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A Home Fraternity.
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V M I ' li I! 10 I with t lie
places of interest to vis
itors in Omaha in the
aIroaeliint,r fall festivi
ties the Woodmen of
the World building and
headquarters, located at Fifteenth and
I Howard Streets, ranks hiyh; for few
there are who are not identified with,
or interested in this (.rand Fraternity
i claiming our city as its home.
I JVrhiips few of our citizens stop to
consider the vast volume of business
emanating daily from the Woodmen
of the World building, a cut of which
appears on this pane.
The founder of Wotidcraft needs no
introduction to the business interests
: of ( Imaha, but we are pleased to pre
1 sent him here as the father of the
! home in which he has nurtured and
reared from infancy to a sturdy,
healthy maturity this Order of Per
fected Woodcraft. .1. ('. Hoot, Sover
eign Commander of the Woodmen of
the World, is a man among men A
man whose personal charities are
many: a sympathetic nature peculiarly
atune to his life work which is fraught
with such good to humanity.
Eleven years ago in one room in the
north-west corner of the second Moor
.of what was then known as the Sheely
Y.fctck the Woodmen of the World
was launched upon the fraternal sea
with sails set for stormy winds, but
manned by an able captain with a
Carpenter's Letter
(Tout hilled from Twelfth fane.)
Ing the American wood often arrives a
shade under this size, and the man who
orders it has to pay the duty. The result
is he stops at one order. There is also a
good demand for our oak boards and
planks, provided they r.re sawed to the
right thickness, but at present the Aus
trian wood Is crowding the American wood
out because it is better seasoned and more
carefully prepared.
I am surprised at (he amount of Amer
ican machinery I see about the docks. The
warehouses are full of it and the streets
outside are blocked by it. In addition to
farm implements there are packages of
carpet sweepers, meat grinders and ice
cream freezers. There are also large Im
portations of electrical machinery, and
within the east few years the Westing
house company has established a factory at
Havre to supply the French market. It is
a large building, on the edge of the city,
where a number of bright young Am ri
cana superintend the Frenchmen who d
the rough work. The company has a
French name, being entitled the "Socicte
Industriclle d'Klectricitc. Precedes Wen' -Inghouse."
Its capital is 10,(ino nmi francs.
it about $2,finn.ono.
During my ride about the wharves with
Consul Thackara I asked him to give me
some points for American shippers. He
replied that the market is not properly un
derstoc d by more than fifty of our leading
American firms.
"These firms," said Mr. Thackara, "have
thoroughly studied the subject. They have
their own agents on the ground, and have
systen atlzed their busings after the French
methods. They pack their goods as the
French want them and are willing to ac
cept the usual terms of credit. The French
have been accustomed to receiving such
terms from the English and Hermans, and
if Americans will not give the same term.
they refuse to deal with them. The aver
age American wants his money in advance,
or on receipt of the goods, but this will n v
do in the majority of Instances here.
Many of our shippers are sending cata
logues of machinery ami other American
products printed In English," continued Mr
Thackara. "Such catalogues go into the
waste basket, for the average customer
cannot read them. They should be pritced
in French, and all measures should be in
the French metric system and prices prefer
ably in French money.
"Some of our houses are (sending trave'
ers into Fiance. Thin is very well if th
man understands the French language; If
not, be had better be kept at home atnl a
French agent employed. An agent should
faithful steward and a staunch crew,
who have by unwearying effort brought
her out into the open sea where she
caliu'y rides the waves in majestic
pride with her sister fraternit ies.
With this phenomenal growth of
three hundred thousand members in a
period of eleven years, the directing
brain and llrm hand of Sovereign Clerk
.lohn T. Yiites. whose genial face is a
familiar one to our citizens, and the
vast membership of this Order have
been always on the alert, with what
Mieecsscan be realized only by those ac
quainted with the details of conduct
not be expected to cover any more terri
tory here than he would be required to
cover in the I'nited States, and, when for
eign agent 4 are employed, representatives
from the home offices should visit them at
least once a year. I don't think our ship
pers appreciate the pessibilit i.'S of the
French market. These people spend a
vast deal of money every year for foreign
goods, and the bulk of their imports are
from other parts of Europe. American
goods are popular, and especially American
machinery and American tools. I hope
that there will be a great incri ase 'a our
trade with France with the increase in our
shipping and that we will now regularly
see American ships in this harb: r. At
present we get quantities of American
goods, but they all rome in v. ssels under
foreign flags. I have been in office here
fT five years and I have seen only three
American flags flying from American steam
ers during that time."
In closing this letter I will say a word
about Cherbourg, the French port where
the American line, the North German L'oyd,
the Hamburg-American and others rf the
big ocean steamers stop on their way to
New York. It la not an Important com
mercial point, being little more than a
port of call for passengers. It Is a mili
tary and naval station, and will always be
such. Havre Is the chief business port,
and It will continue to b our gateway to
France. FRANK O. CARPENTER.
Few Minutes' Writin'
Here is a story by the Philadelphia Times
about thf republican candidate for gov
ernor of Pennsylvania, Samuel V. Penny
packer. One of his first "Jobs" as a prac
ticing lawyer and attorney was the draw
ing up of a deed covering some land In
which an up-the-state farmer wag con
cern d. When the work was finished the
farmer was given a bill for $2, and ob
jected to it as exorbitant, out of all propor
tion to the service rendered a "few min
utes' writin' that's all." as the farmer ex
pressed It.
".My dear sir," said the lawyer, "to team
h' w to draw up that deed 1 studied two
years in the Orovemont seminary, at a cost
if IJOO; I then studied four years In th.-
West Philadelphia Institute, which cost
JJ.'O a vear more; and the" 1 went to the
law sihxil cf the I'nlversity of Pennsyl
Vitnla fi r a year, and that cost an addi
t dial $".'!". So. you see, the education
n-Tdcil to do this cost me $l.7n, although
y u think t- too much to charge."
The farmer looked Lawyer Pennypacker
over from head to foot for a moment, ami
then exclaimed:
"Well by gum! Wh it a darned fool yr
mu3t have bin afore they begun on you!"
ing so vast an enterprise. Sovereign
Clerk Yates' clerical force has grown
to some seventy odd and only with a
capable mind to evolve methods and
plans could so harmonious a grind of
business as exists in his accounting,
auditing and corresponding depart
ments be at mplished.
The volume of correspondence and
mail sent out daily by the Woodmen
of t he World gives a larger consump
tion of postage than any other insti
t ut ion in t he city of )maha.
Some concept ion of the increase of
work incident to this rapid growth
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NEW SHORTHAND HOOK -Pn.f. Mosher's new book on Im, r.,v. d (;ic,g Is now cut. Every (iregg writer ought to
several new pi in. ipl. s add legibility and Increased speed. Pure Gregg is Illegible nd Urn cumbersome-Improved
Ml .vaut. Sent to any address for $l.nn. Ill SINESS DEPARTMENT llest ...,.,1 ,i ,' ..
is complete amM.ur facilities unsurpass.d. TELEGRAPHY We tench
Ibrougii. NEW
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Monarch and Elk
Rotary Washers
.M iJe in Omaha.
Sold through Omaha jobbers .
Cooley & Kennedy,
(icucral Sales Agents,
;U2So. 2th St.. Omaha, Nh
may be better grasped with the knowl
edge that now tlw Sheely Hloek is
owned by this fraternity, which r
l it i res tli entire second and third
tloors and part of the four! h to aco m
niodatc t he large clerical force neces
sary for the routine work. The second
lloor isoceiipied by t he working force of
Sovereign Clerk Yates and his private
olliccs. The third lloor by Sovereign
Commander Koot, his secretary and
assistants and the Organization De
part uient, also the olliccs of Sovereign
Physicians A. 1. Cloyd and Ira W.
Porter and that of the editorial de-
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Department of too Omaha ri:muerei;il 'iiii..i...
at ono time in Nebraska. The photo waslakeii by Iyincaster. )
E. J. DAVIS
All kinds of
Heavy Hoisting
and Hauling
Safes a Specialty.
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MooHMKN OF TIIK Wolil II.
partmeiit, from which emanates the
Sum-thin 'isitm the olliclal organ
of the Order, sent monthly to each
member, giving the exact tlnancial
and social condition of the Order to
late, on the fourth lloor are the
olliccs of the Finance ' Mtimit t ce and
Monument Department with Sover
eign P.. Wood .lewell at its head.
Members and other visit ing )maha
will be well repaid and gain knowl
edge of the working of the Order v
a visit to headquarters, where they
will be warmly welcomed by those
in charge.
The Woodmen of the World has
many features original with its
founder. Among them the erection
of a beautiful monument at the grave
of a deceased member, bearing the
inscription "I Mi in Tacet, 'lam.it
1 1 ho' silent he claims) a last ing t ributc
to the memory of a brother: a total
disability benellt at seventy years of
ae and many others, but above all
:i rapidly growing reserve fund, now
aggregating over one million dollars,
insuring a limited number of assess
ments. An Order whose principles
give protection alike to the living
member and the families of those
who have been taken away.
Omaha and her citizens should be
proud indeed to own within its
bounds this nucleus, which, in an
ever-widening circle, proclaims itself
a power.
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Rosenbery Bros. & Miller,
Mutiuf:ictiircr cif
Mill Work !;,i,,,V,il;;,"1i,(,),1" Lumber
Hardwood Office Fixtures
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1501-3-5-7 Marcy Street
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