Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-11
OMAHA AND DENVER.


The people of the metropolis OF Me-
brasl<a fully appreciate the beauty and
the healthfulness OF Colorado's capital
city. They have never failed TO duly
honor, also, the energy and enterprise
of Denver's citizens, and to feel graft
fed at the growth and prosperity OF that
city. Omaha is profoundly interested
in all western progress. She thoroughly
believes in the magnificent destiny OF
the imperial region lying between the
Mississippi and the Pacific ocean, and
observes with pride and satisfacti ON
every step in the march toward the at
tainment OF that destiny. She has no
jealousy or envy of any western city.
and among them all the very last OF
which she could have such a feeling is
Denver. The two cities are not and can
hundred miles apart, and the conditions
of their past growth and future prosper
ity are wholly different. The Colorado
metropolis is the market for a rich MIN
ing region still, 1T is believed, but in
the first stage OF development, and re-
sort for people whose ailments require
the health giving climate which its
altitude affords. AS the mining in
terests of Colorado are developed, with
the aid of Omaha and other capital,
Denver will inevitably reap large
measure of the benefits, while her cli-
mate is possession of which she can
never be deprived by any circumstance
within human control. AS q great
mining and medicinal center, therefore,
the future of Denver is assured. Oma-
has prosperity rests upon Other and
different foundations. She is not merely
the metropolis of a great state, but OF
vast region whose agricultural resources
and possibilities are unsurpassed by any
| equal extent Of territory on the face OF
| the globe. She is not wanting, either,
| in most salubrious and heatthful cli-
| mate, as the mortality statistics attest,
| but this is not a source of dependence.
| AS the center of the great corn belt and
| the natural market for the cattle and
| hogs of vast region, with her founda-
| tions of prosperity firmly laid, Omaha
looks to the future with a serene and
unquestioning confidence.
The suggestion 70: these observa-
| tions is found in an interview re-
garding Omaha which reporter
for Denver paper recently had
with a business man of that city who
endeavored unsuccessfully to establish
| n branch of his business in Omaha.
| When q merchant does not succeed in
| accomplishing what he claims to do he
| is pretty sure to ascribe his failure to
| something else than his lack Of enter
prise and good judgment. Thus it is
| with this Denver merchant who repre-
| sents Omaha to be on the verge Of fnan-
| cial ruin, the population steadily de-
| creasing, no building going on, the city
filed with unemployed men, and a state
| OF affairs generally which would in
deed be deplorabie il truo. Unfortu-
nateiy, however, for the veraeity of the
Denver merchant, he made the mis-
take OF referring to the Omaha mana
ger of r. G. Dun Il Co. as authority for
some Of his alleged facts, and that gen.
tleman's attention having been directed
to the statement he disposes OF it as fol-
lows:
! OMAHA, August 9.-To the Editor of THE
BEE: My attention has been called to an ar
ticle in the Denver Republican of the I'd
| inst. under the caption OF Ozark Days in
Omaha" in which my name is mentioned as
voicng the views of Mr.. Hart, formerly of
| the Hart Carpet company of this city. but
| now of Denver. l wish to state in justice to
| myself and the city of Omaha that Mr..
Hart's assertions ara absolutely false and
| bear the unmistakable ear marks of rank
prejudice. My views of Omaha and her fu-
ture are clearly set forth IN our semi-annual
business outlook OF June 90, which was
freely and favorably commented upon by the
press of this city. Yours truly,
CHARLES J. BELL,
Manager II. G. Dun & Co.
1t would be waste of space to point
out in detail the absurdites in the Den
yer merchants interview, to which we
should have given no attention what
ever but for the communication OF Mr..
Bell, which destroys whatever force
the alleged facts Of the me.chant's
statement might otherwise have.
Omaha cannot be injured by reports OF
this character with people who will
take the trouble TO ascertain the truth.
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