Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-01
IOBBERS AND The FACTORIES
Wholesalers Sell More Than $115,-
100000 in Goods in Year.
MANUFACTURES ARE $191, s72, 900
Volume of Business 10 Greater Than
in P~recedinE Year ana Lines Of
nduAtr Multiplied In
Number.

VIII give n correct tdea OF the enormous
business done by Omahs-the Market
TOWN. nv s.T ..H.f'N 'r"
These figures havshbeen prepared under
the direction OF the Omaha Commercial
club and the executive committee Of the
COMMERCIAL club hAs put It's seal Of APP
prevail on them after having carefully
gone over the lists A unusual effort has
Teen exerted to make the figures as near
,orrect as possiblelJan md to do this some
Of the items ahow aidecided loss from the
figures OF last year, while the fact remains
hat the concerns represented have really
lone more business. In spite Of the large
cuts which have been made In some Of
the figures the totals show an enormous
Increase, clearly 'h' demonstrating that
Omaha is forging ahead both as a jobbing
and manufacturing center.
Various articles jobbed through Omaha
n 1909 amounted TO Sis, 1873, 900, which is a
gain Of SCI, 7O6. 600 OVER 1908, and It is esti-'
mated that the values Of the finished
products manufactured in Omaha during
The year just closed amounted to Sl91. S79,-
100. OF the latterDs figures, the packing
houses Of South Omaha are by far the
larger part, having reached the enormous
total for the year of 1921, o ,OOl, a gain Of
B,5OO,O 900 on the year.
OEtaA ACANlA
A. considerable cut has been made in
the figures representing the business done
by the several large wholesale grocery
firms in Omaha. AS in all other products,
an effort has. been made to reach the exact
volume Of business in this line and, while
1t Is known that the houses have done
more business than last year, the figures
have been cut from SIS, 900, 900 to $13, 500, 900.
Implement dealers show a splendid in
crease in their, business, registering a gain
of $751; 900 on the year. Some of this is
increase in business OF old firms and other
due to new firms, There are now thirty
one implement firms doing business from
this center,
A falling off Is shown in the structural
steel business. While many large build
ings are now going up. and considerable of
the structural steel was made in Omaha,
there was practically little done during
the first six months Of the year and this
accounts for the. loss. With business
starting early this spring, these firms
should show a great increase for next
year.
Several conditions made 1t possible for
Omaha to show such a decided gain this
year over last, Trade excursions and
other conditions have worked together to
extend the trade territory in which the
jobbers Of Omaha, sell goods. The country
has been more prosperous back, Of Omaha
and has demanded more goods and goods
of a better duality, for which a higher
price has been paid. Many new concerns
have entered Omaha with factories and
agencies, all of which add to the volume
of business done by this city.
Auto JObbIns enter
Automobile %jobbing is practically a new
industry here. Now there are thirty-three
dealers in Omaha and nearly every one
jobs cars to the smaller dealers Of the
state. A year ago there was but one auto.
mobile supply house In Omaha, doing q
business as great as S9O,OOO a year. Now
there are four large houses and the tota,
annual business, amounts to 100000.
The McKeen Motor Car company shows
a nice increase In the number of motor
cars built, having more than doubled its
output during the year. The Union Pa
cific shops has also done a much larger
business in building cars and locomotives
and In repairing the same, since 1t has
moved into it's more eommodious shops.
Nearly 500, 600 worth of millinery wa
jobbed out OF Omaha last year and as thi
is one of the best indexes of prosperity II
is taken as a good indication that the
country tributary back of Omaha Is mos
prosperous. When times are hard the wo.
men are the first to suffer for they are
told 60 make their old hats do, but whei
money is plentiful they buy lots of finery
The business shows a nice increase and tn,
country must be prosperous,
Sporting Goods Market.
Omaha is the recognized sporting goods
center of the west and not only the two
exclusive sporting goods houses, but tn,
bT0 harduvara nnorn .sat ~, s,,,,o,.
amount of firearms, base ball suits anC
all sorts OF sporting articles. A decided
increase Is shown in this business.
Tents and awnings and undertakers' sup
plies were both included last year unde
the title of miscellaneous" but each ma
assumed such proportions that II is givel
a line By itself n'the table. While this /
a healthful community, people will di
occasionally and Omaha has ~factorie
which make a business of building cot
fins.
A new alfalfa mill is now in operation
but the burning down of the Peters mil
which shut IT off for some time. cut dow
the natural Increase in the manufacture o
alfalfa goods, but these mills are in
position TO show q good increase mex
year,
The s o'clock closing law has not dimin
ished the amount Of beer made by tn
breweries OF Omaha during 1909, To max
up for the, loss oocRsioned by this law mos
of these have extended their territory unit
the revenue receipts show they have mad
more beer than ever,
Headquarters for Bread.
Folks living around Omaha rely a grea
deal on ths bread made by Omaha baker
for their daily supply of bread and th
shipments 10 nelghboring towns have In
creased $4,000 during the year Just closeC
The consumption OF the bread that goe
with the butter has also increased, at leas
the big creameries OF Omaha have mad
more butter than ever before, as the gran
total has reached the sum OF S4.766,OO0
The newtcrRcker companies which hay
moved to Omaha have increased the outpi
OF crackers fivefold. The Item Biscuit con
pany Is a new addition aud the Nations
Biscuit company has been working its IA,
tory full force.
The ice men OF Omaha and South Oman
manufactured SSOO,OOO worth OF ice in add
ton to that which was put up on the SUI
rounding lakes aud rivers. The Ice creal
business also flourished, perhaps becaus
OF the > o'clock closing law, which gay
the soda winter fountains more businasa