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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-14
Growth Of the fdes.

n was along m the SOS that the reforms
ton N window dressing set In. Hundreds
OF thousands of dollars have been spent
since then IN renUdeins windows and
inserting plate glass. The uid-fashloned
heavy -jowled front has disappeared from
modern designs. Heavy pillars, deep re-
cesses high ceilings, Indifferent lighting.
all have disappeared from the modern store
front ana show windows. Now the effect
IL for ishtness. cleanliness and beauty
and an important distinction Is building
the windows ana their displays no higher
than the ordinary visual level OF people
waiting or standing on the walk. In
place Oh columns OF iron and stone and
p0nderous sashes the lghtest most In
eenious devices that will hold the plate
glass together are used Sometimes there
Is no sashes at all. the plate glass being
Joined by screws and cement. The windows
are cut OF entirely from the te-,aihder
OF the store ana are dust proof TO s,revent
damage 10 stock Most OF them have cold
air vents TO keep the Temperature behind
the glass the same as that In front In
order 10 prevent frostins The lighting Is
done by what might be termed inverted
footlights, or rows o. ihcandeseents with
fefieetofs. usually Invisible and nxed at
the top OF the window inside. No store
that makes any pfetensions 10 window
dressing will permit window 10 go longer
than two weeks without changing IL com
pietely. usually sven TO the background.
In some places there are new displays
every day.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-14

f-7ETATb merchants were long
- time IN realizing the possibflities
w that exist in ground floor win
ESfU dows. For centuries. as long as
ezzx3 man cold wares from a cart OF
open stand, he thought II proper to display
an the goods he had to the best advantage
but as soon as he becarne more prosperous
and retired within four waiIs he enveioped
himself in an atmosphere Of reserve. He
was 50 important in his own eyes that he
considered It a privilege extended when he
aTowed Inspection Of what he had to sell.
As for placing merchandise and material
IN easy andi convenient view, inside the
SHOP or IN the windows. that was depart
ure involving a ridiculous consideration TO
the public ana altogether too much trouble
Therefore. mercantile windows went ugly
ana uncared for ana ofttirnes unclean. and
any old stock was good enough to dump
into them. The longer a window could go
without being renovated and the exhibit
changed the better it was The merchant
ala not expect to sell anything Of what he
placed in the windows. nor ala he deem the
displays etiterions for judgment ON hts
stock.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-14

every big store in
town was entered and
the experiment was so
successful that the
practice was repeated
with equally good re-
suits In 1906. Sci.S
exceptionally good
windows were pro-
duced.
Most OF the Omaha
window trimmefs re-
ceived their training
in other cities ana a
Number In the large
Chicago stores. A few
got their knowledge
by actual work here.
helped by trips to
Chicago and other
places. Al present a
group OF young men,
acting as assistants,
are preparing them
selves TO follow the
occupation.
There is n lot TO the
life Of The window
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-14

what Might Happen.
Presenting he desires to nj the far win
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-14

dow with crockery, but does not wish 70
disturb near window filed with fine mil
nnery. On one OF his journeys through the
millinery window he grows weary carrying
loads Of plates and cups and saucers and he
trips. a mass Of queensware snashes into
a bunch Of Partisan creations and the
trimmer feels like he wants TO kick out the
glass In front Of him and run away.
In one Of the big department stores the
windows are Of an unparalleled shortness
of depth To enable the trimmer to work az
all of the floor a special stepiadder Of ex-
IRENE dsIIcacy Of construction was invented
In reaching TO attitudes this ladder has
more than once caused disaster. Consider
able plate glass and other things have been
ruined by the sudden collapse Of the ladder
and the projection Of the trimmer's boot A
story is told Of how one trimmer once, after
breaking several plates In this way, had the
same thing happen again He thought
quickly and moved with celebrity. few
moments later he was on the street. hatless
and coatIess, wildly chasing startled
drunken man. who he declared in angry
tones had fallen against the window and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-14

broken IT. Thus did
he preserve his place
on the payroll and
get more opportuni-
ties in the narrow
windows.
In some stores the
window dresser Is
king. The manage
ment invests him with
q general responsible
ity for the windows
and results. He uses
his own pleasure In
what is displayed and
what is not. barring
a window or two re-
served for sales. He
Is catered to by every
department head In
the store and his
favor keenly courted.
for every department
now and then covets
a good display. An
establishment OF this
kind is the paradise
Of the profession and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-14

omaha and the ART
he strictly spectacular window has noe
much vogue IN Omaha. except At Bennetse
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-14
OmaFas Artistic Window Trimming and Expert Window Trmmers

These Pictures Are from Photographs Omaha Show Windows Decorated
Fall for photographs All Made
According
Selected Random The Bees
4FaSsSs1
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-14
Dssfse. o. wiaasw pr..-ias.

Degrees OF WINDOW DRESSING.
Window trimming has developed into two
distinct eiasslhcations The one most used
Is described as The SALE trade" or
"netchandise window, the other MS the
spectacular or artistic window The pur-
pose OF the first Is 10 sell goods, that u.s.
10 interest the pedestrian directly IN the
wares IN the window and their price con-
spieuo,isly displayed The theory OF the
either window rs 10 attract attention by
its novelty OF design, scheme of color or
harmonious arianeeinent and 20 impress
with the Implied superiority OF the estab-
ilshfnent that h willing 10 go 10 such
lengths gfatuitously TO entertain the public.
into the sales window goes little other
than stock actually handled IN the store.
bat FOR the spectacular window almost
anything under the blue canopy that can
be got Within the space has been though,
appropriate al divers times The trade
window Is the one Tor the practical, Inn
mediate value and convenience FOR mef-
chant and patron. while the other Is a
depression to please the faney OF the con-
sumner and 10 assist mood for letting 40
OF dollars within. One appeals 10 the
shoppers needs conrseteiy. the other 10 his
imagination and the human penehant Tor
apnlaudinE things out OF the groove. Trade
Journals have piled up enough argument
on the subject te faake any OF Il uhneces-
sars here. II has been the theme Of end
less debate. Tor the smallest detail Of every
business is now discussed 10 the last shred
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-14

X. Jaqucs ut the meeting Of the Chica.
go Medical Society ut the public II.
brary. DIR. Arnold G. Klebs expressed
Endorsement Of DIR. Jaque's sentiments.
After tho broad assertions above
quoted DR.. Jaques continued as fol.
lows: "Thc condemned carcasses can
be sold by the consent Of the law after
they have been branded on the quarters
Of beef or mutton or pork, marked
with the condemned tag and returned
to the owner. The latter Is not forced
to destroy them. He may sell them
and the only thing required Il that he
furnish monthly statement, under
oatlr as to the disposition Of the
meat"
"Where does this meat 60 which has
been condemned and redeemed by the
OwnetsY" asked DIR. Klebs.
"In answering this question I should
open up new field Of discussion" IN.
swered DIR. JaQues.
"That Is easy to answer" replied
DIR. klebs. 1T goes to the American
consumer. 1t can't 90 to the foreign
market"
DIR. Jacques further stated that tho
system Of having the inspection made
In the interest Of tho owner nnd tn,
producer to enable them to sell their
products In foreign markets was wrong.
".rhe inspector should have the power
to render the condemned meat absolute
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-14
Beet Trust, Medicine Trust, Pure Food
Foes, Patent Medicine fiends Con.
troll State Legislation.
Illinois Is the Only State in the
Union Where the People
Are Asleep.

Beef Trusts and other Corporations
that are crooked or that want much
from the Legislature without letting the
people get on to the fact; and patent
medicine trusts that are afraid the
people will learn that they are selling
poisons have discovered Il new way of
controlling public opinion without
showing their own hand. They do
their business through professional
advertising agents, who claim to be
able to handle the daily and country
press. In turn the advertising agents
put In large ads. for the Beef Trust,
the Medicine Trust or some other trust
rs the case may be, always STIMULATING
In their contracts that all contracts
for advertising are void II the State
Legislature passes any law inimical to
the Beef Trust, Medicine Trust. That
is about as comprehensive, rs frank.
~ impudent n scheme Of controlling
legislation as 1t is possible to mag.
irE. And SO the Patent Medi.
cine Trust Of America, for one.
maintains a lawyer In Chicago. and a
permanent secretary. Office and stan.
In every State capital In the United
States 1t maintains an agent whose
business II Is to watch during the SEES.
sion Of the Legislature each days
batch OF new bills, and whenever .
bill affecting patent medicines Shove
its head to telegraph the bill. yer
batlm, to headquarters. There some
scores of printed copies Of the bill are
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-14

made. and copy Is sent to every
member of the association. Thereupon
each manufacturer looks up the list Of
papers in the threatened State with
which he has the contracts described
above. And to each newspaper he
sends a peremptory telegram calling
the publishers attention to the Obliga-
tons of his contract, and commanding
him to go to work to defeat the anti
patent.medicine bill. In practice, this
organization works with smooth per-
lection and well.oiled accuracy to de-
feat the public health legislation
which is introduced by boards Of
health In over a score of States every
year.
Watch the daily newspapers when
ever a trust Is being assailed and see
how the advertising columns are load.
cd with glaring calls to partake Of
wonderful delicacies.
In this connection. and In the alb
sence Of any reference to the "break.
fast dclicacies" Of the Beef Trust,
where there Is life. there Is soap.
~S
The Trust press Of Chicago carefully
eliminates from the reports Of the Chi
cago Health Department which It pub
fishes, all reference to the condemnn.
ton Of tubercular and cancerous
cattle mt the Union Stock Yards. The
aim Of the Trust press IL to keep the
people In Ignorance Of true. but awful,
conditions which menace their health.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-14

"Nfllk. fed chickens" would be good
name II applied to calves, canned and
sold to the public as pure article Of
poultry.
Immature veal, bad meat, slices
from Gamers and tld.bits from dead
pork are nicely fixed up in the Trust
laboratories with chemicals that give
them "the natural flavor" and are
then canned and sold to the public as
chicken, turkey, geese, ducks and
game Of various kinds.
The Beef Trust employs an army
Of chemists whose main duty is to sup
ply the proper taste, smell and ap.
pearance to the mlsbranded products.
No attention whatever Is paid to
the effect Of this kind Of food on the
public health.
The representatives Of the Beef
Trust have been In Washington for
months fighting the passage Of pure
food bill which will prohibit this
frightful fraud in the mlsbranding Of
food.
The following telegram from its
Washington correspondent, ''Ray.
mond," was printed on the first page
Of the Chicago Tribune Jan. 20, 1905:
"Senator McCumber the other day
gave to the Senate hint as to the
reason for this opposition by the
packing house people. He quoted a
report from the food commissioner Of
his own State, North Dakota, which
hit the packers between the eyes, and
which apparently explains why they
have been opposing the pure food bill
20 vigorously.
''This North Dakota commissioner
had the indelicacy to make a special
examination Of all the alleged p0ttetl
chicken and potted turkey he could
And. It was oil put up in cans and
oil came from outside States In orig.
inal packages, 30 It was clearly an
article Of interstate commerce and n
such could be regulated only by the
federal government. This North Da.
kota commissioner went through can
after can and could not find the slight.
cot trace either OF chicken or turkey.
"Furthermore, 1t was put up by
packing establishments which have no
facilities for killing fowls and which
DO not provide them. The cans, how.
ever. were labeled 'potted chicken and
'potted turkey and this thing the
pure food bill proposes to stop.
Everybody knows this potted tur-
key and chicken and the various kinds
Of soups prepared by the packing
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-14

~ unfit for food and not return Ii to
the owner. The problem of meum AMI
tuum enters Into 1t. If 1t Is my meat
for sale Is Is good for you to eat. That
Is the idea Of ownership.
",rhe present method IL this: For
several years 1t was possible to pass
under the law six sorts Of meat infect.
ed with tuberculosis. 1t has stopped
one way and now only allows II to pass
In five ways instead Of six. The meat
being returned to the owner to sell II
he so chooses throws the whole work
OF inspection Of beef for city use on
the city health department. In March
last the city destroyed 367.?7l pounds
OF meat. In March. 1905. there was no
Inspection. The bacilli Of tuberculosis
will attack the steer out on the range
where nc gets all the needed air. What
will the same bacilll do to the confined
lnhabltant OF the city,"
~
Government inspectors only inspect
meats intended for foreign countries,
but II there IL u sutiiciency Of Govern.
nient meat inspectors ut the Stock Yards,
why was II that such howl was made
by the Department OF Agriculture In
January when the application for adj.
tional inspectors was cut down?
The following special telegram was
published In the Chicago Tribune Janu.
ary ~, 1900:
Washington, d. c., Jan. lS.-(Spc.
cial. 1.-The house committee on appro.
priations has attempted to deal blow
to the Chicago meat trade by refusing
all but $4,000 OF the S135.OOO appro.
prlatiOns for which Secretary Of Agri.
culture Wilson asked In order to meet
the demand for inspectors. The small
sum which 1t recommended the house
should give was Incorporated In the ur.
gent deficiency bill as u result OF the
inslstent representation Of Representa-
tive Wharton Of Chicago.
For new member Wharton has been
attracting considerable attention, com.
mencing, 1t will be remembered. with
his amusing colloquy with Representa-.
tive Williams, the minority leader, on
the opening day Of the session.
Secretary Wilson urgently pointed
out to congress that his department was
In need Of $135.OOO to enable 1t to fur.
nlsh adequate inspections for the In.
creased quantities Of meat which tho
packers are sending abroad.
All til" Chicago members appeared
before the subcommittee of the appro-
prlatlOns committee ana asked that the
Wilson recommendation be adopted
hut Wharton especially was Interested
because of the meat packing interests
In his district. 1t IL likely an effort
will be made on the floor of the house
to increase the amount recommended
by the committee. and, failing of sue
cess there, the senate will be urged to
act.
~
Milk Fed Chickens. A correspondent
asks II milk Is proper food for chick
ems. All authorities say not. No fowl
will live on fluid food. Chickens have
gizzards which alone proves that nature
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-14
tuberculosis. Cancer Combine Does as It
PIeases in the Matter Of
Peoples Food.
Milk Fed Chickens Is q Good Name
for Immature Canned
Veal.

houses are the product Of beef cattle,
hogs and sheep.
"lf the pure food bill Is passed.
however, n packing house which put
up can Of desiccated pig and labeled
1t potted turkey would he subject
to civil and criminal prosecution.
One Of the principal aims Of the pure
food, bill Is to prevent the misbrand
ing of all food products, and 1t Is this
section which Is arousing the strong
est opposition.
"The evidence given before the
Senate and House committees last
year all goes to show that the crime
Of adulteratlOn and gross deceit of
mlsbranding and misrepresentation
has become more widespread In this
country than the public generally has
any Idea Of. The packers are not the
only people who deceive the public
by their labels. In almost every line
OF food and drink products which IRE
put up under special trade marks there
IL more or less deceit. Some things
are adulterated in a way to be harm.
full. Others are adulterated but are
harmless. The pure food bill. II pn
ed and properly executed, would
stamp out the harmful authorizations
entirely. but would permit the harm.
less authorizations to 60 30 long as
there was no deception. 1t would pre-
vent the use Of cOl0ring matter for the
express. purpose Of deceivlng, and II
would put an end to the lying labels
like those on the potted chicken Of the
packing trust.
zone of the strongest arguments re-
Gently submitted in behalf of the pure
food bill was by Senator McCumber,
who pointed out that the American
people to-day, according to the best
estimates Of the Department Of Agrl.
culture. are paying annually about g..
OOO,O0O.OOO for adulteratcd and mis-.
branded articles. This IL about three
times the. national debt OF the United
States, aud this enormous sum, every
dollar Of II, II contributed by people
who believe they are getting some.
thing they do not receive. II the pure
food bill was passed they would spend
about the same amount Of money. Of
course. but they would get what they
are expecting to buy, and this Is the
whole object Of the legislation now
pending In the House and Senate"
~~
Charges that government inspection
Of beef Is inadequate ana protects the
foreign consumer to the detrlment Of
Chicagoans were made by DIR. william
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-14

other hard foods which need crushing.
Milk Is utterly unfit for poultry and Is
likely to give poultry what It gives to
numerous human belngs--tuberculosi
Milk IL the food Of calves and animals
horn alive. But not of any animal that
Is Matched.
United States Inspectors are EN-.
ployed ut the Union Stock Yards to In.
spect meats intended for export to for.
elgn countries only.
They are not employed to inspect
meat for domestic consumption.
The Government has been complain.
Ing that 1t has not inspectors enough
and only few months ago the De
partment OF Agriculture petltioned Con-
gress for more inspectors. claiming that
foreign countries were shutting out our
meats because Of insufficient Inspection.
In the face Of these facts It looks
mighty funny To see the Beef Trust
filling the Milk Fed Press with big ad
vertlsements Of Its United States In.
spccted" hams.
This looks rs II the United States In.
spcctors were neglcctlng their duties
and dcvoting their attention to boosting
the Reef Trusts local trade.
Or 1t proves that the Beef Trust Ia
using the United States Inspection label
falsely and with intent to deceive.
The writer. u short time ago. noticed
several quarters Of beef In the front
window Of a North Clark street butcher
shop, literally covered with United
States Inspection tags.
These tags are only Intended for ex.
port beef.
How comes 1t, then, that they reach
the domestic article?
II the Beef Trust can do rs 1t pleases
with the Government inspectors and
their tags. tho people want to know 1t.
And they will know nll about 1t be.
fore they get through.
~a
Why should the clerks Of the general
assembly have special appropriation
made for them for the purpose OF CIV.
ing advance information to the trusts?
~eA
How can the people get any sort of
fair play from the Illinois Legislature
II the officers Of It are In the employ of
the trusts?
~
II people knew what the
Turtle soup,
Chicken soup,
Clam chowder, and
Other soups sold by the Reef Trust
were made Of they would be surprised
rs well as disguised.
~
Chicago Daily News cattle report
January 30, 1906:
Gamers ana cutters were steady ex-
ccpt In the common Sorts, which were
slow and weak. Common thin can
ners We're nearly 10 cents lower, but
any good stuff was taken by the local
buyers ut steady prices. Bulls did not
have rs good Il tone as on the previous
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-14


having been passed by the government
inspectors. or where the government In
spectors had no Jurisdiction"
The murder Of the people still goes
on.
II the Reef Trust Il 40 Immaculate
why In 1t that packers forming one sec
ton OF 1t pleaded guilty In Pennsyl-
vanla to the charge Of selling impure
products and were fined; that another
set Of packers belonging to II are now
under Indictment In Lexington, Ken.
lucky, for the same Offense: that the
Pure Food Commissioner Of North Da.
kOta, In his report, openly names sew
erul Chicago packers, and tells how
they adulterated food?
%S~
The Trust press Of Chicago carefully
eliminates from the reports Of the Chi.
cagO Health Department which It pub
fishes, all reference to the cOndemna-
ton Of tubercular and cancerous
cattle ut the Union Stock Yards. The
aim of the Trust press IL to keep the
people In ignorance of true. but awful.
conditions which menace their health.
~6A
The Reef Trust mas caused a big
raise In the price Of shoes. The al
legged beef trust controls incidentally
the domestic hide market. which Con-
gress closed practically for the benefit
Of the beef trust by clapping a duty OF
10. per cent nj valOrem on foreign
hides. The alleged beef trust. accord
Ing to Associated Press dispatches
now also controls the domestic tanning
industry. Hence the beef trust fixes
now the cost OF the leather, the raw
material out OF which shoes are made,
and hence II controls both the prices
OF shoes In the domestic market and
in the export shoe trade. built up at
great expense by our shoe manufac~
turers.
Furthermore, 1t az common knowl-
edge that the domestic price OF butter,
eggs, butterine, dressed poultry, the
grains, fruits, vegetables, apples, p0ta-
toes ana probably other foods Is reg,l.
lated largely by the same trust OF cor
pOratlons.
This Is logical and unavoidable at
present. 1t Is due In part to special
privileges of lower rates In the ship
ping, private refrigerator lines, i'm
mense grain elevators and cold-stOrage
plants scattered at the strategic points
and In part, no doubt, to the sheer
brutal force OF unlimited millions of
dollars; a power welded by few per-
sons whom society does not hold per
sonally responsible at present.
One or the most cunning and desr
perate deeds Of the Reef Trust was
the defeat, by Beef Trust methods, of
the attempt of the secretary OF agri-
culture to secure 49, additional meat
inspectors for Chicago. The secretary
asked for $l35,OOO to pay for 49, in
spectors to inspect meats going to HI
rope-nOt meats for Americans, for
anything Is good enough for MS. The
Congressional Committee, possibly I'M
der Beef Trust hypnotic influence, only
appropriated $4,000. SO the Euro
peans are In almost as great danger q;
ourselves.
%cSA
Thanks to the Beef Trust methods.
cancer numbered l,10l victims in Chi
cagO in 1900, or 67 more than in 1901
an increase OF the rate per 10000 Of
population Of 2,93 per cent
The increase in deaths from cancer
in Chicago in 1905 over the average
for the decade ended In 1904 was 1O1
per cent, and over the average rate of
the decade ended in 1884 was BAL Der
cent!