Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 18, 1909, Page 1

o PART ONE NEWS SECTION PAGES 1 TO |, + VOL. XXXVIII— CITY ENGINEER ROSEWATER DEAD Noted Engineer Passes Away at the Paxton Hotel of Heart Failure. 'IFE AND SON THERE AT TIME L ——— Curoused by Her Husband in Pain, She ple in Called Physicians, on i AR PUND COMES BEFORE THEY DO is Ml clo%th Viewed by Prominent Men as Keen Civic Lo tiot sta *'YRENUOUS CAREER AT ITS CLOSE fac POurty Years Cltizen of Omaha, Tw, oy ty-Five City Engineer, His Pro- p fesslonal Distinction Wa: th Nation-Wide. L a | Andrew Rosewater, city engineer for & quarter of a century and a ciuzen of /Omaha since 187, died of heart trouble in his apartments at the Paxton hotel at 4:45 o'clock Saturdey morning. He was in his Gt year He was a brother of the late Edward Rosewater and of Dr. Charles Rosewater. As woon as he learned of Mr. Rot water's death Mayor Dahlman ordered the tlag at half-mast on the city hall, and the engineering department, upon in- structions of Assistant City Engineer Crick, was closed for the day. Shortly after 4 uv'clock Mrs. Rosewater was awakened by her husband who had seemiingly had an attack of some kind. She attempted to restore him by every means possible and summoned ald at once. Dr. Charles Rosewater, his brother, and Dr. O. 8. Hoffman responded. Before they arrived life was extinct, Mr. Rosewater had passed away between 4:30 and 4:46 o'clock with no one but his wife and son with him. Mr. Rosewater had retired about 11 o'clock. He was In good spirits, though he had worked hard the day before. He was feeling especially gratified because he had just been endorsed and nominated by republicans as candidate for clty engineer, which position he had held for so many years, There was no evidence of iliness Friday evening nor during the day, when he was in his office and meeting his friends on the street. Cares of the campaign just opening had. however, began to weigh on mm. Just Built New Home. Mr. and Mrs. Rosewater had just com- pleted twenty-five years of married life, all of which have been spent in Omaha. Their only child, Stanley M. Rosewater, had just finished his law course at Ann Arbor and began the practice of Jaw In Omaha. After living in apartments at the Paxton hotel for a number of years, Mr. and Mrs. Rosewater had just arranged to moye into & new home on Thirty-elghth street. This they bad intermeg-terdo” the coming week. One of the last things Mr. Rosewater did was to appear before the city council and gecure the confirmation in office of the many employes of his ofice, who under the new charter enacted by the legislature had to be confirmed by the city council. Though Mr. Rogewater had had friction with the present city council and some feel- ing developed, he sald he went before the body, laying aside any personal feeling he had in the matier, and presented his re- quest that the present office force be con- firmed because of his desire to'assist the men who had wives and children dependent on their employment. Born in Bohemis. Andrew Rosewater was born in Bohemia, October 3, 1848, coming to America with his parents, who made thelr home in Cleve- land, O. Of the family of six brothers and three sisters, Edward Rosewater, founder of The Bee, and one sister, Mrs. Fell, were the only dead. The mem- bers of the famlily living are Dr. Marcus Rosenwasser, 197 East Eighty-second street, Cleveland, O.; Dr. Nathan Rose- whater, 220 East Fifty-fifth street, Cleve- land, O.; Joseph Rosewater, %34 East For- tieth street, Cleveland, O.; Frank Rose- water, Chicago' Dr. Charles Rosewater, Omaha; Mrs. Charles Singer, 638 South Twenty-fifth avenus, Omaha, and Mrs. E. Kohn, 88 South Twenty-first street, Omaha. Mr. Rosewater was educated in the pub- 1o schools of Cleveland and when he came to Omaha in 1867 it was a rodman or flag- man with the engineer corps engaged in the construction of the Union Pacific rail- way. He was self-educated in his profes- sion. His first connection with the engl- neering department of the city of Omaha was in 186, when he was made assistant city engineer. His first term as engineer of the city was from 150 to 1575 and he held the position except for short intervals for twenty-fivo years since. On The Bee a While, Leaving the engineering department in 167, Mr. Rosewater was assoclated with Edward Rosewater in publishing The Bea He was manager and for a short time soclate editor of The Bee, leaving the newspaper business Lo take charge of the construction ‘of the Omalia & Northw rallway in 1576 Following his work for this railway company Mr. Rosewater served as resident engineer for the Omaha Water company until 1881, when he began his long term as city engineer. Mr. Rosewater was married October 1 1888 to Frances Meinrath of Boston, jand Mr. and Mrs. Rosewater have always made Omaha thelr home, though Mr. Rosewater's profession called him to many parts of the country. He was at one time & consulting and deslgning engineer of sewerage fer more than twenty-1ive American cities, who owe good systems which were so con- structed as to make them almost elastic as the city Erew 10 the work of Andrew Rosewater. Receives High Houors. When Washington, the caplial of the na- on, needed a permanent way to handie electric wiring and. President Harrison was authoriged to appolnt & commission to make plans with such foresight as would meet the needs of the capital for maany years to come, the president named Andrew’ Rose- wuter a8 chairman of the commission. Mr, Rosswater wrote the report Lo the presi dent which the commission made when the plans were completed. Io planning sewerage systems of cities Mr. Rosewnter was & recognized expert and enjoyed a world-wide reputation such. He was called to Mexico City by Presdent Dias (o assist in the public im- provements being made there. As a con- sulting engineer he participated in the plan- (Continued on Second Page. ern Boy Aged Twelve Shoots Himself to Avoid Punishment Leroy Roby of Tilden Commits Sui- cide When Father Threatens to Chastise Him. NORFOLK, Neb., April 17.—(8pecial)—A f'mclnl to the News tells of the suicide by whooting of Leroy Roby, a 12-year-old boy, at Tilden today. The boy sent a bullet into his right temple rather than submit to | punishment at the hands of his father for | & mischieveous misdeed In the iatter's bakery earller In the day. The lad was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Roby. The father had told the boy to go home and had forewarned him of punishnent to be adminigtered a little later. The boy went directly home, a distance of three blocks, secured a re- velver kept in the house and sent the bullet erashing through his brain The report of the revolver was heard by his mother in another room. The mother has ben very il and it is feared the tragedy will result gravely with her. The boy is sald to have been always mischievous, though never viclous, and hic father has been compelled to punish him severely at times, though the punishments are sald never to have been cruel. The boy was in the fifth grade at school. New Grand Jury for Haskell Case If Land Fraud Charges Are Recon- sidered it Must Be Before Panel of West District. WASHINGTON, April 17.—The attorney general today wired the United States at- torney at Tulsa, Okl, that the present grand jury cannot legally re-investigate the Haskell c but that a new grand jury must be drawn from what was formerly | the western district of Indlan territory, in order to reconsider those cases In case they are to be reconsidered at all. The Depart- ment of Justice still has under considera- tion the question whether or not Judge Marshall's declsion leaves open any new means of procurlng indictments against Haskell and his assoclates. No Change for Year at Least Harvey W. Scoty Says Appointment of Mexican Embassy Will Not Come at Present. CHICAGO, April 17.—Harvey W. Seott, editor of the Portland Oregonian, whose name has been reported in conneetion with the ambassadorship to Mexico, ar- rived here today. Mr. Scott sald: “This appointment could not take place until nearly a year hence, when it may be time to talk about it.”" It 1s known President Taft has expressed to Pacific coast visitors a desire more fully to recagnize that section of the coun- try in making appointments. Niagara Ice Gorge Carries Away Dock Clearing of River Attended by Con- siderable Damage, and More is Threatened. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., April 12.—The ice in the Niagara river below the falls broke up today at the whirlpool and also In the vicinity of Lewiston, Queenston and Youngstown. Considerable damage was done at Queenston, one dock being carrfed away and several fishing shanties have been destroyed. It is feared there will be great destruction later. Dynamite will be resorted to in an effort to save the docks. WELCOME FOR JAP SQUADRON Rear Admiral Swinburne, Command- ing Pacific Fleet, Wil Give Glad Hand to Orientals. SAN FRANCISCO, April 17.—Rear Ad- miral Swinburne, in command of the Pa- cific fleet, arrived here today on his flag- ship, the West Virginla, which was ac- companfed by the armored crulser Penn- | sylvania. Tho warships will remain in this yort to welcome the crulsers Aso and Soya of the Japanese tralning squadron, due to arrive on April %. The Navy de- partment ‘has Instructed Rear Admiral Swinburn to do everything in his power to make pleasant the visit of the Japanese to this coast. No More Corn “The solid good sense of the American shows itself in the last few years in the avidity with which they have seized upon the cheap land of the west and northwest, eapecially Irrigated land in Wyoming, Colo- rade and Montana,” said L. W. Wakely, general passenger agent of the Burlington. “Nebraska farmers have not improved | thelr opportunities to a like Yegree and have been slow in lmproving thelr corm | yield, The corn growing area of the world | is practically exhausted and the corn land | of Nebraska Is practically all in cultiva- | | tion and it is up to the farmers to get & | bigger yleld per acre. Year after year the | reports show that the yield is practically the same, varying with the seasons. “Rallroads have sent seed corn specials | over the country to educate the farmer in improved methods. Lectures have been given all over the country by experts and | propaganda on corn jlelds nave been spread all over the corn belt and still lherel 1s no preceptible increase. The National Corn exposition may bring better results. Patten's contention that high prices new being pald for wheat and corn and, in fact, all products of the sold or not the result of manipulation, but the natural increase in the demand as agalnst a slight corres- UNITED ACTION FROM WEST CALLED BY SENATOR LURKETT Agreement Reached with Ease Sur- prising to Them All FREE LUMBER, OOAL; OIL, IRON | These Are Some of Provisions for Which They Will Stand. TAX ON HIDES IMPORTANT PART and Coffee, Free Tea Dingley Rate on Lemons, Hoslery and Gloves Also Are Agreed To, (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, April 17.—(Special Tele- gram.)—An offensive and defensive alllance was effected today, or at least It has that appearance to a rank outsider. At Senator Burkett's call there met in his room today a dozen or more senators with one object in view, to get together on echedules in which the great Missouri val- ley 18 Interested in the pending tariff bill Up to this time a sort of hit and miss effort has been made by Individual sen- ators to take care of particular schedules in the tariff bill in which their states were most Interested and as a result of this in- aividual scouting for preferential advantage little or nothing has been accomplished. It seemed, therefore, of highest importance to interests of the west that the e 4t should not get all the plums in the tarift bill to the exclusion of the west and in consequence of this condition Senator Burkett called a meeting In his committee room today, which was attended by Sen- ‘ator Brown of Nebraska and in addition Senators Cummins of lowa, Senators Gam- ble and Crawfcrd of South Dakota, Sen- ators Bristow and Curtis of Kansas. Senator Burkett explalned why the meet- ing had been called, expressing the hope that some concerted action might be agreed upon to bring about not theoretical but practical reductions in a number of sched- ules, For one he stood for revision down- ward in keeping with the platform of the republican party. The conference lasted long into the aft- ernoon, every member in attendance ex- pressing himself as heartily in favor of unity of action looking to western interes Resnlt of Conference. As a result of the “love feast,” for it cannot be called by any other name, it was decided to stand for free coal, free lumber, free fron, free petroleum, free tea and coffee, the Dingley rate on lemon: hoslery and gloves and for a tax on hides, unlesy manufacturers.of boots and shoes would agree to free entrance of the fin- ished product of hides int6 the United States, In which event these senators might be induced to be for free hides. The conference = developed unanimity rather surprising in view of the complexity of the tariff. It was stated at the meet- ing that at least twenty senators would be found making common cause In the in- terest of the schedules above named, and it was decided to begin a systematic canvass of the senate tp bring about the program outlined today., Senator Curtls of Kansas, in conjunction with Senator Burkett, will begin Monday & canvass of the senate in favor of substantial reductions in many of the schedules in the Payne-Aldrich bill and it would net be surprising if, unless generous concessions are made to these so- called insurgents, they will tie up the sen- ate until September, which hardly seems likely. Omaha's Interest in Scrap Iro A well known dealer in iron, of Omaha, has written Senator Burkett protesting against the proposed reduction of duty on scrap fron. The present rate of duty is $4 per ton; the Payne bill reduced it to ® cents per ton. The senate split the differ- ence and made the duty on scrap Iron $2.60. Commenting on the tariff situation as re. vealed to him through his correspondence, Senator Burkett sald today: “It is a hard matter to ascertain just what is the right thing. There are 4000 schedules. As an example, I have been thinking that iron ore and its products certalnly should be reduced. When the house in its bill put sorap fron down to 50 cents a ton, 1 wel- comed the reduction, I thought it all right. Today, however, T recelved a letter from a dealer in scrap iron in Omaha which over- turns my former theory as to iron junk. My correspondent states that above every- thing, dealers in scrap iron should have protection. Everybody sells scrap iron, Is the plaint of my correspondent. Farmers sell it, In old machinery; rafiroads sell it in old car wheels or other material used in the conduct of a rallroad, and, it Is (Continued on Second Page.) Land, Other Crops Salvation ponding Increase in doubtedly correct. “The population of the United States is increasing by leaps and bounds, and the acreage of tillable soll is now pretty well taken up, and Uncle Sam's ability ‘to give us all & farm’ s & song of the past. The old gentleman, however, is still able to offer some very attractive hargains in western irrigated lands and on terms which will ‘epable the ploneer to make his farm pay. for Itself, and by the time he com- pletes his payments his farm will be worth not less than $20 an acre. If he puts & part of his farm Into frult, s is being done by a great many farmers in the Big Horn Basln, & natural home for Jonathan and Wealthy apples, his property will bring him from $00 to $2500 an acre. “The people are after the land. The value of soil products is increasing year by year und improved methods of soil cut- ture and improved farming machinery are decreasing the cost of production and In- creased the yleld. Every homeseekers day carries train loads of hungry seekers for homes and never has there been a time when the old adage, ‘the early bird catches the worm,’ heen more appropriste than at present, when considered in connection with land conditions-* the supply, Is un- OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL jcharge of the troops at Constantinople; | the priests among the troops urging them | | | | assoclation, | where in the provinces, is preaching con- 18, From the Cleveland Leader. WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska—Falr. For Towa—F For weather report see page 5. — 1909—SIX SECTIONS—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. BLOCDY RIOTS SPREADING Christians on Paias Coast in Danger of Moslem Knife. hUNDREDS KILLED AT ADANA Armenian Quarter is Destroyed Flames and Alarm is Felt in Beirut, Tarsus Erser and ALBXANDRETTA, Aslatic Turkey, Al 17.—~The Christians of the Paias coast have Two Chris- tlan vilayets have been burned over and | been attacked by Mussulmans. the Lazarist mission is in groat danger. ‘CONSTANTINOPLE, April 17.—The news morning from Asia recelved here Minor this is distinctly alarming. There great excitement among the Mussulmans at Belrut and Erzeroum and massacres feared. No confirmation yet has been recelved here of the reported killing of two Amer- fcan mission; telligence Armenians and Moslems were killed s at Adana. The latest Adana In the rioting and that the Armen- fan quarter of the town was finally over- whelmed and destroyed by flames. The British vice consul at Major Daughty-Wylle, was wounded in arm while endeavoring to quell hostilll at Adana. It appears that the Armenians made a good fight and defended thelr quarter of the town well against the fanatical hammedans, but in spite of the bra: sistance they were driven back and their opponents sacked thelr homes. Three hundred Mohammedans, with rifles, about twenty miles away. Since the parture of these men, communcation with Tarsus has been interrupted. Grave appre- henslons are felt regarding the situation there. The information in the foregoing patches _was received in consular advices that have come in here this morning. MANY SHOT AT CONSTANTINOPLE ts forth that several kundred Mersina, armed left Adana by train for Tars: Robber Tries to Hold Up Seattle Bank With Gun Demands Knney—l.; Shoots at Offi- cial When Teller Dodges Behind Counter, by SEATTLE, Wash., April 17.—A daring but unsuccessful attempt to hold up the Amei pril the point of a revolver was made by an unidentified man this morning. Drew, the paying teller, dodged behind the counter when commanded to “come through with some money.” The would-be robber then fired at Becretary Harry Welty and 1s | escaped. Lossin Wheat is Recovered are at Penny Advance in Liverpool Sends the Price Back Near Top Notch. CHICAGO, April 17.—Under the stimulus of a penny advance at Liverpool the work of wheat bulls to recover the losses of last Thursday was practically accomplished at the opening of the Board of Trade today. May wheat sold %@1%c over yestérday at $1.27% to $1.284, and July %@%c higher at $117%. James A. Patten, leader of the May and July wheat bulls, was not in the market today, according to his own statement, but prices advanced nevertheless. July touched $1.18%, and closed 1%@Gl1%c over yesterday at $1.18%@1.18%. May closed lc up at $1.27%. School Girl Takes Poison the ties Mo- re- de- dis- Score Killed and 500 Wounded Dur- ing Army Uprising. CONSTANTINOPLE, April Pasha, who was at one time vall of Salol has been appointed minister of the terior in succession to Adil Bey, and given in the hastily formed cabinet. The position of minister of police, & temporary place vacated by the former occupant on the mand of the men on the force, given to Ali officer. The work of Nasim Pasha, who is Edhem Pasha, the minister of war, to a strict observance of discipline respect of the constitution, quieting effect on both civiliah elements. which the military has branches cillation. The casvaities from stray bullets during the mutiny of Tuesday and Wednesday heavier than was at first reported. were Most of the wounded were removed friends, but In addition to the score men killed it appears that upwards of persons were more or le contemplates & naval demonstration Turkish waters was authoritatively denied The existing situation in Constan- toda; tinople does not affect the interests Russia. 17.—Reouf has been Pasha, a well known army has had & The Moslem Theological every- eriously shot. ST. PETERSBURG, April 17.—-The reports telegraphed here from abroad that Russia " Will Make:llip to Alaska Edith Loper of Guide Rock Swallows Carbolic Acid and May Not nkl, Recover. in- GUIDE ROCK, Neb., April 17.—(Special.) —Edith Loper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Loper, swallowed about an ounce of carbolic actd last night and is in a critical condition. It is not known whether the #irl took the acid by accident or not. She in 'is about 16 years old. FOUND DEAD IN HIS BED James Weleh, Tllinois Central Emi- gration Agent, Vietim of Heart Disease. de: and and and WBEBSTER CITY, April 17.—(Special Telegram.)—James Welch, one of the Illi- nols Central's widest known immigration agents, was found dead by his family in bed late last night. Heart failure was the cause. by fean Savings Bank and Trust company at Arthur STATE COURTS T0 KEEP 0UT Judge McPherson Reserves Exclusive Jurisdiction in Missouri Rate Case. ROADS ASK FOR MORE CHANGES Court Asked to Strike Out Clause Saying Two @ n Half Cent . Rate Would Be Com- pensatory. KANSAS CITY, Mo.. April 17.—Judge Smith McPherson, In an amended decree handed down in the United States district court here today, reserved exclusive juris- diction In Missouri's rate cases and in ef- feot instructed the state courts to keep out of the case. The decrec will dissolve the injunction against the railroads now pend- ing In the state courts and started by the state officials to enjoin the eighteen rai roads operating in Missouri from putting the 3-cent passenger rate into effect. ‘Today's decree,” sald Frank Hageman, },rrprumfll. the Missourt railrnads, “means that the federal court retains absolute con- trol of the rate situation In Missourl. It will prevent any future the pait of the state court Roads Want More Changes. Judge McPherson, after handing down the amended decree today, said he would file a supplementary decision within a few days. The attorneys for the railroads asked Judge McPherson to make certain changes in his original opinfon of March 2. They desired to have stricken out his suggestion that a passenger rate of 2i§ cents would be compensatory, and there were other objec- interference on tions. The judge today did not say whether or not he would make the changes de- sired. The Burlington and the Rock Tsland rail- way systems had already announced a passenger rate of tvo and one-half cents, effective May 1, and today a third railway, the St. louls and San Francisco, an- nounced its intention to follow suit. Rall- way officlals here profess to believe that all rallroads In Missouri will be forced to| take similar action. The question of | whether or not the railroads will return to the three-cent rate will depend upon Judge McPherson's forthcoming suppla- mentary decision, which 1 1s expected will pass definitely upon this latter point. State Will Dismiss Sults. ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 17.—That the suit against the eighteen Missourl rallroads to restrain them from putting a three-cent passenger rate into effect will be dis- missed when it is called for hearing April |, was indicated in unofficlal advices re- | ceived from Jefferson City today. Officials | of the Frisco, Rock Island, Cotton RBelt and Missour!, Kansas and Texas railroad systems had already announced that the lead of the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy In establishing a flat rate of two and one- half cents a mile will be followed | Elk Brewery Fails, ELKINS, W. Va. Aprfl 17.—A petition was today filed in the United States court to force the Elkins Brewing company into Involuntary bankruptcy. The plant 4s valued at $260,000. of 500 Taft Will Tou °fl wasHINGTO April 17.—President Taft, who believes that the chief magis- Everything onthe want ad pages from oultry, Speaking of pianos. some of our big piano firms tell about their best bargains on the want-ad page under the head of ““Offered for Sale— . ) pianos to Pianos. They know that want-ad readers look for real bargains there. Oftem they, or other people, have slightly too, that may be bought for a fraction of whit a new used planos, one would cost. Have you looked at the Bee waant ads yet todayl trate of the nation should keep in as close touch with the people as the duties and re- quirements of the office admit, is planning a rctable trip during the late summer and early autumn, provided congress decides to continue the annual appropriation of 32,000 for traveling expenses, allowed during the closing years of the Roosevelt administra- tion. The president’'s plans for the summer far into the heated term as August 15 have been completed. Mr. Taft will leave Wash- ington as s0on as he can arrange matters after the adjournment of congress, and has been told that the extra session will end June 1. The president will go direct from the White House to his summer home at Wooubury Point, Beverly, Muss., and will spend two menths or more there quietly and as free from officlal worry as possible. Mr. Taft will devote most of his vacation to golfing, motoring, and perhaps will take short crulses along the northern coast. The reassembled Atlantic fleet of sixteen battleships will maneuver off the New BEngland coast during the summer and the president undoubtedly will want to ‘mmumwkuw-mm r West and The trip the president desires to make to the west during the late summer will bhe entirely 100 expensive to be pald for out of his own pocket. An outline of the pro- posed itinerary has been given to a high raliroad official and an estimate requested. It is sald the cost would be In the neigh- borhood of §15,00 to $17.000. If he goes west at all, the president will include Alaska in the journey, sailing from Seattle. probably on a vessel of the navy or revenue cutter | service. No president has ever visited the far northern territory, which for so long has been a part of the United States. The president has been invited to and fs par- ticularly anxious to attend the following gatherings: The annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at Salt Lake Cit The Transmississippl conference at Den- ver. | The Nauonal Irrigation congress at Sea [tie and the Alaska; sition at the swine city In addition to his proposed visit to the | Rocky mountaln states and to the Pacific | K ukon-Facific expo- | coast, the president’s tentative plans for the trip include & long swing through the wouthwest and the heart of the south itself. OMAHA MARKET HAS HIGH RANK Operations on La.al Grain Exchange, Yonn‘e:z of All, Crowding e Leaders. ~ WHEAT AND CORN COME STRONG Total Receipts Here for Two Months Exceed Eight Cities Combined. SOME VERY INTERESTING FIGURES New Traffic Bureau is Expected to Improve Omaha's Chances. POSSIBILITIES ARE TREMENDOUS Solid Beginning of Development Milling Industey Gives Promise th Nebraska Will Soon Take Front Rauk. Omaha has the baby grain market of the country, but it's a whale of a baby. It has sturdy underpinning, and 'its hands reach out and grasp @ very large section of the rich cereal ple. When the new tarift bureau Is properly lined up to take care of this youngster's interests, it will naturally want a much larger siico, be- cause it s clearly entitled to more. Uncle Sam's report of the internal com- merce of the United States for Februasy of this year gives the Omaha market con- siderable cause for boasting. In the table showing commercial movement of grain at Interlor markets for that month, Omaha stands third In reecipts of wheat, giving precedence only to Minneupolls and Kan- a8 City. For the two months ending Febru- ary it holds the same relative position, leading St. Louls, Duluth and Chicago. In recelpts of corn, for the same months, Omaha stands second to Chicago. As an oats market Omaha lines up fourth In the table, following Chicago, St. Louls and Minneapolis. Third in Primary Receipts. In the fable showing total grain re- celved during the two months ended February, 199, Omaha stands third to Chi- cago and Minneapolis, being strongly ahead of Kansas City and close up to St. Louls. Omaha recelved more grain, by almost 200000 bushels than the eight cities of Loulsville, Cineinnati, Indianapolls, Toledo, Little Rock, Duluth and Cleveland com- bined. Peoria recelved but little over one- third the total amount brought to the Omaha market. Not so bad for a five-year-old marki Just & kid compared to the forty, thirty and twenty-five-year old markets at Chi- cago. Minneapolly and Kansas City. And this, too, after sleeping on its possibilitics under a properly organiged system until this week. In centralized push, team work that moves the load, Omaha has been sadly deficlent. As one leader of the ‘ex- change sald, “It took us a.mighty long Ume to learn the lesson that was shoved under our noses almost every day since we began business; but now we have learned it, and we mean to profit theseby." It will be interesting and profitable to watch the game in which the newly or- ganized traffic bureau is about to sit in, What Government Figures Show. During the month of February, out of a total of 13,68,000 hushels of wheat recelved at fifteen primary markets Omaha took in 1,254,000 bushels, and out of 25,000,000 bushels received at the same markets during the two months Omaha took 2,276,000 bushols. Of corn Omaha received during February 2,850,000 out of & total of 3,400,000 recelved at the fifteen primary markets, and during the two months the Omaha market got 5,104,000 out of 41,641,000 handled in the fif- teen markets. Oats receipts at Omaha for February were 721,000 busheis out of a total of 12, 108,000 for the fifteen markets, and during the two months we took In 1,664,000 out of a total of 25,000,000 bushels. The total of all grain received at fifteen primary markets during February was 52,- 197,000 bushels, of which Omaha got 4,923, 700 bushels, and of the 106,722,000 bushels recelved during two months the local mar- ket recelved 9,201,400 bushel Grain recelpts at the Omaha market for the crop period, 199, (six months ending February 25), show that wheat increased from 4,843,200 bushels in 1908 to 9,631,200 bushels In 1909. Corn receipts Increased from 5275400 In 1908 to 9309300 in 1909, Oats receipts went up from 7,497,600 in 1908 to 0,532,800 in 1909, In total receipts of grain at the Omaha market the figures are 2,- 116,200 for 1008, as against 15,090,200 for 1908 Shipments of wheat, corn, oats, rye and barley from the Omaha market during 198 totaled 35,061,600 bushels, the grain going to Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louls, Minne- apolis, St. Paul, lllinols, Wisconsin, Mis- sissippl river points, the middle states southeast and Mississippl valiey, the sea- board, for export via the Atlantic and gnlf ports. Interlor points alone took 6,504,000 ‘bushels, Omaha 1s in the grain game for keeps Nebraska Third in Grain Production. Among the principal gratn growing states of the country, in 1%8 Nebraska stood third, being surpassed In total production only by Hlinols end lowa. Far-famed Kansas was away behind, with a total of 262,348,000, as compared to Nebraska's total of 310,- 273,000, In production of wheat for 138 Nebraska ranked fourth, with 44295000 bushels; in production of corn third, with 205,767,000 bushels; in production of oats fourth, with 000 bushels; in production of rye sec- ond, with 130,00 bushels; in production of barley sixth, with 277,000 busl These flgures make this staté one of the real wheel horses in the agricultural pulling power of the natlon. During the ten years, 1899-1908, inclusive, the grain production of Nebraska has amounted to 2,32,659,788 bushels of the five cereals: Corn, 1,788,533,231; wheat, 417,044,197; oats, B65TLT; rye, 20,800,575 barley, ,- 640,538, Marketing the Crops. Aside from the Nebraska grown gri that comes to the Omaha market, a very large amount goes to other markets, be- cause of helng nearer to the grower, and in a lesser degree because at times the price at Kansas City, for Instance, may scem a little better to the shipper. Dise ¢rimination in rallroad rates, or advate tages that have been secured through yea of effort by the older markets, have also cut some figure, but & correction of these things will be secured, It 1s hoped, through the new traffic bureau. To correct any existing discriminatifns against the Omaha market will not be the work of & wesk or & month, howerer. It has taken e {