Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, December 10, 1909, Page 2, Image 2
mi: OMAHA, FKIPAY, DKCEMNEtt 10, lfXW. ST. hi i Great Reductions ' On .AM - , ' ' ' Coats and Suits Our, Great Stock of, Coats, Suits, Dresses, Three-Piece Suits and Furs Further Reduced to Lessen Stock Price Reductions on Suits ', Every suit in our entire stock now marked far below reg ular prices, for quick selling. Regular $22.50 and $25.00 Suits, on sale at $15.00 Regular $27.50 and $29.50 Suits, on sale at. .$17.50 Regular $32.50 and $35.00 Suits, on salo at ..... 822.50 Regular $37.50 and $40.00 Suits, on bale at ' $25.00 .Regular $45.00 and $50.00 Suits, on Bale at ; $30.00 Regular $55.00 and $00.00 Suits, on sale at $35.00 Price Reductions on Coats Every Coat in stock reduced thus Regular $15.00 and $16.50 Coats, on sale at $10.00 Regular $17.50 and $18.50 Coats, on sale at . $12.50 Regular $19.50 and $2250 Coats, on sale at v. .v. .$15.00 Regular $25.00 and $27.50 Coats, on sale at. . $19.50 Regular $29,50 and $35.00 Coats, on sale at $25.00 Regular $40.00 and $50.00 Coats, on sale at $29.50 lllik per bushel sine ,1,868 has but once ex ceeded the price In 1808. Although most foreign people have had to be educated to the value of American corn as a food product, It la now an Important Item of our foodstuff exports. Cera of Utah Value. "Tor a period of five years, from 1897 to 1901, we sent abroad from 176,000,000 to 200, 000,000 bushels annually. And although that export has fallen to 56,000,000 bushels In 1908 and 17,000.000 bushels in 1909, It Is not because coin has. lost value In other mar kets. It Is being consumed at home more largely because it I convertible Into other forms of food. It Is. marketable In the shape of cattle and hogs. Indirectly It furnishes to the . food supply, the ' meat ration, just as wheat- gives the bread ra tion. The two cereals reinforce each other In any estimate of the ; resources of a country and Us capacity to suppui t popu lation. .-'. ,- '"From the Allegheny mountains to the head natcrs of the streams that flow Into (h. Mississippi and the Missouri Is the empire of corn. Other products the earth yields In abundance; hut, from a limit that Is every, year being 'pushed further north and down to the cotton line and beyond, corn Is the great 'fcraple. ' Nine ' s-ratts, stretching' '"froHr'ontor W .Oklahoma and from Iowa tor Texas, produce two-thirds of Hie corn raised In the t'nlted States, The Villus of the nation's, corn - crop Is rnoro then 2U pir cent of the $8,000,000,000 of value created each year from the soil. Nebraska la Front Line. "Take your own state, so fitly chosen as the scat of this celebration to King Corn. Orflclul statistics of Nebraska give the total value ot all products of every-kind In the state'at something-' over JiW.000,000. More than one-third of this consists of grain, potatoes and hay. The largest sin gle Mentis Corn, constituting more than 40 per cent pf the whole agricultural pro duct. -. ' "Hut Ih addition to the ' nearly too.OOO.OOO which It represents, there were on' your farms last year more than 1130,000,000 worth of live stock exclusive of sheep. A good proportion of these cattle, horses and hogs are the Indirect product of your corn fields. While these facts demonstrate the great prosperity of Nebraska and the solidity of her wealth, similar slatlstios may be cited from most of the states of the corn b-lt Wheat, corn and cotton are the three main pillars supporting the structure of national industry and national wealth. ' Defines Ills Position Explicitly. "Whenever the relation of food supply to population, the effect of cholco of occupa tion and trade and standards of living upon the future maintenance ot the nation are considered, a surprisingly large num ber of well meaning people set down the Investigator as an alarmist. Ho belongs, they say, with the followers of the dis mal doctrine of Maltbun, that men must some day chouse between preventing the birth of additional human beings and seeing them die of starvation. Since this stupid mistake seems, so easy and so com mon, I refer to It early and explicitly, "The true statement of the broad general fact whloh It is. most desirable that every one should understand la this: That this country, cannot feed the population on which It ' must necessarily have within comparatively' few years. If jt does not change Its agricultural methods'. The em phasis i all on that. conditional clause. "Germany, which vets the pace for the world In commercial expansion abroad and Industrial activity at home, has 300 Inhab itants to the square mile. There are less than 30 per square mile in the whole United States. It could support 160 to th.i square mile as eanily as any country In the world. Soma of our statfs already have over tloe that many. But no such population as this: none suoh as we must Inevitably txpect In the United States by the .middle of the present century, can be maintained unless we Improve and keep on Improving our ag ricultural methods, t "We cannot support our coming popula tion upon the crop yield per acre that now satisfies us. ".Ve have to transform a (trowing decline In the value and pro ductivity of our . soil under continued cul- V tlvatlon Into a rapid Increase In both. The problem . can be stated simply. In the three terms that it Invokes: Population, occupation and food supply. These cover the whole of It. j Population and Crops. "The population of the United States Is now not fur from 90.000,00' For con venience we may use that figure. It In creases by from 2,000,000 to 2,250,000 an nually, according to prosperity and im migration. With a practically fixed birth rate of 1.68, of course the additions from that source grow annually numerically, while Immigration lias brought us from 1760,000 to 1.2J0.000, of new inhabitants every year since 1902. This will not declne per manently while the United States main tains Its high wage rate. Hence it is probable thnt our population will reach the 200,000,000 mark somewhere near the, middle of the century. i "A , reliable, estimate may be expressed in terms of wheat, the great food staple of the highly civilized races. This coun try raised (364,000,000 bushels of wheat in 190R. The average for the !ast ten years has been about 640,000,000. Our consump tion per capita has been about six and one-half busljels! It is Increasing,' with the rising standard of living, and there Is good authority for saying that It e is probably now not far from seven bushels. If that be tru, wheat production -wind consumption, on the average, are Just about balanced In the United States to day. If that be true, In a little more than a generation, even though higher prices should raise our total produot above the present figure, we shall be looking abroad to seo where we can buy, and pondering at home how we are to pay for It. naming; Off Public Lands. "Area Is Inelastic. Our public !ands are mainly exhausted. A few more years will see the last of them. And. lest they should not be squandered quickly enough, we not only offer them to every body under conditions that Invite and re ward fraud, but when the government finds Itself burdened with a particularly holce and valuable tract of farm land People Quality risks are reduced to a minimum il. you will but confine your purchases of young peoples" shoes to this establishment. We've a reputation to maintain on this line. GtRI.S' DANCING , SLIPPERS Ankle trap styfes, or proper pumps. In patent iesttier,.orplnk, blue or white calf. Priced according to sizes, at13.00, 12.60 . . HOUSE.. CLIPPERS for girls, la red fur trimmed Juliet styles, according to size. at, per pair, 1.25, 85c, and low as .. , $2.00 .85c- Shoes for "Little Tots Our shoes, for "Little Tots" are sensible, broad soled kinds, strict ly orthopedic lasts, built for wear. $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50 According t ' Size The above mentioned "Ortho pedics' for Utile tots, come in the finest of patent, dull or white buckskin leathers. Also patents with brown, white, pink or blue tips, and also red kid. Lines are Indeed replete. Popular style demands rigidly ad hered to; lasts at the same time are sensible and comfortable. We can and will offer vmtly superior shoes for the same and less money. GIRL8' SHOES Goodyear welt button, styles; orthopedic toes; dull or kid lea ther with patent tips or patent leather. Ac cording to size, at 3.00, $2.50 RUBBERS, overshoes and leggings girls, children, boys and for young people in general. Large lines at really attractive prices. 52,00 for J "Startrights" for Girls Shoes for Boys BQT8' BB0X9. One particularly pleas ing line comes la blueher laoe style, water-proof leather, double soled from nesl to toe. Wtr and buckle around toys. Just the oap.r for winter wsar. a-rio.d according to slae, at la S3, 91.75, and at BOYS' BXOES. Bos calf or Teloo oalf leathers, blueher lace style and welt solos, the bast made at tli prices. ricd acoordlnf to else, at, v J per pair, fa.&o and , . . BOTr SUTTOH SKOXS, Tery finest dull or patent leathers, all slU fitted, genuine welt soles. Crleed according- to site, at pair $3-e0 i- and . $ J Little Setid for Illustrated Catalog MOTS ILrPVTft ItAV.I mA - - , 4fcfJ uaais; souse suppers, la bright red goat leather, just like the men's styles priced according to alse, at i 1.60, $1.35 and 1 BOTa- BaVCXMO PUMPS. Vew lot 1. w ttiui ieiaer, at, ct : TBI YOUHfl ffOPlTS own stosc pair "Startrlghts" take In all the qualities that make a girl's ahoe good. Absolutely nothing better made. $2.50 $3.00 $3.50 Accord. in to Size 0uf& -'-w 3 A 5 "Bturtrlght" shots fur girls, upon which we have built so fav orable a reputation, may be had In patent, dull kid or' tan leathers, and, while built on sensible shape lusts, they are stylish, and the litST qualities made. it holds a INtory and distribute It among Tom, 'lok 'and Harry, no matter whether farmers of xx-ulatora, after they have been collected from distant parts of the country, by' appealing to the passion for gambling. "The public is Impressed by the state ment that the Increase In the value of farm products In the eltfht years from 1M to 1W was rrom H.717.0OO,O0O to 17.412.000 000. or R7 prr cent: ni that from 1SS7 to 1.07 the strictly agricultural crops corn, hay, whrat, cotton, oats, potatoes, barley and rye Increased In value nearly $2,0ifl 0 0 OX), or 96 per cent. Thesa art faets that strike the Imagination, and the Inorease last year alone of .170,000,00 in the value of farm products Is encouraging. Yet It Is only ordinary business sense and sanity to analyse . the returns and see where w stand with reference to the future. 'There are ten states In ths union in which the wheat crop was less In 190s than It was In IMS. Twenty years have cut this staple food product. In many cases, more than one-half. The yield per sera, with singularly few exceptions, Is falling In ordinary years. Consumption per capita tends to Increase, and new poifitllons adds from 13,000.000 to 15,000.000 bushels every year to the demand. This Is not a prophecy of diaaater, but a plain state ment of fact that any man can verify for himself. The situation la in no sense des pcrater' because we know exactly how It can be met; but It we are Intelligent mon we will face It fairly and Inquire intelli gently what wa ought to do. ' Live stock Comparisons, "There are no available statistics of live stock raised for food purposes in this country. The exports, however, coupled with an Increase of 64.5 per cent In popu lation, an Increase in the tiumber of swine on the farms of only JIT per cent. The flesh of ths hog enters Into the dally food of a larger number of peo ple than any other animal, and Is, there fore, the best test of how far these sec ondary produots of the soli that supply the meat ratlorTf the national diet are falling behind. , The only comparison of any value to be made here shows that Increase of production has been much less than Increase of population in the last twenty years. And while In the five years ending with 1906 there were exported from this country over 83,927,784 pounds of hides and skins, the Imports in the same time were nearly l,861.a7.102 pounds. Nobody Is surprised, . therefore, to learn that In these five years there has been an increase in the price of hides ot every variety' at Chicago, ranging from 14.29 per cent to 11.71 per cent, according to grade. "The official government figure show that the percentage' of exports of agri cultural products from the United States has been falling for thirty years. It was 79.1 per cent for the five years 1876-1880 and H for the five years 1901-1905, and every five-year period between the two showed a decline from the preceding. Of course the rapid disappearance of the national food surplus Is also reflected in high prices at home. The average price of beefsteak in 1907 was 20.4 per cent higher than it was ten years before; baoon was 61.5 per cent highert butter, 37.1 per cent; eggs, 50.T per oent, and mutton 80.6 per cent. Slnoe then every housekeeper has had painful proof that the upward slant of prices continues. That this is due rather to decreased supply than to Increased demand appear to be Indicated by .the fact that commodi ties obtained from abroad show no suoh striking changes. The prloe of sugar in 1907 was but 4.1 per . cent more than in 1897; that of tea 6. per cent, and qf coffee but four-tenths of one per cent. oummansing me lesson of all these coincident faoU.) it seems clear that some thing must be dorfe to advance the agrl cuuurai interest. The country, unless there shall be a change, la approaohing the time when It muat import wheat to meet homo needs. Other food produots also lag be nina me constant new demand Since that demand can not be escaped, and since not to meet it means want or a lowering of the standard of life and comfort In this country,, which . no American would wish to see, there is but one course before ths tiation. That Is to increase the productive ness of the farm mo that the earth's gifts may year by year equal or exoeed the peoples' requirements. All that la needed to turr. an Impending t ...... 1 a . . , . . iuuu uencu into a surplus, to support in plenty 150 or more perspns to me square mile In the United .States, li tne use instead of the abuse of the soil' mm practice or mat knowledge which agrl- cunurai scnoois and experiment station nave already formulated .r tuning oeiore tne people. It Is almost as mucn an exact science as the building of a railroad or a skyscraper or any other oitor engineering. To double the volume or tne products of the soil, at present ren resenting an( Income of over $8,000,000 an- uecomes, in the light of ascertain id fact and repeated experience, as simple a vuiiuing a nouse. ' Men os Ih Platform. On the platform with Mr. Hill were O. vr. yy aines, president National Corn ex position; Eugene Funk, president National vurn association; Wlllet M. Hay, assist Mmeiary or agriculture; William uourge. vice president American Breeders' association; C. e. Roeewater, chairman ex ecutive committee National Corn exposl- tlon; C. C. Belden, vice president National Corn association; C. F. McGrew, treasurer national corn exposition; F, L. Haller Home Miller, B. Buckingham. Kmli n.J. del. D. B. Fuller. David Cole. W.s b. ter, executive committee National Onm ... position; T. F. Sturgess. secretary and general manager corn show; Will A. Camp bell, Commercial club of Omaha. Vlee presidents National Corn association: V. M. Shoesmlth, Columbus, O.; O. I Chris tie." LaFayette, Ind.; O. E. Young De troit. Mich.; W. H. Young. Athens. 111.; R. A. Moore, Madison, Wisconsin; O. P Bull, Anthony Park. Minn.: W. A. Whi.,' Mitchell. 8. D. ; A. M. Ten Evck M.h.. tan. Kan.; John Fields. Oklahom. ri. OKI.; A. M. Ferruson. 8hrm.n t-- . H. Olln, Fort Cottfne. Colo': r ' to' Thatcher, Pullman. Wash.; Martin Nelson' Fayettevllle, Ark.t Alfred Atkinson, Boie- man, oni.; T. L,. Lyon. Ithaca. N v . C. W. Pugsley, Lincoln, Neb.; M. L. Bow. man. Ames, la; S. M. Jordan. Columbia. Mo.; V. C. Qllbreath. Bismarck. N D H. J. Waters, president Kanras Agrloui turul colleg.1 Prof. M. E. Hanson ,.,k Dakota Agricultural college: Pmf w w Mumford. Illinois Agricultural college" lean C. F. Curtis. Iowa Agr.cultural col lege; W. O. Paisley, ass'stant general mn. ager National Corn show. - -I... -1. .1 . n . . Sl M n .Si . aa U r ' - "' wvv wtyi myyi mm V VVV 'Jyyi V4 I HAVE YOU SEEN THE 4 itter Root Ya' an ey (MONTANA) APPLE DISPLAY, AT THE CORN SHOW? iHt'ai'i 7 Come in and let us explain our proposi tion and show you how a 10-acre Charlos Heights Orchard will make you independent for life. The Bitter Root Valley is the home of the famous Mcintosh Red Apple. The Mcintosh Red Apple is the only apple that can be safely eaten in the dark. Not a. worm in a carload. We will sell you a 10-acre orchard, plant " the trees, cultivate and irrigate for you until, it v ; comes into bearing. If you desire we will con tinue to care for it as long as you may wish for 10 per cent of the net yearly profits. .. , .. . , Come in and see our representative at the Corn Show or write our home office tor . full particulars. , tie . w. mm CMfkM I M TTTT1 ft r w sirw ....... t - - " -M UI HI.IXUTO.1 MK.N GIVE I.lCHRO s4 . rT 1 -" f AT k AND ead fot new Ulustratea fall eatalogae. A 11 TT.l" a noil' day Stocks V A fi in 3 . m m w m n- at few Location 1518-20 Famam St. Readiness I Loral Off Iritis Eitrrinl. urn Party at Omaka rink. James J. mil and the men who aoonn,. pand him from 8t. Paul wtre guest of the local offlolals of the Burlington t a lunenton at noon Thursday at the Omaha club. A number of promlnsnt Omaha busi ness men and bankers were Invited to tht luncheon to meet Mr. H ll. Among those present were: James J. Hill. George W. Holdrege. James E. Kelby. Charles F. Mandorson. Ueorge W. Loemls, L. W. Wakeley. C. E. "pens. C. J. Ernst, W: P. Durkee, Oould Diets! C. N. . plots, O. W. Wattles, Henry W. YaUa. W. H. WiUon, T. W. McCullough. Mel Uhl, At Sorenson. Joseph H. allllard, Luther Drake, A. U Mohler, C. J. Ureene, W. U. McHugh, B. T. White, William Waliacr, P. 8. Eustls of Chicago.. W. A. Lanier of tit. Louis, L. C. Qiliuaa of tit. LRMfCOUHCO. COAL SoulhEnd l6ttST. VIADUCT fflOHE OF THE LONG TON" Lisita pint. L. W. Hill of St. Paul, J. H. Beek of 8t. Paul. XDTCATIOHAI, DAT. Today Mnsio Kali. 10:30 a, nu . E. Hlldebrand, snperln tendsnt of Junior department, presiding. "ITebraaka Boys' aad Olrls' Work," s. O. Bishop, Kebraska state superintendent of publlo lastrnotion. 1:30 p. m -Concert by Mexloan JTatlonal band. SiOO p. m. Music hall, W. M. Davidson presiding. "Agricultural and Zndnatrlal Work la EUlnols," Z. O. Blair, Illinois state super lntendent. Other eserelses by schools. 4:00 p. mv Blograph HalL Superintendent B. O. Bishop presiding. "Bdueatloa of Olrls for Efflolenoy la tne Iomi," Anna iols Barber, oonnty rroperintsndent Christian county, Zlllnola. 'Missouri Corn Boys," B. IC Jordan. 4:00 p. m. Mnsio Xall. Concert by M.xl eaa Vational band. BlOO p. m. Oonoert by Msxloaa national band and travelogue leoture. NEBRASKA IS RECOGNIZED BY CHILD LABOR AUTHORITIES Ryder's Protest Asjatpst Impractical Methods la Cosventlon I Pat Into Oprrattua. At the last convention of the National Child Labor committee, held In Chicago, fcrmer Labor Commissioner Ryder, a dele- late from Nebraska, protested against the Impractical, time-wasting method followed In making up the program. Long papers were read on the peculiarities of slate laws With which all were fairly familiar, with no time left for discussion of means and methods. During ths present week Mr. Ryder and other members of the orgsnlsailon have reoelved notice of the maetlng to be held In Boston January IS, 14 and 16, 1910, which contains this significant paragraph: 'We plan to make this meeting some thing of a departure from our former ses sions. In that w shall devote nearly all the time to Informal discussions of th various difficult problems that arise In state and local work, Instead of consuming It In the presentation of formal addresses and tho reading t written reporta." As the Nebraska delegation has thus practically been recognized as having se cured the adoption of a nrw deal for the national niletlng of anti-cMld labor advo cates, It Ic urged by Owen Lovejoy, na tional secretary, that the state should be strongly repreventtd at Bobton. The Ne braska commltte soon 1U take up the matter of securing the attendance of sev eral delegate from this stale at the na tional meeting. WOOD'S ICE KING Tool SOLE AGENTS VOR THE CELEBRATED GIFFORD-WOOD CO.'S TOOLS The Only Complete Stock In the West 8EN0 FOR CATALOGUE Jas. Mon & Son 1511 and 1513 Dodge Street, Omaha THE HEAVY WEIGHTS in Winter Suitings and Over coatings are still on pur hands. So we are making them to measure at these prices: $30 00 $28 00 $25 00 Overcoats and Suits for These garments are lined luxuriously, and with infinite care, and made faultlessly. We guarantee absolute sat isfaction and perfect fit. MacCarlhy-WIIson Tailoring Co., 301-306 South 16tl St. Buy a Sanio for Xmas SANTO- Vacuum Cleaners Portable Stationery D. F. Swanson Co. Inc. BlBTTBiaVTJBBS. 418 fj. 16tk St., Omaaa, JTes. Ind. 4318 OAIi TJ TJ Dour 8818. Demonstration In Tons Home or . at Onr Offloe. TWENTIETH CENTURY; FARMER The Best Varna Pa.r. AMUSEMENTS. BOYD'S TONIGHT HIDAT aKO BAT. MAT. SAT. Savld Bslasoo Frassata " BLflHCIlE DATES m t rioxTura hope" Hzt landar, 4 Pays, Mat. Wednesday COHAN'S i0" THE AMERICAN IDEA THIXIK f KiOANZA and a Big Brllllaat Oom.iy Oast tIAil BOW OB BA.LB I IS RUG ..5ai5 ise, tte. fi. TOKIGHT MATtBKB 8ATUBOAT ' HO HASX.ST Offer iviorsri'AjsiA. A BOMABCB Or Til riJUBSj BTT!DAY l Us ins WEMT BOW1T" K. ot C. to lialld Hall. IIl'HON, S. l., Deo. (Special.) So rapidly ha th order of Knights of Colum bus Of tht city Increased that It Is found necessary to either lease or erect 'a build ing for It especial use. Aetlon to this nd was take at the last mewling, when the following ef fleers war elcoted: Grand a.Mghl, frank li. liuik.; deputy grand knight, J. P. Walsh; chancellor. F. A. Ileynolds; financial secretary, CI. C. Is senhuth; treasurer, Georgo Issenhulh; re cording secretary, Harry C. Iaum; warden, N. J. Cass; Inner guard, George Morse; outer guard, T. Whalen; chaplain, Father D. F. Desmond; trustees. Ed. Delaney, M. L. Tobln and M. Mahowald. PILES CI RED IX O TO 14 DAYS. Paso Ointment is ,f utran-d lo cur any ea. of Itching, linnd. B!..uing or fto tiuding Pil.a In I to I. days or money re- iuncUd iAc- , Clocks-FUliNtlV ;U a:.d Dudg. ' AWABCBO TlVDXTUi.S Ms tint. Hv.ry Say gill Xver Bight 8:10. 'Ihis Week: "At the Country Club." Uosario Guerrero, Cunningham and ilar ion, tig. Luciano Lucca. Sanson .unj Dellla, Les Myosotls. Eddie O. Koas, Kln udrume and the Orplieum Cenuvit Or chestra. Prices 10c. iio and 60a Ga Y E T Y ? Uoto7s (Formerly th Hurwuod) L til Ail SHOW i THE PrTOPTtl EZTBATAOASiSA AlfO VAUDBvir ? T B.lloros U.org Arnistroag Ooait. Botalng Oratr' in n. cntln tk Cora Ikew. ..T7T, Z.adi.r Dlnit 4ally 'a e-la" an. ( day.) Base KU1 Bagtia ioli Co. 1 f