Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-17
Ihe IOIOWlnH VIII SHOW Iut UItEIIHSs dt
Omaha for each day of the past week:
as Z SEES 1T.
omaha's Present Condition n Sharp Warn
Ing to Moneyed Men.

Omaha's Present Condition n Sharp Warn
Ing to Moneyed Men.
Mr.. W. a Robertson, manager Of r G.
Dun & Co.'S Mercantile agency in Omaha,
speaking of trade, says:
"Trade is not active for the season though
it is good IN most, if not all, staple lines. The
recovery is very slow. Hopeful merchants
and fnanciers freely predict improvement
after January, 1894. Money is quite a little
easier and Christmas trade is better than
last week, though not up to one year ago.
The county is assisting 100 fami-
lies this winter and more are
asking aid. The charitable organizations
are also being drawn upon for considerable
help. The fact is that probably l, 500 people
in Omaha are very much in need Of the
necessaries of life and a great many others
are oblige to call upon more thrifty
relatives aud friends for help 20 pull through
what promises to be a hard winter. Never
theless some of the steady wage earners are
banking a little every month, and everybody
Is eronomizing. This makes it hard for
retail dealers aud particularly those who
are selling Injuries.
This brings to the front a thought which
/ regret 10 call 10 public attention. II IS the
lethargy of our wealthiest and most in
fiuential citizens IN regard 10 public matters.
Can II be posslOle they do not know that
business is very dull and honest people
willing and anxious for employment are I'M
able TO ind IT. Can IL be possible that they
are indifferent 10 the future Of Omahai
II would appear either mat they
are supremacy selfish on hopeless. The
Commercial club is an organization number.
ing over 700 members, and yet one can count
the active workers on his fingers, and il is
the hardest kind Of work 10 get out a re-
Die gathering OF business men 10 dis
cuss even the most important public topics.
This Is wrong. The millionaIres, the
property owners and the business men
will Kill the city il they persist in
this policy. The Commercial club costs in
dividual members a triiie. Its executive
officers are wide awake ana the commits
siouer is a good worker. They ought 20
have. and must have, the support Of the
community or their efforts will fan utterly.
This city needs Just such an organization,
and the mnncyeG men OF Omaha must wake
up and help.
This is plain talk, but 1t is business, and
If the conditions DOW confronting the ousi'
ness men Of Omaha will not arouse them "a
some sort OF activity they Hill live 10 see
the day when they have discovered their
mistake.
oThe Commercial club will meet Count
Lnbrinski on Monday at 10 o'clock 10 talA
over the beet sugar proposition. Every mem.
DER Of the club IS Interested and should be
on hand II possible. Another city want:
the proposed factory and will get it il
Omaha people do not do theil
part. The far seeing business men Of
Omaha are convinced, / think, thaI
this city is in the center Of what must on,
day be the greatest beet producing area il
America or the world. The establishment
of, a factory here is merely preliminary
10 focaliLing this promising industry
ia Omaha. Refnerles are certain
10 come aud steps ought 70 be taken now 4
make sure that Omaha shall be the futuri
sugar center of the union. VIII the gentle
men who believe Omaha is not Yet don,
growing assist, or permit the present plal
10 fail through their n~egligencel
tine brightest thing Of the week 1
the informal and indehnite an
nouncemenI that q union depot IS really on
Of the promises for next summer. IL az
pears that the money is available and IN
brains are back OF IL 70 pIac
a !oint passenger depot 81 tn
foot Of FarnAm street over tn
doors OF which shall be engraved In gol
letters All May Enter Here The detail
are not Yet ready for the public, but In thes
disheartening lines there 10 comfort In th
knowledge thai there are men in this cat