Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-01-01
GREATER OMAHA IS
FAST GOING AHEAD
All Lines of Industry Show Remark
able Gains for the Year
Just Closed.
PROSPERITY HERE

GENERAL fhOofEnAA nASA
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ers Of Omaha. The smelling business has
steadily increased in the city until this
wear Il shows an increase of about Az,OOO'-
600 over the smelling of last year. This
s12.Ooo.OOO increase is included In the
s17 5SO.527 increase recorded for manu-
facture. as smelling is classified as man.
ufacturing.
More Butter Made Here.
Anotber item that helped swell the
manufacturing figures is the increase -
81. 900 900 in the amount of the output OF
butter made in Omaha. Omaha has for
.<ome years been recognized as the great
? est butter producing center In the worlo'
and the huge volume Of the butter out
nut Of its creameries this year has again
more than justified that reputation. me
total volume of butter output in Omaha
this wear approximates S,SOO,OOO, or ABOUT
S5,5OO.OOO pounds.
This means forty-seven trainloads or
twenty-five cars each, with little tram
of eight carloads fetching up the rear
just for good measure.
The manufacture of alfalfa feed, which
means the various alfalfa meals that have
within the last few years become very
popular, has shown steady increase
and this year big increase, making
total volume for the year OF some *4'VOV'Oo
Packing house products, taken as
whole, show approximately S'oooVU IN
crease over the last years product
This increase, however. does not this
year appear on the face of the tanies
as they are made up, because the PACK
ers have taken to classifying their PROD
ucts more minutely so that the products
are separated into direct products ana
by-products in the tables.
Thus the actual increase in the pack
ing house products proper Cmeaning
hacked meats, etc.), is approximately
100000; while the by-products Cmeaning
extracts, pharmaceuticals, soaps, etc')'
show an increase Of some $6.6O0,O0O This
makes the total increase of packing
house output SS,5O0,O00 in round numbers.
Less Beer II Brewed.
The figures on the manufacture of beer,
as given out by the breweries. show a
decrease for the year of about 100000.
The manufacturer of macaroni and
noodles has made the remarkable gain
. Of practically 100 per cent in the year. II
mas gained roUndly $4,000
"a The manufacture OF hog serum IN
Omaha is a rather new factor that must
now be included, having this year shown
valume of S164,OOo.
The increases in the manufacture oil
structural steel and other building ma
terial, follows along in a proportion cor
responding to the general prosperity oil
the city The manufacture or struc-
tural stetel totals $4,000 approximately
showing a gain OF $25O,OOo over last year
Gain In JObbing.
The jobbing figures show a sain over
last year of Sl7,2Ol,2oS.
The automobile sales show about $1,000
900 more than last year.
The sale OF automobile accessories
shows even greater per cent of in
crease.
The sale of agricultural implementt
for the year was practically normal
This does not mean there was no IN
crease. II means that the increase wal
about the normal percentage of increas'
this business shows from year to year
The Increase was approximately 10000.
Big Gain in Lumber.
Lumber sales showed a greater increas'
when the figures were all compiled, than
most lumber men of the city believed !
would. Practically all of them admitted
that the business was a little greater II
Solume than last year, but few believes
1T would show an increase OF PRACTICAL!
SO9s as It has done The lumber bushes
was exceptionally dry and dull the frs
half OF the year Then in September
began to pick up a little. Soon the pric
OF yellow pine continued TO advance un
I'll it was selling for s. a thousand NOR
Than in the summer. Western fir took it
Al, at
the demand that came to the Omah
wholesaler for common stuff. Then wesi
ern fir began to increase in price unit
il went $50 a thousand above the sum
mer prices At these prices the bushes
was very brisk through November an
December. bringing the total volume 10
the year we'll above that OF last.
The sale of coal and coke showed
gain Of almost $2.OOO,OOO.
The wholesale grocery business of til
city was practically normal totallin
nearly sl5.OOO,Ooo.
Farmers Hold Back Grain.
Grain receipts for the year showed
falling off Of 15.94s. 100 bushels. In spit
OF this apparent showing. Omaha is grow
ing as a grain market The showing
due to the fact that during the summit
and fall OF 1914 farmers rushed their graz
to market and practically emptied the'
franeries when the war sent the price
\ wheat above 81 and the prices OF oth'
- grain ooTrespondingly high: and again
the fact that this summer when the ne
crop was harvested prices were compar'
lively low. and farmers have been holdir
the grain. Thus what the receipts shou
bave shown In 1915. they are expected
show in exceptional volume this year,
grain is Just now beginning TO mo-