Omaha daily bee., 1922-01-31
Business Improving,
Statesmen Report

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great many other tenant farms. The
tenants are hard hit and, according
10 Mr, sigman, some arc moving q
other places, even 10 the cities, while
some viii leappeaF as farm hands
Their places are being taken by olheI
renters and there will be no idls
acres. A test OF land values az !
farm sale recently showed pfaeii-
eally no decline, 70 acres selling al
$50 an acre and quarter section
a. SIPS.
The warm winter and the high
price have combined TO reduce the
iale OF coal. Cobs aud wood are
icing used IN the iafmhouses. The
money thus saved is 80 much gained
for the community, as even coal
dealers admit. while they anticipate
purchases OF lumber aud fence wire
In the spring out OF what has been
saved.
Riding up and down the railroad
lines, and covering the roads IN auto
as many are doing Tor the
sake OF reducing selling expenses.
are the travelling salesmen. soliciting
sfders Tor spring business, A new
eonhdepee Is theirs. and new
As one remarked. during
the glad old. bad old times OF infla-
tlon. any one eould sell goods by the
mere process ol telling the merchant
that the supply was short and prices
were going higher; now the man
who goes out after trade has 10 uss
real salesmanship. There is busi-
ness TO be found in the agricultural
districts OF Nebraska. but one has
10 have his prices right.
Business Better.
On the train from Omaha TO Lin
coin were three manufacturers
agents from New York. Their FIRST
stop in the state had been at Omaha.
where they found business better
than il was a year ago. Each said he
had never worked harder in his lie,
but when one lapsed into the stock
joke about not being out to sell
goods, but only to show them, the
others irowned disapproyal
The great trouble with the whole
country, and with the whole world,
is fear" said one. People have been
hysterical and that made business
worse than il should have been. In
the cities they have been afraid OF
being laid off or having their wages
cut. The fear OF unemployment did
more than actual unemployment to
cut down buying. Once people are
given a chance TO quiet their nerves,
] expect normal times
Still Telling Stories.
Early orders for goods mean a
great deal toward opening more jobs.
these three New Workers agreed.
Hand-to- mouth purchases and delay
ing to order until the last minute
causes first slack periods in the fac
tories, followed by an overtime rush.
Seasonal employment is hard on the
w NaSS-SdihSiS dHu lays Jul uSll Oi
the employers also.
Rent must be paid on idle build
ings and interest on idle machinery.
Ultimately, of course, the consumer
has to pay the bill.
Oh, yes; travelling men still tell
stories up forward in the smoking
car. The favorite one from New
York this season concerns Scotch
man at a movie. In one Of those
travel films he saw gigantic horned
animal standing on the top of ono
Of the Rocky mountains. He nudged
his neighbor and asked what it was.
why, that's an American moose"
was the9eply.
"Ah," said the Scotchman, "a
moose, and how I should hate to
face an American rat"
Now, Menona, how often have l
told you not to listen to what older
people are saying!