St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-21

L lie importance OF 81. Pdul as WnOlG
sale center in the dry goods and cloth
ing lines has long been fully realized by
the people of The entire Northwest, as
we'll as by the citizens of st. Paul. Per
hapS the merchants of the country
stretching from the Great Lakes to the
Pacific ocean know more of the size and
value of the wholesale interests of the
Sanity City in these lines than do the
people of the city themselves. But it
is hardly likely that any one who has
not investigated the matter has any idea
of the proposition of the goods sold in
these twolineS manufactured in st. Paul.
st. Paul is to-day one of the leading
cities of the country in the manufacture
of clothing of various grades. mems
furnishing goods, gloves, mittenS, and
furS of different kinds. Over 1000 hands
find employment in these lines alone in
the city, and turn out annually over
$4,000 worth of manufacture goods.
for which they receive something over
5000, coo per year i'll wages. Like the
boot and shoe industry and the manu-
facture OF cigars, the clothing manu-
facture is prosperous and growing year
by year. This manufacture has been
built up largely by tho wholesale houses
w iuCCt VIC vi INC .ullu
IS therefore on the most solid and sub
stantial foundation that can be i'm
agined. All grades of clothing are
made here, although the making of tie
finer Kinds Of tailOr-made goods has not
been given the attention it deserved
until the present year. which has
witnessed the establishment of
large and finely equipped factory Civ
ing employment to 800 men already and
making nothing but the finest grades of
tailor-made clothing. The attention of
the wholesale dry goods. furnishing
goods and fur men was early attracted
TO this field, and about twenty-five
years ago the manufacture of overalls,
coarse shirts ahd such articles was com
menced. This was found so satisfactory
to their customers that each wholesale
dry goods house increased its factory
capacity from year to year to meet the
demands of the trade. The wants of
lumDermen, farmers and miners of the
Northwest were provided for as no
houses at a distance could do it. The
finer grades of shirts was added later,
and the wants Of the sportsmen
of the country to the west
were not neglected. The result is that
each Of the large dry goods houses has
factory giving steady employment to
a large number of hands, three of the
houses alone giving employment to over
zoo hands in their manufacturing de-
partments. And at the present time
every one of these factories is being run
at its full capacity and will of necessity
be enlarged next year.
In Fur Making.
There is another branch of the cloth
ing manufacture in which St. Paul is
we'll in the front rank. This is the
manufacture of furs of all kinds, from
child'S mutf to the cOStlieSt
seal garment. To this is added
the making of mittens, gloves
and articles of that kind. In
this particular line there are three
large houses that manufacture all their
goods, giving employment to over 400
hands, the larger portion of which is
skilled labor. Through these factories
largely st. Paul has come to be cOnsid-
cred great fur market, these factories
manufacturing gOudSfor all parts of the
country, one house alone having New
England trade of 100000 per year. In
the Eastern field the st. Paul houses
meet their competitors, and in the terri
tory from the Sanity City west to Port
land. Or. they have practically no com
petition. This business is increasing at
rapid rate, and this year the output of
the three factories will be close to ST.
100000.
In the line of mems furnishing goods,
the large dry goods houses mentioned
above practically cover the field, but
they are met by a house that confines
its attention exclusively to this line,
making fine shirts, pants, mackinaws,
overalls and similar goods. This house
is known all over the country, its goods
being sold East as well as West. Over
200 hands are given constant employ
ment, and the factory will be enlarged
the 1st of January next in an endeavor
10 meet the trades demand. Chicago,
Cincinnati, Cleveland, st. Louis. Kan
sas City, st. Joseph and every city and
town west to the Pacific coast is ac-
quainted with the goods made by this
factory. The following letter, received
from Roscland. ILL.,, few days ago is
a testimonial to st. Paul-made goods
that is worth something:
= Practical Testimonial.
Dear Sir: found the enclosed hand bill in
the pocket of pair of painters overalls
purchased at the Hub" in Chicago the
other day. had 4 pair from the same store
i'll the spring of the year. / was much
pleased with their appearance. and the
thought bestowed by your firm upon making
lnen SerVlceaDle article OF wear, that q
house painter. decorator or artist need not
be ashamed of donning as a protection to
his trousers while at work. ! have worn
pants of light ana delicate material during
the summer and have been pleased to find
how clean they have kept through the good
material ana make of your justly celebrated
oyerails and send you this unsolicited testi-
mony of appreciation, and which l may say
is the general verdict of those using your
jackets and overalls Yours truly,
II. BRAY. Decorative Artist.
Roseland, H., Oct IL, 1891.
Until this year the making of fine
clothing was not attempted on a large
scale in st. Paul, but since the large
house mentioned above entered the
business another factory has leaped
into being that will cover a pprt of the
same field, making only the medium
and finer grades Of pantaloons, differing
from the first house in the fact that one
is making everything in the line of fine
tailoI-made goods, while the latter will
only make pantaloons. This new fac
tory, although it commenced business
but few weeks ago, is already giving