St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-22

knows about these great crops, and it is onl
! necessary for our people to go forward them
| selves and get their share. The feeling, Gil
! cumstances and general conditions are sucl
| that there never was better opportunity TO
| this western country to introduce and demon
| strate what there is here. l have just re
| turned from Chicago, where visited severa
of the largest houses in our trade, and OF
every hand there is evidence that a great
number of people and vast amount of money
Will move through this country, the United
States at the time of the worlds fair. Cheap
railroad fares, and other causes, will mako
many travellers and the many millions of
money that will circulate from Chicago
should loosen up everything. But remem.
Der your home industries while you are vista
ing Chicago.
j. B. Tarbox Tarbox, Schliek & Co., Manu-,
facturers Boots and ShOes-Trade increased
again during the week with the cool weather.
Collections are very satisfactory. The great
advance In manufacturing interests here
seems to have only just begun. Keep the
ball rolling. The Northwest is bound TO re-
spond. The country trade was never more
prosperous, and the retailers here are buying
good homemade stock more extensively
than ever.
Charsles 5. Rogers President St. Paul Job.
bers' Union-The trade of Rogers & Ordway
in machinery. railway and mill supplies,
steam fittings etc. has kept up very well in
Minnesota and the two Dakotas. In the
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The collections have continued to grow bet
ter since harvest. must say this: The action
and force of these business organizations. new
and old, is most emphatically noticeable and
beneficial in increasing the patronage of the
Northwestern manufacturers and home bus
mess houses. Home-m made goods are asked
for now where few people thought of that
policy before. 1t has even aroused busy
mercantile men who form er}y gave no time to
such matters, and in the purchases for their
homes home made goods have the prefer
ence whenever possible. 1t is loyalty to the
Northwest discOuntenancing the encroach-
meufs of shOddy Eastern manufactures
which are fighting for their foothold here.
G. H. Roach, J. II. Roach & Co.. Manu-
features of Candies-Our business has in
creased 81 per cent, as compared with last
year, and shows better this week than the
average. Collections are very satisfactory.
We are well pleased with the outlook.
George W. Griggs Griggs Bros. Grain Mer-
chants-Wheat is moving quite freely-more
than ever before in transit in any season.
Money seems to be easy for those who want
it in handling grain.
George w. Koehler, Koehler & Hinrichs,
Wholesale Fancy Groceries, Etc.-We used
to buy our lard pals from Eastern parties
We now have them manufactured in St.
Paul. They give employment to twenty moro
hands here in the season. Same way on other
things that we want. Business is first-class
Kahn, Rothschlld & Kahn. Wholesale Mil
Hnery-I find that the general feeling in the
wholesale trade is better than ever before.
We are getting in goods now for the spring
trade. l think everybody in the wholesale
trade win say at once that business was never
so good heretofore. and tits here to stay.
s. s. Loewenberg. Manager F. NJ. Sproehnle
d Co., Wholesale Jewelry- Our trade is i'm
proving continually. and this is our best sea-
son-near the holidays. We have had no
dull time this year. In 1890 our season praq-
tically closed on Nov. I. This year the
heavy billing continues even now, and prom
ises 10 keep on. If the business here keeps
on growing New York trade will take q back
seat in the Northwest. The conditions are
good only we should be reasonably conserv-
ative especially with those who may be at
the mercy of Eastern houses.
G. Sommers, G. Sommers & Co., Whole
sale Notions Toys, Etc-Uur house has been
full of customers from the NOrthwe all this
week, and we have been obliged to work
every night to keep up our orders. The holt
day trade is on now, but business has kept
up all the season, with this the best week.
Mail orders for WOODEN goods have been
very heavy. The winter weather has
pushed that line forward more than ever
Our customers report that they never had
such trade before on woolens.
Charles R. Croft, Spice Mills and Coffees
Trade keeps up very satisfactorily. 1t looks
just as rosy as ever.