Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-22
THE WEEKLY HERALD.
THURSDAY, OCT. 20, 1870.
A sT. LOUIS .

From the Missouri Democrat, Of
October 18Th, we extract the fol-
lowing editorial description Of the
extensive and important establish
ment Of Samuel Cupples, Esq,
whose very liberal advertisement
grace our columns to-day.
The great enterprise Of Nj. Cup
pies can we'll be estimated In our
midst. In republlshing the edito-
rial Of the Democrat we are not
actuated by a depreciative spirit Of
our commercial progress, much less
to gratiGy tho vanity, fhe have
any of the gentleman named. Our
sole object is to tell our readers
something that we think they ought
TO know, and possibly to excite a
laudable spirit Of emulation
among our citizens, in see
ing what one energetic man
has done, to "dO likewise in other
branches OF industry:
Mr.. Samuel Cupples commenced
business In st. Louis in 1851, and
then found that this section Of the
country was dependent on the East
for every description Of Wooden
ware, cordage, sc. For long time
lie found two small lofts, 20 by so
feet, sufficient for his business, which
for a long time did moi exceed S2O,-
900 a year. 1t grew, however, year
by year, until II reached the inn
mense proportions which We are
about 10 describe.
THE PRESENT BUSINESS PREMISES
are numerous and spacious. The
principal stores aud where the sales
are carried on,arc Nos. los, Ito, 200
and oil North Second Street a
factory at the corner Of Douchou-
.quette and KOskinsko streets; a pa
per bag factory at the corner Of
Seventh aud Walnut streets; and
another factory at Marble Hill, OH
the Iron Mountain railroad.
ARTICLES MADE.
Mr.. Cupples' business consists in
manufacturing and selling all dc.
scriptions OF woodcnware, ropes
and cordagc, and paper bags. To
the uninlliatcd reader these home
ly articles may appear OF t%riiling
Importance as compared with the
manufacture Of pUnCerOus machine
Ky, &c. But it is the very honeli-
ness of the things mentioned, and
there consequent necessity in every
household that render il desirable
not to have to go abroad for them.
II is bad enough TO have 10 send to
India tor silk aud indigo; but it
would be more disastrous still il we
had TO import buckets and pals
FROM afar. The homely goods may
rise somewhat in Importance in the
estimation of our readers when we
give them an idea, regarding one or
two of the articles, of tine
QUANTITY USED PER ANNUM.
No less than ten millions of pa
per bags are annually required i'll
the West ~ millers alone; and the
number needed per annum by the
groccrs in this section ofthe country
Is no fewer than a million Il day.
SIZE OF THE PREMISES.
Mr.. Cupples' two new stores on
Second street have frontage of
sixty by a depth of II hundred
and fifty feet, and they are four
stories high. besides cellars. His
two principle warehouses are forty
five by one hundred ana fifty feet.
His factory at the corner Of Dou-
chouquette street aud the Iron
Mountain railroad occupies half a
block. Ills factory at Marble Hill,
on the Iron Mountain railroad, and
the land that is used in connection,
cover twenty acres. The paper bag
factory at the corner Of Seventh and
Walnut streets is about sixty by
one hundred feet, and Is two stories
in height.
STOCK ON PREMISES.
In the two new stores, los and
ITO North Second street, there is
kept an extensive stock always on
hand, but il is not easy TO keep II
replenished on account of the great
demand. Almost every conceiva-
bic article made ofwood is here to
be found. But in order moi to have
to take customers all over the eX-
tensive premises in search of one
article after another Il whole floor
is devoted to the exhibition OF n
sample of everything on the prem
ises. Thus a purchaser can, with
out travelling up and down long
flights Of steps, see att glance all
thathe requires.
THE WOODENwARE,
consisting Of well.buckets, tubs,
kegr, ]churns, handles OF all kinds,
spinning wheels, etc, etc, are NAH
ufactured ut The establishment NJ
? the corner OF Douehnuquctte and
kOskinskO streets. The timber,
workmanship and finish, are equal
TO the best turned out Of any fac
tory in the world. The articles, in-
deed, are preferred to those OF Eas-
tern make, rs will be seen when we
come 20 mention the immense de-
mand for them.
TIE PAPER BAGS
are manufactured at the premises
corner OF Seventh and Walnut
streets. Here there will soon be
five hundred girls employed at re-
muneratiye wages, Some experts