Omaha daily bee., 1920-11-01
A City of Comfortable Homes
By PAUL GREER

Visitors to Omaha can hardly have missed seeing
handsome little booklet that has been prepared for
advertising the city, Designed to show that this is the
logical distributing center for the middle west it con-
tains map showing its central position together with
pictures of several of its leading industrial and
mercial activities
Opposite photograph of the trading floor of the
grain exchange is the explanation that Omaha is the
only real primary grain market with all receipts direct
from the country and not from other markets
On the next page is vista of the stock yards, show
ing thousands of beef cattle awaiting sale in the pens
Omaha, we are informed ranks after Chicago as live
stock market.
picture of the loading of string Of freight cars
with thousands of tubs of butter bears the boast that we
have first honors in butter production.
Omaha is first in lead ore reduction" is the state
ment accompanying picture of the American Smet-
ing and Refining companys immense plant the river
front.
"Omaha is thirteenth in bank cearings, although
thirtyfourth in population. Its cearings increased
faster last than those of other leading financial
center" The illustration accompanying this fact the
splendid marble interior of one of the banks.
view from the automobile show is given to i'm
press the fact that Nebraska owns more autos in pro-
portion than any other state'
What does this all signify?
Is it not possible for city, as we'll as man to gain
the whole world and lose his soul?
Perhaps. But it is not so with Omaha. Toward
the end Of this little booklet photograph of simple
of dwelling houses. "Omaha is city Of comfort
able homes" runs the legend.
Here in single glance, the visitor may take in the
purpose of all the whrr and hum of industry. The
for power wealth and position would be utterly barren
of real accomplishment if it end instead of an
accessory.
The success of any city is to be measured by the
welfare of its people. This proposition is double
barreled. When city such Omaha offers freedom
from vast sum areas, and substitutes good homes at
moderate rents together with opportunity for nexpen
sve and clean recreation, it prospers in many ways.
The best news that could come is that money for
home building to be plentiful, and this promises
to keep Omaha still city of comfortable homes and
2ontented population
1t is thus Omaha in the past has secured high
lass of workmen. Greater stability in the supply of
abor and reduction in the number of floaters are
other results of proper housing facilities Did you
that the average of replacing employees who
lut who discharged is estimated at $1O0? The
problem of labor turnover is to eliminate the expense
of hiring and teaching men who will not stay long
enough to benefit their employers themselves Bet
ter living conditions play leading part in keeping
down this item Of expense.
Life is "a long pull. strong pull, and pull all
together" Contented people are more efficient
worth to themselves to their employer and to the
community.
That city and those employers who give working
people square deal will surely reap more than is
This spirit of friendly and intimate relations is
probably existent in the middle west than in the
districts where industry has grown to immense
proportions.
Omaha, pre-emnent in many lines of industry, can
maintain it's position its sefrespect and the respect of
its neghbors by continuing be the city of comfortable
homes.
- W. H. AtMANsoN Pres.
W l. Wilcox v Pres NU E. Foster, se-Treas
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