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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1916)
THE BEE : OMAHA, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 13. 1016. Implement Dealers Welcomed to Annual Convention in Omaha ! y IMPLEMENT DEALER FRIENDOF FARMER Should Be More of a Spirit of Co-Operation Between Them Says S. R. McEelvie. EXHIBIT AT AUDITORIUM PRESIDENT STATE IM PLEMENT MEN. Urging that the dealer regard the firmer in the light of a prospect rather than a victim and that the farmer regard the dealer as one who is working for the farmer's benefit us well as his own and not as one who merely has something to sell, S. K. McKclvie of Lincoln addressed the Mid-West Implement Dealers' association convention at the Rome hotel in the morning session on "The Kclationship Between the Farmer and the Dealer." Mr. McKclvie pointed out the mu tual benefits that would work out of a spirit of co-ppcration between deal er and farmer. The dealer who docs not try to load up the farmer with machinery and implements he cannot afford is sure to prosper in the long run because he will have gained the confidence of his customers, Mr. Mc Kclvie declared. Get Together. "Brotherhood in Business ' was the topic dwelt upon by T. G. Wiles of Cherokee. Kan. Mr. Wiles is the lather of the "local club" movement which has proven such a success in many communities. He pointed out the gains to be made, either by deal er or farmer, in working together. "Cut-throat competition is ruinous to everybody," he said. "Get together and boost for your community, work together. Your community will pros per and you will prosper with it." . H. Williams, sales manager of the Cushtnaii Motor Works at Lin coln. ?pole on "Increased Sales." Yesterday was farmers' (lay at the convention and a large number of agi iculturalists, many attending the j j'anmTs congrc;5 nere. aucmicu uic muming meeting and took a lively in terest in the discussions. Exhibits at Auditorium. Xo session of the convention was held during the afternoon, this time being entirely devoted to inspection of the exhibits at the Auditorium. The exhibition of implements this year is the best display ever made in connection with an implement men's convention. Practically every kind of hin engine and claim ihat can nhoii improved agricultural machinery on 1 com per hour for tens money than 1 i Unv hellcr made. ine market ioaay is mciuaea in inei roril BhM,eni 8P? the result of the experience and conation llous work or men who hnvf- devoted Ihclr entire time (or twenly-weven years to the development ot a lint- of ahellorn Ihat meet the require merits of the average farmer. The popu larity of these machines with oxtenntve corn growera who shell their own crops and do custom work in fully ehtalllshd."' Mr. Bailey Is enthusiastic over the pres ent Implement dealers' convention. tendency seems to be the purchase of light cars. "Good road movements are having a great Impetus at present tn nearly every state I visited," nays Mr. Pierce. "und 1 he farmer is becoming the leader In the de mand for better roadn. MitiortstH will be Hurprlsi'd a l t he work w hu h will be done on the ready before l h" farmers' bus season mis In nest summer. And It will make t h - I is hi mr more popular than over.'' U Mall yuiiM-y, L. pany. ha on trtr plcment dealer "Omaha ahw events.' it t he Kleetrle Wheel com III.. in congratulating Oma 1 hient success of the im ' convert l ion this week, yn maki-M a sum ts of these Mr. Hall. 'Last ear we were more than pleased with the result cm our work here and were glad of the op portunity to return. The implement deal crjj ut this section are all familiar with the advantages of the tractor mid we get great interest here." The Light All-Work tractor is built by Mr. Hall's company. "The Nbra!k corn crop l hi year totals $i;.0fll.0ftn. according tn Htatisti. a recently compiled," asserts. .1. L. Haitr of the Watts "Vylinder Type" corn shellers. who Is attending (he implement dealers' convention this week. "Th entire grain crop of Nebraska for 1916 Is 34 1 ,00.0i0 and that computes itself into Imtng 11 per cent of a normal crop. 1 1 isn't an) wonder Nebraska is prosperous." "With the Immense corn production our product is meeting with a heavy demand," says Mr. Bailey. "We build corn shellers to bo run "by nower and with a capacity I of from fifty to &t buphels pr hour. We use a tnree 10 niicrn-nnrBB power paw ! FARMERS DESIRE 'STRICT JRf LAWS Congress of Tillers of the Soil Adopts Resolutions to This End. RAISE A "LITTLE" MONEY O. G. Smith of Kearncx yesterdav afternoon w as elected president of the Nchranka Farmers' con press for the ensuing year: Vice presidents were elected as follows: First vice president, Frank Tannchill, Norfolk: second, lbarlcs 'Gruff, Bancroft: third. A. I.. Sumer. Inavale. George Junkiti of SmiihhcM wa elected treasurer, and ,1. R. (innm-M of I'apiltion was re-elected secrci;tr. Omaha was again chosen as tjiemect iitR place for I)IF. I he finance comuiutec rcpnicdn that there arc no finances ami no pro i vision for any. It was suggestrd that some life memberships he taken and when 100 men men were called on to pay $10 apiece for life member ships there was a vast silence in the house. Finally O. K. Thompson of Wisner came forward and laid down $10. Cattleman Follows Suit. "Well. I'l! show that a sheepman is as good as a cattleman." remarked S. G. Porter of Maiglcr. and he waltzed up with another $10. Wil liam Lamed of Haigler followed with his life membership dues, and then another vast silence fell upon the house. At last an old man with beard as white as the snowdrifts of his fields tottered to the desk and offered a $5 bill in payment for half-a-nfe mem bership, remarking that he must have the other half for railway fare to get various displays. Nearly all of the representative manufacturers and job bers have their products on view. The entire main floor of the municipal building is taken up with the displays and the basement is completely filled with tractor exhibits. The crowds which have been at tending the show have been more than up to expectations. Even dur ing the morning hours, when the con vention at the Rome hotel was under full swing, the Auditorium was crowded. The big "get together" meeting be tween the manufacturers, distributors, traveling salesmen and dealers will be held at the Rome tonight. The implement men will use this oppor tunity to talk over the situation among themselves. The convention 'comes to a close Friday with the morning session. Of ficers will be elected at this session. Heard at the Auditorium. "Karmern In Nebraska," says Carl Chang- ntroni of the Standard Motor Car com pany, "will, during the coming year, be (lie nucleus of the automobile trade, and, mere than ever, automobile dealers will pay strict attention to the rural distrfets. "This your. UHhiK 100 per cent as a basis fur an average crop, Nebraska has ex ceeded llio average by 12 per cent. Yhe government crop statistics show Nebraska m having a 112 per cent crop. This, by tiio way, exceeds the increase above the average of any otlr state in the union. We have two linen, the Allen and the Ji-ffery, both earn of known quality and prat.-llf-al In every detail. Wc hope to arid n in ny more (armors to our list of friends hia year." K I,. Pierce, sales manager of the Regal Motor Car company, who has recently re l timed from a swing around the western circle, reports the. Krcatest prosperity and iinequent demand for motor cars that has ever visited tho western states. In the northwestern and central west stales bumper crops and high prices have Riven the farmer moro money than he Knows what to do with. It Ik nothing unu sual to And many families that will have two or more cars the coining year. The home paign for life memberships. The convention favored the adop tion of an amendment tn the prop erty tax provision of the constitu tion to make possible modern tax laws, declaring that Ihc general prop erty tax required by the Nebraska constitution distributes burdens un equally. Oppose Corn Rate Raise. ft opposed tiie increase in the price of corn I lie stock yarn's are proposing to charge for corn fed to hogs. They propose to have the jlate legislature pass strict prohibition laws under the new amendment to have the spirit as well as the letter of the law enforced. Here (. harley Wooster of Silver ( reek proposed an amendment to make the ministers of the gospel all over the state depu ties to enforce the prohibition laws, and he proposed to take away from them the right to marry couples if they failed to enforce the prohibition law. But he was snowed under. They favor calling a constitutional convention in .Nebraska. Thev favored the government own- j ership and control of railroads, and they will urge congress to take im merfiate steps toward tttis end. That each county in the state is able to take care of its own roads and. with proper supervision, build good dirt roads, instead of spending large .sums for stone roads, was also the opinion of the congress. In the resolution adopted in the morning, the exact language used by the Fanners' Co-Operative Grain and Live Stock State association was em ployed. "We are most emphatically opposed to embarking upon a policy of building stone or hard surface roads," the resolution reads, "at an expense of from $10,000 to $20,000 roads incorporated in the federal road . law. 1 Nebraska, Iowa. Kansas and South I Dakota are to divide $8,500,000 ot federal money in the matter of build iug roads, providing the respect m states come forth witluUdlar for dol !ar in appropriations, but the Farm ers' congress wants none of thi ' federal money spent in Nebraska. Thev will co further, and w ill memorialize congress to repeal the . federal road law. i They say in their preamble, how ever, that they arc in favor of having good roads over which to haul their yrain to market. Don't Want Free Seed. They condemned the free seed dis tribution syMcm in congress and de clared it unworthy the dignity of the congressmen. They will ask the con gressmen to vote against the practice. They condemned the embargo propaganda, declaring that it is li i criminatory to place an embargo on grain and foodstuffs and not on cot ton, steel and manufactured goods. Thev. favored a sufficient appropri ation tor the Nebraska Conservation ! and elfare commission to carrv on researches in the development of Ihc resources ot the slate. The favored the continuance of tlic market news service, which they .said had been of great benefit in the matter of bringing greater profits for potatoes and other produce. They thanked the regents of the Cniversiiy of Nebraska for acting in accordance with the resolution of last year's Fanners' congress in the mat ter of enlarging the work of the col lege of agriculture in leaching the marketing of farm products. Against New Capitol. They tabled a resolution that fa vored a new state house. W. 11. Campbell, O. C. Smith, Charles Graff and C, A. Gustafson were ihc mem bers of the resolution committee who brought in the minority report which resulted in the opposition to the new state house. The farmers want the "leave to print cut out of the congressional GROH ACCEPTS ALL BLAMEJOR PEACE His Dream-Interview With the Kaiser Precedes Peace Pro posal Only Few Days. WILHELM IS GRATEFUL a zincs and newspapers, that I have had no photographs taken recently but will ciy gladly pose it they want my picture. Will also be pleased to give them the story of my life and how I got the idea of ending the war. Can al;o pose for the moving pic tures, if desired. I wish to say, also, that if the Nobe! peace prize of $40,000 is awarded to lue, I will give every dollar ot it to charity. I prefer not to make a penny out of mv work for humanitv. That was the end of the cam- j procedure, as they say to print the speeches ol congressmen, speeches that were never delivered, is a flagrant waste of public funds. They want to owners of screened fish-ponds to have the right to catch and sell their fish at any season of the year. They want legislation that will give the state, county and town the right to acquire waste lands for fenestra tion purposes. They want legislation that will has ten the development of water power in the state. Omaha Restaurant Employe Will Lose Hands' and Feet Atlantic, Ta., Dec. 14. - Charles Clark, who has been employed in an Omaha restaurant, had planned to go home to his mother at Oshkosh for Christmas Yesterday vnnnc ("lark I started home on a blind baggage of a Kock Island passenger train. He was soon numbed by the cold and when the train struck a sharp curve it threw him off. There he lay until this morning, when the crew of a passenger train picked him up. Hist feet and hands were frozen and will have to be amputated. Fed Western Lambs Bring Record Price The record price on fed western lambs was again broken Thursday morning, hen Jack Casey, Armour's buyer, paid $13.10 for a car of scyenty-five-pound westerns shipped in by Harvey Daggett. Rosalie. Neb. Twenty-Six New Homes For Minne Lusa Addition Minne Lusa is to have $91,000 worth of new homes soon, according tn r W Martin, owner, who has filed applications for twenty-six new i per inile, which would place a well hnildinsr Dermits. The average value j nigh crushing and cver-incrcasme of each home is estimated at $3,500. burden upon us. and which from the i nmwroim Brooctalil riih. ! nature of the case could never end." rr- Kinr Nw Discovery ui iv nuku When You Have a Cold. i They then decide(l to request the I rellf !r'"'ll irritation unii bronrhi.i i. :. ., h.w a severe cold legislature to pass no law lo meet the ihm. ny iniummntmn, that you appreciate the good qualities Leicralpj!rLil'iofur "ska 1 'P'- of Chamberlain s iougn ivcimuj. Mrs. Frank Crocker, Pana. III., writes: "Our five-year-old son Paul caught a severe cold last winter that settled nn hie liitlirs and he had terrible couching spells. We were greatly I worried about him. as the medicine wc gave him did not help him in the Irast. A neighbor spoke so highly of Cham berlain's Cough Remedy that I got a bottle of it. The first dose benefited him so much that I continued giving it to him until he was cured." Adv. By A. R. GROH. See what has happened as a result of my peace trip t Germany a few ilays ago! Last Saiurda 1 recorded in lliis column my meeting with Kaiser W'il helm in my dreams Kiiday night. Tuesday morning 111. world was elec trified by his majesty's proposal lo end (he greatest war in the world's history. Three days elapsed between inv dream-conversation ' ith him and his peace proposal! This wniilu he nist about the lime required tor the emperor to talk the mailer over with Imperial I lianeel lur von Hcthniaun-Hollwcg and Gen eral von 1 liudcntiurg, who, I under stand, were in lleilr. at the time. They probably didn't talk business on Sunday and that left thei.i only Sat urday and Mnn.lay to come to a deci sion on my suggest! ,u. True, I didn't mention in the ac count of my dream-meeting that I had suggested pca.e to the kaiser. A Diplomat's Way. Hut. you must know, that ir these vast international affairs, we diplo mats exercise the greatest discretion. W'c don't chatter about our plans in the newspapers. I. was the easiest thing in the world for the kaiser lo say : "Herr (Jroh. I feel with profound profundity the 'gcir.uthliclikcit' of your suggestion lo end tl e w ar. I will consult with von llethmanu llollweg. von iliiidenhurg and others of my generals and 1 hope that we may conic to a decision in accord ance with your suggestion." Of course, as I had lo get hark lo Omaha to write my article for the Saturday and Sunday papers. I could not remain for the conference. You can imagine the personal sat isfaction I feel at the outcome of my effort. Henry Ford and his peace ship failed, with all their talk and expenditure of money. A. R. Groh, alone and without the expenditure of a single dollar, succeeded. Such is the power of true greatness. Of course, I have no doubt that many will rise up anil dispute the fact that I ended the war. It has been ever I hits. The great men of all "ages have been persecuted. Socratrs was com prlled lo drink poison. Columbus died in prison. Joan of Arc was burned at the stake. 1, too, may be cheated of my just dues until his tory shall have made clear my great services in ending this terrible war. Even the kaiser may find that it is not politically expedient for him to speak out and tell what 1 did. So be it. I rest content in the consciousness of the vast scrvires I have rendered mankind. I might say, for the benefit of mag- Mrs. Clark Gets Divorce And Custody of Children l-'thel Lewis Clark has been granted ,i divorce from George A. Clark on grounds of cruelty. The plaiiu;tl is awarded custody of live minor chil dren, t "lay Ion. Frances, Preston, Arn old and Hcauford. . Bids On the Yates School i Are Inside Board's Estimate The buildings and grounds com i mittee of the Hoard of Education will recommend to the board next Monday evening the erection of a school build i ing on the new Henry W. Yates site j at Thirty-third and Davenport , streets. Hids received for this school are within the estimate of $83,000. A. fleck w as lowest bidder. This new ; school will have twelve class rooms i and assembly r om. The committee is analyzing bids for Park, Clifton , Hill and Field Club schools. Rce Want Ads Produce Results. IMPLEMENT CONVENTION VISITORS We are Offering in the Regal at $695 A REAL BUY IN AUTOMOBILES t We would like to tbow it lo you. In Ihm nrw RiraM-Thirty-t wo wr h1irvr that never before have so many nualitie of Iumitv and Nntinfirtion brcn combined at eurh a price. In all-round trrfurmancr It yield it to no car on the road, regard lesa of price. Scat i tie ftenrrounly five pa Mensem, wiih lev room and teat room to spare, Itn perfect hxlnnce and cantilever wring us pens ion five riding eomfort hitherto tinlonkcii for in thin price claim. Light weijrht and new carburetor ideas make this Renal unusually thrifty of iranoline. - HI h. p. high speed motor, bore ft in., stroke 4 in. Han detachable head and three bearing crankuhaft, 4 point mittpcnsion. Motor built in our own tthopa. Two unit i tar ting and irnitinn system, mairneto type. V'.xtra deep frame with wide side members furnish treat strength and maximum support to chassis. Cantilever springs, shackled at both ends, dlrerlly under frama make the Regal one of the easiest riding ears on the market, r'ull-floatlng rear axle, front axle I-beam, drop forging. Gasoline tank at rear, 1 1 gallon varuum feed. Add these features to the cruiser type of body design of the ReeaM-Thlrty-two and you have a motor ear that wilt make you the proudest owner in the land. McINTYRE-HAYWARD MOTOR CO. 2427 Farnam St., Omaha, Phone Douf. 2406. 1.1 Halifax. N. S., Dec. 14. A tele phone message to the Morning Chron icle from Shclbiirne, N. S., says that the missing Canaidau torpedo .boat Crilse is entering the harbor at that plarc. Alt (IniKfflata. Advertlnrrnpnt. ALLEN and JEFFERY u T O M O B I L E S. While attending the Imple ment Convention don't for get to call on the Standard Motor Car Co., 2020 Far nam St., and see the Allen and Jeffery automobiles. We will be glad to see you. Standard Motor Car Co. CARL CHANGSTROM, Mgr. 2020 Farnam St., Omaha. . Douglas 1705. Successful at Hutchinson, Champaign, Fremont, Bloomington. See It at the D?alers Convention, Omaha A TRACTOR THE DEALER CAN AFFORD TO HANDLE I Good Profit and Ample Protection The Light "ALLWORK" Tractor "An Honest Machine You Can Safely Recommend" Tried out at all the tractor demonstrations above, with results that have proven satisfactory in every instance, and added many more names to our large list of satisfied customers. A simple, durable, powerful machine selling at a price farmers can easily afford. Equipped with four-cylinder vertical engine, 5x6, develop ing 26 H. P. at the belt, 12 H. P. at the draw-bar. Two-speed transmission working in oil, automobile type front axle, roller bearing rear axle, steel gears thoroughly protected from dust and self-oiling, radiator and fan that cool absolutely, 12-inch face rear wheels, weight 4,800 pounds. Our ten years' actual experience in building gas tractors gives to the farm owner of the country the assurance that in buying the above machine he is getting a tractor that is not a freak, nor one that is in the experimental stage, but a machine built along practical, sensible lines, giving guaranteed results, assured by thi: numerous machines at work in the fields today. . Write Today for Our Proposition. Electric Wheel Co., Box 295, Quincy, 111. Watts Cylinder Corn Sheller Direct From Manufacturer to Dealer The sheller that has no competition when capacity, horse power required and price are considered. No corn too soft or too tough for them to shell. No. 7 No. 6 No. 02 Made in 5 Sizes Capacity 60 to 600 Bushels Per Hour Price - $30.? to $372 See our exhibit at the Audi torium or our show rooms at 2012 Farnam St. WATTS MFG. COMPANY 2012 Farnam St. Phone Doug. 1765. Omaha'.