THE BEE: OMAHA, 'lHUxxoDAy, AliiiUS' V, 1H19.
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PACKERS ARE TO
BLAME FOR HIGH
PRICE OF SHOES
Federal Trade Commission
Characterizes Prices Charged
by All Parties Concerned
as Being "Unjustifiable."
Washington, Aug. 6. The high
price of shoes was declared to be
due to excessive profits taken by
every -factor in the shoe production
industry in a report by the federal
trade commission to congress made
public today. The packers were
charged with having begun the pyra
miding of shoe prices by an unwar
ranted increase in the price of hides,
the supply of which they were said
to control. On top of this, the tan
ners have taken "exceptional pro
fits," while the shoe manufacturers
have demanded an "unusual mar
gin," and the retailers have charged
prices that are "not justifiable."
The commission's report covers
' the four-year period from 1914 to
1918.
To show that the packers have
made unwarranted increases in the
price of "packer" hides, the report
pointed out that the price differen
tial between their hides and "coun
try" hides hides of a lower grade
has increased "far beyond the usual
proportion." Charges of excessive
profits against the tanner and the
shoe manufacturer were said to be
supported by "the high rates of re
turn on investments" in both indus
tries following the price increases.
"The public," said the report, "had
to pay prices for shoes that not only
could not be justified because retail
shoe dealers took too much profit
but because the dealer had to pliss
on to the consumer the execessive
profits received byv butchers for
hides and also the excess profits of
tanners and shoe manufacturers."
Proposes Relief Plan.
I "Some relief from the intolerable
prices paid by consumers for shoes
may be had," the commission said,
"by:
"(1) A rigid enforcement of the
laws against monopolistic control of
commodities.
"(2) Legislation forbidding pro
ducers of hides engaging in the tan
ning business, and
"(3) The adoption of a device in
the distribution of shoes that will
acquaint the consumer with the spell
ing prices of the manufacturer."
While noting that because of in
creases in the costs of materials
during the war period "prices were
bound to advance considerably even
Ice Gold Lemonade
From Sunkist Lemons
Free All Week At
Union Outfitting Go. 1
August Furniture Sale
Sets New Records
for Value-Giving
in Furniture
One-Legged Boy Is
One of Contestants
In Airplane Contest
Vernon Ridgeway, 14 years old,
5823 South Fifteenth street, is one
of the 75 boys under 18 years old
who will participate in the miniature
airplane contest to be held Satur
day in Miller park by the Burgess
Nash company. Unassisted, Ridge
way assembled the parts and con
structed the machine, which is
modeled after the Curtiss plane.
The planes will be driven by rub
ber bands attached to the propellers.
All of them are made of silk and
glue. The following prizes have
been offered: Miniature airplane
valued at $40, $10 in cash, $5 in
cash and a $15 cash free for all
prize.
The contest is scheduled to be
gin at 3:30 in the afternoon.
Everything From a Sin
gle Piece To Com
plete Suites Priced
at Big Savings
Better and better are the
values which the Union Out
fitting Company is offering
during their August Furniture
Sale made possible by the
purchase of thousands of dol
lars worth of high grade fur
niture from leading makers
over the country.
Guaranteed dependable
furniture for every part of the
home in new and beautiful de
signs with the best of work
manship can be had now at
considerably less than usual.
In conjunction with their
August Sale, the Union Out
fitting Company is serving Ice
Cold Lemonade made from
plump, ripe, juicy, Sunkist
Lemons to all visitors to the
store.
Bring In the children when
down town shopping. No pur
chase, whatsoever, is neces
sary. California Sunkist Lemons
are very juicy and tart. They
are picked by gloved hands,
thoroughly cleansed and wrap
ped in clean tissue. The best
lemon of all for summer
drinks.
though no large profits were ob
tained." the commission said leather
manufacturers, shoe manufacturers
and retail shoe merchants all made
"unprecedented profits."
Tanners Also to Blame.
"Even in 1914 the tanning indus
try was prosperous," said the re
port, "in perhaps a majority of cases
earnings were 10 per cent or more,
and only a few suffered losses. By
1916 and 1917 it was rather unusual
for a company to earn less than 20
per cent. A similar comparison for
manufacturers of shoes shows that
more than twice as many made a
profit of 20 per cent or more in 1916
and 1917 as did in 1914.
"The rate of return on investment
to shoe merchants cannot be stated,
but it is evident from the volume of
business they had, and from the
gross margins of profit they secured
per pair of shoes, that their busi
ness was very profitable.
"Taking into consideration all the
circumstances, especially the cir
cumstances that the United States
was engaged in war, the large profits
taken by slaughterers for hides, by
shoe manufacturers and retail shoe
dealers cannot be justified, and there
is consequently no justification for
prices that consumers have been
compelled to pay for shoes."
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Zimman, Keeper of
New City Market, Seeks
Grocers' Friendship
City Commissioner Zimman said
yesterday that the first thing he
wants to do in opening the municipal
grocery stores authorized by the
city council Tuesday is to get the
friendship and co-operation of the
retail grocers.
"I have been ordered to run these
stores," he said. "I think they are
a foolish proposition, but I will
carry out the order of the council.
"Retail grocers are not profiteers.
They have a hard struggle to make
a living. I know this from experi
ence. 1 have faith that the grocers
will not oppose our municipal
grocery stores."
Mr. Zimman will try to hold a
meeting with the directors of the
Omaha Grocers' and Butchers' as
sociation to establish a friendly feel
ing for the new institution.
He has sent a man to the whole
sale markets to familarize himself
with conditions so that he will be
able to do the buying for the first
municipal grocery store now being
fitted up in the basement of the
auditorium.
People have called up for posi
tions as clerks, to sell him scales,
cash registers and other necessary
equipment.
Couple Decides to
Start life' Over Again;
Judge Revokes Divorce
"A man should consider his wife
a business partner and discuss his
financial affairs with her. Scores of
Omaha women have no idea whether
their husbands are worth $5,000 or
$100,000. ,The ability of a man and
his wife to part with some, of their
rights and cast aside some of their
individuality is a gauge of the happi
ness of their married life."
This was the advice of Judge Day
to Amy and Fred Murphy, who ap
peared in district court yesterday
and asked that their divorce decree
be set aside. Judge Day granted Mrs.
Murphy a divorce and the custody
of her four children last February.
At their request he revoked the de
cree. While Judge Day was lecturing on
married life the 9-month-old baby
boy whom Mr. Murphy was holding
cooed with delight.
"I -believe he knows what's going
on," smiled the judge.
It was a happy occasion.
Eighteen million pounds of gran
ulated sugar are now piled up in
New Orleans warehouses and other
storages, captive and idle. This
waa bought for the use of the army
and navy during the war, but it is
na lona-ar needed for that DUTDOSC.
BRITISH RAGING
FANS 'MIKED' OUT
OF HALF MILLION
Clubs Said to Refuse to Pay
for Bet Tickets Put In
Circulation by
Crooks.
Staff Correspondent of FniTeraal, Service.
Special Cable Dispatch.
London, Aug. 6. A $500,000 swin
dle has just begun 1o be uncovered
in England in connection with the
famous Calcutta sweepstakes on the
derby run at Epsom Downs June 4,
last, details of which Universal Serv
ice offers with due reservation, ow
ing to the fact that the whole trans
action is technically outside the law
and it is almost impossible to verify
the charges in a manner in which
they would pass in a court of law.
From the sporting writer of a
famous London daily, Universal
Service gleans the story of a gang
of clever crooks who for the first
time in the history of the derby
traded on the hitherto inviolable
name of the Calcutta Turf club to
issue spurious tickets to the derby
sweepstakes made by their own
printing press. They cleaned up a
sum estimated at $500,000 from the
British Sporting club.
The reason why the scandal was
hushed up among all prominent
clubs, it is hinted, lies in the likeli
hood of some members of the clubs
being involved in the swindle. The
delay in the scandal becoming
known, even among the inner circles
of turf fans, is explained by the
fact that the tickets must be sent to
Calcutta for collection by Indian
banks, the British lottery law not
obtaining in India. The club's re
fusal to pay the "winnings" on the
spurious tickets is just beginning
to be noised about in London.
Tn more than one club along Pall
Mall and the Piccadilly, there is
said to he a tremendous uproar fol
lowing the revelation, but the in
nate aversion of the British press
against publishing such "sensations"
has prevented a whisper of the scan
dal from becoming public so far. .
It must be borne in mind, though,
that the British law technically for
bids gambling on races. The law is
more or less of a dead letter, and
tickets on the derby sweepstakes
are bought by earls and coster mon
gers alike. Hitherto the Calcutta
sweepstakes has been above suspi
cion and. almost a national institu
tion, which explains the extent of
the present scandal.
Welfare Board Investigates
Conditions In Laundries
An industrial survey of the Oma
ha laundries is being made by the
Welfare board following complaints
received that working conditions are
bad. Sixteen of the 24 laundries in
the city have been investigated. Su
perintendent Weirich of the Welfare
board will make a report when the
survey is completed.
Divorce
Courts
Josephine Williams asks the dis
trict court for a divorce from Ed
ward Lee Williams on the grounds
of cruelty and non-support. They
were married on June 11, 1917.
George Gland is charged with de
sertion in a divorce petition filed in
district court by Julia A. Gland.
They were married in Arcadia, La.,
on August 31, 1905.
Lida Schneider asks the district
court for a divorce from Fred
Schneider on the grounds of cruelty
Thev were married in Omaha on
February 17, 1912.
Judge Day, sitting in district
court, granted Grace Luders a di
vorce from Ludwig Luders on the
grounds of cruelty.
A divorce decree was granted
Bertha W. Carda from Mike Carda
Great Britain Plans
Central Agency to
Handle Profiteers
London, Aug. 6. Great Britain
purposes establishing a central au
thority to deal with profiteering, it
was announced by Sir Auckland
Geddes, minister of reconstruction,
at the resumption today of the hear
ings by the House of Commons sit
ting as a select committee to inquire
into the high cost of living and pro
fiteering. Sir Auckland said this central au
thority, according to the govern
ment's plan, wohld be associated
with local and county tribunals.
Newspapers would be asked for in
connection with the project, and an
increase in penalties put into effect.
on the gnounds of cruelty by Judge
Wakley, in district court. They
were married in Springfield, "S. D.,
on October 6, 1906.
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On Sale Thursday at 9 a. m,
THIS is the pre-announced sale of our great purchase of women's footwear from the Regent Shoe Co., 205 South
15th St., Omaha. For years they have carried on a reputable shoe business they sold nothing but the best
high grade shoes of standard make. Because of the marvelous growth of their men's shoe business and because
of lack of space and their decision to devote their entire store to the men's business, The Regent Shoe Co. sold
us their entire stock of high-grade footwear for women. This great purchase enables us to place on sale Thurs
day, their entire stocks of women's pumps and oxfords
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Regent Shoe Co.'s Prices
THESE pumps and oxfords are the products of the very best makers, and can be bought with every confidence that they
will give satisfaction in every way. Of the many styles, 17 are illustrated here. Here's an opportunity to combine the
very latest styles with the very best of quality and the most unusual of value. Sizes 2 to 10 and widths AAA to C
Regent's 5 Eyelet Oxfords
at Exactly V3 Less
Made in plain toe or fancy tip, long receding
last or short vamp, Goodyear and hand turned soles,
full Louis covered or low leather walking heels.
Grey Kid, Patent Colt,
Dull Kid, Gun Metal Calf.
Russian Calf Skin, White Kid,
White Canvas, Black Suede
Regent's Plain or Colonial
Buckle Pumps at V3 Less
Pumps made up with fancy bows and Colonial
buckles, high tongue or plain tailor made, in full
Louis covered or low leather walking heels. Turned
or welted soles.
Grey Suede, Black Dull Leather,
Patent Colt or Kid
White Kid, Canvas, Russian Kid or
Chocolate Kid, Black and Gun-Metal Calf.
All Regent
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and oxfords,
and oxfords,
and oxfords,
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and oxfords,
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and oxfords,
and oxfords,
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1-3 off, 4.34
l-3xff, 4.67
1-3 off, 5.00
1-3 off, 5.34
1-3 off, 5.67
1-3 off, 6.00
1-3 off, 6.34
1-3 off, 6.67
1-3 off, 7.00
1-3 off, 7.34
These are the very latest styles fashions that will be worn late into the Fall. Plan to buy several pairs at least.
As an added attraction Thursday and for the benefit of those desiring to' wear these Pumps and Oxfords late in the Fall, we place on
sale the. Regent Shoe Company's stock of Spats, as follows:
Regents Prices Were $4 to $60ur Price
These spats were made by a well known eastern maker; they combine all that
one might want in style and quality.
Come in brown and white, cream, champagne or fancy effects.
Come with pearl buttons ; a most wonderful lot of spats at this unusual price.
FOR CR0W1NC OMAHA
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The very newest of styles j
seventeen of which are 1
illustrated here.
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