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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1921)
THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1921. s. No. Roses Thrown At Meetings of State Farmers Blame for Many of Their Dif ficulties Laid at Their Own Doors by Nebraska Agriculturists. (ConUnacd From Page One.) good. He praised the plan of the committee of 17 for a co-operative .crminal selling agency, and pointed out that now the price of wheat was frequently broken by the ojciVenre of a surplus of as little as 5 per cent , Any manufacturing industry would . sell the surplus somewhere at a joss and stabilize the price of the 're mainder at a higher leve), he de 5 clared. Farm life must be made more ; pleasant for the women, Dr. Waters urged, saying that all modern con S veniences could be Installed for the , cost of a tractor. He criticised the i city men, who considered that they t; must make enough from fheir vork -to support a family in idleness while the farmer workcdhis own wife and v children in order to make both ends meet, and suggested that if city peo i pie could not afford to pay the 4" farmer a living wage for his toil,. "S; they should take their chiHrep out of the picture shows and put them j to work, -', Oppose Bankers' Suit "A popular chord was struck by S Mr. Corey in his reference to the S tying up of the federal land hank by a suit of the Mortgage Bankers' ssociati6n His declaration that he I I' was not satisfied that the federal re 5 serve system could- not extend credit more generously to agriculture, also J, was applauded. "Suppose the war was still going on, he said, would ,not the reserve system find it pos sible to extend aid to the farmers in order to enable them to produce efficiently?" jr; "The day has come for the farmer I to take more interest in financial f questions." he asserted. "The aver gage corn-belt farm is worth more -than the average 'country bank, or the .average country store. The Marmer with an investment of $50.--000 must take his place at the table jand consider financial problems with rthe city business men. He must Art range a system of borrowing allow v?ing him to make his payments over t-a period of time and not all at one I time. The farmer, must consider ' fusing warehouse receipts on his ygoods just as the manufacturer or 'merchant does in order to finance x himself." N Nearly Loses Teeth. - t Tom Snodgrass of Brock, an old time farmer and former member of the grange and farmers' alliance, caused merriment when ie became so enthused over farmers co-opera-tion that his false teeth almost h slipped from his mouth. He com .V pared this week's farmer meetings to sanitarium,' and said he hoped th'e i sick farmers would find a cure. "Perhaps," he said "we farmers s Vv-ill have to be ground . down still 'more before we wake up and get "v together for our own good. I hope not, but if -thefe are any who still are not ready to take charge of their ;;.own marketing and business, I hope -ithey get soaked even worse, and v then they will stop letting the specu lators and middlemen milk them," No More Blue Sky. ' ; 1 More than 300 farmers attending i the crop growers' meeting today u swore off on blue sky for a vear. . during the speech of C. H, GustaM son, president of the Nebraska . Farmers"' union. "Farmers in this state bought ' $90,000,000 worth of blue sky in the last few years," Mr. Gustafsnn said. , "Some farmers are so greedy t$ get . something for nothing that thev lose - their heads, and city: folks bought . $10,000,000 themselves. Ym can't is blame the trusts and combines for . this. Suppose we farmers had this . $90,000,000 to tide us over the pres . ent situation. Wouldn't we he all , . right? You farmers rush to the legislature and ask for medicine when all the time you are eating : more gtrms. I want every wan here . to promise not to buy $1 worth of stock from a salesman for one year Then we wilt have some money to x help ourselves." J - A farmer in the audience shouted r, out for everyone who would, save his money to stand, and all efcept va few who said; they had already Jlost all their mor.ey in stock promoi v. iion schemes and didn't have any more to lose, arose. , Don't Use Brains. ' Mr. Gustafson, who is a member of the committee of 17, which is 15. planning a farmer-owned and con ' trolled grain marketing system, was ;s unsnarin in his references to the ta xability of the farmer to unite on any ' one ilan. H "Farmers have lots of brains, but cWhpv don't nsr ttim.H h saitt ''R. fore improving the markcing sys tem, they have to organize. I bc jTlieve that farm products can bet be handled through farmer-owned and . v. controlled marketing machinery . if but I am not appealing ,to the preju j dice of the farmer, or knocking aiy. fv - one. We know we are not satisfied y with the present methods, but we - soend too much time telling how .Sbad 'the other fellow is instead of setting about actual reforms. , "The farmer is standing in his own V IiEhfe and block'nar orogress. There are too many ideas, and we cannot put any plan over unless a majority J center their effort on it We farm-gfers-are sick and we know it The Aionly questions now are' about the doctor and the medicine. I know S; of nothing better than co-operation. We can't change the present , system t. over night, and the farmer must work out his own salvation by some thing more than talk." Farmers Cheer Criticism. Although Mr. Gustafson was frank in his criticisms of the farmers,, his f speech , was cheered loudly by the farmers themselves. His statements ttha famitrs as a class are about as greedy as any other, but have not had a chance, was greeted with laughter, as was his declaration that he didn't believe that there was a .man or woman in the aud'ence who woura not have heeh a John D. y Rockefeller if he had had the oppor- tunity. SS That there are too many co-opera- ADVERTISEMENT. To Cur a Cold in Ona Day Tnk Orn-f I.AXATIVK BROMO QUI KIKE tuMrla. Th imilN twin . Ihi Touted for Harding's Secretary of Treasury Charles G. Dawes, president of the Central Trust company of Chicago, Qne of the largest - financial institu tions in the west, will be the secre tary of the treasury in President Harding's cabinet, according to Washington reports. Mr. Dawes is a leading authority on banking. He was comptroller of the currency under President Mc- Kinlev from 1897 to 1902 and tincc that t;me has been head of the Cen- tral Trust company. tive organizations in Nebraska today was given as his opinion. "There are too many not properly financed," he explained. "When you start a co-operative- business, you farmers must finance it just as business men would. This is the way the com nvttee of 17 is planning a national system of marketing- grain which will be controlled bv the farmers and on which the new committee of IS will plan the handling of live stock." Mr. Gustafson claimed that $53, 000 had been saved to farmers of Nebraska by their own agency at the Omaha stock yards in one year, and claimed that it was demonstrated that the cost of marketing farm products was generally too high. Over 50 country co-ooerative ele- vattrs already have joined a ter minal grain marketing plan for Omaha, he stated. Better Macketing Plans. H. D.Lute, secretary, of the Ne braska farm bureau, in discussing plans for better marketing of farm products, said he believed crop con tracts would be found necessary. Mr. Lute reported he had found that of all the wreckage of do-operative mar keting concerns in California, not a one had' failed which included the crop contract feature. The pooling of crops also, he continued, he be lieved would be found necessary. Co cr eration in marketing of crops in Nebraska as practiced at present is really not co-operation, he said, as growers outside the stockholders of co-operatjve elevator, for instance, are allowed to sell their grain to the ariner-owried concern; "Many co-operative elevators "are in difficulty " now," Mr. Lute said, "laotiany cases it will be found that growers who did not beloijg to the co-operative association got to mar ket first with their grain and sold it at the high price prevailing at the opening of the season. Then came the car shortage and the riron in price. The co-operative elevator was ' forced to take a big loss on gram n sold to.it by a man outside the or-;Jr ganization. He was the one who K got the benefit. Must Have Storage. A system of farm storage to do away with sending products long dis tances to market with ofttimes the necessity of shipping them back for local consumption was pointed out by the soeaker. Some such storage on the farm will be necessary, he said, if productsjre to be marketed in an orderly way and avoid glutting the mahket at certain seasons. Meth ods of financing the products thus held must be worked out, he added. "Farmers now are like a lot of barrel staves without any hoops," asserted Mr. Lute. "Go-operation, the hoops, are needed now." He briefly outlined the main points of the farm bureau organization, mentioning the necessity of ehfor cible crop contracts, pooling of crops by grades for marketing tp best ad vantage, crop storage on the farm and regulation of the flow of farm products'to j&arket,',keepirig ft uni form in order to avoid glutting the market at . times. Co-operative local elevatdrs, pnd through them co operative terminal elevators, co operative warehouse companies, and the keeping of farm crops under control of the producers, he de clared, to be the efffyive wav of eliminating the speculative middle man. Expert marketing and adver tising agencies also will be necessary, he said. ( Oppose Emergency Act Without a word of debate the crop growers by a large majority, voted to table a motion ft endorse the pronosal of Representative Fos ter of Omaha for an emergency act for farmer' relief. It developed aft erwird that the farmers are tired of paying interest on bonds, so they quickly voted not to endorse a bill authorizing counties to issue bonds for raising money to be loaned farmt erB from one to five years at rea sonable interest, through banks. President Gustafson of the Farm ers' union gave his definition of co-operation during a discussion that closed the session. He said co-operation is "two or . more persons do ing the same thing in the same way t the same time for the same pur pose." Theories of the benefits of crop rotation were brought into question by L. L. Zook of North Platte, who discussed results on the experiment al farm in western Nebraska. He found that corn and winter wheat were the best joint crops for that part of the state, because conditions that kill one will allow the other to survive. Oats wre found not to be reliable and barley preferable to spring wheat . Favors Continuous Crop. Although the highest yields fol lowed summer fallow, he claimed Oora delicious dessert, eat LQKNA DOONEiSfrcw v cwith Jruit the best profits from continuous cropping. Com grown for 10 years on the same ground was found to out-yield corn rotated with oats or with wheat. Wheat, on the other --Jhand, showed a better yield when rotated with corn than when grown continuously. Mr. Zook explained that small grains exhausted the mois ture more than corn, and concluded that although there might be a small margin in favor of rotation, It was not as great as is populaily imagin ed especially in regions having a Hcht rainfall. He also stated that use of fertilizer had not produced any appreciable benefit in the west. This opinion agreed with that of Prof. W. W. Burr, head ot tfce agronomy department of the State agricultural college, in ati address entitled "Shall We Use Commercial , Fertilizers in Nebraska?" For five i years the department, tinder the di ! rection of Professor Burr has been ' conducting experiments with com mercial fertilizers at the station farm and in several different counties. Fails to Pay Cost In the use of the commercial prod uct, a gain of 11J4 bushels an acre was made on oats. To make the ex periments pay the oats should have produced. 33 bushels to the acre. In the case of wheat a half bushel more was produced under the stimulus of the fertilizer. In the case Of corn no increase was shown, though to have paid for the artificial' article the production of cdrn should have in dicated an increase of 28 bushels to the .acre. Professor Burr related what had been done in other counties. Iq Hall county on sandy soil an increase of 10 bushels of potatoes to 'the acre was produced, but on corn on first and second bottom la'nd in thai county no results were obtained. Professor Burr did not want the impression to be gained that Ne braska soil, as rich as much of it is, does not need congideral le attention. It does to retain its fertility. He strongly advocated rotation 6t crops as one of the very essential means of preserving soil fertility and of re taining its richness. The liberal use of stable manure and.the turning un der of green forage crops like sweet clover were considered most satis factory. Little Fertilizer Sold . The speaker said that some com mercial fertilizers had been . sold in Nebraska, but that most of it was purchased by market gardeners and for experiments. He had learned that only a few hundred tons had been sold during a year. , "Nebraska farmers will not begin to use commercial fertiliser until pro duction falls below a certain level," said Professor Burr. "It is more a question or seasonable rain than one of soil at the, present time. Ii there is rain at the right time Nebraska seems ; to keep on producing at a maximum rate." Potatoes , have dropped less In pf ice than any other field crop, ac cording to the view expressed at the meeting of the Potato Growers' as sociation, of which JL Pedrett of Kimball is president -This year's crop is the second largest known in the state. Prof. H. O. Werner sec retary of the organization, discussed proposals to revise the grading laws We Can Save You $380 on a Beautiful Style 0 STEINWAY GRAND Also We HavOon Sale a Slightly Used " Duo Art Reproducing STEINWAY GRAND. Absolutely as fine as new in every way. Buy this and save $1,000. Real bargains like these don't hap pen often. Look these Steinways over before it is too late. ! tfiAKFORD One Price No Commissions . TI7E solicit W of GRAIN Omaha, Chicago, Milwaukee, Kan sas City and Sioux City market& We Off er Yoa the Services of Our Offices Located at Omaha, Nebrai&a -" . Kansas City, Missouri Get in touch with one of these branch offices, with your next grain shipment The Updike Grain Company "The Reliable Consignment HouttT , to allow a fancy grade, and a lower grade than No. 2. x Speakers at the meeting of the Nebraska Horse Breeders' associa tion (Wednesday morning painted an optimstic picture of future condi tions for horse breeders. Ahttntiirh conditions in the horse business at present were described W- -1 &1 1 . n LnK.l.a ,1. 1 k spring the horse business wi.'l be back to normal. . Several of the speakers expressed the belief that the farmers are turn ing from the motor-driven machin ery back to horse power Frank Howard of Pawnee City told of ex press and transfer companies pur chasing large numbers of horses to replace trucks for short hauling. The horse has been without a defender while the tractor and truck demonstrators" have been ot the sil ver-tongued variety urging the farmer to forsake the horse and use motor-driven machinery," declared Mr. Howard. "The-state of Nebraska is situ ated in the center of a great horse raising country and. its location is ideal tor marketing the animals." he tontinlied. Back to tbe Farm. The back-to-the-farm movement has started accordirig to the speaker. "The auto manufacturers have coaxed our sons away from the farm with dollar-ah-hour iobs With the closing down of industrial concerns they are returning to find the farm was not a bad phce after all" according to Mr. Howard The necessity of better and more careful breeding of horses was em phasized at the meeting. Horse buyers told of the loss to the farmers who did not exercise care in select ing and handling their stork. It was pointed out that United States farm ers are compelled to import breeding stock because of the action of many farmers in not paying careful atten tion to their annuals. The 36th" annual meeting of the Nebraska Dairymen's association was scheduled to begin at 10 o'clock, tit was postponed in order that the members might attend "the meeting of the crop growers association. The dairymen will hold morning and afternoon sessions tomorrow, closing in' the evening with a banquet Fruit Growers Meet. The Wednesday morning session of the Nebraska Horticultural so- nVtv onpned with . technical dis cussion of diseases of Nebraska . fruits. Dr. George L. Peltier, plant , pathologist, gave an illustrated lec ture' on this topic, which was fol lowed by a general discussion. ' Prot E. H. Hoppert of the Uni versity of Nebraska told of the, methods of preventing fruit diseases. R. S. 'Heriick .secretary of the Iowa State Horticultural society, was introduced to the members and told of the scheme of co-operative buying jn Iowa. The following were nom inated for officers of the association at the morning meeting: President, E. H. Hoppert, experiment station, Lincoln; first vice president. Everett Smith, Salem'; second vice president. A. M. Shubert. Shubert; secretary, Val Keyser, Nebraska City: treasur er, Peter Youngers, Geneva; direc tors, Everett Smith. Salem; C. vj. Marshal, Arlington; W. B. Banning, tin ion. 1 i 1 i ?! ?! 1807 Farntin, Omaha your consignments all kinds of grain to the i Lincoln, Nebraska Hastings, Nebraska Chicago, Illinois Sioux City, Iowa , Holdrege, Nebraska Geneva, Nebraska Des Moines, Iowa Milwaukee, Wis. Hamburg,' Iowa MiwiiPJiiiiwttjiiwjii,iiiiiiiiiiiiii;iiii THOMPSON- Compare No Use A Clearance , of Glove Silk Teddies These dainty -silken gar - ments witn lace ana riD bon trimmings are doubly attractive for their new low prices. . $10 to $12 ones $8.98 $8.35 to $9.50 ones $6.98 $6.50 to $7.50 ones $5.98 Second Floor. $2.50 Sheets $185 A fine quality, eighty one by ninety inch, Thurs day for $1.85.; -, Second Floor. $13 Blankets $13 All Wool 1 Plaid blankets in a num ber of deferent color ' combinations, 70x80 inch, for only $13 each. Second Floor. Sale of Shirts and Neckwear v Ties of all descriptions, four-in-hands, bats, Wind sors and silk krts all for less. $1.00 $1.50 $2.00 $2.50 $3.00 $100 $5.00 $6.00 $7.00 neckwear, neckwear, neckwear, neckwear, nedkwear, neckwear, neckwear, neckwear, neckwear, 55c.' 95c. $1.35. $1.65. $1.95. $2.75. $3.50. $4.25. $4.95. Our shirt sale offers these reductions ail Man hattans, Eagles and Ar rows formerly $5 to $11 for Just Half Price All silks regardless of for mer price are now $10. Shirts formerly less than $5 are also reduced. The Men's Shop To the left as yoti enter. Just a Part of . the January Specials Can Be Mentioned Here Selling Lin ens forLessThan Today's Wholesale Cost When good linens were available we purchased them. Now that they are scarce; we are selling them at prices you'll find very advantageous. And you can safely depend upon all of the prices which we quote. . Irish Lien Table Cloths with Nap kins to Match n $10 Table Cloths, $7.38 $10 Napkins, $7.50 a doz. All Fancy Linens at New Low Prices $15 Mosaic Napkins, $10 doz. $20 Mosaic Napkins, $13.89 a dozen. $15 Madeira Napkins, $10 doz. $20 Madeira Napkins,', $13.89 a dozen. Six-inch Madeira Doilies 50c quality, only 25c. Longcloth 65c quality 45c a yard. 75c quality 55c a yard. 85c quality 65c a yard. Both Quality and Price. - We Have for Misrepresentations, nave You? A January Sale Gowns for Evening Wear . $25 $38.75 $50 : ' A choice of demure dancing frocks, more matronly evening dresses and very attractive dinner gowns all posessing the rare touch of "distinction a Thomp-son-Belden gown displays. Reduced to These Three Prices Heavy Irish Linen Cloths and Napkins x in Matched Patterns Hound floral and scroll designs. $20 Cloths, 2x2 yds., $14.89 $23 Cloths, 2x2i yds., $17.50 $25 Cloths, 2x3 yds., $20.00 $20 Napkins, 22 in. $14.89 doz. $22.50 Cloths, 2x2 yds., $17.50 $25 Cloths, 2x2Vo yds., $20.00 $30 Cloths, 2x3" yds., $25.00 $35 Cloths, 2x3i yds., $30.00 $22.50 Napkins," 22-inch, at $18.75 a doz. $27.50 Napkins, 24-inch, at $20.00 a doz. Heavy Linen Crash '55c quality, 45c a yard. 75c quality, 50c a yard. 85c quality, 69c a yard. 95c quality, 75c a yard. BELDEN & CO. Dresses formerly priced up to $59.50 Dresses formerly $62.50 to $95.00 Dresses formerly $98.50 to $150.00 $25 $38 $50 And a few very exclusive models, formerly $155 to $250, are now $98.50 All Sales FinalA Charge for Alterations of All 75 Haskell's Famous Black Silks v.. Greatly Reduced In more than thirty years of selling Haskell's we have learned to ap preciate their superior quality above all others. v No weaves are reserved. Taffetas, satins, failles, Bengalines and Otto mans are all included. Such choice silks are v particularly desirable at January prices Other Silk Savings That You'll Enjoy I Lingerie Silks $1.49, $1.98 Satins, crepe de chine,vwash taf fetas and several qualities of crepes. All are much under priced at $1.49 and $1.98 a yard. tl $3.50 Heavy Satin, $2.49 A heavy quality that promises the best of wear (36-inch). Bering's Satin de Chine .Reduced to $2.95 a yard , - A desirable silk for general wear. All colors. (86-inch). V Coatings and Dress Goods at Splendid Reductions 's NINE 'ntu pBpiini .ill pin ntur or JS. W. Qrova, SOo,