Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-22
HOME PATRONAGE MOVEMENT
Commercial Club Appoints COMMITTEES to
Submit Plan Of Action,
WILL STIMULATE PAYMENT OF TAXES
Kansas City's Boosted Rect Sugar
Factory Boomlct Rudcly Pune
turcd-wiII banquet Bur-
Iington Oficinls.

At a meeting Of the executive committee
OF the Commercial club arrangements were
authorized for the entertainment OF party
of Burlington railway passenger officials who
will visit Omaha next Friday afternoon in
the progress of their trip over the road Tor
the accumulation of such information as may
interest the general travelling public con-
cerning the cities along the line This party,
which includes leading representatives OF
the passenger department in all Of the large
cities of the country, is now in the west.
1t will reach Omaha at p. m. Friday and
will be taken about the city on the street
cars and to South Omaha by the local ofn-
cials of the road. At $50 they will be ten
dercd dinner at the Commercial club rooms
under the auspices of the freight bureau
and about eighty OF the shippers and busi-
ness men of the city will be invited to meet
them.
1t was stated that considerable backward
ncss had been manifested in the payment
OF personal takes and the suggestion was
made that the club should take some steps
to encourage the payment of that part OF
the general burden by those who are re-
sponsible for such payment A vote of those
present showed that all had paid their
ehare and a committee comprising Messrs.
was appointed to investigate delinquencies
in that respect and report what steps are
advisable to encourage puuctuality en-
the part of Omaha property owners in the
payment OF their personal taxes.
The advisability OF organizing for the en-
couragement OF home patronage was dis
cussed. Movements toward that end are In
progress in many Of the more progressive
cities. The Manufacturers and Consumers
Association of Nebraska formerly exerted
some beneficial influences in favor of home
patronage, but 1t disbanded some months
ago. committee comprising John Il. Utt,
A. Hospe and e. f. Andrews was appointed
to report some feasible plan Of effective or
ganization at the next meeting.
Kansas City Sugar Factory Boomlct.
Commissioner UT called attention to re.
cent articles in the Kansas City papers to
the effect that the Advanced Beet Sugar
Construction company Of New York was
about to remove to Kansas City and estab-
lish million-dollar factory at that point.
He exhibited a communication from a New
York correspondent in which the latter said
that he had called on the manager of the
Advanced Beet Sugar Construction company
and had been by him informed that there
is nothing whatever in the claim Of the
Kansas City papers; that in fact the COM
pany was not in the beet sugar manufacture,
but merely dealing in some specialties. 1t is
part owner Of the First Beet Sugar COM
panys plant at Rome, N. Y, but the latter
has no intention of locating in the west
He could not understand why the Kansas
City papers are making 50 much of the mat
ter. as he was sure that no such statement
had ever emanated from the company
President Martin notice that he
would soon propose measure providing that
the club shall maintain a freight commit
tee entirely separate from the executive
committee, to be composed of shippers, men
who would be likely to cut more ice when
they approached a transportation company.
Commissioner UT reported that there has
been a recent adjustment of merchandise
rates by the Union Pacific along it's Gala
way branch whereby some of the dscrimi-
nations against Omaha have been abolished.
He thought there was nothing in the COM
plants coming from Denver regarding dis
ordinations claimed to exist in favor Of
Omaha to points in western Nebraska and
eastern Colorado. The disadvantages en-
countered by Denver were only such as are
encountered by every city when it under
takes to compete with cities east of it. He
also reported on the decision of the West
ern Freight association to submit to arbi-
tration the differential between Omaha and
Kansas City on packing house products to
southeast territory.
The names of twenty-six applicants for
membership were proposed and submitted to
committee for report. The expenditure of
$125 was authorized for the better equip
ment of the banquet room.
Encouraging correspondence was submit
ted from four eastern implement houses
which are considering propositions for re-
moyal to Omaha.