Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-02
iOMAHANS PACK
AUDITORIUM TO
SEE FOOD SHOW
Closing Night Of Exhibition
Has Biggest Attendance
of Weeks Demon
Stration.


The best food show in Omaha
history closed last night when tn,
city auditorium was damned will
people who wanted to see the SHOW
and sample the food products TO-
the last time of the year. 1t wa
a typical Saturday night changing
crowd. Early aud late Shoppers
dropped in to see the show, while
the regulars were all out in force
The demonstrators and salesmel
were on their tip toes all evening
until the supplies ran out, and thu
curtain rung down until 1920.
This is the best food show Oman;
has ever held" says ]. J. Cameron
secretary of the Omaha Retail
Grocers association.
an making this statement ] an
taking into consideration the three
interested parties: the public; tn.
manufacturer, and the jobber ane
retailer. A food shows Fundamental
usefulness is to help the housewife
solve problems of her every day
supply buying. This can only BIZ
done bv bringing her in direct con
tact with the food articles from
their raw material state to the fin
ished product.
All Reach Objective.
1.-THE ordinary food product mus
pass through many stages of trans
formation before it reaches its ulti.
mate destination; the table.
THE housewife is the one who
puts on the finishing touches. Form
or operations merely do the prepar-
atory work in its different forms
At a we'll conducted food show
such as the one just closed here
the various processes are explained
in words and printed facts SO that
the real student may become IN
formed as to their successive values
1.-THE manufacturers pronounce
the show a success because they
reached their ultimate consumers,
and in greater numbers than had
been expected. The jobbers and re-
tailers working with the manufac-
tured product came in direct contact
with the people they serve, as, after
all, the public eats. The thousands
Of visitorsN during show week got
more for their money than ever be-
fore.
Show Next Year.
This show proves conclusively
that the retail grocers will have a
show next year, both bigger and
better. as the public wants it, the
manufacturers want it, and the job
bers and retailers want it, so big
ger show next year is the answer.
/ want to say right now that every
one connected with the show takes
its hat off to the Omaha Bee for the
wonderful support it has given us:
In this I am speaking for all OF
those who were interested in making
the show the glorious success that
it was. No enterprise dependent
upon attendance can be a success
without publicity, and The Bee has
demonstrated to me that It IS he
hind any movement for Omaha's
good"
"It's been a dandy good show for
all of u.s. says Charles Olson. head
of the Olson Coffee company IT
shows that real food show can be
staged by the grocers Of the city.
Not only as citizen of Omaha, buf
as one who was interested in the
show, | want to. thank The Bee tor
the way its publicity was handled
this week. The exhibitors spent
from $500 to $1,000 to put on a
weeks demonstration, and The Bee
gave the best service that any show
has ever had and we appreciate 1t.
All Praise Bee.
R. v. Saltzgiver. McCord and
Brady company: "Its been a good
show, big week, lots of business,
and everything ran along smoothly.
The iobbers interested will not tor
get the part The Bee had in MAX
ing the show success.
Anytime the grocers ASSOCIATION
Of Omaha tackles anything. it
means success" says F. P. Fodrea
If Items. when the time comes
for Tie next show you will hnd us
ali rugged cut with new factory
unit. and we'll show some products
that will make Omaha sit up and
take notice" ;,
"We were simply covered up
saws Max Miller Of the Miller Cearl
mills. "The show was good one
for us and we reached host OF
people in a very short time. We
will be in next years show IN a
bigger way"
Want Same Booth. y
81 have already told Cameron
we wanted the same booth" says
Il. c. Green, Of H. c. Dennis &
Co, I'VE are more than pleased"
B. l.. Mcclure, of Troco Nut But
ter Co. said: Its been mighty
good show. The best | have struck
this year. We will be in the Omaha
show next year. Omaha is to be
congratulated, and / want to thank
The Bee for the publicity it has
given the show, as publicity is what
brings the people and The Bee was
certainly behind the local people all
through the show
1--WE expected light snow and
have been worked nearly to death,
says F. 0. Austill of the Genesee
Pure Food company. Omaha
should be proud of such a food
show and we have already ordered
our 1920 booth-that's what we
think of the show"
Does Big Business.
One of the most pleased exhibi-
tors Of show week was B. MacEldon,
who has the western account for
the Beech-Nut Packing company,
whose product is sold all over the
world. Mr.. MacEldron had to fight
to get his house in the show, then
tripled the business that he himself