Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-12

by more than three-fourth majority.
Omaha was selected by the Farmers
Cooperative Grain and Live stock state
association as the place for next year 3
meeting.
This. the election Of officers. whose
Names are given above. and a unanimous
vote OF thanks to the women who stayed
at home to milk the cows and feed tho
piss while the farmers came to Omaha,
were tho features Of yesterdays con-
vention Of farmers at the Rome. Tho
vote TO the women was made on motion
OF L. +. Price Of shickley, seconded by
II p. Hubbard OF Juaiata, who admitted
that he was ashamed OF having come
away from home. leaving the women
folks 20 do the chores.r with the mercury
below zero.
Mr. Price said Il was the women who
had made the convention q success In
spite Of the fact that but one woman was
present at the session. He said II the
women hadn't been willing to do the
chores, tho men couldn't have come to
Omaha.
Omaha Invites Retarn.
u. " Parrish, manager OF the publicity
bureau OF the omaha Commercial club.
and c. Vincent Of the Omaha Grain ex-
change rendered omaha's invitation to
the farmers Tor next year. An invitation
from the Lincoln Commercial club was
read by 1, ;. canaday. The nomination
for Omaha was made hy .. u. Iaker Of
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The Omaha Commercial club Is taking
better care Of us than the Lincoln Com
msrciai club did" said Mr.. RiEer. I'VE
ought 10 come hack on this account, and
because Omaha is the pace We market
our grain and live stock. We should visit
the Grain exchange Is often as we can
Lincoin Man Boost. Omaha.
Il am Lincoln man. and / would ike
to see you come to Lincoln. but believe
II would be 10 your interest to meet again
In Omaha, as you are being given better
accommodations and greater consldera-
tion IN Omaha than would be possible In
Lincoln" said y. O. odeil OF Hnooln.
O. C. Noble OF Crete and Il. p. HUB
bard Of Junlata also spoke for Omaha.
II IL likely that the Nebraska Farmers
congress and the Nebraska Rural Lifa
commission. holding their convention
jointly with the cooperative grain men,
win select Omaha for their 1913 meeting
since the grain men have done so.
Gan Foreteil Depression.
Al the general afternoon meeting OF
the allied organizations-the cooperative
men and the Farmers congress-willis Y.
Reed Of Madison delivered an address on
prices. Scientific investigation. he said.
shows that prices Of given commodity
rise and fall in cycles OF certain duration
with such regularity that initiation and
depression can be forstold. He suggested
that the farm men advocate that the
government investigate the facts OF these
cycles and make them public. This. he
said. would warn people against making
their eontractsi fall due In times Of de-
preston and would avert wholesale bank
ruptcies.
The afternoon session Of the cooper
ative men was taken up with lively dis
cussion as TO whether the manager Of
farmers elevator. not an owner OF stock
In the company, should be n member OF
the association. In the scrap. ]. w.
shorthin OF Hampton and @. T. Briggs
Of Cook. who had been elected directors
At the morning session. resigned because
they were not stock owners. Then a
proposed ameniment OF the constitution
to make elevator managers. whether
stockholders or not. eligible to member
ship vas voted down. Mr.. shorthill quail
flied at once by buying stock from the
president Of his company. the transsetion
taking place before the eyes of the dele-
gates. Mr.. Briggs was unable to quail