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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1920.
National distribution 'unham-
pered by well-meaning but ig-
norant legislation, is the only
way that the producer in the West fJkJy
can sell his stock for cash and near NSflJ
at home instead of having to wait for 'llf
his money. v.
To Livestock Producers:
WHEN you ship your live
stock into 'Omaha ,you
know you will find there await
ing you; first an always-open
market; second, spot-cash pay
merit the same day the cattle or
i hogs are unloaded.
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The reason this is so is that Armour and
Company, among other similar con
cerns, has developed a marketing sys
tem that takes the products of your
farm, prepares them in modern plants,
then delivers them a thousand or more
miles away, and brings the money back
to help enrich this section.
For example, the yearly business of the .
Armour Omaha plant is $88,000,000.00
and of this $72,000,00000 is paid to
livestock producers in this territory.
Another $4,050,000.00 goes in wages to x
the 3,100 Armour Omaha employes,
$6,700,000.00 is paid for supplies, much
of whch is bought locally, still other
large sums are paid in state and munic
ipal taxes.
You Don't Have to Depend
on Local Consumption
The big thing to consider is that of the $88,000,
000.00 business emanating from our Omaha plant,
only $3,520,000.00 or less than 4 of the total sales,
are made in Omaha ' and tributary towns. The
foods representing the other 96 are distributed
and sold not only in the East, but all over the coun
try. Furthermore, this marketing organization is
of national benefit. Maine or New York, Tennessee
or Indiana could never starve today, because in a
few hours Armour and Company could rush the
plentiful products of Western farms to them.
Thus, Armour and Company provide the farmers
and stock-growers of this territory with an outlet
for their produce forty times greater than local con
suming power absorbs.
Only Possible By National
Operation
When you stop to think over these facts, Armour's
investment here, in plants, equipment, buildings
and machinery takes on a double importance. Yet
this investment, strictly local in the sense of serv
ing this community, is only of advantage to Western
stock-growers as it can operate nationally.
ARMOUR
Picture in your mind, if Armour's market
ing, facilities were lacking, the quandary
of the stockmen forced first to ship his herd
hundreds or thousands of miles, and then
drive the cattle around from one butcher
shop to another, offering them for sale. (
Better Local Trading
Resources ,
But having a central market in Omaha means more
than just an outlet for your live stock. s It provides,
trading headquarters for you and your family. And
because huge sums are distributed here, local cloth
ing men, furniture dealers, hardware men, jewelers,
grocers, all can carry better stocks and have better
stores for you to trade with.
By bringing eastern dollars to western farms,
Armour and Company increases local prosperity,
makes Omaha a better place to buy your supplies,
and substantially increases the value of your farm
lands. !
pCOMlPAfW
O: C. WILLIS,
Gen. Mgr.
Donni irrrc m
OMAHA,
NEB.
