Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-16

The good Able Felix Klein of Paris. who
is author of a large number of works Of
political and social science, paid the United
States a visit in 1907, and has just pub
lished his impressions under the title Of
"L'Amertque D~emain"-"The America Of
Tomorrow'-in which he devotes consid-
cradle space to recounting his visit to
Omaha, where he was a guest Of Bishop
Scannell. Able Rlein says:
Omaha, in Nebraska, on the Missouri,
almost in the very center of the large
continent. Two years before, the bishop
of that city, while visiting in Paris had
brought me word from Ireland, and we had
spent a day together. When bidding him
goodbye, / had promised to pay him a visit.
And he had laughed heartily at the idea
of my coming so far. Was it not, then,
important to show him that the French
are men of their word2
However, Omaha is well worthy OF at
tention. M. de Rouisiers, in his "Vie
Americaine' american Life does not
omit to point Omaha out as a meat city"
next In importance to Chicago and Kansas
City, a depot where the railroads daily
unload thousands upon thousands Of cattle,
hogs and sheep, raised in the surrounding
territory. The immense stretches Of corn
fields and prairies make necessary these
stock yards, (or enclosures in which the
animals are placed when taken out of the
cars in which they are shipped), and the
packing houses, that is to say the houses
where they kill, cut up, can, or pack the
meat, and send 1t off to the farthest cor
ners of America or even of the world.
Omaha holds third place in this
In 1879, Omaha received 24S, 1870 animals; in
1y0G she received 6,1O1, S1S and meat packing
is far from being her only resource. In
her entire commerce., which in 1906 sur
PASSED 2,0O0, 0O0,O 900 of francs-in some meas
ure due to the large railroads, especially
the Union Pacific, which has done great
service TO that part Of the United states
1t is necessary to give an important place
to cereals, corn and wheat, to the manu-.
facture OF materials for the railroads. to
the exchange with the west and north
west, net leaving out the shelters for ore
sent from the Rocky mountains; a work
so eNacting as to be almost formidable,
the sight OF which has left me very pleas
ant impr ssions, shown to me as it was,
by the proprietor OF the principal estab-
lishment. It is true that the automobile
which took us to these mighty furnaces
NAN'' ~ AhN ho al AOuI laAElr
With astonishing speed to see the Country
club.
Omaha in the year we visited It, 1907,
had beaten all it's records, in spite of the
general crisis of the proceeding months.
Statistics valued the new building going
on at 2l.Ooo. 0S0,OOO Of francs, round numbers,
the manufactured products at LOO, 900. 900
francs, the profit from corn alone in Ne
braska Is estimated at S72, 1856, $40. Omaha
manufactured 2O,0OO, 900 francs worth of
butter; this II seems gave her first rank
IN the world for this product. She holds
third place In the sale OF corn. fourth for
wheat and sixth for oats. Property TO
the value Of 100000 francs was sold
during the year. Out OF 6l5 alarms turned
In only ten fires are recorded at a loss
OF above 5000 Let us forget these humillat-
ing figures and turn our attention to the
tirth statistics. The newspaper record OF
January Tor 1907 gives the number as 2.Ss4,
an Increase Of 2S6 over the year 1905. This
Is decidedly ahead Of the number OF
deaths recorded.
The city Of Omaha, half a century old.
claims today 10000 inhabitants. Let it be
SAID withouY intent to injure the city's
PRIDE that such an increase. which would
DC prodigioYs in the old world. represents
only the Normal growth for large cities
in the United States.
Omaha does not let herself be entirely
absorbed In pursuit Of her material wealth,
which is estimated at almost 1000. OOO.O 600
Like all other cities OF America she gives
education much careful attention. and puts
at the service OF her $4,000 students. eleven
colleges sixty-seven schools. public and
private Since l was there In August. 1