: THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1921.
V
Problems Facing
Assembly May
Cause Trouble
Expected Consideration of
Anti-Cigaret and Anli-Capi-tal
Punishment Bills Cer
tain to Be Opposed.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 2. (Special.)
Problems confronting the Nebraska
legislature which opens Tuesday for
its 40th session and which may prove
to be trouble makers include the fol
lowing: An anti-cigaret law, forbidding the
sale of cigarets in Nebraska.
Major changes in the governor's
code measure of two years ago.
An industrial court law, similar to
the one operating in Kansas at this
time.
Certain nonpartisan league meas
ures. A bill to throw practically all pub
lic utilities into the hands of a state
body, stripping municipalities of con
siderable power.
Relief for Farmers.
Relief for farmers endeavoring tc
buy and pay out bn land , while
prices for their products areMower
than in years.
Changes in parole and indetermi
nate sentence laws.
Anti-capital punishment bilL
Changes m blue sky laws.
These are only a few of many i
' propositions loaded With political
rlvmmite that must he handled hv
(lynarrme mar must oe nanaiea oy
legislators this year, Which if not
rlisnosorl nf nrnnerlv will Drove to
msposco oi PiP"iy wjii prove to
be a political death trap for a num-
ber of politicians who look to the j
present legislature as a stepping
ouu-v. ...... ,
ter. - k
AH interest now points to the
message of Governor McKelvie is
scheduled to issue to the legislature
the first of the week in which many
of these propositions will be dis
cussed and remedies suggested.
Governor's Popularity at State.
Upon the governor's handling of
these propositions and the manner
in which his suggestions strike the
"home folks" depends, it is declared,
his popularity with the legislature.
For these members are goin? to
do what the boys back home want
done.
There are more farmers than any
other class represented :n both
houses. For this reason the gov
ernor's attitude toward perplexing
farm -problems and the popularity
of his plans for solving them are
looked upon with more than usual
interest.
Tf-e Nonpartisan league t repre
sented bv more members this year
than th democrats. The democrats
have just four members in the lower
house and none in the uoper house.
It is estimated that the Nonpartisan
leaguers can muster from 14 to 16
votes in both houses.
Nonpartisans Active.
While its members are working
in house and senate, organizers in
the ftite will be endeavoring to
promulgate the orpanization policies
out ' irt" the farm distritts." A mass
meet-np; of members 6f the league
is scheduled to he held in Lincoln
Jsnnarv 21 and 22, when the league
will endeavor to bring to every
legislator's attention the policies
irh'ch it hones to have written as
lavs on the Nebraska statute books
The anti-capital punishment bill
is certain to meet 'opposition. That
there will b changes in the parole
laws is admitted by everyone. How
extensive these changes will be is,
. as yet, undecided.
Cigaret Legislation Likely.
ine anti-cigarei ow seems .,.
' . I 'II
tain to come up. It was passed two i
It was pas
years ago wne n tne
were being petted and patronized
when the soldiers .who
demanded cigarets. Now they are
back home and father and mother
and members of the aid societies and
other organizations don't like to
see the boys with the "terrible cig
arets" in their mouths. Hence the
promised anti-cigaret bill.
Whether anyone will have the cour
age to endeavor to put an indus
trial court law through the legisla
ture similar to the one operating
in Kansas is not known at this
time. It means a fight from the la
bor unions and a fight from corpora
tions, neither of which want to have
their activities controlled by the
general public, who, it is claimed, in
Kansas manage the affairs of capital
and labor through the industrial
court.
Pou
By EARLE M. WHITNEY.
President-elect Harding was a
visitor at the recent poultry show in
Marion and contributed a beautiful
- silver cup to be awarded the owifet
of the best display in the show. Best
display requires an entry in each
class of the variety in which you are
competing. The cup was won by E.
M. and E. V. Pierce, Prairie Deppt,
O., and will be exhibited at the big
national show in Chicago January
12 to 18. ,
It wisj not be long now before in
cubators will be turning out thou
sands upon thousands of chicks. The
exact incubator capacity of the coun
try is not known, but it is a fact that
'it is greatly increased and experts
freely predict an output double that
of last season. Even this increase
will hardly meet the enormous de
mand which is sure to come, now
that feeding costs have been so great
ly lowered. Chick purchasers will
be wise to place orders now for
their spring requirements.
Herbert H. Knapp, president of the
International ' Baby Chick associa
tion, says that chicks will soon be
transported by airplanes. Would
. not this method of travel be too cold
for chicks or bas Mr. Knapp invent
ed some means of eliminating the
danger from the cold air currents?
It would certamly seem within the
realm of possibilities that a safe
means of transporting chicks through
the air can be developed.
Have you ever seen a big chick
hatchery in operation? If you are
a poultry raiser it will pay you to
visit a chick hatchery and see the
possibilities in the hatchery buness.
Troperly handled, it is oue of the
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Schools and 'Colleges
Cotner College. j
Cotnsr will have a relation basket
lull door on which to man basket ball
runtfXi with othur conference - teams.
Iiurlnc the Christmas vacation carpenters
have been at work remodeling the STMn
; n.taium so that tha basket ball courts
I will havo tha required three fiot tloor
I nic behind the goals. These goals
'. tuhlrh w.ra fnrtflorlv An tha tnd Walls
will not be made Into hanging soals and
the floor will be In ahapa and will be
"regulation" In every way.
President A. V. Harmon will make a
trip to New York city at tea end of
this week. He will attend the annual
meeting of North American colleges, which
meets there (or a week. The meeting
of the natloi.al board of education of
the Disciples of Chrint, which takes place
In New York at this time will also be
attended by President Harmon, wbo is
a member of the board.
The Cotner catalogues for 1921 So to
prens this week.
The office of the secretary has been
very busy during vacation days sending
put answers to all who made p!edi?f s to j
the Cotner state mission fund and the
Kansas state jiilsslon fund. Somewhere i
In the neighborhood of 3.500 letters of
this kind were sent out ny rnis onic.
The girls of the Y. W. C. A. were not
content to let the holidays slip past with
out having some aort of a very good
time, and so planned a party, which was
held at the girls' dormitory Monday
night. Popcorn making, tnffy pulling
anil sleigh riding were on the program.
Only the sleigh rides failed to materialise.
Thirty people enjoyed tho evening's mer
riment and heartily thanked their hostess,
Mrs. Beruman.
The executive committee of the college
met at tha dormitory building Thursday
ovenlng. Wives of the members of the
committee were present and all dined to
together and enjoyed a social time, after
which some business matters wvra taken
up by the committee.
Doane College.
PnlWe win otien Januarv 4. Interest
Just now centers upon debating and bas
ket ball. R. W. Tyler '21, president of
tha local forensic council, was elected
president of the state debating league,
which Is represented by nlno Institutions.
Inter-class debit toa will be held January
St and th- l-nllmlnary debates, choosing
" J'i ' L', ILSS.. ,:Hru. '
varsity gamea. IS of which aro Nebraska
conference games, the other four will
, d )n oUlcr ttlltn Th, fre,.
,an team expects to play with a number
high schools of the state. The sched-
ul(j for th valty team , fonows:
January It, Wayne at Wayne.
J-jr, ,viw cV,t.FMmont-
jf ,uary 21, weaieyan at the university
r.n.,.r fW . T.W
Is,
January Ji, Cotner at Cotner.
. January is. wayne at Lrete.
( January 19. Tabor at Crete.
February 3, Kearney at Kearney.
February 4, .Hastings at Hastings,
February S, York at York.
February 17. LeMars at LeMars. Ia.
m-ruary 15, St. Benedict at St. Bene-di'-f,
Kan.
I'ebiuory H. Kearney at Crete.
T'fjhruary 2&. York nt Crete.
March , Tu at Peru.
March ' (, Wesieyan at Crete,
Mi.rch 11, Hastings at Crote.
March 11. Cotner at Crete.
March 16, Midland at Crete.
Tha i-ocletles began their annual mid
year "entertainments on December 4, Phi
Slum Tau. Dacember 11; Omega Psl The
la. January 7; tha I. D. C. men's frater
nity will fife tha annual banquet, and
on January 8 tha Alpha Omega will feast
On January 14 there will be- a musical
recital by the students of the conserva
tory. Aurora Contractors Feel
' Effect of Lower Prices
Aurora, Neb., Jan. 2. (Special.),
Contractors and builders are be
ginning to feel the effect of lower
prices in building material.' Many
people are planning on building dur
ing the coming year. During the
last year only three or four resi
dences were constructed in Aurora
and the need for additional homes is
compelling attention.
Comstock Bird Fanciers
Form Poultry Association
Broken Bowy Neb., Jan. 2. (Spe
cial.) The bird fanciers of the
Comstock community organized the
Comstock Poultry association ' and.
completed arrangements for a poul
try show January 25. 1921. The-fol-lowing
officers of the organization
were elected: J. B. Fuller, presi
dent; C. C. Rowell, vice president;
D. E. Squier, secretary-treasurer.
Burlington Maker Aurora
Freight Division Point
Aurora, Neb., Jan. 2. (Special.)
--The Burlington railroad has made
Aurora-a freight division point on
its line. New tracks will be con
structed and the road will also build
mnA ,.: ,, th- -..,,,
Kliri;to short(M1:nor ,,n thp
. r .,, ,
f h frd ht elimi.
nv-r,itr,. hv itc emnlnvM
nate overtime by its employes.
Benefit Program Qiven at
Broken Bow Is Success
Broken Bow, Neb., Jan. 2. (Spe
cial.) The home talent Orpheum
program, given under the auspices
of the Woman's Public Service club
for the benefit of the swimming pool
project, proved a great success finan
cially. Both performances were well
attended. The affair was under the
direction of MissMary Bowman.
Rotarians to Celebrate.
Aurora, Neb., Jan. 2. (Special.)
The Aurora Rotary club will cel
ebrate its first birthday January 17.
Wives of Rotarians will be guests.
i-i i iiiiiii
best paying branches of the indus
try. The largest mammoth incubator
that I know of is at Cleveland, O.
Its capacity exceeds 1,000,000 eggs
per hatch.
. -
The failures in the poultry busi
ness are those who consider it just
a simple matter of buying a few hens,
throwing out grain and then collect
ing the eggs. They ignore the fact,
that they must have some knowl
edge of the kind of hens to buy and
the proper methods of housing and
feeding. Fowls must be handled
right to be productive.
'
Babv chicks should 'not be given
their first feed until they are at least
48 hours old and preferably 72 hours
and then only sparingly. Better to
underfeed than overfeed. A mix
ture of equal parts ot sand, sittea
ashes and black dirt is an excellent
digestive regulator if fed to" the
chicks prior to the first regular feed
ing. It may also prevent a later at
tack of white diarrhea.
GERMOkiUL
the Best Remedy for
Poultry ana Pet Stock"
The old reliable, proven remedy for Rouoi
Cold. Canker. Swelled Head, Bowel Trouble,
Snuffles, Wounds, Sores, Lou of Fur or
Feathers, Skin Diieaie, Etc.
H. A. Kltwert. 6lHl N. linf Aa. CMeaio.
III., sui: "I hJ soaie of the worst kind or ernes
af roup la mr chickens and I tnoutht I would not
aara an but I htm saTcd them birds, thtokt to
Gennoione." H. A. Hln, Rnealla. Ko.: If
ws had tried Oermoione at tint It tronM.Mn
,nfd us $1,000 worth of eipenti esperlmenu.
Hre. T. A. Morler, Cellen. Mich.: "Here utcd
OenaosMie If rears and could not get alum with
out It" K. W. Thlel, Weiilmht. Wis.: "I hae
used rout Gemoiene for white diarrhoea id balT
chlrka and sure tot wonderful reeulu. 1 also uae
K rirht along on frown fole."
OerairBino Is fid hj most dnif. eecd and
noultn auppl? dealers, or milled postpaid In !5c,
TV and tl 50 pacsaies. Irom Onaba. nulUI
Bock and Hook en blacuet rutK
lill
Service
First!
at tBe
Union Stock
Yards Co.
of Omaha
The Live Steele
Market of
1 Good Results.
Martini Roberts to.
Insurance
Phone Douglas 274
214-18 Brandeis Theater Bldg.
10 years.
fHftUaiM. ft! tstlTMH .
Swartz Light
Guarantied S ysara.
Thew & Carley, Inc.
OMAHA, U. S. A.
"Service and Satisfaction" .
ITAUP COAL
ALL SIZES
OZARK LUMP
(Serai-Anthracite)
CORD WOOD
(All Lengths)
B OYER-If AN IfURAN
LUMBER & COAL CO.
Call Colfax 0080 for Prices
, ORTMAN'S
New England Bakery
214 North Sixteenth Street
Branches at Cantral Market
and Table Supply
THE AUTO TOP AND
TRIMMING CO., Inc. ,
"Better Work"
Perfect Tailored Seat Cover and
Tops.
420-22 So. 13th St., Omaha, Neb.
Douglas 7114.
BEMIS BRO.
BAG CO.
of Omaha
MOTOR
TRUCKS
(MMsnal
rTHERE is not a drop of water tn
International Harvester common and
preferred stock. Financial authorities
will tell you there is more than a dol
lar of value in International Harvester
properties for every dollar of capital
nation. THAT means that the produet of
International Harvester factories do
not have to provide a single dollnr of
excess revenue. It means that in the
price of International Motor Trucks
there is hot one penny of Inflated
value.
The International
Harvester" Company of
America
Omaha Branch: 714-718 So. 10th St.
Viir j?t i-irn
'135) f
WELDED
OIL STORAGE TANKS
HORIZONTAL' and VERTICAL
Capacities 2,000 to 20,000 Gallons
Shipment 10 Days
Write or Wira Us Your Orders.
NEBRASKA and IOWA STEEL
TANK CO.
1300 Willis Ave, Omaha.
Christmas Greeting Cards
Largest Assortment Ever,
3c to $2.75 each.
The Gnnha Stationery Co.'
307-300 So. 17th St.
Phone Douglas 0805.
i
Iliggins Packing
Co., Inc.
36th and L Streets
Beef and Pork Products, Butter,
Eggs, Poultry and Cheese
Sausage of All Kinds.
Our Motto
"Quality and Service"
U. S. Gov. Insp. Abbt. 643.
Phones: So. 4985 Tyler 4467
Chiropractic
Makes You
Well
Keeps You
Well
LEE W.
EDWARDS
CHIROPRACTOR
24th and Farnara Sti.
Douglas 3445.
Omaha' Printing Co.
OMAHA, U. S. A.
GLASS.
MIRRORS,
PAINTV
PITTSPURGH
PLATE GLASS CO.
11th and Howard Sts. -
in
BUEHLER BROS.
MARKETS
Special on Quality Meats and Provisions
FOUR STORES:
212 No. 16th St. 4903 So. 24th
2408 Cuming St.
634 Broadway, Council Bluff
iff
HffliM
Carter Sheet Metal Co
? 'tVtm I3th and Gnce.
Wm. F. Roesi gg
OMAHA'S -RELIABLE AUTOMOBILE
PAINTER.
CADILLAC BUILDING
2570 Farnam St. Harney 1448.
Carbon Coal & Supply Co.
WHOLESALE COAL
190S HARNEY ST.,
Grain ExchanVe Bldg.
'OMAHA, NEB.
PAXTON - MITCHELL
COMPANY
Manufacturer of Brass,. Bronre and
Aluminum Castings.
A specialty made of soft Cray Iron
Castings.
Carpenter'-paper Co.
Wholesale Distributors
PRINTING PAPER, WRAPPING
PAPER, PAPER BAGS, BUILD
ING PAPER, FANCY
v, STATIONERY.
T
10 to 20
Real discount on Diamonds, Watches 'and
Ine Jewelry, Save money.
"'t HE H AN 0 Y " fl'H
TEJR,
Better Money Conditions for 1921,
By JAMES S. ALEXANDER,
President, National Bank of Commerce in New York,
in the Commerce Monthly.
BUSINESS men are justified in feeling confident
that the money situation in the United States in
1921 will be a very different matter from what
it has been during 1920. Certain specific factors are
clearly recognizable as the chief adverse forces affect
ing bank credit during the past year, and there is every
reason for believing they will not be so powerfully
operative in the year to come. These facts sprang
irresistibly from abnormal circumstances in our national
life which are passing away. But at times their influ
ence in impairing the efficiency of our credit machinery
was so great as to cause serious inxiety. With the force .
of these influences modified, banking may expect to
serve the needs of legitimate business with a less degree
of credit strain than prevailed in 1920.
Business entered the opening weks of 1920 with
tremendous momentum acquired in the rapid expansion
that it had experienced in 1919. The initial causes of
that era,' which might truly be called one of violent
business activity, were the great shortages in goods of
virtually all classes and the impairments of productive
forces growing out of the war. This condition was
aggravated by unbridled public buying resulting from
profitable business, high wages and an excess of work
over available labor, bringing about arr attitude of im
providence toward the future and a tendency to spend
rather than to save.
There ensued a course of rapidly rising' prices,
which were productive of active speculation. This spec
ulation prevailed not only in securities, but also in com
modities and real estate : and it even invaded the con-'
,duct of ordinary mercantile
High prices, the volume of business and speculation
resulted in an expansion of bank credit, which in turn
stimulated the upward tendencies 1n prices, business
and speculation. These aspects of the situation con
tinued to exert a stimulating effect on each otherduring
the period of rising activity. ,
A contraction in commercial credits set In during
October. In this month the reduction of the non-liquid
elements also maintained a rapid pace. Thus two ele
ments of betterment were operative, improved liquidity'
and contraction of the total. .
Although it would have been possible to have ex
panded credit even further, it would have been unwise
to do so because of its impaired liquidity. It became
evident that a readjustment of our credit situation and
of our business structure was inevitable. Even with our
increased gold base and the elastic qualities giyen to
credit and currency by ihe Federal reserve system, ex
pansion was carried Wan extent beyond which it was
not advisable to go under existing and .impending cir
cumstances. Further expansion would have served to abet more
speculation, to continue high prices and to effect over
production. The reaction would have been correspond
ingly more violent. It would then have been not merely
a case of impaired liquidity through the slowing' down
of the ability of business to discharge its credits, but
possibly the inability finally to liquidate in full, dollar
for dollar in other words, a business crisis.
m Instead of further expansion, therefore, it became
evident that the safe course was to bring about a reduc
tion in the non-liquid element in bank credit; that is, to
restore its quality as far as possible to the normal con
dition of commercial credit. What was called for was
not a forcible absolute contraction of total credit, but
rather a thawing out of such credits as were frozen by
inadvisable uses. One course was to promote the
liquidation of speculatively renewed loans employed to
withhold commodities from market.
If the foregoing facts and deductions are of value,
it is not because of the light they throw on past events,
but because of. the promise they hold for the future.
They carry tire conviction tht credit conditions should
be more satisfactory during 1921 than they have been
during 1920. These figures justify business men in ex
pecting our. credit resources to function more efficiently
in the future than they have in the immediate past to
facilitate their business operations, because. the four
great causes of impaired credit in 1920 should not exert
the same influence in the year that lies ahead.
We may assume that war paper, in passing from the
hands of the banks, will rest permanently inUhe hands
of the ultimate investor, where it belongs, and that it
will not again seriously impair the liquidity of commer
cial bank resources. We may also hope that we shall
not in 1921 see a national transportation breakdown
which'added a large portion to the impairment of credit.
Again we may expect that there will not be the same
violent price changes and that, therefore, commercial
credit will not be employed for purposes of commodity
speculation to the same extent. Finally, we may expect
that prices and the production of goods will be co-ordi
nated more closely to normal public demands and the
emergency should not arise to carry such large, un
liquidated stocks over a period of stagnation.
W. H. AHMAN$ON, Pres.
"W. L. Wilcox, V. Pres
W. A. Smith, V. Pres.
Tyler 5188
Omaha L
Council Bluffs
Street Railway
Company
business.
James E. Foster. SecTreaa.
Merrick E. Lease, Agcy. Supt.
Barker Block
il I ""- : i : 3 "T"-"""-"
tl$ "" ll
MADE Wl'-V 6'000 nt.WlsHlVtilC va!
in JmA miles NICHOLAS lUar J
OMAHAitl Guar"ntee
N?yl mark c
Co rnh usher T.res r'K
NEBRASKA TIRE.& JV 1
RUBBER CO. v SKf,
3167 SPAULD1NG jHi'-t y-j5
( 1 "business is coop thank you"
Eat
Purity
Sausage
Purity Provision Co.
2424 Q St.
South 2404
GASOLINE SAVER
All kind of flavoring extract.
HOLCOMB FOOD CHEMICAL
, PRODUCTS CO.
918 No. 16th Tyler 4964
Phone Tyler 449
Walnut 3ZS
Geo. A. Roberts
Grain Co.
Receiver and Shipper
GRAIN HAY
SEEDS
Consignments a Specialty. f
230-31-32-33-34 Grain Exchange
Qmaha, Neb.
EFFECTIVE EFFICIENT
OIL AND COMPRESSION TIGHT
CILL PISTON RING CO,
1923 Farnam St.
RENT-A-FORD
DRIVE IT YOURSELF
All New Cars With .Winter Tops at
Same Prices as Usual
OPEN DAY and NIGHT
NEBRASKA SERVICE GARAGE
19th and Farnam Sts. . Doug. 7390
American State Bank
18th and Farnam
SOLICITS YOUR BANKING
BUSINESS
Phone Tyler 80
Whistle Bottling Co.
, Tel. Web. 2131
RADIATORS
and Radiator Cores for Automobiles,
Tracks and Tractors
MADE AND REPAIRED
Send your radiator by express. Guar
anteed work, prompt service and rea
sonable charfres.
OMAHA AUTO RADIATOR MFG. CO.,
1919-21 Cuming St. OMAHA.
SCREENS AND CABINET
WORK
Residence Phone Walnut 4633.
Business Phone Tyler. 1632.
A. C. LESSARD & SON
Remodel:ng and Building
Contractors. j
2021 Cuniing St.
JOHN DEERE PLOW CO,
Agricultural Implement
Jobbers
Sioux Fall Sidney Omaha
RALPH DeLONG
Common Brick
Yard on C. B. & Q. R. R.
404 FINANCE BLDG.
Tyler 434S
-1 ft 4-ftl
Attention Mr. Automobile Owner
irhaul your car, rebore the cylinders, make pistons and rings
parjyou might need.
P. Melcboirs & Son Machine Works
417 South 13th St.
General Automobile, Machine and Backsmlth Repair Work.
Nicholas Gasolenes
Give
POWER
LV. Nicholas oil Compaq
"Little Red Wagons" N
Grading Contractors Equipment
- 1KAIIUKS.
STROUD & CO. '
Colfax 2998.
20th and Ames Ave.
KOPAC BROTHERS
Automotive and Shop Equipment
floit Caterpi'lar Tractors
Tires and Trucks
Wholet&e Branch Norfo'k, Neb.
Main Office Omaha, Neb.
Norfolk David City Columbus
Schuyler, Neb.
Not only Lumber, but Millwork, Hard
v varo and Paint .
WE PAY THE FREIGHT. .
C. liefer Lumber
Ccmnany . , s
135 W. Broadway
Council Biuffs, la.
Distributors of Quality-
ELECTRICAL
1ERCHANDISE
and Supplies
Omaha Sioux City .
"Omaha Liberty Fire
the Sleight of
Ferlestion"
"You SHARE IN THE PROFITS
while having PROTECTION."
OLD LINE STOCK COMPANY
Paid In Cash Capital
and Surplus ...$560,000
" Remember it costs no more
to insure ' your property in
OMAHA LIBERTY than in any
other responsible company and
you, share in tha profits.
Insurance against loss by fire,
lightning nad tornado. Auto
mobile and hail insurance.
Home Office:. 1317 Douglat St.
Phone Tyler 2621.
FAIRBANKS MORSE
&CO.
OIL ELECTRICAL
ENGINES MACHINERY
FARM ENGINES SUPPLIES
WIND MILLS
FAIRBANKS SCALES
t erT Jatta""1
The
HUGH MURPHY
Construction Co.
PAVING CONTRACTORS
D. S34. 206 Karbach Bldg.
St