Omaha daily bee., 1891-10-04

and the ministers of the city will be devoting
q large share OF their time to this work.
The Door will have their most pressing
necessities relieved and they will be carried
through another winter but only to remain
dependent, for philanthropists have always
observed that igiving to the poor destroys
their love of independence and the desire to
better their condition through their own
| efforts.
For that reason it has been said that the
best help that can oe extended
s sG a nER@ 00r to man Decom is w SsIf . w6lSa ea,
and useful citizen: This is a point worthy Of
the careful consideration of the charitable
people of Omaha, who will doubtless agree
with the above assertion, but the question
will naturally suggest itself, how are these
people to be given work, especially in the
winter season, when the opportunities for
securing employment are poorer than at
other Times.
The problem is not so diffcult as may ap-
pear on its face. Let all the charitably in
clined people Of Omaha at once to
use home mado goods and in thirty to sixty
days tho surplus stocks now held by the fac
tories will be exhausted and they will all be
wanting more help and every man In the city
will have an opportunity to obtain employ
ment at remunerative wages sufficient to sup
port himself and family.
The ministers Of most churches preach
sermons on the subject of charity to the poor
and urge upon their members the necessity of
giving freely OF their ST substance to relieve the
distress of their less fortunate fellow beings.
Would it not be worth the while of these
same ministers to call the attention OF their
congregations to this subject now, ana instead
people spend their money at homo and give
poor people a chance to get work, and thus
rise above their present hard loti
Some Omaha Factories.
The Manufacturers and Consumers asso-
citation Is not yet in a position to take up the
work Of educating the consumers as to the
manufacturing interests Of the state, and
THE BEE will accordingly continue to call
attention to local factories. A large number
OF Omaha factories have already been
described in the series of articles commenced
some weeks ago, but there are still many
more that have not been mentioned.
A line of business with which few people
in Omaha arc familiar is the plating of gold,
silver and nickel on all kinds OF metal. This
work is carried on by the Western Plating
works at 1ll4 Dodge street and while the es-
adjustment is not large 1t Is one of the most
interesting places in the city.
Ihis Is manufacturing not only In the
senses OF creating something new but also IN
the way OF making an old article new. The
proprietor remarked ave are the greatest
cheats in the world for we take an article
that has been worn out and put on "A now
plating and II is not only as good as new but
no one can tell it from new"
A great many people do not know that this
can be done and thousands of household arti-
cles are discarded because the plating is
worn of, when they could be replated at a
triting expense.
A great deal Of the work In this line is
sent east when 1t could be done Just as well
and, many times, cheaper at home. 1t is es-
umated that the work sent away by Omaha
people would keep seven or eight moro men
at work.
The operation of plating looks simple and
yet II Is n profound mystery TO the uninitfated.
IL the article TO be plated is of iron or steel il
Is first placed on emery wheels, which re-
move all the rust and render the surface
smooth and polished. This polishing is a
trade by itself.
After the article Is polished IL Is plunged
into different chemicals and at last sus.
pended by u copper wire in a large tank filed
with a peculiar liquid. Suspended in the
Same tank are pieces of crude nickel. The
electric current is turned on and Ia a few
minutes covers the article with O coating Of
nickel.
II the article to be plated Is OF brass 1t is
polished by means Of a biff which is nothing
more nor less than a wheel made by cutting
out a large number OF circular pieces OF cot
ton cloth and placing them together. Diff
ferent chemicals are also used.
In plating with gold aAd silver the opera
ton Is similar but usually on a smaller scale.
C~ooperage Factories.
The coopers had a float 10 the parade on
labor day that attracted a good deal of atten-
ton as II represented two or three men at
work at their trade and bore the inscription, |