The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-12-31
B u es
Stages Big
Omaha Industries Show Large
Monetary Increases Dur
ing 1922 Despite De-
crease in Prices.
Labor Situation Clears

Old Man Business staged a big come.
back In Omaha during 1922.
Momentum gained by industry NJ
the city during the past year should
carry Omaha on to even greater
gains during 1928, in the opinion of
financial experts.
Tho city's gain during 1922 is shown
by cold, unglossed statistics. But the
story OF the great industrial revival
cannot be told entirely by figures.
There was feeling of uncertainty
In business circles at the beginning
or 1872. Labor controversies doomed
The packing industry. one of the
greatest in the city. was just emerg.
ihs from butchers strike. The
butcher workmen's union did not of.
hcially call off the strike until Janu-
airy 30
Confusion Increased.
The more recent strike of railway
shopmen added to the confusion. It
threatened to spread to other branches
of the railroad service, maintenance
OF way and the brotherhoods. Omaha
Is a great railroad center and is de-
pendent on its rail- Jads
For time the city was threatened
1t seemed. with coal shortage. The
miners trike dragged on. and com.
mittee of fuel experts was formed to
meet emergencies.
But through it all business con-
tinued to gain. The totals for the
year are amazingly large; they show
gain in almost every important
branch of industry
Bank clearings, a feeler OF the city's
business pulse, gained s7S,370,659.
Receipts at the Union Stock yards
in cattle. hogs and horses showed big
increases. Sheep receipts decreased
22o,175. Gain in cattle was 309 .675
head: hogs, 174,106. and horses and
mules, 2.O92 head.
Bank clearings are larger. as are
bank deposits. Grain receipts show
a gain of some II 900, 900 bushels and
grain shipments are correspondingly
greater. Value of manufactured
products in Omaha totaled s345. .446,-
SS5. as compared to $326,l93.559 in
1921. Jobbing business 4otaled s434,-
Qo0.545. as compared 10 $345, ,952 ,025
IN 1921. an indication of a healthy con
dition in the Omaha trade territory.
Heavy Freight Business.
These figures, furnished by the bu-
reau of publicity OF the Omaha Cham
Der Il Commerce, really are more sig.
nifcant than can be shown in terms
of dollars. because Omaha's manu-
featuring and wholesaling has gained
despite lowered prices.
Value of packing house output
shows slight shrinkage from the
total of 1921. but the smelter output
had healthy gain during the past
year.
During the past year $51. .41S,375
worth of groceries and provisions
were distributed by Omaha concerns,
as compared to $40, 500 worth in
1921
Railroads report a heavy freight
business. The Union Pacific and Bur
lington lines have announced the
placing of large equipment orders.
Little Unemployment.
From the Chamber of Commerce
bureau of publicity comes word that
a record number of conventions d6W
was held in Omaha during l5zZ.
Comes another announcement from
the same source that even larger
number of conventions will be held
here during the ensuing year.
There is comparatively little unem-
ployment in the city. nor can ominous
rumblings of serious labor difficulties
he heard. Retail business during the
I1I a
Speakers no longer eXpound opti-
mism to groups of business men. They
declare there is no need for it. Busi-
ness men have optimism and are
practicing it. Hence they are enter
ing a new year of industry with
spirit that can scarcely fail to result
in even greater progress than was
shown in 1922.