The sun., 1890-08-07
MINNEAPOLIS BUSINESS.
A JObbing Trade that FOOts up
S13S,21O,6OO.
The Annual Value of the City'S
Manufactures is $62,3S6,O5O.

dpOlIS Is ttl1 ClI plIS III ACoCAA e"ANA rs
ures but half express its vastness.
Minnesota alone contains S3,365 |
square miles, which is more than
the area of all New England, New
Jersey, Delaware and three fourths
of Maryland. Its population ten
years ago was less than that Of Mass
achusetts, but one-tenth as large.
Populate the State alone as densely
as Massachusetts, and it would de-
mand city at Minneapolis many
times its present size. But when
one attempts to realize what will be
here when the Dakotas are thickly
settled, with their 150,930 square
miles, to say nothing of Montana
with its 145,4 5,41O square miles, and
the immense country across the line
in the British Possessions, which
would make eleven as large and fine
States as Illinois, the mind fails to
grasp it and figures, if made, would
look to fabulous to believe. Mime
sofa and Dakota alone populated as
densely as Massachusetts,, would
support as many people as the en-
tire population of the country. 1t
is this vast region of territory to be
supplied that makes the future of
Minneapolis glorious. Minneapolis
as trade centre is growing rapidly
in power and importance every year,
and even every day. Reports of her
business transactions show large
annual increases, illustrating both
the facts that her facilities as a sup
ply depot are recognized, and also
that her merchants are seizing the
golden opportunity offered them,
with characteristic Minneapolis en-
terprise and shrewdness. The trade
of the city now reaches out along all
the railroads centering here, in all
Observation-Disclosures of course to
the west, into the Dakotas and
Montana, but also to the North and
East as far as the boundry line and
the great lakes, while to the South
she vigorously dispurts with
Chicago.
LES OF TRADE.
Al: q important lines of whole
sale trade ere represented by we'll
known houses, financially strong
and thoroughly familiar with the
needs of the trade. The largest
business in the wholesale lines is
done in the grocery trade, there be-
ing five or six firms that rank with
anv similar concerns in the country.
The trade amounts to over 81, 100000
yearly and is rapidly increasing.
The dry goods trade is represented
by one of the most enterprising
tho conservative firms in the north
west. Considerable jobbing is also
done by several of the large retail
firms. The business done in dry
goods is estimated to be between
three and four million dollars yearly.
The commission business is rep
resented by large number of firms,
several of which rank with the
leading houses of the city. The
annual business is over five and a
half million dollars.
Minneapolis sales of drugs, oils,
paints, glass &c. amount to over
100000 annually and her reputat-
ion in this respect reaches all over
the northwest, her representatives
in those lines being not only among
the largest firms in the city, but
also we'll known all over the coun-
try.
Machinery enters largely into the
sales of Minneapolis, and several
large firms are engaged in this
branch of business. The great
stretch of agricultural country trib-
utary to Minneapolis, makes this an
important distributing point fol
implements, all the great makers Of
the country being represented by
branch houses or agents.
The annual sales of machinery and
implements are estimated at from
ten to twenty millions.
The sales of building material ag-
gregate nearly $4,OOO,O0O and hard.
ware, iron etc. reaches a total of over
$3,0OO,O0O. The trade in boots and
shoes is given at about $3,OOO,OOO
paper 100000, mill supplies $780,.