THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 6, 1919.
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WASH MEN OF
NEBRASKA AND
UTAH JO UNITE
To Effect Combination to
Strengthen the Industry
in the Two
States.
New Firm to Make Packard
Plant Here Equal of Any
. lie potash industry in America,
v rally interesting to thousands of
Nebraskaus, will automatically hold
,ts own in the commercial world,
notwithstanding the threat of Ku-
rT IS ct ilm 1 rips lliut fm'nion luinpil
(i.ir.li will he shipped into the
t 'r.itcd Mutes, according to Theo
love Rodman, half-owner of one of
the largest potash mines in the!
C tiitcd States. Mr. Rodman is n
Omaha in the juterest of effecting
a combination of Nebraska and
Utah potash manufacturers for the
(nurpose of strengthening the in
iuftry. .
"The public has the wrong idea
nf the potash industry. It has
been misinformed of the conditions
met by the western producers of the
product," Mr. Rodman said. "Home
industry in manufacturing and min
ing as well as in retail commerce is
essential to'the United States. The
mines in Utah and the potash lakes
in Nebraska can produce and have
been producing untold quantities of
potafsium chloride and potassium
Mtlphatc. A product 97 per cent pure
i nii:icd in Utah, in comparison
wiih tlic inferior tulphaie which for
f'pi countries are trying to import
into tlii.i country. Thousands of
lO!i of the product from the west
ern mines have been shipped to the
s-iutii and east for farming purposes
The United State can supply the
vui-ld with potash and the by-pro-
f . :
clikiriii" and sodium without relying
tipn'i foreign mines," he continued.
Can Compete With Europe.
''We can compete favorably
J. o. b. Atlantic ports with the for
eign market that received $85 a ton
as a minimum price for potassium
sulphate that holds less percentage
than the American product.
"Thousands of Nebraskaus who
have money invested in potash he
sieged congress at the last session
to place such a heavy duty on the
in. port of foreign potash and its by
products that it would not interfere
with the American market. Repre-
u 1 1 t -1 1 1 if ft i? - f 91 nrWiL'li tiiuiAc nisi til
,n minium j i v i (MViaoit inuiv lilt in
Denver Wednesday night for the
nnrnncfl rf nrfTnniv;irr flirt Mfitirtiinl
'ill V'l Ul f Ullllllf, ili l,,IWtlftl
Association of Potash Producers,
which movement Mr. Rodman is in
Omaha to launch. Willis TL. Reed,
former attorney general of Ne
braska, is an exponent of the idea.
Dr. G. E. Condra, state geologist
and government inspector of potash
mines, has recommended these ef
forts in stabilizing the industry.
"In my personal opinion, the fu
ture potash industry of the United
States will depend upon the methods
adopted by the government in keep
ing out of this country the inferior
grades of potash that ire mined by
foreign nations," Mr. Condra said.
11 13 IIIIV IU1 llflllgll LUllllllKa lull
produce high-grade potash, but an
exorbitant, price far above that for
which American mines can produce
it will be asked."
Interest in Move.
W. 11. Osterberg. vice-president
of the Western Alkali Retiring com
pany, Omaha, and W. P. Sharp,
known as the "Potash , King" of
Anieiica, are interested in the or
ganization of potash investors.
A chief advantage of the Amer
ican mined potash over the product
JU.IItU 111 luiiftii vv m. 1. , o ,0
.'purity of the potash, M-. Sharp said.
T . i L1 .1.
in gome western mine, noiaoiy mc
" Aluminum Potash Mines of Utah,
740 pounds of aluminum, a raw pro
duct 97 per cent pure, ar obtained
out of each ton of potash mined.
Sulphuric acid is also obtained in
large quantities. Potassium sul
phate from the Utah mines is selling
for as high as $40U a ton, manu
facturers say.
Australian Workers' j
Lot Is Better Than i
That of Europeans!
r ., A . f' A 'IP A
.Meinourne, .'usirBiia, .April 0. mi
interesting' comparison between ,
Australian and French labor and liv
ing condition! was made by Com
missioner Thonisen, of the French '
mission to Australia, previous to his j
departure foivthe United States. j
Commissioner Thomsen stated,
to begy with, that the condition of j
the Australian worker was prefer
able to that of the worker of any
European country. The reason for
that, he said, was the universal ap-
plication of the eight-hour day. Part
of the uncertainty of the conditions
of European labor is the lack of a
uniform international working day. '
In England certain factious are
clamoring for a six-hour day, while
in many countries on the continent
the day of labor may mean anything
from eight to twelve hours.
The commissioner pointed out that
wages in Australia wert, generally
much higher than in France and the
rest of Europe, with the exception
that the highly skilled laborer re
ceived more in France than in Aus
tralia. It appeared to M. Thomsen that
the Australian worker was better
housed and better dressed than the
French worker, and that was due to
the fact that taxation, does not fall
so heavily upon the Australian work
ing class as it does upon the French.
Regarding food, the commissioner
thought the Frenchman had his ally
of the Southern Cross at a disadvan
tage, despite the high prices current
in France. This was dueT in his opin
ion, to the greater thriftiness of the
French housekeeper.
M. Thomsen admired very much
;the wide legislative power for labor
laws possessed by Australian states,
as compared with France.
CHICAGO NOW CLAIMS
3,000,000 POPULATION
Chicago, April 5. Postoffice au
sterities and the Reuben H. Don
nelley corporation, publishers of the
'city directory, estimate that Chi
cago has passed the 3,000,000 mark,
almost a million more than the cen
sus of 1910. If this is true, Chicago
may be larger today than Paris, and
the fourth city of the world instead
of the fifth.
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J. E. Hoyt.
Three Men Who Make Up
the Firm Plan to Have
Most Complete Organ
ization. Omaha is soon to have a Pack
ard .organization equal invery ex
tent to the organizations which
have been built up in cities as New
York, Detroit and Chicago The
firm of Hurst-Bury & Hoyt, who
have recently taken over the dis
tributors' contract for Packard
automobiles and trucks in this terri
tory, have for some time been in
very close touch with the Packard
organization. In fact Mr. Uury and
Mr. Hoyt have been actually con
nected with the Packard organiza
tion for a considerable length of
time.
t-rank J. Bury is the man who is
largely responsible for the universal
service plan which the Packard
factory has been working on dur
ing fhe nast feiV vears. It is laree-O.
iy through the efforts of Mr. Bury
that this plan of handling and
checking service work has been per
fected. Mr. Bury devoted a great
deal of time to this particular branch
of the work. He was mauager of
the service department of the De
troit branch.
J. E- Hoyt has been connected with
the automobile industry since, he
was a young boy. His first work
was at Flint, Mich., where he was
connected with the Durant-Dort
combination. Later Mr. Hoyt
joined the Packard people and has
been pfliinected with the Detroit or
ganization for a number of years.
During the Packard sales contest
conducted in 191 7, Hoyt ranked as
second best salesman in the United
States.
Wil!iam A. Hurst, who is the sen
ior member of the firm has been
connected with the Detroit activities
for a number of years. Mr. Hurst
has been actively engaged in the
furniture business during the past 20
years and through this connection
has traveled extensively in almost
every state in the union. Omaha,
according to Mr. Hurst, has been
the point at t which he ultimately
hoped to locate.
Among Detroit activities which
Mr. Hurst had been interested in is
the building of the Detroit Golf
club. This club has been com
mented on by club enthusiasts all
over the country, and it was largely
through the efforts of Mr. Hurst
and a few other Detroit golf en-
i- '"&y Vis;
Frank J. Bury.
?-i,Arrra, Mum v mi , iiftiiiilir W
Farewell Given Doughboys in
France Quiet and Dreary
France, Which Turned Out to Greet Yankees as Libera
tors from Hun Yoke Year Ago, Is Now Sick of Sol
diers and Uniforms and Seeks Peace's Quietness.
After Library, Music
Is Plan of Carnegie
Trust for Education
Edinburgh. April 5. After li
braries, music.
Nearly 2.130,000 ($10,600,000)
has been devoted by Andrew Car
negie and the Carnegie United King
dom Trust in the building of town
libraries, and the trust has now re
affirmed its decision to suspend the
making of building grants and to
confine attention, so far as town li
brary work is concerned, to the
liquidation of library debts.
The latest activities c-f the trust,
according to the report, are in the
domain of music.
Sooner or later, the report states,
the trustees will have to consider
whether they can in any practical
way encourage the actual perform
ance of the finest native music, or
whether the matter is one best left
to private enterprise.
A high tribute is paid to the "Old
Vic," in London, its low prices and
the high standard of its dramatic
and operatic performances.. The
trust has co-operated in putting the
affairs of the "Old Vic" on a more
satisfactory basis, and will co-operate
in any scheme that may be
drawn up with the object of insur
ing that the place shall continue its
great educational work.
In the Scottish Education act the
new tounty authorities can institute
rural liberty schemes and the trus
tees offer to co-operate. They are
disappointed, however, that there is
no such provision in the English
act; hence "they feel considerable
hesitation in actively promoting fur
ther developments south of the
Tweed."
Council's Attention Called
to Broken Glass in Streets
Broken glass strewn on Omaha
pavements called forth a protest
from the municipal affairs commit
tee of the Chamber of Commerce.
A recommendation t the city ad
ministration to keep the stree's free
of broken glass was sent to the
mayor.
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Beer Test Suit Begun.
New York, April S. The James
Everard's breweries, sued by a mi
nority stockholder in an injunction
suit brought to test the constitution
ality of the wartime prohibition act,
and the validity of government
ings that beer of one-half of per
cent or more alcoholic content is in
toxicating, filed an answer in the
federal court today, asking for Ju
dicial determination of intoxicaata.
Wra. A. fcurst.
thusiasts that this club wt made
possible.
The new Packard organization
plan upon a Packard service which
will equal in every way the service
which is given to Packard owners at
points where branches are estab
lished. It will, of course, take some
little time to work out all of the
plans which are now under way but
the members of the new organiza
tion assure us that within a very
short time Omaha will be equipped
to compete '-with any point in the
United States in the matter of Pack
ard service.
By JAY JEROME WILLIAMS.
(1'iilvrrtal Ncrvlce Staff t'orrmponilent,
Wha Hjw Just Rrturoed From France.)
Washington, April 5. If the' peo
ple of the Atlantic sea coast towns,
which every day now see the return
of American soldiers, could picture
the cheerless, gloomy departure of
j those soldiers from France, they
I would keep the flags flying, bands
playing and all reception commit
tees going full blast until every last
Yank had stepped from overseas
transports.
The American doughboy, despite
his -wonderful fighting ability, is
sentimental nd all the weary
months spent in a strange land,
among strange people, who some
how don't seem able to understand
him, increase the sentiment that
overwhelms him when he sees the
shores of his homeland peering over
the horizon.
Back a Year, Ago.
To obtain a correct perspective of
the average doughboy a feelings one
must go back to those stirring days
of last spring and summer when (lie
German horde was sweeping over
France and when France chilled by
thfi dread of horrible invasion
waHfd numbly for assistance.
Then the khaki-clad columns of
American youths whet-Stepped from
transports in practically every
French port, were hailed as de
liverers. Nothing was too good for
them. The populace greeted them
with cheers. Pretty girls tossed flow
ers and kisses at them. Inland towns
turned out en masse to hail them
as they marched forward to that
particular bit of hades once known
as the western front. Those were
the days "When the memory of
Lafayette were awakened and those
were the days when th Yankee
doughboy struggled laboriously to
master the new language and strag
gled a good deal more laboriously
1
to hold whatever seotor the high
command happened to order him to
hold.
But and one might say "alas"
times have changed. Once the
words "tinit la guerre" were heard,
times -began to change. The thou
sands of marching men who, their
work done, have begun to retrace
their steps to the coast towns and
to look for long-awaited orders to
embark for America. These past
few months have seen no flowers
tossed to our soldiers, neither have
they seen the plaudits of the crowds,
neither have they seen the happy
comraderie that characterizes the
other days when danger threatened
and we were the young colussus
"come out ofthe west."
Seeks Gratitude Tokens
The doughboy cannot understand
it. To be sure, he does not expect
l: a j -L.
ciiici idiiiiuciiia, iivwai nuu opecun-
es, but he would like some little
token of gratitude and wonders why
none is forthcoming. Ihis is not
written; in condemnation xof the
French, for the gnorance that a
strange language engenders prevents
many a quiet word of thanks to the
Yank soldier from the average
Frenchman otL woman. And then,
too, France weary of war and
weary of men in uniform for the
latter have'' constituted its chief
spectacle for the past fouY and one-
half years. y
Underpaid Paris a Worry.
Paris, April S. While cosmopoli
tan and war profiteering Paris is rol
licking in the relier 01 the' armis
tice there is another Paris, the
French hard-working, underpaid Pa
ris, that is silent and saturnine,
struggling with the inflated prices,
not too well fed, wondering when
the real peace will begin, greatly
troubled, and just a tittle menacing.
It is this Paris that is worrying M.
Llemenceau in these days. ' t
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STORAGE BATTERY Willard 12-volt.
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