Omaha daily bee., 1921-11-14
Competition
BY JACK LEE.


To the dmc merchants Competition the life Of trade
When told that rival setting up shop
the street compete with him he would cheery Thc
the merr and he then began TO urbs all his stock Of trick
by which he hoped that competition in that particular
town with him not healthy.
In days merchants who stopped misreprc
senaon plain lies personal and veed attacks and
"do" their competitor False advertising blackguardng malg
persecution and feelings Of hatred toward another
the thing Anything merchant could against hi
competitor that would nure him the line of business
therefore permissible
Such competition business feuds that lasted for
Two merchants in the town wouldn't allow their children
play together bitter had the competition become They seldom
had decent word to each other pvatethat if they
metand for association among the clerks
rival concerns hands held horror at the thought
How different The old adage about competition being
the life of trade hasn't changed much but the methods of
ion have The have taught business rivals that only honest
competition win that better than knock and that
if anything about his competitor be something
decent or nothing at ALL
How is that which the walls of many
business W competitor talks about put him
on the pay roll"
Business rivals seldom ever say anything about their
they have learned that knocking subtle nnuendoes
breed contempt and feeling of untrsworness that difficult
to overcome
Nowadays merchants in competitive lines call each other by
their first They visit back and forth and merchant
me he wouldn't dare set foot there If he did he guarded
for it ten chances to he there to do little spying
They belong the business clubs and exchange ideas
Their children play together and have been known
and live happily after
Competitors have learned that the CROUCH stuff is not con-
duclve to business and gives the perpetrators bad
that the best and sure to join forces
geer forget hard personal grudges and work for the better
great sight to see several hundred merchants all dealing
the commodities meeting convention to thes out their
chants who have up against difficult problems through the
not M to arise and tell tell ho about them and
problems and solved them.
There organizations in the city that the
mutual welfare of all They discuss everything in the
dence of their fellows who when the time hold out help
ing hand to them.
The live merchant knows what is going the business
knowledge from trade journals devoted his particular line by
for anything he might want to know. t&
One of the greatest steps forward business has made in the
past 25 has been that Of honest dealing and the for
50 long among competitors
work for the benefit all this week at the show
where there were 2o exhibits of commodities made in Omaha
time ago awoke to
Business depons all the country had lowered sales which
results in curaed pay rolls and reduced production.
The Omaha association got together and
vsed the scheme of bringing orcb the buying public the need
Of patronizng Omaha not only to give
ing impetus but for their advantage They knew their
goods compared favoraby workmanship and price with those
imported from other cities.
They decided that campaign Of publicity introduce their
goods each home the thing They their plans and
then placed them before the retail merchants of the CITY, The
talers and the saesmenn fact all world
Omaha-go behind the Madein- Omaha show to
When quarters the eighth
the Brandes store 400 anxious to have
hibts. There only for 120 and the first
got the space.
That didn't set the other wholesalers
peant The retail merchants placed their display windows
the disposal of the manufacturers practically every
facurer Omaha had display of his window
during the week
The merchants have begun push goods
already manufacturing announced that will
add 500 its roll because of the
creased business which has resulted.
To get better acquainted with the buying public many
hments Each day thousands of visitors visited the show
the result this Manufacturer has been drawn closer whole
The Omahans have learned definitely just what made
Omaha and it safe prediction that Omaha-made goods will
greater sale Omaha in the future than in the past
These great results for good could have pass
ept for the cooperation of all business concerned
question of the good of the whole where petty eaouses put
the background and instead of each into the thing
or himself the welfare of the other fellow considered
Merchandise displayed for the pubcs inspection the
public is the judge That article which manufactured
handised with the degree honesty will
enjoy the greatest popularity.
Competition making your merchandise as good
ar as his.
The old order of competition fails in this day age
merchandise sells higher standard of honesty
ver before.