In the 00111/1 nnd who nre the bono anl1 sinew of nil our groatnoall , whore they Hell the rosuNs ot their toll. 1t mattcrs 211uch to them l\nd to us a1\ thnt they shnll rocel\'o the hlA'hcst pos- /llblc rewnrd Cor theh' Inbors , Ono rcat live ftocle mnrlcet In our IIlnto has hcen ot Incstlmnhlo valuo. Ono Jtrent H'rnln marleet will he of oqllal boncOt. ' 1'hlt t which hns been nccompllllhe.J. In thc' two yen I'll exlfllonce ot the Omtthn Oraln Ixchnnr'o ! : shonlll he nn Insplrntlon to us nil , 'fhe recelpl ! ! tor the IIrnt eleven monthR of Its oxlstonc nmounted to l1i,370OOO bushel ! ! , ' ] 'ho rocellta tor the pilat twelve monthll hnve hoen 3.,623,600 bushel ! ! , dlvldutl Its follows : llullhels. Corn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19,771,000 'Vhen.t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6li18,200 Onts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,776,000 Harley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208,000 Uye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . 260,0011 The Increase l1urlnn- Its sccond yeaI' hns bcon over 100 per cont. Our mar- leet hnll In 1cs ! ! thnn two ) 'onrll become the third prlmnry corn mltrleet In the Unltcd States. It now rnnles seventh In repolptll of nil n-rnln8. A n-oo.1 homo mnrleet Is perhaps more Importnnt to Nehrnslcn tarmers thnn to those or any othcr western stnto. Owing to the un- atlstactory condition or the cattle teedln Indulltry In thla stnto our tarmer ! ! sell n greater proportion or their corn than those or ether atnteR. : I mnleo the statement wlthoul tear Ot auccp.sstUI contrlldlctlon thnt Nebrnlllen. produ es more ml\rlwtahlo corn thnn uny other state In the 11nlol1 , and that wo sell more roorn In lho marleets ot the worlel lIml1 n ny other stltto. 'J'o secure - cure better gracJlnn- , lower trltllaportn.- tlon and th helll ultlmato mllrleets to be tounll In the world for Neb1'l\alen. , ; raln 18 the nmbltlon of the olllcors ot the Omahn Oraln I xchange. Nebrnslen. II ! pro-cmlnen lIy IL , ; raln producing IItnte. The nnnun1 Incom" from the aurplus product ! ! ot the rarms nnll rnn hes ot thlll state exceella the sum or $200,000,000. It Is thll1 Income which has In the pnst forty yenrs con- vertcd n bllrren rlaln Into n n-nrden. thnt hns replncot the sod houses ot the pioneers with modern dwe1l1nn-s , thn.t hns been the rountnln which hM supplied the commerce to build the cltlell and towns within our state. It hall heon truly aalel , "H we delltfoy the fnrms , the g-rI\SR will gro\V n the street8 ot the clUes , " It I ! ! theretoro ot'ltltl Importance to every loynl citizen - zen ot our atnte thntVo n-uarll well the rl/htR nnl1 Interesta of the producers - ers on whom 1011 our property dopends. On the shlohl or Nebrn81cn Is em- blazone.1 the motto , "El1ulLllty betorll the 1nw , " 'rhls motto hns heen con- densecl by our ILhle and fenrles8 president - dent Into threll words , which nil westerners - erners "A Square Deal. " No citizen hila a I' ght to expect morel no one can nftorc1 to nccont less , It In the pnst the producers ot Nebrnskn. hnve heen .Ieprlvell or n part ot the 1'0- SUltll of their toll by unlnwtul combl- nntlonl ! formed to prevent fair com- . peltlon for their proclucts , such combl- nntlonll ahouhl he toro\'er encled by all the IlLwful torces nt our commnnd. It we have not lIuOlclenl Inwa on our statute booles to In8uro every producer of this stnte "n square cleal' In the mnrleetln of hla products. 8uch laws shc.ultl he ! lpll1y enaeted , Every younnmnn. . whether he IIvell on thtlo fllrm or In the city mut hnvo n.n oqunl chunco . . . . .lth his fellows In the bnttlo ot life , 'rhls Is the principle for which our foretnthers fou ht ; nn-alnllt it no comhlnation nor cornorntlon clLn 8UO- ceBlfullY ! contend , The rnllroadll of this ! ltnte mllst he compollecl to n-rant the snme rl hts an.1 the lIame rntos to the smnll IIhlfJPor a8 to the Inrgo. Secret - cret rebates , which .Icstroy the won.k I\ntl Increase tile stron , cnnnot he jus- tined olther In Inw or mornls , and must be stoPIJed , 'rhe rll\'hl to en a-e ! In the rllin tralle nud to erect elevators at 1111 tatlons In the IIlnte mUllt he con ; ' coded. 'rhe rll\'ht to mnlntnln a home mnrleet tor the n-rnlu ot Nebraslcn with ertnnl prlvlle cs , 1' < < 1 UII I rntell and "n 1lIUnre tlenl" with oth'r marleet8 Is n punJOSe which will UPPl'f\1 to the I rf'nt nrmy \1rOdllCerll throuJhout the 1rtl\Ie , and no corporation nor In- dh'lrlul\l however powertul , ran nrrord 10 withhold or nhrlck ! ' this Illwful nnd jU1I1 purpOllf' ' ) 'h" Omaha Oraln Ex. . chumcl' askl no charity nor untalr con- cl'fI"lonll. It de lrE'I' peace but 18 nhlo and wl11ln And real1y to n ht tor It. I rlKht. and th. rtlthh. of Its patrons , it , n.o..n