Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-18


cate the wages paid for our own workman.
Hostage to Fortune.
Here, then. is a hostage to fortune OF
sixty odd millions more-a fair-sized wager
that the business will not only be good, but
better next year and the next and the next.
But in any event the men in the building
trades are getting their good dollars, in
hand paid, ever Saturday night. That
money is safely launched upon its journey
through the tills of the butcher, the baker
the provision dealer and the outf1tter-
through the jobber and the wholesaler-out
to the workers Of raw material, creating
new products Of every sort, touching in its
travels the uttermost corners of this big
country. Detroit already has seen invested
in her automobile factories by the twenty
three companies operating there, 100000
Many dollars will come back TO buy auto
mobiles, by the way, of this money which
once went TO buy other automobiles. Does
that sound like raising country per capita
by the boot-strap paradox 1t isn't, in the
least. Every blow that is struck with a
hammer in an automobile factory, every
shoverful of dirt that is thrown out TO per-
NIT foundation stone to go in, adds to
the real wealth, to the actual values that
are daily being created by this industry,
just as truly as though there were suddenly
added to Uncle Sans great farm a new
empire OF fruitful crops whose sales would
pour into his Golfers more than half bill
lion Of dollars year, More, that is. than
half the amount needed for the entire an
nual running expenses OF this nation, in
GLIDING the sum to be spent in the next
twelve months on the Panama canal.
But, you may say this is all very well
for Detroit and Michigan as well. How
about the rest of the country Is 1t simply
paying tribute TO our Wolverine neigh
bors?
Many States Interested.
BY no manner of means. Automobiles
are built in Indiana, in Minnesota. In
Ohio. in Tennessee. in Kentucky, in I'LL
nois, in Missouri In Kansas; to name only
a few OF the western states. They are doing
WELL also, in those fine old manufactur-
ing strongholds New York, Maine, Rhode
Island New Hampshire, Connecticut Mas
sachusetts. New Jersey. and Delaware, to
say nothing Of Pennsylvania, Maryland,
and other states in the east. There are
1876 automobile factories in this country,
$50 OF them in operation In July OF this
year.
The principal trade paper Of the auto
Buyers Index 264 business classifications,
exclusive OF completed automobiles, of the
parts, equipment and tools required by
automobile owners and builders. These
things range through a long list from
acetylene and aluminium to voltmeues'
wind-shields, and wrenches.
Twenty-Five states contribute to tbs
list, and while Oregon, Colorado, South
Dakota, Nebraska, and Texas manufactur-
ers are listed in this advertising matter.
is doubtless true that there are many
concerns OF prominence along the Pacific
states which do not, for obvious reasons
patronize a trade paper published on the
Atlantic tdewater.
For the making OF these various articles
that are advertised. including complete
cars, New York shows l7S establishments
to Michigans eighty three. Ohio has sew
enty-five, Pennsylvania sixty-four, Indiana
forty-nine Massachusetts forty-four, and
New Jersey thlrty-nine. TO speak only OF
those states that are IN the forefront OF
the procession.
The mere cataloguing Of these various
concerns would extend this paper beyond
its allotted length, and summary OF ths
more important ones must be deferred
But you have seen that the magnitude Oh
this mighty Industry, the enormous sums
II is distributing, the incredible number OF
dinner pals that It is filling. 10 already
plainly foreshadowed Like mighty torest
oak, It's great trunk and vast shade trs'
appeal 70 the eye. But a business Ike an
oak, grows only by extending the young ana
tender tips OF It's branches. And its inereas-
ing foliage typifes not only ereater mag
nitude Of trade. but greater distribution OF
wealth 70 those who furnish the bone ana
slnew. A frost which would check the
growth OF q tree at its uttsrmost tips would
find its counterpart in chilling OF com
mercial conditions, and those Dependant
upon an Industry who are least able 70
Withstand the raw blasts would naturally
be the first TO suffer.-Harper's Weekly.