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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1912)
THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, OCTOBEK '10, ID J "J. Great Glove Sale Saturday Women's $1.98 Kid Gloves $2.50, 16-button length fine kid gloves, white, tan, black, Saturday special at, per pair .81.98 Women's 2-clasp fine kid gloves 1 all popular colors, street or evening Bhades. Rtted and guaranteed, Or kin Brothers' spe- 01 flA cial, at OliUU Formerly The Bennett Co. Great Glove Sale Saturday Women's, $1.25 Walking gloves 89c One clasp stylo, very serviceable, tans only. Good $1.25 value, Saturday X: 89c Complete line of fleeced kid and mocha gloves and mit tens for boys and girls, Sat urday special, per pair 50c rui ThoHsaods off Fall and Winter Samples Hen, Women and Children's High Grade Underwear and Hosiery From Two 1 Great Eastern Manufacturers and 11 E, Smith Co., Omaha, fleb,f On Sale at a Saving of . Buy Underwear and Hosiery Now You may never duplicate these wonderfully low prices again. Underwear and hosiery at less than manufactureres'.cost in this great sale. We can quote only a few of the great values we offer. Great Special Purchase Sale of Women's Underwear Hosiery Women's 35o cotton fleece . "Women's 65c fine white cot ton, fleece lined vests and pants, regular and extra size, Saturday special J .....twu 3 2 lined vests and pants, reg ular and extra' size, sale price, per gar- Q ment .MU Women's $2 white or natural part wool union suits, sale price, per gar- $f AA ment ,91.09 Women's. $1.25 to $1.75 sample vests and pants, fine cotton and wool, sale Oft price, per garment. . AM G Women's 69c cotton fleece lined union suits, white and cream in extra sizes sale price, per garment Women's $1.25 fine white cotton union suits, fleece lined, sale price per garment. ...... . 39c 75c $1.93 per garment, Women's $2.50 to $3 fine wool or mercerized unior suits, sale price, per garment... Women's 17o black cotton hose, full seamless, good weight, sale price, 0 per pair llC Women's 25o black cotton hose, fleece lined, seamless, ribbed top, sale price, 4f per pair Ivw Women's 35c- and 50c hose, cotton or lisle, white split soles, imported, full fash ioned, sale price, AO. ter mir stOG Omaha's Greatest ing Event for Men Great Special Purchase Sale Men's Underwear and Hosiery Men's heary fleece lined shirts and drawers, ribbed cotton. Sale price, per Attg garment ,.c....."wC Men's 25c wool hose, black and oxford, seamless. 1 e 1 Sale price, per pair Is&z C Men's 39c silk plated hose, black, tan, gray or navy. Sale price, per pair . . . ........... Men's 25c cotton hose, black, tan, gray or split soles, full seamless. Sale price, per pair. . Men's 17c black and colored seamless" hose. Sale price, per pair Men's 50c and 75c samples cotton shirts and drawers. Sale qq price, per garment ....DOC Men's $1.25 natural gray wool shirts and drawers. Sale price, per garment. Men's $1.50 union suits, Wright's "Wooltex,", fleece lined. . Sale price, per CI 1 O garment $ 1 e 1 7 69c Men's $2.00 and $3.50 fine wool, mercerised, and silk underwear. Sale price,, per , tfJI 1Q garment J) JL 1 S Men's $1.25 union suits, ribbed, cotton, fleeced lined, closed crotch, i ecru. Sale Q00 price, per garment 07C Men's $1.50 to $1;75 fine sample wool underwear. Sale OQ price, per garment OaC 12ic colored ,..8c 25c Men's Sample Union Suits in mercerized, wool, silk arid wool, and all wool. Regular $3.50, $4.50, $5.50, $6.50 and $7.50. An extraordinary sale price of, per garment . $2.59 Boys', Girls' and Children,; Underwear and Hosiery, Special Purchase Sale Children's 25c sample, fleece lined vests and pants, sale price 4 r . per garment... .. ....... ,.i3C Children's 50c and 75c samples vest, pants and sleeping suits, sale AA. ' price, per garment fctfv Boys' and girls' 25c and 35c black cot ton and mercerized hose, seamless, 4 aa slightly imperfect, sale price, 1 ft 8 pairs for 50c, or per pair I V Boys' and girls' 69c fleece lined nion suits, white or grey, sale Qdn price, per garment .'. .Ovv Children's 25c black cotton hose, ribbed, seamless, sale price,- per pair Children's 35o Union suits, cream color, fleece lined, drop seat sale price, per garment f ' : " Hardware Bept's Great Specials 14-oz. Copper Tea Kettles, ridiculously low prices, heav ily nickeled. No. 7 Tea Ket tles ..$1.15 No. 8 Tea Ket tles ..$1.25 LNo. 9 Tea Ket tles ..$1.39 Special Sale of Lisk Copper Boilers and Tea Kettles. Heavy copper Lisle . Boiler, medium size $2.59 Heavy copper Lisk Boilers, large size, $2.89 Heavy copper lisk Boiler, extra large, at $3.19 v n n ilirP 100 high grade Brooms on sale, at. 19c Imported Clothes Basket, medium size, made of selected willow. 25 dozen at the low price of, each. 12c cream 25c Books and Stationery Specials $1.50 Popular Fiction 50c By Jack Lon don,, Rex- Beach, Mc Cutcheon and many oth er writers of wa fiction. Satur- hllft day special at. 50c Stationery A sacrifice sale, fifty sheets and envel opes; Satur- nr day, per box.. vC . Another large purchase of Men's Suits and Overcoats, bought at less than cost ot manufacture. These are the greatest values ever offered in men's suits and overcoats, here or elsewhere. Thousands to select from. Divided into two great lots, each at a great reduction. Again we follow our well known policy of quick sales and small prbfits. $12.50 to $15 Suits and Overcoats Fancy, all Worsted sun proof serge, cheviot and cassimere, in blue, brown or gray mixtures, sale prjee Overcoats of heavy weight fabrics, in grays, browns, oxford and fancy Scotch Homespun effect, $12.50 and $15 values at ; $18 and $22.50 Suits and Overcoats Pure worsted suits, Nor- t o I k pleated, newest models, blue, brown and fancy mixtures, $18 to $22.50 values at. ...y.. Overcoats, heavy all wool kersey, velour, melton and oxford chin 'chilla, handsomely tail ored, $18 to $22.50 val ues at Boys' Overcoat Salo 500 Overcoats for boys from 3 to 17 years. All styles, Kussian button to the neck coats with self '' or velvet collars, in sizes 3 to 8 years, Saturday Mannish belted coats in mixtures, ages 5 to 12, Saturday at Boys' up to $7.50 Overcoats at. . CHEAT SATURDAY SALE OF MEN'S HIGH GRADE FURNISHINGS Men's 79c Outing Flannel Night Robes; Saturday spe cial, each 40c Men's $1.50 Fine Quality Outing Flannel Pajamas, each $1.19 Men's $2.00 Gray Flannel Shirts, military collars; Saturday special .'.$1.39 Great values in Men's Sweat ers $3.00 to $12.00 sweat ers specially marked for Saturday at $2 to $7.50 Men's $1.50 Gauntlet Gloves, genuine horse hide " and reindeer, Saturday special, at, per pair . $1.00 en's Hats Men's $2.00 Tourist Hats, for winter wear. ftfwr,j styles; Satur- CA day special at . . V vU Men's $1.50 Wool Jersey Sweaters'; Saturday special; each .......98c Men's 50c-Suspenders, fine imported '. . webbing, Satur day special at, pair. . .39c Groceries, Fruit and Candy Specials Omaha's Greatest Pure Food Dept. Candy lecials 40c Fresh Fluffeta Choco lates, per lb 29 60c Chocolate Maple Wal mats, per lb 30 Pare Sugar Sticks, 10 sticks for 5 Assorted Candles, lb .10s Salted Peanuts, lb. 12 lb. sack ..$1.20 Our Pride Flour, 48-lb. sk., $1.30 19 lbs. granulated sugar $1 10 bars Beat 'Em All or Diamond C Soap 25c Sweet corn, three cans 25c Capitol Flour, 48-1 Whole Japan Rice, I New Cooking Figs, lb IOC Mattt Q a a A tk t SpeClalS 48-lb. sk., $1.30 Kraut, can.. 10c Raisins, lb. package Q Capitol Wheat. package .... Sifted Early Peas, can . . Maryland Club Whole Japan Rice, 4 lbs 25c Capitol Sauer Kraut, can,.10c Capitol Red Kid ney Beans, 3 cans 25c Extra fancy Queen Olives, qt...35c Sugar Beets, large can. ...10c 2 lb. I 8c June ,!2Hc Toma toes, can Sc Baker's Chocolate, per cake "4.. 17c Sour Pickles, qt. . .Oc Cottage Milk, 3 cans for 25c Vienna Crimp Cookies, lb 12c Our Best Coffee, 3 lbs. for fl.OO Ideal Coffee, lb. . ,25c B8c Assorted Teas, lb. at 45c Tea Sittings, package, at ,12c Capitol Butter, very best, lb 84c Fruits and Vegetables , Fancy Minnesota Potatoes, bushel. .68c Cabbage 2 large heads . ..i5e Michigan Celery, 3 stalks lOe Leaf Lettuce, 3 heads ,.10c Head Lettuce, large. ........... .7Hc Fresh Beets, 4 bunches. .......... .So Parsley, 2 bunches. i. 5c Klefer Pears, bushel. . . . . . .... . ..90c Fancy Johnathan Apples, peck. . . . 40c Greening Apples for cooking, peck. .20c Florida Grape Fruit. 5c, 7 He and 10c Fancy Tokay Grapes, basket .85c !! ' " -J CO-OPERATION IN ACTION J r i - Working Out Successfully in Spots in the Korthwest. OUTS BUSIUESS CF MIDDLEMAN Pradaoer amd CoMamer Brovcbt 01scr Tecetltcr mmi Both Get Dividends from th Plan. Co-operation in the northwest, par ticularly in Wlscooflln, Mlnneeota and the Dakotas, la putting Into the pockets of producers a larger shar ' -f the Income from their products ban they hav ever received before in this country, and to dividing amons its consumers the pro fits that used to go to the retailer. Mow this co-operative scheme, which is a familiar economic phenomenon In Eu rope, has been worked out successfully for the first time in America Is told by Frank, Parker Stockbridge, In the World s Work. Under the title of "The Co-operator's Big Dollar" Mr, Stock- bridge, In the first of a series of studies of agricultural conditions in the north west, says: "There it a great distinction between dividing profits among stockholders and dividing them among the people who cre ate them. The first plan is not co-operation, aa they see it in the northwest It Is exactly the plan on which the Pennsyl vania railroad and the steel trust and Standard Oil and all the other corpora tions are organized. The new co-operative Idea new for America, that is Is to distribute the earnings of any business among the people - whose transactions have made those earnings possible. And this works out equally well "whether the object of the co-operative enterprise is to sell the farmer's produce to the best possible advantage, or whether It is to enable farmers and townspeople alike to buy their manufactured supplies under conditions that distribute all the selling profit among the purchasers." After describing the operation of the co-operative creameries,, elevators and produce warehouses, through which farmers are selling the output of their farms . and keeping the . middlemen's profits for themselves, he takes up the newer and more Interesting phase of the movement the establishment of co-operative stores. Under the direction of the Bight Relationship league ot Min neapolis, ltf such stores have been opened In the last six years. Early Mistakes. "Of course there were mistakes mads at first, and several projects that were attempted were found to be Impractica ble. Occasionally there was a total fail ure a co-operative store that did not even pay its running expeneea Careful analysis of the causes of these failures showed that they were due in most oases to inefficient management and careless accounting methods. And out of this grew the recognition by the league and the co-operators of the northwest that evsn brotherhood will not work without the adding machine, or what the adding machine stands for exact and correct business methods. So an auditing depart ment was established, and the co-operative stores began sending periodical re ports and submitting to frequent audita, since when the percentage of failure has been reduced to a negligible proportion. ''With hardly an exception, the co-op. eratlve stores of the northwest have not been established as new institutions, but have been founded by customers buying up existing business establishments. "It seemed to be the natural and proper thing at first to engage the former proprietor as manager of the co operative store. It did not take long, however, to discover that the old mer chant was very seldow a competent mer chant. The rule now is to hire the old owner as manager only in exceptional Instances. "Out of the experience of the 113 co operative stores now in operation, there have been evolved a set of principles and rules which, wherever they have been followed, have resulted in success. Funda mental among these rules is the require ment that no stockholder shall have more than one vote, regardless of the number of shares he holds; that the company shall have the first right to purchase any shares which the owner thereof may wish to sell; that the directors shall be com pensated for attending meetings, and for feit their offices for failure to attend; that frequent Inventories and regular audits shall be required; that the man ager shall not Involve the company In debt for anrtbina- except merchandise; that all goods shall be sold for cash, at ordinary market prices; that a deprecia tion account shall be kept, and that all profits above a small dividend on the shares shall be divided among the cus tomers of the store in proportion to the amount of their purchases, as shown on the sales slips. Stockholders, however, are given, not as a dividend on their stock, but In order to enoourage others to buy shares, twice the amount of dividend on purchases that non-shareholders receive. Chain of Profitable Stores. "On thee lines, fiftyflve stores In Minnesota, forty-one in Wisconsin, twelve in the Dakotas, three In Washing ton and one in Illinois are doing an an nual business of, approximately. $7,000 000. The total capitalisation, In M shares, is around 12,000,000, held by, ap proximately, 16,000 men and women. And the profits divided last year among the customers of these stores amounted to more than $600,000 a net saving of about 8 per cent on the entire purchases of more than 20,000 families, for every share nf stock represents at least one family, and the proportion of customers who are not stockholders is considerably more than one-third. "These co-operative stores sell every thing that anybody wants to buy. Dry goods, of course, form the backbone of their business; groceris come a close second, and boots and shoes are to bo found in all of them. Many, if not most, of the co-operative stores carry lines of ready-made clothing for men and boys, and a considerable proportion deal In women's ready-made garments. Some carry paints and hardware, although in most towns these goods are left to spe cialists. 'They Sell only for cash, for the most parts Belnsr rural stores, the' must take the eggs and butter offered by their cus tomers; but they pay for these commodi ties in cash Instead of trade. Borne co operative stores will take a customer's note in exchange for aluminum "money," good only for purchases at the co-operative store. This avoids the bookkeeping necessary In a general credit business, and trlves the customer who must have credit all the advantages of the cash cus tomer, less the Interest on his note. Cut ting prices bwlnw the general market level Is frowned upon In the co-operative store. One pays as much for sugar or coffee, or a pair of shoes at the co-operative aa ho would at the Individual merchant's across the street. The difference is lnv the sales slip, which entitles Its holder to his full share of the profits of the bust- While there Is no political connectior apparent between the co-operative move ment and the new political Ideals of tin northwest Mr. Stockbridge points ' out that the two are essentially related: "The so-called 'progressive' movement as they see it in Wisconsin, is solely as economlo movement-ot at least an at tempt to lay an economic foundation foi the moral uplift that can only conn about through the establishment ef eco nomlo justice. So it did not surprls anybody in Wisconsin when the last leg islature - recognized the co-operatlvi movement by enacting a lav for the in corporation of co-operative" associations on the true co-operative plan of limiting the amount of stock any individual may own, giving every shareholder a stnglt vote, regardless of the number of' hii shares, and distributing profits on tin basis of purchasts made or products sold Instead of upon the amount of stock.
