St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-07
OF A R0SEATE HUE.
Business Men Continue Their
Jubilant Reports Of
the Trade.
Wholesalers Have Good Col
lections and Made Heavy
Deposits.
AS a Consequence Money Is
Easy and Everybody
Prosperous.
The Cigarette Combine Dis
liked by Many Local
Dealers.

out or the GLOBES position In chang
ing to bullish attitude on the wheat
market. but the prices show a
net advance of IL cents per
bushel during the past seven
days AMI at one time yesterday, when
the price touched CSC, the advance
showed 2119c increase on the May option
as compared with week ago Saturday.
The bears strove hard to send prices
below 90c for May, and drove the quota
ton down to SSc in Chicago Wednesday,
the lowest price reached on the last
crop, but it did not stay there long. The
market advanced Thursday and Fri
day, Notwithstanding the failure of
prominent concern on the Paris
bourse. One of the leading grain deal
ers of this city said yesterday: Ninety
anticipate some advance on the cereal
next week."
In the wholesale business and
manufacturing continued increase
in spring orders is noticeable
from the Northwest. All Sec
lions of the country except the
cotton belt give satisfactory views of
business. In some lines here trade
stands between hay and grass, but the
outlook is very good all around. st.
Paul people are not greatly disposed
toward stock speculation. The slightly
bullish situation on good railway shares
continues in the East, and industrial
shares have not been finding as much
account of over-manipulation.
The bankers may be fairly repre-
sented by Joseph Lackey, of the Ma
tiOnal German-American bank, who
says: money is easy here as it is in the
East. judge from the steady deposits
that the wholesale men continue to have
good collections"
Judging from the talk of travelling
men 1t appears as though the combine
Of cigarette manufacturers will soon
adopt different method from that now
in vogue in dealing with their custom
ers. The half dozen concerns in the
combine now sell at so much per thou
sand, for instances and rebate the jObber
80 cents per thousand and the retailer
so cents per thousand. These rebates,
practically, represent the profits OIL
the cigarettes. Certificates are issued
for the rebates. the first certificate pay
able on certain date and the others at
some unStated time in the future. If
the combine owes its customers certain
amounts for rebates these customers
feel diffident about trading with con-
Germs outside of the combine,
no matter how excellent the
goods of others may be. The system
also places a considerable amount of
money in the control of the combine for
cite factory IN st. Paul, and yet one
firm sells 100000 cigarettes here per
annum. The trade of the whole coun-
try seems disposed to resent the COM
bine system of accounts, which require
a large amount of extra clerical work,
and the result is likely to be change in
the system of rebating.
Prices Stifenfng.
Among those who expressed opinions
on the situation were:
John II. Allen, Allen, Noon & Co.,
wholesale grOcers:
The indications are that goods are stiffen-
ing up in prices. The collections are fair,
and the prospects continue excellent for a
good spring business.
B. Kuhl, Kuhl- Cumming company,
manufacturers of clothing:
We are very glad that the bulk Of our
spring orders are to be filed in March, as
otherwise it would be impossible to get out
the goods on time, the orders are coming in
so lively.
B. F. Meek, n. W. Thomson-Houston
Electric company:
Among our news items we can say that
the Winona City Railway COMPANY began OPP
erations last week very successfully. and
handled over 1900 people Sunday. Jan. "A.
1t was, of course. built by our concern.
Daniel R. Noyes, Noyes Bros. & Cut
Ter. wholesale drugs:
We are preparing to increase our manu-
featuring department Notwithstanding its
present extensive proportions.
mi 70 nj IF
gents furnishing goods, are very busy,
and are running their factory two nights
per week on account Of the abundance
of spring orders, which they have never
done before at this season of the year.
They have sold about all they can turn
out on time, and have put in twenty-five
new machines during the past two
weeks. They report collections good
and money easy.
c. F. KonantZ. Konantz Saddlery
company, manufacturers:
Our saddlery trade is more than double
what it was in 1890. We never had such a
Jan nary trade before. We are increasing
our force in the manufacturing department.
and are working still more hands than ever.
j. Phillips. manager c. r. Golf,
manufacturer spices, ETC.!
Here's an order just received from Kan sas
City for carload of Snow Flake baking
u.
ucts. There is an increased demand for
Northwestern products, owing to the sup eri-
ority of Northwestern goods.
Theodore Schumacher, LindekeS. War
ner & Schumacher, wholesale dry goods:
Collections are fair. We have no cause for
complaint. We are having good spring
orders. Have had to increase our steam
power, and have put in new engine from
the Scribner- Libby company. and a dynamo
from the Columbia Electric company, beth
homemade manufacture.
w. S. Dennis, wholesale cigars:
Our trade is good, our sales running about
100000 cigars per annum. OF course, we
handle all kinds, to meet the varied demand
/ have always believed in patronizing home
industries, especially in this line, SO far as
we could consistently, but we should be
careful and not carry the matter too far.
There should be fair interchange of trade
with other cities.
j. W. Johnson, manager st. Paul Dis
tilling company:
'Our business keeps up to the use Of 2,2I0
bushels of grain daily, and an output Of TO-
600 gallons every twenty-four hours. That's
about as much as we ever did. and it's a
good deal. 1t means about S250,000 per
month revenue tax to the government. The
quality of our st. Paul products is excellent,
and we have orders continually from Cali
fornia ana New York, as well as from our
regular Northwestern trade.
HUSTLING BLUFFITEs
Making Strenuous Efforts to Sc
cure the Harvester Works.
Over 800 East side citizens assembled
at Lucker's hall on Margaret street last
evening to further the interests of that
part of the city toward securing the
much-talked-of harvester works. Presi-
dent Hamm. of the union, called the