Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1903-05-10
Omaha Jobbers Refute Statements Of Com
petitOrs in Other Cities
SAY THEY ARE NOT TIED UP BY STRIKE
BrrOneOu, Reports Circulated to Divert
Trade From This City,
WHOLESALERS KEEP UP WITH ORDERS
Some Inconvenience at First, but Shipments
All Right Now.
NO MORE TROUBLE is ANTICIPATED
WHOLESALERS KEEP UP WITH ORDERS
no MORE TROUBLE is ANTICIPATED
Men In All Lines of Jobbing Trade
Discuss the situation and Ex-
presH the Most Optimis-
tic Views.

press the Most Optimis-
tic Views.
Travelling statesmen for wholesale houses
in other cities are representing to the trade
that the Omaha jobbers are completely tied
up by the strike and are unable TO fill
orders on account of a lack of shipping IA
cilities. These stories of course have had
the effect of diverting some trade from
Omaha, although the iobbers of this city
have assured their customers that they are
having no trouble In making shipments
promptly and expect none. Omaha Jobbers
generally insist that there has not been
day since the strike began when they have
not filled all the orders received, Some OF
them express themselves as follows:
w. S. Wright of the Wright & Wilhelmy
company-we were hampered for two or
three days, and made no shipments over
the Union Pacific or the Minneapolis road
from Friday until Wednesday. We sent
two or three orders to Sioux City to bo
filled, but since Wednesday we have been
able to handle all orders. good many
orders that would have come here have
gone elsewhere, but we expect to have no
more trouble and are ready for all comers.
shipping Every Day.
T. c. Byrne OF the Byrne Hammer Dry
Goods comparative have been shipping
goods every day, and have been delayed
only two days during all the trouble. While
the newspapers were saying that nothing
was doing in the jobbing district we were
filling orders There has been a whole lot
Of talk and the trouble has been magniled
by the public press. There has never been
a time where there was any occasion for
the militia or for regular troops Today
we are up with all shipments in the house
and our men are all satisfied. ! cannot
see why there was so much published about
the trouble, anyway. lot of us have been
classed as Capitalists and denounced as
the enemies of unions. l am a friend Of
unions and when say that do not say
II as the ordinary business men may say
It, for I have come up from the lowest
grade of office work and know what I am
talking about. The number of men idle
In Omaha has been magnihed. There are
not more than 500 teamsters engaged in
commercial work in Omaha and all of them
have not quit so when It is said that l,50o
are out 1t is a mistake. Well, there may
be that many OF the graders and similar
teamsters are counted, but they have moth
ing to do with the transportation of goods
in the city.
Can Handle All Orders.
Charles Benson Of H. C. Streight & Co.
There has not been time during the strike
when we have not been able to handle all
orders and handle them on time. We have
not been troubled ourselves. and consider
that we are somewhat fortunate. Our busi'
ness has not suffered in any way.
David Cole-We are able to fill all orders
and are doing It, think there will be no
long contest and the parties to the present
trouble will get together to mutual salts
faction Business In city trade is slow as
a result of the strike but this is getting
to be the slow season in our trade. anyway.
c. II. Pickens. Manager Paxton & Gal
laRher Company-Last week was peculiar
one. The election brought large number
OF our men into town and they started out
again wednesday. We had reports from
some of our men TO the effect that ST.
Joseph houses had sent out circulars saying
that because of the strike Omaha mer-
chants could not deliver goods. We have
been delivering goods all of the time, but
were impeded for a day OF two last week
and early this week. We adopted the plan
OF shipping in carloads and thus handled
the bulk OF our orders without much dif1-
Guilty. When we had carload to any one
place we would consign that car to our
selves at the destination and send a man
| there. who would distribute the goods. We
| would send other cars from the warehouse
| to the depot and have the consignments
! separated there, but the greater part was
| separated after II left town. We were,
early In the week, two or three days be-
hind in our shipments. but after that we
have been only from twsnty-four to forty
eight hours behind. and from all appear
ances we will be in good shape next week.
busiest Week in Years.
Euclid Martin Of Parlin. orendorf 4
Martin-we have just had the busiest week
| in ten years and we have succeeded In
hlling every order. So far as the strike is
concerned we are not financially aware OF
IT, We have had practically no dificulty
| in shipping our goods, with the exception
OF one wagon, that was turned back early
| in the strike. But so far as our business
is concerned we would not know that a
| strike Is on.
W. H. Glass Of the Lee-Glass- Andreesen
Company-we are right up with our orders
although we have had heavier week than
! for some time past The strike has not
! injured us In the least nor prevented us
! from sending out our shipments promptly
| on time, as usual. Letters received from
business men throughout Nebraska and
other states assure us that the writers are
in hearty sympathy with the stand taken
by the Omaha business men. Some ever
| went so far as 10 say that in the event We
could not MI our orders they would wait foI
the goods until the strike was ended We
are using railway cars and our spur track
as a means Of getting shipments to the
freight stations.
No Inconvenience.
John s. Brady Of the McCord- Brady Com
pany-The strike has not Inconvenience
us so far. We have been able to keep uI
with our business and there is not an ordei
in the house that has not been filled.
c. +. Weller President Of the Richardson
Drug Company-The report that omahS
wholesale houses are not able 20 MI thei
orders on account OF the strike which Il
being circulated In the tributary territory
by jobbers in competing cities and by thu
newspapers Is injuring Omaha 20 the sxten
of diverting orders that otherwise woul,
come here. This report, however. Is prac
ticaIly untrue, AZ We are In position u
supply our trade and have done 50 as usua
during the weak On two days Ne use.