St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-07

Milwaukee and Chicago for it in spite
OF the fact that the raw product. the
hides are produced in greater quantities
here than in Milwaukee,, and the addi-
tional fact that the bark needed in the
business can be laid down in st. Paul
cheaper than it can in either MilWau-
kee CT Chicago. Milwaukee has
no less than eleven large tanneries. and
IS the greatest tanning center in the
west. The bark used there is obtained
from the almost IneXhaustible forests of
Northern Wisconsin. This bark conn
try is tapped by roads leading directly
to st. Paul, thus making it possible to
carry OH not only the tanning of hides
produced at the slaughter houses in this
section, but also the hides imported
from other places. Here Is a great de-
mand for leather in manufactures
demand far greater than exists in
Milwaukee. The cheap bark so near at
hand would make tanning an exceed
ingly profitable industry in st. Paul if
all the hides had to be imported, and it
would be doubly profitable when they
as well as a market for the finished
product are right at hand.
All Industries Profitable.
This outline contains the main fea-
lures in the rise and growth
of the boot and shoe manu-
facture in st. Paul. How it has grown
from the time when one of the present
great factories contained but one or two
cobblers down to the present time, when
this factory alone demands a building
covering half block and filled with 900
employees. These industries have been
successful to wonderful degree, but
their success is largely due to the
exceptionally favorable location of st.
raul, although it must be conceded
that business tact and ability of the
highest order have been at the helm in
all these factories. When they started
IL must be remembered that they had to
pay more for their labor. fight for a
show to demonstrate the value of their
goods, and besides meet the low prices
OF the New England manufacturers. 1t
was done, and to-day the st. Paul man
who can visit the great shoe factories of
the city and not feel a glow of pride
that such an industry is here to stay de-
serves Punishment.
But the success that has been achieved
In the manufacture of boots and shoes
In st. Paul is not an isolated case by
any means. There are other manu-
factories just as large and Just as sue
cesSful In operation, and their number
Will surprise many people, and what is
more TO the point, there are hundreds of
opportunities for small factories and
workshops open in st. Paul. The shoe
manufacturing industry was commenced
very humbly in this city, but the man
who started it went to the top of the
ladder and made his fortune. The same
opportunities are open to-day without
one-half of the hardships or the diff
ficulties that surrounded the founding
of the first shoe factory in ST. Paul.
The fact is, st. Paul is the distributing
center of an empire so vast that
most of its inhabitants do not
appreciate it. st. Paul jobbers prefer
to sell goods of st. Paul manufacture,
and they generally do so whenever they
can, and this helps to create demand.
This tendency to help one another that
is being displayed by the wholesalers of
st. Paul cannot be eulOgIzed too highly.
1t is good plan for all st. Paul mer-
chants to help push the products made
here. There is no surer road to COM
mon prosperity.