Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-28
AFTER The LUMBER DEALERS
Farmer Grain Dealeru Association Taking
Hand in the Matter
SOME REVELATIONS ARE PROMISED
suit Pending In Lancaster County
Promises to Bring out some
Disclosures Regarding the
Business.
CFrom a stan CorrespondentJ


LINCOLN. Aug 27.-Cspecial.) )-Members
of the Farmers Grain Dealers association
are going to assist in looking up evidence
to show the existence Of a lumber trust, so
a grain dealer intimated in Lincoln last
night.
Before these trust suits are over" said
this man, ut will be discovered that the
lumber business has been done along the
same lines as the grain business. The
members in the lumber association may not
make any profit out OF being members of
the organization and may not even know
how much profits others make because Of
the association. AS a matter of fact the
members Of the association are being
worked by an inside ring that gets the big
prohts while the small dealer member is
safeguarded against competition. l see
where the Omaha dealers take exceptions
to the charge that they have something
to do with the scalpers. Wait till the evil
dence is all in in the case which Mr. God
frey has started in Lancaster county and
then see what the big dealers have to say.
The end of the lumber dealers trust will
be just like the grain dealers. IL the Lam
caster man digs up the evidence he expects
to, then the attorney general will use that
evidence in going after the trust and, you
mark my words, he will get them. l don't
know whether the farmers as an organiza-
ton will take part in the suit, but some
Of the members will furnish some help and
that can be depended upon"
Hotels Look for Harvest.
Lincoln is looking for a whooplng big
time next week, when the state fair will be
on. Hotel proprietors have been receiving
| requests every day for rooms and the in
dications are that the town will be full
| even on the opening day of the fair. Fri-
vate families to a large extent will throw
| their homes open to the visitors and 1t is
| expected that plenty of room will be found
! for all who come. small army of work.
men is busy at the fair grounds putting
| the finishing touches on the buildings un-
der course of construction and the fair
grounds this year will present avery diff
ferent appearance from times past.
Lincoln to Have n Park.
| At last Lincoln is to have a park. The
| city officials have about a deal whereby,
for a consideration of 1880, it secures
! possession OF thirty-one acres Of land
known as the Sager tract, located between
| A and 3 streets and Twenty-seventh and
! Thirtieth streets. For some time Mayor
Brown and the council have been figuring
on buying this land, but could not agree
II
Pratt was sent to Chicago to see the owner
and yesterday he wired back that the low
est price for which the land could be
bought was $1S,5OO. He was instructed tc
close the deal.
Lincoln merchants contemplate closing
their stores Monday, September 4, at noor
! in order to visit the fair and view tho
exhibits. This will be done in order C
give the clerks as we'll as proprietors ar
opportunity to see what the state fair really
| is like.
Detective Malone during the last tive
days has been making war on junk dealer!
and during that time he has discovefed ~
pounds of brass said to belong to th'
street railway company at one place anC
seventeen pounds at another. He has mad,
two arrests and says he expects to makt
more. The brass was all ready to ship.