Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-01
FOR HOME PRODUCTS
Two Hundred Local Manufacturers
Eat Omaha Made Dinner.
MANUFACTURERS SHOW PLANNED
Manufactures Urged 60 Help Each
Other NJ Wen as Each Him
self to Get the Best
Results


manufacturing concerns dined on omaha
made products and made and listened to
home industry booster speeches at the
Omaha Commercial club last night. The
occasion was the dinner given BY the
manufacturers Of Omaha under the aus
pices OF the committee on manufactures
OF the Commercial club.
a resolution offered by d. J. O'Brien
calling for an earnest and enthusiastic
campaign to give Omaha products the
standing at home and abroad that they
deserve was unanimously adopted
Novel decorations In the form OF adver-
tisements used by local concerns won much
favorable comment from the diners Candy,
cigars and notebooks were given as SOU
venirs. The walters were CARRIED in over
alls and jumpers Of Omaha manufacture.
Every dish Of the elaborate menu was
made from an Omaha product. from the
oysters that opened the repast to the
cream and sugar that went into the coffee
The cover of the menu card was a blue
print made by the fowl Engineering COM
pany Of Omaha. Thirty-four Omaha CON
Germs furnished the materials from which
the banquet was prepared.
Edgar Allen president Of the Commercial
club, introduced Frank Judson, the toast
master. who introduced the speakers with
brief remarks.
Cole Invites All TO Boost
David Cole expressed his hope that the
dinner would DO only the first OF many
gatherings Of the manufacturers, which
Will lead to better acquaintance. I'VE
need to know each other better" he said
Il invite all Of you who are not members
to become members of the Commercial club
and help boost"
u
because he believed It the best town to
which to come and declared he is going
to stick TO the town like a cockeburr
sticks to a mans pants. "a town is no
greater than the men in IT," he said. Just
as a house is no better than the men
who represent 1t. We want to make
Omaha the best town in the country. Each
OF us should do something not for himself
alone but for the good @; all Let's not
be too tight to spend money on sdver-
Using. Let's help Mr.. Retailer. In so
doing we help ourselves and each other.
Everybody should join the Commercial club
and help boost. We produce $50 OOO 900
worth OF values in Omaha and South
Omaha a year. We can double It IL we
try" %
INTRODUCED as Roosevelt H. William Ken
needy gave a general boosting talk and
closed with a poem OF which Theodore
Roosevelt was the subject He said it was
a great honor to be compared with the
incompatible one who now is seeking the
throne Of the universe,
Growth of one Industry.
T. Q. Byrne of the Byrne & Hammer Dry
Goods company told something Of the
growth of the shirt and working clothes
manufacturing industry He said the con-
Germ Is the greatest west Of the Mississippi
and over 1000 persons earn their nvell-
hoods by working for the company. He
suggested that the retailers of Omaha be
induced to set aside one week for exclusive
display OF Onaha-made goods in their win
dowa 20 sS%
''The 100000 population of the United
States will grow to 1so.O0O.OOO in nifty
years." said J. H. Rushton. Some CONNER
cial city viii have more than its share
of the additional business. Omaha may
be that center II Il will. Selling lots Of
goods and honest goods will bring the de-
sired result"
r. r. Sanborn suggested that an indus
trial exposition, at which exhibits Of all
Omaha and Nebraska products would be
shown, would be OF inestmable benefit
He said Omaha-made goods are as good
as any, only they are not we'll enough ad-
verdsed. He believes an exposition would
give the desired publicity and impress the
value OF home products on the public mind.
Two Kinda OF Flying.
The growth OF the motor car industry
was explained by Cubitt r. Smith. He
said McKeen motor cars, Omaha made,
are being used all over the country and
more being sent out constantly.
Charles BaysdoFfer, OF Baysdorfer Bros,
told of their manufacture OF aeroplanes.
They now have arranged to have even
their motors and propelioB furnished by
Omaha concerns.
John Guild, commissioner Of the Com
mercial club told OF the clubs trade d.
rectory now In course Of preparation 1t
is hoped TO have it contain the name OF
every Omaha product. He said that in :he
last three years new manufacturing or
commercial concerns have been secured by
the city ct the rate OF one a week. There
are now sis manufacturing concerns In the
city.
Approval Of the Commercial clubs eff
fort for closer Organization OF the manu-
facturers was expressed by f. S. Knapp
He said the club has been called a job
bers' organization; II It is so II is because
the jobbers have taken advantage OF what
the club offered while the manufacturers
have not He urged the manufacturers tc
become associated and form an organiza-
ton IN association with the club.
d. ]. oBuen made a general booster
tax and introduced the resolution com.
mendlng the Commercial club and its man
ufaoturers' committee for their efforts and
calling Tor a campaign for home products
Harry Kelly, Ia c. Doup and +. E
zeiler added words OF appreciation and
encouragement Tor the movement
Firms Represented.
The following concerns were represented
By one OF more persons:
National Fur and Tanning company
kava kola Bottling company, Baker Ice
Machine company Baker Bros Engraving
company, Bay sdorfer Bros. Hemis Omaha
Bag company, Alfred Bloom. j. +. Bloom
BiornsOn a Haas Uncle sam Breakfast
Food company, hurgess-Granden company,
BurleiRh Glove company, Byrne s. Hammer
Dry Goods company, Burnley Printing COM
pany, H. Besehn q Son, r. l.. Cater
Cornice works, Nebraska MIX PasteuriEer
company, NJ. \, DisbrOw s. Co, Waterloo
Creamery company, Omaha Packing com
pany. j. p. Cooke, j. a. Dalzell. Voegele
a Dining, L. a.. Doup, I'D $. Dyball.
Nebraska Iowa Steel Tank company, Swift
& Co. Eggers-O Flying company Tengway
company, South omaha planning mills, Fair
mont Creamery company, Globe Optical