St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-09

substantial trade for the season. Our
preparations for the seasons trade,
especially in Bass ale, were on a larger
scale than ever. We doubled our cold
storage capacity. and we are glad, of
course, that the season opened so favor
ably. The trade in YinegarS promises
we'll; the Northwestern demand for
pure goods is particularly satisfactory
to US.
j. S. Robertson, B. Presley & Co.,
Wholesale Fruits-The warm, pleasant
weather we have had during the past
few days has opened up the fruit trade
very nOticeably, and business with us
is active. though there is no improve
ment in prices. In fact. there is a de-
cline in California oranges. which are
now arriving quite freely. A little more
warm weather and the disappearance of
ice and snow will make better business
all around. In California the pros
poets for green fruits were never better
than they are this season. While in
California a short time ago | arranged
for supply five times as large as st.
Paul has ever had before. They will
send us a choice assortment. l spent
six weeks out there, and l must say it is
a very extensive fruit district, and that
it produces all varieties and of the finest
quality. At least 5000 carloads of Or
anges are to be marketed from River
side, Cal, by the 1st of June,
an amount almost equaling the
entire yearly consumption of the
United States heretofore. Their
vineyard interests seem to be oyerdOne
at present. Grapes and figs sell there
atVery low prices. Their walnut and
almond groves are making the most
money. Their olives and olive oils can
not be beaten by any foreign goods.
had a pleasant but busy time on the
Pacific coast. The season for florida
oranges is about over. The strawberry
crop is of good quality. The st. Paul
fruit market is likely to offer excellent
quality and to have good trade all
through the season.
George Benz & Sons, Wholesale
LiQuOrS-Our trade Sc far this year is
ahead of the trade of '92 during the cor
responding period. The city trade shows
quite an improvement over last year.
P r. L. Hardenberg & Co., Wholesale
Leather and Saddlery Hardware-ThIs
sunny weather is putting better look
upon business, and there is consider
able improvement this week in both
trade and collections. | think we will
do an average spring business.
l.. A. Guiterman, Guirterman Broth
ers, Wholesale, and Manufacturers of
Gents Furnishings are extending
our manufacturing, putting in new ma
chimes and hiring more help. The trade
is fair, although collections are quiet.
There is a demand for better goods than
ever.
A. B. DriScoll, McKihben & Co.,
Wholesale Furs, Hats ard Caps, Gloves.
"a In, 20 af 1ri Ct p0nI
concerns lead the world. We have had
a very fair trade in furs, and prices adj
vanced from 10 to 80 per cent during the
season. The West is taking good line
of stock. The glove and mitten sales
are very satisfactory indeed at present.
We have never before at this time of
the year had as many orders for fall de-
livery. The larger buyers are placing
orders very freely. Hats are selling
well, especially soft hats-such as the
.FedOraS.
Henry E. Humphrey, Manager st.
Paul Hardware Company-In sporting
goods, guns, bicycles, ETC., trade is livery.
1 was looking over our books short
time ago and found that our business
this spring has been better than it was
year ago. City trade is picking up and
we are getting some trade from the
country.
John Hart, Hart, Murphy & Whaley,
Manufacturers of CigarS-We are keep
ing the same force at work. Orders are
coming IN fairly well. Trade has scarcely
recovered from the bad weather and bad
roads as yet, but our trade is little
better than it has been. AS soon as the
country is in shape the farmers
will go to seeding, and their
being busy will keep them from
going to town somewhat, but still
they will have to do some buying be-
fore seeding is over. l presume they
will get through seeding soon after the
1st of May. D. a. Murphy, who has
just returned from trip through the
West and South, said that he found
some improvement in business in the
district lying between here and the Pa
cific coast, and he thinks the depression
which has existed along the Pacific
coast is about over with-that that dis
trict will soon show an improvement.
The weather in the Northwestern states
has been more favorable to business
than the dry weather of the Southwest.
+. j. Schulz IL Co., Wholesale Mill
nery-We have had about one-third
increase in our business this spring as
compared with the previous spring.
ONCI a ICh 0CIOullO navy OCOil
entered upon our books in 1898. Our
new location in the heart of the whole
sale district may have had something
to do with this Improvement, for when
the buyers are in houses in other lines
they learn of us if they want millinery.
st. Paul is now quite center for trade
in our line. Most of this new business,
however, comes from the ordinary, or
natural, increase.
The Northwest General Electric COM
pany held its annual meeting of stock
holders during the week and elected the
following officers: President, Henry NJ.
Byllesby; first vice president and treas
uTer, Howard G. Lewis; second vice
president, Benjamin F. Meek Jr.; secre-
tary and assistant treasurer, w. P.
johnson. The new board of directors is
composed of E. J. Garfield, Maurice
Auerbach, II. NJ. Byllesby. II. c. Lewis,
JosephLockey, V. NJ. Watkins, B. f.
Meek Jr