Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 27, 1902, Page 10

offfer you tomorrow are We have had carpet and rug sales before and have Liven you many astonishing bargans, but the values we THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: {BRAN! &Es!?fié absolutely beyond all comparison, SUNDAY, JULY 27, 1902 T —————————————————————————— ittt 70 say that these carpet and rug offerings arve won- 1 der ful would be saying very little for them. expresses it in one line more emphatically and more to the point. 1.4 price You oan's isunder- stand sHat | A Carload of Wet Rugs and Carpets On Sale Tomorrow at One-Fourth the Regular Prices URING a recent railroad washout a car load of fine carpets and rugs consigned to a western wholesale house became damaged by water. price and we are going perfect as the only injury they suffered was being in the damp car. profitable to you. . . . $1.00 Cgr ets, 25c a to sell them in the same proportion. ya rd The railroad company accepted our cash offer of 25 per cent of the invoice The goqds on the bottom of the car were quite wet, other rolls of carpets and rugs were wet only on the edges and a large portion are practically The prices we offer this lot of carpets and rugs at are bound to create a great stir tomorrow. No doubt you realize an early visit will be the most elvet and brussels carpets with and without borders. the very newest and most stylis carpete are slightly stained on some have been quite wet—if perfect the would retail for $1 yard. We offer you the choice of these Unfringed Ingrain Carpet Rugs A very large quantity will be placed on sale to- morrow at 155 $1.25 Carpets, 39c a yard $2.00 .Cz'u.'g.e"ts‘.. 699ax ard of the best grade, The patterns are h. Some of these the selvage and 25 A t 89¢ a yard we will sell all the best grades of velvet and brussels carpets—most of them are absolutely perfect in every respect. They come with and without borders—in all the newest de- signs for parlor sleeping room, hall and stairs— These are $1.25 qualities—on sale at, per yard.. T 39 $65.00 Rugs for 81.69. Elegant Smith’s Moquette Rugs in all the very latest designs and colors, size 36x72, some slightly soiled on edges—on sale tomorrow at ....e. .cooeeeuss $50 Wilton Rugs at $19.98 his lot comprises all the finest carpets manu- factured—including Smith’s sters, French Bouvenierres, moquettes—practically the cream of this immense terns are the very newest, and all are absolutely perfect carpets that sell for up to $2 a yard, $1.59 $25 Rugs on sale for $12.98 pridmboda s S St it et el el o $19 Rugs on sale for $9.98 This lot includes Royal Wilton, fine seamless Velvet and elegant Smith's Axminster and Moquette Rugs. Also the finest wool Smyrnas. All are sizes 0x12 ft. The patterns are extremely | beautiful. Nearly all the absolutely perfect. This lot includes the best grade of 10-wire Brussels Rugs, fine Velvet and Axminster and beautiful Smyrna Rugs. All in room sizes. The majority of these Rugs are sound and perfect. On sale tomorrow We will gell all the lar fine Brussels Rugs and Rugs in this lot. Your cholce of the entire lot for...... 19.98 L T R T 12.98 They are splendid bangains at....ceceeees ge room size Rugs that are the least bit water stained or mussed for $9.98. You will find many Smyrna 9.98 extra axmin- shipment—the pat- 69 Velvet and Moquette Rugs 14 Yds. Long When fringed they make very neat looking rugs, On sale tomorrow at 2 5 Snch §1.00 Silks 25¢ Yard Handsome satin foulards, in large and small new designs, light and dark grounds; also heavy corded wash silks and China silks—on sale 250 at, yard ..id0 $1.00 Taffetas 50c Yard This lot includes yard wide best Pongee silks and best grade Taffetas—all go at, per yard .....soc VERY SPECIAL DRESS GOODS VALUES The correct modes for autumn and winter wear, styles that are not passes, on sale at very speclal prices. WVolle etamine, mistrals and twine etamines, and $1.50 grades, at, yard.........oo000e $1.00 yachting cloth and creme woolens of the pronounced fashions; 52 inches wide; yard........... Pa Creme Sicillian (heavy silky kind), per yard, Creme mohalr, 75¢ quality, per yard,.... Black Siclllian, 46 inchee wide, $1.00 quality, per yard,... the regular $1.00, $1.25 Clearance of Highest Grade Wash Fabrics Very cholce styles—50c, 75c #nd $1.00 qualities—now on sale at per yard,.....c... BOSTON STORE. . 25C J. L. BRANDEIS & SONS. $ way down. & prate LiNg cial sale price... . BOSTON STORE. GROWTH OF JOBBING TRADE Yoar Boes Great Imorease in Business of Omaha Establishments. NEW CUSTOMERS IN OLD TERRITORY Pore Than Two Thousand New Stores Started in Country Directly Tributary to Omaha Dur- ing L Year, There is no greater evidence of the gen- erally prosperous times in the west than the yecord kept by the commercial agencles of the fluctuations of the business world, showing as it dogs a great increase in the number of business houses for this part of the country for the last year. The figures are not at hand to give the total of all of the business houses of the United States, mnd therefore no comparison can be made at this time between the different parts of the country, but those in & position to gain & fair knowledge of the general condition are of the opinion that every part of the country shows about the same general con- dition so far as the increase of the volume of trade Is concerned, with the possible ex- ception of some places in the south, where the season has been unfavorable on account of rain. Here at Omaha the commercial agencies yeport upon the condition of business in what has been called the natural territory of Omaha, although the jobbing Interests of the city have at this time outgrown the arbitrary division into which attempts have ‘been made to circumscribe their trad Omaha houses now have branches and rep- yesentatives in all parts of the United States, particularly in the northwest and on the Pacific coast, the people of which con- tribute largely to the prosperity of the Omaha jobber. But the original “Omaha" Rerritory has always been recogniszed as the Btate of Nebraska, the Black Hills country of South Dakota and the western counties »t Tows. erease of Six Months. In this territory at the present time there are approximately 25,464 business Bouses large and small, from the jobbing Bouse with its capital counted In millions of fAollars to the corner store where needles And pins are sold to busy housewives who pannot lose the time to visit the regular re- A Weak : Stomach Indigestion s often caused by over- eating. An eminent authority says ‘u.:,hlm done thus exceeds that from th xcessive use of alcohol, Eat all food you want but don'tover- stomach. A weak stomach m refuse to digest what you eat. n you beed a good digestant liks XKodol, which digests your food with- out the stomach’s aid. This rest and the wholesome tonics Kodol containg tall districts, and the country general|in preparing for the increased trade of the store whose proprietor has in embryo the |territory. Nearly every house in the city department store of the larger city. increase of these houses during the last|within the last twelve months and twelve months has been something unprece- The | has added travelers to its list of employes there have been few, If any reductions. The dented in a country which has been for sev- | number of traveling salesmen added has eral years coneidered as ‘“settled.” Last|not been in proportion to the increase of January the report of the commercial agen- | trade, it has been found easier for a man clos showed a total of 18,405 business houses [to visit the trade in the different towns in the state of Nebraska. The July report |under existing conditions than it was & will show a total of 19,064 houses, a gain of [ Yery few years ago, as he does not have to 649 houses within the laet six months. It|Work so hard to dispose of his goods and is said that the increase for the preceding |Can almost cover the increased territory six months was slightly in excess of this, |today as easily as he could do it a year ago. the total gain for the year being approxi- One of the favorable signs of the pre: mately 1,300 houses, an increase of over 7|nt condition is the size of stocks carried per cent for the period. In the “Omaha territory” outside of the in the smaller towns. In the single line houses in Omaha there are few which carry state of Nebraska the approximate gain |38 large stocks as may be found in such for the last year had been 908 houses dur- ing the year, the rate being almost as as that for the state of Nebraska. is the story told by the records of the commercial agencies whose work deals with the facts and figures relating to the changes In the personnel of the manage- ment of the houses and with the financial responsibilify of the insiitutions within tho erritory. What J ers Report. In the jobbing district of Omaha there is a yet more pleasant report, for while the number of houses in the homé territory bas been Increasing at the rate of 7 per t per annum, the trade of the city has exceeded this rate. This Is due ‘o the fact that while the houses have in- creased in number in a satisfactory degree the class of trade has fmproved and its volume has increased out of all proportion to the increase in the number of housas. Nebraska, from the start, was a free con- sumer of the better class of goods. The state was settled from the north largely and was developed by persons who were never satisflied with ploneer conditions. The raflroad followed too close upon the trail of the plainsman to permit him to acquire babits of economical living and of “putting up with what Is at hand,” as is found in countries longer settled, where communication with the outside world was difficult for years after the first settlar of Indian life. But is no respector of geographl- and with several short crops and general low prices the class of goods purchased by the Nebraskans depreclatcd to a certain degree, as their purchasing power decreased, and the volume of trade declined even to & more remarkadlo man- ner. Lean Years and Fat, Beglnning with 1894 and continuing for several years the class of goods eold in the Omaha territory was cheaper than ever before known. The upward tendency started in 1898, but it was not until 1000’ that the present high level was reached. That spring salesmen in the local jobbing bot oticed that the Il of prints snd muslins which had been staple for a num- ber of years was passed over or purchased sparingly by their customers. This con- dition was not .confined to Nebraska, but the Texas trade came into St. Louls so ong on the better lines that one dry goods house which had purchased heavily of the previously popular cheap lines was cramped by fallure to dispose of its hold- ings. The condition was mot so had in Nebraska, as the jobbers had been feoling coming change and had not Joaded up with the cheaper llnes, and yet t ried over goods to the next year which, ordinarily, they would have sold. The better lines of goods have in them more of profit for all dealers and more economy to ¢ pleased over the changed conditions. Jobbers Were Active, Local jobbers bave mot been backward |in the “Omaha territory” than any towns as York, Beatrice or Grand Island. high |In the eastern part of the state, within This | €asy reach of Omaha the stocks are not so large nor 8o expensive, as retail dealers find it more economical to purchase often than to keep the money invested in stocks, while freight rates and’ the desire to supply im- mediate demands compel the dealer in the more distant towns to carry large and com- plete stocks. New Territory Comi; The newest development in the ‘‘Omaha territory” is along the line of the Elkhorn in Boyd county. This county has an en- viable reputation as a producer of crops, being one of the few to suffer little from the drouth of 1894, and it is far enmough from the city to cause the retail dealers to carry comparatively heavy stocks, so that it has done more than the same extent of territory ordinarily would to increase the volume of Omaha's jobbing trade. Many of the local jobbers profess to be- lleve that the mext five years will see a greater advance in the number of houses time in the history of any ecity, with the excep- tion of Kan City, when Oklahoma was opened to settlement. They predict this Increase through the operation of the irri- gation law recently enacted by congress, which they expect will make the sand hills bloom like a rose and the semi-arid lands become as productive as the richest land on the Missouri river bottom. ELECTRICITY AT NEW SHOPS Union Pacific Tak Install Light a Plant, City Electriclan Schurlg issuea a permit yesterday for an electrical equipment for the new Union Pacific shops, including both an {lluminating and power plant, and the work of putting ip the machinery and fixtures will begin at once. The dynamos are capable of generating 770 horse power at 230 volt pressure. Electricity will form the motive power of all the machinery in the shops. There will be sikty-eight dy- namos, ranging in capacity from two to twenty horse power. There will be 1,000 Out vrermit to Power incandescent lamps and eixty-five arc lamps. BACK TO THE COUNTY COURT Judge M the Tousalin Case to Judge V Judge Munger has remanded to the county court of Douglas county the case of Gertrude E. Touzalin against the ecutors of the es of Albert E. Touzalin. In this case the plaintiff attempted to col- lect a claim of $5,000 againet the estate. The defendants attempted to remove the cause to the United States court, alleging that they were nouresidents of Nebrasks. The order remanding case was made upon & point of practice, the court de- clding that the application for removal was not made in time. % Shirts & ‘Coat’ Shirts 50c Men's stylish negligee shirts and “coat” shirts —=80 called on account of being taken off the same as a coat—they are made to button all the These negligee shirts and “coat” shirts are made of the finest silk striped mad- ras cloth in plain and pleated fronts with sep- and $1.50 values—spe- 50c| 95c¢ handsomely tri the very newes and attached A V! A pleated. The season’s | 211y sell for $2 and $2.50 ! 1; newest novelties—$1 | —©0n Sale Monday on main floor, at J. L. BRANDEIS & SONS. LEAGUE OF HOME PROMOTERS Review of Proceedings of the Tenth Bession of the United Btates Leagus. FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPALS AND PROGRESS Conservatives and Progressives Cross Swords in Defense of Old and New Methods—Land Title Registration, PUT-IN-BAY, 0., July 24—8hall bulld- ing and loan associations hark back to the simple principles of the fathers? Is it safe to wholly abandon ancient landmarks of co-operative effort and set sall on & voyage over unchartered seas? Shall the oringinal purpose of home getting become an incidental feature of assoclation work? These were the main questions discussed at the two da sessions of the United States League of Local Bullding and Loan associations, which closed thi (ternoon. The convention brought together about 100 representatives of state leagues from four- teen states. Ohlo, Indiana, Michigan and ations and the more distant and Ne- braska, st, west and south, had representatives present. Practically all the wheelhorses of the league, the men who organized it in Chicago ten years ago, were in attendance, with & liberal sprinkling of young and new faces of men who are talkjng hold and pushing the work gradually lald down by the elders. Vast Interests Represen The United States league is not and can- not be a large body of men, composed as it of delegates chosen by afliating state leagues of local assoclations, but it repre- sents a mighty host of frugal people and vast financial interests working noiselessly for the common weal. Statistics compiled from official sources by the secretary of ow 5,302 assoclations in the with & membership of 1,689,- 593, and the aggregate assets of these as- sociations amount to the munificent sum of $565,387,966. The increase in member- ship during the year was 44,457, but the aggregate assets decreased nearly $6,000,000. The tendency shown by official reports is toward consolidation, but this tendency does not explain the decrease in assets. That s largely due to liquidation in New York, Missourt, Mlinois and lows, and to merging assoclations Into trust companies, one or two having occurred fn Oblo. It is inter- esting to note that Nebraska is one of the states showing an increase in assets and membership. The enormous amount of cted by these associations For instance, the aggre- gate receipts for the year was $395,957,216, which sum was handled at an expense of $5,195,376, a ratio of less than 1 per cent of the assets. In round numbers there was paid to members in profits and principal the sum of $182,000,000. The magnitvde of these transactions, carried on at so little expense and representing millfons of finan- clal units, is all the more remarkable when taken in conmection with the fact that comparatively few of the managers and directors of associations are trained finenciers. Progress and Comservatism. An ecopomic movs t embracing so many persons and diverse environments naturally give rise to many difierent meth- ods of operation. While most assoclations stick to the fundamental prineiples of co- operation, probably & majority have so broadened their activities as to cause the older supporters of the movement to en- tertain doubts of thelr ultimate success and the most desirable $2 & $2.50 Shirt Waists 95¢ Women’s stylish shirt waists, made of beau- tiful white lawns and India linons handsomely embroidered effects to button in front and in back—also beautiful colored shirt waists made of very fine materials— chic patterns—all are mmed— t effects 20c Laces at 3c a yard A New York importers surplus stock and sample pieces of \fine laces—over 10,000 yards—on sale at S¢ yard. This is an extraordinary lace bargain and every woman should take advantage of kinds and styles of laces and insertings, are in the all at C it. All lot, including French vals, Normandy vals, English )' vals, Net Top Orientals, Chantilly Laces, Point d’esprit and scores of other styles in various widths and patterns—20c values.....eeees loceoeocsiosens a yard Sale Fine Embroidery & Inserting An excellent variety of fine embrolderies and insertings, very pretty styles —all widths—made of fine swiss, nainsook and combric. The regular selling prices of these goods range up to 85c a yard—on sale in four assortments— a L BOSTON STORE. and permancy. Among this class are Judge Dexter of New York, Judge Stern of Chi- ©ago, Messrs. Brown, Clarency and Carson of Philadelphia, and D. Eldredge of Bos- ton. These men adhere to and uphold the old system of serial assoclations founded for the purpose of enabling members to secure homes. It is this class of assocla- tions that have made Philadelphia a city of homes, and of which there are now 1,115 in the state of Pennsylvania. In all other states, however, particularly in the central west, the serial plan {s no longer in favor. A majority of assoclation are operated on in the permanent plan. The difference the two plans is th The serial compr hends a group of shareholders whose shares mature together. The permanent plan is one in which each member's shares con- stitute a series in themselves, maturing independent of all other: The serial method provides for stated weekly or monthly payments in shares, and by this means secured a larger ratio of members to assets. In the permanent plan, in most instances, not only are advamce payments on stock encouraged, but also depo: of lump sums of money, pald up stock sued and loans made on acceptable real estate security other than homes. Evolution in Systems. « This evolution in the original system of home getting by co-operation provoked the questions above stated and a sharp, ex- tended debate by advocates of each. It is impossible to give an adequate synopsis of the debate In this letter. A condensation of the papers which provoked the debate would not do justice to the authors. But an outline of the general proposition will interest the average reader. Advocates of the original or serlal sy tem maintain that it is the safest and best method of furthering the fundamental prin- ciples of co-operation in home making. It restricts membership to the wage earning class, to people of limited, means, who are enabled to save a portion of thel roings weekly or monthly and thus secure either & home or & fund for old age, for sickness, hard times or like emergencles. It does not encourage or invite the investor look- ing for profit. It does not trench om the domain of banking speculation. In its el sence, the serial plan 1s the rock found tion of home getting by co-operation and departures from it are fraught with grave dangers to the growth and success of the movement. Advocates of the permanent plan, and they were iIn the majority, displayed marked ability in combatting the arguments of the serial supporters. They likened the suggestion to return to “anclent land- marks" to a proposition to abandon electric lights and return to the tallew dip. The evolution in all things mategal in t United States resuited in making the na- tion the dominant power in the industrial world. Shall we abandon the present com- manding position and go back to the primi- tive trade methods of the '60s? In industry, trade and commerce and in national do- main the republic has expanded to an extent little dreamed of even ten years ago. If there be danger in this expansion the ma- tion is competent to deal with it when it arises. All progress is forward. Old ways and old systems of business are gone for- ever. This is also true of co-operation. The primitive methods of the founders of co-operation in home getting are no more sacred than a thousand bygone methods in manufactures, commerce and trade znd like the latter must give y to wmore practical mod methods, improved as experience warrapts. The trend of the argument here lined was a reiteration of the progres- sive policy urged upon Nebrasks sssoc! tions by Hon. P. L. Hall of Lincoln, former secretary of the State Banking Board. D Hall expressed the opinion that Nebrask: assoclations should broaden their methods and extend their usefulness so as to fully occupy the feld abandoned by saviags Sc, J. L. BRANDEIS & SONS. banks. To become, in fact, mutual savings banks, and by so doing more completely perform the work which modern necessities require. Yet many of those who champlon the permanent plan concede the need of apply- ing the hrakes to some of the wheels, espe- clally in the direction of so-called “quick assets.”. The influx of the investing class into assoclations as depositors and holders of paid-up stock produces at times a sur- plus of idlé money. In order to maintain its standard of profit it is necessary to keep money at work. Reducing the loaning rate does not always reduce the surplus. The problem of employing that idle money per- plexes the managers. Instead of following the old method of requiring non-borrowing sharebolders to become borrowers or with- draw it is proposed to invest in high-class bonds, natlonal, state, county and city, and other similar security of conceded value. In this way the surplus may be employed for & time and made avallable for conversion into cash whenever the demands of borrow- ers and of withdrawing members warrant. But in ajority of o legal restric- tidns prevent expansion in that direction, although it is practiced to & limited extent by many assoclations. Benefits of the Torrens Law. The operation of the Torrens system of land title registration in Chicago was the subject of a paper by Theodore Sheldon, a resident of that city. This s & subject of considerable interest to the people of the west, where the cost of transferring or mortgaging real estate is becoming very complicated and costly. Unlike other re- forms from the South Pacific, the Torrens system encounters sharp opposition, as was shown in the diyided report of the Ne- braska commission last winter. It is re: pugnant to abstractors and title examiners, and by an element of the legal profession which thrives on title flaws. Notwithstand- ing this entrenched opposition, the law waS dily growing in favor In Chicago. Under the old system the cost of an ab stract of title, or its continuation, ranges from $25 to $50. Rarely is the cost under $25. Under the Torrens system the ex- pense is enly $3. In two years between 700 and 800 applications for certificates of title under the law have been made in Cook county and a corresponding number of certificates issued. The cost of obtain. ing a certificate of title is $24, and once obtained it dispenses with bulky abstracts and the cost of keeping them up. Mr. Sheldon {llustrated the simplicity of the system by compariug a registered cerfifi- cate of title with a stock certificate. They may be bought and sold and mortgaged and dealt with in the registrar's office with less expense, less time and less bother than the owners of securities can recelve when dealing in the same in the Chicago or the New York stock exchanges. In fact, the real estate certificate can be disposed of or borrowed on in less time and with less expense than if it were personal property. For building and loan associations the reg- istration system is particularly valuation, inasmuch as it simplifies titles, expedites the making of loans and reduces the cost of such transactions to home builders. “When you once know this system,” sald Mr. Sheldon, “you will not any more go back to the old systems than those who use electric lights would go back to candle lights.” Gerald Pitzgerald of Grand Rapids, Mich., was chosen president, James Clarency of Philadelphia vice president and H. F. Cel- larius of Cinclonati secretary. The next convention of the league will be beld in Boston, July, 1903. T. J. FITZMORRIS. Cross. PARIS, Juln fessor of ro sity, New O decorated wi Horor. ic, 10c and 12ic yard BOSTON STORE. MORGAN HAS A BIG GRIEVANCE Objects to Newsboys Shouting and Not Telling What the News Is. Charles Morgan, assistant city attorney, who livés at Twentieth and Cas has a grievance against the Omaha News- boy union. hey awoke me at 3 o'clock this morn- ing, aid he “shouting ‘All about the big prize fight!’ and I got up and went to the wipdow to listen. For half an hour I strained my ears, expecting one of them ‘would ‘Jefteries knocked out,’ or Fitz- simmons put to sleep,’ or something like that—then I could have returned to bed, satisfled. But they were too foxy; they didn’t tp their hands. As they were three blocks away, I couldn't buy a paper and 80 I didn’t get to hear how the fight came out till this morning.” STRIKERS IN' POLICE COURT Men Charged union Workman Arraigned Before Judge Berka. W. W. Richelleu, F. Scales, H. E. Pos- ett and W. A. Noble have been arrested on complaint of H. J. 0'Kane, who charges them with assault and baf The ar- rested men are strikers formerly in the employ of the Uniom Pacific Rallroad com- pany and the latter is a nonunion work- man employed by the company at Couneil Blufts, O'Kane was arrested Thureday night In Omaba as & suspiclous character and locked up over night. Friday when he was discharged by the police judge, he claims that the men followed him and when away from the statiop assaulted him. The men were arralgned and the hearing for July 80. About twenty strikers were in court yesterday morning. DON'T GIVE UP Discoyraged Citizens Will Find Com- ort In the Experience of an Omaha Man, Profit by the experience of others. It may save your life. The experience of friends and nelghbors, The testimony of Omahs people, Will bring renewed encouragement. Here is & case in point: Mrs. David Gorban of 401 North 1ith street says: “You are welcome to mf name as an indorser of Doan's Kidney Pills. I had kidoey complaint for about three d tried doctors and medicine, but med to do me much good. headache and dizziness bothered me constantly. When I procured Doan's Kidney Pills at Kuhn & Co.'s drug store I was 50 weak I could not do anything. Thelr use brought me relief in & short time. Any of my neighbors can vouch for the great good Doan’s Kidney Pills did me."” For sale by all dealers; price 50c. Fos- ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the United Statel Remember the name, Doan's and take no substitute. /) The greatest remedy of the age. Cures Kidne: Liver and Stomach of the Heari, Hendache, Faim ' 81d of the Heart, Headache Pain in Back, Under Bhoulder Blade, LaGrippe 'and Bleeplessn. % days trestmant 3 cente uEs! 2