Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-28
Prophecy Fulfilled
STILL REMEMBER LOSSES
Wolf Points Out Futility Of Recall,
ing Unpleasant Ventures.
NEW ERA DAWNIN0 FOR CITY
Omaha fias the Locstion and Raw
Material ~ Very Door for Maxi
ins One Of Leading Cities
.1a America.
NEW ERA DAwN1No FOR CITY
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~ n. A. WOLF.
Most Of tho old-tirners In Omaha have
been 80 terribly hit BY the hard times II
the 'S0s that they still remember It well
Hardly Q man who tried his hand In real
sStats 1t that time came out safe. Some
who lost al they had. too late In life to
get start again. are at the present day
Q familiar figure In the clubs Of Omaha.
spending the rest Of their days In con.
stantly telling Of their loss and the story
OF the catastrophe which ended their
business career. They feel that they have
Q mission Ia life 10 keep the unpleasant
memory Of the past before tbs new man
lest, perchance. he forgets. and only
thinks Of the future Others have lost
all Of their worldly things. but have not
lost tho spirit Of Life. hope. energy
and ambition" like the truthful German
folk.saying. Money lost. nothing lost ;;
courage lest eli lost" Now We find .
them back In the ranks Of our wealthy
citizens With moro capital aud lots Of *.
perlenes. Some more who have lost
heavily. but have much more left have
learned to b careful st quite an expen.
sivs price, The men Of the latter two
glasses are The men who today represent
ths capital Of Omaha. They are the old.
tl,ncrs. the men up the hill and are
ths men who az able II they want TO.
70 mako Omaha the great middle Ansrs'
atty which II should BE-
l. u T. ~
zee. ~ Il IL. IN the middle Of the vest.
..,srid Il should now be, u Il will
b In tho future . great Amaft.
80 city Il y located - the richest part
., america and deals mostly in the most
star.s articles and commodities, which,
. " 40 seasons and ere not dependent
4 NIB moods or styies II 10 tho great
Z ain and stock market the food Of the
world Ths 10y life Of the nation 70
oepsnder, ,..., .ur product We are the
logical tIstr'tut.n g center Of the coun.
try. ana will be. a. soon % our wasted
power snd neglected rivers are developed.
enc great manufacturing city Of the
future
ureams ~ Future.
You call mo . dreamer. but these are
sDossible dreams. hence not dreams but
facts IN course Of realization.
The eastern coast cities and the west
coast cities have already developed and
are now ovsr-developed. The great mass
Of immigrants rushing to our shores are
providing the coast cities. Prices have
gone Up there 20 that land ownership has
become q sign. Of great wealth. Every
thing 10 high. Building 10 overdone. De-
velopment 10 up to its zenith. Now we
are ready to take on these people In their
onward movement from the crowded east
towards the promising west and from the
overdons western coast 70 the new middle
west They will meet ct our gates and
swell our population. occupy our homes.
bu1d up our vacant lots. and bring moro
and increased business 70 our door.
But these men who have Omaha's
wealth and can help and should help TO
tuild the Omaha Of the future. are too
conservative to try again at the business
Il ,tA'ah thew lost 50 heGvlY wnlt. dol
VI fihr t. ~ the case Ia Onaf1a's de.
veaopmsnt IN the lasSA ten 10 fifteen years7
All the building and enrsepsiss was cor n
dnctsd BY comparatively new men and
poor men. who either bad
nothiny 70 lose or. those who were not
constantly hampered By the dreaded
spectre Of tho past but encouraged By thej
promise Of the future
All Newcomers.
LooR over the list Of tho real active
builders Of Omaha In the past ten years.
With the exception Of perhaps one or two
Of the old timers. they are all new young
men. poor men II you please II would
rather say poor men when they started
Now these men although blessed with the
divine wealth Of ambition and energy. yet
could not undertake the great things Of
Omaha They have converted our corn.
fields and neglected weed patches into
beautiful lawns and have built cottages.
homes flats and apartments. and wher-
ever you turn you ses the greater Omaha
spreadinS and building IL homes on Ill
sides. developing north. west ana south.
Eve years ago some skeptics feared We
were oves.buudins Omaha We eontn-
usd In spite Of their protest to build. End
yet today we need moro homes Al
this was done by the new men What
were those with tho wealth doing7 They
bougth stocks and bonds. They loaned
their money out. They sent . good BIT
Of their money out Of Omaha to try their
luck 10 some other cidAs. and the rssultf
Well. you all know what happened d
the stock markets Instead Of great
profits they were glad to get interest on
their investment and In some cases giaA
TO get their principal back While they
were looking elsewhere 70 invest their
wealth At 4 to & per cant. here was
Omaha developed al around and begging
Cor development IN IT, center. In IT. very
heart. which was neglected. because Il 70
the most expensive property. the business
property
Rest Of All Neglected.
Tn/ most staple. but also tho most ~
pensivs. was neglected. because out Of the
reach Of the ambitious but poor OPERATOR
and yet unappreciated BY IT, wealthy. but
scared owner. and slowly yet surely 1t
dawns upon the mind Of every man with
capital, asking for Investment. "whyI
NOT turn homo" to tho most staple yet
most remunerative Of, all properties. the
Very heart ofeomaha. where our stores,
our shops. our off!cs buildings, hotels
and public buildings ;afe situatedf The
bigger the city yrdTs. the moro It's bust.
ness therefore thS more desirabls it,
downtown propert&. |