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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1910)
AS TO THE COST OF LIVING SEVERAL PHASES Or 'rHE RE CENT MEAT BOYCOTT, A raws Observations Tend. J 10 Skew Foreign Consumers Haws the Best oi It. With the big part of i on- i • im bu'd whn a bUtni : ia he to ~,n'e the n.UtrM and impatient public Mini - insight into tin reasons for t iu* a i\ an < a eoaii- of Ihhig and still save lu t . a, oui with tlia no .trai t especially singled out lor southing criticism, tb - tin oj Kan to .citing the meal of the problem may lie interesting. a butcher who has followed his trade • >• nearly thirty yeai.- in a locality i -ss Ilian a hundred miles from Lim om re i ■ ■ pud a few weeks in England. Naturally he paid particular attention to the in tricacies of the meat business while abroad, a.id the result of his observa tions alone furnishes ample justifica tion for me outery against, the exhor bitant prices, Amerean consumer is compelled to pay for meat, whether or not it vindicates the '‘boycott” method. A Nebraska butcher found beef bearing the stamp of Omaha pack - ing lout s selling on Lie London mar ket at nine cents per pound, or two cents less than be could buy beef for at Omaha on the same date. Me was particular to compare prices and, dates with hie books on his return' and could not be mistaken as to the facts s< t forth. Not only was the beef on the London . market, cheaper, but also choicer than 1 that commonly obtainable in this coun try. in order to compete with Eng lish beef the exporters in the Unit 'd States are compelled to send away j their best selections. The prices on i other meats were found proportion ately cheaper in London than Omaha, so far as the market permitted eoni-j pari son. it coats something to prepare meat for shipment abroad. II is many a; weary mile over prairie, hill and stream from Omaha to New York,and a far cry from there across t in hound ing Atlantic to merry England, but the American meat travels the dis tance without impairing iis quality,, and the beef-eating English public' pays less than the people at. the precise point it started from, as well as the rest of tlxe United States. There is nothing particularly new , ut the state of affairs just described,! but with Uu> whole country rapidly I acquiring the “meat boycott” fever, it may be pertinent to call attention to the facts which arc so easily cap- j able of verification. Conceding that they have some j mighty nice folks over in dear old England, admitting that we all like! our form of government very much better than theirs, is there any par ticular reason in the wide, wide world why anybody should stand pat for a system which permits the "in terests” to treat the English meat buyers so nmel better than the home buyer? Is his money any better? Is the English citizen by some: sort of divine right entitled to better treatment than the man on this side j of the big puddle, that those who have the sand to protest against that power in politics which permits the! people of this country to be gouged I in this maimer are to be classified as j cranks, knockers, kickers, squawkors and everything else in the standpat vocabulary of invective? If the price of meat were anything I tint a very small phase* of the work-j ings of the system which compelsj 1 hose who dwell in this land of the] free and the* home of the brave to pay I more for American produced stuff than the foreigner, the difference! would scarcely he worth mentioning. As some high mogul of the pack ing industry has kindly suggested, the housekeeper up to snuff can prepare truly delicious dainties from the flank meat and other cheap portions. Likewise, the statement of some other equally distinguished wag makes clear that it will become an easy mat ter with practice to eat soup derived from boiling the succulent hide of the steer. When it is desirable to change the flavor the horns or hoofs j can be thrust into the kettle. But considering the hundreds and hundreds of equally glaring raids on the pocketbook, isn't it. about time for the administration to quit "fight-} ing insurgents” and put a crimp in the tariff fattened combinations now j mulcting the people? Is it going to he sufficient, under the known eon-1 ditfous, to gravely asseverate that the lale tariff bill is the best bill ev er passed? If so. what about the cry for now measures and new men now being heard from one end of i the country to the other? - Nebraska | State Capital. For Sale. One good heavy boned mammoth .lack, weighing about 1,100 pounds. Eight years old. Sure breeder—J. F. Scarlett. 5-tf IN THE HIGH SCHOOL. _ I he New Flan of Rhetorical' In The High School, A time was and not Ions siuce, vbvii, in m.v s'bools each Friday ill. i iKMi t was spent speaking pieces, in" in, songa, etc’., and I hose were .altiatoli’ afte.'i: 'ons as every one who has eiij:. • l .hem will admit. i’hforl nnately our .schools have i . . y from t .:• = ti i * * hoi tjrcd asti.n u il now it lias be n dis* vcia d that there arc actually m ni >: , i 1 the nigh sc hooi who have i t Blood before an audioiu • in i . ; : parity, and students, loo, who •, > ; to teach bool next year. No nict: r what I he walk of life, i c. who liver, tvs full part among ami) but wh.T will sootier or later be ailed upon to stand before* i body of coplc and say .at lea d a few words. If our schools are to contribute lraining which shall be of value* to the pupils in after life, surely Ibis ido of the child should not be left untouched throughout a high school course. "Willi the need of this training in mind the high school faculty have re cently put into effect a requirement that some time during the year each student must appear on a program, riven by his or her class, before the school. This has been in operation now for abou: six weeks and has proven a valuable thing. This is the plan followed: The programs are arranged by a committee elected by the class in council with the faculty advisor for that class. Tile students are notified that they are to appear on a program at a certain time. They are then given a reasonable time in which they may make their own choice of what they will do and report this to the com mittee^ If they fail to choose, then the committee assigns a duty. If, then, the duty assigned be one that is impossible < r intensely undesirable for the student, a consultation with the committee may change the as signment. if reasons for the objection are deemed reasonable. There is no disposition on the part of tile faeutly to require pupils to do a thing they can not do, but it is believed this is an undeveloped part of the child and highly desirable that it be developed. Many high schools have operated the plan successfully for some time, in various ways. As is true of au> new scheme il is meeting with some objection, but if the idea is a good one, frank cooperation of the par ents with the faculty will assist im mensely in carrying a good thing along. FRAUD PROVEN. Big Mail Order House Ordered To Fay Damages. Sears, Roebuck & Co., the Chicago mail order house lias been ordered by the courts to pay damages of $ 111,750 to Charles A Sticktiey & Co., St. Paul, Minn., manufacturers of gas oline engines. it is the result o£ a suit m wtticu it was showr that Sears, Roebuck & Co., had fraudulently listed gasoline engines in their catalogue at a high er power than the engines possessed. In the first trial, judgment was given against Sears, Roebuck & Co., for $10,000. An appeal was taken, and a new trial granted on technical grounds, but the second award was even higher than the first—$13,750. It was shown in court that Sears, Roebuck & Co., had listed a 3*4 horse power engine in their "Rig Rook" as a 3 horse power engine,one of 4*4 horse power as a 5 horse power engint, one of 5 horse power us 0 horse power engine, and so on all along tin' line. It is estimated that Sears, Roebuck Co., made from $15.00 to $20.00 additional on each engine by means of the higher rated horse power. Dissolution Notice. The corporation heretofore existing in the name of the Falls City Park and Improvement company—wherein John Richly. W. A. Greenwald, John Powell, VV. W Jenne and T. J. Gist, all of Falls Ci*y and state of Nebras ka. This corporation is dlsolved by mutual consent. The affairs of said corporation are all adjusted and settled. JOHN LICHTY, W. A. GREENWALD, JOHN W. POWELL, W W. JENNE, T. J, GIST. Subscribed and sworn to this I2tli day of February, 1010. John \V. Powell, Notary Public, My commission expires No. 2t-’15. FOR SALE—A nice six room cot tage, lights, water, cement walks, cel lar, barn, coal house, and three lots. Located one block from court house and in splendid shape, a model house. Price $2,500. Inquire at this office. 41-tf For Sale. Pure lired Silver Laced Wyandotte bens. Your choice at $1.00 each. — II. L. Rahlf, Pleasant Hill Farm Salesmen Wanted. The sales of our products for which there is general demand, amour mer chants, farmers, .ctioo's Hr, now greatly increas'd by state laws iv ontly passed, tu > iim >. «>?•• ing ; distributing office in Ui • t . riioy. V. < i rite r id at ales ^ ina . well I plaint i. of ’.nod > !• t . a 1 tilt: (1 i! ft i.. ! • . r I* vorti.d •. . nll' < ttr t< v, 1 tit . ‘ to ,T,000 to ca. I elHe■ to* tt I - ‘ " i l.i iiually. extra * e .. ofimo mid j o'.her * xpensi ; i *> c iv • : no..*! j tton permanent- Address '. '■•* * li Iny. M.jiUj.'-i. ''Lib..'." Mf *se lath -i St. Joseph; Mo, (»-8t Dissolution Notice. Notice is hereby f’iveh that Thomas WinU rboltom has sold hU intercut in the. fir;n of VV'irth <f Wintorbottom to L. P. Wiill), and the busincR will hurt aider bo i nnduel *i by Mr. Wirtli. Ali accounts pa; able to N. i’. Wirtli.1 and all liabilities will in paid by L j P. Wirtli. I„ P. WIltTII. THOMAS WIN i'l 111 MOTTO M. A food I'A inc I 3 H and Hand and Machine-Sewed Harness. Harness Oiling and General Repairing S L. B. NEITZEL, Preston, Nebraska ■*1. • vrm - <-y wv»hmiw v . >i< wwne r« i rfM—i— Tin—nmi m wibi ■ m i—»«■ miwiiwi m aw ~rrmrT~m—ifi'Tf fT iTr~~IT*Hi TTT<1 _ irmwnnmm m.Mr:—. 3 will seli at public sale on the Coon Sailors farm, i mile west, 14 mile south of Bara da; 4y2 miles east and 114 miles south of Shubert, on © Sale to commence at i o’clock sharp, the following described property irrurf.-w^-m-m—*w"«a.T? MflBaBiBBC - :^!PV3MnBB!lIUttXE&MKnSSt.?XBSBELi2‘. V >'1 EITHMiiJ Consisting of one brown mare four years old; I black colt two years old; 1 sorrel team, 1 bay mule coming 3 years old. * O n | | Consisting of two milch cows, will be fresh soon; 1 two-year old heifer, will be fresh soon; 20 head of steers on feed; 5 head of yearling heifers; l cow and two calves. Miscellaneons About 1000 hedge posts, 300 bushels of corn, 200 bushels of oats, about 100 bales of straw, about 100 bales of hay, 1 buggy and 1 extra buggy tongue and neck-yoke, 1 set of double buggy harness, 1 set of single buggy harness, 1 saddle, I iron kettle, 1 grindstone, pitchforks, hoes, rakes and other articles too numerous to mention. -jwwr ■ -nr.-Trr- -jv 11 mmn j 1 ■ ' '"".''I'—nnii ■ «•» aammmr sat " TERMS OF S, LE All sums of $10 and under, cash. On sums over $10 a credit of nine (9) months will be given, purchaser to give a bankable note, without inter est if paid when due. If not paid when due 8 per cent interest will be charged from date of sale. Four per cent off for cash. No goods to be removed until settled for. MRS. MARY E. SAILORS, Admx.