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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-23

The increase in the livestock traffic
IS of course due to the impetus given to
the business by the South st. Paul en-
terprises. The total transactions are
estimated at 81, 100, 600. an increase over
1886 of the enormous sum of 81, 100000.
Considering how short time the devei-
Opment of this traffic has been carried
on. the figures for 1883 are considered
to be sure guarantee Of the perma-
ncncy of st. PauPs 1--we stock trade, and
its development, in time, to the proper
tons of that of Chicago.
The lumber trade has been more than
Furnishing, with total value Of trans
actions of $6.250, 900, an increase since
1886 of sI.750.000.
The machinery trade has been g., 050,-
600: notions, 100000; printing ma
terials. S425, 600: sash, doors and blinds,
$3.50. 600: wines and liquors, So. 0,000,
and provisions. S5.520.000. In the mis-
celIaneous jobbing lines, such as could
not be correctly classified under the
above heads, there are ninety-one
firms. which did total business In
1855 OF s.. 420, 600.
These statistics, collected after days
Of research by the GLOBES staff, hardly
need the confederation of the number
less interviews scattered throughout
this issue and from the j0bberS of st.
Paul. Yet the two taken together bear
magnificent evidence % the Snlldlty
and prosperity Of fhe Gateway city.
That in the face of two successive fall
ures of crops and the dizziness of a cam
paign period the jobbing trade should
disburse Sl1S.0O0,000 worth Of goods to
the Northwestern world. speaks yol-
umes for the enterprise OF her mer-
chants and the resources they command:
The continued increase of railroad
facilities, and new competition brought
with them, bring to the jobberS
new territory, fairer transportation
rates and greater volume
of trade. The opening of new road
like the Sault Ste. Marie, giving a route
and her roads, but adds to the indie
pendence of the st. Paul jobbIng trade,
as for years the attitude of the Duluth
road has enabled the jobbers to be COM
parativeiy free for valuable part OF
the year from this same Chicago de-
pendence. The new rail connection to
Yankton, through Mr.. Hills system. is
but one step to more closely binding to-
gether the Southeastern Dakota and
Northeastern Nebraska points with st.
Pau. The opening of the Indian reSer-
Walton in that section will have direct
tendency to increasing the volume OF
the St. Paul jobbing trade. 1t is the
inevitable tendency OF development tC
make that valuable section tributary to
the capital city and dependent upon ii
for IFS supplies.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-23
THE FALL OF CAPT. BEAN.
A Brave and True Soldier Finds
an IIntimeIY Death

The days bloodiest work had but we'll
begun when Gen. CLARK ordered Capt.
BEAN, of the st. Paul OfficehOlders'
brigade, to take a company of infantry
and dislodge body of the enemy To-
Gated in a restaurant near Minnehaha.
The charge of Maj. NEWPORT had failed,
as note elsewhere. and this attack of
Capt. BEANS was considered to partake
OF the nature of fOrlorn hope.
Lieut.. MCCAFFERTY. who had wit
messed many perilous war ventures in
South America, shook his head when
the little column filed out into the dusty
road and started on journey whose end
was death.
The valleys, with their winding rivers,
that Tapped the base of Snelling'S plat
eau, were full of the smoke OF battle.
The Scared and frowning front of the
great bluffs over which guns gaped were
hidden by a blue-black haze. Tom
O'BRIEN looked down at the rolling
cloud and SAID:
HThe Valley of the Shadow of Death. !"
YES" replied WILL MERRIAM, land
there; pointing to the place where they
were marching, "The Gates of He'll"
Each man of the company bore stern
look on his face, as if they knew that
for them life's race was nearly run
life's crown almost won. There were
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-23
OF IMMENSE CAPACITY.
Such are the Works of the BOhn
Manufacturing Company, Stu
ated on Arcade Street in East


-
Manufacturing Company, Situ-
ated on Arcade Street in East
st. Paul.
When the st. Paul chamber of COM
merce, over three years ago, offered in
ducements to the Bohn Manufacturing
Company, then a WinOna institution
that decided the location of their eX-
tensive works i'll this city, they made
one of the largest, and by all odds the
best deal that was ever carried through
for st. Paul. 1t was not so much what
the Bohn Manufacturing Company was
then, as what it was believed it would
become under the able management of
the enterprising pr0prietOrS when To-
Gated in the railroad metropolis of the
Northwest. surrounded by all the ad-
yantages thai such alOcation would in
sure. From comparatively small pro-
portions it has developed to such all
extent that to-day it is the very largest
concern of its kind in the Northwest;
in proof of which, witness the fact that
the factory and yards cover AN
area of more than twenty acres of
ground, and that the volume of
lumber used in manufacturing dur
ing the year now drawing to a
close will easily reach S0.000.000 feet.
Over 300 men are daily employed in
these works, and 1t is the BOhn Manu-
featuring company, more than any one
other agency, that has built up the large
and highly prosperous district known
as East st. Paul. That the location of
these extensive works could not have
been better chosen is demonstrated by
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-23

been little short of phenomenal. Take.
for example, the boot and shoe trade of
the Northwest. which is controlled by
the business men of our city, and of the
vast trade of which st. Paul secures the
direct benefit. The product or output
in this most indispensable staple alone
amounts to millions of dollars annually,
aud when it is considered that up to
few years ago the trade was largely
supplied by Philadelphia and Boston,
its present results are astonishing.
1t is perhaps not generally known
that st. Paul has jObbing house and
boot and shoe factory with capacity
for turning out $500 pairs OF shoes per
day, and to accomplish which work is
given to over $50 skilled employees, the
product for the year about to close hav-
ing amounted to nearly S2,000,00O. AL
bling and manufacturing house of G..
GOtzian & Co. Their general offices
and salesrOoms are located as formerly,
at Nos. 1S7 and 1S9 East Third street,
where also has been located branch
of their manufacturing business; but
the immense increase in the volume of
trade has neceSSitated new and inn
pOrtant departure on the part of
this firm, resulting in n0ta-
bic enlargement and expansion
of their manufacturing facilities.
Reference is made to the recent Occu-
pancy by this firm of the Fifth street
wing of the large four-story brick
structure, 50x200 feet, and located at
the corner of Fifth and RoSabel streets,
the main portion of which has been Oc-
cuped by the Minnesota Shoe company,
which, together with the building. is
owned by Messrs. c. Gotzian & Co.,
their entire manufacturing department
being now under one roof. The faciIi-
ties here offered, combined with their
spacious quarters on Third street, are
now adequate to the constantly increas-
ing demands of their trade, which has
expanded so rapidly as to call for the
increased facilities, which are now
practically unlimited. The patrons of
this extensively known and popular
firm are to be congratulated upon this
important departure, and their country
patrons, as we'll as st. Paul merchants
and citizens in general, are cordially in
vited to call and inspect one of the most
perfectly appointed and completely
equipped Boot and Shoe factories in
the United States. An inspection of
the salesrOOms and factory will richly
repay the visitor, affOrding as it does a
most instructive and valuable lesson.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-23
G. Gotzian & Co.

1t Is the province of Wisdom to draw
her most valuable conclusions from the
unfailing well-springs Of experience;
and, when considered in this light, then
indeed may the enlightened and pro-
gressive element of st. Paul look for
ward to most successful and glorious
future. Had the most conservative OBJ
server of a decade or two ago predicted
the present greatness of st. Paul, he
would have been set down by his con-
temporarieS as an enthusiast and crank
of the most unreasonable description;
and yet in the short period of ten or
fifteen years the vim, push. enterprise
and energy of st. Paul business men
have not only wrested the territory east
of the Mississippi river from the faint
and sluggish grasp of Eastern capital
lists and manufacturers, but opened up a
domain larger than an empire, and not
even dreamed of in their philosophy.
No better illustration of the foregoing
could be had than in contemplating the
rapid expansion of the jobbing and
manufacturing interests of St. Paul, the
growth and development of which have
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-23

more to have gone with Us. but greater
numbers beat us back. CHARLEY
FAIRcHIID went over the banks with
a shrill ''ha. ha" On his lips, and was
seen no more.
Back our boys came-that is, all but
hundred left stark by the trees. The
remnant saved the coiors, and their
wounded leader-Capt. BEAN-deSper-
ateiy wounded in the heel.
I y They laid him down in the shadow OF
the flagstaff of old Smelling, and Maj.
MCMAsTERs bent over him.
"My vulnerable point-the heel. "
gasped the captain. 'Hector-like, |
die" Then with sudden return of
strength. is GEORGE MoELLER here?"
Sadly Col. MoELLER obeyed the sum-
mons. The men drew back as he knelt
by Capt. BEAN. and. covering his eyes,
Wept.
don't cry. GEORGE" said the cap
tain. ''rm going out Of politics"
MoELLER silently pressed his hand.
''Yes. I'm done with elections" con-
tinued the captain; land GEORGE,
GEoRGE'-fe screamed the last time
take the blamed old Office, for it amt
worth cent"
Thus he spoke and thus he passed
away. Col. MoELLER gave one last
glance at him. and, turning. strobe into
the city and took the oath of Office.
O. E. d.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-23

many of the old Company D boys there,
and others prominent in business and
social circles.
BABY ARMSTRONG carried the colors;
WILL SUMMERS wore Geutenant'S
straps: HERMANN SCHEFFER was in
the ranks, also MERRILL, FREEMAN,
MCMURRAN, and ADAMS.
There was good blood there to be
shed, and brave hearts gave it up to
darken the dust and wet the grasses
by the waters of Minnehaha.
By chance. or somehow, the advance
was not detected by the enemy. who
were at lunch, until our men were
within 500 feet of them. Capt. BEAN,
so small and short that his men must
look down to see him, gave the word,
and the boys went at the scarlet coats
with wild. mad rush. 1t was ball first,
and then cold steel at close quarters.
We should have won had there been
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-23

multiform appliances of or advanced
civilization. 1t is surprising, too, in
looking at the personnel of our success
full iObberS, TO witness the great num-
Der of young men who have forged their
way to positions of power, wealth and
influence. and no other city in the United
States can boast with equal pride of
the successful careers of her young men.
Among the firms that have assumed a
commanding position in Jobbing circles
none are entitled to more credit than
the young men who compose the firm
of Foot, SchulZe d CO.. manufacturers
and jobbers OF fine shoes. Their fine
SiX-StOry building at the corner of Third
and WacOuta streets is one of the
busiest hives of industry in the city, and
at the same time magnificent monu-
ment to their industry, enterprise and
genius for conducting business. The
past year has been one of the most sue
cessful ever enjoyed by this firm, the
volume of business transacted having
Shown a most gratifying increase, their
sales aggregating million and half
OF dollars. The appointments of their
mandatory, saleSrooms and store
are adapted with rare intelligence
to meet the demands of their trade,
while their sample rooms combine a
degree OF beauty and convenience I'M
equaled in the city. Their stock of
goods. of their own manufacture, COM
prises all the latest modes in footwear,
the finer qualities of Boots and Shoes
being speciality, their stock being most
complete in all particulars, and at this
time is estimated as being the largest in
the West The members composing
this enterprIsing firm are Messrs. Silas
b. Foot, Theodore A. Schulze, Constan
tine Heinrich and Gustave T. Schur-
mier. AT this time the firm gives en-
ployment to over two hundred en-
ployes and nearly score of travelling
men,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-23
MANUFACTURES.
They Keep Increasing in Number
and Value of Products.

Between the chamber of commerce
and the real estate men, st. Paul has
been given an impetus in the the di-
rection of manufactures that is most
powerful. A week scarcely passes, at
the present time, but some new enter
prise of this nature is started or comes
forward and makes bid for location in
some one of the suburban points of the
city. With them follow skilled labor,
needing employment and homes. The
two in conjunction give permanent
basis at once to the point they locate at,
and values appreciate accordingly. 1t
is so in South st. Paul. where the new
distillery, mailing house, engine works,
ear shops, etc, are steadily building up
a promising suburb. 1t is so at st. Paul
Park, North st. Paul, Merriam, Union
Park, Gladstone.
There are now in st. Paul. on con-
sentative estimate, $4,000 men, women
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-23

revolver with which RAMSEY CROOKS
tried to commit suicide on learning that
the St. Paul club had failed to win the
pennant in 1899.
Capt HENDRICKSON was so overcome
that he secured Capt. ROBERT MACKAY,
1.-THE old independently to reply for
him.
I'm the language of MATT QUAY
and CHRIS MCGEE" said Capt
MACKAY, Pm for protection, and L
only wish that ED RICE would come
back from Tacoma to see st. Paul dirt
fly now"
The sentiment was roundIy ap-
pIauded by the assembled soldiers.
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the fact that they are easily accessible
to all the leading railroads of the North
west known as lumber lines. No other
manufacturing Institution in the West
is equipped with the machinery neces-
sary for the rapid carrying on of manu-
featuring as is this one. Lumber taken
green from the sawmills is put through
the driving department and is ready to
be used for inside fnishings. mould
ings, sash. doors, blinds, etc. instead of
being piled up in the open air to await
the slow process of nature to season 1t.
1t will be easily seen that, were such the
case, it would require even far larger
area to accommodate the large amount
of lumber handled than is used now. If
one wants to see the work of the Bohn
Company in interior finiShings they
have but to look about St. Paul at any
of the recently erected buildings-nota-
bic among which is the new court
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-23

house-and judge of the quality of what
they do. AS to their capacity, that
question never comes up, because
they are the acknowledged largest
and most prosperous institution of the
kind in the West.
In closing, it may be remarked that,
even large and prosperous as this we'll
known company is to-day, it is only in
the early stages of development, and
all that has been done is only small
part of what will be done in the near
future-just as fast as the development
of the Northwest will justify the further
outlay of money. One thing can always
be depended upoD-that the Bohn Man.
ufacturing company will be in the front
among st. Paul's most prosperous and
enterprising manufacturing institu-
tionS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-23

reached, and will stop on Dec. 81 not
short of $l,060,O 00, an increase of S3lo,-
900. Fruits reached Sl,l50.00U, an in
crease of $3.50, 200 over 1881.
The grain. flour and commission busl-
ness has probably more firms engaged
in it than any other jobbing line in the
city; for the schedule made by, the
GLOBE shows that ninety firms have
engaged in it this year, and have done
business of nearly S4,0O0,000 more than
last year.
The gun, pistol and ammunition trade
has held its own at S35O,000, slight III
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-23
THE ABERDEEN

on in West st. Paul and suburban
points, is valued for the year at S750,000
an increase of $4,000 since 1887.
The confectionery trade. now become
firmly established, increased in value
10 per cent this year, doing total bust
ness of $500, 900.
Crockery and glassware. lamps. etc.
aggregate 5000 an increase of $40, 0O0
The furniture trade. including bed
ding, passed the million mark before
the twelfth month of the year was
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-23
Foot. Schulze & Co.

The phenomenal growth and rapid ex-
pansion of the wholesale and jobbing
trade of st. Paul within the last decade
has afforded most gratifying evidence
of the substantial grounds upon which
this city bases her claim of being the
chief distributing point for the vast
empire known as the Northwest. A
stroll through the wholesale district of
st. Paul, with its towering buildings and
busy industries, is both an inspiring
and instructive lesson, and a splendid
commentary upon the complete and
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-23

PEAR. In doing this forty representa-
live lines on Third, Fourth and Fifth
streets were seen. The total aggre gate
of the per cent given by them was 625,
which, divided by 40, makes Il per cent
the average gain for the year over 1887.
1t was then easy from the data of last
year to determine the approximate trade
values of the year. The opinion of Mr..
Talmadge may be accepted as authority
that the process will prove to be the
most accurate of any yet devised.
There were number of trade lines
which had an increase of over % per
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-23
JObb!NC AND MANUFACTURES.
St. Pauls Jobbing Trade Surpasses All Previous
Years in It's Value and the Notable
Increase of Firms.
One Hundred and Eighteen Millions the Sum Total
Value OF Supplies Shipped to the North
western World.
The Great Trade Arms Of the Capital City Reach
ing Out to All Points Of the Worlds
Compass.
Manufactures Hold Their Own and More, Showing
Healthy Gain Over the Years When
Times Were Livelier.

cent, and some less than u per cent
I he dry goods trade increased over 20
per cent; grain, -four and commission
over 80 per cent; groceries nearly 20
per cent; provisions and dressed meats
10 per cent.
The total figures given for the impor-
tant lines of trade are:
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and children whom manufactures give
employment to-an increase of some
5000 oyer last year. There are 1.10l
manufacturing establishments and the
value of their output during the last
twelve months was S44 1888 335 $50, an in
crease of over $4,000, 900 over last year.
The compiled table of their output,
made up on the basis of an average
gain of IL per cent. over last years, is
as follows:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-23

Chicago trade now partially doml-
mated by her in Wisconsin and Iowa:
st. Paul, as the great railroad center OF
the Northwest, and under fair rule OF
lust rates and honest competitions
would leave the Windy City badly III
the lurch That this will eventually be
the case no one doubts.
The natural territory tributary 10 st.
Paul is thus seen to be but little less
than the combined areas Of Norway,
Sweden and Spain, and considerably
more than the combined areas of Great
Britain and Ireland, Germany and
Italy. And this area -one-ninth that OF
the whole United States-contains al
ready population of over 5.0O0,O00 in
habitants, and the capacity i'll soil,
room and resources to sustain ten times
that number.
No better Illustration can he given of
what relations this area and these peo-
pie have entertained toward each other
during the past twelve months than by
presenting the trade figures, or jobberS
business, Of st. Paul for that time. The
table and statistics following contain
the number of firms in business during
the year, the sum total of business
transacted 10y each jObbing department,
and the increase over 1887 ana over
1856. Collected by careful inquiry
among the jobberS and the commercial
q genCies, they represent as accurately
as it is possible for such statistics TO do
so the magnitude of the jobbiRS trade
of the SANITY City.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-23

The manufacture of barrels, for one
of the young industries, has reached
the not inconsiderable sum of S3O0.000.
an increase for the year of 5000 odd
dollars.
Despite high license the brewers
supplies trade has touched the mark at
100000, an increase of Sl50,000 since
1856.
The manufacture of bricks, carried
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-23

month, will raise the collectors salary
to Its full limit, $500. and necessitate
a large increase in the revenue force.
The first installment of stamps for this
distillery was valued at 1865, 900. The
total number of special taxpayers in
the state is about 1900.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-23

The pride and glory of st. Paul is her
jobbing trade. and it is with pardona-
bic qualification that the GLOBE pre-
sents an exhaustive review of its status
for the past year. Her railroads are
wonderful in their extent; her palaces
of trade have no equal in the North
west; her public improvements and
private enterprises acknowledge no
superior in their own field. But above
all these, towers as first and greatest
her jobbing trade. She is the supply
market, the commissary, the food and
clothing source, the trade center Of a
territory in wealth, fertility and re-
sources unequaled by any other in the
union Of thirty-eight states. The ex-
tent of this territory may be better I'M
derstoOd By the use of a few figures:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-23
UNCLE SANS TRADE.
He Profits by Whisky and To-
baccO i'm Minnesota.

Internal Revenue Collector Bierma
furnishes the following as the coIlec-
tions of government tax for the year
from spirits, beer and tobacco sold in
Minnesota.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-23
CHRI STMAS.

When icicles hang by the wall,
And Dick. the she pherd, blows his nail,
And Tom bears logs into the hall,
And milk comes frozen home in pail;
When blood is nipped and ways be foul,
Then nightly sings the staring owl,
Tu-whit
Tu-Whoi merry note,
While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
VIII Shakespeare.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-23

In ascertaining these data the method
pursued by the GLOBE. aud which comes
highly recommended from A. ID. Tall
madge, secretary of the chamber of
commerce, was to ascertain rs far as
possible from each line of trade the per
cent of increase in business over last
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-23

Total. ......- ..... ......SJ22,539 81
The total collections are about the
same as last year. The new distillery
at South st. Paul. to be opened this
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-23

Minnesota, Dakota, Montana, North
ern Iowa and Western Wisconsin look
naturally to st. Paul as their great trade
center. We're the amnesty of certain
railroads TO st. Paul removed. nothing
could prevent her from wrestling from