Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-30

which Omaha places before the merchants
OF the middle west are such that 1t has
reason to be Justly proud. The quality
IA equal to that made by any factory in
the United States. and the fact that the
western business is TO great extent COM
ing to this city only goes TO prove that as
in every other enterprise Omaha stands
among the foremost in the manufacture
Of crackers. The Omaha business totaled
$4,000 in 1910
sash and Doors.
In the sash and door business Omaha
concerns are holding their own and even
winning over business from other cities
every month. II is probable that Kansas
City, with its much larger population mas
a slight bulge on Omaha, but with this
one exception Omaha has no close COM
petitors I'm this section of the west. Sashes
and doors are made and sold in Sioux CITY
and Lincoln, but the trade from these
towns is insignificant as compare with
the business done by the Omaha firms.
The territory which secures most of its
supplies Of this kind is very large and in
cludes Iowa, Nebraska wyoming, South
Dakota, North Dakota, Kansas and Mis-
souri, The sash and door business is not
confined simply to the manufacturing OF
sash and doors but includes also screen
doors, porch building material, staircase
material, fancy posts and every product
of the millwright's art. The total sash and
door business in 1910 amounted to $SSbOOO'
syrups, JeIlies and Preserves.
Four hundred carloads OF syrup bearing
tventy-one brands which included many
different grades Of molasses, sorghum,
corn, cane, maple and sugar syrups ana
valued at $500 600 Is made in Omaha yearly
and distributed over the entire country
west of the Missouri to the coast These
products are made by Farrell & Co. at
Tenth and Dodge streets, who. outside OF
the trust, ranks fourth in size in the
United States.
The Omaha factory is the only syrup
factory in the United States which manu-
features its own cans and packages. About
1900 cans are made each day, the ma
jority Of which is used to contain the fac
tory products while a portion is disposed
of to local concerns This is a large factor
to the company, for in this way 1t Is not
hampered by slow shipments OF packages
from eastern concerns. The total business
in 1910 was $4S6,OOO.
Omaha brewery Trade.
The breweries of Omaha play an i'm
portant part in its Industrial and economic
life, because of the size and commercial
relations. Their annual business runs into
the millions of dollars and their annual
payrolls into six figures In the dlstribu-
ton and dissemination OF wealth the brew
ing interests rank among the leaders of
the country.
The capacity OF the largest of the brew
tries is 10000 barrels Of beer a year, and
the total output of 1910 will come to 10000
barrels, The value Of this product at the
wholesale price is about $OO000O, a con-
siderable factor in the total of Omaha's
manufactures.
So far as Omaha and Nebraska are con-
eerned the local breweries have remained
practically supreme although competition
from other cities has at times threatened
TO become keen and there are many agen-
cies and methods OF distribution. Except to
some slight extent In the bottled trade, the
local industries have hardly felt this com
petition, The total business in 1910 was
s4.O6e,lse.
Sporting Goods Trade.
Omaha is the sporting goods center of
the territory between the Mississippi river
and the Rocky mountains.
And with its two large wholesale and re-
tail exclusive sporting goods houses, to-
gether with three large wholesale houses
which make the wholesaling of sporting
goods one OF the features OF their business,
the observation-disclosures company. the
Paxton Gallagher company and the Wright
Wilhelmy company. Omaha Is in a splen-
did position to supply this demand in the
best possible way and to continue its near
monopoly OF the trade of the district.
The heads OF the various big concerns in
the city, when asked to place an estimate
ON the total business, retail and wholesale.
which was done in sporting goods in
Omaha, gave figures varying from $500, 900
to N,O00O00
a few years ago the sporting goods of the
middle west was supplied by the exclusive
wholesaling sporting goods houses, but of
later years the large hardware concerns
have been breaking into the business. Lo-
cally the Lee-G lass-Andreesen people have
handled sporting goods for fifteen years.
Furniture and Carpets.
shoppers look to Omaha as headquarters
and TO this city they come for supplies.
Only the trade excursonists really APP
preciate this field. the field into which
the household goods are sent The jobbers
of carpets and furniture do a great busi-
ness from Omaha. The furniture making
Industry is also on the boom.
This retail side OF the story is small In
Importance compared to the jobbers and
manufacturers tale OF the part Omaha
plays in furnishing the homes Of the sur
rounding territory. 1t is only worthy of
mention in that II indicates the personal
attitude OF the people toward Omaha wares
and indicates the reason why the mer-
chants OF the territory do their shopping
OF Omaha jobbers.
The story of the dealers shopping runs
into large figures. Its size is indicated, in
some degree. 10 the outsider by a trip
through the wholesale district, a visit TO
the wholesale establishments and a glimpse
at the quantities OF wares handled there.
Possibly figures, OF which the statistician
Is so fond and which mean so much from
the bookkeeper's point OF view, will give
q more tangible idea TO the general public,
as well. OF the part Omaha plays in equip
ping these homes.
Omaha Hardware Figures.
To take hardware as typical, since hard
ware deals so largely with the homes ne
eessities and does not include the frivols
and fads. seems logical. The figures for
the hardware jobbers in the year 1910 are
t4500000. These represent a conservative
unexaggerated estimate OF the amount Of
hardware sold through local houses. Tin
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