THE KEE: OMAHA,. MONDAY, AUGUST 1. 1921. Howaril Defends United. States Grain Growers President of . Farm Bureau Declares Producers Have Right . to ' Follow Crops During Distribution. Speakinsr before an audience of between 1,300 and . 1,500 people at the Fillmore county picnic, Geneva, Neb., last week, James R. Howard, president of the American Farm Bu reau federation, declared that "those who- bear the sweat and toil qf the noon-day sun io productive- enter- priscs-tlie farmers have a right to follow their product- as far as they like alonar the route of- distribution. President Howard was referring spe- cihcailv to the "efforts of the farmers through he marketing plan of the United' States Grain Growers, Inc. President Howards speech was prefaced by a short talk by Gov. S. R. McKelvie, who acted as chair man of the meeting. The governor declared that tlje strictest ' principles oftco(iomy should mark- the farm ers' co-operative - efforts rather than the spirit ;f agitation. The gov ernor said, also, that legislation - is helpful in- the 'Operation of any busi ness, but that it is impossible to make a farmers' movement a politi cal one; and that" legislation can only pave' the way . for co-operative en deavor. ." , Largest in World. President Howard said the Ameri can Farm' Bureau federation is the largest Organisation of farmers in the world, and' characterized by a get-together istick-JoRethet 'co-operative idea.-- He discribed "briefly tlje work. of the" comnlittee -of . 17,' and the fundamental' principles' of the United States -Grain' Growers,1 Inc. which was born of thet-fforts of' that com mittee "More information concern ing1 grain marketing was brought to light by that committee in its delib erations thaff'wa,' fiver "known be fore," President Howard declared, , . He. spoke of the.tffotts of-co-op-erative elevators during the past .10 years to carry their grain beyond the terminals tut w.ere prevented by re fusal of .grain exchange to ' allow th'etn seats orrhe exchange with the excuse" ' that' exchange' members should; not be allowed to -pro-rate their" profits. Only 'through' their own co-onerative ' efforts canv the farmers "overcpnje. that hapdicaj), he declared; . President Howard .said: the, finance corporation ' is important in that it will' provide credit to the farmers. He said that it tak-cs more' .credit for f aVmers ' to' handle their own 1 grain than for others to do it, bmvfhajt they mus,t :he prepared to meet;an -emer-gensy .like .the present ope. He de clared that the reason farmers have had a harder 'time' obtaining credit than other businesses , is 'because other-' lines ' have heretofore -been more 'profitable. J " , ., J .',' .' Increase , in Vafurfs.' "-. In" answering the question, '-'Are we going back to the prewar level of prices ?" Mr. Howard - said that the recentj . census , report , of., farm values shows farm property worth nnn nfin nn'n rnWinai-eri ' vu(h ii.utMUUU.-uuu iu years ago, or ai mixst .100 fper ' cent ' increase. . Mr. Howard, though declared that in flated 'land prices are "rtcjt .prinfarily. responsible for the present predica ment of the farmer and he explained that, according, to th- quantitative theory of money, whenever "the vol ume .91.. money doubles, Jiric.es must double.lahd that' we now' have' ap proximately $7,000,000,000 in circula tion,' compared with $3,750,000,000 in prewar times, and . in addition. there has been, a great expansion of credit. City . property, : merchandise, fac tories, etc, ',he declared,, have all in creased ii 1 values-Jher-eforei:' unless more, credit .is' curtailed ' than has been done so far, the readjustment of'prices must.be on a higher level; not as high as war prices, but Higher thart the. prewar: level. -Mr. Howard -condemned the' gov ernment" operation of railroads dur ing -the yar. 'saying the "government! strll owes the railroads $800,000,000 and'that the roads now' need" 700,000 more ' cars for - norm.'.-- business. Therefore, he says,, he., d&e's not look for a decline in freight; rates for. sev eral years. '., , -' ' Water transportation -is tlie most hopeful-'. thing, to be .considered, he said, .referring t the -provisions of the vfisGh-Cumming . bill ' 'requiring railroads -to. biH - freight either by water--or .rail' at- the shipper's'- direo. tionsr He. say-s this'is- reviving- water traffic, Specially -via. the Mississippi river, where' great fleets of barges are now operating between. St Louis and New Orleans. He said the at. Lawrencfc-Grtat : Lakes waterway, allowing octan-going vessels to dock at Great - take; ports, would .bring Nebraska. 1,000 Tiriles" --closer to the foreign natkeii.' This. ' would mean a saviti;6i from;-5- ttf.W cents per busheloo- grain' raised -in . the.".middle westeYn; states. ; -Jic 'Sard that the St Lawrdnce-Gneat : -LaEe's ; waterway can otf conStTutted for the "price of' 10 -battlo ship's, but in fa.ct'-wtll cost' nptng.'.tts he electric 'current gen-erated.-in 40 years , will" pay. for .all. construction. . Mr. Howard, called attention 'to '-the fact" that th Argen tine .farmer;, is on., an average '300 miles - from' ocean transportation. i- . . : p Canadian; Cattle BeatA .!.EmexgC Tariff .fawj Considerable numbers of -Canadian cattlfc-wreh6vedrac&ss.mi .border into .Jibrthwstent', range; ;sttes just prior -te -the enactment -'of 'the rei cent e.rrjferge'nc? tariff "law .accord ing to -reports received by n,the United States" bureau .of markets and crop estimates.--' A .majority .'.of. these tattle were either stbekers or feeders and it is reported. .that .mahy.'of the.m; 'were bought on the -(Canadian--range around;$5 fcervlOO ffQundi...Whertt;1919-2Q. tne norae-range -was not 'wo wr from" the.-;bordet,.fl)e 'differtfnrt .in exchange in ' marry instances prac tically covered the cost of transport ing the "cattle -into- the United States. Wool Imports tit Two Ports Imports "of wbci at two Atlantic ports durrrtsf. the Week -ending July 16 ' were": : .Bostorf;'' T07.S29 ' pounds Philadelphia; 432,366 pounds. State Will Have Special Report Arrangements Made for Mar ket Quotations to Secretary Of Agriculture. Leo B. Stuhr, secretary of the state department of agriculture, was in Washington last week and com pleted arrangements with the-fedcral bureau -of -mafkcts, for installing a leased, wire in the state department of agriculture for the handling of market, and crop reports. The ex pense of both the wire and the op erator Will be borne equally by the state and federal governments. The reports from all the large cen tral markets will cover, live stock and grain quotations in detail and in ad dition will, - furnish quotations on fruits and vegetables which are not now generally' cohered in the mar ket reports.. The service will be installed prob ably within two or three weeks and the reports will be available for the newspapers and such other agencies as may wish them; . Mr. .Stuhr said that as soon as re ceiving wireless telephonic instru ments .are available it is possible that his department will - enter -, into- the field Qf furnishing market and other reports o rural communities by wire less aftftr:.the experimental work has proven-its practicability. While':' in Washington Stuhr also arranged.Jo place a s'pecial market?: ing man" at" Kearney, and -Alliance during the potato marketing season, who will keep in close touch with the central markets, in - the ' interests of growers and small dealers in this crop. -! i-,':' , ; -. ' . iFarm Notes Cut -a'ilitle''fi:recn corn fodder each day and haul" it up for bc: milk ."cows. They need green feed: to supplement the drying pastures,- - A few minutes'; a day at this job yields returnis in the form of a large cream check. , . Final -preparations for sending the young people to school' should be made in August Send for college catalogs, select the; school and- help son or daughter to pick out the proper course. Ut 4iw tarmers in Nebraska, those who had attended high school made 32.1 per cent more money than those who had only a common school course. Remove -rotted silage and water from the silo and see that necessary repairs are made preparatory to fill ing. If a stave silo, draw the hoops snug before filling. Be sure that none of- the silo doors- are missing or off .their..hinges. Have a supply of building paper or old newspapers on hand to seal the doors. The natural laying season of the hen in this locality ii April, May and June, unless she has been bred for production in which case the laying period begins earlier and lasts much longer. Because this is true, July and August is the time to do the first culling of the flock, for the hens that begin to moult now are the biggest slackers, and should be sold while the market price is good. At this time it is well to cull out-the hens witii low vitality, poor feet, small snaky heads; the old, overfat and diseased ones; Farmers' Live Stock Associations Planned The fanners jive stock "rriarketing committee cf. fifteen is perfecting plans for the establishment of pro ducer owned and operated co-operative commission companies in lead ing markets, according to reports from the American Farm Buureau federation at . Chicago. - The plan will be subitfed to the whole com mittee of 15 at its' next meeting at Chicago on August ' 10, for appro val. ' Thl principles' on which the pro ducers co-operative companies will be - established and operated have been reviewed and endorsed by the committee of 15. Upon establish ment of the co-operative commis sion companies at the various stock yards they will be affiliated in an organization, national in scope, in which producers will obtain mem bership and control on a purely co operative basis. The producers will share the earnings and benefits of selling according to the patronage dividend principle. - ; " Percentage of White . " Farmers on Increase Of the total land in farms in 1920, 910,605,420 acres were operated by white farmers, as against 832,166, 020 acres in 1910, This represents an increase of 78,442,400 acres,, or 9 per cent.- Land operated, by white farmers in "1920 constituted 95.3 per cent of all land in farmSj-as Com pared .wfthi947 per cent' in 1910. The average.? :&ize of the farms operated by white armers"was 165.6 acres in ;1920'and 153 acres in 1910 - -Colored farmers operated 45,068, 125 acres ' of land in 1920, as com pared with 46,632,305 acres in 1910, representing a decrease of 1,564,180 acres, -or -3.4 per cent. Farms op erated. by .colored, fatmers. 'in 1920 averaged 47.4 acres, as against 50.6 acres in .1910. These figures were announced by ) the" bureau' erf the census. Shipments of Old Spuds Continue Unusually, Late -Shipments of old potatoes con tinued 'unltsiially; late this, past sea son,'. -closing about the middle of July with a total of 189,925. cars, compared with .160,292 during the season of 1919-20. Deducting early shipments in 1919 atid- 1920, respectively, - the move ment of the old; 'crop was" 163,368 cars in -hku-I: and -wc,o li, cars in One Person; Killed One Hurt When Plane Falls 500 Feet Waukegan; III., July 31. Crashing 500 feet in a new airplane which he had just purchased, Ralph Stewart of Elgin was killed and David Ba lumbo, pilot, was seriously injured. It .was Stewart's Brst. trip in the plane which he wa-taking back to Elgin "with ; .tht assistattc of BaltmpQ, - --v . . ( Ocean Freight : Lower on Many Farm Products Cotton and Wheat Rates to United Kingdom Reduced Half Since Last No vember. Ocean freight rates on wheat and cotton moving from North Atlantic ports of the United States to '.the United Kingdom were approximate ly 50 per cent lower on July. 1, 1921, than on November 1,, 1920, according to a statement compiled bv the Bu- reau of Markets atid Crop Estimates from data furnished by the United States shipping board. This decline corresponds .substantially to. the price declines of these commodities during the same period, so that the ratio, between the freight rates and the market prices remains relatively the same. The average price of cotton in New- York for October, 1920,' aiid fpr June, 1921 was $22.68 sand $12 per 1Q0 poun.dsj respectively. In the absence of figures' showing. the aver age ocean 'freight rate on cotton dur ing those months, Iho rates Jn effqet on November 1. 1920, a'iid July, L 1921, were .used in this" compilation. Practically Unchanged. The ocean, freight rate to the United . Kingdom was $1.10 per 100 pounds' on November A;. 1920, or 4.9 percent of the, value of. the cottoft-as represented by- the quotatioii'pri that date. On - July. 1, 1921, : when.' the ocean freight rate was ' 52 ,l-2c per, 100?pounds, the ration between tne frtight rate- and Itft'e" price ;W;aa, 4.4 'per xent. : ,,v; ';.' . ,On NovenaIer J, 1920, No. 2' red wheat was, quoted, in... New York it $2.34 per . bushel T-nd' .the ocean treieht rate was-40c , ret 100. pounds, or at the rate of 24 cents per bushel,' which represented 10.2 ,pv'r. cent ot rhe value of the wheat. ; Oh; July K 1921. -with No. 2 red wheat - .selling. at $L47 l-2;pe& bushQl,. the-.freight J rate was 21 cents per 1UU pounds 12.6 cents per bushel or 8.5 per cent of the value of a bushel of wheat. Both the price of wheat and the freight rate may be said to represent a fair average for June. Decline Less Marked. The decline in' the rates and prices f other commodities was less marked. In the case of butter and cheese the wholesale prices have de clined . aoDroximatelv 44 per cent since last November, while the ocean freight rates on these commodities have fallen only from 20 per cent to 25 per cent. '' The export rail freight rate from Kansas City to Galveston is 27 cents per bushel and the ocean; freight from Galveston to the United Kingr dom is 15 ents per bushel, making a total of '42 cents per' buslief, of which the cost of the inland rail haul represents 64.3 .per cent. In ' Argentina, the rail rate for transporting 1,000 kilograms (2,204:6 rounds) of wheat a distance of 500 kilometers . (310.6 miles) is $15.44 Argentine paper, or 12.2 cents per hniilipl. ' ralmlated oh the basis or. the prevailing rate of exchange. The average ran nam in rgennna 13 435 kilometers (261 miles). Argen-j tina showers thus have an apparent advantage of about 14.8 cents per bushel over the" interior sections of the United States in the cost', ot transporting their wheat to the sea board. This advantage, however, is partly offset by larger ocean -freight rates from Argentina to the United Kingdom, which, at the present t'me, are around' 23 cents-per bushel, making a combined rail-and-ocean late of 35.2 cent's per bushel for Argentine wheat. Farm Bureau Opposed to Agreement With Canada The executive committee of the South Dakota Farm' Bureau federa tion, in session here this week, unani mously passed a resolution to tne effprr that it would be "verv detri-) f !, ,rSc,,ltnra1 interests I of the United States if the reciprocal agreement proposed to Canada and accepted by the congress of the United States .in 1911, should now come into full -force and effect.".. The committee -unanimously- voted to urge South Dakota senators and congressmen ana an otners inter ested in the welfare of agriculture in this country to use every effort to secure the cancellation of the re ciprocal agreement as it now stands. Concrete Fence Posts Growing in Popularity On account of the scarcity and h'gh price- of wood, concrete fence posts . are ' becoming increasingly popular. Concrete will not rot,, burn, nor be affected by wood-boring in sects.. Properly made concrete posts will last a lifetime. , A fence once properly built out of them will not need' further attention, unless the wires rust out or break. The biggest factor in use of-con-crete posts is thafthcy are properly made. ..Otherwise they' Will be un satisfactory, v -Suggestions ," about making concrete post's , oil the farm may be obtained from the Nebraska College of Agriculture, Lincoln. , . Agriculture First Among Industries of America A writer in the agricultural press says that-agriculture is . right now the important problem- ki-tbis coun try the problennof the manufac turer and' the-.m'e'rc'haht, the' banker and the generai'4)ublic,..st,as' much as it is the problem of the farmer. He believes that agriculture, above all industries, is entitled to some con structive puhlicity, ; ' . ' "It needs' hbos'ting," he says. "It cannot get. along-without "'if-and still keep up with the tim,es.' Grain Products-Moving - Despite Freight Rates Grain and grain products are mov ing in greater, volume than at any time within three years, "despite the increase in freight rates," said a re cent statement by the American Railway association,. Between June 4 and July 16, the statement said, 297,881 . cars were loaded with grain and grain prod-, ucts, or 67.403 more than during, the corresponding ; period f 1920t and 70,043 more than in 1919. - " Nebraska Potato Tour Is Planned During August o .... D Trip Through Western Coun ties of State to Start on 17th of "Next Month. V Arrangements are -being made by the 1 agricultural extension- service, Me.' Nebraska Potato Improvement association and western KeorasKa County Farm bureaus for a potato field tour through Scotts Bluif, Sioux and Kimball counties on August 17 and 18.. The tour-will be accompa- I men by potato growers irom me va nous potato producing, -counties, county agricultural agtjnfs from west ern counties, representatives from the Agrictultural college, the state de partment of agriculture, railroads, po tato dealers, etc. There will be a number of people from outside the siate; among, them, will,, le William A. Stuart,- potate specialist for, the United - Spates Department of Agri culture, and V, C. Edn'uindsbn, su perintendent of the Colorado, potato uxptTinient'fann at Greeley. The .object of the tour, will be to inspect a number of fields of potatoes-' being grown in. 'the North Platte valley frpm western Nebraska dry, land certified seed, home grown irrigated seed and seed imported from other states, to ;inspect the va rious deuipnstrat.on "plots in some of which seed- from 70 or, more grow ers ate ;being. convpared;;to study the various variety trla-ls and experiment witn seed poiarces that arc being condnctdd'-bv'the 2ehraska acricillr tu'raKcxpcrrrnt.r.t sfcitaoa; .to inspect' ine lrngacea poiap;, .rpta.r,tan lots. at the "jSjs otts ' .-Bluff s countyvfixpekif ment.farni .and to; inspect', atvuijiber1 of dry. land 'potato fields that-are be ing grown anJihispccted with a view,. to certification. .- ., The . trip will be 1 made by auto starting .from "the .Lincoln hotel at Scottsbluff, .7:30'-'a. m.," August 17; returning., to Scottsbluff s. at "the" end of th" day and leaving for Kimball at 8 a. m., August 18. - Auto accom modations will be provided for those not coming in their own cars.- Production of certified seed potai toes is rapidly becoming an estab lished business in tl.e dry land re gions ot western Nenraska. Last winter westerr. Nebraska dry land pa wn "ertMictl seed t'. i;,tces were shipped in carlots Into he Torth Platte valley, eastern irr central I'ebraska, Cclorado. Kansas, .. Okla homa and Texas. Smaller lot's .have been sent to eight or 10 other states and to Canada. Reports indicate that these western -Nebraska grown pota toes gave very excellent satisfaction. Recently the department of agricul ture of the Bermuda islands has be come interested in trying. out west ern .Nebraska seed potatoes, because of the difficulty of getting good seed irotu otner sources. , This season almost 1,000 acres of potatoes have been listed with the agricultural extension service for in spection and -crtitf cation. ." Omay Grain - -.''') July 30,. 1921.. Wheat receipts ibdav were liberal. with 273 cars, against 277 cars last Satur.day and 207 . cars a year ago. Corn arrivals were also fairly sub stantial with--71 cars. Oats receipts were 16 cars. Wheat prices were lc lo 2c 1 ower for "the 'bulk.' Corn was generally Jc .to, lc lower, WhiteJ and yellow were lc off for. the bulk and mixed J4c lower. Oats were c lower.' Rye prices declined Jc"..". Baf ley was lower, - .- - WHEAT. No. 1 hard: 1 car, $1.23 (dark); 1 car, $1.22 (dark)i A cars. $1.16 (75 and 78 per cent dark); 4 cars, $1.14; 3 cars. $1.13; 2 -cars, $1.13 (smutty); 6 cars. $1.12 (yel low) ; 2 cars, $1.11 (yellow). No. 2 hard: 1 car. $1.24 (dark); 2 cars, $1.22 (dark): 1 ear, $1.21 "(dark, smutty): 2 cars, JI. 20 (smutty, dark); 1 -car, $1.1 (dark, smutty): 1 car. $1.18 (sinuttv., 74 Per cent dark); 1 car, $1.13 (dark smutty); 2 Cars,- $1.13; 3 .cars. $1.12; .14 cars, (yellow) ; 11 care,. $1.11 (yellow): 1 i car. (smutty) ;-3 cars, ti i Sa',1-.":.I..car'.. (very smutty) ; 4 cars, $1.10 (Smutty): l.car. tl.0 verv smutty). No. 3 hard: 1 car, $1.20 (dark, smutty); 2 cars. $1.18 (dark, smutty); 1 car. $1.13 (smutty); 4 cars, $1.11 (smutty); 2 ears, $1.11; 3 ear $1,104 (yellow); 40 cars. $1.10 (yellow); 2 cars, $1.10. No. 4 hard: 1 car, $1.16 dark, smutty); 1 cat, $1.14 (dark smutty); 1 car, $1.13 (dark, smutty); 1-car, $1.12-(heavy); 1 car, $1.11 (40 per Cent rye): 1 car, $1.11 (smutty): 5 cars, $1.09 (yellow); l'car, $1.08 (yellow). o. 5 hard: 2 cars, $1.14: 1 ear, $1.10 (yellow); 2 cars, $1.08; 1 ear, $1.0S (yeI low); 1 car, $1.06; 1 car, $1.05 .(snmtty). Sample-hard: 1 car, $1.08.- No. 2 mixed: 3-6 car, $.1.1-4 (durum, special billing). , , No. 4 mixed: 2 cars, $1.10; 1 car, 11.09. CORN, ' " No. 1 white; 1 car, 60c;. 4 cars, 60o. No. 2 whlfe: 4 cars, 60c. No.' 6 white: 1 car, 49c. ... No. 1 yellow: 1 car, 60Hc; S cars, 50c.. No. 2 yellow: 1 car, 61c (special billing) ; S cars, 606. No. 6 yeHow: car, 48c (oats mixed). No. 1 mixed: 1 car, 49ViC; 1 car, 49V4C (near yellow)! 1 car, 49c- . .No. 2 mixed: 2 cars, 49c. , No. 4 mixed: 1 car, 48c. No. 5 mixed: I car, 49c (near white).' OATS. No. 3 while: '1 car, Slo (new). No. 4 whiter 1 car, 30ViC; 2 cars, 80 &C; 1 car, 30c (new, 23 lbs.) Sample white; 1 car, 29tfo (2114-.lb.J ' ' ' '. RYE. - " ' ; - ' No. 1: 1 car, $1.04. ' '' No. 3: 2 cars. $1.00. - - - Sample: 2-5 car, $1.03 (special billing.) BARLEY. Sample:'! car. 62c. OMAHA RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS, week 'Tear Receipts Wheat Corn Oata Rye Barley Shipments Wheat ...(. Corn .- Oats ....... Rye Barley Today ...273 ... 71 ... 16 V. 4 ... 2 ...181 ... 6.1 ... 9 ... 1 ... 1' Ago 277 - 65 19 Ago 207 .25 7 2 2 83 24 .15 122. 42 4 3 ' rmf-inft p a n t rtT pvtittpts . ' Today Wk. Ago-Yr. Ago i Wheat 679 tnu zt)8 Corn ...1S3 157 159 Oata ..v 461 193 , .121 'KANSAS CITY RECEIPTS. Today Wk. Ago Yr. Ago Wheat 627 9H1 201 Corn ,.. 27 63 11 Oats 59 13 13 ST. LOUIS RKCEIPTS. Today Wk. Ago Yr Ago Wheat 327 378 . : S53 Corn 48 17 .33 Oat 70 68 - 0 .NORTHWESTERN RECEIPT3 OF- , WHEAT. '-- Today Wk. Ago Yr. Ago Minn .'....226 326' 149 Duluth .-...OS- 77 ' '37 Winnipeg 140 118 ' '- 9 PRIMARY RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS. Receipts Today Yr. Ago Wheat 3,177,000 l,f,28,000 Corn. 66.500 440,000 Onta 2.264,000 695.000 Shipments Wheat ". 2.482,000 74J.000 Corn , 658,000 -87B.00O Oati 382.000. - 476 000 EXPORT CLEARANCES.1 Wheat 860,009 T6;0g0 uorn ....t.t.t.. ...... 44,090. Oata ........-.- 63,000 Live Stock "OiiiaTia," J1y "SK" Keeelpts Wiro: Monday of final ... Tuemiay official ., WYdntiinlay nftirlal Thursday . of filial Friday off irlnl ... Saturdnv estimate . Cattle Hoi; Mippp lft,!".(0 ll.u.ii S.;' 7.557 4.!0 . CS4S 4.S4I1- 7,347 8,f.3S 1,641 10.61X fi.000 69.tiNS f 9,209 60,537 4U,6i,l 25 Same claya la wk. II. 631 Same day -3 wan. .20,604 Sama day. 3 wks..H,!IS Sams, days year aKo.28,4J5 11, M7 4S.76H bti 47 73.570 Ri-p-olpts anil disposition of llvo tii-k at too Lnion tocK yacd,"!. Omalm. Ni-I ior noura, a. endit)B at i p. m., July X' REtr-rs-CAus. 19M: CuttU. Hom. Union Pacific R-, R.' i!. N. w. Ry.;' at , ('. A N. W. Hy., vet'. . ('., St. v.. M. & O- Ry C, 11. & Q. Ky., east .. i'., I. Q. Ky west . ('., H. I. & P., east .... l. K. I. & P.wpnt Illinois Central- Ky ... ..1 Total receipts ..1 . - mssHosiTtON h:ad. Armour A- -o V. .... ....... ; Cmlahy Paoklnjr Co. ... , :7 . lhtUl PaekitiK Co. Morrla laokins Co. Hwlft A Co .1,397 . 4; . Mi S72 J. W. Murphy Swaru & Co, l.K.t iii.i.4.'': Total ; . . . . , G, 4 r8 Cuttle Not enough cattle were here today to make n market, only 25 botng re ported In. The totiil receipts for tho week of 24.S00 head .are a trifle larf or than for either last tteok- or vr 4mn . ,the Increase betntf due to heavier weBt- ern receipts, ctu-n fed-' steers:.- showed a reaching Js.ss" Vtie -hlghcat since Man it-" iresn auvance. ,r 2CW60c this week,, top tin, au otner classes trade was just about steady throughout the-V'eek wlth 'tho "ex- cepiion or cows wnicyi sljow 25.B80o losses Wuotatlons on 'cap):- Choloe to. prime ueeves, .iuw s. ou; .good to choice beeves, I8.0.i)f- fair to' good bve, J.00 n.ou; . common to ralri beeves, iJ75n(as.nn choice ' to prime yearllnKs, ' J9.4nff9.S6 good ,to choice yea-UnKS, .7B9.3D; fair to good yearlings, W.2jS75; common to fair, yearlings. S7.2RS S.26; choice to prime heifers, $7.75(S'9.no;' good to choice neirers, b.uuso7.l)0i choice ta 'prlme cows, o.,jKui).io; gooa io choice eotvs, $ o. SO 6.25; fair to good- cows, $4.5486.40; com mon to tair cows, S.noi.2A-: fair to cnoice, reeders, S6.7607.25:. fair to conrt feeders, $5.76 6.50: common, to. fair feerf. ois,, i.uuiiyo. i; good, to. choice stoekcrs, SB. iitp 8.75; fair to gooa 'sfockers. S5.60(ffl v,e, yuiuinuii io iair. tocKers, -j.'bupo.DO iBiui-K neirers, .uurt).5U: tock COWS, 4.UUH!4.25; storlt calves. J4.50(!?7.25; ' veal calves; $5.50.ir; burls, sta gs, 'etc... 3.J5 , gopa to cnoice"racc-beaJ-es. . -fr.OOSi) 7.5.Q; common to choice (grass' beeves, $500' -&.6.25; fair to choice grass cows, $4.'50 Hogs The week Is closing with a fair .."aiuraay run or hpg,. about 6.000 head showing up, and trade was featured bv aneasier tendency 'to. values , 'with most of theOfferlhgB selling at prices weak to atjQUt 15 c lower. .The market on an average was quoted" not far from a, -10c decline. The demand from all quarters was xairiy active, irom the start and buik of the entire -receipts" moved at a. spread of $8.9010.25. with best light', hogs mak ing a top of $10.85. -The market during the past week has shown quite a little Improvement and i values are 'about 25 jo 30c higher as compared with the close of mat wees;. HOG3,... No.- Avi 38. 346 : 58. .292 65..2S'S.. 68,. 285.' 64. .244 ' 6K..270 65. .230 10. .253 68 '.'.216 Sh. Pr. : No. An 'Sh.' ' Pr. ... 00 . 64, .289 . 80 $ 9 05 40 9 10 91. .817 .180 915 70 9 20 . . 63. .280 - 1.40 , 9 20 70 . 9 25 60.. 285 80 9 20 .. 36 ; 65.. 229 HO 9 40 9 46 . 12. .111 ... 9 60 10 00 10.. 240 ','40 '10 P0 10 .66 79. .226 ... 10.70 10 75 ' 28. .229 ... 10- 86 210 40 -40 Sheep Receipts ot. nheep and lambs during the past weak have been of mod erate-size ana most or the offerings have been coming from Idaho and Oregon range districts. The demand for ft lamus nas Deen.more. or less bearish and current values are about 26c lower for the week. Best, fat western lambs are ii ow Bening up to $10.15 10.25, with oniony cuuH-e natives quoted up to $9.50. Desirable, fat ewes are bringing $6.00 ?-. "na aBea wetners are worth. up to- ,u,; 9ll, . jjis tone ..to. the feeder, do mana has been fairly active and prices for good thin lambs are' strong to 25c issuer as compared with a week ago uooa reeding lambs are going to the Quotations on .sheep: Fat lambs westerns.- $9.26(910.25: native. ia'jr.ra, '5- reedet- lambs. .6.767.65;:-culr; la'pihs; ,.,,,. . in i -yearnngs,- S0.OU1B; J,U;- fat ewes. $3.256.26: . feeder ewes, $2.25M 8.26; cull ewes, $1.002,50. - CHICAGO . CLOSING PRICES. By Updike Grain Co. DO. 2627. JUlv 30 I Open. I High. -Low. Close. I :Yes !1.2Hi 1.23 1.20 1.22 L22 1.20 j.3 1.23 1.24 1,22 1,83 1.24 1-23 Vi ', 1.2311 1.24 1 26 1.27-li siMVi . 1.26 1.26H !-261i ...v 1.26i4 1.26 1.32 1.27 1.32 1.28 1.12 1.15 . 1.12 1.15 1.12U 1.10,. 1.12 1.10 1.12, 1.10 ..44t .6.5 .6256 ' .62 . .64 , a 62 ".60Vi .60 ' .60 '" 60k ""io"" 60 ...l . ..eo j;o .6.0 .. .60 .60 .6054 .60 .. .00 . . .35 .35 .35 .36 '.38 .38 .38 .38 .38 3S-- .38 .41 .41 .41 .41H .41. .41 .41 18.50 ; 18.60- 18.50 . 18.50 1-8.50 . 18.75 18.75 18.60 18.70 18.80 12.10 12.10 i2.10 12,10 12.05 12.12 12.22 12.12 . 12.22 12.06 10.75 10.75 10.75 ' 10.76 10.67 10.82. 10.82- 10.82 10.82 . 10.77 Wht. July Sep. Dec. Ryo July Sep. Dec, Corn July Sep, Dec. Oats July Sop. Deo. Pork July Sep. Lard July Sep. Ribs July Sep. New York Mr,ncy. New York,' July 30. Prime Mercantile Faper 6Cc. Exchange Steady.. Sterling Demand, $3.56: " cables, $3.66. - ' Francs Demand, 7.62c; cables. 7.6Se. ' Belgian- Francs Demand, 7.36c: cables, 7.37c. Guilders PemapiJ, 30.70c; cables. 30.7Cc. ..Lire Demand, . 4.lc; cables, 4.22c." ,'. Marks Demand, 1.23c; cables, 1.24c. Greece Demand, 6.45c. Sweden Demand, 20.40c. Norway Demand, 12.80c. Arnentfne Demand, ; 29.6Qc.'i Brasiilian Demand, 11.75c. Montreal 10 15.-16 per cent discount. - London Money., London, July 80. Bar silver, 39 pence, per .ounce. - . Money,. 3 per tent. Discount Rates Short . .bills. ..4" per cent; three months bills, 4 per. cent. BUY YOUR COAL Plenty in Our Yards Prompt K Delivery ; And you have the pick of the mine product at . Summer , Prices. Phone WA Updlhe Lumber Chicago Grain " By CHAREES'D.' MICHAELS." I lilcagii Tribune-Omaha lice l.rasril Wire. ,'. Chicago, July 30. There was the ", worst mixup on the J uly . f ye . niar lk-t today that the trade has -known.-TJie Hanson Produce company of New York, which has rye bought against export sales, was scHiiisr the BJly land buying the September at 1A$ difference. This let the shorts Si W-Xc Uillerence. 1 Ills Jet tl I' ?':' fur July, but many did - ..;,;ln'bc-short. .the September, not' care . feariiitf thcu: might be a repetition of the .conditions prevailing in July. There were, plenty ot sellers of July at the last, but the price advanced from $1.29 : to 3iyi, where it-, closed. .September moved up from $l.llto $1.1 5' and closed there, gaining 2jc. Deliveries for the dav were 335.000 bushels afld, there we're said to be liberal defanllJ,1. which will have to be .settled by 4 committee. For the iitni-tn or j.uiy aeiiverics were 1,023,000 buslitl.s. No. 3 rye was taken by easturn .interests at 7c un der' No; 2, and the" No. 2 sold largely at l2e under. Wheat (loses Higher. Tn the grain markets generally there f Ti J 1 , was -.,M4u-4wle, with and' 'Irregular niejnenti prices. July rtheat clSsed lo hlght-r and. djtarvt- futures were unchang i d to. -c lox'ee' Seiitertiber' leading1 July ccrn was r"P U": " WW oats lost to Hc.-Provl. nu uiptant futures were slons were 'Strunirer and'6 to 7 c higher on lard nnd 10 ,to 13o. uj on ribs. The wheat .market "was a 'cornparativbly small affaliv There was- July on track early, but i was wanted "later and the prlee 'advaifeed'. 3c. Distant futures were' weak, wlth'jiiioderate pressure. The lead-' lrfK ' Interesta.vibouKht Sectember at times and-there considerable general llqul- ! ns is inai cv.ciy uiuci.ciiuciii im itation. Rewbrd receipts at primary mar-1 htical community is in a state of na Kcis ror. av: week or zs.iaf.uuu busneis, or near(y jaAOOO.OOO bushels mora than , last year,-'aq a depressing Influence. ';'$ -li-glfUy Corn Breaks. July. ' CrtrS,' was uSde'r pressure from .Icntitig-' Interests and broke- from 65 to 2c;' w'ittihe close at, thd' taside. DU- faiit'- fiMSretijlad fait upport 'and closed .'hiKlief.'- -trhjj?( weather i'ia4i showed scat- tijwad jriiin;,a,V6ir corn bett states, ibut more Is. -netdedi- 1 'Cash prices were to 2c lower, :.": 'iTra'dlng tn oats consisted largely In ChahslnK. ram Soptemuer to December .Usah:'to'Ath6 local Inrej-eets and with rio'rthwest j!-.n,r people dolcg- the business. 'TWC eJose -wa lower, with 'July -leading af AVuiijtjS Inside ot the -week. . Ship- ! pln&saljjji.iwqre 70,000 .bushels.' , . -.:' ifXr' vitfTSot.. . . ) " '.- Ju)y'ryf'.at10cov-er the p'rica of wheat was-eorne.ilttn-jr the' trile .has not;-known before. '.was a peculiar situation. Or-dihai-HjivYye sells at material dlBgounta, under wTieat, but at tiresen: seaboard ex porters have changed- positions of the two grains . by , demanding a delivery, on, July contracts whfch tHe shorts are slow about fulfilling. ' The,' latter ha sold rye and bought ' wheat an lost on both ends of .the spread.: A 'big lu.e of-wheat waa sold out and rye was, bought in, which was said to be for Jack Shreiner.. early today. The deliveries of., rye were In oar lots and the clerks .-were i toadl jj : mixed up In their accounts, so that up to 3 o'clock they had not srrafgfitetied them out and there seemed no fco'sslbllitl of doing tso. How much rye'-fyas. defaulted on, no one was able to estimate,- - One house had 20,000 bushels'; coral.' ' Some, of the late deliveries were refssul on the -claim they were not sent dot let iho proper time. It will. take a ruling p the directors and a special committee, (0. iron out the' kinks. There, was a lulled ' sentiment In , the trade, witn-, an nces.- The rea in undercurrent of bearish readjualment from July to Scntemher trades' ..leaves the operators freer to make new ubrhmit: enta. There Is a large shortage in September corn pn th part of those-who h'a.ve. been long, July, according te-'pit-.-estimates. , The local traders are modrafely. short .September wheat and the flats mnjrket la Uappming largely changing af-tiir. . j. The' Carmer-TincheribUl has been placed on the dalen'tltir oTMiie ntniate and is like ly to come up the .latter part or next week. Active -effort acre "being -made to hnvn rhitnireji .made.-flartirularl v the plac ing of limits, on-individual trading, the regulation of private. w,irjes and' the pre ferential clause in. -OKra .w memuermiB on tho exchanges, which gives represen tatives of the ' Jatirhers'' assbclatto. per miswon ta.do tWSi? otBM.JWmwr can not. ;-.,' 4KTT.'v ':'k Jewel, Flowery Color, Symbols for Today By- MILDRED MARSHALL. Curious Indeed . V ' today's' talis- martrc stone-Vthe hyacinth. . But its power is" immeasurable, since' it is also the natal gem or those who were born, on som;e anniversary of this day. In the." Sanskrit, it is call ed "rahuratna," "the.Uewel dedicated to the' mysterious .dragon that-was supposed ,to be .f he'-'-cause. ;of -"the eclipses of the Sijn and moom Since the stone was believed. to be sacred to this "malevolent influence, it is regarded as"a ' powerful "talisman gainst .misfortune'.,', The ancients believed that the evil genius of a great power could avert all lesser cviMrom the life of man, such- as . fuiaheial . failure," ill health, loss of friends, -or unrequited love. So the possessor of a hyacinth has an amulet .of ' ereat. value and one which should bring. him. exceptional fortune on this day v. hich combines its nat'at' and tah'shjanic, power. Blue arid white in cohibinatiOn will . ..... i prove a nappy cnoice , .toaay ior those who wish - to .secure the : best that fori'une has." to; offer.- -Women will find their ."charmi" particularly potent 'if', they, qbsjerve this-.. ancient superstition,. -.." The hprrtble; fnorrnng glory comes into its own tooay, ..wnen n ls.saic to. posses"? the-'power-to stimulate and encer tne -aioitiois.. anq onng iu those' who" s't'rjve' the fuifillmerit - of their heart's desire. Copyright, leal, by fTKp. Wheeler Syndicate, lnut 6300 & Coal . Co. World KelatioiiST ifluuFpleMake, ! .Lord Brycc Says Says Present Aim Must Be .To Undcrr-tand What .Have Been Causes of ' War. .111tamstdwni"'Mass., July 31. Development of international rela tions, as . begun in the days of an cient - peoples and as continued to the present, when "they have been shattered by . a desolating war tnd nint 'resettled' hv anv real nrace." was taken up by Viscount James ' Bryce, in the first public lecture be- fore the Institute ot 1'olitics now meeting at Williams college. "Broadly speaking," he declared, "international -relations are what the leaders! peoples make theih." ' Continuing, Lord Bryce said; "There are two relations in which nations' stand to 'one 'SnfcJher that of 'wSr 'ari d tha't of peace. Our pres ent 'aim is' therefore to understand what have been'-ttie' cause's of war aiid wtyat'jiiay "he ' the source's of peace. . : r$ . . ' i .. "LeJ ijs try: to remcmberj through our'incuiiry into the relations of na- tions, tWO, fundailientaK propositions. .j. ' . J,J... ture towards other communities, be ing subject to rw coniH&'exc'eflt that which public opinion.' may; impose. ,. . Must ,IrjnVc.ve People.' The other tljat, thes prospect of improving 'Ifa. rations of -'states and peopKsto 1 one another depends on the .possibility -of improving; human nature 1tsel"A sonnq and;'witl.e view of natiorjal" interests; teaching the peppteS; tht they would gain more by .the' co-operation of . communi ties than by their conflict, may do much to better those relations, hut in the last resort 'the question is one of moral progress of theindividual men who compose the communities." He sketched the' career's of Bona parte, Bismarck, Cavour, Kossouth and Mazzini. '' ' ' "I n6te the careers of these men," he went on, "as instances to show how large is the unpredicable ele ment in the field of international as well as in that of domestic poli tics. Modern writers claiming to be scientific try to represent the gener al causes as everything and the in dividuals as no more than particular beings in whom the tendencies of an age are embodied, Little Initiative Shown, ""If these had, not been embodied in Napoleon, or Bismarck or'Ca'vbur, so they argue, they would - have equally well been embodied in and given forces to some othef- person ality. History, contradicts this as s.u'mpt,ipn Crises arrive When some strong man- is needed to embody the effort an age seems to' be mak- Pin Pricks vs. Pneumonia v ; More-people' die and ' Fm Pricks and other presumably slight m juries. thah die from that dreaded disease- ' . Pneumonia. . t ' V; . .......... . . . ... , .... - VV ' . x . r ' . '.' ' ; :' Reeall how many times "such injuries" have oc-" curred to you true perhaps without serious results. but how about the future? ' ' One person out. of every seven meets with, gome, form of. accidental., injury every twelve" months. " r ' ! ? . t ' ,' Accident and Health Protection costs but little. 'You owe it; ; t to your family and yourself.'. . ' "Pays the 640 Firtt Nat'l Bank Bldg. INSURANCE SURETY BONDS SenieelM j j . '; ( -:-.'., I in the careful handling of all orders' for grain and provisions for future delivery in all the important markets. ' We Operate Omaha, Nebraika . , Lincoln, Nebraska Hastings, Nebraska -,-,-'t . Holdrege, Nebraska . Genera, Nebraska Chicago, Illinois . , , Sioux Cityj Iowa . Oes Moines, Iowa .. .. . .. Hamburg, Iowa Milwaukee, Wisconsin Kansas City, Missouri Private wire connections to all offices ' except Kansas City and Milwaukee. We Solicit Your Consignments . - -.'.' f of All Kinds of Grain to , , ' OMAHA; CHICACO. MILWAUkEE, KANSAS CITV AND SIOUX tlTY ( , t - t. ' ' - - 'i Every Car Receives Careful Personal Attentloii The Updike Grin Company - "The Reliable Consignment House" ' and . that which, lie. inivht have done is not, acUicvt'dj Had there been no JiiMflaj-ck and nj;lilizini we slioold Ituve sfi-nvtodsy a. different Euro,.e, V"ln all political-'action the people ,!iie littlq .knowJcdgp and even- less iuijiatjve.- Under every, political- con stitution that' has. ever been devised, thp many ar Ted .Sv the few". The less the niassos J fcnqw ; of . the real facts and the wally significant is sues, the more' tluy ' must depend on prominent men -for guidanoe and the fewer are the prominent figures who caiivbe' watched and be judged This is, especially true of international Issues, because those are; least-.'wifh in the knoWledgt iX)! 'the average rian."'He rmist mist someoe"." Unofficial Caucus Of' Lincoln Democrats . Suggests Candidates ' Lincoln, July' 31. (Special.) Dan Butler, Omaha city , commissioner; Ex-Mayor Smith' of Omaha; Charles V. Bryan, Lincoln; city commission er, and Tom -Airen; Lincoln, former United States district' attorney, were mentioned lire as probable candidates for governor "on the democratic tick t at the coming primaries, at art un official . caucus attended by Lincoln neinocrats. . . The altitude of Senator Hitchcock toward another Omaha Mian' Sn.the race this year Was; a subject of con jecture. However,, it was felt, the democratic senator would look with more favor upon either. -of the two Omaha men than ' upon "Brother Charley"' Bryan, brother -of W. J Bryan,-' ' ' :' . Rail Men to Negotiate , New Working Agreerneni Cjevelahd, ' July, 3l.r--ileads of-, the four big railroad brotherhoods and the Switchmen's- Union uof ' North America will meet a committee of the Association' of Railway Execu tives in New' York Thursday, to con sider working rules and conditions. Those who. will attend as repre sentatives of the labor organizations are Warren 'S. Stone; grand chief of the engineers; W. S. Carter, presi dent of the firemen; W. "G. Lee, president of the trainmen; L.' , E, She'ppard, president ,,of - the con ductors,' aiid T. C Cassen, president of the switchmen. ' . , The meeting, is held at the request of the brotherhoods' following the meeting of general chairmen of the organizations in Chicago, July 1, which considered the order of the railroad labor board reducing wages 12'per, cent. r Bee Want Ads are the Best Busi ness Boosters. . RAINBOW OVERALLS World of wear in' every pair. ; Union Made . . Sold exclusively at ' . PHILIP'S DEPT. STORE , ' 24th and O Stcett -r are disabled from 1 .., Claim First" . ..--'.., . . , AT Untie 0360. - flNVESTMENT SECUWT1ES Offices at-