The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-22

The making OF turned ana ShaNed ak
helves. sledge, pick and hammer hand
les is profitable cash industry of the
small order. A man at Detroit, Mimi,
and another at Esdale, Wis, are indi-
vidually carrying on their trade, to the
advantage of 81. Paul wholesalers.
There is not, however, a hundredth
part enough of these goods made in
the Northwest to supply the wholesale
trade of these two cities
The WheelbarrGWS We use come to
rs from Grand Rapids and Lansing,
Michigan and from Fort Madison 10.
The bodies are made Of elan, the wheels
of oak and the handles of maple They
are bulky, lmwieldy freight and the
railroad tariff upon them isvery heavy,
\ Whaelbarrow factory would pay from
the start Boys hand sleds, could be
made here t. advantage. Wooden
clothes bars, OK yokes and bows should
certainly be made here, but they are
not. One wholesale house alone sells
ten car loads of patent churns annual
l., and every other wholesale house
here does fully as well, and yet these
goods are brought from Chicago and
Rockford. Patent washing machines
are sold here in large numbers, but
there is not Il patent washing machine
mandatory Ill the region.
There are few kinds of manufacture
ing which thrive better than showcase
making. There are two prosperous
factories of this kind in Minneapolis;
two iii Dubuque, Iowa, which have
made their propTietors Independently
wealthy; one i'll Quincy. ILL.,, which was
established two years ago and has done
50 well that another and heavier one is
about to commence business there; one
at Ottumway, Iowa, place OF l2,ooo
inhabitants, which did SO well that it
bought second enc there, and the two
are now counted as among the most
important concerns in the city.
4 wood turner Who can get together
money enough to buy a lathe, and a
few other inexpensive articles of ma
chinerr, could rent room and coin
money making curtain poles, for moth
ing of the kind is made in either city,
and vast quantities Of them are sold by
the merchants here. There Is no ques
ton of reputation TO secure the sale of
these poles.
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small order OF industries. The neces
sIry machinery is within the reach of
poor man. The nearest point to us
at which they are made is Chicago
They are made in san Francisco, Cal,
Il city which has comparatively no
manufacturing.
Corks are cut al a good many places
IL Chicago, and that is the nearest to
the twin cities al which they are made.
The cork trade Of these cities would
make handsome living for good
many men. The principal expense in
this industry is the material, and this
is just as cheap at St Paul as it is at
Chicago.
Bel quilts are made in great quanti-
ties at Chicago, and they are also made
at about every city of.any prominence,
and at many of no prominence east Of
Chicago. For some unaccOuntable
reason there is not a bed quilt manu-
featured at any point is this direction
west OF Chicago.
Lodge rcgulias are made in Chicago
and st. LoGiS, bat no nearer to us III
any direction. They are made east of
these places in little towns like Rich
mond, ind. 1t is estimated by observ
ing and able business men that there
is not city Of the size of st. Paul in
the nited States at which more lodge
reg&lia is used.
There is a rug factory in Chicago,
but that Is our nearest market.
There is :; window serene factory III
Minneapolis, but none in St. Paul.
However, they are made here by peo-
PIE engaged i'll other business 1t is an
industry which, 10y itself, IN small fac
to good many families.
There is 4 sign factory at MARSHALL
town. Iowa, a place of 1000 inhabit
ants, but there is not one III the Twin
cities. Chicago has plenty Of these
factories, and even Racine. us, has
two or three of them, but the market
is not glutted.
There are seventeen slipper facto-
ries i'll Chicago, and not one in the
Twin Cities. There is no rubber
stamp factory i'll the Twin cities; but
there is scarcely city Of 2a,ooo i'll the
land that does not abound with busy
rubber stamp makers. Several rubber
stamp makers of other cities have of
fees III st. Paul and Minneapolis, but
no one makes the article here.
Nous traps AMI goods of that kind
are made ana sold at large profit
We have al the material for that
kind Of work al hand, but not one is
made i'll either city.
Copper Wire is a great commodity
here There is plenty of copper at
hand but the wire is not made
Umbrellas are made at Chicago and
almost every lace east of here, but At
no place west
In the course OF the late eNcava-
tions made upon the Metropolis 10y the