IH1S BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, AUliUSl To, li)21.
Closed Hearings
Announced for
New Tax Measure
Witnesses Desiring to Be
Heard on Bill May Appear
In Executive Session, 4
Penrose Says.
Washington, Aug. 24.No public
hearings .will b held by the senate
finance committee on the tax bill,
according to an announcement by
Senator Penrose, chairman of the
committee.
Senator Penrose said that any wit
nesses desiring to be heard with re
Eni to th bill as nasscd bv the
house, may appear before the com
mittee in executive session. So far,
he said, only three or four requests
for hearings have been received. He
expressed the opinion that those who
do desire to be heard will take much
less time in executive session than
if public hearings were arranged.
The effect of this decision, it is ex
pected, will be to allow the commit
tee to consider the bill without be
coming involved in so much public
controversy, as would otherwise be
the case.
Members of the finance committee
considered the program for the tax
bill at a meeting Tuesday. It was
considered best to continue the hear
ings on the tariff bill throughout the
present week and for a few days
next week. The exact date on which
the tariff hearings will be suspended
temporarily was not fixed.
By the middle of next week the
committee plans to begin considera
tion of the tax bill. The treasury
experts will be called into conference
to go over the various sections of
the measure.
Senator Penrose indicated that
there would be no difficulty in hav
ing the bill ready to report to the
senate by the time it reconvenes on
September 21.
While the tariff bill will be side
tracked temporarily, Senator Penrose
said it is the purpose to continue
work on the two measures as much
as possible. He indciated that hear
ings on the tariff would be resumed
at an early date.
Former City Official ,
Of Sioux City Dies
Sioux City, la., Aug. 24. Joshua
(Joe) Lewis, for more than li years
identified with the city government,
first as city engineer and later as
city councilman, died of a complica
tion of diseases at his home here this
afternoon. Death followed an illness
of more than four months, which
assumed a serious nature a month
ago.
Mr.- Lewis resided in Sioux City
55 years, having been born here De
cember 21. 1865.
Sinn Fein Reply
To Peace Offer to
Be Ready Friday
Answer Will Be Given - to
Lloyd George De Valera
Drafting It as Irish Par"
liament Rests.
Dublin, Aug. 24. (By the Asso
ciated Press-) The reply to Great
Britain's terms for a settlement of
the Irish question will be delivered
at Premier Lloyd George's official
residence in Downing street Thurs
day night or Friday morning, it is
expected here. The delivery, it is
thought, will precede the proposed
public meeting of the Dail Eireann.
In preparation of the reply, on
which Eaminon De Valera and the
others were working today while the
Dail Eireann was taking a recess,
the cabinet had the benefit of ad
vice from the members of the Sinn
Fein executive committee which is
composed of somewhat older men
than .the average of the Dail mem
bership. These men . were partici
pants in the conferences today over
the tejms of the reply now being
framed
Town to Be Without Lights
As Switch Board Installed
Pawnee City, Neb., August 24.
(Special.) Pawnee City will be
without electric current from noon
Thursday until Saturday morning
during installation of the switch
board in' the new power plant be
ing constructed on the old site.
The new plant has been built and
the old one destroyed without shut
ting off service so far. This is the
only time it is thought that it will
be necessary to discontinue service.
Labor Leaders
Protest Against
Court Decision
Ruling Declaring Owen Keat
ing Child Labor Law Un
constitutional Brings Pro
test From Council.
Atlantic City, Aug. 24. A state
ment urging 'congress to rectify
what was described as the wrong
done by the decision of Federal
Judge James E. Boyd, Monday at
Greensboro, N. C., in declaring the
Owen-Keating child labor law un
constitutional, was made public here
by the executive council of the
American Federation of Labor.
"The decision should be appealed
to the highest court of our land,"
said the statement, "and it is to be
strongly hoped that the United
States supreme court will remove the
blemish which Judge Boyd has put
upon the judiciary of our land and
prevent the children of our land
from falling into the grasping and
greedy hands of exploiters and from
grinding their hones into protits."
The statement, given out by Sam
uel Gompers, president of the feder
ation, said organized labor "cannot
help but enter its protest, not only
against the unwarrantable interven
tion by the judiciary of the rights
of congress in expressing the will
of the people, but in this special in
stance, against legislation which
every intelligent, patriotic and humanity-loving
citizen holds to be
justifiable and essential."
The council also asked that steps
be taken "to bring the judiciary
within the folds of its component,
and not dominating, part of the gov
ernment of our republic."
Defending the right of congress
to use its taxation powers to drive
the manufacture of; ' phosphorous
matches out of existence, as was
the alleged purpose of the Owen
Keating bill, the council said:
"The same taxing power vas ex
ercised for the protection cf the
dairy interests against the compe
tition of oleomargerine and the ex
ercising of this taxing power is sus
tained by the courts, but when the
same power is used to safeguard
the life, the health and promote the
welfare of the children, the future
citizens of our republic, such a
course is invalid and of no effect."
President Gompers said that the
protest will be immediately for
warded to congress, President Hard
ing and other government officials.
A recently invented attachment
for passenger or freight elevators
switches on a red light or rings a
bell when they are overloaded as a
danger signal.
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"Always tn tT : job."
"Always on the job."
ERE is the first large picture you have seen of the Brandeis Stores building. It is a building
of ten stories, each floor comprising 34,848 sqtiare feet of space besides a 45,000 square foot base
ment. Within this structure ninety-four departments operate. Seventy of these are selling departments, every one of
them well equipped for complete service and well provided with dependable merchandise.
The building stands as a permanent memorial to the business fore
sight and sagacity of the founders of J. L. Brandeis and Sons. More
than that, it is a reminder that they had big faith in Omahp, at a time
when there were those whose faith was like unto a mustard seed. ,
There were men who faltered where the founders of this great insti
tution went forward. ThejT went forward with a song in their hearts,
building for the Omaha of the future which in all its present greatness
stood ever clear within their well-developed vision. But mortar and
brick by no means give the measure of this vision.
... The Important Thing
As within the man so within the structure the thing of real importance operates.
tsov is it the material business machine eucased with that structure which is of the
greatest value. Nor yet a business structure filled with merchandise seasonable
in offering, dependable in quality, reasonable in price. Nor is it an army of sales
people and executives well trained in efficient and courteous service. Beyond it
all, beneath it all, above it all, is the spirit of systematic business endeavor that so
dominated the thought of the founders of J. L. Brandeis & Sons that the spirit has
never ceased to prevail in the undertakings of this firm. Naturally that spirit has
developed with the passing years, broadening with the ever-enlarging field of en
deavor and growing stronger and more efficient with the larger opportunities for
the exercise of systematic business effort. ' ,
It was in this spirit, then, that the founders of this institution, as well as their
successors, recognized the truth that Prices, Quality and Service constitute the
life of business. They knew, and their successors know, that advertising, so often
referred to as "the life of trade," is only the process of reflecting, for the mutual
advantage of customer and merchant, the real life of a particular business institu
tion. They were determined, as their successors are determined, that the advertis
ing of Brandies Stores shall in every particular meet this test.
" ' Satisfying the Customer
There can be, then, no discussion between Brandeis Stores and a "dissatisfied
customer" for the simple reason that within the operation of this system there
can be no dissatisfied customers. If, as is sometimes unavoidable in large business
enterprises, errors are made, they are promptly corrected. It is our business to
serve the public, not because we are philanthropists, but because we are mer
chants; and we serve ourselves by rendering service to our customers. This service
is made possible and continual by systematic attention to the things that really do
constitute "the life of business." This provides a system so complete and so suc
cessful in its operation that it is well described as "The Lookout in the Foretop."
Ever Operating System .
"The Lookout in the Foretop" is ever "on the job" for Brandeis Stores and
that accounts for the many advantages which our customers have obtained. It is
the system that has' been organized to take advantage of bargain opportunities
and to feel out market conditions. Immense sums of cash are, of ten necessary to
close an exceptional bargain. A part of 'The Lookout in the Foretop" system
is such an arrangement in our own financial affairs, that we can meet any bargain
emergency that may arise. Even in the face of high prices undeveloped signs in
dicating a fall in prices are detected and our customers profit by it. A manu
facturer or jobber loaded down with desirable goods and in need of immediate
funds is readily discovered. Our customers reap the benefit.
"The Lookout in the Foretop" gives the assurance that with each passing day Brandeis
Stores' history for Prices, Quality and Servic3 will repeat itself. '
A Profitable Tour- . v
You will be interested in a tour through Brandeis Stores and we assure you of a cordial
R-elcome. You will be charmed with the . rearrangement, captivated by the striking beauty
?f the many improved departments and delighted with the enthusiasm and pride displayed
by everyone connected with this great institution. If you buy. you will be richer in treasure.
Brandeis Stores Enlarged Building
CHANGES IN DEPARTMENT LOCATIONS
Changes in the location of departments are as follows: Men's Furnishings and Men's
Shoes liaTe been remoTcd from the old store to the Main Floor of the newly enlarged
ltrandeis Stores Building the place formerly occupied by Women's Shoes. Men's Cloth
ing and Trunks and Traveling Bags have been removed from the old store to the Fourth
Moor of the enlarged building. Women's Shoes have been removed from Main to Third
Floor. Boys' Clothing and Boys' Furnishings will soon be moved to the Fourth Floor.
Hoys' Hats and Caps will be removed from Main Floor. Arcade, to Fourth Floor. Wall
Taper has been removed from the Basement to the Fifth Floor. Bugs, Draperies and Pic
tures have been removed from the Fourth Floor to the Sixth Floor.
If you merely iook at the many improvements and partake of our own boundless enthusiasm
you will imbibe of the spirit of the Brandeis Stores' pioneers; you will go away with greater
faith in Omaha; you will have greater faith in the progress and prosperity of the country gen
erally. This will provide an even greater treasure, for the real treasures of life are those
which grow in our own abundance in the measure with which we share them with others.
"All's Right With the World"
Let your eyes rest for a moment upon tha green and the gold of Nebraska fields where
20111 and wheat give the sweet assurance of ths most bountiful harvest of all the years. Look
into the capitals of the world where the governments of men are consulting the one with the
other at Washington where the Disarmament conference will soon assemble and find the
right to hope for permangnt peace among the nations of the earth. Look into the commercial
skies and see the rainbow arching the eternal djme and giving promise that the business world
need fear no storm. Then, with new faith in your heart, pass your enthusiasm to others and
thus render immeasurable service to "the old home town," to your country arid to the "Gloomy
Gusses" and the "Disconsolate Maggies" of your day.
In other words, "Onward Omaha!" Onward Nebraska! Onward America! Onward
Civilization!
J. L. Brandeis & Sons
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