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timely REAijsTATE talk j Impromptu Races Part of Fun at Real Estate Exchange Picnic at Bellevue
WAR ON CATALOGUE HOUSES
One of the Really Crying Needs 'of
Omaha Again Presented.
Crusade of Wide Scope Begin by
Commercial Organizations.
NEBRASKA ONE OF THE STATES
llrnriqtiairtrrs Are In thlcsao anil
loi rmrnl t 'on tern pines I nlon of
Half Million lletnll Mer
chimin nf West
SMALL COTTAGES ARE IN DEMAND
Five anil lt-noiini llnnsrs Smrrr
unci (nnllnnnl It rn, nest for
Them nt lllah Mentals
I Mnrkril.
THE OMAHA SUXDAY BEE: JULY 21, 1D07.
Thst there la a field for lnvistnpnt In
Omahn In the erect jon of five-room mod
em cottnges cannot l.e repented loo many
times. Fn p.-iys man who for the Inst
two welis VMS kept up n constant hunt
fir a cottage of lists description, and all
In vnln. Hi- has 1 n In nil parts of t h)-i
city, ami bus foinl not a single vacant
five-room entirely modern cottage. Klght
rom houses he has found, ami also a frw
five and fix-room cottage without furnncs
and more than likely wit limit hath. Being
a man with a small family, u does not
iwant the el-jlit -room houses, and being
a man who values comfort and convenience,
he would Ilka- a hath In his house. The
result Is. nfter two weeks, search and
worry, lie has decided to stay where he la,
In a dwelling not at all satisfactory.
In perhaps no city of similar size In the
country Is the number of small modern
cottages as limited as It Is In Omaha.
Those who went on the Commercial club
trip to the northwest coast were Impressed
with this fart. Tn Spokane they saw hun
dreds of beautiful, substantial dwelling of
fivo rooms and six rooms, all on one floor,
and Tnroma was not far behind Spokane
In this respect. 'While these towns are fast
(Trowing, the number of these cottages was
largo enouKli that a rltlr.cn stands some
Phow of getting ono of them, at least as
good a show ns ho stands of petting a
large ono.
"If I had the necessary money," said
one citizen, who has. had sad experiences
trying to rent a house, "I would build
small modern houses as fast as I could
put them up. They will Roll as fast as
you can build them. They will also rent
ns fast as you can build them. You can
net all the way from $20 to Ho a month
for them, depending on whether they are
Ave or six rooms, on the location and
other factors. They should be substantial
and of neat and attractive design, for
people In this day are not content to live
In something that looks like a cracker
box. Five rooms on one floor will rent
more readily than six rooms on two floors.
With all the bouse on one floor you have
Itreater convenience for small children or
the Invalid."
Considerable West Davenport street prop
erty has been changing hands lately. Wil
liam Arthur recently bought two lots near
Korly-flrst avenue and Ilavenpnrt streets,
which he will Improve at once with a
double brick flat costing I7.C0O. Dr. C. A.
Hull has bought the vacant lot across the
, street from the Arthur lots from Ed O.
: Hamilton and will build a residence there
this summer.
Blrkett A Tebbens report the following
recent sales: To Frank Kuncl, Sixth and
aPoppleton avenue, house and lot, for In
vestment; J. F. Whltelock, acre and seven
room house, Curtis avenue, near Miller
park: J. F. Maxwell, a lot In Dundee, on
which, he Is 'erecting a fine home; John
Conry, a home on North Seventeenth, near
Charles; William Von Krogge, a double
frame flat on I,othrop, for Investment;
Frank Pepugh, a home on South Twenty
eighth street, near Hickory; John Nelson,
a flne Improved twelve-acre tract near
Florence; J. F. Rllz, fiat near Eighteenth
and Leavenworth, for Investment; John
Hamernlck, two lots In Elllstone subaudi
tion, for building: purposes.
A petition has been filed with the city
clerk to pave North Nineteenth street
from Wirt to Emmet.
Mr. Arrtd Anderson has started his new
home In Kountze Place, on Plnkney street,
Just east of Twenty-first.
Hastings & Heyden started excavating
last week for a new brick flat opposite the
Bherman apartment house on Pherman ave
nue. Just north of I.ako street
Hastings & Heyden and Garvin Tiros, let
a contruct to Tom Nelson to build a six
room, all modern, two-story house on Lake
street between Sixteenth and Eighteenth
streets, to be started at once.
Grading will be begun Monday on forty
acres of ground which Is soon to be put
on the market as residence property. The
tract lies between Dodge and Howard
streets and Forty-eighth and Fifty-first
streets. The hills and hollows will be re
duced to an easy grade, which requires
the removal of about 13.0(H) yards of earth
and the expenditure of J25.000. . Lewis S.
Reed and Mrs. James Chadwlck are own-
ers of the property, and they have let the
contract for grading to the O'Keefe Con
struction company. Douglas, Farnam,
Harney and Howard streets are to be
opened, and macadamised from Forty
eighth to Forty-ninth street, and Dodge
street Is already opened. Forty-ninth Is
also to be macadamized. That part of the
tract lying between Forty-eighth and
Forty-ninth streets Is to be divided Into
lots, ftoxlw feet, and they will lie Improved
with cement walks, water, sewer and gas.
The remainder of the tract will be divided
Into large lots fronting on Forty-ninth
street. This property wilt make a sightly
residence Beet Ion when It Is graded, and It
will have an advantage over the greater
part of Dundee property In being closer to
the city.
George N. Roberts, manager of the Bemls
Bag company, has bought from the Milton
Trust company a lot on the east side of
Thirty-sixth street, Just south of Dewey
avenue, paying 13.WO. It Is Wixlsa feet. Mr.
Itoberts will erect u tine homo there.
Not a week goes by but Investments of
outside money in Dinah are announced by
the reul estate men. A small purchase
last Week was made by A. P. Cjlley, a
bunker of Loup City, Neb., who bought
from J. P. Hadt'.eld the lutter's hoiim at
the fcouthwest corner of Cuming street and
Twenty-iirst avenue. The property con
sists of u lot (ilxU'5 fei t and a seven-room
reaiuuiice. Mr. Culiey paid H5A.
Neither does a week go by but a num
ber of people from other towns and states
Wuv to Omaha and either buy residences
or lots on whicli to build them. Mrs. Lyle
Burns, who has Jiut ryme to D.-naha from
Lincoln, lias Jiiit bought a handsome la.SUu
resilience at l.MS North Twenty-third street
from Anthony Wilkinson, who bought the
bouse, and two others adjoining from
Ueorgo W. Uarlow.
"Do you know," said a real estate di aler,
speKlng of the death of W. A. Paxton,
"that the' Paxton block yonder once paid
less than t per cent on the Investment?
That was In tho 'is."
Yes," replied another, "and the same
Statement ran be made of many other
bulMlnes In the city of Omaha You have
hir U..U word 'btaViu.' Well, Lack In Uis
: ti-
STAItTEItS
'80s they boomed with a vengeance, and
prices went higher and buildings rose
faster than the growth of the city and
country warranted. No wonder Some of
them didn't pay 2 per cent when hard times
came."
All of which the first speaker agreed was
true. Then the two talked over present
conditions and agreed that the 2 per cent
Income would never prevail again, since
advance In realty prices and increase In
the number of buildings are both made on
a solid basis.
George O. Wallace, a veteran real estate
man, notes a growing disposition toward
more attractive advertisement among mem
bers of his fraternity. Not only does the
tondency display Itself In larger adver
tisements In the dally papers, but Is seen
In the literature Bent from the realty of
fices. Illustrating his point, Mr. Wallace
exhibits a foldir which he Issued to herald
the charms of the Adams ranch. In Chey
enne county. It Is resplendent with a num
ber of fine halftone engravings descriptive
of the ranch, contains several pages of
reading matter and Is made of good paper;
all of which must have cost a neat sum.
The O'Keefe Real Estate company Issues
plats of all the ranches It offers for sale.
Hastings & lieyden, Harrison & Morton
and a dumber of local firms get out plats
of all the additions they place on the mar
ket. E. M. F. Leflang of Lexington, Neb., was
in Omaha Friday looking after his holdings
of business property. He has bought eight
buildings In Omaha within the last eight
een months and he Intends to buy more in
the course of time.
"Yes; I will continue to put my money
Into Omaha realty as I get It free from
other things," said Mr. Letlang. "It Is the
bust paying proposition I know of. It Is
much better than farm Investments, for
you get only about 4 per cent on your
money in farms and you don't have to I
take anything like as low
Omaha business property."
that on '
J. H. Dumont & Son report the following
sales: Tho home of W. Ernest Johnson,
3G09 Hawthorne avenue, to Henry .Haw
kins, president of the Metropolitan Mutual
Bond and Surety company for a home; the
store building and lot at 2214 Farnam street
for Mrs. Margaret V. Solomon to Irving H.
Fuller of Fullerton, Neb., as an Invest
ment, consideration, $5,500; 14x176 feet at
the corner of Park avenue and Harney
street, for the C. D. Woodworth company!"
to M. L. Parrotte. SUM; a vacant lot In
,!!, 17 Wulnn. Hill tr- h R TV Mah
cet company, $226.
EXPRESS CASE STILL IN AIR
No Decision Itendered by JndgV
Manger In Attack on Sib
ley Law.
The cases of the several express com
panies In the application for a tempo
rary injunction to restrain tho Nebraska
State Railway commission from enforcing
the terms of the Sibley law cutting down
express rates, are still at statu quo. Judge
W. II. Munger heard the arguments Sat
urday morning, but gave no decision.
The arguments for the state were made
by Halleck F. Rose of Lincoln, assistant
counsel for the state, though Attorney
General Thompson was present during the
hearing. Charles J. Greene appeared for
the express companies, the cases being
Joined.
Mr. Rose took the ground denying any
necessity for an Injunction, as this was
not a removable case. The effort of the
express companies was evidently to draw
the case Into the United States courts.
"The case Is not a removable case," said
Mr. Rose, "because all the defendants by
affidavit say they have not nor do they
contemplate any action against the com
panies, but that the rase now pending In
the supreme court of tiio state Is solely to
determine the validity of the Sibley act,
hence there Is no use for any Injunction."
Mr. Greene for the express companies
held the bill was to restrain the state from
enforcing the terms of the Sibley act, be
cause if the terms of the act are carried
out the revenue yielded tn the companies
will not equal the cost of doing the business
of the companies In the state. He then
went into some detail as to the amount of
hutiliiess done by one of the companies dur
ing the year 1h, which was $275,M3. while
the cost of doing that business sivas $270,OuO,
leaving the net earnings to be hut $".6!3. If
t'.ie rates contemplated by the Sibley act
were In force in 1, the loss to this par
tirnhir express company would have been
$i',i0." said he.
"If. as the attorneys for the state say,
they are not trying to disturb the express
companies, why do you want an injunc
tion?" a.'ked Judge Munger.
"We do not Intend to bring any suits for
the enforcement of the law until Its validity
is determined," said Mr. Thompson.
No action was taken In the matter by
Judge Munger and so the case still hangs
fire ami no injunction has beeu granted.
SETTLEMENT SUITS
UNION
Terms of Agreement at San Franrlsro
Hatlafuclnry to All
Oocrutora.
Advices received by Secretary Klrkland
of the Omaha local of the Commercial
Telegraphers' union Indicate that tha set
tlement of the San Francisco strike is
highly satisfactory to the union. According
to the report received by him. tha settle
ment Includes the taking back of every
striker without prejudice snd an ssree-
nier.t to srbltrato the wage Question. N
Ths Birreement was signed by President
Small of the Teiegrsphers' union and by
the superintendents of the telegraph corn-
panics, and ths telegraphers contend that
THH MEN'S EVEN31
this Is a virtual recognition of the union,
which was one of the objects of the strike.
President Small says he" has no doubt
that the arbitration of tho wage scale will
result In a material Increase In salaries.
MORRIS EXPOSES NEAT GRAFT
Makes Showing of Impositions Prac
ticed Here by Kansas City
' Woman.
S. P. Morris, secretary of the Associated
Charities, denounces what he terms an Im
position on the part of a stranger to sequre
money from charitably Inclined persons.
According to Mr. Morris, a short time ago
a Mrs. Sarah L. Wright came from Kan
sas City, representing herself as an agent
of the Sunshine department of the Ladles
of the Maccabees of the World. She had
a shoe shining proposition by which she
sold to citizens tickets at 10 cents apiece,
calling for a shine nt certain shoe-shining
rarlors. By this method 1239.51 was raised
In Omaha and 116.95 of the tickets were
redeemed after they had been used by pur
chasers. In Investigating the matter Mr. Morris
corresponded with the secretary of the
Associated Charities of Kansas City, who
Informed him that the Kansas City Sun
shlno department had had trouble and the
members were quarreling among them
selves, so that he was permitted to poo the
annual report of Mrs. Wright. According
to this letter, the woman had operated dur
ing the year In a number of towns In
Kansas, Missouri and Iowa, as well as In
Omaha. The Omaha statement showed
that she had collected $259.61; that of this
sum $25 had been given to the Omaha City
mission for a special case and $38.50 to the
Omaha General hospital for a special case;
that the balance of the money collected
had been spent In commissions and ex
penses of the collector.
The entire campaign of Mrs. Wright In
all of the towns visited had resulted In the
collection of $1,220.06 and of this amount
$$99.70 had gone for expenses and commls-
sln". Of the balance $i3 had been spent
In Omaha, $25 sent to Des Moines and $231.88
to the home society In Kansas City.
The Kansas City man also writes that
Mrs. Wright Is forming a new society
and that In this effort she holds a letter
of recommendation from Mrs. Effle Grosser
of 2018 Davenport street, Omaha.
Mrs. Effle Crosser denies knowledge of
anyone collecting money under her name
or on her recommendation. The Sunshine
society, of which she was president, was an
uxlllary to the Muccabees, but It disbanded
'" ' "c eer gnen
"ul " ""r an'n" lor BUI''' a Purpose.
",r .re. ... oioil.-y lor Hie nun
shine society was always raised from
among the members.
Partial Eclipse
PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF
Moon enters penumbra 7:f.9 r. m. Middle
shadow 9:m p. m. Moon leaves shadow
Next Wednesday night, July 24, there will
be an eclipse of the moon, completely vis
ible In Omaha. It will occur at a very
convenient hour, and the only Item wanting
i 8t W ml'rn, llke to ""PPly 1" the fact
that the eclipse will be only partial and not
total.
In the annexed figure the largest circle
represents the earth s penumbra, with its
cardinal points, N 8 E W. The one nexT In
size and concentric with it Is the earth's
shadow. The diagram must be held In
such a way mat me point i will be on
top. The straight line A B C D F is the
moon's path and shows the position of
Its center for every hour and for every
ten minutes, so that the progress of the
pl',l1" n,ay studied to great advantage
irom inai diagram.
The five small circles represent the moon
at five Important inomer.tr,. When the
moon's center Is at A. at 7:5!) p. m., Ii en
ters the penumbra. , As the moon will rise
at 7:44, we will thus be enabled to se the
whole eclipse from Its first beginning.
When the moon is at H. St 9:04. it touches
the earth's shadow and begins to enter It.
Some time before this the part of ths
moon nearest the shadow will be seen to
be much darker than the opposite part.
At 10:22 the moon Is at C and has pene.
trated deepest Into the shadow, 2 per cent
of Its diameter being obscured. After that
It begins to emerge, leaving the shadow at
11:41 and ths penumbra forty-si minutes
COAL MEN MAKE DEFENSE
Affirm Their Profits Are Low and
Trust Controls.
RISE AND NOT DECLINE ON TAB
First of September, They Assert, Will
Find Fifty Cents Increase
Per Ton in An
thracite. A statement csmn, frcm a firm of conl
shippers of Kinsas City this week, an
nouncing It would sell coal to the local
dealers much morn cheaply than the
"trusts" has lieen selling It. It stated that
the Uialeis of Nebraska should "alt up
und take notice," as they were being
"harpooned" to the amount of from 50
cents to $1.10 a ton over rates on Colorado
coals In southern Kansas and Oklahoma.
Disguised us tt reporter for The llee,
Mr. Downtrodden Common People took the
list and visited some of the leading local
dealers. He pointed out that If the f. o. b.
price at the mines Is lowered, the local
(h ah is must lower their prices or be
forci d out of business.
Then the local coal men drew out their
books and elucidated some of the Inner
most secrets of tho coal business. Thi y
laid bare tho facts of tho business, and
having done so, they spread their hands
and said, "Now condemn me If you can."
Fathers and mothers, If you have little
sons, strive that they may never enter the
coal business. Carefully guard your little
gill from marrying boys v.iio may possibly
become coal dealers. Beautiful, blooming
girls, shun the company of young nun
w ho are In or are likely to be in the coal
business. For tho coal business and poverty
are one and the same thing. The coal
dealers themselves have said It. They
proved It from their books.
Let Them Come On.
To a member of the firm of Sunderland
Bros., the circular was shown. The man
smiled the smile of the mind untroubled,
unruffled, at peace.
"If they want to come in here and do
business, let them came," he said. "It
makes me so tired to hear this everlast
ing clatter about the big profits the Omaha
coul dealers are making. There Is only a
bare livinir in It. If the people would only
cult talking and start Into the business
they would soon find out there Is no money
In It. All citizens from newspaper men
down to coal dealers, like to have a good
place In the estimation nf their fellows
and we don't like to go out on the street
und be pointed out as some of 'those coal
of the Moon
THE MOON, JC LY 24. W7.
of the eiiipse 10:22 p. m. Moon enters
U:41 p. m. Moon leaves penumbra 12:46a. in.
alter midnlgnt.
Alioeiiier una eclipse is liui of much
importance, but aa lue next one Is two
vrs uu aim the nine ut tne pitwnt ono
is very convenient, o lover oi asuouo.iiy
will tail U observe. It-
On December I Ihu almanac tell us thai
we snail nave a lunar uppuise. As me
word is apt to puziu li.u iiuucr, the pres
ent opportunity IvnuB limit very well to an
explanation. Let toe reader luru to the
uuBram and imagine the niuon s path A it
CDF moved turtlier a a ay lrom the "center
of t ue shuiiow. He. will see at uiioe that
tne farmer this Hue Is moved uwuy tne
smaller will be tile eclipse; II. at is, the
lm will tlie moon be immersed in 11. e
oi. uiiow. Now if tills line is moved awuy
exactly so far Unit the moon in running
along it will Jui gisui tne snaju.v with
out eiueiing It, UUti li iioiueiiou vwulii be
styled an appulse. and that Is what will
occur next December 7; the moon will grate
the earth's shadow without entering It, or,
In other words, the magnitude of the eclipse
will be zero. The moon will then appear
as it does at the moments when it enters
and leaves the shadow; that is, as it will
do during the present eclipse at 9:01 and
11:41 p. m. next Wednesday, with ths side
next tne 6nduw cjnsklerably darker. But
ven Invisible In Omaha, be-
cause it will occur an hour before the moon
lhts (or us, WILLIAM F. RIU'jE, 8. J.
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WOMEN LINED TF FOTt THETfl
thieves.' We are not making anything
but the most modest profits compared with
some of the other business men and we
don't like to have that reputation."
The circular gave the prive of Weir City
coal at the mines as $2.40. Tho man alsive
quoted, then stated that the freight to
Omuha Is $1.60 a ton and the cost of
handling here Is 75 cents a ton, making a
total cost of $4.75. Then the price to the
consumer is $5 for nut and $,.50 for lump
coal of this rtunllty. Not a very big
profit.
A member of the T. C. Havens Coal
company also pointed out the extreme un
profitableness of the roal business.
Trust Controls llnrd Coal.
"Take hard roal, for Instance," said he.
"Tho trust controls that product abso
lutely and you can't get a penny concession
anywhere. The present price to the dealer
f. o. b., Chicago, is $6.30. Freight to Omaha
is $2.50; hauling, 65 cents; screening and
shortage, 25 cents, nnd general expenses
60 cents. This makes a total of $10.3'. We
get $10.50 for It. Profit, 20 cents a ton.
"Take the Cherokee (Kan.) coal, which
this firm quotes at $2.10. Freight to Omaha
Is $1.35; screening and shortage on this will
come to 40 cents; drayage, 65 cents, and
general expenses 60 cents. The total Is
$5.10. We sell It for $5.50. Do you call that
a big or an exorbitant profit?
"If we conl dealers made a net profit of
25 cents a ton on the coal we sell we would
be quite content."
It Is evident, then, that tho cause of
the high price on coal must lie beyond the
local men. All over the country there Is
the evidence of a shortage In coal, a de
mand that far exceed? the supply. Criminal
prosecutions by agents anxious to make a
record, the withdrawal of 6S.ono,oi) acres of
coal land In the northwest from public
entry, the scarcity of cars, the shutting off
of the supply from Canada by larger pop
ulation there, the great Increase, In rail
roads, smelters and other coal-consuming
concerns, these are mentioned by the coul
men as reasons for the high prices.
Nor will it get lower, they affirm. The
first of September will see an advance In
the price of hard coul from $10.50 to $11.
Thi. trust Is now selling coal at a price
which rises 10 cents a month, and this price
advances with the Burenesss of tho car of
Juggernaut and with something of the
same crushing effect.
BALLOT CASE IN LINCOLN
Fight Over Rotation toting
Likely to Hp Heard at
Capital.
Sheet
The fight over the rotation ballot, which
Is threatened in the courts probably will
come up In Lincoln Instead of Omuha from
present indications. County Clerk Huverly
has taken the position he has no dls
cretionury power to decide what the law
is, but will have to take the primary
ballot as It comes from tho secretary of
state, as far as the state offices are con
cerned. He will also follow the ruling
of the secretary of state In making up the
local purl of the ballot on the grounds
the ballot must be uniform and not partly
rotated and partly alphabetical In the
order of names.
In order to bring the matter to a head
it Is likely that some ratidldats Interested
will ask Attorney General Thompson for
an Interpretation of the law. Then a suit
""erTtei
ma(4.
f
The entire stock of Jos. F. Bilz, which
was destroyed by fire, smoke and
water in the Schlitz Hotel Block will
be placed on sale
At O'Donahoe-Redmond -Sl or mile's
Old Store. Sixteenth snd Howard
Everything must go regardless of
prices. Watch ad in Monday papers
Fire Sale at 16th and Howard Sts.
Store at 312 S. IGth
OPEN FOR BUSINESS. WE ARE RECEIVING
akal
DAfc'TI.
r
will be Instituted In the supreme court tc
mandamus the secretary of state to makt
up the ballot In one way or the other, de
pending on the Interests of the candidate
who brings the test case. An attempt will
bo made to secure a speedy decision of the
case In order that the officials may not be
handicapped in getting out the piimury
ballot.
LAW REUNITES FAMILIES
Wife Abandonment Mtatnte Serves to
Ilrlna N ruled fnl Husbands
to Time.
The wife abandonment law Is provlnu
valuable in uniting husbands who neglect
to support their families and their wlve.i.
County Attorney English has Just dis
missed three wife abandonment suits for
the reason that the families have been re
united and the husbrnds are doing their
duty In the way of providing the neces
sities of life for those dependent upoi
them. The cases dismissed were against
Ernest Harlow, Joe Klusa and Jam's Cof
fey. County Attorney English has nlro dis
missed tho charge of robbery ahtust Ray
Snyder, who was convicted last April of
assaulting a street car conductor. Snyder
was charged with holding up Guy II.
Myers, a North Twenty-fourth street drug
gist!, and robbing him of $20. The case was
abandoned because of Insufficient evidence.
Snyder was sentenced to three months In
Jail for shooting at tho conductor and Is
now serving his sentence.
Harry A. Courtier has filed suit In dis
trict court for a divorce from Anna M.
Courtier. Ho charges her with miscon
duct and asks for the custody of their
two sons who arc now living with their
mother at S North Sixteenth street.
Pertha Johnson has lieen granted a di
vorce from Ole C. Johnson by Judge Ken
nedy. She was given tho custody of their
daughter.
LAW TO GOVERN OFFICERS
Ordinance Kcirulatlnft the Conduct of
City Officials Prepared
by Ilrldites.
Councilman Bridges has at last succeeded
In having an ordinance prepared to his lik
ing to govern the movements and conduct
of city oftiiiuls. The tirst chapter provides:
That all elective officers shall notify the
city clerk when they are to be absent from
the city for more than twenty-four hours;
that appointive officers, heads of depart
ments or their assistants Bhall not be absent
from the city for more than twenty-four
hours without first obtaining" the consent of
j t,ie clt' council, except In case of sickness
or death In their families; that should they
be absent without such permission they
shall forfeit their salary for the time they
are so absent. The ordinance Is scheduled
for presentation Tuesday night.
Walt.
Don't buy any clothing or furnishing
goods until Thursday, July 25, that Is the
day set for the opening of the biggest
slaughter sale ever held In Omaha In the
men's or boys' wearing apparel line. For
particulars watch Wednesday evening's
papers.
GUARANTEE CLOTHING CO.
1519-21 Douglas.
njiiw nwyjisi iiijsisi
JULY
Ono of the most strlU'ne economic move,
rnents the country has ever known 1ms
been iindTt iki n by the Home Trade
lensue, which hn head. pi irters In Chicago.
It Is bunding itogetber MO. ono retail mer
chants of the v.. mi in a tight against the
big catalogue houses
The movement In hacked by the Jobbers,
who unwittingly made the catalogue houses
the powers they are; It Is supported by
the manufacturer::, who lind the cata
logue houses growing so powerful as to
dictate to them; ret i ilc i s all over tha
country are Joining in the organised fight.
The backbone of the 1. ag'le, however. Is
formed of commercial associations, na
tional, state and local in character. In Illi
nois. Iowa. Nebraska. Wisconsin, Michi
gan, Kansas and Minnesota. Many of them
do not wish to he known a.: supporter
of the league, so their Influence Is ex
erted without the blnre of trumpi ts. Their
financial contributions are mado by tlis
members Individually.
Nelimakn Supportlna l.enitne.
The league Is said to bo receiving great
encouragement In Nebraska, In which statu
certain localities are spending 4) p,r cent
of their money with Chicago catalogue)
houses. Ioeal merchants sen In ttv
organization a means of relief. Omaha
Jobbers, though not one could bo found,
who would admit he had anything to do
with tho movement, ure said to be strong
supporters of It.
The league has hitherto existed largely
ns a publicity bureau, but It will soon as
sume a corporate existence and direct Its
campaign through a board of twenty-one
managers, with an advisory committee of
ten members from each state. Member
ship fees will be $1.
D. W. Carr of Omaha Is generally
credited with being the originator of th
homo trade doctrine, which led to ths
establishment of the Homo Trado Leagilo.
For two or three years Mr. Carr published,
the Home Trade Advocate at Omaha, thu
organ of the National Homo Trade League,
which he organized. Tho league Is dead
and the new organization Is following ths
same lino of work.
Policy of the I.enarne.
Following Is the policy of the league
as outlined by Alfred C Chirk, Its manager.
In the Chicago TrUulum:
Meeting Competition- Forcing the whole
saler, manufacturer, and Jobber to glvai
local merchants the same rate ns the mall
order concerns, t'nder the present system
home merchants are compelled to sell
many lines of goods at a higher rate than
the favored big Institutions, becnuse tiny
cannot buy as cheaply from the manu
facturer or Jobber. Consumers are being
asked before they send their orders to the
catalogue house to give local dealers a.
chance to figure on them, and If the local
merchant cannot meet the competition ths
Home league will place him where he can.
Reprisals. Merchnnts are pledging them
selves not to buy a dollor's worth of goods
of a jobber or manufacturer who sells te
a catnlocuo bouse. Mnnv of the larirer
mercantile Institutions of Chicago no longer
sell to catalogue houses now, among them
Hibburd. Spencer. Part let t Co., Carson.
Plrle, Scott & Co., the John V. Farwelt
company, the Dlsston Saw works, and .
others. "We do not sell goods to a rata-
logue house," appears on the stationary fls
of several firms. I
Wnrnlng- Clrcnlnrs Issued.
Publicity. The league already has Issued
hundreds of thousands of circulars, headed
country Merchants, rake warning, with
thousands of leaflets and thousands of let
ters, urging dealers to buy nothing of
Jobbers or manufacturers who continue to
sell to the catalogue houses. Editorials
have been printed in local papers and In
pamphlet form, reaching h circulation dur
ing the last six months of nearly 6o,0uo,0u0.
Arousing Ixical pride. Appealing to la
tent though potentially powerful sentiment
of local prieie or loyalty in every com
munity. Excursions. In some of the cities where
the fight against the eataloguo houses has
been fiercest the local merchants' associa
tions have organized excursions and en
tertained visitors from the surrounding
neighborhoods with the express purixise of
.convincing them they can sell goods as
rneapiy as itie man order insiiiuiions.
Personal Work Among Consumers.
When a farmer biinns In his butter and
eggs, the home, dialer sometimes says;
"Fine eggs and fine butter, but go and
sell them to a, mall order house," or words
to that effect.
The Ivy Rebekah lodgo, No. 33, I. O.
O. F., will meet at Chambers academy,
25th and Farnam. Wednesday evening, Juljr
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MRS. CLARK.
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