THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11. 1918.
Is Formed By
Exhibit in Annex
nex to the Auditorium have banded
nd will make things hum during the
orchestra and will have a ladies'
nt.
a some special decorations for the
one of the beauty spots of the show.
Ot in the annex are as follows :
CARS
Monroe and Velie.
Stutz, Lexington and Maibohm.
Cadillac.
Pilot and Moline Knight.
Nash.
Oldsmobile.
White.
Oakland.
Overland and Willys-Knight.
Hupmobile and Roamer.
Chalmers and Harroun.
e show association are the Crumb
otor Car company, who will have
WANTS U.S.T0 FIX
PRICE ON COTTON
AS VELLAS WOOL
Voiland Tells Retail Clothiers
That it is Necesasry to
Stabilize the In
dustry. Government-fixed prices on wool
and cotton were advocated before the
Nebraska Retail Clothiers' convention
at the Hotel Fontenelle yesterday
by Fred Voiland of Topeka, Kan.,
vice president of the Kansas Retail
Clothiers' association.
"Nothing has so stabilized the mill
ing industry in America." he said,
"as the fixing of prices of wheat and
flour. The miller can go ahead now
and know what he must pay for his
wheat and what profit he is allowed
on his flour. But we clothiers are
groping about in the dark under such
chaotic conditions that we do not
know half the time whether we are
solvent or insolvent.
"The millers feed the people; we
clothe the people. One is as neces
sary as the other, and we want our
business stabilized.
Wants Goods Labeled.
"We want things so regulated that
the goods we sell can be labeled as
to what they contain. We want
things fixed so that no man can sell
goods and say to the buyer, 'This
contains 35 per cent virgin wool,'
when as a matter of fact it is 90 per
cent shoddy. We should so push
our cause that no man would dare to
run for congress unless he consults
us. You should so influence the peo
ple who come into your store, the
voters, that they will go out and vote
for the man who will do something to
stabilize business. When you do that
you are only doing your duty as an
American citizen.
"Get this matter before congress;
keep it before congress. Don't be
afraid to put it up to your congress
men and press the point. Be rather
like the Spartan of old who said, 'I
care not to know the number of the
enemy show him to me.' "
Different in Germany.
Mr. Voiland developed his morning
talk into a speech of burning patriot
ism, eulogized the flag, praised the old
Teutonic blood which came early to
America and tcday makes up much
of the substantial stock of America,
but said, "Today it is different in Ger
many. The poisonous philosophies
have changed that nation. And there
are German language newspapers in
this country which are spreading se
dition in our midst still. The day
will come when no man in America
will dare to use commercially any
language aher than English, except
in a cultural way. There are two
kinds of Huns today. They are the
Huns in the trenches in Europe and
the Huns in America who are spread
ing sedition here. We have here the
Hun who, with his slimy, seditious
philosophy, is the one we must first
down before we can whip the Hun
across the water."
P. J. Tracy of Chicago, salesman
ager of B. Kuppenheimer & Co., spoke
on the shortage of young men due to
the war. He declared that the war
has not taken as large a per cent of
the young men out of the industries
as some suppose. He said hardly 20
per cent of the young men have been
taken as yet.
Take Advantage of Raise.
John Flynn of the South Side got
loud applause from the delegates
when he insisted that the dealer has
a right to sell his goods at the pres
ent retail market price, no matter
whether lie bought the goods six
months or a year ago on a lower mar
ket or not.
"Take your profit now," he said,
"and lay aside something against the
day when the depression comes, for
the depression will follow some day
on the heels of these inflated prices.
I have been in the business since the
civil war, and I have seen the ups
and downs."
This discussion followed after E.
D. Voorehis of Kansas City had made
his talk on doing business in war
times. Mr. Flynn did not understand
Voorehis correctly, and said he had
understood the Kansas City man to
advocate smaller profits for the
clothier.
Cost Doesn't Count.
"Yes, you are entitled to the price
overalls are worth on the market to
day," Mr. Voorehis assured him, no
matter what they were worth when
you bought them."
Bert A. Wilcox, vice president of
the Omaha National bank, read a pa
per on the financial aspect of the
great war. The paper was prepared
by Walter Head, vice president of the
Omaha National bank, who was called
out of town by telegram, and hence
could not fill the engagement.
The Merchants' Market Week com
mittee of Omaha, entertained the
delegates last night at an Orpheum
party.
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Womemis (Set Yow Share of the SairgainDs,
SPECIAL FOR THURSDAY IN ONE BIG LOT
Ladies' Novelty Boots
Shoe Market's Price
$6.00 and $7.00
Gray Boots, Ivory Boots,
English Walking Shoes,
Black Kid Lace Boots,
with covered Louis heel or
leather, Black and White
Boots, will go Thursday
Ladies' Novelty Boots
Shoe Market Price, $6, $7, $8
Gray Boots, White Boots, Brown
Boots, Combination Boots, with
fine cloth top to match: English
$1
Ladies' Brown Kid and
Tan Walking Boots
Shoe Market Price, $8.00
Styles Walking Boots in all brown kid and tan
calf with the new walking heels, also tan com
bination cloth top boots. Our -
price in this sale special, at j J jj
House
iers
Values
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Ladies' Rubbers
1,000 Pairs
Foot holds, storm rubbers,
plain rubbers, high heel or low
, . .t i
heel ruDDers, snoe n A
market price 85c. IC OB ,
All go in tnis
sale
iets, with rub
t inside. Prin
th hand turn
house slipper
' price in this
at
Filisses9 Dress Slices
Sizes up to 2. Shoe market
price, $4.00. Beautiful patent
leather button shoes with fine
white boot cloth tops. A real
bargain. Go in this great sale at
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WTI'; dressy boots Aft H
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$1.29
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Come early for These
Ladies'
Pumps
Over 800 Pairs
From SHOE MARKET
Sioux City Stock
Beautiful Pumps,
Strap Slippers in patent
leather, dull kid, bright
kid, with Louis and mili
tary heels, hand-turned
or welt soles. Come
down early Thursday.
t a pair at
i n i-
e ana military uoois
SHOE MARKET PRICE
$6 AND $7.
Ladies'
Boudoir Slippers
Black kid with soft soles
and lined in white. Just
the slipper for bedroom
wear. They go at only. . .
Splendid styles,
smart Black Kid,
fine Black Calf with
extra fine Grey
Boot Cloth Top
with the Military
Low Heels, go in
this sale
at nirtsii .
Lace iVM
$2.48
Ladies' Kid Boots-Black
Regular $6.00 Value Beautiful
soft black kid 9-inch lace boots with
Louis heel. Ladies, these are fine,
dressy shoes. Get a pair at
$3
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Baby Shoes
Regular $1.50 Values Pairs and pairs
and naira nf thf.HP. fine little shoes in all V I
black kid, all dull kid and patent with
dull tops. Sizes 1 to 6, now ,
J
Little Men's Shoes
Splendid grade calf. Just like dad's.
Wide toes that fit. Blucher lace style.
Also in button. This is the shoe for wet
weather. Sizes 9 to 13. In this sale at. .
80
Baby Shoes-Hi-Cut Styles
1.7
$2.50 Values Fancy colors
and trimmincrs. with hand-
turned soles, go in this sale
at
SHOE
CO.
1512
Douglas
Rubbers! Rubbers!
For Little girls, misses and chil
dren. Sizes up to 2. 300 pairs, all
go in this big sale. Shoeyl jj
Market price, 65; sale prict,l'
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SEE5SS3
Booth in Postoffice at
Gordon for War Stamps'
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Special war savings booth installed
in the postoffice at Gordon, Neb., by
Postmaster Charles M. Rebbeck. A
little miss from the grades is in
charge of the booth. The children
take a half day each at this work. The
first live days $375 worth ut stamps
were sold at the booth. Tostniaster
Rebbeck suggests that there should
be one of these special booths in every,
second and third class postoffice in
Nebraska.
EACH SAMMIE HAS
100 POUNDS A DAY
That Much Oross Tonnage is
Required to Be Landed in
France for Every Ameri
can Soldier.
Chicago, Feb. 13. To maintain the
American amy in France 100 pounds
of gross tonnage a day must be
landed at French ports for each man,
according to Captain Earl J. Zimmer
nan, executive officer in the depot
quartermaster's department here.
"The American people have no con
ception of the quantity of supplies
needed for the men 'over there,' " said
Captain Zimmernan, "nor cf the dif
ficulty in getting it to them. For ex
ample it takes 23,000,000 pounds of
frozen beef each month to feed a mil
lion soldiers."
In f vnlaininc the food sunnlv of the
American soldiers abroad and the
manner in which it must be sent, Lap-
tain Zimmerman gave a general pic
ture of the difficulties of the quar
termasters' corps in constantly main
taining a sufficient quantity ot tooa.
According to his statement, the men
in France are on a "garrison ration"
the same as soldiers at cantonments
in this country. This ration is five
pounds a man, each day. This weight,
however, includes eating utensils and
container. For a million men 150,
000,000 pounds of rations a month
are required, amounting to 4,000 car
loads. A list of the food required for a mil
lion men for 30 days would include
the following:
23,000,000 pounds of frozen beef.
37,500,000 pounds of flour.
6,000,000 pounds of bacon.
2,000,000 cans of beef.
1,000,000 cans corned beei.
1,000,000 cans corned beef hash.
3,000,000 pounds of sugar.
2,400,000 pounds of coffee.
973,000 pounds of butter.
At all times, Captain Zimmernan
said, a 30-day supply is maintained in
France.
Miss Tobitt Says People
Should Read All the News
"It is the duty of everyone to read
all the news all the time during the
war," is the statement of Miss Tobitt.
public librarian.
Not only news but all important
discussions of the war that is written,
should be read and studied by every
citizen of the United States, according
to Miss Tobitt, and she says the pub
lic comes pretty well up to this stand
ard, as is shown by the fact that re
cently 1,500 books were loaned out in
one day, and during the month of
January 40,000 books were taken from
the library.
Rotarians to Charter Car
For Trip to Cedar Rapids
Omaha Rotary club will have a
large representation at the tenth dis
trict conference in Cedar Rapids, la.,
February 2-and 22. It was decided
at the weekly luncheon In the Fonte
nelle Wednesday noon to charter a
special car for those who will go.
Edwin S. Jewell, manager of the
City National Bank building, spoke
on "Modern Office Building Service."
B. P. Billings was chairman of the
meeting.
Cocoanut Oil Makes
A Splendid Shampoo
If you want to keep your hair in
good condition, be careful what you
wash it with.
Most soaps and prepared shampoos
contain too much alkali. This dries
the scalp, makes the hair brittle, and
is very harmful. Just plain mulsified
cocoanut oil (which is pure and en
tirely greaseless), is much better than
the most expensive soap or anything
else you can use for shampooing, as
this can't possibly injure the hair.
Simply moisten your hair with
water and rub it in. One or teaspoon-
fuls will make an abundance of rich,
creamy lather, and cleanses the hair
and scalp thoroughly. The lather
rinses out easily and removes every
particle of dust, dirt, dandruff and
excessive oil. The hair dries quickly
and evenly, and it leaves it fine and
silky, bright, fluffy and easy to man-
a?:
You can get mulsified cocoanut on
at most any drug store. It is very
cheap, and a few ounces is enough
to last everyone in the family lor
months. Advertisement.
"RICH FARMER" IS
WRONG IDEA, SAYS
CATTIi EXPERT
Charles Graff of Bancroft,
Neb., Returns From Wash- j
ington After Conference
With U. S. Officials.
Charles Graff of Bancroft, lTcb.( (
prominent breeder of red polled cat
tle, stopped in Omaha on his way
home from a meeting of the federal
board of farm organizations in Wash
ington, which was held to bring to
President Wilson's attention the need
ot speeding up governmental macntn- f
ery to insure large lartn production
this year.
"The popular idea that the farm
ers are getting rich is all wrong,"
said Mr. Graff. 'Trices to the con
sumer are high in many instances,
but what the farmer gets is often be
low the cost of production. Now the
farmer must have living prices for
what he raises. If he doesn't get
them he must abandon the farm. Al
ready a large number of farms near
excellent markets lie idle for lack
of a living return.
Six Chief Causes.
"We laid before President Wilson
six chiet causes which, unless they ;
are removed, win ormg aDour. a
smaller crop this year. They are the'
shortage of farm labor, shortage of
duction, lack of reasonable credit, ex-
elusion of the farmer from his right
and necessary share in the conduct of
the war and deep-seated doubt
whether he can raise the crops de
manded of him and still pay his debts
and support his family.
"The farmer wants to fulfill the du
ties laid upon him by the times, but
he cannot make bricks without straw,
and unless the farmers of the United
States fill the mouths of ourselves
and.ur allies they will not be filled.
"Snfce the war began and before tht
first draft for our own army there it
reason to believe that more workert
had left the farm than there are men
in our army and navy together,
drawn away by high wages paid in
war industries. These place remain
unfilled.
Boys Not Farmers.
"The present shortage in farm labor
cannot be made up by inexperienced
boys from high schools or laborer!,
from the towns.
"Interest rates to farmers for short
time loans should not be higher than'
to other borrowers of equal responsi
bility. Millions of acres were idle
and will be idle next summer because
the money to buy seed and subsist
ence will be lacking. We understand
that the federal reserve banks have f
recently taken steps which will make
it still harder for farmers to get short
time credit.
"We are facing a shorter crop thil
year than last unless these impedi
ments can be removed promptly, in.
which case it is still possible to se
cure increased production from the
farms of America at the coming ha-vest."
More Women Are at Work
In Union Pacific Shops
Women have been added to the
working forces in the Union Pacific
shops until the number has reached
between 30 and 40. While most of
them are employed in the car clean- !
ing and upholstering departments, I
there are 12 at work as machinists' J
helpers.
While it is not expected that women I
will take the places of all the men in (
the Union Pacific shops, they will be
gradually worked in until there will
be a good many more than now. j
Foremen in the shops assert that in
doing light work women perform the j
duties required of them equally as ;
well as do the men. .They are apt f
pupils and generally show a great in-2
terest in their work. They are em-ij
ployed mainly on account of it being j
impossible to find a sufficient number f
of men to take the places of the for- J
mer male employes who have en- ii
listed, or gone into other fields of
labor.
Jules Falk, Violinist, to f
Give Concert in Omaha f
Jules Falk, Belgian violinist, assist-
ed by Malvina Ehrlich, pianist, and
Gertrude Arnold, contralto, will give
a recital for the benefit of the jj
Woman's Christian Temperance union
at the Young Women's Christian' a
sociation Friday night at 8:15. "4