Omaha daily bee., 1892-02-07
THE OMAHA DAILY SUNDAY 1se2sxTEEN PAGES

handling OF the leading varieties OF seeds by
the retail dealers In bulk, instead OF in small
papers or packages. Customers can then see
the seeds and know what they are buying.
Seeds put up in papers are left with the
retail dealer to sell on commission, and there
must be an iexorbitant profit In them
for the iobber. h On the other hand,
bulk seeds are sold outright to the
dealer and can DO handled on n much smaller
margin. This enables tho dealer TO give his
customer aiarRer quantity as well as a bet
ter quality of seed, for the same money. A
great many copntry merchants are falling
into the custom efhandling bulk seeds.
The bulk seed trade IN Nebraska las
doubled every year for the past three years,
on account of the,new farms that have been
opened up. "A few years ago clover and tim
othy seed was brought into the state from
Chicago and other eastern points; today we
not only produce sufficient for cur own wants,
but in some localities have a surplus, which
Is banded by the large seed houses and
shipped out of the state.
This industry, like many others. offers a
splendid opportunity for the farmers and re-
tail merchants of Nebraska TO do something
for their state by aiding in the development
OF an important industry. The rapid ad-
vance Of seed growing in Nebraska shows
that there are great possibilities in tho bus-
ness, and the more II Is encouraged the
greater will its value be to the state A
prominent scotsman of the east, who travelled
through Nebraska last season, IN speaking Of
the possibilities of seed growing, remarked
NEBRASKA Is the garden spot of the world
for this business"
Shipping Flour Into Nebraska.
If the manufacturers of Nebraska have an
idea that outside manufacturers are going to
the trade Of this state, for so MANY years.
without struggle, they are evidently
doomed to disappointment. Eastern manu-
facturers introduced their goods into Ne
braska before there were any factories with
In the state and succeeded In impressing
upon the minds of the people the names and
value of their different makes of goods. BY
continually keeping their names and goods
before the people thev have prevented local
manufacturers from gaming the attention of
the people. 1t may seem strange
and yet it Is a fact that goods made a thou
sand miles from Omaba are better known to
the people of this city than goods made at
home. The reason is to be found in the fact
that eastern manufacturers learned long ago
that in order TO sell goods they must adver-
tise what they had to sell. A Lincoln paper
recently pointed out that one eastern factory
spent more money IN advertising its wares in
Nebraska than all the Nebraska manufactur-
ers put together.
claimed that it did not do them any good to
advertise because the people were preiudiced
against their goods. That excuse no longer
holds coed as the public prejudice
Is now on the side OF the home
manu- facturcr and people all over the state
are asking, what goods are made in Ne
braskar'
Outside manufacturers are aware of the
change In public sentiment and instead of
allowing the people to forget them are
advertising themselves more extensively
than ever before.
TIE people OF Omaha had very good evi-
dence of this only few days ago. A large
Minneapolis -four mill, the name of which is
more familiar to the people of Nebraska than
that of any Nebraska mill, made great dis
play of shipping train load of -four to
Omaha. The people will buv it because they
know and hear so much about it, notwith-
from Omaha to minneapolis, a drain which
this city can i'll afford.