Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-28
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Ministers seldom practice what
they preach, doctors do not often
swallow their own pills, and editors
often give other people advice which
they would not willingly apply to
their own condition.
Sam Slick might call this human
nature, but the BEE prefers to pro.
nounce 1t human depravity In its
refined essence. Nowhere does this
hypocritical deprsyity exhibit more
marked effects than in the
selfish and penurious prac-
tice Of certain citizens Of Oma-
bs, who are loud-mouthed about
encouraging home industry, and are
always making their purchases and
Investments abroad. While, in
some rare instances, these picayunish
gentlemen may succeed in saving .
few pennies, in nine cases out of ten
they are simply damaging their
peighbcrs, by their Sontempdble
example, without materially bene-
fitting themselves. A few illustra-
lions In point may suffice: Some
Of our most prominent citizens
make 1t a regular practice to buy
their railroad tickets TO Chicago,
1t. Louis, and other eastern and
southern points, at Spoon Lake sta
ton, because they imagine q posi-
bic saving of Twenty-Five to fifty
cents.
Now the fact IL that the rates
charged by the Omaha ticket
agents, are precisely the same as
those charged at Spoon Lake, plus
the regular bridge transfer rates.
They sell tickets with or without
these transfer coupons, and there
tors there can be no possible advan-
tage in patronizing Spoon Lake.
j this small practice of some Of our
Omaha nabobs should become
general, the eastern and south,
ern companies would soon
close their Omaha Offices, and
dispense with the Omaha agents.
People who read the Omaha Herald
viii doubtless remember the many
stirring appeals to our citizens to
pstronize home industry, to build
up home manufactures by liberal
Inducements. And now when the
Htrold IL erecting . palatial struc-
ture adjoining the Grand Central
the proprietors have carried their
cheap advice into practice by pur-
chasing the iron front for their
building at . Chicago foundry.
Now, this transaction might have
been excusable had the Omaha
foundries been permitted to COM
pete with Chicago in bidding for
this work. Such was, however, not
The case. Neither Van Dorm nor
Halls foundry were approached. al
though we are assured they could
readily duplicate the work at Chica-
no ratsa Here then, we have jour
nnlistic consistency in q nutshell.
euupose the Omaha foundries
should send to Chicago for
xhslr fob printing, would
Mt the Herald send up . howl Of
virtnous indignation It The terrible
cutrses. Just now whsa he cityi ID
fa1l az idle moulders andmaohinists,
even Eve hundred dollazs worth Of
work would have afforded some re-
uef Let us therefore hear 10 more
about home industries num that
sourcs. But then the Heroedh We
reeret to observe, not alone n this
aistribution practice Of foseign im-
portsdon. Other wsll-to-do citisen1
srs habatnally importing fnrnielEes
ea.psts, hardware, jewelEy md even
The nostordinary utensils nom est
sndMlas.
Il It not shout time for such peo-
ME to understand that they are
cutting their own Threats hgura-
lively apsaking, by such rtznnsac-
lions. Can Omaha ever expect 10
beasms . eommsEcial metropolia, -
lone - these misefly pesfss- esa-
tinus 10 exert such . bansfal inda'