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
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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.
