Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-15
BUSINESS MEN WORK
FOR COMMON CAUSE
Lay Aside All Diverse Opinions and
Pull Together for Greater, Richer
and a Bigger Omaha.
RESULTS ARE NOW SHOWING


And one Of the leading concerns Of
Omaha boldly advertises. business lie
good, thank you"
Both of these statements. repeatedly
many times at the expense OF two reli-
nhie business concerns. have caused a
great deal Of coment. They are con-
sidered extra ordinary. remarkable. and
they are--remarkably true. Because the
world is growing better. And business
is good. This is particularly true as
regards omahe
Evidence OF this fact--that business IL
good in omaha--is not hard to find. One
need only to consult members OF local
business organizations 20 find that the
business men Of Omaha are working in
harmony for the common good. This is
especially true Of the members OF the
Omaha Manufacturers Association,
many Of whom have banded together in
a cooperative advertising campaign.
Here we see business OF the same and
widely diverse endeavors. some who In
the past have been considered the worst
Of competitors, others whose lives OF
activity have been so far removed that
not any one OF them knew the others:
Yet here they are all meeting. agreeing
upon coursees Of action designed for the
common good.
Things Are Different Now.
We need only 20 reflect-to consider the
business conditions OF the past In order
10 prove TO ourselves. TO be positively
sure that the world and business both
are growing better. We can ali remem-
Der, II was not 50 very long go. when
business was on such plane of fierce
copetitlon that II resolved into a cut
throat proposition. II was dog eat dog
with vengeance-surSival OF the strong
est and Lord help the weak. Business
was q battle. Il was war. and-well most
everybody kows what sherman said war
was. and there is plenty OF evidence
nowadays 20 prove his contention correct.
But how different things are today
Consider now. the new competition. New
competition! What's that-new compct-
tlon2 Well. its the same-only different.
Il is best described as friendly rather
than by the word fight. Rather II Is CO.
operation. though Il Ia competition none
the less. But whereas the old competition
meant success by killing others. the new
competition means advancing by friendly
rivalry. cooperation. and the enlarge
ment OF markets for the common good
OF all.
business men are Tearing that they can
best advance-not by fighting their COM
petltors and tearing down their business.
but by cooperating with them 20 build
Up business and 10 extend business for
the common good OF all. SO Il IL that we
sec competitors hob-nobbing together.
going about arm In arm.--when q few
short years ago they were such fierce
rivals that they wouldn't recongnise each
other. Things are different now-and
bettar.
Business on Bester nasis.
Business IL on a better basis. and GER
tainiy rests upon a higher moral plane.
II Is not that the business men have been
considering the esthetic phase Of busi-
ness--what care they for ethicsi But Il
Ia the same old reason-business Il busi-
ness So business nowadays follows mere
closely the golden rule. not because it IL
the golden rule, but because It pays
better.
And Omaha-elways In the vanguard OF
those cities 10 take up new and better
thinEs-is In the front as regards these
new business ideals. Members OF our
Manufacturers. association have banded
together In an extensive advertising
campaign, the purpose OF which Is 70
acquaint residents Of Omaha and the
people OF Nebraska with Omaha made
products. 10 impress these people with
the facts that Omaha products are not
only quality products. but that they arr
"a reasonable priced. n not more 20. thar
products Of distant cities. and that the
continual uBe and consumption OF Omaha
made products means not only property
for the manufacturers. but likewise fol
the workers and for the consumers Of
the products. az well as for everybody
IN general.
Heretofore, local residents did not ap
preclate the Importance Of patronlzsn,
local manufacturer BY consuming Omahs
made products. But things are changinl
In that respect too. because the new
competltlon--the spirit OF help rathe
than 70 hinder-is having its effect upol
consumers as well as upon business
men.
Help Keep wealth "a Home.
The reasons why the people OF thi
city and this state should consume 10
caiiy made products are many. In tn
first place. the output of local manu-
facturers IL largely produced by Neh
raska. The great state OF Nebraska 4
one Of the most productive. one OF tn
very weathiest IN the whole Unites
states. Since this enormous wealth {
produced here. why not keep Il here 20
the benefit Of the producers rather thai
70 send our wealth to others OF disten
statesf That Il what IL done when for
eisn goods are consumed. but when W
use Omaha made goods. we ara helpin
20 keep here the wealth produced her
and the wealth brought here In retur
Tor our valued output
This Involves cooperation on the PAL
Of local producers and local consumeri
But Il Is very hard % classify some a
producers and others e. consumers Be
cause We are ali producers and We ar
~ consumers. Therefore. II We. all Q
~. aa consumers use Omaha made Pre-
ducts. then We viii ali be benefittin
ourselves as producers.
Il Il remarkably true that We are a
producers. No man ls paid = wage nor
salary unless Re Il producing somethin
IN return for hla pay. Tire most iowl
empioye. the seemingly unimportal
clerk. AL have 20 DO with produeln
wealth. And no matter how seeming
commonplace the work may be. Il IL nos
the less necessary 70 the scheme OF pr