Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-06

or city increases and multiplies, divls ons
in labor and industry become more pro
nounced In fact. division of labor is the
first principle of Industrial progress. Not
only the first, but the permanent principle.
Inventions and machinery facilitate in this
respect and the civilization produced by
such division becomes mere complex and
complicated, and consequently demands
higher intelligence of citizenship. And to-
night when regard the future of Omaha
in commerce outside CT trading within its
borders and among its own people, we know
that much depends upon it's facilities and
cost of transportation. 1t is entitled to and
must have just and equitable rates and
equal facilities as compared with competing
centers.
Omaha's Strategic Position.
Omaha appreciates the fact that by
reason of it's railroads it is nearer the Gulf
of Mexico, nearer 10 the Atlantic selb- ard
and nearer to the great port of New York
City than was Philadelphia to New York
City at the time of the revolutionary war;
Omaha also appreciates that without the
facilities Of railroads to transport commerce
to and from it and this western country
that it would amount to but little in the
way of a city. 1t also appreciates that
some railroads. in order to earn dividends,
have in the past granted rebates and dis
eliminating favors to other individuals,
cities and communities in different portions
of our country. eve learn these facts Of
course from the press). Such methods,
such acts and doings, while they have as
sisted to produce great progress and pros
pCrty, have at the same time assisted In
producing great Inequalities. and were
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ciples in commercial transactions through
out the country, they would become more
destl uctive TO our commercial welfare ana
civilization than was feudallsm in the olden
days in England However, It matters but
little for the future what may have hap
pencd in the past in these respects, because
the time has come i'll this country when
the railroads, which have done so much
for the upbuildIng of the country, will
cease to be promoters by the granting of
discriminating favors and become common
carriers, and only common carriers for hire
to the true extent and meaning of the term
of common carrier and charge only fair
| ana reasonable rates for the carrying of
| our commerce.
Omaha has not reached its limit, and II
the railroads entering her gates will but
| interest themselves in her upbuildng, as
and are doing now. the commercial inter-
ests of Omaha would develop talent for
the manufacture of the raw materials pro-
| duced by her adjacent territory into the
finished products, and her trade and com
merce with people outside of her borders
would grow and prosper.
| Factories should Flourish Here.
"Our city cannot expect to become
| manufacturing center for iron, hardware
or cotton goods, because the raw material
| for their manufacture is not within its i'm
mediate reach, but to the extent that raw
materials are accessible everything is pos
| sible. 1t has already been proven to be
so In meats. in butter, and in soap and
I beverages Why should it not be so in
! breadstuffs, in breakfast foods, in -four.
| in starch, in alcohol. in leather, in leather
products. in hair goods, in brushes, in
| brooms. and in button and bone ware2
Some say We lack fuel power, but we
| should remember that we have the raw
materials for the manufacture of all of
these commodities at hand, and who will
| dare say that with our railroads operating
| as common carriers only, throughout the
| country, that Omaha cannot transport fuel,
|. e.. power. to and within its borders, more
cheaply than can that city which possesses
power transport the great bulk of our raw
material to It's gates for the purpose OF
manufacture?
why is It, gentlemen. that the bristles
from the backs Of the hogs killed at South
Omaha are only cleansed and assorted put
into packages and shipped to the various
brush manufacturers Of the country, and
when fashioned into brushes, a portion OF
them are shipped back to Omaha for sale
and consumption?
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into leather, manufactured into shoes, and
portion thereof shipped back for sale
TO us7
why Is IT that grain is shipped to
Omaha, run through elevators. from one
car into anpther. and shipped 20 a distant
city, rolled into -four and meal, and a
portion of that put into sacks and returned
to us for purchaser
why ship these raw materials away
that the labor and capital OF other cities
may be employed in productive vocations7
why lose the opportunity of advertising
our city, which would be accomplished by
shipping from its borders finished products
in all these commodities. in boxes, in cases
in original packages. upon all OF which
there would be printed upon their labels
i Manufactured at Omaha, Nebr Such ad
, vertisement would have for fits basis com
| Hi0iSet NiiSh - Nhc true IOunudtlOn ant
4 stock in trade OF all progressive centers o
: population.
why should this city and the people,
adjacent TO it's borders bear the cost o
transportation OF the raw materials from
and OF the manufactured articles TO. them
I especially upon those finished product
which could be manufactured here? VIII,
!" not endeavor to manufacture them here
: and thus secure employment for labor an
D capital in Omaha and build up and exten,
e It's commerce throughout the worId?"
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