Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05
Men and Their Relation to the Great Live Stock Industry

ISOLATED with his brothers in tho commits
sion business, is engaged more largely in
the affairs Of % feeding ranch.
one OF the institutions Of the yards Is
PERRY Jones. cattle salesman for taverty
Brothers. lie has been In the yards since
a boy and. like most ~ tho successful
statesmen, got his training by lifelong as
ISOLATION with cattlemen and the cattle
business.
Mr.. Jones by misfortune sustained an iu-
jury which affected the sight OF one c,a.
In this connection ne tells a story on him
self with g~ood-natured generosity.
A peevlsh German had consigned q traIr-
load Of cattle to this firm, but he made
protest when the salesman with one eye
started out to handle his shipment. Il was
with a much Modified tone that this patron
spluttered his appreciation whom, some
hours later, he was surprised with a mucn
larger check than he had been expecting
Zach du lleber mani belief nit dot
other Won out you see bargain yust the
same"
NO thanks" rel Perry in his own
dry way.
wood Bros.
The oldest ana one of the most active
commission firms Of the country is Wood
Bros. This firm was established in Chi.
cago in 1867 and the South Omaha house
was opened In 1885, the year Of the opening
Of the stock yards. This firm must there.
fore be considered as no less than a part
Of the great live stock industry itself.
Added years ave but served to enhance
the activity and progressivcness Of this
firm. Il stands high in the judgment OF
patrons and competitors for honesty and
u%nerring and timely decisions. which mean
so much toward success and satisfaction
in the live stock business
Wood Bros. were the first to adopt the
use of the sales letter." giving the GUS
toner an account Of the manner in which
the transaction was made. This and many
other "details of the business were in
stituted by Wood Bros. TO be later adopted
generally by other firms. This firm was
the first to send out information on the
market by letters and circulars, keeping
their patrons advised as to the conditions
from the inside. Wood Bros. also origi-
mated the Market Paper and for many
years published the quotations over their
own signature.
The general use of the telephone in the
South Omaha yards followed the ~installa-
ton of Wood Bros private system, maxi
ing is possible for their statesmen TO talk
to patrons at AL points in the maze OF
cattle pens.
South Omaha is the second largest sheep
market of the world and stands third in
cattle and hogs. More than So per cent
of all the stock received at South Omaha
in the year past has been sold on this
market No small share in this great sue
cess of the market here can be attributed
to the activities of Wood Bros.
Walter e. Wood, manag of the firm.
is widely known socially and commercially
as the head OF this famous house Ben f.
Roth and r. N. Munson are Mr.. Woods
assistants in the cattle department, c. NJ.
Harllng and Fred Huber are the statesmen
Of the hog department. William f. Farrar
and Herbert C. Carruthers have charge Of
the sheep business,
BOwIe Live stock Commission Co.
Striking success has attended the ef-
forts Of the Bowles Nv Stock Commits
sion company. The South Omaha branch
Of this concern has been established but
sixteen months and in that comparatively
brief period has jumped to the fore with
some remarkable records on the stock mar
ket. This company also operates at Kan
sas City and Chicago. They know the
market
An interesting bit Of tho inside stalls
tics Of the Bowles Live Stock company
is divulged in the statement that the last
four months of their business at South