Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 30, 1887, Page 7

{IE LAST IDEA 1Y MONODOLY. Figantio Growth of the "Trusts” Bystem in this Country. MONOPOLY OF THE BEEF SUPPLY Practically all the Great Necessities of Life in this € ry, Saving only Atr, Now Controlled by Combinations. 'w York World combine in @ business combination is ealled a cligie, & pool, a Byndicate, a company or & trust, accord ing to the circumstances and the nature of the transaction entered into, 1f the combination is for a temporary speet tion in stocks or grain it is generally cailed a clique, but 15 sometimes digni- fied by the name of pool. A pool is, however, generally a combination of all competing corporations for the purpose of maintaining rates and dividing the business or profits between them on an agreed basis of percentages. An allus- tration of thisis the recent trunk line pool abolishd by the inter-state com- merce act, The trunk line tion livi 1l continues to maintain rates,but the pool is dead and the ro: Jonger divide busmess or profits. A syndicate is a temporary combin: tion of capitalists for the purpose of carrying out a big business enterprise, and as Soon as this is accomplished the syndicate dissolves or remans in the shape of a permunent and regularly or- ganized company. Thus the so-called Ives-Stayner syndicate, which proposes to purchase the controlhng interest in the Baltimore & Ohio stock. When the deal is finally consummated the syndicate will dissolve and the purchased stock will probably be held in the name of some permanent company or otherwise disposed of 50 as to hold it together for the purpose of controlling the railroad. A syndicate of capitalists” recently pur chased the muajority of the st of the Richmond & Danville railroad and then of the East Tennessce, and then trans ferred the purchases to the Richmond Terminal company, which issued its own stock to for the same. The gyndicate then disappeared. A com pany, as everybody Knows, is o combina- tion of capitalists” legally incorporated by the legislature to carry on aspeci- fied business under certain restrictions, HE GROWTIL OF “COMBINATIONS.” The latest fashion in the ftinancial world is to organize trusts, and it will biy not be long before there will be 1 stch combimations all over the United State The oldest and most powerful of trusts is the Standard Oil trust, a mighty aggregation of capital which absolutely controls the petroleum supply of the United States, if not of the worid, and the methods of which have just been exposed in the World. An other trust which has recently sprung into widespread notoriety is the Cotton- seed il trust. A third combination is in prospeet, which may rival th inits strength and importance to consume: of the Umted States, This is a cattle trust, which shall control all thecattle ranches in the country, and not only the ranches, but the slaughter- houses as well, Such a trust, if suceest ful in its operation, would soon practieal monopoly of the fresh beef sup- ply of the entire nation. I'he universal tendency of capital late- 1y has been towards consolic n, mon- opoly. Railroads are consolidating into systems which stretch half ross the continent. and these systems are uniting into combinations. The cval producers combine to regulate production and to fix prices. The gas companies consoli- date or combine 5o as to destroy compe tition and to create a monopoly whi shall insure stability of rates X fow big Chicago packers can and do fix the prices of pork products. The price of wheat and flour is often_controlled by ¢ in Chicago, St. Louis and New Yor Four or five firms i Chicago, with combined capital of #50,000,000, practi- cally control the dressed beef market of the country. There is little or no com- petition among them. A perfeet under- standing exists, and they ean buy the cattle for such prices they choose to give and sell at such prices as they choose to make. It is to supplant this combina tion that the Cattle Trust is proposed. It is a startling fact that the great ne- cessities of life--such as light, fuel, deef, pork, wheat and t ion, which n this nincteenth century has become al- most as much of a necessity as the at- mosphere—are controlled by chques, pools, combinations and trusts, or in other words are in the hands of absulute monopolies. If eapitalists will now only organize an_**Atmosphere Trust,” the catalogue will be complete, Were it not that the people through their representa- tives 1w the national and state govern- ments have begun to enact laws and ere- ate commissions to regulate and restrain these combinations of capital, the out- Jook would indeed be alarming, WHAT A YTRUST” 18, It is not an easy task to describe what & trust is. In the eases of the two promi inent examples in this country a trust 1s an aggregation of capital which proposes to obtain a complete ascendency in the market for a certain commodity. This ascendency is obtained by so managing the capital at certain points, by so man- ipulating prices and controlling supplies asto crush out weaker and individual competitors one by one or to compel them to sell out to the monopoly. A trust company is an unincorporated compuny with a sceret organization, one of the cardinal principles of whose control is to give the public as little information as possible concerning its business. Banks, railroads, insurance companics and other corporations publish annual statements of their finances and the extent and con- dition of their business. But a trust never dogs that. The public would remain in profound ignorance of the condition of thie trust we t not for the evidences of sing wealth which it exhibits year rand for the investigations which tile legislature or attorney-general sometimes makes. ‘The attorney- of Louisinna n fow days ago made an onslaught on the Cotton-Seed Trust, de- clary as a monopoly it had no might to exist in that state and that the frust is illegal and fraudulent; that it had never been mcorporated under the laws of any state and had no right to act as a corporation or issue certiticates of stocks, He demanded tnat the books and papers of the company be exhibited for examt oation, The demand was resisted vy the trust. Judge Aldige, the vice-president elaimed that he had no authority to re” ceive service or to stand in judgment for any of the persons named as composing the trust. The Standard Oil company has always resisted all legal eflorts to open its books or to inyestigate its atffairs, Judge Houston, who tried the suit brought by the attorney-general, has just decided that there is good ground for nction against the trast. There 15 said to be, however, a consid- erable element in the Cotton-Seed trust which is in favor of greater publieity in regard to its affairs. The trust will hold its unnuag) meeting in this eity mn the first week of July, when a statement may be made to the stockholders, and through them to the pubhie. It will be an interest- Hnu statement, as this trust is now one of \e most important companies \n the eountry. The trust 1s said to have earned 8 dividend. Whether this will be d wred al the July meeting is s question. ume say that it'will be, while others When capitalists enterprise the 25500 say that the maney will be held to fight lawsuits and v-ruj\ out what little com petition still remains, I TECTION IN SECRECY. The secrcey which sarrounds the affairs of the trust is illustrated by th remark made to a World reporter by gentleman who is a brother of one of the nine trustees of the trust. *‘Iam a large stockholder,” he said, “and it is true that my brother 18 a trustee, but [ know no more of its affairs than' you do. All [ know is that the trust is @ legitimate en- terprise, and [ believe in it so much that I buy as many of it certifieates as I can whenever there is a orable opportun- ity. I believe that there will be a divi- dend deciared in July, Of course, in contraliing 90 per cent of all the cotton- sced mills in the eountry, the trust has a practical monopoly of the buginess, and the result of this unquestionabty will be the wawntenance of prices ata higher rate than wonld be possible under the old order of things, There is a great deal of complaint among the southern planters at present in regard to the prices paid them for the cottonseed. ” Complaints are un doubtedly the cause of the hostile action of the attorney general of Louisiana. A little thought should convince the plant- hat their complaints are groundless, » has been areduction in the price paid for the seeds, but the reduction has not been as great as in the price of cot ton itself, in which there is the freest competition, and probably not so great us would have been the case if there i been no trust to give stability and regu- larity to the trade. “It does not necessarily follow that be. canse the Cotton trust keeps its bt to itself that it is, as the attorney general of Louisiana nlleges, a fraudulent con cern. On the contrary, the eviden [ that it is a shrewdly ‘managed bus enterprise, dealing s legitin of merchandise,” But that the trust is a monopoly that its monopoly has been crea rough-shod methods, there can be no doubt. L. R. Cheney, of Texas, one of the most conspicuous men in the Cotton seed trust, recently admitted that the monopoly had been ereated by using the big capital of the trust to drive men of moderate means out of the industay When the trust wishes to control a eer- tuin scction of the conntry it forces the opposition mills to sell out or close up by nsing the capital in such A way as to makcthe business m that section un- profitable. The opposition claims that this is conspiracy and tyranny, but Mr. Cheney says it is the policy bursued by cvery business i every branch of trade whenever it can be done. It is deelured that since the trust began business the price of cottonseed hasdeelined from §14 to $8 per ton, while the price of the oil has inereased m than 50 per cent How much property the trust owns is not exactly known. It is said that it con trols about one hundred and twenty mills, or fully 90 per cent of the entire: produc- tion. Not all of these mills are in oper- ation, as the trust only works a suflicient number to supply the demand and is careful 1ot to ereate an over-sunply. The industry is one eapable of great divelop- ment. Cotton oil is now in _increasing demand m this country and Eurove for use in the manufacture of lard, table oils, butterine and _other substances, kvery bale of cotton is said to be eapable of supplying 1,000 pounds of secd. and at present the produetion of only one million bales is used for oil, while «the annual yield of cotton isin the neighborhood of Of 6,500,000 bades, It is saud that there 1 A proit of about 4, on every 2,000 pounds of the seed wmade into oil. According to this estimate, there is an annual profit of #2,000,000 in the cotton-seed o1l produoce- tion, while the business is eapable of almost boundless expansion. ‘The trust is controtled by u board of nine directors, of whom John Scott and J. 1. Macauley ave well.known business men of this city, The headquarters of the trust are in this city. The president is John V. Lewis, formerly of Cincinnati. THE PROPOSED ' Ot the proposed Known in this city. ‘Ihe suc: Cotton-Seed Ol trust has been such as to naturally encourage the introduction of ar methods into the cattle busines d'he Cattye trust, however, seems to e proposed as a protest on the part of the ranchmen agamst the sting _dressed- beef monopoly of Chicago. The con- sumers have httle interest in the matter, the ranchmen's trust would probably 1s big a monopoly that of the Chi z0 dressed-beef men, The Armours, Swift & Co., the Fairbanks company, and Hammond & Co., of Chicago, p cally control the fresh beef supply of the coun- try. By an able use of their eapital, and under a perfect understanding between themsclves, and by secret and special rates granted by the ralroads, four or five Chicago millionairs have been able to dictate terms to the ranchmen of west, to drive the slaughterers of the out of the business and to supply proportion of the national consumption. The live eattle business of New England nearly died out; that of New York by thi operations of the Chicugo com- ation been reduced to one-half, Form- erly 13,000 to 14,000 1 weekly in this city. from 6,000 to 8,000. Y supplying the tables of the east. the ranchmen who are said to have losing moneg largely of late, and seem to be complptely at the mercy of the Chicago combination, propose to as sert themscives. The scheme suggested is that of a *‘trust,” with & capitai of at least $25,000,000, to which the ichmen shall sell all their eattle, and in which they shail be personally interested. 1f the scheme is ever ried out it in proba- ble that the trust will dress its own beef, and, relying on the®inter-state comnns- sion to foree the railroads to give equit able rates, will send the product of the ranches direct to the eastern markets, Good Air A hygiemst says in the St. Louis-Globe Denoerat: It scems to be the dest thing inthe world to convinee people that” the most essential thing to human existence s good air. It is the willful ignorance of people on this subject that is muking a narrow-chested, weak-lunged ce, ‘Ihe prevalent blindness of t point is something appalling, Just wateh a lot of workmen tearing down a building. They will st aiand spitting’ in_the blindir one dust hour after hour, sowing the seed of con- sumption and geueral disease, when, if they would try a moist sponge over the nose and mouth, the air would re the lungs puritied of those dangerous atoms of dust. Again, go nto any big room, a theatre, church or hool — house, while being swept, and you will s¢ th janitor cidly inhaling the dust in death-dealing gulps of air. Suggest the sponge to him, and he will laugh at you, It is this obliviousness that allows the clerks to keep silent and to submit to having the stores swent out during the working hours. If they hud to buy the air they are foreed to breathe, they wouldn't take it atany price, It1s because 1t costs nothing that they vay no attention to it. If they had been properly alive to the importance of the question, they would have started a vigorous agitation for relief, when a few weeks ago the Globe-Democrat called at- tention to the subject. Let me say this much for the clerks, however: they do not have the dungers of the cvil brought home to them verv strikingly, for the reason that the sweeping s done when the sun is low in the sky, and then the dust is not plainly seen floating about as it really is. o is d b Now been who lim Young and middle-aged men, suffering from nervous debility and kindred aflec tions, n loss of mewory and hypochon- drin, should enclose 10" cents in stamps for Iarge illustrated treatise suggesting sure means of cure. - Addre: World's Kiflmns ry Medical Association,; Buflalo, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE::MONDAY, MAY 30. 1887, ADDITIONAL COUNCIL BLUFES The Pool Tournament. ‘The pool tournament, which began on Friday night at ““The Manhattan' of Ru- dio & Yenawine, is becoming more inters esting s the tournament progresses Ihere are 1 players entered KL Long, Hutz, Dahl, Shafer and Bohn, the crack pool players, with an exception or 50, of Western lowa. Each evening three series are played, game being called at 9 o'clock. A series constitutes seven nes and the winner of a series has to win four games out of the seven, Each player plays six series and the winner of the large series 18 consequently the one who re- first prize. There are three prizes The opening game Friday might was between Bohn and Hutz and was hotly contested, Each player won three games and atter a hard fought battle Hutz won the seventh game. 1t was followed by Long and I Long being defeated. Long then tackled Dahl who came outan easy vietor, Saturday night' Fluee, Fluce vs, Robinson I'he Fluce and Shafer, To-night's gumes will settle the contest, no doubt, as r st and second places, us the ackio come together. The Dahl, neither of which hay and much interest is manifest in this ries. Both ave looked upon as likely can- didates for tirst place, and whichever loses this series will have to contest with Bolin for sccond prize. I'he Long vs. Bohn series will then be played, after which comes Dahlvs. Bohn, I'he other games to be played { Long vs. Fluee. o9 uce vs. Robinson, | Dahl vs, Shafer, { Shafer vs. Bohn. Wednesday, June 1... - Robinson vs. Hutz | Bolin' vs. Kobinson. | Hutz vs. Fluee. < Shater vs, Long, ! Dalilvs. Robinson, § Fluee vs. Bohn, Dalil vs. Hutz, ! Kobinson vs. Long. - Honor to the Heroes, sterday there were interesting ser- held in the cemetery by the Union an's Legion, who marched to that beautitul resting place of the d bute to the dep: services were in accords with the ritual of the Episcopal church, and were conducted by Rev. T J. Mackey, rector of St. Paul’s. He delivered an ay ate and eloquent address, Hon Carson and Hon, Joseph Ly livered brief addre A o was deposited on the sacred svot dedi eated to the “‘unknown The services thronghout were very impressive were largely attended Last evening the € coublic attended m rdway Methodist church, where Dr. McCreary, the pastor, delivered address, games were Dahl vs afer, and Shafer vs, winners were Dahl, lost a game Tuesday, May 3 Thursday, June2 Friday, Juno 3.. and nd Army of the tov. an - For some reason best known to Super- visor Underwood, Humpback bridge, on the d to Lake Manay has not yet been replaced by anew bridge, asordered by the county sapervisors somotime ¢ I all probability the work will b soon, as Supervisor Underwood — has power to act, and it is understood the bridge will be wider than the county s usually are. e He Knew Her Sister. ata Bell: Mrs, Dollinger, a Sioux wly, wholives on Twelfth street, a ‘rap atthe front door the other fternoon, : nd responded to find a very distinuished looking gentleman, ex- tremely dignified and handsome. “Ahi Mrs. Dollinger, I believe said “Yes, sir. “My name is Harcourt, Ilive in Huron. Mrs. Scott of thut place is your sister, is she not?”" “Yes, sir. Ahtyes, Iam very well acquainted with her, She requested me to call and do a little errand }nr her.” “Oh, yes; won't you step in Mr. Har- courty" he ou, T believe T will, Very fine her we're heving “Yes, sir. the easy chair.’ nk you—pray don't you put your- self to any trouble on my account,” “Certainly not. Was my sister well when you left?” “Quite well, 'm pleased to say. By the way, Mrs. Dollinger, 1 have a litte work here which I would like to show, as [am sure you would be interested in it, it is called *Daniel in_the Lion’s Den,’ and is by Rev. Thomas R Deuteronomy, and it comes in_twelve parts exquisitely bound in cloth, leather, or extra Russia, is finely illustrated and should be in every library, and I am taking hundreds of orders, ad you can sce by examining this order book, and everybody is wild over 1t and all’ pronounce it the mos wonderful book written since the Holy Scriptures, 1t treats of Duniel in ten ages, when he started to go into the den, when he got a little further in, when clear in, when the lions came up to ex amine him, while they were ‘making their survey, while they retired to con- sult togi y when they a post-mortem would be necegsary, they announced the result to 1 when he convinced them that he would not consent to an autopsy, when the lions retired and Dantel got'out, eml lished with numerous cuts, plans, map and beautiful steel engravings, comes a #1 a part or §12 for the entire work, put your name down here and pay as you re- celve each part, eleven parts now ready— here is a fountain pen, write under Mr. Brown’s name at the bottom of the page,"” Mr. Harcour " said M Dollinger, ahd suppressing her tears, “you're an, deceitiul book agent! Get out house!" I know, but just sign " “Go on, or I shall scream!” inly. ecrtainly, if you insist; no oftenc But can you teltme the name of the lady next door, and where some of her family live? Ah, won't eh? T'l work another scheme, then. Good day. Mrs. Dollinger, good day; glad to b made your usintanc e Cure of Bronchitis, Mr. K. Carey, of Erie, Penn., writes as follow I had bonehitis for over two years. My hfe was made utterly wretched by it. It was cough, cough, cough, until at times I thought I would choke to death, I tried every remedy, it secms to me—some out- side, more ‘inside. Now and then [ would get slight relief, then back again 1t would conie, worse than eyer. Last winter | started using ALLCOCK's PorRous Prastins and Kept them on; 1 felt better almost” immediately, and kept one on my chest almost ever since, using it as a chest protector. 1 cannot say too much for them, for 1am cured of that disease. —— - The Patent Medicine Business. A patent med: People have many id about the patent medi- cine business, It 18 nota business that runs itself by any means, but requires brains, and not a little amount of them, cither, to make both ends come together. Where one_man suceeeds in it, a hun dred fall, It takes some hard work and not & little money to establish a paying medicine, or liniment, or whatever you manufacture. Hundreds and hundreds of persons think they strike upon some- thing that will be a go,but nine times out of ten they never get more than one lot n the market, and that never gets off. 1f ou strike the right thing and advertise t well, you can make money,otherwisc ¥ou can't, number of | OMAHA WHOLESALE MARK rs! CANDY—Mized, Si@e: stiek, S'{Poe. General Prodyce, Safrday, May 25, The folioeina prices ardgbr rovnd lots of produce, as soid on the mgriee -aay. Burirer—Butter contifines to arrive in very liberal quantitios and far in excess of the demands of the local *tail trade. Local farmers and dairymen are biinging in a great deal of choice buttgr, which they sel direct tothe retail trade, and this cuts ofl just€o much from the commission hou The reat bulk of these rg is selling 100715, with the erenter §oportion at. tl Less price. An occasiondl package of best 15 sold to the retail trade at 18wl The shipping demand is good and the ship pers are able to keep the market cleaned up and prevent any acenmulation of stock. Fios—The receipts have been a little more liboral this week in proportion to the de mand than last week. ‘The prevailing price lias been 1e thus far this week, but stocks have been moving a little slow with a ten- dency to accumulate. Yesterday there was a weak teeling on the market and a good many deaders were 1ooking tor a decline, “To-da, however, the receipts were heavy and were selling generally at 1lc, with round lots at 10 I'here are & £oo ! many staie exes received and shippers would do well to candle their eges and thus avoid paving ex press charges on stock that has to be thrown away on its arrival, Live Povrtry—The receipts of chickens arc not lieavy and the market is tirm. Old fowls of fair size sell readily at 3 25@5.5), Therc have heen no spring chickens i of any aceount this week. Good sized spring chickens would sell well. A few small ducks were received and sold at $5.50 per dozen, Citepse—~Full - cream cheddars, + full cream flats, twins Americas, 14ige: faney imported, 25e: Limburger, Braxs.-Interior sto country, SLOOE@L! sigle, Young Sw e 5100500 elean smedivm,hand picked, ed navy, S5l Vistozs—llam Wk fast s Droakfast hacon, plain, 10 (N dried beet L, } Lll am pleces, o lard, 107h cans, airbaniis, Ddry 10 50 1 Porarors,—There i8 a stronz demand for old potatoes but very few coming in. On ae- countof the searcity of new potatoes, old potatoe: still Higher than last week. Good stoek sells quickly at 1000110 per bushel. New potatoes have advanced on ac count of the searcity and there ara very few to be had at any price. Home crown, $1.00@ 1.10; new potatoes, per bbl, ) ON1oNs—There has I no change in market since last weel southern ontons, per bbl, $§.500 southern , % bush. crates, 8150, ¢ CanpaGe.—The market is about cleared ;mnl all stoek, Calitornia cabbage, new per b, 3 New Veoerannes.—Local gardners g now supplyine the demand for most kind Ables; sneli as top onions, radishes, let. pie plant and peas, and there is not much saie for stock of that kind shipped in. Peus are being sold by the gardners direct to the trade at about SL00 per bushel. Top: s, per doz bunches, 10@20c; radishes, doz bun 10(150¢ t doz bunehes, s cu- cumbers, per doz, per two-thirds bushel 'box, & string beans, per two-thirds bushel bpx, & cauli- flower, per doz, $1 new southern beets, per dozen bunches, \\y LEMONS—Reports fron Naw York indicate that the eheap lemons have been mostly worked off and that there i nd for good keeping stock. Pric ad vancin The market here is with mand, ) per doz bunches, $ X OraNars—The seasons for California oranges is rapidly drawing to a close and only i few more cars are exdeeted 10 arrive, Meaiterran <ina imperial ¥ €1.50: Paper Rind. mat Lant, per ic} BB wax be 15, sina, - choied, [ Es—The reéeivts have a ven this week. Sinawnen aged a little un day they were very hevy. early in the morning \\'x-u} at 008,00 per stand for ehoice stock while later in the day in order to close outsome solaas low as $5.00 per stand. Y esterday the receints were light and hardly equal to " the de . day good Sto oving at 5.00 per s . Curnries—There I8 a fair supply on the market and the average price for 10-1b boxes is 52,50, BANANAs—There is a fait supply of ehoice large bunches ou the market. Largebunches, per bunch, $3.00@4. ‘Toyarors—Ther tomatoes on the mark are a few southern 10-1b. boxes, $1.00. General Markots. 'V ARNISHES—Batrels, per gallon; surnl- ture, extra, $1.10; furniture, No. 1, §1.00; conch extra, $1.40; coach, No. 1 $1.20; Da- mar, extra, 8175 Japan, T0ct urhsjtum ;)l(t;n : shellag, $3.50: hara ol finish, DrY PAINTS -White lead, 7e; Frenchzine, 1%: Parla whiting, 2e: whiting, gilders, ¢ ; whiting, courl, lige: lampblack, Ger- manstown. 12c; lampbiack, ordinary, Prussian biue, vandy K brown, S¢; umbe 4o} sienna, burnt, sienDa, Taw, aris green, genuing. e, Parls on. 22+ rhrome” greer vermillion Anmerican, raw and butnt umber, 1 B cans, 1205 raw and burnt sienna, 12:_ vandyke brown, lie; re- fined lampblack 12 coach black and ivory black, 16¢; drop biack. 16e; Prussian biug, 40c: ultramarine black. 1S¢; ehrome groon. L., M. &D.. 16c; blind aud shutter green, L., M. & D, 16c; Parig_green, 18¢; Indian red, lsc; Venetian ored. Tuscan, 22: American vermiliion, L. & D., 20c; yellow ochre, 2¢; L. M. & O. 1%:' good. oehre, 10e: natany dryer. Sc; eralning color. n{m oak, dark ouk, walnut, chestnut and a: 4 . DRUGS AND UHEMICATS,—Ag d carbolie, (¢; mcid tartaric, 52; balsam copaiba, per D, 0c; bark sassafras, per ®, 10c; ealomel, ?er B, 78c, chinchonidia. per 0z, 40c: chloro- orm, per ', “0c; Dover's powders, per i, $1.25; 6psom "Salts, per 1, Shye; glycerine, pure, per Ib. B0e- ‘lead, acetate, ‘per't, dlc; oil, eastor, No. 1, per gal., ~ $1.50; oil eastor, No. 2, per gal, §1.40;0il olive, per gal., $1.40; oil orizanuum,” 50c: opium, $1.50: quinina, P, & W.and K. &), per oz ile; potassium iodide, per M, $3.50; 8alicin, per oz, 40c; sul- phate morphine, per oz 81 5: sulPhur, per Ac: strychnine. o, Kk N L—White ead. Omana, P I’ white lead, St. Louis, pure, .ci Mar- les, green,1' b cans, “e: Krench zin green ' seal, 133 French zine, red seal. 1icg French in varnish asst, We; Fench rmillion, “English, in oil, T, roso pink, ite; Venetian red, ook’ 's, 2%7e; Venetian red, Amerl 19¢ lead, 7¥c: chrome yellow, genuine. e chrome yellow, K, 12¢: ochre, rochelle. He; ochre, French, 9%c: ' ochre, American, 1e; Winter's mineral, 2ljc;: Lenigh brown, 2ige} Spanish brown, 2ke; Prince’s mineral, * BrpE —Green butchers, 5ig@be; green cured. 7c: dry flint, 11@12c; drv salt, 9@l0c; green calf sking, ~c; damaged ldes, two-thirds price. Tallow—iige, Greaso— Prime white, ¢i Yellow, 3 ¢; brown, e, Sheep Pelts, 5@, SPIRITS—Cologne 8pirita, 188 proof, $1.1); do 161 proof, €1.1’; Spirits, secoud quality, 101 proof, SL.1 : do 155 proof. $1. 1 ~ Aleahal, 188 proor, $2.10 ver wine gallon. Redistiiled whiskies, £1.00 4150, Gig, blended , %@ 2.00; Kentucky bourbons, ' $2.00@6.00, * Ken- tucky and Pennsylvania.nyes, $2.0026.5% Golden” Sheat bourbon anil rye whiskies, $1.50@3.00, Brandies, imported, £5.00@8.%0 domestie, $1.80@3.00. ' Gins, imported, $4.70 @h.00; .1;»musne. 81.253,00, Champagnes, jmported. ver case. $230035,00; An red case. $10.004216.00. Auerionn, HEAVY 1 ARDWARE—LIoN, rate $2.5); plow steels u-«]u".-m A4 Itramarine, l¥c; burnt. 4¢3 umber, ra e sgrucible steel, ke @1%0; Wiwoy ,}mk s, per Set, 2, 8.50; 3. per sct, 8L felloes. sawed dry, $1.50; tongues, -eaci, each, 75¢: BQuare nuts, per.ib cnain, per Ib, 6i5@i e} mallenb! Wodios, B¢; crownars, fo: Harrow teeth, 4'e, spring steel, T Barden's horse shoas, #4157 Burden’s mule_shoes, $3.75, Bar wire, in _ car lots, $4.00 ber 100 lbs. rates, 10 to 50, 0: steel nails, 2.0 Shot, $1.35: buckshot, 1.00: Hazard- powder, kegs, }s.w g? half k;ui, & do. quarter kegs, $1.50: blasting, kegs, 82101 fuse, per 10 feet, Goc. Lead bar, 815 ; Grocer's 1st. Prekres—Medium, in bbls, $5.90: do, In half bbis, $4.50; small, in bbls, 89.00: do, in balf bbis, 35,003 *nerkln:, in bbls, §10.00; do, in_halt bbls, § SUGAR—Granulated, 6% @85ce; conf, A, 0@ 1 extr 7] 6ie; white extra C § T clt loat, 65(@0%c; e yellow C, 4% @43e powi ” Corpeks—Ordinary grades, 17'¢@lsc fair ie; cholce, 1 @l @ ic: old ov- 15@1-' e prime, 1oy el fancy green and yellow, interior Jaya, 18}g@ rhuckle’s roasted ernment Java, 20@20c 2c; Mocha, "Fa@ie; 2: ‘e: Melaughlin’s XXXN\ roasied,?:5c; Duworth's 2 c: Red Cross, 2: e, SYRUP—No. 70, 4-gallon kegs, $1.221.7%0; rgallon 33@dfe; manle syrup, time.” per gallon, Tic; 1gal New Orleans Ihllribll. 'al‘1 o, & on cans, per doz, $10.00; hall galion cans, por doz, $5.50; quart cans, §5.0w CRACKERS—(Giarnean's soda, butter and Ci Creams, Sigei gioger snaps, Sgoi | city soda. the | but | | it hias to be strictly choice to bring that price. dard, per case, atrawbertles, 2 15, per case, 82,50 raspoerries, 2 Ib, per case, 2.44; Califor Nia PRATs, Per cAse, 84.505 apricots, per eass, §4.60; veachies, Lar case, §5.00; whita cher- per case, $3.50 3 azg plums, 3 Ib, pineapples, ¥ in, per. case 1b ‘muckerel, per doz, 81.40: almon, per doz, $1.50@L.55: 2 1n, goose: £1.75; 2 Ib string beans, per abeans, per case, $1.6): 2 b marrow fat poas, por case, $ 5039 1y early June peas, par casa, § b toma- toes. 84, 0. 03 Ib.corn $240@2. ), MAarcHrs - Der caddie, SQUATS CASOS, $1.70: mule squar Dry Lumbher, DIMENSIONS AND TINSERS, Derries par es 2,504 he oo el 234 i /15,50 10 316 ¢ 3 15,30 | 218 0 /18,50, 19 2x10 2x13, | 54sxd . BOARDS, com, 818, ..y .. No.o 2 com, s1 s, No. 4, com, 81 . FENCING, No. 1,4 &6in, 12 & 14 1ty rough. SIDING. 14and 16 ft v CEILING ND PARTITION, 1steom., 37 in White Pine Ceiling. Clear, % in. Norway Pine Ceiling.. FLOORING, A 0 tuch, white pina.... (R (Sel Fen'a). ... STOCK BOARD! Al2inchs. 18, . 5 No.'1, com, NISHING, 1stand 2d, clear, 1i¢ inch, 3, 38. ... 8d, clear, 1 fnch. s, 3 s 345 1111, Biseleery Linehy s, 2 8 303 13,13, POSTS, White Cedar, 6 in., s BATTENS P 0. G. Batts, 215 1n Pickets, D and I flat LIME, KIC Quiney white lime (bes) . Alkron cemen e Iair x ssuss LINCOLN, NEB. 150 12¢: 9 in.qrs..1le KETS. Ten Hailroads, and moro arc Trams Daily, coming. tal. Most of the Rusiness Lots ha the lnst 12 months, Ac of the eity nerease hundred p 1 is the crentost Railrond Canter of fta nee Orld. Frick Dlocks pus &t 20 per cont ot 1100 per' cont per’ annum’ on first it ¢ distributing Somo wholo: dilers made princely fortunes. Vnze goine 0 a1l directions. Basiness gon ernlly ehod. Bankers, retail mercliunts, mochunt Kettivg rich. A, J. CROPSEY & CO. Room 11, Richards Block, eal Estate Agents & Loan Brokers doubled in prico in N, wit 1 ov point. blooks, bu 10, 20, 40, rims and cnoup lands M Y LOANED. INVESTMENTS MADE. REF JES—First and Lincoln Natl,g Banks,Governor @hayer, Judge Cobb, Rev. Dr. Creigyon, Linco'e; Sedator 8. M. Cullow, 1% and General Ben. Marcisoa. Inlian a < CHICAGQ o NJORTH: ESTERN RAILWAY. SEORT LIINBE Omaha, Comneil Blufl And Chicago The only ¥oad to take for Des Moines Mar- shaiitown, Cedar Rupida, Clir -on. Dixon, Chica- &0, Milwaikee and all points cust. To the pno {i6 o Nebraskn, Colorado, Wyoming, ‘Utah dnho, Nevada, Orecon, Washington and Call- fornia, it offars supericr ndvantages not possl. ble by any other line. ‘Amiong & few of the numerous points of su: poriorits endoved by tho putrons of thia roud between Omana and Chieako, are Its two traing uwdny of DAY COACHES, which are the finest that'humsn art and ingenuity can create. It PALACESLEEPING CARS, which aro models of comfort and olegance. 1is PARLOR DIAW- ING ROOM RS, uns rli"lll ed lly Any, and it widely celeb; PALATIAL DINING CARS the oqual of which cannot bo found. elsowhere At Councl BIuiTa the trains of the Union Pac Ry. connect in Union Depot with those of tl; Chioago & Northwestern fty. " In Chicago_ the trains of this line nake cloge connection with those of all eastarn iincs, For Detroit, Columbus, Indianapolis, Cinoine nati, Ningars #alls, Buftilo, Pittsburg, Toronto, Montreal, Boston, New York, Philedelphia, Baltimore, Washington nnd all points im the onst, ask for a ticket vin **NORTH W ESTRRN " If you wieh the bost acoommodation. Al tickot agents sell tiokets via this 1ino. H. HUGHITT, P. WILSON, Genl Manager. Gonl. Pass'r Agent Chicago, 1il. W. M. BABOOCI L R. BOLLE Western Agent, City Puas'r Agont, maha, Nebraska. CHICAGO SHORT LINE ——OF THE—— Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul 'y 1084 1ota. nll kinds of and 1) acro tracts .The Best Route from Omaha and Council Bluffs to THE EAST Two Trains Daily Between Omaha, Coun- cil Bluffs Chicago, —AND— St. Paul, Minneupolis, Rock Island, Frecport, Rockford, Clinton, Dubuque, Davenport, Elgin, Madison, {.nmille, Beloit, Winona, a Crosse, And al other important points Last, Northeast and Soutbeust. For through tiok 81401 Faroam stre Union Pacisic Depor. Puilman Sleepcrs and the finest Dining € (n the world are run on the mainlines of th ORICAGO, MILWAUKEE & BT. PAUL RATLWA and every attention iy thl 0 passsngers by courteous employes of the company, R Mo General Munsger. . F. Puckan, Assistant General Managor. 1ikor ik CARFENTER, General Passenger cket' Agont k0 . HEAFFORD, Assistant General Pes sepger and Tioket Azent. 4. 7.0La8E, Gsneral Supesintendent Milwaukee, CedarRapids, s cull on the Tiocket Agent ,(in Paxton botel), or at Omaha _Jobbers' _Directory. _ Agricultural Implement CHURCHILL PARKER, Wholesale Doalor i Agricultural Implements, Wagons, Crrriages aud Nuggios, nes stroot, beiween ¥ CALF €O, ‘R & ME Agricultural Implemonts, " uggles, Rie,, Wholeals Agriculinral Implements, Wagons and Buggios. 1, 0%, W05 and Wi, J. “Artists’ Material. A. HOSPFE, JK., Artists’ Materials, Pianos and Organs, 1515 Douklas 8troet, Omeha. ers’ Hardware and Scales. "HIMEBAUGH & TAYLOR, Builders'Hardware & Seale Repair Shop Mochanies' Tovis and Nufa)l e, 10 Douglins s, S (i Boots and Shoes. AMERICAN HAND _SEWED SHOE COMP AN Munutacturers and Wholesalo Dealers (o Boots and Shoes, 10 stock of Rubher Goods always on hand Com 1510 AC, Ormalin, Neb. A: T Auin, Agent: W. V. MORSE & CO. Jobbers of Boots and Shoes, A sL, Omabn, Nob. Mauufactory, Summor nireat, Kuston Z 1. LINDSEY & CU, Wholesale Rubber Boots and Shoes Rubber and Ofled Clothing und Feit Boots And Shoes, Southenst Corner 14th_nud Dougins. u ¥ ATING, Agt. for Anheuser-Bush Brewing Ass'm Bpecinl Brands st, Budwelscr and Erin " STORZ & ILER, Lager Beer Brewers, North 18th Street, Omaha, Nob. —r——— gy Butchers’ Tools. LOUIS HELLER, Butehers' Tools and Supplies, 3ausago Casings | Kindn nlways in stoek, st.Omaha —_——— A Coffee, Spicss, Etc. CLARKE BROS. & Co., Omaha Cofree and Spice Mills. Toas, Ooflees, Spices. Buking Powder. Fluvoring Bxy tracts, Ladndry Klue, Ink. Bte. 141416 Harney Hreal, Oni b, 1215 , COLE d MiLE dor, Flavoring Exiraets, Bluing, £ 1% packnie Home Blend Koisted Toward at .o No Cornice. EAGLE CORNICE WORKS, John Epencter, Prop. Manunfaoturer of Ga nized Iron and Cornlee Dodge und 103 und N, 10th st. RUEMPING & BOLTE, Manufacturers of Ornamental Galvanized Cornices, Dormer Windows, Finnls s “WESTERN CORNICE WORKS, . Specht, Prop. Gnlvanized Tron Cornices, ete, .’4‘m. s improved Pate ot Ma talic SRylgit 8 and 518150 Carpets. “TTTOMAILLA CARPET €O Jobbers of Carpets, Curtaing, Oil Cloths, Rugs, Linoleums, Mattings, Ete. 1611 Douglas stroes. s 8. A ORCHARD, Wholesale Carpets, Oil Cloths, Mattings, Curtain Goods, Kio, 1833 Farnam Stroot, Crockery and Notions. W. L. WRIGIIT, Agent for the Munufacturers and lmporters of Crockery, tlassware, Lemps, Chimncys, ek 317 South 13th st I " Commission and Storage. _Omaha_Jobbars' Dirgctory. l'l.c‘ l;ll»‘llm\'. = e Tron and Steel, Wagon and Carringe Wood Henvs Harg LSRR TR A T MILTON KOG & SONS, Stoves, Ranges, FPurnaces, Tiles, Mantlor, Grates, Brass goods 121 wid 134 Farnam froot. 3 Iron Works. PAXTON & VIERLING Iron Works, Wrought and Cast Tron Building Work, Tron Stals e e e U T £ O v A Worka, TP el A K S A oL Manufacturing Dealeri Biitehin . ¥ noke Stacks, FUIL MOMANDS, € SULLIVAN. oMAlA WIR & IRON WORKS, Manufacturars ot fre and Iron Railings, Desk Rails, Window Guards, Flower 0 Wire St R Tk "Oriers by & T T — S bty tend e Lumber. OMAHA TUMBER CO., Dealer . All Kinds of Building Material at Wholesela, 8th Stroot and Union Pacifo Track, Omaha. {IDFORD, Lath, Lime, Sash, Dours, Kte. Yards Cornerth and Douklas; Cornes 9th and Douglas, CHICAGO LUMBER CO., Wholesale Lumbe 8148, 1uth stroet, Omaha, Nob. 1. Colpe i " G N.DIE Lumber. Illh and Callfornin Streets, Omnha, Nob, FRED W. GRAY, Lumber, Lime, Cement, Kt Cor. B and nouglng HOAGLAND, Lumber, T. W. HARVEY LUMBER C0., To Dealers Oniy. O s rlrnnm atreet, Omaha. CHAS. R. LEFE, Hardwood Lumbez, Wood Carpata nid Parguot Flooring. 9th and Donglas Viinbin. Dealer in Lumbe JOHN A, WAKEFIELD, Wholesalo Lumber, Ete Tmported and Ame ent ‘Agent for Milwaukon 11 Quincy Wi Live Stock. UNION STOCK YARDS CO., Of Omaha. Limited. Johu F. Boyd, Superintendent, State ‘ewivnt nid Bost Live Stock Commussion. T M. BUEKE & S0 Live Stock Commission. Goo. liurke, Manaker on Stock Yards, 8. Ownha. Teloplone 52, SAVAGE & GRELN, Live Stock Commission Merchants, Bhipmenta of rny and nll kinds of Stock solioited Union &ock Yards, Omaha, Nob. “Millinery and Notions. "1, OBERFELDER & CO., Importers and Jobbers of Millinery and Notions, !'IJ.’: and 1215 Harnoy 8 mahia, N {OBINSON NOTION €O ‘Whaolesale Dealers in Notions and Furnishing Goods, 403 A0 405 8, Tenth 8., Omah ANFIELD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Manufacturers of Overalls, Fto. 112 and 2 Lo, 120 1104 Doutin Street, D.A. HURLEY, Commission and Jobbing. . Egzsand Produce. Consigrments solicitod, jqunriars for Stoneware, Tty Boxi and rhpo Baskols. 1414 Dodgo stract, Omate. "PEYCKE BROS.,, Commission Merchants. Fruits, Produce and Provisions, Omatin, Neb, W. E. RIDDELL, Storage and Commission Merchant. o B i et stree WIEDEMAN & CO., Produce Commission Merchants, Poultry, Butter, Gn m.“:mnn. ete. 20 8. lthet Coal anct Lime. GEO F TATAGH Pres. . F.GOODMAN, V. Pren, J. A.SUNDERLAND, Sec. und Troas. OMANlA COAL, COKE & LIME COMPANY, Jobbers of Hard and Soft Coal, 20 8outh Thirteenth 8treet, Omaha, Nob, “J. . JOINSON & Co., Manufacturers of Illinois White Lime. And Shippers of Coul and Coke. Cemont, Plaster, Jme, Ha | Rrick, Drain, Tile and Bewer Pipe. ton Totsi.” Farnum at., Omabs, Neb. — Confectionery. Manufacturing Confectioners, Jobbers of Fruits, Nuts and Cigurs. 1211 Faraam 8t. ninha. Cigars and Tobacco. "MAX MEYER & CO., Jobbers of Cigars, Tohaceo, Guus and Ammunttion, 215 to 2 & 11th st., 100 to WEST & FRITSCHER, Manufacturers of Fine Ciga And Wholesale Denlers in Leaf Tobaee, Dry Goods. SMITH & CO,, M. F. Dry Goods, Furnishing Goods & Notions | 1102 and 1104 Douglas, cor. 1ith 8t., ¢ Distillers. Distiliers of Lianors, Aleokioi and 8pirita. Tmporters and Jobbers of Wineshuu Ligu WILLOW SPRINGS DISTiLLE'{ CO. and ILER & CO,, Importers and Jobbers of Fine Wines and Liquors. Eole anuined of Renneap's st 1nd Biv Pa i 1 e 1iguos y L Furniture DEWEY (& STONE, Wholesale Dealers in Furniture, Farnam st.. Ousha, Nev, CHARLES SIIVERICE, Furniture, Bedding, Upholstery, Mirrors, ete, 120 -2 b Groceries, PAXTON, GALLAGIER & (O, Wholesala Groeceries and P Noo 705,707, T and Ti1 &, mn:\\. maha. }Sh‘— “TMcCORD, BRADY & €O, Wholesale Grocer: 14tn and Leavenworth st Hardware, LEE, FRIED & €O, Jobhers of Hardware and Tinware, €heot | for 110 i M 2 W.J. BROATCH, Heavy Hardware, Iron and Stee Bpriugs, Wagon Stock, Hardware Luwber, e! aod 1211 Hurney sb, Omaba ——————————eee o Seales, visions, | Paper Boxes J. L. WILKIE, Manufacturer of Paper Boxes, B.14th St., Vmaha, Nebrusk. Orders by mall lelted and will raoel mpt sttention. r lond or il ALl W gunr- 1 wnd 1116 ordors wil anten g ani low pric I p Printing. PRINTING COMPANY, Job Printers, Blank Book Maker: And Book Binders. 10i and 108 South Fourteenth Atroet. Omniin, Neb WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION Auxiliary Publishers. Dealers in Type, Presses and_ Printors’ Supplios. Bouth Twelfth Stroet. Pumpi BROWNELL & CO,, Manufacturers and Dealors in ngines, Boile & Machinery Bhoct | vork, m Pamay Suw Mills, Acnie Shatuing, Dodge Wood spllt, Pullers,” Hallidg, ote Also wagoos, serupers, uid baletios, | 13131213 Low venworth at. Omnha CHURCHILL PUMP Wholesale Pumps, Pipe 1 ittings, U. 8. WIND ENGINE and PUMP COMPANY, A. L. STRANG CO., Pumps, Vipes and Engines, Water, Rallway &nd Milling Supplicr, 0, 422 und aha, Nel Bteam A Farnam st Safes, Etc. BOYER & CO,, Agents for Hall's Safe & Lock Co.g’ Fire and Bure ar Proof Satas, Time Looks, Vaulte AnaJal Work. 104) Farism ftroet Ol G, ANDREILN, Omaha Safe Works, Manufacturecs of ¥iro and Barglur ProofSnfen, Vouly Doors, Juil Work, 51 W wnd Wire Work, Corf HLb s Jickaou Bte., Onihin, Nob, ~Sash, Doors, Etc. M. A, DISEROW & O, W e Manutacturers of sash, Doors, Blinds and Mouldings, T2 & BOHN MANUFACTURING CO., anufacturers, of Sash, Doors, Blinds, i Fiuisk (! TR CAPITOL TOTRL Lincoln, Neb. The best known and ot popular hotel in the sinte. | ation centeal, appointiments Arsg cluss. H ommercisl men snd wll politic Kuthi 0 ., Propriotor A purpuse VT g Ty direcily th ienlth 4 v