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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1921.
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Nebraska Farm
uBody Adopts New
Constitution
Toungs Favored for President
At Coming Election in Lin
coln Executive Com
mittee Chosen.
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thd country, and those who can in
fluence the flow of freight cars have
., the power to send farm price's
up or down, and should not be left
without the benefit of the farmers'
advice, he said.
freight Rates Important.
"I suppose there are men in this
audience who could have received
' $1.95 for their corn if they could have
got cars, but who are now seeing it
at about SO cents," he ventured.
"Freipht rates are another thins? that
' , are vitallv important to the farmer
and one that he should watch cire
; fully. Right today the South Ameri-
can farmer can ship his corn and his
live stnck to the eastern coast of the
United States for less freight charges
than the western farmer has to pav."
The Farm Pitreau federation has
,i hired CTfFord Thnrne, a rate expert,
I at a sa'ary of $1,000 a month, just
it to watch transportation matters for
I the farming interests. Mr. Wallace
said.
7 ' "If farmers ar to come into their
own, they must do ;t bv such Rreat
organisations as this," he declared.
' ' t .''Sympathy or legislation is not ro-
5ng to do as much as self-help. There
has never been any research work
done by the farmers and they have
not the full information on their in-
f dustry with which to meet the knowl
edge of world conditions held by the
packers, the ra'lroads and other in-
dustries. If I were Riven authority
today to appoint three men whom I
considered competent to advise with
the manufacturing and transporta-
tion interests and protect the rights
of agriculture, I would not know
where to go. Farming is the biggest
business in the world, but farmtrs
have never collected real information
; on its ouestions.
Shipping Board Blamed.
"Do you sunpose. folks, that if we
; had had an adequate organization a
t year ago when the secretary of the
treasury and the governor of the
federal resetve bank system decided
on such drastic deflation of credit,
that we would have'lJeen where we
? ' are today? I think the farmers
; would have recommended that we
: slide down the roof instead of jump-
ing off."
, Mr. Wallace also blamed the ship
f, p'nff board for mn'ntaining ocen
j. freight rates at triple prices, to the
cost of thei farmers whose surplus
1 was shipped abroad.
Urging farmers to organize and
depend on themselves for their salva-
tion. Mr. Wallace stated that the
J members of the hod carriers' union
in America paid more money to their
protective organization each year
S than all the farmers paid to all their
organizations. He also spoke favor
ably of co-operative buying and sell
ing. -
Co-Operative Buying Discussed.
"It is interesting to see !ome of the
people in the towns and cities who
fear that the farmers will put them
out of business with co-operative
agencies," he said. "Now Henry
T7 . .1 : ...:-. . i. i .1 1
v , auiu is wiping uui 111c miuuiciiian
ft all along the line, and yet he is ap-
inauuca as a larseemg citizen, wnen
f - Mr. Ford needed wood in large
I quantities he bought a forest. When
j he needed iron, he got a mine ind
I built his own smelter. But when the
I I farmer tries this same system of rut
l ting down the number of hands that
j intervene between producer and con-
sumer they are many who try to
I make it appear that the very exist
' -is; ence of our institutions is menaced."
flSirecommendingco-operative effort
totTle countv agents. Mr. Wallace
1 told of tie success of co-operative
seed houses in Illinois.
' Fair prices to the farmers are as
HaasBroihers
Second Floor Brown Block 16th and Douglas Sts.
7 Dominating the Appfcrel Situation
of Omaha
Our Sixth Annual
January Clearance
The event that brings to the women of this city the most
remarkable apparel buying opportunity of the season.
Haas Brothers' Luxurious Coats
Magnificent coats in wide array of the seasons most
successful style creations now priced so strikingly low
that they are simply irresistible
Buck Suede, Bolivia, Tinseltone,
Duvet Superiors. Lustrolas and
No Sale Considered Final
Is Assured
much to the interest of the consum
ers as to the producers, according
to Mr. Wallace. He showed that
the ups and downs on the market
were disturbing to all industry and
stated that if the high peaks and
the low drops of the last 10 years
had been leveled off, and grain
prices stabilized, the farmer could
have sold his crop 10 per cent cheap
er and made a profit
Reached Maximum Production.
The United States has reached its
maximum food production at pres
ent prices, Mr. Wallace believes.
Through improved machinery and
efficient methods production has
been held high even. though many
people have left the farms and filled
the cities. Consumption has crept
close to production and there is little
new land except swamps, cutover
and arid regions. This, he. said,
would be brought into production
only when food prices rise sufficient
ly to make it profitable. Until that
rime, the increase will come from an
increase in the yield per acre on the
land now in use. This, he declared,
cannot come about without some
increase in return to pay for the use
of more labor.
Farming on Sound Basis.
"When the farmer" puffers all other
interests are bound to suffer with
him," Mrfc Wallace'concluded. "The
purpose of the organized farmer is
not to starve anyone, not ti exact
unjust prices, not to array class
against class, not to overturn those
institutions which have made us .the
greatest nation on earth. The pur
pose is to put our agriculture on a
sound basis so that the farmer can
continue to feed the nation at a fair
price; so that the farmer's wife can
have her share of the comforts and
luxuries so freely granted to wives
of other men; so that the" farmer's
children shall have a fair chance
at educational and social opportuni
ties fairly comparableXto those en
joyed by the children of other men,
so that we can carry on a system
of agriculture which will safeguard
the precious fertility of the soil and
hand it down for the preservation!
ot those wno are kj come atter us.
It is a task in which the faimer
should have the sympathetic help of
all classes of citizens, for upon his
success 'depends the very life of the
nation."
T. L. Hall, who ceased this week
to hold office as state railway com
missioner, and now is going back to
the farm, asked Mr. Wallace from
the floor what he would estimate a
fair return on the farmer's invested
capital to be. He referred to the
prevalent rates of interest demanded
by public utilities and asked if farm
ers were not entitled to as much.
Mr. , Wallace said he could nof set
any. certain per cent, but that he was
on the side of the farmer.
W. H. Broka'w, director of the ex
tension service, spoke on the work
of the federation and was followed
by County Agent Campbell of Fron
tier county, who urged greater repre
sentation for farmers in educational
management. He quoted figures
showing that of 6,000 rural school
teachers in the state, only 151 had
agricultural training.
Grand Island Editor Speaks.
J. L. Thompson, country life editor
of the Grand Island Independent,
spoke on the way outsiders should
view farm organizations. "If the
Farm Bureau federation is ever
thrown down, it will be by some one
within its ranks." he warned. The
people as a whole are sympathetic,
and if the big industrial interests
ever decide to overthrow the, organ
ization, they cannot do it from the
outs;de, but only from the inside.
With one of the most successful
farm weeks closing today, a commit
tee, headed by E. R. Danielson, sec
retary of the state department of ag
riculture, has been named to arrange
for next year's sessions. C..W." Pugs
ley continues as secretary, and the
other members are Dean Burnett,
Miss Margaret Fedde, W. H. Bro
kaw. N; S. Whitten and H. D. Lute.
To Core Co'd in One Day
TRke Grove's LAXATIVE BROMO QUI
NINE tablets. Th genuine bears the
signature of E. W. Grove.. 30c Adv.
Bee Want Ads Are Best Business
Getters. '
Baffin Seal, Plain and Trimmed
in Mole, Nutria, Australian
Opossum and Raccoon.
$20, $35, $50
A Forceful Clearaway of
FROCKS
Stunning new models, the ma
jority of which we featured dur
ing the holidays, priced decid
edly low. '
Handsomely Beaded Tricotines,
Chiffon Velvets, Beaded Geor
gettes, Tailored Serges, Crepe
Algiers, Beaded and Embroid
ered Silk Duvetyns, Crepe Back
Satins.
$10, $15, $25
Until .Your Satisfaction
Spirit of Optimism
Prevails at Meet
Of State Farmers
They Have Set Selves to Long,
Hard Pull With Confidence
They'll Win, Says Omaha
C. of C. Man.
By PAUL GREER.
Lincoln, Jan. 7. The finest thing
that could happen to any business
man would be to mix with the or
ganized farmers who have been
meeting at the state farm here this
week. That is on the word of
Charles F. Schwager of Omaha, af
ter attending the sessions of the
dairy men and the 6 wine breeders.
"There is less grouch to be found
in these meetings than on the street
corners of Omaha," is the way H.
F. Mcintosh, manager of the agri
cultural department of the Omaha
Chamber of Commerce, put it. 'The
game way in which the farmers are
taking their reversal is an inspira
tion to the rest of the world to do
business as usual."
C. W. Pugsley, editor of the Ne
braska Farmer, is a man who is
constantly in touch with the mm of
the industry. "There is a note of
optimism at these conventions that
has not been heard in more than a
year," he says. "One cannot help
petting the idea that the farmer has
set himself for a long, hard pull in
which he is Confident of coming out
on top. It is all in a business-like
manner; he is not howling over a
sore paw, but setting to work, qui
etly and sensibly, to cure his
wound."
Efficiency Is Hope.
It is not only through marketing
reforms that he is aiming to insure
future profits, for the talk of the
cost of production inevitably k?eps
the question of farm efficiency to
(he fore. Dean E. L. Burnett of the
college of agriculture touched this
when estimating that 1.000,000
bushels of corn were used for seed
in Nebraska each year. "If 5
per, cent of that fails to germinate,
we have a loss of 50.000 bushels,"
he said, calling attention to the need
for careful testing of seed corp.
More efficient labor is another
hope of the farmer. In recognitior
of the manner in which faithful
service is regarded, consider the
public resolutions of the State Dairy
association commending Nels An
derson, a herd boy from Denmark,
for his faithful work in feeding and
milking Nebraska's new champion
cow, Laverne. '
Four times each day, at 6 a. m
noon, 6 p. m. .and midnight, for an
entire year, Nels milked Laverne lp
order to establish a record for milk
production. H. F. Mcintosh at the .
dairy banquet last night paid a trib
ute to this farm worker that resulted
in the collection of a purse of cort
siderable weight as a token ol the
respect of the dairymen;
Old officers of the association '
The9 Junior Shop Has
Exceptional Special
Values for Saturday
Boys' Two-Pants Suits at $7.50 and $10 1
About 300 all told. We will not say what these
v are worth, but WILL say you will surely miss out
on a great bargain if you don't get in on it.
Boys Overcoats
Every Junior Shop Coat marked down to prices
that are way below comparison. About 250 Coats
to choose from.
Coats Now Priced at
$5, $7.50, $10
And a
Knickerbocker Pants
Choice of entire stock $3.25
and $2.75 d1 QC'
values V
Corduroys and mixtures Sizes
7 to 17 Years.
Barker Clothes Shop
Second Floor Securities Bldg
were re-elected as follows: Tresi-V.
dent, Harvey A. Morrison. College
View; vice president, C E. Morse j
Lincoln; secretary-treasurer, J. E. i
Palm, Lincoln; C. H Gustafson, j
Lincoln; Prof. J. H. Frsmsen, Lin
coln; Jacob Sass, Chalco; J. Fra
zeur, 13ellevue, and Charles Grau,
Bennington, directors. N I
The Nebraska Improved Live
Stock association at a banquet last
night elected H. J. McLaughlin of j
Doniphan president and re-eiectea
M. B. Posson of Lincoln secretary
and ProQl. J. Grammich treasurer.
Tweify members ot tne JNeDrasKa
Milk Goat Breeder met to claim the
establishment of a new industry and j
elected Dr. C E. Leech of Fairbury
president; E. J. Rothwell, Lincoln,
yice president, aim ii. vv. wuic,
atrice, secretary.
Speaks on Markets.
Prof. H. C Filley, who has been
looked upon by some portions of
the population as somewhat radical
on agricultural questions," stfoke on
the subject of markets in a way that
was not entirely in .accord with the
views of some of his hearers at the
farm bureau meeTing. First Prof.
Filley gave it as his opinion that the
profits of carrying grain from fall
to spring are much smaller than
generally thought. He announced
that a study of market prices on No.
3 wheat at Omaha for the seven
rears from 1907 to 1913 had averaged
$0 cents a bushel in August, and in
the following May averaged 99.9
cents. This increase of approxi
mately 10 cents was most of it used
up in terminal charges and insur
ance, he said. '
There was ,a profit in handling
grain, but it was in the cleaning
and conditioning, and this was
where the farmer should step in, he
said. Every market receives much
low graded grain that after being
cleaned takes rank as No. 1, and he
declared this a legitimate business
process, but one which the co-operative
farmers would take over if.
they were wise, and get the profit
for themselves
Need More Exchanges.
"There has only been one year
out of seven when it would v have
paid the farmers to hold their oats
from August to May, and only two
out of seven for wheat," he stated.
"A good many mean things have
been said about the Chicago Grain
exchange, but it has handled wheat
at less cost than any other product
is handled. We do not need fewer
grain exchanges, but more.
lhe wool growers will tell you
tht it seeems that they have no
market at all, but this has never
happened to wheat. W hat the
farmers should do is to control the
marketing of their crop through
their own local xo-ooerative eleva
tors, through the terminals where
they will clean it. and through their
co-operative export associations at
the Atlantic ports.
What Mr. Filley called "market
strategy." the rumors on which )
prices are sent up or down, should
be met by authentic information
on foreign crops and markets which
the United tates bureau of mar
kets should be authorized by con
gress to obtain, he said.
Bee want ads are business getters. !
few higher.
Straight Knee Pants
Ages 3 to 8, choice, J 45
Values up to $2.50 Corduroy
and Tweed mixtures.
16th and Farnam
r
January
at Thompson-Belden's
Suits, Coats, Dresses
and Separate Skirts
Are being 'offered for January sale prices
which are very low indeed. A sale purchase
from Thompson-Belden's carries lhe assurance .
of high quality and consequent satisfaction.
All Sales Final A Charge for Alterations.
- Apparel-SectionsThird Floor.
Unusual
Haskell's Famous
BLACK SILKS
Greatly Reduced
We have sold Haskell's
, for more than thirty
years and know their
goodness. NO RESER
VATIONS. All black
' taffetas, satins, failles,
bengalines and otto
mans are included.
Prices You'll Like
Crepe de Chine
Only $1.95 a Yd.
A' heavy quality, 40
inches, wide.
Kimona Silks'
$2.00 quality, $1.59.
$6.00 quality; $2.98.
Black and colors.
Belding's Satin
de Chine, $2.95
A choice silk for gen
eral wear (alL colors),
36-inch.
Suitings, Coatings and Dress
Goods at Splendid Reductions
January Salebf Men's Wear
Manhattan Shirts
$5 'to $11 qualities,
HALF PRICE
Eagle and Arrow .
Shirts regularly $5 to $10,
HALF PRICE
Any Silk Shirt
In our stock
for $10
$15 to$20 values.
$4.00 shirtsr $2.35
$3.50 shirts, $2.25
$3.00 shirts, $2.05
All) of the above shirts are
new Fall and winter patterns.
Irish Linen Table Cloth
With Napkins to Match
Round Floral Designs
$15.00 cloths for only $11.89.
$15.00 napkins, $11.89 2 doz.
$22.50 table clofchs, $17.50.
$25.00 table clothV $20.00
$30.00 table cloths, $25.00
$22.75 napkins, $18.75 a doz.
- Linen Sheeting
(Extra Heavy)
$5.50 quality (72-inch)
' for $4 a yard.
$7.50 quality (90-inch)
for- $6 a yard.
Handkerchief
Linen-White
$3 quality, $2.50 yard.
$3.25 quality, $2.75 yard.
Silk Savings
Belding's Satin
for Petticoats
$2.50 quality, $1.89.
Tub Silk, $2.29
Heavy quality iri desir
able patterns (33
inches wide).
Lingerie Silks
$1.49 to $1.98
Satins, crepe de chine,
'Wash taffetas and sev
eral qualities of crepes.
All are much under
priced at $1.49 to $1.98!
a yard.
$3.50 Heavy
Satin, $2.49
'A heavy quality that
promises the best of
wear (36-inch).
Belding's Satin' de .
Chine, Reduced to
$2.95 a Yard
A desirable silk for
general wear. All col
ors. (36-inch).
Neckwear
In This Sale
As you know, our neck
wear is new and choice,
I the best we can buy.
$1.00 neckwear, 55c
$1.50 neckwear, 95c
$2.00 neckwear, $1.35
$2.50 neckwear, $1.65
$3.00 neckwear, $1.95
$4.00 neckwear, $2.75
$5.00 neckwear, $3.50
$6.00 neckwear, $4.25
Night Shirts
Muslin and outing flan
nel: $2.50 qualities, $1.55 "
$3.00 qualities, $1.95
$3.50 qualities, $2.15
$4.00 qualities, $2.95
Interest in the Sale of
Quality Linens
Continues Day After Day
Bed Spreads
$10 Bedspreads, $7.89
$4.75 Ripplette
spreads (90x100)
for $3.89.
$15 Bed sets, $12.00.
$17.50 Imported Mar
seilles spread's,
for $13.75. - .
Sales
January Sales in the
Store for Blouses Offer
All Silk Sweaters
for $10
Values to $49.50 ,
Many beautiful shades and weaves in attract
ive tuxedo and coat styles. Every one from our
regular stock. v
30 Per Cent Reductions oh
Wool Scarfs and Sweaters
Sweaters in both brushed wool and plain
yarns striking black and white sweaters,
several shades of brown and a pleasing selec
1 tion of brighter shades.
And the scarfs are the huge fluffy onesjof
brushed wool that may be worn with or with
out a belt. v
A Table of About Fifty
Georgette Blouses $ 1
Odd sizes and blouses that are a trifle soiled
from handling, make up this selection priced
Saturday Only $1
All Other Blouses Have Been
Reduced 20 Per Cent
A selection that permits one to choose between
Georgettes in light or dark shades, embroid
ered, beaded or trimmed with real lace; satin
costume blouses wifh handsome braidings,
metallic girdles and beads to enhance them,
x and black silk lace and chiffon blouses for
more formal occasions.
Unusual Saturday Values
35a striped glass toweling, 19c a yard.
30c hemmed glass towels for 19c.
40c hemmed tea towels for 29c.
65c bleached Turkish towels, 35c.
85c bleached Turkish towels, 59c.
50c hemstitched huck towels, 29c.
20c hemmed huck towels for 12i2c.
15c wash cloths for only 10c.
$2.50 all-linen huck towels, $2.
White Goods
$1 Nainsook 75c yd.-
$1 Phanton cloth; 75c
yard.
$1.25 Embroidered
white voiles, 75c
yard.
85c Long cloth, 65c
yard. .
A Sale of
Wool Hose
for Women
$3 Hose, $1.75'
Wool heather mixtures
with dropstitch patterns.
$3.50 Hose, $2.50
Made of pure Australian
wool. Heather mixtures
with dropstitch.
$4.00 Sport Hose
for $2.50 a pair ) ,
Heavy ribbed wool for
out-of-doors sports wear.
Boys' Wool Hose
Are Reduced
Half hose with fancy roll
tops, $3 values for $1.75
a pair.
$3.50 qualities, $2.
VVhite Lawn
Guimpes Are to
Be Had for Less
IJaintily trimmed guimpes
in four, five, ten and
twelve-year sizes.
65c values for 49c. ,
85c values for 59c.
$1.25 values, 98c.
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