r .:
U. S.fROSPERdUS
DESPITE STRIKES,
REPORTS SHOW
Strong Demand for Commodi
ties, Verging Upon peck-
' lessness in Buying, Noted
by Reserve Board.
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Washington, Nov. 2. Despite" dis
turbed industrial conditions, great
prosperity obtains generally over
the country, according to reports
tor October received by the federal
reserve board from its agents in
the several districts. A strong de
mand for commodities, verging at
times upon recklessness" in buying,
was noted in practically all sections
Summarizing the - reports, the
board in a statement made public
today said,the labor situation oc
cupied a position of primary im
portance, with an increasing degree
of general unrest over the country.
"The steel strike, which has been
long drawn out, though with pro
duction well maintained," said the
summary, "is apparently approach
ing its end. The strike has not in
recent weeks seriously hampered
production.
"More serious, oerhaos. in its pos
sibilities than any other labor dis-w
turbance is the coal mine strike.
Fewer Actual Strikes.
"Hopeful indication In the labor
difficulty is the fact that in some
districts a smaller number of actual
strikes, or a smaller number of men
oul of work as a result of strikes, is
, reported. '
"A troublesome factor in the in
dustrial situation is seen in the ex
istence of a widespread condition of
industrial and social unrest, and
while disturbances growing out of
strikes have not increased during
the month, prospects for a growth
in this direction have beqn sich as
to cause some anxiety.
"Summing upi district labor situa
tions, it would appear that in the
New ' England region, there js no
general or serious i dislocation of
working relationships," although
there is unusual caution among em
ployers, while in Philadelphia but
little disturbance has been experi
enced., , Conditions in the south, at
Atlanta and adjacent region, are
fairly satisfactory, while in Minne
apolis and the northwest there is
full employment at good wages.
Unrest exists in New York and Chi
cago, while the labor situation vin
. the southwest and on the Pacific
coast is still unsettled." '
Crop Returns Good.
Crop returns were reported as
good in most sections and even
where decline in output has brought
the total yield below the forecasts
record prices have augmented the
money returns in spite of the de
creased volume. ,
"There has befcn no decline in
general manufacturing, while prices
continue firm," said the summary.
"The upward movement of trade
usually noted in the autumn was in
evidence during the month, while
speculative activity has been exten
sive ana is reaching dangerous
levels.
"Commodity prices show reces
i sion from the high levels reached
during August.
"Sales, both wholesale and retail,
in many sections, are reported to
be in excess of those for previous
months and for the same period
last year. Stocks of both whole
salers and retailers in leading Jines
are running low, and complaint is
being made of difficulty in obtaining..
merchandise, the demand lor high
grtde goods continues. , .
, Cora Outlook Better,
"In agriculture there has ibeen a
further - increase in the estimated
yield of corn as -against small de
creases for spring wheat and oats.
Both wheat and oats show low yield
per acre and the quality is poor."
"A continuance of building acttv
' ity is reported. Lahor difficulties
and shortage and high cost of con-
1 struction, both or labor and mate
rial, have continued to be retarding
factors. Continuance of a satisfac
tory amount of building throughout
the winter is predicted.
"Official figures for the month of
September show a decrease to $161
000,000 in the export balance from
the figure of $338,900,000 for the
month of August This is the low
est figure for any month since July,
1917. V
"Large decreases in exports are
shown for meats, chiefly bacon,
hams, shoulders and lard, atyl raw
cotton, the , September exports of
' the latter article being 50 per cent
less in quantity than the month 'be
fore. On the other hand, exports of
breadstuffs, mainly flour and wheat,
were larger, both in quantity and
value, than for the preceding two
months."
AII-Russians Plan Lottery to
: .Raise New Money for Old
Omsk, Nov."2. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) A nationwide lottery
' is a feature of a new plan devised
by the finance ministry of the all
1 Russian government to effect the
retirement of the present currency
and the substitution for it of bills
. printed in the United States. The
idea was given a trial last Sunday,
with results rratifyina: to its
srsonsors.
It is proposed, subject to the
sanction of the council of ministers,
to develop the -idea into a lottery
loan of 400)00.000 ruble, the prizes
and interest to t paid in the new
bank notes, the J- notes being re-
tired.
Rrffardinr the new currency.
there are 4.000,000,000 rubles in the
new American-printed notes, pur
chased under a contract made by
Kerensky during , his premiership,
and which require counter signing
to meet the new tonditicms. the
' notes are now in the process of be
ing signed. It is proposed to circu
latethese notes about November 1
and afterward gradually retire the
present currency, while issuing an
additional 8,000,000,000 of the new
notes to be received from the
United States.
Becomes Associated
With Phonograph
Corporation of Omaha
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W&' yferm i i
I Crvr j?er& :
- Clair Sterling has resigned from
the wholesale phonograph division
of the Brunswick-Balke-Colender
Co., to become associated wtih the
newly organized United Phono
graph corporation of Omaha.
Mr. Sterling represented Bruns
wick phonographs in Nebraska, and
had the honor of taking the largest
initial order, the largest individual
order and in leading the sales force
with the largest amount of busi
ness. He will continue to call upon
the trade in Nebraska in the inter
ests of the "Cathedral" phonograph.
Want Union With Germany.
Vienna, Nov. 1. The socialist
party unanimously adopted a reso
lution expressing belief that Austria
cannot survive as a separate state
and urging the government to do all
in its power to secure the removal
from the peace terms of the clause
prohibiting unioswith Germany.
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PROPOSE LAW TO
HI MARKING
OF WOOL FABRIC
Would Require Manufacturers
to Designate Percentage
of Virgin Wool in Fab
ric on Selvige.
Washington, Nov. 2. (Special.)
Western wool growers will be .in
terested in a movement here to en
act pure fabric legislation designed
in the interest of the public and
wool growers alike, and with a view
of curtailing- the immense profits
now being paid to manufacturers
for shoddy.
The proposed legislation is ex
pected ta follow the pure food law
in requiring manufacturers to plain
ly mark ajl woolen goods with the
percentage of virgin wool used in
the fabric.
Such legislation, proposed sever
al years ago, was defeated because,
at that time, no known method ex
isted for marking woolen fabrics;
this hits now been overcome, so that
on the selvige may be printed the
required information for the, pro
tection of the public.
Shoddy Is Reworked. WooL '
The public generally -does' not
realize that, in suits sold is all wool,
there is very little virgin wool, th
greater part being shoddy. Shoddy
is wool, of course, but it is wool
that has been reworked and conse
quently weakened by the process
of reconstruction.
Shoddy is still wool, although It
may have been worked over a half
dozen or more times. It is worked,
and reworked, until the fiber is so
broken that in cannot be woven; it
is then used for felt materials, and
when too short for such use is
ground into paint, materials.
The pure fabric law. is not des
igned to prevent the use of shoddy
ior inai wouia oe impossiDie. sta
tistics show that if only-virgin wool
were used, there would be but 14
ounces for each person living out
side of the tropics.
ihe object of the law would be to
inform the purchaser as to the per
centage of shoddy, so that he could
not' be imposed upon with clothes
sold as "pure wool." by which hej
would be led to believe he was
buying virgin wool, when as a mat
ter ot tact, the ciotn mignt oe ou
per cent shoddy.
Buyer Is Often Deceived.
Virgin wool will wear for a long
time, where shoddy will show de
fects in a Short time, and the great
er the -percentage of shoddy, or the
number ot times the shoddy has
been worked, determines its wear
ing qualities.
Ihose behind the pure fabric law.
contend that shoddy should not be
sold as wool, even if technically correct-.-
In effect, the buyer is de
ceived, if not actually swindled.
This charge will not lica gainst the
retailer, for he must trust to the
statement of the manufacturer, and
is as heloless as the public.
' It is assumed that the retailer Is
as anxious as anybody to be able
to know just what he , is selling.
The exorbat prices at which vast
quantities of shoddy clothes are
sold, can only be obtained because
the public believes it is buying per
fect wool.
Making it compulsory to distin
guish wool and shoddy wool clothes
would protect the public, would en
able the consumer t6guard against
paying virgin wool prices for shod
dy wool clothes, and enable those
who resire to buy virgin wool
clothing to do so.
Name German Delegates to
Labor Conference in U. S.
London, Nov. 2. A Berlin wire
less message received here contains
the names of the German representa
tives to the Washington labor con
ference. .
The delegates will be Dr.' August
Mueller, former secretary of state,
and Rudolph Wissell, former minis
ter of economies. The trade unions
will be represented by Herr Grass
man, chairman of the trades union
association. The representative of
the employers'.- association will be
Herr Rogenbogen. ,
In addition, the government is
sending with the delegation four
experts to aid the trades union del
egates and three technical advisers
for the employers' representatives.
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- THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1919. s
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OMAHA,,
The Second .Live
Stock Market of
The World.
It nas the most modern Stock
Yards inthe World today no
expense has' been spared to make
it set . !
It is situated in the center of a
territory producing more food N
products than-any in the World
hence the largest demand for
feeder sheep and for this reason
OMAHA is the LARGEST FEED
ER SHEEP MARKET IN SHE
WORLD.
Railroad facilities are unex
celled, being the only Missouri
River market located on the main
lines of all the western railroadsj
the shrink,' therefore, on ship
ments to this market is less than
to others. '
Union Stock Yards
Company of Omaha
(Ltd.)
Omaha, Neb.
Lee W. Edwards
CHIROPRACTOR
24th and Farnam Sts.
A Growing Necessity for
Growing Omaha "
Douglas 3445. .
Inter-State
Title & Mortgage Co.
421-425 City Natl Bank Bid;.
We Buy and Sell
Farm Lands,
Farm Mortgages
We Buy -
1 LIBERTY BONDS'
- At Prevailing- New York Prices.
4-
WARE & LELAND
Stocks, Bonds, Grain and Cotton.
Members All Leading Exchanges.
Private Wires.
727-730 Grain Exchange Bldf.
Douglas 4274.
American State Bank
18th and Farnam
Solicits Your Banking
, . Business
. Phone Tyler 80
PLATNER ,
LUMBER & COAL
COMPANY
46th ana Farnam Sts.
Barnhart Brothers
& Spindler
Type Founders
Printing 'Machinery and Supplies
Incorporated 1883
OMAHA
LOAN AND BUILDING
ASSOCIATION
Assetsr 1 3,250,000.
A mutual aavlnga and loan association
' WMT R. ADAIR, President.
OMAHA, NEBRASKA.
Omaha Paper Stock Co.
Packers and Shippers
Paper Stock '
Office and Factory, 18th and
- ' x Marcy Sts.
Phone Doug. 1S9. Omaha, Neh.
Benson & Meyers Co-.
'J
Investment Securities
Farm Mortgages
Omaha, U. S. A.
) P. Melchiors & Son Machine Works ,
Automobile Frame and Spring Repairing. General Machine and Blacksmith Work.
General Overhauling of Automobile.. Rayfield Carburetor Service Station
Agents Eiseman Magneto.
HAYNfeS SERVICE AND PARTS ,
1218 Howard Street " - . ' Douglas 25S0
National Roofpig Co.,
(Incorporated)
Roofinsrand Paving Contractors
Established in 1878
Douglas 551. ' Omaha.'
OMAHA HARDWOOD
LUMBER COMPANY
Hardwood Products
- and Vehicle Woods
' Omaha, Neh.
To Pave City Streets and Country
Highways, Use
VITRIFIED PAVING BRICK
Western Brick Manufac
turers' Association,
Kansas City, Mo.
Johnson Hardware Co.
Fine Builders' Hardware
! Complete Line of
Contractors' Supplies
1217 Farnam St. Doug. 581.
Vaughn Construction
Company
- General Contractors
Bee Bldg. Omaha
Mid-West Electric
Company
Jobbers of '
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
Doug. 456. 1207 Harney St.
BOILERS SMOKESTACKS
TWO PLANTS
Drake, Williams,
Mount Co.
Main Office and .Works,
23d,' Hickory and U. P. R. R.
Phone Douglas 1043.
' ' Branch . v "
20th, Center and C. B. eV Q.
Phone Douglas 1141
Oxy-Acetylene Welding
STANDPIPES TANKS
Phonest Tyler 446 Walnut 326
' Geo. A. Roberts
Grain Co.
, , . ..
Receivers and Shippers
GRAIN HAY
SEEDS
Consignments a Specialty
230.31-32-33-34 Grain Exchange
Omaha,' Neb.
Le Bron & Gray
Electrical Works
Motors. Generators, Electric Elevators
Repairs, Armature Winding, Electric
... ' Wiring
US S. 13th St Phone Douglas S01S
JOHN E. WAKEFIELD
COMPANY
Builders
1
Doug. 326
750 Brandeis Theater Bldg. "
BERTSCHY MANUFACTURING
ANDv
ENGINEERING COMPANY,
Manatacturers of
BERMO WELDING AND
CUTTING APPARATUS
1 Omaha, U. S. A.
HENNINGSON
Engineering Co.
Civil, Electrical, Mechanical and Archi
tectural Engineers; designers of sewers,
paving, waterworks, electric light plants
and public buildings. Douglas 8229.
12th and Harney Sts. -
The Immediate Industrial
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Future Appears Dark, But
Common Sense Will Win
3y WILLIAM TANQUERY.
With the signing; of the armistlc came an appeal, which ap
peared to have been held back awaiting that auspicious moment, for
an era of building throughout the country.
VThe U. JS. government was particularly energetic in urging the1
people to building, and went to great lengths to make it plain that
no longer was there a necessity for. holding back construction for
fear of hampering the war Activities of tha country.
There were many reasons for this sudden demand for "more
- buildings and more homes."
In the first place, more buildings were needed, and an "own
your own home" fever had swept over the country. Again, wise
statesmen, politicians and business men wanted building activities
pushed in order to stimulate industries and keep money moving, and
to inspire that feeling of confidence which staves off panics. Noth
ing is more depressing, nor potent in its Effect on the morale of a
people than to "walk down the street and pass one building after
another, half finished, and standing gaunt and abandoned against
the cold gray ofthe sky. Conversely, nothing inspires snap and
business-like action on the part of the citizen more than to see those
same buildings seething with hundreds of workers. Such a sight
indicates that prosperity is abroad, and where there is plenty of
prosperity the average man always feels thathfi has a chance to'
get some of it.
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However, there were various drawbacks to this proposed build-
ing program, among them the high cost of labor and material.
?
To get around this the economic quacks proposed several rem
edies among them to exempt newly erected buildings from taxation
for a period of time. s
Pointing out the fallacy of such a move the Building Age says:
. This proposal is an artificial stimulant, a stimulant which has
KSWJe to recommend it. It will probably cause more buildings to be
erected. But many of these buildings would have been erected, ex
emption or no exemption. Furthermore, exemption from taxation
of one class of capital will only throw a heavier burden on the rest.
If building is exempted, this does not mean that the revenue will
not go to the government, but only that an equivalent amount of
taxes must be secured from some other source. Taxation is high,
and an even rather than an uneven distribution of the burden is
the desirable thing. '
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"The trouble with building is the very same trouble that is
r causing high prices and slackened production, all over the country V
1. Sugar coating the trouble will not remove it; any remedy that wilt
r do good must strike at the very heart of the reason for lack of
sufficient building. That trouble is high prices of materials, high
prices of labor, and uncertainty as to when labor will take it into
its head to strike, illegally or otherwise."
If this, and other remedies are not efficacious, what then is
C there to be done? I J,
'SK down and don't rock the boat."
This appears to be as good advice as any in the present moment,
when no one knows what the immediate future is going to bring
JL forth that is,""no one knows what the next move will be, but;
r every sane and evenly tempered man has a feeling that he knows
what the end is going to be, and that it is simply this
- j
The great common sense of the American 'peoprefs going to
triumph.
'If the turmoil breaks that appears to be threatened in the present
L industrial situation, assurance can be felt that when it is all over
things will have been figured out once and for all, or. at least for
L the next several decades, and the doom of bolshevism, red radicalism
rand I. W. W. rascality and scoundrelism will have been 'pro
nounced. .
A -X X 1 .. IX 1111 1-S A X 'i " "A' A X A .
C. Hafer Lumber Co.
1 Ships Direct to the User
Lumber, Millwork, Hard-
ware and Paint
We have our own woodworking factory.
138 W. B'way, Counucil Bluffs, la.
Eastern Plating Company
Plating Auto ParU
We Plate Gold, Silver, Nickel, Copper.
Brass and Bronze.
70S S. 16th St. Telephone, Tyler 9S49.
1218 Farnam St. (Third Floor)
Telephone, Douglas 2568.
HUDSON MFG. CO.,
Implement Supplies,
Omaha and Minneapolis
F. P. GOULD & SON
BUILDERS
1137-40 City National Building.
' ' OMAHA, NEB.
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""V RADIATORS -
A and BulUtor Cone lot
I I Automobllte, Tracks and
I I Trictnn
I I ' MADE AND REPAIRED
I I Bwd tout radlstor 07 ex-
I I tmu. Guaranteed work.
I prompt Knrtce and reev.
looablt charges.
OMAHA AUTO RADIATOR M8. 0
I8H-2I Cumin, St. OMAHA
Nebraska and Iowa
Steel Tank Co.
A. N. Eaton, Prop.
1300 Willis St.
Phone Webster 282.
Everything in Sheet Metal
Products.
Oil Tanks and Supplies.
BEMIS BROS.
BAG CO.
of Omaha
S9 35JS3'iAS' 'V-Ar i'l
Pioneer Glass &
Paint Company
All Kinds v -
Paints, Varnishes, Glass
.
and Store Front Construction
14th and Harney
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Alfalfa Butter Co.
- D3903'
WALRATH
& SHERWOOD
LUMBER CO.
Wholesalers
1501-06 W. O. W. Bldg.
Omaha, U. S. A."
, The Lion Bonding
& Surety Company
is an Omaha IntfV fcn anj No
brash product. It IvJesirous of The
Lion's Share" of your business, and
this claim is based not alone on tha
idea suf (eeted as to our belnf a Home
Company, but because wo are genu.
inelr GOOD, SOUND, CLEAN and
HIGH-GRADE. We are m the
Kennedy Bldg., 19th and Douglas.
Come Up and See Us.
IIEDRAStlATmES1
r
The Cheapest
and Best
You Can Buy
Put one on your car op
posite the tire that has
given you the greatest
satisfaction.
, NEBRASKA
TIRE & RUBBER
COMPANY
Omaha, Nebraska
CorrectQ
A non-explosive liquid which will dis
solve the. carbon in your en fine.
Manufactured and Guaranteed by
' WESTERN PRODUCTS CO.,
' Omaha.
Automobile Repairing
In All Its Branches '
MOTOR SERVICE GARAGE
Douglas 2923.
2406 Leavenworth St., Omaha.
Affordable
Motor Truck
-Corporation
Manufacturers of
AFFORDABLE TRyCK
ATTACHMENTS
McKeen Motor Car
Co.
Gasoline Engine
' High Class Machinery
. Mechanical Engineering
Potash Reduction Co.,
820 World-Herald Bldg..
- Omaha Neb.
CHIROPRACTOR
Ethel Thrall Maltby, D. C.
(Palmer Graduate)
Adjustments, $112 for $10
SIS Bee Bide. Doug. SOT
T
Say to Your Grocer
"ELKHORN MILK,
PLEASE" .
- The Ideal Family Loaf
It Boosts for Omaha
Jay Burns Baking Co.
Omaha Printing Co.
Omaha. U. S. A.
Western Paper Co.
Omaha. Neb. '
We Paint Autos to
SATISFY OUR
CUSTOMERS;
JULIUS BANHART
Doug. 1088. 16th &. Leavenworth
Bowman Machinery,
Company
Contractors Equipment
Tyler 1818 - 1207 Howard
Omaha. Neb.
Omaha Refining
Company
Omaha Oils -"Best
in the Long Run"
Carpenter Paper Coi
Wholesale Distributors
Printing Paper, Wrapping
Paper, Paper Bags, Build
ing Paper, Fancy Stationery
1
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That very attractive all
METAL STORE FRONT
is an
EASY-SET FRONT
glazed by
PITTSBURGH PLATE
GLASS CO.
llth and Howard Sts.
Nebraska Power
Company
"Your Electric Servic
Company"
Electric Service for Your
Home, Office and Factory
Electric Budding,
- 15th and Farnam Sts.
4-
'Little Red Wagon."
LF. STROUD & CO,
Colfax 2998. 20th and Ames Are.
The Iaxton-Mitchell Cex.
Manufacturers el
The Mitchell Metallic Packing
Gray Iron, Aluminum, Braae
and Bronse Casting.
CROW
TIRE & RUBBER
COMPANY
600 Bee Bldg.
Omaha.
OMAHA BODY CO.
Builders of Track Bodies to Fit
. All Make of Tracks.
1529-31-33 N. 16th St.
- Phone Webster 337.
Western Smelting &
Refining Company
Manufacturer ef
All Grade of Babbitt and Solder
Buyers ot
Old Battery Lead
Oliver Chillejl Plow .Works
Doug. 3236
10th and Farnam Sts.
.Omaha
The Hugh Murphy
Construction Co.
Contractors of ,
Public Work
D. 834. 206 Karbach Bldg.
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