Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 16, 1915, Page 4

ReEIIE ae A Gas S R - mals and animal products, will bring the RIELD CROPS WORTH SIX BILLION DOLLARS Department of Agriculture Makes Its Final Estimate of Values on Year's Output. INCREASE IS OVER A BILLION' —_— | WASHINGTON, Dec 16.~This year's principal farm crops were | worth $6,270,465,000 at December 1| furm prices, the Department of Alri-[ culture announced today in ite final estimate and review of crop produe- | tion and values, That compares with | %4,973,527,00 last year, $4,966,497,- 000 ih 1913 and $4,7567.458,000 in| 1012, | With the wheat crop passing the bil- Hom-bushel mark for the fist time in | the nation's history, corn production | peoching a 5,00),000,0%-bushel total for the | second time and record crops of oats, | Larey. rye, Anvel p.tatces, huy and r.co, | the year has been ap extraordinary one | for farming. Prices pald farmers for some crops have been higher than in other years because of the Buropcan War and as & resuit the value of some of the crope 18 the Iargest ever recorded. The value this year of each erop. based on its farm price on December 1, with last year's value, the record value of ench crop and the year it was produced is announced as follows: (In thousands, , 000 omitted). 1815, 194, #1,760,080 $1,188,0 . 602 6 P | Rec. val 1,720 o, 628 281708 | B78,600 4, ), 431 139,182 ByprniESE et In addition to thesp props other farm products, such as minor crops and ani- year's total to about $10,000,000,000. Yield Per Acve. Other detalls of the report show: Corn—~Production, 3,064,53,000 bushels, against 2,672,904,000 last year. Acre yleld, 28 bushels, against 2.5 last year. Decem- ber 1 farm price, 67.5 cents per bushel, agoinst 84.4 cents last year. Winter Wheat — Production, 665,045,000 | bushels, againkt 654,900,000 last year. Acre' yield, 18.2 bushels, against 19 last year Price, conts, against 9.6 last year. Spring Wheat — Production, 6,400,000 | bushels, against 206,027,000 last year. Acre yield, 18.3 bushels, against 11.8 last year. Price, 8.5 cents, agalnst 9.6 last year. All Wheat—Production, 1,011,608,000 bush- | ols, agamnst 891,017,000 last year, Acre' ¥ield, 16.9 bushels, against 16.6 last year. Price; 82 cents, against 95.0 last year. Oats — Production, 1,540.302,000 bushels, Agalnst 1,141,000,000 last year. Acre yleld, | 7 bushels, against 3.7 last year. Price, 36,1 cents, against 5.8 last yoar. HUGE EARTH SLIDE BLOCKING PANAMA CANAL—A picture taken on November 27, showing a section of the Panama canal completely closed by & slide of millions of tons of earth. The photograph is the only one of the canal ever taken from the top of the THE BEE: famous Gold hill, from which most of the slide came. CANAL CLOSED BY SLiDE AT GOLD mittL OMAHA, THURSDAY, v Fring STRVICE LABOR LEADER IS INVOLYED IN PLOT High Official of International Union to Be Implioated in Rintelen Conspiracy. SUBPOENA ISSUED FOR GOMPERS NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—It was learned muthoritatively today that a high official of one of the largest international unions in America is seriously involved in the investiga- | tion United States Attorney Marshal is making into the Franz Von Rin- telin conspiracy to foment strikes in munitions factories. This man (s of German descent. He waa prominent In the prolonged strikes In Bridgeport, (Conn.) factorles last apring, and also took a leading part in the strike of 13,000 workers last summer at the General Wiectric company's plant at Schnectady, N. Y. The Investigation into the atrike cou- #piracy has been halted for some day< pending word as to when Samuel Gom- Rurley—Production, 257,000,000 bushels, asningt Huckwheat—Production, 15,796,000 bush- st 16,551,000 last year, Acre yleld, ola, againat 1.3 last year. Price, .7 cents, againat 7.4 last year. Flaxaeed—~Produetion, 13,846,000 bush- | els, against 15,600,000 last year. Acre yleld, t 9.3 last year. Price, | .74, againat Inst year, Rice—Produation, * 28,M7,000 Against 360000 last year, Acre yield, #0.1 bushels, against M1 last year. Price, 90.6 cents, agalnst 924 last yoar. Patatoes—Production, 369,103,000 bushels, Againgt 406,921,000 last year., Acre yleld, 6.5 bushels, sgalnst 109.5 lust year, Price conts, against 489 last year. Swebt Potatoes—Production, 14,26,00 Dushels, against S8574,000 lnst year. Acre yleld, 108.3 bushels, ugalnst 535 last year, Price, € cents, against T3.0 last year. Hay—Production, 85,226,000 tons, against WO inst year. Acre vield, 1.69 tons, year. Price, $10.7, agatnst l!.l’:mr uction, 1,080,657,000 pounds, &gainkt 1,084,07,000 last year. Acre yleld, 51 pounds, &gainst 5.7 pounds last year. Price, 0.1 cents against 98 last " UNION IN SESSION (Continued from Page One.) Oii ThGIF InvesUnent. No, wa are not or- #anized to pay big dividends, but in the year 196 we saved the unlon members $1,000000 that would otherwise have gone lo unnecessary middlemen. “To pay big dividends one must have system of forcing down the price of you buy, and forcing up the priceg of what you sell. We are not or for this purpose. We are or- to co-operate.” The president expreased the belief that members could be added to the ip throughout the United States pers could appear before the grand jury. Republicans Are eserving Rooms in Chicago Hotels| | CHICAGO, Dec. 15.~The selection of bushels, | Chicago as the republican national con- vention city was followed today by a | flood of inquiries for hotel ressrvations. The convention will be held June 7. Headquarters have been engaged by Benator Burton of Ohlo, Senator Smith of Ilflchlnn. Senator Weeks of Massachu- {setts and Charles W. Fairbanks of In- | dlanapolis, former vice president. Henry | D, Estabrook of New York also has en- | 8aged several rooms. Most of the far western states and elght oastern and middle western states have made tentative reservations. GRAIN AND LIVE STOCK MEN MEET (Continued from Page One.) foday some of these fellows are hiding the ocounty graders behind their barns because they are afrald someone will come and take them away before they got & chance to use them in the apring Looking Into Freight Mates. Speaking of freight rates and the pos- sbilities of co-operative concerns in get- ting reasonable rates, he sald: ‘“‘France has shown ua that it costs only 7 cents per ton a mile to move ita produce, and here while we have been asleep on the Job, we have always been taught it is costing 2 cents, These are things that we are looking Into.” In the evening the Omaha Graln Bx- change entertained the co-operative dele- gates at a big bdbanquet at the Hotel Rome. 3 Charles B. Hckerle of Chicago, field man for the American Co-operative Jour- nal, the official organ of the national assoclation, who was on the ground early, had some things to say in an interview in regard to co-operative grain and live stock assoclations, He pointed out that In this great vo- operstive movement good men are needed, ‘whether in state, country, precinet, ot township, He pointed out that the local companies need good men to promote the local ‘organizations, and that above all things loyalty among the membership is requiaite. o Need of Rduontion, Mr. Eokerle called attention to the me- cessity for a constant campalgn of edu- cation as to what the organization is doing and what it stands for. This cam- palgn can be carried on he sald through the loeal organizations, through the in- dividual members, and through the of. ficlal journal. Closer association and perfect harmony zations he also advocated. Names Three Basentinls. The three real essentials to an effective organisation of this kind, he sald are first, mited ownership: second, equality of voting power; and third, pro rating of profita. There are still many local organizations that are not organized strictly along these co-operative lines. Some of them are stili organised with the voting strength lying with the men that have the most stock instead o. allowing one vote to each | |eanal is taken by the Rotterdam | respondent of the Dily News as ronfirma. stockholder and no more, no matter what amount he holds. This is a feature, par- ticularly, that Mr. Bckerle would elimi« nate. Germans Planning a Big Expedition Against Egypt LONDON, Dee. 16~The announcement that Dutch East Indies liners and mail boats will abandon for the present their usual course through the Sues canal and will follow the Cape route, in conjunction with the Cologne Gasette's report of British trench dgging and general de- fensive proportions on both sides of the cor- tion of the rapidly maturing German de- signe Egypt. The Duteh steamsnip companies ex- n the change of route by the in- creasing uncertainty of obtaining the necessary amount of coal at the ap-| pointed stations, but as the change of' route will prolong the voyage for twelve | or fourteen days the Dally News cor- respondent asserts that the change could | ways and means majority report on |, = Cuplain . Bopsd ‘and | n Boy- DECEMBER 16, 1915, YOTES T0 CONTINUE EMERGENCY TAXES House Ways and Means Committee Makes Favorable Report on Bill to Continne “War” Taxes. LIQUOR TAX LESS PRODUCTIVE | WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—Treasury | estimatos that receipts in 1916 will fail by $81,525,500 to meet dis-| bursements, including a $10,000,000 | postal deficit, are cited by the house | the emergency revenue law extension | filed today as evidence of necessity | for additional taxation. It is ostimated that extension of the law t/1] Decomber 31, 1916, would provide $6,500,000 & month. | Revenue from distilled spirits, fer- | mented liquors and tobacco decreased 325,000,000 in the last fiscal year, the re- port says. Treasury estimatcs of ordl nary internal revenue receipts for the ‘fl!l'll year ending Jupe ¥, 1915, are §373,- 000,000 compared with $36,390,70 last year, | “thus Indicating & further anticipated ! | revenue redwetion from this source o | move than $11,000,000 The 11 today was reported buck to the house favorably with a tiew to consid- tion tomorrow. Party leaders hav requested all members to be present to | morrow in anticipation of & livoly party fight. Majority leader Kitchin decieres, however, that ts enactment by the end of this week is eertain. England Grants Safe Conduct to (erman Attaches WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—8afe conduct Captain Von Papen, recalled German naval and mill- tary attaches, will be forthcoming soon from the allies, it wag learned today. The recalied emissaries will not be required | to give assurances that they will not par- | tictpate tn the war upon reaching Ger- | many, 1t s sald. NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—Captains Boy-ed and Von Papen will leave New York, barring a change in thelr plans, on Tues- day next on the Holland-American liner Noordam. This was learned authorita- ively today, A Big To} Biparl-enl At the Central Furniture Store More space is being devoted to the ex clusive display of toys, dolls and games than any previous season. The children will be delighted when they visit the Central's big toyland. They will be de- | ighted with the immense dlsplay of beautiful dolls, character dolls, dolls with kid bodies and dreased dolls, automobiles, | expreas wagons, toy planos, toy trunks, doll go-carts, doll dishes, and goll furni. ture, blocks, games, fron an. mechanieal toys, etc., and all at a price which will mean an absolute saving to you of from | 10 to 5 per cent, made 8o on account of an inexpensive buflding and location and @ small operating expense. ELL-ANS | Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package | proves it. 25c at all druggists, not have been dictated by any but the most serlous reasons. From various! other sources come hinta of the rapid completion of German plans for a pro-| Jected attack on Egypt. | French War Billis = About Five Billions PARIS, Deo. 16.~The appropriations committee of the Chamber of Deputies reporting today on the requirements of the government for the first quarter of 1916, summarizes the cost of the war thus: ““The total expenses of the government trom August 1, 1914, to December 1, 1915, | were 81,04,000,000 franes, of which the purely military expenditures were 24,47, (00,000 francs. 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