The Omaha guide., 1932-09-17
Men At $225 per Month
(BY OLLIE LEWIS)

Several months ago there was or
gained in this community W h a t Is
known as "The Citizens CO.. Operative
League of Omaha" The Of
the Organization is to raise the COM
munity to a higher economic level, not
by demanding an increase in wages
and salaries, but by increasing the
purchasing power of its constituency.
This is done by cooperating the eff
forts and power of the consumer. In
order to get the organization before
the people, several successful public
gatherings were held. Namely. a mass
meeting at Dreamland Hall, with bet
ter than 500 people attending. "A splen-
did program was rendered, m d &.
songs and good speakers who told VII
the difference between cooperative bus.
mess and Capitalist business, and the
history and aim Of cooperation. After
the program a number Of shares were
sold. So the meeting was a decided
success. On April 9th, we gave a mid
mite show at the Ritz Theatre. at
tended by more than $50 people. There
were other efforts put on which were
outstanding in character. and ali to-
gether they created a very deep re-
spect for the organization which met
weekly, and had an enrolment of rs
members and a following of half this
number. Although there has not been
one penny of the peoples money lost,
this popularity was short lived, like
other organizations that have
formed in this community. and be-
fore we could realize it, in creeped
the Shiny and poisonous character Of
selfishness, and very effectively did
Ire do his dirty work. The member
ship was scattered, its hope was
cloud7d, its enthusiasm swayed. its
ambition crushed, in fact the organi.
cation was all but killed. However,
there was several who could not be
discouraged. They struck to the task.
They overcame every difficulty, and
now the storm has broken. the clouds
are beginning to disappear, and across
the horizin the sky is clear and blue.
| I'M happy to say we are ourselves
once again. "The Citizens Cooperative
League of Omaha" BY persistent eff
fort and hard work we are able to
demonstrate in a practical way some
of the savings of a consumers coop
GRAFTON. By directly ordering FIR
the mines and distributing to the
members. Our 1st car load Of Semi
anthracite coal, thereby affecting a
saving Of $1O6.40 besides we paid h
of the members 1880 f D hauling
the coal, which makes a total saving
Of $40 a car.
We have in Omaha approximately
5000 families who use an average Of
4 tons Of coal per year. AT this rate
you see we use 10000 tons or 300 a
LOADS OF coal each winter, If we saved
$40 or one car load Of coal on 300
car loads we would save $33, 900, and
at the same time we would pay at the
rate of $50 a car for handling the coal
or $4,000. This makes a total saving
of $4,000 per year, then, too, with
$4,000 we could employ 40 men regu.
lar for 6 months at 1925 per month.
This would be $4,000 saved without
any sacrifice, without an increase in
wages without any hardship, the only
thing necessary is to s pen d your
money through the cooperative league.
If we can save $40, 900 on coal alone.
it means that our purchasing power
would be raised proportionately, and
we would have $4,000 to spend for
something else. If you are interested
in saving money IN coal, join the Citi-
zens' Cooperative League Of Omaha.
Call Ollie Lewis who is taking orders
now for the next car. WE-5O95.
"Self Help Is the Only Help"