St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-06
DEMAND HOME GOODS
The People OF st. Paul Believe
in Building Up Home
Industries,
And They Will Have Nothing
From Outside That Can
Be Had Here.
Phenomenal Increase In the
Demand for All st. Paul
Manufactures.
Retail Merchants Vying With
Each Other in Pushing
Local Products.
All Goods in This Window Were
Made in St. Paul.


This is the sign that has occupied a
prominent place in one of the large
show windows Of a leading grocery
house of the city for the last ten days
or more. Behind it are piled the vari-
Gus goods of that class that are produced
in st. Paul. At the bottom were sacks
and barrels Of flour; above these were
cans of baking powder, buckets of
syrup, and on one side boxes of soap,
confectionery, cakes and crackers, and
OH the other several thousand st.
Paul-made cigars. Then there are
variety of other articles
too numerous to mention, like
vinegar, pickles and preserves, making
in all magnificent display and furnish
ing prima 1ace evidence that St~Paul
is indeed manufacturing center. and
that, too in the way of making food
products.
1t is wonderful to note the DO wer of a
good example. The grocery firm alluded
to in the previous paragraph had hardly
perfected their fine display of the prod
ucts of home industry and enterprise
before 4 number of their rivals started
out to do the same thing, and at the
preset time at least dozen grOcers
make displays of homemade goods, and,
as a consequence, great demand has
sprung up in places where the ST. Paul
made goods were formerly unknown.
The good example set by the grocers
has been followed by merchants in all
other lines. The cigar stands whose
supplies formerly came from the East
almost entirely are now obliged to keep
the cigars made in this city. Some of
them did not take kindly to the idea,
but their patrons have forced them TO do
it. or lose their business. A good exam
pie of this ability of the public TO create
demand for homemade goods was
given in cigar store only last week. A
young man entered the store and said:
Give me good st. Paul made cigar"
at the same time throwing down his
money.
1--WE do not keep st. Paul cigars"
answered the clerk, "butshere is a better
cigar than can be made here for the
same money"
at may cost you as a retailer less
than goods made here" answered the
made in this city, for 10 cents, and If
you do not want to keep home made
cigars l shall buy elsewhere"
The result of this interview was ap-
parent in less than twenty-four hours,
the dealer in that time securing a sup
ply of homemade cigars of different
prices and qualities.
The hardware men and houSe-turniSE-
ers have not been backward in giving
their customers an opportunity to buy
at home, and nearly all of the dealers
now advertise the fact that they keep
for sale stoves, tinware and other articles
OF local manufacture. One Of these mer-
chants runs an advertisement in several
of the city papers. which, after reciting
his business, has the following to say on
the subject of home manufactures:
Remember! Remember!
By handling and selling such goods as
are manufactured in our own city, YOU
will encourage other manufacturers to
locate here, and give employment to
the mechanics and laborers. That's
what we are doing.
While the feeling that home indus
tries should be patroniZed as far as pos
Sible is widely prevalent, and is Ger
family accomplishing great good, there
are so many other lines than those mem
toned above in which it should be
found and is not. Chicago beef, for ex-
ample, is sold at many popular prOyiS-
ion stores where that slaughtered at
home and produced in the immediate
Northwest should be found. Boots and
shoes from manufactures in the far
East are found almost everywhere,
when better grades are made at home.
st. Paul wagons and carriages cannot
be eXcelled, and yet that business, while
flOurishing, ought to be increased 100
per cent at once. But little finished
woodwork is imported into st.
Paul at present, while millions of dol
lars worth goes out, but even that little
that does come from outside workshops
ought not to cOntin ue TO come, for the
reason that better quality is turned
out by men working in st. Paul facto-
rieS. There are numerous other home
industries, like barrel works, box facto-
ries. tub and pail works that should not
be forgotten.
What is the cause of this great mani
festatiOn of public spirit?
Te begin with, the great crops of the
past year have served to open the eyes
of the people of st. Paul. They are be-
ginning 10 realize the wonderful natural
resources of the country tributary to the
city, and are anxious that the supplies
needed by the people of the Northwest
shall not only be purchased, but also
manufactured in st. Paul. The fact
has now become apparent that one fact
DRY is or more value than a hundred
real estate offices. A feeling that an
era Of prosperity is just ahead of this
wealthy section of the country has
stirred up ST. Paul's men of affairs, and
they do not propose to be at all behind
hand in reaping some of the benefits.
An outgrOwth of this feeling is the
st. Paul Commercial club, with a men,
bership already numbering nearly one
thousand of the best and most active
young business men of the city. The
members of this club have been drawn
from every business and profession,
and the work that is proposed to be
carried on cannot fail to prove
of great and enduring benefit to
the city. The effect of this organization
has already been felt. The several
large and enthusiastic meetings that
have been held have served to demon
strate to the people that the city is tax
ing steps to secure a new and larger
measure OF prosperity. When the com
mercial club is located and ready for
work, full data in regard to all the in
dustries Of the city will be gathered, as
well as the advantages she possesses
for different kinds Of manufacturing.
The attention of the people of st. Paul
will be called to home industries and
that OF manufacturers everywhere to
the openings to be found here.
Back of the active workers and cap
italists is a loyal constituency. The