Omaha daily bee., 1891-10-04
HOME INDUSTRY.
The Manufacturers Association of Nebraska
Completes its Organization.
PLAN OF CAMPAIGN FULLY OUTLINED,
What Home Patronage Will Do for a
Few Lines OF Local Manurac-
ture-Nebraska Manufac-
turers should Join.

The Manufacturers and Consumers Asso-
citation Of Nebraska has completed its organi-
cation by the election Of a competent man
for the position OF secretary. The mem
bers OF the association and the board of
directors are enthusiastic over the move
Hent and are devoting a large share of their
1me to the work before them.
Their efforts will be devoted entirely to the
task of educating the people to use Nebraska
manufactures and products, and by this
means develop the manufacturing interests
of the state.
There are so many methods of furthering
this object that the work of the association
will really be Of a varied nature and cover a
wide field.
For the benefit of the manufacturers of the
state outside of Omaha who have not had the
opportunity of attending the meetings and
hearing the subject discussed it may not be
out of place to briefly mention some Of the
plans which have been already proposed.
One OF the first things that
the association will PROBABLY do is to
adopt a. trade mark or label which
can DO used on goods manufactured by any
member of the association who may desire to
use 1t. Tho object OF this is TO enable the
consumer to identify goods of NebrasKa
manufacture and to guard against deception.
So many lines of goods made outside OF the
state are branded with SOM local Dealers
name, or with the name of a Nebraska city,
that the consumer can not tell whether he Is
getting the true Nebraska article or not.
Manufacturers who may wish TO guard
against any such deception can avail them
selves of the Nebraska label.
Another branch OF the association work
Will DO the organization of homo patronage
clubs. According TO the associations oonsti-
tuition there are two classes of members. The
first includes the actual manufacturers, who
pay dues and support the organization and
are known as the active members. The sec
ond includes all persons who will sign an
agreement TO use goods OF Nebraska manu-
facture so far as possible. This second class
Is known as the general membership and IL
not required to pay initiation fees or dues,
and is not put to any trouble or expense in
Joining the association. They are practically
honorary members.
One OF the most important branches OF the
work before the association will be the en-
largement OF the honorary roll.
In Omaha II is proposed TO make q house to
house canvass, explaining to the people the
necessity OF using Nobraska products and
giving them as to what goods
are manufactured in the state, and II posi-
bic Induce them to sign an agreement 10 use
such goods as far as practicable, or IN other
citation.
In what manner tho people OF tho state at
IhEso can DE reached has not been decided
upon, but the association will probably wait
Tor suggestions from the manufacturers To-
Gated at the different towns throughout the
state before taking any important action.
The secretary OF the Nebraska State Bust
ness Mems association, whose membership
Includes the majority Of the wide awake
retail merchants Of the state, has suggested
that their members were deeply Interested in
any move that would tend TO develop the
resources OF the state, and that they would
without doubt help very materially TO swell
the list OF general membership.
Every active member of tho association will
be expected TO send TO tho secretary a list OF
al goods made by, his nrm ana these lists
will be compiled by him and printed aud