Omaha daily bee., 1891-09-06

dray wagons being made for the local manu-
featuring aud jobbng houses.
The business Is apparently In prosperous
condition, ana the manufacturers are able TO
meet all competition. Tho only trouble is
tnat tho business Is kept down by the apathy
Of the Omaha people, who do not take inter-
est enough in local institutions TO give them
their patronage "A manufacturer told me
that on a recent Sunday afternoon, out OF G5
carriages which hc counted In Hanscom park,
only one was OF Omaha make.
is IL any wonder that Omaha has not become
a great manufacturing point, that mon are
sometimes out OF employment here and that
business Is sometimes dull whene very dol
lar that large proportion OF the people can
scrape together Is sent away TO eastern cities
As many OF these turnouts were double
carriages costing all the way from 500 TO
$1,000, IL would be putting it very low TO say
that they cost on an average 800 each Then
we have sl2 500 that had been sent east for
carriages that could have been duplicated
here for the same money and $500 kept in
Omaha. In other words, the carriage riding
people spend 81 in Omaha and S6i in eastern
cities
What an array that was to pass before an
Omaha carriage makers eyes. aud what a
courageous man that manufacturer was that
he did not go an ourn his factory for the in
sura nee money and leave the town.
a few weeks APO | visited an tern town
of about 1909 people that is supported by
one carriage factory. | inquired of one of
the managers where tho patronage came
from to support such a mammoth concern as
there were no large cities near at hand
"O,' said the manufactur rer. THE west buys
the bulk of our goods and you will find plenty
our make in your own state,' Yes there are
plenty of his make in Omaha and they give
evidence of the disintcrestedncss of the peo-
pic Of Omaha who arc willing to contribute
to tho building up of llourshing towns all
over New York and New England instead of
building up their own city. remember a
former prominent politician and Office holder
in Omaha who bOug ght a carriage from that
very factory and he was so afraid that dollar
or two of his money might remain in Omaha,
tnat he dlt not try TO obtain 1t through
local dealer but sent direct to the
factory. @ He was defeated at the
next election because voters could not be i'm
ported from the east as readily as carriages
and he is now trying his fortunes in another
city.
Instead OF one hundred Omaha ana Nebraska
is able to give employment to several nun
dred men il carriage buyers would only see
to their own interests. DAVENPORT
WHAT BUSINESS MEN SAY.
George w. Linlnger.-The manufacturers
must organize and the plan outlined in The
BEE contained good many useful sugges-
tions. All this talk on tho subject, while it
may do some good, will not remedy the evil,
the manu- facturerS themselves must take 1t In
hand and push it. Some one ought to cali
meeting of manufacturers at once.
have been talking with Mr.. Boggs, presl-
dent of the Real Estate Owners Association,
and he tenders the use of their room to the
manufacturers, and will do anything that he
can to cooperate with them in what he
realizes to be most important movement.
One of the first things IS to give us list of
the goods made in Omaha. l asked my folks
the other day to adopt the home patronage
rule in ordering supplies for the house, and
was met Immediately with the question,
What kind of goods are made in Omaha and
where can we get themp A brief list of the
staples that could be pasted along side Of the
telephone would be a most useful thing until
the manu- facturerS could compile a complete
list IN pamphlet form. The suggestion in
THE BEE to enlist the ladies in the work was
a very good one, and they can do much
toward helping Omaha. 1t may become
necessary before we get through with this
to make house to house can
vass TO induce housekeepers to
use Omaha goods. We are experiencing dull
times in Omaha because public works have
been stopped and there are good many idle
men here that will leave the city unless they
get work and the only kind of work that can
be given them is in factories. What a great
thing it would be- II every housekeeper in
Omaha would commence at once to use
Omaha made goods. Take the one article of
flour for example. There is one Touring mill
in Omaha that turns out first class article
and il every family would commence calling
for that flour in ten days we would have
employing every man that they had room for
and be unable to fill orders then. In a very
little time we would see them enlarging their
plant or other parties putting up mills.
| believe in extending this matter
of home patronage to the whole state and in
keeping all our money in Nebraska.
A. j. Simpson, carriage manufactured
hear people saying almost every day, 1--WE
must have more factories in Omaha to give
employment to laboring men and to keep
money in circulation" / tell them that there
Is no use in paying out money to get factories
to come here and then starve them to death.
The city is full of factories now that are not
running near full capacity while the people
are sending their money east to buy the
same goods that might be made here and
then mourning because we do not have more
factories to make things lively. If the peo-
Pile of Omaha will stand by the factories that
double their capacity ana other fac
invitation. The local carriage manufactur-
ers have all reduced the number of men en-
ployed but II the people would buy one half
OF the carriages used in Omaha OF home
makers they would all be doubling their
forces
Il. f. Hodgin, secretary of the Nebraska
State Business Mems associaGion-IHE BEE
is doing great work for tho city. NV asso-
citation believes in the principles of home
patronage and you will find that members
throughout the state are buying the most of
their goods inside the state so far as possible.
There are large number Of canning factor
les located at different points in the state. If
every NebrasKan would insist on having
only the Nebraska brands there would be a
rapid increase in the capacity OF the fac
tories. You touched upon cigars IN q re-
cent article in TIE BEE, If every
smoker in Omaha who smokes domestic
cigars would buy those of home make. es-
innate that we could furnish employment TO
800 cigarinakers instead of only 100. am
smoking home made cigars that | will put up
against any eastern make for the same
money, and let any good unprejudced Judge
decide as TO the quality. Then too, think 1t
q big advantage to smoke Omaha cigars.
because | see how and where they arc made,
and do not take any chances of getting some
thing from tenenant house full of filth and
disease Then there Is another point. How
many Of the bank checks used by the Omaha
banks are printed in this city, and yet Omaha
concerns can do as good lithographing as any
of the banks use. If the banks would get
all their work done here where they make
their money, it would be a big item
Another thing that does not look right to me
is to see big signs posted up on the new
buildings announcing that the furnishings
are being made by some eastern firm. This
matter of nome patronage is an almost mex
ifaustible subject and one that can be writ
ten and talked about for weeks. Tine more
the question Is agitated the more benefit
Omaha will receive.
Mr.. Drummond of w II, Drummond & Co.,
carriage makers-I have just returned from
and rand tho nrtirlpS in Tu, Dp ~,