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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-01


BUTrER-Creamery, No. 2. delivered to
the retail trade in lib. cartons, &c: No q
IN so-lb tubs Bic; No. 2 in lib. cartons
800 packing stock, solid pack 20hc dairy.
in 6O-lb. tubs, z3a24c. Market changes
every Tuesday.
CHEEsE-.Twins. 1e3A0I734c; young Amer
icas, lsc; daisics, 1so triplets, 1sc; linn
burger, 1sci No. 1 brick, lSIKo; Imported
swiss &c; domestic Swiss, 24c; block Swiss,
Northumberland broilers, under . In.
800 doz; over lbs, l4c; hens, isL6i5o,
cocks, lO5sc; ducks, lie; geese l5c turkevs
&c; pigeons. per doz., $1.20; homer SQUADS
S ss G01 per dOi fe ssSo 'qqS Hs per do.
over lbs, s14c; hens, loo; old ROSTERS 10:
old ducks, full feathered. lOc; geese full
f seatinerea. &c; ;urkeyl, 159iSei guinea
hOmers. per doE.. 500; sSi.G6S, No nee DSI
d1z;; $50; No: 2, per doz, soc.
FISH (all frozen)-PickereI, lie; white
lSc; pike, &c; trout, Hc;tslarEe crappies
2Oc;. Spanish mackerel, iSc, eel 1So: bsdt
dock, lSo; founders, lac; green catfish. SOc.
roe sheo' 4LOo each shad roe, per pair,
%si i os iesS' per doz'' Doc; salmon. 12c;
BEI1F CUTs-Rib; No. 1. Ice; No. 1a,sc.
10 10 = a sAe' Loin: No. l, ne; No. Z. isEe;;
No. e. Plate; No. l. exc; No. i, 5 80:
FRUITs-oranges: California navels O.
Per I bo4 ,s iS s9S i6 6SSaOO small sizes
WRn
fancy. 800 size, per box, $3.50; so Size bs4
90 sss Per 5oI 800 % s5 e. 59 so5 Per 6o4
per box, HS3i56 BSpsnss :01 1888 sises
Per r.. bunch, R,B825O; Jumbo, per bunch
y so4S0' fears: California Winter Nellis
Ing, per Dbl. SS55dlOo; Missouri JonaiSSI,
RSSTT Dbl SAC; Missouri Ben Davis, per
s4.&i Missouri Gano per bbi. 100. oIbss
varieties. per Dbl. N0O; New York Green.
inE and Baldwin, per DBL, tL5O; Colorado ado
GrSyenstein, per box. GeO; c csniHS fTa
Grimes g M GOldsa ana jonathan, extra fan SSI
Emperor per crate, N.75; New York CS-
taWDa, per 6-lb. bsk., 2OoI Malaga, sOec5
Per- sr' s bn2 PeE ksg, HSO9S 90 CrGn6erries
Cherry brand, per bbl., S.6O; Wisconsin
Ben ana Bugle and Late Howe brands.
70 LIB. pkgs. in boxes per box, S2.g: buik
IN 7O-lb. boxes, per h.. &c. Figs: New cali
s0E .9i "a y I-01; DkEs, SOC 12-OE. pkgs..
PEI i6'' 1Se; b-crown. per ID. lac; 4-crown'
YEGETABLEs-PotatOss: Early Ohio. in
SACKS per bu,, SOC; Iowa and Wisconsin,
white stock per bu., 759S5c. Sweet pota.
toes; Virginia, per Dbl. &2-5O; Kansas, Der
Der Der Nv oP iSdisna lows red and yellow
Spanish, per crate, N-t0 Garlic: ExtT3
I RRS ey bS Taite per ia lSs red per h. ice
Celery; Michigan, per doc. bunehes 60:
California Jumbo, per doz bunchSs 75c
hutabaBas; Per ID, INC. CuoumberS: Hot
horse u and doz., per box. 200. TomS-
toes: CALIFORNIA per A-bsk. crate. Size
Wax heans; Per mkt bsk, n.50 lettuce.
Extra fancy leaf, per dOE, 4Oc PSrSiey:
Eancy homegrown, Per, dOz. ksnohes' 80
Turnips: per mkt. bsk, sc, tsArroIs,' - -.
mkt bsk., 4eo. Beets; Per mkt bsf a.
hlSCEI Ian EOUS-W alnuts: Black. Der
ID, e Hickorynuts: LAIEs, Der 10 Sot
small per o.. Sc, C0cOanuts: Per sack. IA n,
per doA, fbc. Honey; New, "a framsa' ~
SioeE New York MottA per b-bbI, S.lS:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-01

NEW YORK, Nov. S0-METALS-sta
ard copper, quiet and steady; spot and flu
lures. Sl2 soal2 IS; Lake copper locally. S1S.O0
fl260 and S12l5 London, steady; spot. f57
IS; futures. f6s 3s 90. Tin, firm spot ana
futures. tSLO9Sl. 20. London, firm; spot
d455, New York, and 81 500 81. East 81
Louis London, as iSd. Spelter. quiet; S. So
81 Louis. London. fs2 Iron Cleveland
warrants, l9s 81 In London. Locally
steady; No. foundry northern and No.
foundry, 1875.
ST LOUIS. Nov. 5O-METALs-Lead
steady; AW5z; spelter. firm. $3.50.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-01
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET /
Demand for Cattle Weak Hogs SLOW
Sheen Strong

CHICAGO Nov s0.-CATTLE-Reoeipts
2 600 head market weak; besves, 81 5O6
80; Texas steers, A.NQ5.4O; western steers
NbQ65O; stockers and feeders, 50. S06I5. 60;
800
HOGs-Receipts. 900 head market slow
AZ opening figures, although q few light
outchers grade sold at T.8; light, S. 7O6
LIZA mixed, t6.S0q7. 20; heavy, $6.756D7 20;
rough, Se-7bq6. 90t good to choice heavy, So 90
QLO; pigs, So. SGd6,sO; bulk OF sales, $695
f7.1b w.
SHEEP AND LAAfBS-Receipts, 5000
head; market strong; natives s. Bd4 50;
western, 2.IbQ4.2; yeRrlings, A.2Oa6 25; ma
i've lambs. M25Q6.lo western. 24.50a665
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-01

SIOUX FALLS s. D., Nov SO,-(Special)
While playing with kitten. James Frank
lin Hubbard, not quite 2 years old. who
was visiting his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Thompson. who live on a homestead
in Lyman county, in some manner knocked
stove leg from under stove upon which
a kettle Of hot water was standing. The
hot water was spilled over the unfortunate
little boy, inflictng burns from which ne
died few hours later, after suffering ter
ribly.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-01
New York Money Market.

NEW YORK. Nov. SO.-MoNEY-On
call, easy, 2d2h per cent; ruling rate, ~
per cent; closing bid, ~ per cent; offered
at ~ per cent.
TINE LOANS-Ftrm; sixty days, 4Q4Bs
per cent; ninety days, 4 per cent; six
months, 4 per cent
psr cent.
STERLING EXCHANGE-ste with
actual business in bankers bills at tl6225d
AS2S5 for 6o-day bills and at S4S6o6 for
demand.
COMMERCIAL BILLS-SLslM84s2
SILVER-Bar, Sc Mexican dollars. $50.
ScsISesinr quotations on bonds ware A.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-01
WEATHER IN THE GRAIN BELL
Outlook f. for Continued Fair. with
Some Cooler.

OMAk1As NOV. ~. 4SAV.
The eastern disturbance continues over
the lower lakes, extreme upper Ohio val
ley and eastern states, with its center off
the New England coast The weather has
remained unsettled during the last twenty
Tour hours In the sections named and light
SHOWS are general from the upper lakes
east to the coast this moIning. An area of
unseasonably high pressure overlies the
entire country west Of the Mississippi river
and colder weather prevails everywhere eX-
cept on the Pacific slope, Temperatures
below zero prevail in the extreme upper
missouri valley and western Canadian
provinces and freezing weather extends
south to the gulf states. The weather Is
generally clear in the central valleys and
partly throughout the west. With the very
nigh pressure that will continue over the
central valleys during the next thirty-six
hours the outlook is for continued fair In
this vicinity tonight and Thursday, with
colder tonight and continued cold Thurs
day.
Minimum temperature and precipitation
as compared with the last three years:
1910, 1902 1905 1907.
Precipitation .............. 90 % T 90
Normal temperature for today, 50 degrees
deficiency in precipitation since March /,
Excess corresponding period in 1903. aB
Inches
A.. deficiency corresponding period in 1905,
l. A. WELSH. Local FOrecastsr.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-01
PhIIadeIphia Produce Market.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov s0.-BUTTER-
Steady extra western creamery, Sc; extra
nearby prints, Sc
EGGS-Firm; Pennsylvania and nearby
firsts, free cases, $50 at mark; PennsyI-
SIC at mark; western firsts, free cases, CSC
at mark western current receipts, free
cases, 23c at mark
CHEESE-Firm; New York full creams.
fancy September, l5Ac.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-01
Peoria Market.


PEORIA. Nov. S0-CORN-Frm; No.
white, old, 4T1ac; new, 471to; No 8 yellow
old, 4SIkc; new, 451tc No 3, old, lTlkc; new
lsisei No. 4. old. lec; new. &c; sample. new
37q3S&c.
oATs--HiEher; standard. a1Sc; No
white, GAc.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-01
AIIIwnuLIee Grain MARKED

MILWAUKEE,. Nov. SO.-FLOUR-DuIl.
WHEAT--Eo. ! northern. t1.05d1.O 6; No.
northern, H.0iGl0; May, S6Ac.
OATS-231s43lc.
ARLEY-Samples, 7AqSOc.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-01

LIVERPOOL Nov. SO.--WHHAT-spot
strong; No. red western winter, 7s Sd,
futures, steady; December, 6s Sd; March,
IS u%d May, 70 sd.
CORN-Spot firm; American mixed, s.
ed; futures, steady; December A. SD
Bebruary. As 2Ad.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-01

MN FNHtAFVLHa Nov 0l,-WHEAI-
December, u0ih; May S.055i6lO5H
Cash; No. 4 hard. lL05A No. j northern.
A.osss .giA: Ne; northern, SlOodl8;
FLAX-Closed at GH
coRN-No, 9 yellow. t5a46e; No white,
3063lc.
RYE-No 3 7HsaT5e
FLoUR-First patents. tLSg6S; second
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-01
Bond Man Wanted

A large investment house desires 20
make arrangements with an aotiVo local
dealer or a rehabis young man 20 ssiI
bonds IN Omaha and vioinity. An sHooilsnt
opportunity for an energetic man, wishing
20 build mp . stable business.
Finance, p. o. Boz saa New xork city.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-01
Bank CIearinEa.
OMAHA WHOLESALE Prices.

OMAHA, Nov 9o-Bank clearinEs for TO
day were 81 COS, 6641s, and for the CORE
spending date last year 1893, 2S72
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-01
nuIueh arain A1arl.et.

DULUTH, Nov. SO.-WHEAT-Decembe
81 .OSis: MaN sl.OIh. No. / northern. s1.03Hs
No. northern, sl007t 70 u.0lS.
OATS-s2ac.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-01

HOGS-Hsceipts OF hogs this morning
were again quite moderate, bringing the
total for the week up 70 164 900 head, as
against 19. 800 head for the same days last
week and Is 800 head for the corresponding
period year ago. After adyanolng stead
started out talking extremely bearish and
first bids were safely lO615c lower than
yesterday Sellers began cutting loose on
bids that were loo lower than yesterday
and quite q number OF hogs sold that way
Later on as Il became apparent that re-
celpts were not very large and the demand
market was not over &c lower. This means
that the market as a whole was 601Oc
lower than yesterday. II will also be noted
that the trade was just the reverse OF yes
terday, that iE, IL opened lower gradually
becoming higher, while yesterday IL opened
higher and closed lower. Practically every
the morning.
Reuroae nfatfva anfaas
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-01

TO the dysDephe- Electric Bitters cure dys-
pepsia. liver and kidney complaints and
debility. Price Soc. Sold by Beaton Drug
Co.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-01
TnrneniIne nnd nn.In.

SAVANNAH, Ca. Nov 0.-rURPEN-
TTNE-Flrm, I6dlG4c
RosIN-Firm; type y. y5-Si O. $50
69lia
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es. 1910. Ii9o8 IisoS Ii9o7 i905. Ii9O5 NO.
SUNDAY ssBoIidav

SUNDAY ~~1OuQaN.
Receipts and disposition OF live stock at
the Union Stock Yards, South Omaha,
Neh,. for twenty-four hours ending at 3
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-01

NEW YORK. Nov. so.-sUoAR-Raw.
firm; muscovadO So test 243c; centrifugai.
e6 test. 3.SSc; molasses 50 test. a1sc Re
fined sugar. quiet
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-01
IE BEE; OMAHA WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 191


LONDON, Nov 90-American securities
were quet and featureless during The early
trading today. First prices showed siiCht
gains, but the market eased off later and
at noon values ranged from unchaured 10
= higher than yesterdays New York clos
ing
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-01
wool Market

ST. LOUIS, Nov. acknowledgements
territory and western mediums. G36Zlikc:
fine mediums, 2o6o1c; ma iIQl8c
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-01

ST. JOSEPH, No. Nov s0.-CATTLsE-
Receipts 1000 head; market strong 70 lOc
higher; steers N006b0, cows and heif-
ers. t10006. 50; calves, &3O00e -
HOGs-Rcceipts $500 head market
steady top. gl.15: bulk UC5G7lb
SHEEP AND LAMBS-ReceiptH l. 5U
head market, strong 70 100 higher; lambs.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-01

patents. H75E5 Is fret clears. 81 sod5 S.:
second clears s. 562b
BRAN-ln 100 pound sacks. t20oOa20bO
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-01
Nansau eity Grain ana Provisions.

KANSAS CITY, Nov g.-WHEAT-De-
cember, 69AQ693sc. bid: May. stisc, bid;
July. sQsua9aic. cash. unchanged TO he
higher; No hard. al43Sc; No. 8 90G96c
No. red, 3as5c; no. 3. 90I93c.
CORN-December. f2%nA24c sellers;
May, 8hQt5Hc, sellers; July ,4efl46ikc, sell
ers; cash. -tinchanged to Ao higher: No z
mixed, ts94e; 10. 8 t2A Q4fc; No. 2 white.
a5GfSc: No, 81 a2itGflc
OATS-Umchangcd No. white g2lEG
SIC; No. mixed glTS3o
RNE-No. q 1l1l4c.
HAN-Unchanged, choice timothy uAOC
GltE0; choice prairie $500
RUTTER-Creamery 29c; flrsts, CSC; sec
onds, sc; packing stock, 20c.
EGGS-EXtra, &c; firsts, SOC; seconds.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-01

- aanurIfinn.

Quotations furnished by Burns. Brinksr
building:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-01
Borton NIinlnr Storl..
New York Curb M,rl-.,.

The Following quotations are furnished
by Logan g. Bryan members New YoTS
stock exchange, as South Sixteenth
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-01
Stock in sirht.

Receipts OF live stock at the five principal
western markets yesterday:
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-02-04

PANAMA LIBEL SUIT
QUASHEO BY COURT
Judge Hough Holds Tnat the Circuit
Court Lacks Jurisdiction urider
the Storey Act.

New York, N. Y, Feb 1.-After a
running fire of argument with De
Lancey Nicoll for the defense and AS
sistant District Attorney Wise for the
Government Judge Hough in the
United States Circuit Coart, quashed
the indictment against The Press Pub.
fishing Company, publishers of The
New York World, charging criminal
libel in connection with the pro,nul-
cation of stories about the purchase
by the United States from France of
the Panama Canal Company. The
stories intimated that by virtue of tips
passed out by ex-President Roosevelt
and Secretary of War Taft at the time
the negotiations were undertaken. an
American syndicate that included
Douglas Robinson, Mr.. Roosevelt's
brother-in-law; Charles P. Taft, Presi-
dent Taft's brother, and William Nell
son Cromwell made a profit of some
S36,500,000 out of the $40 001 goo the
Government paid for tie French com.
pany.
AS there were no individual com
plainants in the case, the Government
relied upon statute called the
Story Act" passed by Congress in
1928, amended down to 1888 making
any crime on Government territory
punishable in the Federal courts un-
der the laws of the State in which the
Government concession in question
was located. In this way alone was
the publication in The World suscep-
tible Of prosecution by the Govern
ment in the absence of an individual
complainant This was the first at
tempt to enforce the statute since the
Storey law was passed.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-02-04
PREDICTS A WORSE PANIC.
Prof. Carver Thinks That the Food
Problem VIII Bring II.

Boston. Feb 1.-Prof. Thomas Nell
son Carver of Harvard, who predicted
the panic of 1907, is quoted in local
newspaper as saying that the high
prices of foodstuffs and the meat boy
colt are only the forerunners Of a
great financial panic which must come
In year or two
II will stake my reputation as an
economist that in 1912 or 1913 this
country will undergo one of the worst
panics in its history" he went on.
"The supply of foodstuffs in this coun-
try is becoming gradually, but surely
less than the demands Of the public,
and in my mind In not many years the
United States will of necessity be
obliged to import large quantity Of
its meat and other foodstuffs."
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-02-04
CHILDREN FORCED TO WORK.
High Prices Of Food Driving Them
from Schools at St. Louis.

st. Louis, Jan. 31.-High prices Of
meat and other foods are forcing chill
dren out Of the schools into the fac.
tory and workshop. This statement
was made to-day by w. w. Williams,
State Factory Inspector. HIS office is
filled with children who desire to quit
school and go to work. Each must
have certificate from the Factory
Inspector before being allowed to do
so.
When children leave school to
work, Inspector Williams inquiries the
reason, and almost without exception
the great number of applicants in the
last ten days, he says, have given the
cost Of living as the reason.
The applications for child labor per-
mits have almost doubled for the first
half Of January, as compared with
the previous month.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-02-04
PARIS FLOOD COST s2co,ooo. coo.
Hundreds of Thousands Are Destitute
and HUNGRY.

dlI TIutlgty'
Paris, France, Jan. 31.-Oficial es-
Inmates place the damage already
done by the great flood in France at
5000 .0C0.0 900. The Seine is still rising,
public buildings and residences are in
danger of collapse and hundreds of
thousands are homeless and hungry.
The food has invaded The entire
labyrinth of underground Parts. in
clIdine the great extent Of The cnta-
cOmbS. Subterranean streams tlow
under the centre of the city. new
have been converted into yellow ca
nails, pavements have caved in and
half the city is in darkness and with.
out heat
Gallopirg orderles are bearing in
structions which can no longer be sent
by telephone.
Transportation is completely para.
lyZed. Whole streets are roped off as
unsafe.
The bridges still stand, but traffic
has been closed over more than half
of them.
The food has not spared the rich
in its visitations. 1t imperils some of
the most fashionable districts.
The death rate also is growing at
a frightful rate. Scarlet fever has ap-
peared among the refugees at Ivry.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-02-04
TAFT TO WAR ON THE TRUSTS.
Start Made In a Crusade OF Wide Ex-
tent.

Washington, Jan. 81. - With the
beef trust already under fire and the
Standard Oil and American Tobacco
Supreme Court, 1t was made known
on high authority that the Admins
tration is planning a crusade of trust
busting" such as this country has nev-
er seen since the passage of the Sher-
man antitrust law about twenty
years ago.
is waiting only for the decision of the
Supreme Court in the Standard Oil
and Tobacco cases before he begins
his campaign against the trusts.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-02-04
LINES TIGHTEN
ON BEEF TRUST
Judge Lands, in Charge to the
Grand Jury, Opens the Fight
in Chicago
SAYS He STARTED The HUNT
Declares That He Mentioned 1t to Dis
trlct Attorney on Jan. 20 and on Jan.
22 Washington "functionaries" Told
Of Antitrust Plans.

Chicago, Feb. I'm one of the
most remarkable cha! gcs ever deliver
ed to a Federal Grand Jury, Judge
Kenesaw Nj. Lands formally launched
the inquiry that is to be made into the
alleged combination among the big
Chicago packing concerns in restraint
of trade.
Excorciating the Department Of
Justice at Washington in sizzling Ian
guage, and referring to certain of its
members as governmental functional
ries," Judge Lands deplored the fore
cast published in the newspapers con-
cerning the plans of federal officials to
place the Beef Trust under legal fire
and seek the conviction of those be-
lieved to be responsible for an illegal
combine.
Such disclosures on the part of fed
eral legal officials and the press, he
asserted, not only tend to obstruct the
orderly administration of justice, but
also inflct wrong upon any indivi-
dual whose conduct is under scrutiny.
A stir was created in the court room
when Judge Lands Informed the
members Of the Grand Jury that he
had reached the conclusion some time
ago to call the attention of that body
to alleged circumstances and condi-
tions" connected with the fresh meat
inquiry. He said he called the atten-
tion of District Attorney Edwin w.
Sims on January 20 to his plan Of ad-
vising the grand jurors to consider the
subject and that two days thereafter
long dispatches came from Washing
ton informing the public that the De.
partment OF Justice was fully primed
for AN attack on the Beef B.rons"
them behind the bars.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-02-04
PLUCK AvERTED FLOOD.
How Austin, Pa, was Saved from Dis.
| aster Like That Of Johnstown

Austin, Pa, Jan. 31.-Heroic work
by men of Austin has saved this town
from a disaster similar to that which
almost wiped out Johnstown twenty
years ago.
\ concrete dam, restraining a huge
volume Of water. showed signs of CIV
ing way yesterday, and three hundred
families went to the hills where they
remained all last night.
When the break was discovered.
however, a large gang of workmen,
assisted by many volunteers, set to
work blasting one end of the breast
of the dam. Others, at the risk of
their lives, worked all night trying to
reach q release valve at the bottom OF
the dam. They finally succeeded, and
the water was gradually released until
all danger was passed.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-02-04
FARMER BEARS THE LOSS.
Packers Take None of the Reduction
in Meat and Butter.

Omaha. Neb., Jan. 31.-The meat
boycott is hitting the farmer instead
of the beef trust, and instead OF the
great corporation suffering it is max
ing money out of the people by pur-
chasing its live stock at lower prices
and selling at the Old prices. The
same conditions prevail in the butter
market, which is controlled by the
packers and in which the reduction in
prices is saddled on to the farmers.
At the South Omaha stock yards
cattle, sheep and hogs are bringing
less than ten days ago, but the whole
sale price of fresh meats has not
changed.
Omaha is the largest producer of
butter in the world. When prices
dropped six cents pound today an.
nouncement was sent to all dairymen
that beginning tom orrow they will
get proportionately lower price for
their cream, thus throwing all the loss
on the farmers.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1910-02-04
OFFERS A ROYALTY
FOR alaska COAL
John E. Balla;ne Says Govern
ment Would Get $5O,OOO,OOO
by Suggested Lease
A REVENUE OF s0,OCO,OOO,
Proposal Made In Opposition to Bill
Practically Giving Lands Away
Fighting $40 an Acre Lease Plan
Which ls Under Amusement.

Washington, Feb. IA new factor
appeared in the already excited situ-
alton over the Alaska coal lands, on
the eve Of the beginning Of the Bal
linger-Pinchot investigation, which
largely concerns that quest on. John
E. Ballaine of Seattle, said to be the
largest individual property owner in
Alaska, has proposed to the Senate
Committee on Territories, of which
Senator Beveridge is Chairman, to pay
the Government a royalty OF 80 cents
a ton on coal mines for the lease of
5000 acres of some Of the choicest
coal lands in Alaska. Such a royalty
would net to the Government, Mr..
Ballaine says, as high as $2,000,0o0 a
hundred acres.
This proposal is made in opposition
to another proposition embodied in a
Dill which has been prepared, but not
yet introduced, designed to permit the
sale or lease of such lands at $40 an
acre. 1t is said that the general feat
ures Of this plan have the approval
of officials high in the Administration
AM of influential members of both
houses Of Congress.
Mr.. Ballaine offers to enter into
bond of $1,000,000 with the Govern
ment for the performance of his part
OF the agreement which he proposes,
and charges that "other interests"
have now at work in Washington
lobby headed by former United
States Senator" in support of the bill
referred to above under whose pro-
visions the Government would extend
an unconditional guarantee To \ rail
road or railroads which these inter
ests purpose to build in Alaska and
would virtually donate, to them At $40
per acre one or more tracts OF 5000
acres each To be selected by them.
Mr.. Ballaine quoted the United
States Geological Survey as stating in
one Of its recent reports that there are
16,000000.000 tons of coal In sight in
the known coal areas of Alaska and
and probably at least as much again
in regions yet unexplored. and he
pointed out that the leasing of these
areas on royalty basis such as he
was Offering for an area of only 5000
acres would ultimately bring to the
Government net revenue from that
source exceeding sS,000.0O0.000.