Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-03
Some Needs of Nebraska Towns

CUTOFF and no further from Chicago than
Omaha, il gives the wholesaler. jobber and
manufacturer better facilities for bringing
In his stock and raw materials and dis
tributng them among his customers than
he has In any other Nebraska town OUT
side Of Omaha and Lincoln. and as far as
Nebraska, Wyoming, the Dakotas, and in
fact the entire northwest are concerned,
he can compete with them at any point
What Fremont and about every other
Nebraska town needs Is a square deal on
railroad rates and no rebates. with a free
field and fair competition. Fremont asks
no special privileges. We want western
coal laid down here at just a little lower
figure than towns TO the east Of us are
paying, and we object 70 paying IS cents a
ton more freight on 1t than Omaha pays.
We want a strict enforcement Of the
rebate law and the enactment by our legis-
lature and the enforcement by our officers
OF laws which will prevent the railroads
from charging more for a shorter than a
longer haul, thereby discriminating
against us.
We need men to take advantage Of our
superior transportation facilities, more
wholesale and jobbing houses and more
factories. Those lines OF business here are
all prosperous. We need a wholesale fruit
produce and commission house. We believe
that distributing house for agricultural
implements could have as good a trade
here as at Council Bluffs
We need more factoriea We have excel
lent factory sites near the business part
Of town and accessible to all three rail-
roads, which can be had at exceedingly
low prices. We want a denaturized alcohol
have decided upon the most desirable prod
uct to convert into alcohol and the most
economic methods Of refining we can fur
nish them ali the raw material they want.
right at the door, whether potatoes, sugar
beets or corn stalks. A paper mill or
strawboard factory which would convert
into something useful the thousands Of
tons OF straw too frequently burned TO get
them out Of the way would be very accept
able
We already have many such prosperous
institutions, carriage factory, whose spe-
cialty, a mountain wagon, IS the recog-
nized standard throughout the Rockies,
and an order for which recently came un-
solicited from Brazil a saddlery and har-
ness company with an esta bllshed reputa-
ton for reliable goods, an incubator fac
tory which recently moved here because
OF our superior transportation facilities,
wire fence factory, stone cutting works
and a great many other smaller institu-
lions, furnishing employment to hundreds
OF men. The demand for dwelling houses
caused by the growth OF our commercial
interests has compelled the building of $50
houses the last season, enough to house a
good sized town
We want TO have the main thorough
fares leading off 4,
shape. The Commercial club has kept the
road question before the people for the last
hve years and considerable Improvement
has resulted. The inheritance tax law
ought to help US out in this matter in the
near future.
We have the handsomest city in the
state and are making it more beautiful by
keeping the trees trimmed and the lawns
In shape by putting in last season about
ten miles Of permanent sidewalk laid on
an established grade, and fourteen blocks
Of brick pavement, with over a mile more
in prospect for next season. The high
character Of its citizens, the superior edu-
cational advantages afforded by the Ere
mont Normal school and by the public
schools. and the healthful location of the
city, make IL an especially desirable place
OF residence The permanency. of its hush
AeSS sNaHuihB u SHOWN ID! the fact that
It's leading stores. factories and business
enterprises are most OF them conducted by
the same men who established them ten.
twenty and twenty-five years ago. The
= city has never been cursed by a boom.
Hts growth has been steady and gradual
along all lines Of business and there is no
reason now in sight why our unsurpassed
transportation advantages, the success OF
our present industries, our favorable loca-
ton and the progressive but conservative
character Of our business mon should not
be the means Of greatly increasing our
population and volume Of business within
the next FIVE years.