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The largest manufacturing and Jobbing firm in the sash and
door business In the Vi$! is located In Omaha.
It. is the Adams & Ktlly Company.
I.' hi; than sixteen yvars ago thU firm began business with
n stunll stock. The first location of the factory was In a
fniall builtling at S2J North Sixteenth stret, where there
were limited trackage facilities. The business done by the
firm wan not large enough to make trackage lacllities of
much importance.
George H. Kelly has been manager of the company 'from
its Infancy to the present time. It Is due to hl3 energy and
Intimate knowledge of the business that the plant has grown
to such immense proportions.
It was August. 1892, when the infant Industry was estab
lished In the little building on North Sixteenth street.
Today the Adams & Kelly Company is the largest manufac
turing and Jobbing firm in the sash and door line in the entire
west.
Today the establishment occupies one of the finest positions
In the Omaha Jobbing and manufacturing district. This is be
Grain Market Growth Reflects General
Value of grain produerd during 1W7 in the
Kccllmi whirl) forwards shipments to
Omaha's primary market:
Ail of Nebraska. Value. FHixhcls.
Corn ?3.634.(KiO 179.32X,0i0
spring" wheat S.U'&fl") 3,Nti4,Oi0
U lnUT wheat 3.t,:'17,uiK) 4:!.17,K0
'Jut IS.Ofil.otN) 61, mm!
liarley I,ri,i0 2,413.0m)
,! X8ti,0IO 1.6O2.W0
Thirty-two per vtt.nl of Iowa grain:
Coin i 37,1HI,4 8ti.470,5il0
: prlng wlient l.fiS.'.Siio 2.OW.3J0
Winter wheat 315,60 3x4.ti60
uls 13.242.240 . 34.K48.UIO
liarley 2.7-J.LM 4,5lfi.SWO
live HO. Pa) 3U3.050
Hlxty per cunt of South Dakota grain:
(orn 13,0,000 28.306,000
spring wheut 17.844,201) ' 19,488,000
t .us 7,858,4K 18.tl66.8il0
parley 7,36.ti"N) 12,n75,UOO
Ity 219.IKIO 354,1100
Ten per cent of Kansas grain :
Corn tl.tfJtl.OOi) 15.5!4.0X
Vpilng wheat 14,3iK) 18J.1U)
. inter whMt 6,230,6H) 6,378K)
Oats Ma.UM 337.0CU
! bixly per cent of Colorado grain:
'-.Corn 1.017,000 1.5fi4,800
) Spring wheat 3,7.(XK) &,ohk,2oo
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Ono per cent uf Minnesota grain:
Corn 201,020 43,0Ii0
Spring wheat: Kfl.020 676,ik)
Oats 254,140 19 8f0
Harley 178,40 2tiii,f0
Ity 10,790 16.360
Brventy-five per cent of Wyoming grain:
Corn 39,000 66,2H
Spring wheat 493,000 641,260
Oats i. 883,760 1,666.000
Total valup of grain In territory whlrh
looks to Omaha as a primary market, Ui'i,
&i'4,080k Because 626,726,160 bushels of sraln, valued
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Spring Announcement
1908
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X. ADAMS, President, Dubuque,
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a.t $253,594,080, were grown In tho territory
which looks to Omaha as a n.arkct and
which comprehends the richest and fairest
part of the Missouri river valley, farmers
and the thousands who deal with them In
one way or another not only went through
the panic without knowing there was a
money stringency, but stood bark of the
west with their wealth and averted loss
and Buffering.
And when It was all over and the period
of recovery was announced, the farmers
had one-third of theli crop still In the bins
of the granaries. When prices of stocks
went down In November and December, the
farmers fed $4.60 hogs corn which was
worth 63 cents, per bushel; when the eleva
tors closed because the grain dealers could
not secure cash to buy, the farmers wrote
their checks for merchandise, new car
riages and automobiles and make the holi
day trade, without having to dispose of a
single bushel of grain.
Estimates vary as to Just what per
centage of the wealth of the fields in
western states Is back of Omaha, but
grain dealers estimate that of tho grain
which Is shipped to primary , markets,
practically all from Nebraska fields comes
to Omaha; 83 per cent of the Immense crop
of Iowa is within 100 to 150 miles of Omaha,
nearer than to any other market; the
northern twelve counties of Kansas de
pend on Omaha for a market, and prob
ably 10 pur cent of the grain which Is
sold Is sent to Omaha. South Dakota
grain naturally comes to Omaha. Prob
ably 60 per cent of the amount sold Is
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after marriage. The bearing
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to the mother's shapeliness.
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Nicholas street north.
It owns and occupies a ground space measuring 3U4 feet
frontage on Nicholas street and extending 375 feet north. In
other words this space Is nearly a block and a half In size
114,000 square feet. .
The brick factory building, three stories high and 66 by
157 feet In size-, is equipped with all the latest Improved
woodworking machinery and all the latest patented devices for
the conversion of the various woods Into things of beauty and
usefulness used in the building and equipping .of homes and
offices.
The latest Improved steam drying kiln for the thorough and
most scientific treatment of lumber which is the raw material
of the manufactory, Is also a feature of the equipment.
There are three lumber sheds, 60 by 150 feet In size.
A magnificent, new. three-story brick warehouse building,
132 by 157 feet, faces on Nicholas street.
There is also a frame warehouse, two stories high and
shipped to the Omaliu market. Along the
linos of the Great Northern, Northwestern,
Omaha road and tho Milwaukee ,& St.
Paul road, In Minnesota, hundreds of cars
of grain arc shipped to Omaha, until at
least 1 per cent of the great crop of Minne
sota comes to Omaha on its Initial move
ment from the fields to th( consumer.
Colorado ships 60 per cent and Wyoming;
75 per cent of the grain the states have
to sell to Omaha.
Hut, back of the fact that much of the
grain conies to Omaha as a market, the
fact that the immense amount of grain.
500,000,000 bushels, valued at $250,000,000, repre
sents the buying power of the farmers In the
territory which buys and sells everything to
Omaha, except farms, and hundreds have
come to Omaha for" farms since Junuury
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The $2SO,000,000 worth of grain enabled the
farmers of the west to meet the panic and
It was theirs from tho first.
The farmers were conservative and their
first move was to help the country banks.
When the banks in the cities wore Issu
ing cashiers' checks and restricting the
Omaha Factories
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of M. K. Smith & Co., largo manufacturers
of shirts, overalls and other .ready made
clothing said: "Our shirt and light goods
garment factory Is running full force.
The overall factory Is not, but Indications
are that It will be running with full force
within a few weeks."
Sash and door factories report about the
same number of workmen as -last year,
while one or two planing mills closed tem
porarily, with the hope of opening later
with a full force. Furniture factories have
been kept busy all winter.
Distillers are not working as many hands
nor making as much liquor as they made
during the same three months last year,
while bottlers have cut down forces 26 per
cent.
Almost all the manufacturing jewelers
have additional workmen. The largest
Jewelry manufacturer In Omaha, has in
creased his force 100 per cent.
The National Biscuit company has closed
its factory and maintains a sales agency
in Omaha. The force has been cut down
from 130 people to somefhtng like five to
ten people. The shutdown had nothing to
do with "tight money," but was brought
about by the application of the Nebraska
pure food law, the company declining to
label Its goods as directed.
Two industries which have added work
men are the manufacturers of whips and
the makers of a humane horse collar which
have almost doubled their forces since last
year.
Cigar manufacturers have cut down their
force from 15 to 25 per cent, but the
smaller novelty factories are running with
a full force.
One of tile large forces of workmen em
ployed In Omaha is at the worts of the
American Smelting and Kefiiiing company,
which refined $54.0uO,OoO of metals last year.
Manager Page said April I; "Our force
has not been cut down to exceed I or per
cent. Our output has been about the same
as last year for the same time. The year
will fiulsh well." -
More (lour and feed has been manufac
tured In Omaha during the first throe
months of I'Jus than during six months of
THE OMAHA SUNDAY HEK: APRIL
Iowa. J. C. COLLIER, Vice-President, Dubuque,
Secretory and Treasurer, Omaha, ISJeb.
(EL Kelly Co. Plant. 13th
payment of currency, scores of banks at
the tmiall towns In the western states paid
money over tho counters every day dur
ing November and December, because the
farmers did not need the money and did
not demand it.
M. O. A vers, president of the: bank at
Dakota City, said thirty days after the
panic started:
"VTUrn we resolved to pay uash and
nothing but cash over our counter the
farmers took the money they had at home
out of their teapots and deposited it in the
bank. We were .offered money every day
during November and the deposits In
creased. The farmers who came Into the
bank said they were not In the least anx
ious about the situation. They have a
large amount of their grain on hand and
regard It Just as good or bettor than
money In the bank. If the west Is saved
from the hard blows of a money stringency
It will be because of the loyalty of the
farmers and their great optimism."
Soon after the first of the year, and even
during December, the sale of farm lands
began, Douglas, Washington and Sarpy
17 and more men have been employed.
The L'pdike mill has been running day and
night with a 1,000-barrel capacity and has
announced that the capacity will be
doubled.
Manufacturers of confectionery have
ktpt their usual winter forces, which are
always somewhat smaller than during the
last months of the year.
Managers of the local packing houses say
the financial situation so far as the meat
producing Industry Is concerned shows a
promising outlook. AH effects of the close
year are at tr. vanishing point. The mar
ket is Improving. This is especially notice
able in the prices paid for hogs. During
the week closing the month of March the
offerings reached practically $5 for the best
grades. The supply has been liberal, but
the receipts are not so Inclined to be un
duly large as they were during the months
of January and February.
In November, when the close times began,
all live stock receipts became declined. Cat
tle lost in the last two months of 1907 all
the large gain of the previous months. Vp
to' November every indication pointed to
ward a record year for cattle. The re
ceipts for sheep and hogs, however, had
shown a small decrease. With closer times
the receipts dropped because of a determi
nation 6f the farmers, to hold out against
the pressure of financial disturbance when
prices of hogs dropped from the best ever
paid to SH cents. For four months the
average was nearer the $4 mark than to
$450. After holding their hogs nearly two
months the farmers got (id of their sur
plus and the receipts since the opening of
the year show an Increase over previous
years of nearly 2u0,ood. This condition is
not local, but all the markets have had
the same experience. The result Is that
packers have in their cellars an enormous
quantity of stored pork product. In the
circuit ot the great markets there Is more
perk stored than ever before.
Since the first of the year the receipts of
rattle have declined 39,000 to 40,1x0 head In
the local market. This also Indira us a
general condition. The prices offered for
cattle have been unifoimly steady, and
compared with hogs prices, have been high.
Poor grades of stock were difficult of sale
during this period and commanded much
lower prices. It was on these poorer grades
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measuring 70 by 90 feet. These are both filled with stock sizes
of sash, doors, mouldings and all the many other things in
which the Adams & Kelly Company deals, for the wholesale
und Jobbing trade.
All these buildings are heated by steam from the steam
plant owned by the Company and all are lighted by electricity
from the Company's own electric light plant.
An Immense and varied stock of soft and hardwood lumber
is carried on hand all the time, stored and cared for by lumber
experts until such time as It Is needed. The carrying of this
stock makes it possible for orders to be turned out almost at
a moment's notice In almost any kind of wood.
One hundred and fifty men are now employed In the fac
tory, warehouse and office of the company.
The Union Pacific and Illinois Central tracks run into tjje
yards of the Company's establishment.
Curs of lumber are bhifted direct to the Bides of the lumber
Expansion of Omaha's Trade
county farms sold for from $90 to $115 per
acre and some weeks more than a score
would change hands. In many Instances
spot cash was paid by the farmers buying
land.
Reports of the agencies In Omaha and out
over the state during tho first threo months
of the year have told of the thousands of
farmers who are settling In western Ne
braska, South Dakota, Wyoming and Colo
rado. Young fanners from states much older
than Nebraska arc moving here, while
many In the eastern part of the state are
pushing west. They want elbow room. The
farms worth $100 per acre are too small
and too cramped. The farmers are no
longer afraid to attempt the cultivation of
crops by Irrigation and actual changes of
the climatic conditions In South Dakota,
owing to the vegetation and scores of lakes
and hundreds of artesian wells, have be
come known far and wide.
Inquiry at the land department of the
railroad companies of Nebraska re
veals the fact that on an average of twenty-two
families have been settled In eaoh
that the effect of the financial trouble fell
most heavily.
The decline in the receipts of sheep has
been even more marked than In cattle
reaching more than 100,000. Prices for two
months were demoralized after the Novem
ber stringency, but with the opening of the
year better prices have prevailed. During
the last week the top prices reached nearly
$8. This la practically as good as offered
during the best season of 1907. The short
supply of cattle and sheep has brought
about the striking difference between them
and hogs.
The fact that prices of hogs have again
rallied is looked upon by the packers as a
good index to the finances of the country.
According to the same authority, the
dally receipts of the local market Is the
best Index to the volume of business done
by the packers during the year. The pack
ers have each come into the market for
the proportionate numbers for killing as In
previous years. The amount of work done
has, therefore, been dependent entirely on
the receipts. The excess in hogs has bal
anced the decrease, which makes the aver
age kill this year equal to any previous
year. There has been simply a change in
the adjustments. TJih receipts of cattle
during the year have been to date I'W.OOO,
a decrease of 38,000. The receipts of hogs,
785.010, a decrease of mono. The receipts of
sheep, 3W,000, decrease of 100,000.
Improvements In the packing district have
been at a standstill this year. A few of
the packers have finished or are finishing
the Improvements In progress last year.
Armour & Co. are planning considerable
improvement by way of removing several
old buildings and replacing them with mod
ern ones. None of these, however, will be
of great magnitude. The. Omaha ompany
is removing, thrve buildings of the old
plant, but offers no promise of what shall
occupy the site. Swift t Co. will compute
the beef house as far as convenient. The
L'nion Stock yards, according to Kveret
Buckingham, will make as few expvndltures
this yur Bf possible. This course was de
termined In caution because of the slight
financial unrest In the east, and from the
fact that the presidential year is approach
ing, and Uils Is likely to demand more or
less conservatism until the result are de-
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sheds and carload shipments of all kinds are loaded In cart
direct from the warehouse.
The Company's territory. In which a large and ever In
creasing business Is done, includes Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas,
South Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming. Utah and Idaho.
The Company manufactures in Its establishment almost
all kinds of interior finish cash and doors of all kinds, hard
wood and parquetery flooring, mantels, mouldings, shelving,
windows, transoms, stairwork, office fittings, desks, church
fittings, porch work and many other things ot this class.
AH the Interior doors and hardwood finish In the new
Omaha Young Men's Christian Association building and In the
elegant Brandels building were furnished by the Adams &
Kelly Company and MANUFACTURED AT THE COMPANY'S
FACTORY IN OMAHA.
These two Jobs are only samples of the marvelously rapid
growth and of the work, done by this big and successful firm.
county of western Nebraska by each rail
road company since the first of the year.
Tho Influx of settlers into Colorado, along
the lines which carry Omaha goods into
the country', is even heavier than into
western Nebraska. It is estimated by the
railroads that every day 15 people go to
Colorado to make homes and most of them
locate in the territory tributary to Omaha
and on the trunk lines of railroad.
The number of land owners in Nebraska
Wyoming, South Dakota, Kansas and Colo
rado has Increased remarkably since the in
vasion of the farmers began and the win
ter and spring of 1908 has been no excep
tion to the time when farmers are buying
their homes.
At the freight houses of Omaha and in
the break-up yards It Is learned that sev
eral carloads of Immigrant household goods
croia tho line Into Nebraska daily. There
are many families, especially those coming
The Pass
of Thermopylae
By HERBERT KAUFMAN.
Xerxes once led a million soldiers out of Persia in an effort
to capture Greece, but his invasion failed utterly because a
Spartan general had entrenched a hundred men in a narrow moun
tain pass which controlled the road into Lacedaemon. The man
who was first on the ground had the advantage.
Advertising is full of opportunities for men who are first on
the ground.
There are hundreds of advertising passes waiting for some
one to occupy them. The first man who realizes that his line will
be helped by publicity has a tremendous opportunity. He can
gain an advantage over his competitors that they can never
possess. Those who follow him must spend more money to equal
his returns. They must not only invest as much to get as much
but they must as well spend an extra sum to counteract the in
fluence that he has already established in the community.
"Whatever men sell, whether it is actual merchandise or brain
vibrations, can be more easily sold with the aid of advertising.
Not one half of the businesses which should be exploited are ap
pearing in the newspapers. Trade grows as reputation grows
nnd advertising spreads reputation.
If you are engaged in a line which is waiting for a newspaper
pioneer, realize what a wonderful chance you have of being the
first of your kind to appeal directly to the public. You stand a
better chance of leadership than those who have handicapped
their strength by permitting you to get on the ground before they
could outstrip you. You gain a prestige that those who follow you v
must spend more money to counteract.
If your particular business is similar to some other trade or
business which has already been introduced to the reading public,
it's up to you to start in right now and join your competitors in
contesting for the attention of
delay the more you decrease jour chances of surviving. Every
man wno outstrips you is anoiner opponent who must be met and
grappled with for the right of way. y
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a long distance, that bring no household
goods. They dispose of their personal
property In tha east and when they come
to Nebraska they buy new goods, new Im
plements and new stock. This has greatly
increased the demand for everything which
pertains to farming and which fills tho
needs of householders.
The area of arablo lands in western Ne
braska and Wyoming Is being constantly
extended by the construction of new
storage reservoirs and Irrigation canals,
which Increase and more widely distribute
the water supply.
Under the great Irrigation ditches thou
sands of farmers are settling, while a new
town Is born every week In Wyoming or
South Dakota, and though regiment after
regiment of farmers are marching Into
the lands west of the Missouri, there Is
still room for hundreds of thousands more.
the community. The longer you
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