Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-01
Packing Houses Support About
Forty Thousand People
and Help to Feed the
Entire World.

! short while ago and after looking
at the railroad depot, ventured the
opinion that this city must have
about 10000 people. The only trouble
was that he did the guessing out loud
and within esrshot OF native.
my dear child Of sweet ignorance"
Dragged the Nebraskan, why right
out on the south side there is one
industry that supports about 10000
people. The folks down there weren't
boasting much OF their virtues, but
they were just overburdened with
them. So the city of Omaha very
properly annexed them and made that
number of people wee, small part OF
city which has about 100000 of the
best persons in North America"
The stranger from the east mod
estly retreated from the son Of Oma-
ha, sincerely swearing that he would
see those prize-winning people on
the South Side and the packing in.
dustry which supports them. He full.
fliled the vow and is ready to apollo
gize to every Omahan for his first
estimate of their progress.
Even Pardons Odor.
The first thing which greeted him
in the southern section wassa fully
developed smell. The easterner
thought the odor itself breach Of
the peace, but was afterward willing
10 pardon even that nasal assault
when he learned how profitably
Omaha was cashing it.
Meats valued at $li5,434,850 were
packed by the four plants in the city
last year and shipped to all parts oi
the world. Why, the European wal
itself would slow up a bit if the Cud.
ahy, Armour, Swift and Morris
houses in the south end shut theii
doors. Fighting men must have rneat
and some of the cattle, hogs ane
sheep killed and dressed in this city
eventually trickle into the trenches
Moreover, the Cudahy branch here
manufactures that brand Of glycerint
which goes into the composition o.
dynamite and (whisper it) their big
sest customer today is an Americaf
whom European monarchs kow-tov
to whenever they want more atrmu
i,ition.
Then figure out for yourselves how
many American soldiers with Gen
eral Funston down in Mexico ar,
wearing shoes made out OF the hide,
Of 702,059 cattle killed in Souti
Omaha last year. Compute the socia
service which more than 2,000,00t
corn-fed hogs do when placed befor,
hungry mouths in America ant
Europe and add to this satisfying
record the stomach's worth Of almos
the same number Of sheep. Then yo,
have an approximate idea of wha
South Omaha meant to the whol,
world last year.
Means Mere This Year.
But il is going to mean more thi,
year, the general managers Of tn,
packing houses say, In 1915, onl,
Chicago and Kansas City showed bet
Ter records in the shipment OF cattl,
and only Chicago beat Omaha in III,
packing Of hogs and sheep. And Ne
braska farmers were careless OF thei
money last year and shipped thei
corn and other produce to othe
states. This year they are feeding
their farm products to cattle, hog
and sheep. The reason Is obvious
4 wagon load OF corn nets about s.;
ii the market and wagon load 0
hogs brings their owner about S30f
Is II any wonder that Mr.. Rural Ci,i
zen Is shipping his corn, etc., int
market on four legsf
The four packing plants cmplo
about $500 persons. Only about SO
Of these are women. The rest ar
nien, In the Anglo-Saxon sense Of III
noun. Big-boned, sinewy specimen
of masculinity, the whole 5000 woul
probably win the chief prize in an
preparedness parade. Their work
hard and keeps them physically iit.
Employment for City.
While few might doubt the mil
taFy worth OF the South Omaha den
Gems, no man can think lightly of the
economic value. They earn approx
Inately $l22,000 each week Cndah,
who employees 2,300 people, exclusiy
Of d large office force, has weekl
payroll OF more than $4,000. All
fnour, including all its salaried mel
pays out weekly the sum OF $4,000
Swift and Morris pay $27 900 and SIS
900, respectively. II is estimated til;
this money helps to feed about 5000
dependents Of the men who earn
thus supporting a good-sizcd city.
Way back In 1884 when Sout
Omaha was first put on the map
the opening Of the Stock Yards con
pary, the volume OF annual busine.
was about S6000,000. Today II
yearly receipts of the Armour pacl
ing plant alone, the second largest
the Big -Four, amount to from thirt,
rive 10 forty-five millions Of dollar
This comparison is only one indie
tion Of how things to the south ha,
grown in the last thirty years.
Could Feed a Nation.
The output Of the Cudahy plai
would 60 far toward filling Il
stomachs OF a small nation. Abo,
1900 sheep, $500 cattle, and 4,0'
hogs are killed there every day. Six
car loads, each averaging about &
000spounds Of meat, are shipped for
daily, Cudaly also sends out 90
cases of soap and nearly every ca
contains 100 cakes. II this doesr
enable the housewife to be tidy, wi
she can buy some Old Dutch Cleanse
another Cudahy product.
An unique feature OF the Cudal
plant Is its manufacture in Sou
Omaha OF glycerine. One brand
this, which adopts the whole wor
ot drugs as its parish, is used i
pharmaceutical purposes only and
known as the "c.p' Chemically pur
giycerine. The other brand is know
as dynamite" glycerine and is an il
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