Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-31
HATS, CAPS AND FURS.
Mes.rell Ryder.

As early as 1860 Mr.. Merrell Ryder, IS
Jackson street, embarked in the fur trade.
At first his operations were limited, but his
business has increased year by year, until to-
day It is one of the most extensive of the
kind in the Northwest. Els trade is princi-
pally In crude furs, skins and buffalo robes,
which he purchases largely for shipment to
Europe, where he has extensive business con-
nections. To this he adds the manufacture
ing of furs, robes, etc., handles large share
of the game crop in its season, and deals in
hides, pelts, WOO, etc. ION commission. His En-
ropean trade is perhaps the most extensive of
any house in the West, and to supply its de-
mands he is obliged to keep several buyers
out in the fur country during the entire sea-
son. In bis manufacturing department he
employs from ten to twelve accomplished
workmen. His trade in furs during tho cur
rent year has amounted to from $4,000 to
$4,000; in manufactured furs and correia-
tive branches to about the Same amount;
his game trade to from $4,000 to $4,000,
while his commission business has been
large and lucrative. Mr.. Ryder expects to
add largely to his trade during the coming
year, as the present winter is TIE best ono
for fur-bearing animals that has been ex-
perienced for many years.
AlbrecEt, LanplteT d Finch.
Although the firm of Albrecht, Lanpher &
Finch was only organized about three years
ago, VIZ, in 1876, it has made itself pretty
we'll known throughout the Northwest, not
only by the amount of it's sales but also by
its purchases of fur in every r-bearing re-
gion of North America. The name of the
firm is almost as we'll known at Hudson's
Bay and along the banks of the Saskatche-
wan as in st. Paul. The senior member of
the firm, Mr.. E. Albrecht, has been actively
engaged in the fur business in st. Paul for
the past thirty years. He brings to the bust
ness of the house practical knowledge in
relation to everything there is connected
with furs, whether they be the finest that
adds additional charms to the petted child
of fortune, or covers the back of the sturdi-
est frontiersman that ever wore buffalo or
coon skin overcoat. The other members of
the firm, Messrs Lanpher and Finch, are both
young men, but young as they are
in years, they have had q practical
business training, and few among our young
business men are better qualified to carry
forward SO large and extensive trade as this
firm has built up than they. The firm first
opened at Nos. 81 and So jackson street, but
in August last they removed to their present
large and commodious rooms Nos. 1OS and
ITO East Third street, the whole of which
block, SO feet front by 80 deep, and four
floors, is occupied by them either for manu-
featuring or sale purposes. They have con-
stantly five travelling men on the road, and
their trade extends over the entire Northwest
During the period of manufacturing, from
July 1st to January LIST of each year, they
give support to about $50 persons in the
manufacture of all kinds of furs, from the
finest mink, otter, seal, ETC., to the coarse and
heavy buffalo overooats. They buy all their