THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY. JANUARY 1, 1918.
OMAHA HOLDS ITS
PLACE AS LEADING
MART FOR GRAIN
More Than Eighty-Four Mil
lion Bushels Pass Through
the Local Elevators Dur
ing Last Year.
Notwithstanding the decreased acre
age of wheat last yeur and the re
sulting decrease in the aggregate
number of bushels grown throughout
Omaha trade territory, as a grain
market, Omaha retained third place
among the grain marts of the world.
J t closed the year with the total re
ceipts in excess of any corresponding
period in its '.istory.
In the matter of total grain receipts,
last year was a record breaker for
the Omaha market, according to the
figures of the Omaha Grain exchange.
In round numbers, there were re
ceived at the Omaha terminal eleva-
Ol AAA AAA til
iuis oi,uuu,uw ousneis ot gram, as
against 78,105,100 during 1916. In
money this meant the distribution of
S121.000.000, as against $79,277,711
paid out duri:.3 1916, which was ihe
previous record year.
Money Back to Farmers.
i hese millions of dollars, with the
exception of the carrying charges, the
commissions and the elevation
charges,, all went back to the farmers
of Omaha trade territory, which terri
tory for grain purchasing purposes,
was extended vastly in every direction
last year.
The amount of mony paid out
through the Omaha Grain exchange
las-t year is partially an estimate, but
it is as accurate as can be gotten at
this time and is on the basis of $2 a
bushel for wheat, $1.50 for corn. 60
cents for oats, $1.50 for rye and $1.25
tor barley. These are the going
prices now. During the early part of
the year they were much higher, then
they were slightly lower, coming, back
and remaining at the present standard
practically ever since the food ad
ministration fixed the selling prices
-n wheat.
1 he following tables show the car
load receipts and shipments for each
month of the year. They are:
liECLlPTS.
Wlli'Ut. I'orii. OatK Rvo Brl.
January .... L'.nl
February ... uos
March 1101
OMAHA GETS MANY
NEWINDUSTRIES
Ninety-Five Manufacturing Es
tablishments Spring Up in
1917; Concerns Employ
1,091 Persons.
Ninety-five new manufacturing cs
tablishments have gone into busincs:
in umana aunng tneir com
bined capital amounts to $3,127,500.
These new manufacturing concerns
employ 1,091 persons.
From every standpoint t his is bv
far the best showing Omaha has ever
piade :n a single year in the wav of
increase. The total includes manu
facturing and jobbings concerns and
1 1 t 'I....' t
uidiiuics or large industries Having
tneir neaaquarters in otlier places.
The year W16 showed 68 new fac
tories, with a combined capital of $2,
222,700 and employes numbering 924.
List of Concerns.
Following is the list of new con
cerns for 1917, with the respective
number of employes:
No. Employes.
A1ax Rubber Cj ;
Alamo Farm Light Co li
Albrecht Lace Cord Co io
TO
April
.May
.lime
July
August ..
September
October . .
-November
December
Totals .
79
1.111
591
;!
22.)
525
1.309
557
692
t oru.
2.249
l.'.TS
1.647
t.fiOC
1.553
3,502
2.61 'i
2,247
1,465
1,038
645
1,03.',
4.12
447
85."i
1,081
617
f.73
SOS
1,271
1.26S
1,711
1,432
S97
71
29
:!4
16
14
23
81
168
187
92
6S
4-
14
-,
21
6S
154
1!.7
1 (1
153
Januar j
February
1,728
1,101
March 1,128
..10,240 2,142 11,390 771 1.005
SHIPMENTS.
Wheat. Corn. Oats.rtve.Barlev
April
May
June
July
August ...
September
October . .
November
December
Totals .
966
869
620
116
104
105
682
1,109
142
1,709
1,277
1.2SS
1,526
1,820
2,827
2,697
2,472
1,262
908
374
607
818
637
772
962
S39
606
638
8!.
1,043
1.408
1,693
865
134
39
38
58
37
7
6-
12
50
129
145
109
79
69
61
24
20
16
8
45
94
146
163
125
764 830
. 8,681 19.222 10.974
Receipts of Year.
The railroad car loadinsr schedule
for each kind of grain, in bushels jscflni,e Co- Th,! (water softener!
as follows:
Wheat, 1,200; corn, 1,400; oats,
2,000; rye, 1,100; barley, 1,800. Fig.
uring on this basis, the receipts dur
ing the year were:
,. . Bushels.
"heat 12.288.000
Corm 39,498,000
at 9,776,000
Rye 848,000
Barley .' 1,349,000
Taking grain men's estimate on the
average price for the various kinds
of grain, the money paid out was as
follows :
Wheat, 12 per bushel J24.576.000
Corn, $1.50 per bushel 68,247,000
Oats, 60 cents per bushel 84,948,000
Rye, J1.B0 per bushel 1,272,160
Barley, J1.25 per bushel... 1,683,000
T?aI 1120,717,150
These figures do not take into ac
count the thousands of bushels of
speltz, kaffir corn, maize and other
grains that are raised in lesser quan
tities and add many thousands of dol
lars to the business of the market.
A large portion of the grain market
ed through the Omaha Grain ex
change last year eventually found its
way to Europe and to the allies. The
balance was used for home consump
tion, with a goodly portion of the
best held for seeding purposes and
for feed during the coming season.
During the year three elevators
were erected at the Omaha grain ter
minals and additions built to others.
The new structures added 4,000,000
bushels to the total storage capacity
that is now 11,500,000 bushels.
Wants to Sec His Son Jesse Nel
son asks the district court to amend
his wife's divorce decree so that he
may see his son, Wilmett, occasion
ally. He avers that he is a man of
rood moral character and has a great
affection for his child and claims that
Mrs. Nelson's refusal to let Wilmett
visit Mm has caused him srreat dis-
Alcxander & Co. (auto repairing)
American Auto Krpnlr Shop
American Wet Wash Laundry
Auroragraph Co. The (Electric Photo
graphy) Auto Salvage and Exchange
Bearings Service Co (auto bearings)..
A. K. Hihler (auto repairs)
Byrne-Duff Jewelry Co
Carmen Distributing Co. (laundrv sup
plies) Cerva Sales Co. (beverage .
Collls Products Co. (dried buttermilk ) .
Combination Tiro 5Ifg. Co
Commercial Supply Co. of Omaha (as
bestos and magnesia products)
Coors. Adolph (malted milk)
Criswell & Livering Machine Co
Delco Farm Light Co
Deraoit Electric Car Co
Dictaphong Co
Dictaphone Machine Co
Douglas Motors Corporation (automo
biles) Ellas Dental Supply Co
Elsasser Bros, (auto repairs) ...
J. B. Ford Co. (cleaning specialties)..
Fowler Lock & Cooperage Co
Fontenelle Feature Film Co
Oates Half Sole Tire Co
Guarantoo Tire Co
Haanmuin-Loeke Motors Co
Hart Tire Co
Higglns .Mfg. Co. (weatherstrips)..!!!.'
Hicks Redlining Co. (can returning)..
llupmohile Co. of Nebraska
Interstate Optical Co
International Time Recording Co..!!"
Johnson Clay Products Co
i .locus Candy Co
11. Kohnstumra & Co. (laundry suiV-
.Plies)
inuu. i. an u. i;o. (building ma
terial? I
Lalley-Wilsun Electric Light Co. . .....
Ma.rni.son X-Ray Co .
Miller Rubber Co ......
Merli'-Soule Co, (creninery products).
Meyer, Wm. '. Co. (X-ray supplies) . .'
Mississippi Valley Seed Co
Modern Electric Co
Motor Company (Elgin)
Motor Supply Co
McCaffrey Motor Co !!!!.'!
MeCulley & Wid-ner Co. (plumbing and
heating supplies)
Nash Sales Co. (automobiUs and trucks)
.inirasna I'atcrson Auto Co 5
Nebraska Trunk and Bag Co 10
Nelson Loose Leaf Corporation 20
Nelson & Zarp (paint manufacturers).. 13
Nlchols-Kico Motor Co i;
New Idea Spreader Co !! 9
-ortn side Garage
Domes)
Northwestern Construction Co.
Oakland Motor Car Co
U'Hrten-Hicks Icless Container
uimstead Grain Co
Omaha Body Co. (auto truck bodies)
Omaha Roller Mills
Omaha Salvage Sales Co '. . ',
Peperkorn Auto Repairing !
i-ersian Kuf Cleaning Co 4
rurington Paving Brick Co 1
Itaapke Motor Co s
neu (jrown Macaroni Co
12
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BUSINESS OF THE
PACKING HOUSES
BEST IN HISTORY
Omaha Meat Industry Sets New
Record, Paying Out Millions
More of Dollars Than
Ever Before.
(automobile
'(Adv.V.
Co. . . !
1:'
K. H. MftT. Co. ftonl liik.rs
Rutherford & Harding (tractors).
nyan wovelty Co. (Jewelry and cut
lery) 3
Selma Realty and Construction Co.... 50
41. F. Shafer Co. (printing and adver
tising specialties), new building.... 7;
Smlth-Gwynne Co. (advertising service) 6
S. O. S. Supply Co a
Standard Film Corporation 10
Swanson & Nolen Film Co 3
Superior Kid Coaster Co s
Triangle Distributing Co. (films) li
Troy Laundry
Trussed Concrete Steel Co !!! j
Vesta Battery Co 5
Vitagraph Co , j;
Wenger Bros. Oarage
Walker, Mfg. Co. (farm Implements).. li j
Warren Investment Co. (industrial se
curities) in
Western Alkali Refining Co Ill j
Wlens-Omaha Brush Co 10 .
Tousem Bros, (storage batteries) 3
Total 1,094 i
Note In addition to the foregoing j
list are several industries secured for
Omaha, but not yet classed as produc- j
ing concerns. The Nebraska Tire and
Rubber company, with a capital of
$250,000, has purchased five acres of
ground and is remodeling the building
on it. The Sfrague Tire and Rubber
company has purchased its site and is
preparing to build. This company has
a capital paid in of about $200,000,
which is to be increased to $1,500,000.
The Brictson Manufacturing company
will build its tire factory shortly and
its capital stock will run into the mil
lions. Just outside the city limits, in
Ralston, the Crown Tire company has
erected a fine building.
The industrial committee of the
Commercial club has been an active
factor in securing a larger number of
these new concerns than ever before.
The work of this committee has been
untiring and many of the concerns
would certainly have located else
where but for the active aid of the
committee and the industrial secretary.
Lat year was the greatest in the
history of the Omaha meat packing
business. Statistics show an increase
of millions of dollars in the value of
the trade during 1917.
Cudahys and Armours each report
their volume ot business tor the last
year at $55,000,000, an increase of
about one-third over ttte previous
vcar's business for each company
Cudahys reported the total volume of
business for 1916 at $40,000,000; Ar
mours. $4000.0l)0.
More than 4,000,000 animals have
been slaughtered at the Omaha pack
ing plants within the last 12 months,
More than half this unmber were
hogs. The greater part of the hog
products were sold to the government.
either to be used in the camps and
cantonments, or to be shipped to the
soldiers abroad.
Thousands of Employes.
It has required the work of thou
sands of employes to do this work.
Cudahys and Armours each report
that they employ 2,200 men, and Swift
1,600.
The nackiuc companies of Omaha
paid their employes almost $8,000,000
bst year. Armour s pay roll was
$2,225,000, Cudahy's $2,188 000 and
Swift's, $1,792,000 in salaries.
Armour shipped l.434 cars of pro
duct during the year and received 5,
041 carloads of supplies. Swift ship
ped 15,613 carloads of products.
l he Armour company has com
pleted a new beef cooler and hide cel
lar and is iinishine an ice manufactur
ing plant. R. C. Ilowe, manager for
Armour, stated: "We do not con
template any large improvements dur
ing the coming year, as we believe
we should conserve labor and ma
terial." Additions to Plants.
Manager M. R. Murphy reports
that the Cudahy company has con
structed $224,000 worth of improve
ments during 1917. They arc: Fat
hardening plant, $52,000; two new ice
machines, $98,000; electric and trans
former house, $12,000; remodeling and
equipping canning factory, $62,000.
Sw iit has erected a brick and con
crete garage, a new employment of
fice, a three-story concrete hog pen
and steel viaduct leading from the
pens to the killing iloor, a brick and
concrete shipping office and a car shed
where cars are repaired.
The three packing plants which
have reported show that during 1917
thev killed:
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. Calves.
Cudahy . ..!.:19 817,950 4L'0,Sf,t 45.619
Armour ti2.1 61 4.4 1 5 352, 75S 9,198
Swift .. . .:62.20 1.09,1 1 3 422,780 15,640
The six independent packing com
panies reported that they did about
$.5,000,000 worth of business during
the year.
Mothers' Pension Fund for
1917 Approximately $40,000
Approximately $40,000 was distribu
ted to mothers in 1917 under the
mothers' pension law, according to
the report of the county clerk's office.
In 1910 but $34,045 was distributed
from this fund. In 1917 278 mothers,
having a total of 878 children, made
application and were granted relief
under the mothers' pension law.
STOCK RECEIPTS
SET NEW RECORD
Seven and a Half Million Ani
mals Received at Unin Stock
Yards During- Last
Year.
Live stock receipts at the Union
Stock Yards again have gone soaring
and have set a new high record at
7,613,898 animals received during
1917. Cattle receipts were 299,015
ahead of last year. Receipts in
horses increased 5,354 over last vcar's
figures.
i ne majority oi lite nogs, sheep
and cattle received have been killed
by the Omaha packing companies
out, recently, owing to the meat
shortage and m accordance with the
advice of the government, much
feeder stock has been sent back to
farms to be fattened. The large
amount of short com in the state
also fostered the movement of feeder
stock back to the farms to be more
throughly -unshed before they arc
slaughtered.
Stock yard statistics and com
parisons with previous years are
Receipts by months:
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. Ifs-M's
441,104 2SS.922 1,724
377. 4M
294, 1S9
229. H89
244.315
244,200
260.536
lfiti.30:s
9:1.014
. 97.65S
147,897
217.694
Planning Commission Puts
In Busy Year in Omaha
One of the most important features
of the work of the City Planning com
mission during 1917 was the planning
of a maior street svsteni. For that
traffic study, maps were compiled,
auowuig Mrcci ana roaaway wtiuus,
age of pavements, ungraded streets,
and traffic counts were made on the
principal thoroughfares. A complete
map has been prepared of the city and
its surroundings, and tn this is shown
the proposed major street system to
be submitted to the city council for
adoption, liesides the recommenda
tions for extensions and widenings. in
dicated on the major street plan, de
tailed plans and estimates have been
prepared and submitted to the city
council, for improvements of Doug
las, Dodge, Harney and Howard
streets, Dewey and St. Mary's ave
nues and Twentieth and Twenty-second
streets.
To redeem for residential mse large
areas in the southeastern and! southern
parts of the city, rendered inaccessa
ble through numerous deep ravines,
preliminary studies have been made
and field surveys are now under way
for topographical data to enable the
intelligent platting of roads and
streets for these districts.
The planning of boulevards has re
ceived considerable study, especially
with a view remedying the present
lack of continuity in various places.,.
Preliminary plans have been made foj;
a boulevard extending from Dorcik'
and Tenth streets, south to Child's'
Point.
McAdoo Takes Measures
To Relieve Coal Shortage
Washington, Dec. 31, Immediate
measures will be taken to relieve the
coal shortage in New England and in
New York, Director McAdoo an3''
nounced today. Orders, he said, will
be issued before night giving to coal
shipments preferential movement.
January ...147,2(9
February ...100,621
Maxell 109,469
April 107.4O1
May 127,034
,lun 106,610
July S9.400
August 133,153
September ,.184.197
October ....250.2R6
November ..222,263
December ..155,676
237, 330
214,056
1S0.S54
105,145
74,113
147,621
261.213
529.535
516,24.1
241,555
268,834
3,229
2,641
1,235
1,044
1,8V.)
1,424
0.4(15
6.341
3,892
1.848
Totals ..1,733,319 2,814, 2S3 3,033,456 32,840
Total Receipts:
Cattle. Hogs. Sheen. H's-M'a
1914 926,694 2.267,34 3,147.434 28,561
1915 1,225,000 2.639,000 3,310,000 41,600
191 1,434,304 3,116.820 3,170.908 37.486
1917 1,733,319 2,814,283 3,033,456 32,840
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308 BROWN BLDG.
(Opposite Brandeis Stores).
16th and Douglas St. Doug. 1936
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HAPPY
NEW YEAR
For the 29th time we wish
all our friends, all our cus
.tomers yea, even those,
alas, who perhaps are now
neither one jior the other,
but who eventually we
hope (really why not
now?) will become both
A HAPPY NEW YEAR
Charles R. Sherman,
Andrew B. McConnell.
Ancient and Recent-History
The firm of Sherman & McConnell was established
in September, 1889, by its present owners and active man
agers, C. R. Sherman and A. B. McConnell. This business
has not grown by "leaps and bounds," but its develop
ment has been of the "slow but sure" sort like the oak,
rather than the catalpa.
In January, 1900, the original store was moved from
its first location at 1513 Dodge to the corner of 16th and
Dodge, where a constantly increasing business is done.
In June, 1907, the second link in our chain of Drug
Stores was forged and established at 16th and Harney.
The chain now has 5 links with prospects that at a very
early date it will be a sextette.
The fire at our warehouse on October 12 was a most
disastrous one and has given us an immense amount of
work, something we do not grudge nearly as much as we
do the annoyance caused our customers and we acknowl
edge now, most gratefully, their patience and good nature.
We are now back in our warehouse at 509-11 So.
12th street, which has been restored and is more commo
dious than ever, and is rapidly being filled with fresh,
clean drug store merchandise.
SHERMAN & McCONNELL
DRUG COMPANY
to
NEW YEAR'S
RESOLVE
The Sherman & McCon
nell Drug Co., by its offic
ers and with the consent,
aid and hearty co-operation
of its 100 or more em
ployes, has resolved
quit "loafing on the iob
and from and after this
date "get busy" and more
than ever live up to the
motto it long since adopt
ed, vizt "To give' the best
in Drug Store Service and
Goods."
Chas. R. Sherman, Pres. & Treas.
A. B. McConnell, V. Pres. & Secy.
D. L. Gaskill, General Manager.
H. C. Goodwin., Mgr. Owl Drug Co.
N. II. Seiler, Mgr. 19th & Farnam.
J. H. Prather, Mgr. 24th & Farnam
Mrs. A. Baker, Mgr. 49th & Dodge.
Miss Marg't. Lyons, Gen. Of. Mgr.
and over 90 other loyal employes.
1621 FARNAM STREET
Starting Wednesday, January 2d, Our Fifth Annual
JANUARY CLEARANCE SALE
Of All Women's Apparel in Our Shop
Women's Suits, Coats, Dresses, Skirts,
Waists and Petticoats Everything Goes
Clearance of the Entire Stock of
WOMEN'S SUITS
In Three Big Sale Groups
$142 1 $1975 1 $242
These Prices Being a Reduction of
MORE THAN ONE-HALF
We won't say much more about the suits. When
garments sell for lesa than half price it's merely
a question of whether or not you need a suit.
All colors, materials and sizes will be femnd in
tho assortment about 125 suits in fell.
January Clearance of All
WOMEN'S COATS
Beautiful, Late Style Models
BOLIVIA BROADCLOTH
POM POM VELOUR
VELVET PLUSH
$25.00 Coats will sell for. . . .$15.00
$45.00 Coats will sell for. . . .$25.00
$50.00 Coats will sell for. . . .$27.50
$55.00 Coats will sell for. .. .$35.00
$65.00 Coats will sell for. .$37.50
$85.00 Coats will sell for. . . .$39.50
Choice of All Silk and Serge Dresses at
AFTERNOON, STREET AND PARTY DRESSES
We frankly admit that our sale last week cut down our dress stock
considerably, but there are still about 95 dresses to select from, and if
you can find one that appeals to you it will prove a wonderful bargain
at half price. Some serge dresses, some silks and a few party frocks
all are unusual values.
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ALL SEPARATE SKIRTS ALL SILK BLOUSES
Silk, Wool Novelties Georgette, Satin, Crepe De Chine
OFF ly OFF
SILK PETTICOATS
Choice of the Shop
One-fifth Off
ALL FUR SETS
Scarf and Muff
One-fourth Off
1621 FARNAM
WOMEN'S SHOP
1621 FARNAM
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In the Spirit
of Civilization
WE HOPE, with you, that the year nine
' teen hundred and eighteen will com
memorate the final victory in mankind's
long struggle for liberty.
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Slowly it has been realized by
Americana that the world ia not yet
free that a false and barbarian
philosophy still delusively sways
certain strong peoples menaces
the rights and privileges so long
commonplace in this Republic.
1
Reluctantly and sadly it has been
our duty to oppose brute force in
the only way intelligible to brute
force to prove again that the
sword of justice must ever triumph
over the sword of iniquity.
Step by step, painfully and with in
finite heart-breaking through the
Roman Empire and the Dark Ages;
the centuries of Feudalism ; the folly
of Religious Intolerance; the des
potism of Kaisers and Kings has
the world steadily been made bet
ter for those who live in it.
Resolutely the free peoples, cement
ed in the most loftly cause, now
march forward to determine once
and for all that Fair Play between
nation and nation and between man
and man shall prevail.
Dimly do we perceive the great and
far-reaching issues of this tremend
ous struggle in which practically the
whole world is now engaged the
intimate and personal influences
which the result is to exert upon the
improvement of the common lot for
generations upon generations to
come.
We know that the test of the United
States is at hand and that if we fail,
the blood of our children will pay
for our betrayal of Democracy.
Let us steadfastly stand together,
our hearts uplifted by the majesty
of our cause, our minds serene in
the knowledge of righteousness and
our hands industrious to the full
measure of our abilities.
In this solemn spirit we wish you a Happy New Year
Nebraska Power Co.
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By J. E. DAVIDSON,
Vic President and General Manager.
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