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1921 Is Banner
Year for Postal
Business Here
KeeeipU Larger Motor Vehi
cle Service, Merchants De
' livery System Among Fea
hires Inaugurated.
Beside a Reneral increase in all
rlae of postal busine in 1921, as
compared to the preceding year,
1921 stand out as a banner year he
ru'i.m of improvement!! made in the
Omaha prtoflice, Herbert Daniel,
acting postmaster, announced on the
eve of 'his retirement in favor of
Charles E. Muck, republican ap
pointee. Daniel enumerated the motor ve
hicle service, the merchants' delivery
system, the depof to exchange movie
HI in nervier, the Jlarney station, the
iNteiisiun of city .delivery limit a and
improved parcel equipment as the
outstanding feat ores of the la'.t year.
The largest iocrcaM: in business,
he said, was in fourth class mail
matter, to a ccrtatin extent due to
the delivery of pa roe Is for local nier
rhant. Only one other city in the
United States, St. Taut, has the same
system in use. It is a ninst suc
cessful experiment. Daniel believe?.
Postal rcre:pts of the Omaha post
oOW for flie years 1921 and 1920
follow:
Sale of stamps and sftimped pa
per: 1921. $2,423,155.81:' 19211, $2,311,
52176; inerea.se. $111,634.05.
Internal revenue sales were $307,
yo" M, and war savings sales, $188,
K72.12. In addition to the above amounts,
this office has handled the accounts
of 900 district nost-nnsters in Ne
braska, totaling $1,309,767.91.
Money order business was as fol
lows: Honor Orilcrs lurd.
No, Amount.
vi" i :u as' is.aod.sds.ss
ia;n ,'. ;'i.n!" 2,427,nsl.4)i
Mono' 4lrdrra l'lild.
No. Amount.
SjX.HIS r..S63.7H..S9
J92II il(i.09(l 5.S1 1.85S.tli
111 the postal savings business
there were 1.004 accounts with $361,
601 on deposit.
7,087 Dogs in Omaha;
Wheel Tax, $5 1,398.50
The annual report of C. F. Bossie,
ciey clerk, shows that 74.087 dogs
were licensed during 1921, as against
5,973 during 1920.
The total collections of the office
during the year was $120,741.82; in
1920 the total was $104,274.37.
Wheel tax collections were $51,
398.50, compared with $42,839.67
during 1920.
The collections of the office are
derived from thefoloving sources:
Miscellaneous occupation taxes, milk
occupation tax, soft drink parlors,
'operators of motor vehicles, bakers,
junk dealers' permits, small fees, to
bacco licenses, dog tags.
the administration expense ot tne
office during the vear was $20,265.28.
The; city clerk will ask for $20,605
-r 1922.
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Omaha
War Finance Body Solves
Farmers' Deflation Problem
Omaha Made One of Sixteen Important Agricultural
Centers for Disbursing Government Funds in
Stabilizing Grain and Cattle Markets
$8,000,000 Already Loaned Here.
By P. W. THOMAS.
ltf tonal Chairman War Flnant Corpora
thin.
When the emergency confronted
the nation of extending financial aid
to the agricultural sections, congress
amended the War Finance corpora
tion act to meet the situation, the
title of the amendment being, "An
Act to Provide Relief for Producer
of and Dealers in Agricultural
Products and for Other Purposes
Including Livestock," -
The paid-in capital of the War
Finance corporation is $500,000,000,
all of which has been subscribed to
and paid in by the government.
The act further provides for short
term notes or bonds for at least
$1,500,0(10.000. Of this amount $1,
000,000.000 is directly available .for
agricultural purposes. There is no
amount allotted to any one locality.
In fact, there is no limitation to the
amount of financial relief that may
be extended in any one locality.
The corporation is governed by a
board of six directors, which includes
the secretary of the treasury, Mr.
Mellon; the secretary of agriculture,
Mr. Wallace, and Mr. Eugene Meyer,
jr., managing director of the War
Finance corporation, a man of great
vision, who has singularly distin
guished himself during the war in
an executive capacity.
Establish 16 Centers.
There have been established 16
agricultural centers, known as agri
cultural loan agencies, of which an
important one has been located in
Omaha. The Omaha agency is under
the direction of F. W. Thomas, chair
man; R, P. Morsman and A. W.
Pratt of Omaha. Carl Weil of Lin
coln and State Senator C. II. Ran
dall of Randolph. The secretary is
J. M. Flannigan of Stuart.
In order to extend the needed re
lief immediately it was deemed ad
visable to use the present credit
banking facilities, as it would result
in a great delay to build up an en
tirely new credit system.
Under the terms of the act ad
vances can be made to dealers en
gaged in the exporting of agricul
tural products; to banks, cattle loan
companies, or other corporations;
financing concerns, or to the farmers'
co-operative organizations.
Those administering the affairs of
the War Finance corporation are
charged, under the act, to obtain ade
quate security. The Nebraska com
mittee has been functioning actively
since November 1, during which
time it has passed favorably on ap
plications for nearly 500 banks for an
aggregate of over $8,000,000 in eight
weeks' time.
The Omaha agency is at present
on a systematic basis of production.
They are passing favorably on about
$1,250,000 a week, or $200,000 a day.
In other words the local office is
passing favorably on an output of
Wishes You
Receivers
farmers' uots at the rate of about
$25,000 an hour.
A strong effort is being made to
bring a total of not lets than $25,
000,000 into Nebraska by next July,
in order to rebuild our resource.
Thi can he done by the co-opera
tion of the banks and farmers of
this state.
Three Problem Here.
Of the entire amount recommend
ed to Washington, over one-half, or
approximately $4,000,000 has been
actually approved and payment or
dered by Washington, such payment
to he made under the direction "f
the Omaha committee.
The state of Nebraska, in a gen
eral way, presents three distinct
problems or methods of functioning.
The first, what is termed strictly
"corn belt," which includes practi
cally the entire eastern half of Nc
braska; then there is the cattle or
range country, which includes, gen
erally speaking, the western half of
Nebraska; the third division is Mie
extreme western part of the stale,
which includes the irrigated valleys
of the Platto and the wheat country
immediately adjacent.
The first great efforts of the, Ne
braska committee were put forth to
continue and maintain on the farms
and ranches all live stock, particular
ly the breeding stock and immature
stock which, under the stringency
of the past year, has been forced
on an unfavorable market. The com
mittee is also lending itself to th:
great movement toward storing com.
wheat and other gram on the farm
for orderly marketing at a more fa
vorable time. i
As the committee gets deeper into
the work it is impressed with the
fact that 'each community does not
live by itself alone, but is very
largely dependent on "the prosperity
of other communities. For instance,
the corn belt farmer is largely de
pendent on the stock grower of the
tancn country, who prVuces bis
feeder cattle for him.
The next great effort of the com
mittee, after assisting wherever pos
sible to keep ,on the farm what is
already there, and should be kept
there, is to. build up or restock those
communities which had previously
been forced to market more live
stock and grain than was for their
good. In such instances the financ
ing of cattle and stock hogs, as well
as sheep, is encouraged. It is quite
evident that while the prosperity of
the state is largely dependent on
good crops, it is also dependent on
the cow, the hog and the chicken.
Cattle Situation Serious.
The cattle situation in Nebraska
is especially serious, as during the
year 1920 the number of cattle in this
state decreased 186.000 head or 7
per cent. The total number of all
classes of cattle in Nebraska at this
time is 2,411,000 head. The impor
tance of increased dairying in this
Updike
,
The Reliable Consignment
Kansas City
THE BEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY. JANUARY 1. 1U22.
U'e caiiiol be mix t'liiplusiid. !
1 lie corn situation another im
portant problem (or the ariculmial
producer today. Approximately 2
per rent of all the corn produced i
consumed on or near the farm on
which it U produced, while but 14
per rent of the corn find its way to
the grain terminal. . Jt U the ur
plus, even though exceedingly small,
that ha such a srrtou ciirct on the
market. If the surplu be only 2
per cent, that is equivalent to over
per cent of the entire crop, that t
equivalent to over 10 per cent sur
plu at terminal. Strong etlorti are.
being made to reduce this (urnlu by
various mean and thu stabilize the
corn market. The farmers should get
45 cent a bushel for corn to fully
cover their cost of production. The
three method advocated for reduc
ing the surplus crop are through ex
port, even though foreign securities
of more or le doubtful value be
taken in payment, by more extensive
feeding of cattle, hog and sheep, a
tinder present condition corn can
be much more favorably marketed
on the hoof" than a com, and our
great wealth producer being the
hog; and by reducing the acreage
planted and thu diversify the
crops more than ha been the custom
in the past. It is essential to
stabilize the market on ccjn that the
surplus cither be consumed or dis
pensed with.
.Wheat Growers Lose.
The situation in the wheat grow,
ing sections of the west is not en
tirely satisfactory at this time, as
the wheat growers produced ' this
year's crop at the peak of prices and
are compelled to dispose of the
wheat on a falling market. The
reports of the present conditions of
wheat do not indicate that next
year's crop will be as large a this
year. This should have the effect
of strengthening the wheat market.
The outlook on the price of sugar
beets for the coming year is not en
tirely reassuring. The market on
cattle and sheep has strengthened
materially during the past 60 days
and indications are that their value
should continue strong.
The market on hogs is continuing
more favorable than anticipated,
due to reports of the increasing
amount of pigs to which would be
fed cheap corn. Under present
conditions hogs can be produced
and marketed at 5 cents per pound.
While the outlook in some localities
is not entirely reassuring, yet con
ditions generally throughout the
state should show a gradual im
provement in agricultural condi
tions, and resulting from this should
follow the improvement in general
business- conditions.
Through the operation of the War
Finance corporation the Omaha
committee has been enabled to learn
the internal conditions of approxi
mately one-half of the -banks of the
State of Nebraska and the condi
tions revealed are even better than
expected. The banks for the most
part are in very strong condition.
Their principal assets are notes of
good farmers, practically all of
whom will eventually, though
gradually meet their obligations.
The conditions of the farmers is
that while they are quite extended
financially, yet they own or occupy
excellent farm land which, in most
instances, is quite well stocked and
will therefore be able to work out
the losses that they have incurred
UPDIKE
a Happy, Prosperous
G R A I N
Milwaukee
during the pat lu eai : (.mil
f prratioiik.
In comparing, the uuriii.'iuiul
bukiues situation in Nebraska to
that of other agricultural nsioiu,
it i teen that we are fortunate and
that the ultimate outcome will be
satisfactory.
18,000 LnmU of Sweeping
Hauled Off Street in 1921
The rlrnartmrnt of afreet rleauiim
and maintenance, in charge of John
llookin citv commissioner, report
the following activities for 121:
A.il mi. of aaphalt uia in tit
repairing of id atra.
l.Mit lln-ol ft. nf i-ulvNk cniialrurteit.
S.SM I.Uuka rf ,11 rt rrll r(mlri-d.
i.lha ltlcxkn of dirt trta ri'lmlrrd anil
rtiumlfHt up.
t,,4 lilwka of rv. alrrrtl dry
ctcutimt by 'alilt wiriaa"
:'.JiH Ul.uk nf ihvi alrla dry
!rNnd by tru.-ka and latmrem.
In, von loailk uf awnriilnva haulrd off pavod
Mirt.
2. Hon tilorku of tivvtfl atrMta (limited.
T.loo blink "t wmda iui.
7, tin invtU of Mmw haulrd. -
.33 liia.U of ,'lii.loia haulrd fur re
pair nt uupnvi-d airerta ait.l alli'y.
A ltuo NruiN and wuxlitiuta witirrd.
This department reports 685 mile
of uupaved streets and 2o5 miles of
paved streets. Material used in re
pairing these streets:
S.HHI III"" lf KHIIil.
4, :hd (a vt iniio (Iiit.
5. kiO fl'IM of MHldlNlt.
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We wish to extend to our
friends and customers .
a HAPPY and PROS
PEROUS NEW YEAR.
Barnhart Bros. & Spindler
1114 Howard Street
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New Year's
Greetings and Best Wishes to
All Our Friends and Patrons.
BEACON PRESS
1210 Howard Street
SERVICE"
Grain
AH Uironls
Warmth Hroken
By Year of 1921
Mean Temperature of 53.3
Degrees in Omaha 1913,
With 32.9 Degtrr,
Next lligheet.
All weather record for warmth
for nearly half a century are shat
tered here by the year 1921, accord
ing to M. V. Kohius, local mtteorol
cgist.- The mean temperature re
corded, 55.3 degrees, is the highest
K-hieved in the 49 years since the
local weather bureau oflicc wan in
stituted. The year 1913, with 52.9 degree,
held the' previous honor, and before
that. 1878 and 1V18, with a record of
12.8 degree each.
Monthly Records Unbroken.
No" individual monthly record-,
were broken, but the year as a whole
was consistently warm, every month
House
Company
Sioux City
.vpt November Mug ahoic nor
hmI. Nh i'.ceskirly hiuh tempera
lure were experienced, the liighrkt
f.i lit., tiitu itri?rrt. nil
June 28, and no tero temperature
were experienced during the yea
i'ii til December 24. when 5 decrees
litlow zero wa reached.
lU-low i a table showing the mean
temperature and departure for each
month in !21, and aUo showing
the mean and departure for warm
ist individual month on record.
, lYaramt on Rmil,
Tl- U"P. Tm. Pp. Var,
Jatiunrv
. U Ilk , V 1, , 'V
K'biuaty
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111 r
lit
US
11
7.4
7 t
I 4
1.0
t 4
7 4
ltt
111
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111
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lino
lil
1101
Mil
17
1100
Ikll
Mir.li .
April ,.
May ...
Juna
9 I
July
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Hf pli'inbrr
l. lol.-r .
Novombr
(jHrentbrr
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,.ll 4
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4.S
xKur i daya.
Greatest Excess In Winter.
l'roin the t;;ble it will be observed
that the greatest excess of tempera
ture occurred during the cold
mouths, and while it caused a short
tge of ice, Oinahans were able to
We wish to thank
co-operation in
extend best wishes
JOHN A. RYLEN
1709 Doula St.
To all our Friends
and Patrons we sin
cerely wish a Happy
' and Prosperous
New Year
Baker Ice Machine
Co., Inc.
By J. L. Baker, Pres.
1922
Shippers
ave enough on coal ! pay the ad.
vanieil r.tie on ice.
'Ihe Mai piecipitaiiuii w.i 25 2''
iurhck, nliuli it 5.37 iiiche leu than
normal All inoiiih had le than
normal ecpt fctptciuber. "the
ereatent amount of rainfall in 2 1
hour 2,81 incite rn September
19-20. There wa about the usi'.'d
number of rainy day. V5, but unite
than the usual number of thy witti
thundrrnhiiin. 5
Omaha School Enrollment
Inereases 1,563 in 1921
The total enrollment "f the public
chool on November 2S. 1921, wa
32.901; on the correpoudiit day of
1920. the total was 31,338, an increase
of 1.563.
The enrollment of the luKh chool
increased troii 4.809 to 5.072 between
the date meiitioned.
The iiisht sVhool enrollment wa
increased froiul 1,723 to 3.111, the
Reparation of liWcs beinu as fol
low: lliKh School f Commerce, front
590 to 935: SoutliSjliph. 4''2 to f."f;
elementary tuunt mIVoI, 04i to I.MW.
"our patrons for llir
the year past an)
for the New Year.
Douglai 7234
Chicago
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