Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-31
SALE TERMS ARE CASH

market and the third largest packing cen
ter in the world.
Omaha is the central city Of the United
states geographically
Love Your city"
In training statesmen my one admonition
was, Love your goods and your house
My admonition to Omaha's commercial am
bassadOrs Is, Love your city a sales
man who does not fear competition, who
refuses to recognize II in any form, who
shuts his ears to IL and marches straight
forward. swerVing neither to the right nor
the left, pouring his undivided energ es
into the work OF selling his goods, is the
man who assuredly heads the sales list OF
his institution. The Omaha travelling sales
man, no matter how successful he may be,
who devotes his entire energy to the pro
motion OF his personal interests and the
interests Of his house does not fulfill TO
the fullest extent his obligation either to
himself his house or his community. lie
has an litigation to his city, which must
be recognized and II he is a good business
man he does not ignore IL. When, FOR in
stance, an Omaha salesman selling spe-
cialty line of goods to general store
where the dealer may be purchasing the
major part of his other lines in neigh
boring market refuses to recognize his OPP
portunity to influence his customer to con-
slider Omaha as a general market for all
lines. then ne does not fulfill his obliga-
ton 20 his city. How long, may l ask,
will It be before that general dealer takes
that portion Of his business given to the
receiving his business in other lines? !
wonder how many of Omahas statesmen
consider the work that IL being done by
the Omaha Commercial club In backing up
their efforts In the field Next to the sell
ing ability OF a salesman. the capital or
ganlzation and high character OF the house
he represents, the greatest asset In his sell
ing capacity may, without doubt, be at
tFibuted to the Omaha Commercial club.
In that connection It Is my unbounded be
lief that there is no influence In the city
- a. Na.am lnw
ddly to. the advantage Of the common
good OF this community, other than
churches and schools than that Of the
Commercial club.
Work All the Time.
Work ls the best there is in a man, and
every true man realizes that his best re-
ward In this life is that sweet conscious
ness that comes from having performed h 8
full obligation to his God, to society and
TO himself, and there Is a mighty tnspira-
ton and a great personal asset in the Civ
ing OF time In meritOrlous service in the
interests OF the public good,
Gentlemen, II we would get the best out
OF the advantages Omaha has to offer, we
must put the best in We must comply
with all OF the conditions. What do
mean by conditioner Well, for instance,
railroads haul passengers on conditions. l
know OF but two. One is, get your ticket,
and the other Is, get aboard? and just as
soon as you comply with these cond tons
then all the speed OF that engine and AL
TO the end OF your destination. We are
no stronger than our weaknesses. If we
permit ourselves to be controlled by our
weaknesses we can be no stronger than
the thing by which we are governed. II
I start to cross the Atlantic ocean In a
paper box as soon as the box becomes wet
II goes down and | so with Il. But IL
start In one Of those grand ocean grey
hounds then all the strength OF her hull,
the skill OF her officers. the speed of her
engines are mine until the end OF my
destination and I will never go down until
she goes down
Gentlemen. II YOU will invest the best
of your ability, OF your brain and of your
eye and hand In the work OF promot ng
the highest interests OF Omaha our course
is bound to be onward and upward. in
creasing In strength and usefulness all the
way TO ultimate supremacy in that which
We would most attain to,
The men who kept Mr. Moody company al
the speakers table were the foremost men
OF Omaha, leaders in every line OF bust
ness and professional activity and heads
Of bodies OF semi-public nature. Those al
this table were