THE OMAHA DAILY KEE: SATURDAY, APTIIL 4, 100.1.
OF THE
ovs' Clothing: and Outfitting Department
SOUVENIRS FREE. ON THE THIRD FLOOR. SOUVENIRS FREE.
Today the brilliant center of attraction in all our great establishment will be tho Boys' Clothing Department. Here we will celebrate the formal opsniitz of the new Cliil
drcn's Department nnd Outfitting Section on the Third Floor. We have used our best endeavor to make this the finest department of its kind in the West, and our achievement will be
applauded by every visitor to our handsome new section today. We will welcome every man, woman or child in Ontahn to participate in this celebration and view our supert
showing. Handsome souvenirs given away. Our clothing appeals strongly to the likes of the little fellows. Combined beauty and economy will delight the parents.
$5 I
Stylish Novelties at $5
We show more Kt.vlcn than any other store at ?3. This
line hicludes tine English wool crashes, serges, hon.e
spuns. imported cheviots, etc. The styles are the sail
or blouses, sailor Norfolk, single ami double breasted
suits and three piece suits ages
'2 years to 10 years;
Special opening price
Young Men s Suits at $5
Very stylish suits In up-to-date patterns and materials, single and dou
ble breasted styles, extremely dressy, prices from J12.50 T f
down to IpO
During our grand opening sale we will sell all our regular 75c and
$1 all wool knee pants, every pair with double seat and OQ
knee, at.: OVt
Boys' Confirmation and First Communion Suits
We are headquarters for black suits, confirmation suits, either long or
short trousers, three piece and double breasted stylea, all wool clay wor
steds, serges or tblbets, matchless value for our special opening price
$10, $5, $3.98, $2.98
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Special Offer for Opening Day
BOYS COMPLETE OUTFIT (, tfs) 2,89
Today, aa an extraordinary one-day feature, we offer:
1. Boyfc' Suit (two pieces) One of these suits alone
worth 14.00; fully the equal of the suits that usu
ally sell for $4.00 in Omaha.
2. Extra pair of Short Trousers worth at least
05c.
3. Golf Cap Excellent quality, worth 35c.
4. Fine Negligee Shirt well worth 50c.
5. Linen Collar Pure linen, worth 10c.
6. 'Suspenders Strong and durable, worth 25c.
7. Handsome Necktie Latest shape, worth 25c.
8. Pair of Stockings Heavy ribbed, worth 35c.
Ten Pieces in All
Worth at least 56. 45
ENTIRE OUTFIT
Today at
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Boys' Swell Suits at 3.98
Sailor Mouse and Double Breasted Suit,
ages '24 to 10. Norfolk coat with pleated
backs, handsomely trimmed with white on
royal navy and red serge, Scotch chev
iots, etc., swellest boys' g
garments ever shown, 3
Special Opening Price
Knee Pants Suits at 1.98
Highly serviceable Suits, made of the latest
fancy materials for spring wear, black and
blue cheviots and fancy colors, - QQ
during our Special Opening Sale . : . 1
Special Opening; Offers In Our
Boys' Furnishing Dept. Third Floor.
Boys' Negligee Shirts-collars attached or de- QC
taohod, fast colors, worth &, at J zr
Boys' Fast Black Stockings-double kneo and 'iQ
sole, worth 2c, at -:2
Mothers' Friend Blouse Waists-white and OQp
fancy colors, worth 11.00, at J -7V
ASTER
K ,li,vo "'ado a diligent effort, to have this Easter opening of men's suits and top coats surpass any exposition of men's clothing ever made in Omaha. Our achievement
in collecting the best ready-to-wear ap parel to sell at moderate prices will be appreciated by every well dressed man. In our Easter opening we show everything that
is new and correct for men's fashionable attire. The garments we show are absolutely the best that skilled tailoring can produce.
Brandeis' Special Suits at $10.00
Hand tailored suits that are superior to any in the
country for the price. Compare them to other $10.00
suits and you will see the vast difference in favor of
Brandeis' clothing. New styles in single breasted sacks
in cheviots, novelty fabrics, etc. Every
suit guaranteed and kept in repair for
a year. 6ur Special Opening Price .
$10
Rogers-Peet & Co.'s Spring Suits
Rogers-Peet clothing is the only ready-to-wear make
that successfully competes with the highest grade Eastern
tailors. To secure suits made to your individual meas
ure that look as well and wear as well as the Rogers
Peet clothing you pay two times our pries no better sat
isfaction, no better goods. The
Rogers-Peet & Co. garments are & L
the sensible spring clothing for I 1 . S.
veil dressed men .i(JlUtoU
Brandeis' Special Suits at $15 and $12.50
Puits that are adapted for dress or business. Finer
fabrics than are usually found in ready-to-wear garments.
Made according to our own design and dictation
padded shoulders, hand fitted collars, artistically made
throughout. If you habitually pay $18.00
aud $20 for a suit here is one that may
suit you as well and probably better, at
Our Special Opening Price
Fancy, Spring Vests
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Fancy vesU have grown so In popularity
during the 'past two seasons thai: to man's
wardrobe Is complete without them. The
spring patterns and colors are especially
attractive-. We have them In fancy per
cales, wash goods. In fact every popular
cloth SPECIAL. OPENINQ
DAY OFFER
at
1.00
i $12.50 and SIO.OO Suits for $6.50.
, At today's opening sale we show a huge assortment of finest highest grade suits ever
sold at a popular price. We secured these suits in one lot at a if niarkable reduction and as a
big Saturday feature we offer them far below cost. These suits
have been selling for $12.50 and $10 and include fancy cheviots,
cassimeres, tweeds, worsteds, well tailored, all the popular spring
cloths and colors, as a Special Opening Day Feature at,
$6.50
Spring Top Coats
The spring top coat is a positive neces
sity during the sudden changes of the
spring. Toe spring styles are very hand
some this year in colors and patterns, be
ing particularly attractive to men of
taste. We show the handsomest line In
Omaha, prices ranging
from 120.00 down
to
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TELLS OF WAR ON TRUSTS
President Bevies 8tepi Taken to Curb In
dustrial Combines.
DECLARES NEW LAWS WILL BE ENFORCED
Describes Arts Panned by Congress,
farina; Attorney General Sow
Has Seeded PonfM, Which
He Wl'l I sr.
(Continued from First rage.)
for public purposes Is satisfactorily guar
anteed. "The satisfactory development of such a
system requires time and great labor. Those
who are Intrusted with the administration
of the new law will assuredly administer
it In a spirit of absolute fairness and of
entire fearlessness, with the firm purpose
not to hurt any corporation doing a legiti
mate buslnera and, on the other hand, not
to spare any corporation which may be
guilty of illegal practices, or the methods
of which may make It a menace to the
publlo welfare.
Freight Hates Press Hard.
"But much though this is, It is only a part
f what has been done in the effort to as
certain and correct Improper trust or mo
Bopollstlo practices. Some eighteen months
ago the- Industrial commission, aa abln
me result or its investigation or trusts ann
industrial combinations. One of the most
Important of the conclusions Was that dis
criminations In freight rates and facilities
were granted favored shippers by the rail
roads and that these discriminations dearly
tended toward the control of production
and prices by large combinations. That
this conclusion was justifiable was shown
by the disclosures in the Investigation of
railroad methods pursued in the fall and
winter of 1901-1902. It was then shown
thst certain trunk lines had entered, into
unlawful agreements as to the transporta
tion of food products from the west to the
Atlantic seaboard, giving1 a few favored
shippers rates much below the tariff
chsre4 Imposed upon the smaller dealers
and ; general public. These unjust prac
tices iiad prevailed to such yn extent and
for so long a time that many of the
smaller shippers hac oeen driven out of
business, until prsc.l ally one buyer of)
grain on each railway eys'.em bad been able,
by bis illegal advantages, to secure a mo
nopoly on the line with which his secret
compact was made; this monopoly enabling
htm to flx the price to both producer ami
consumer.
Park In a; Houses Combined.
"Many of the greatpacklng house con
cerns were shown to be In combination
with each other and with most of the
great railway lines, whereby they enjoyed
. large secret concessions In rates and thus
'obtained a practical monopoly of the fresh
"Doesn't cough much through the day. It's when night
comes that he coughs so hard."
Don't let these night coughs deceive you. Some day you
may wake up to the fact that your boy is thin, pale, weak,
even seriously ill. You can't safely trifle with any throat or
lung trouble. Cure the cough quickly with
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
It's the same medicine your old doctor gave you when you
were a child. The young doctors indorse It now, too, for
coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis, consumption.
Tsrssslusi Z5c.:..l M J C. AYEt CO, LewsU. Mas.
m t in,, ttt rtMWI ennndsac Id Arer't I hwr? P toral. 1 Lav ad It tor vtubtr af
yasrs u4 I !( knew It lu ful lo lioM up co.J." t M abLU Phivt. fUlUbura, X. I.
and cured meat Industry of the country.
Tf"se fusions, though contrary to law, had
prevailed unchecked for so many year
that they had become Intrenched In and
Interwoven with the commercial life of cer
tain large distributing localities; although
this was, of course, at the expense of the
vast body of law-abiding merchants, the
general public and particularly of unfavored
localities.
"Under those circumstances It was a
serious problem" to determine tho wise
course to. follow In vitalising a law which
had in part become obsolete or proved lu
capablu of enforcement. Of what the at
torney general did in inforclng It I shall
speak later. The decisions of the courts
upon the law had betrayed weaknesses and
Imperfections, some of them so serious as
to render abortive efforts to apply any ef
fective remedy for the existing evils.
"Congress, having its attention drawn to
the matter, enacted a most important
anti-rebate law, which greatly strengthens
the Interstate commerce law. This new law
prohibits under adequate penalties the giv
ing, the demanding or receiving of such
preferences and provides the preventive
remedy of injunction. The vigorous ad
ministration of this law, and it will be en
forced, will, It Is hoped, afford a substantial
remedy for certan trust evils which have
attracted public attention and jave created
public unrest..
"This law represents a noteworthy and
Important advance toward Just and effect
ive regulation of transportation. More
over, its passage has been supplemented by
the enactment of a law to expedite the
bearing of actions of public moment under
the anti-trust act, known as the Sherman
law, and under the act to regulate com
merce, at the request of the attorney gen
eral; and furthermore, additional funds
have been appropriated to be expended un
der the direction of the attorney general In
the enforcement of these laws.
Administration All Important.
"All of this represents a great and sub
stantial advance In legislation. But 31 ore
Important even than legislation Is the ad
ministration of the law, and I ask your at
tention for a moment to the way In which
the law has been administered by the pro
found Jurist and fearless public servant
who now occupies the position of attorney
general, Mr. Knox. ,
The first step taken was the prosecution
of fourteen suits against the principal rail
roads of the middle west, restraining them
by injunction from further violations of
either of the laws in question.
"About the same time the cave against
the Northern Securities company was In
itiated. This was a corporation organized
under the laws of New Jersey ltb a cap
ital of $400,000,000, the alleged purpose be
ing to control the Great Northern and the
Northern Pacific Railroad companies, two
parallel and competing lines exteudiug
across the northern tier of states !.'jU the
Mississippi to the Taclflc. Whatever the
purpose Its consummation would have re
sulted In the control of the two great rail
way systems upon which the people of the
northwestern states were so largely de
pendent for their supplies and to get
their products to market being practically
merged Into the New Jersey corporation.
The proposition that these Independent
systems of railroad shou'd be merged un
der a single control alarmed the people
of the states concernej, lest they be sub
letted to w hat thay daamad a niooouolv fat
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interstate transportation and the suppres
sion of competition. The governors of the
states most deeply affected held a meeting
to consider how to prevent the merger and
passed resolutions calling upon the na
tional government to enforce the anti-trust
laws against the alleged combination. When
these resolutions were referred to the at
torney general be reported that in his
opinion the Northnrn Securities company
was a combination In restraint of trade and
was attempting a monopoly In violation of
the national anti-trust law. Thereupon a
suit in equity, which is now pending, was
begun by the government to test the valid
ity of this transaction under the Sherman
law.
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Also Probca Beef Trust.
"At nearly the same time the disclosures
respecting the secret rebates enjoyed by
the great packing house companies, coupled
with the high price of meats, led the at
torney general to direct an Investigation
into the methods of the so-called beef
trust. The result was that he filed bills
for Injunction against six of the principal
packing house companies, and restrained
them from combining and agreeing upon
prices at which they would sell their pro
ducts in states other than those In which
their meats were prepared for market.
Writs of Injunction were Issued accord
ingly, and since then, after full argument,
the I'nlted 'States circuit court has made
the Injunction perpetual.
Mark Una Iteen Accomplished.
"The above is a brief outline ef the most
important steps, legislative aud admin
istrative, taken during the past eighteen
months In the direction of solving, so far
as at present It seems practicable by na
tional legislation or administration to
solve, what we call the trust problem.
"In the same spirit the laws wll' con
tinue to be enforced. Not only Is the
legislation recently enacted effective, but
in my Judgment It waa Impracticable to
attempt more. Nothing of value Is to he
expected from eesseleas agitation for rad
ical and extreme legislation. The people
may wisely, and with confidence, await
the results which are reasonably to be ex
pected from the impartial enforcement of
the laws which have recently been placed
upon the Btatute books. Legislation of a
general and Indiscriminate character would
be sure to fall, either because It would
Involve all interests In a common ruin, or
because It would not really reach any evil.
We have endeavored to provide a discrim
inating adaption of the remedy to the real
mischief.
"Many of the alleged remedies advocated
are of the unpleasantly drastic type which
seeks to destroy the disease by killing the
patient. Others are ao obviously futile
that It Is somewhat difficult to treat them
seriously or aa being advanced In good
faith. High among tbe latter I place the
effort to reach the trust question by means
of the tariff. You can. of course, put an
end to the prosperity of the trusts by
putting an end to the prosperity of the
nation; but the price for such action seems
high. Tbe alternative la to do exactly
what has been done during the life of the
congress which haa Just closed that is,
to endeavor, not to destroy corporations.
but to regulate them with a view of doing
way with whatever Is of evil In them and
of making them subserve the public use
The law is not to be administered In tbe
Interest of the ooor man s such, oor yet ta
the interest of the rich man as such, but
In the interest of the law-abidlR man,
rich or poor. We are no more against
organizations of capital than against or
ganizations of labor. We welcome both,
demanding only that each shall do right
and shall remember Its duty to tbe re
public. ' Such a course we consider not
merely a benefit to the poor' man, but a
benefit to the rich man. We do no man an
Injustice when we require him to obey the
law. On the contrary. It be is a man
whose , safety and well-being depend In a
peculiar degree upon the existence of the
spirit of law and order, we are rendering
him the greatest service when we require
him to be himself an exemplar of that
spirit."
central Labor union meets
Customary tirlut of Routine Rnalnesa
Worked Through by the
Delegates.
At the meeting of the Central Labor
union last night the first business was
to change the minutes of tbe last meeting
to show the names of the members of tlw
Nebraska senate who voted In favor of the
exemption law recently passed by that
body. A resolution requesting the presi
dent not to travel over the Union Pacific
road was adopted.
Representatives of the Nebraska State
Equal Suffrage association, Miss Gail
Laughlln of New York and Miss Laura A.
Gregg of Omaha, spoke on the subject of
equal suffrage, answering questions asked
by the members. .
The scale of the? Team Drivers' union,
specifying size of wagons and wages, 4.rV)
cents per hour for teams and 22 Vi cents
per hour for men without teamB on general
work and $2 per day for coal haulers, ten
hours to constitute a day's work In all
rases, was approved. The wage scale of
tho saloon and barber shop porters was
received and endorsed. The Brewery
Workers' scale was presented. It provides
for an eight-hour day In place of nine
hours, for 60 cents overtime, for the uni
versal use of the union label and for the
wages of firemen. The latter clause
brought up considerable discussion on the
part of the delegates from the Firemen's
union, but the scale was approved.
The hod carriers asked for help In their
strike and the matter was referred to a
special' committee, consisting ot L. V. Guye,
John Klrly'and George Lamb.
The scale of the Walters' union was ap
proved. New delegates admitted were: Barbers,
James E. Ryan; Building Laborers No.
10130, Nell Thompson; Railway Clerks, J.
Cooksley; Boot and Shoe Workers, L. F.
Reld; Railway Telegraphers, J. C. Bodman,
F. C. Potter, F. S. Willbur. The creden
tials of the delegates from the Glass
Workers' union were protested by the dele
ga'.ea from the Painters' union and went
over for Investigation, the two organlza- a
tions to get together. The credentials of i I
the Grocery Clerks' union went over until
$5.00 dues are paid.
HYMENEAL
Omaha Mnn to Wed Sinner.
CHICAGO, April 3. (Special Telegram.)
The wedding of Miss Mabelle Crawford,
! the contralto, to Douglas Benton Welpton
i of Omaha will be solemnized Monday even
! ing at 8:30 o'clock at the borne of the
I bride's sister, Mrs. Harvey Griffin, 6288
I Prairie avenue. Dr. Frederick Hopkins will
officiate in the presence of relatives and a
! few very intimate friends. Owing to Miss
Crawford's engagements with tbe Chicago
orchestra, the wedding Journey will bi
postponed until May 4, when the newly
wedded pair will go to California aul
Mexico for a six weeks' trip. After Jun
1 16 they will bo at home at tbe Millard
hotel, Cmaha.
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