St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-14


another will"
The capabilities of the business can
be seen from the statement quoted
above, which shows that the factories
now on the ground feel that their busi-
ness is secure and that there is more
that could be had were the factories
here.
st. Paul Cigars Abroad.
st. Paul cigars have splendid repu-
tation throughout the country. They
are we'll made and of all grades and
qualities. A few years ago the jobbers
of this city went East for their cigars.
Now they buy nearly all their goods
of st. Paul manufacturers and
Job st. Paul made goods almost
exclusively. This has been coming
about gradually, thus affording the local
manufacturers abundant time to break
in the new labor they were obliged to
utilize. A st. Paul manufacturer i'll
speaking of the labor part of the bust
ness yesterday said: New labor is COM
Ing to the city all the time, and we can
now secure all we need on short notice.
Other industries are locating here, and
with the men who come with those our
labor is sure to be found. Take for ex-
ample business where engineers are
in demand. A number Of them come
to the city; they will bring with them
their children. unable to work in the
engineering trade, but just suited
to learn the making Of CT
gars. We shall enlarge our
business greatly next year, but there
ought to be three or four more factories
here with 500men each.
There is not city within thousand
miles Of US that can compete with st.
Paul In making CIGARS" added this
manufacturer, in conclusion. This may
sound just little bit overenthusiastic,
but glance at the immense business
, done by the house whose head uttered
the above words will be sufficient to
show that he "knows his business"
Flattering as has been the growth Of
the cigar manufacturing industry in st.
Paul, 1t has really only commenced to
grow. In three years there will un-
doubtedly be 1,500 men employed in
this one industry. where now but one
third of that number are given work.
The work of these 500, however, places
st. Paul at the head OF the procession in
the West, and gives her the further
reputation of making one-third of the
whole number of cigars made in the
state. When 1t is remembered that
every town and hamlet, almost, has one
or more cigar factories, this Is saying a
great deal.
Eastern Competition.
How can st. Paul compete with East
ern points IN the making of cigars? is a
question that will occur to the mind of
nearly every one, but which Is easily
answered. III the first place the raw
material used in this industry can nearly
all be utilized. There is little waste.
M Of
from the centers where theproper kinds
Of tobaccos are grown, and the boxes
and making are as cheap here as in the
East, If not cheaper. No disastrous
strikes have damaged the business here,
as has been the case in New York from
time to time. The effect of strikes upon
GothamS cigar manufactures has been
simply dreadful. Many of the manu-
facturers, unable to do business in the
big city, moved their plants to Bng-
hampton, and at the present time the
little place, small city though 1t is, is
making more cigars than New York
city.
But, while the manufacture of cigars
is the principal tobacco industry, it Is
not the only one in st. Paul. On the
West side is located a factory where
fine cut chewing and a number of
brands of smoking tobacco are made.
The business is new, and does not yet
give employment to over about fifteen
hands, but 1t will soon enlarge to meet
its constantly increasing trade. Some
years ago firm started out to make a
certain kind of smoking tobacco in
Wheeling, w. Va. Their plant was
| small, they had little capital and few
employees. But they made good article
| and knew how to push it, and to-day
| they have capital of a million dollars,
| and dozen men are needed to take
care of their Northwestern trade alone
as statesmen. There Is room for such
an Institution in st. Paul, and it seems
TO be already on the ground.
There is an industry very close to the
making of cigars and the manufacture
Ing of smoking tobacco in which every
land owner in Southern Minnesota is
directly and every citizen of the state
| is indirectly interested in having in
| augurated in the state. 1t is the cult
Walton of tobacco. In Wisconsin this
| has already become a great industry.
| and in the fertile valley of the Rock
| river hundreds of thousands of pounds
are produced every year. 1t could be
cultivated In the valleys Of the Zumbro,
| the Root, the Minnesota, the Blue Earth,
the LIE Sueur and other rivers of South
| cru MlHHeSOld, anu III ought TO be. Were
it made successful in the river valleys
mentioned, the value of the land 10
Gated there: and adapted to its
| culture would bound from $40, $40 and
| $50 per acre to 500 and $3.50 per acre.
This would be followed by the subdi-
vision of large farms and the rapid set
tlement and development of the coun-
try. Every farm that now supports one
family in these river valleys would
furnish profitable employment and liv-
| ings for at least six times as many peo-
| pie. The local demand for raw tobacco
would furnish splendid market and be
OF benefit not only to the growers but
also to the tobacco manufacturers, who
are now obliged to purchase all their
stock in the East.
Tobacco in Minnesota.
Were tobacco growing made a succe IS
| in Minnesota st. Paul would, as the
! great cigar manufacturing center, be-
come the location of large tobacco pack
| ing and curing houses, such as are found
in Lancaster, York, and other cities in
the tobacco-growing center OF PennsyI-
vania. The product of .i;ee state would
all be brought 10 st. Paul and sorted
: and cured properly, after which it
would be sold to the trade throughout