St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-01
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st. Paul Stands Pre-emi-
nently Forward as the
Great Jobblng City.
Wholesaling Figures for 1892
Exceed the Most Sam
guine Hopes.
Nearly One Hundred and Fifty
Millions the Jobbing Fig
ure Total.
st. Paul Jobbeps Still Reach
ing Out for New Fields
to Conquer.
Our Immediate Suburbs Swell
the Figures Several
Millions.

a grand domain has been cultivated
with splendid success by the enterpris-
Ing merchants OF St. Paul.
A careful estimate shows total of
I47,S49.6S7 OF sales made during 1892 in
the wholesale jobbing business OF this
city.
Those ubiquitous emissaries-the
drummcrs or commercial ravelerS-un
aarthed a large amount of new bust
ness last year, but they-the most con-
siderate, fair-minded and beSt-natured
drummers on earth gave most OF the
credit for it to the improving condition
OF the Northwest, to the new railroads
of this growing section, to the DIVERSE
fed interests whose development cen
tfnually increases its wealth, and to the
WeIl-pOsted. substantial character Of the
country merchants.
The wholesale merchants themselves
furnished nearly all Of the figures on
which this showing Of business is made.
In some cases an innate modesLy pre-
vented the delivery OF information. In
these cases the estimates were made
either very cOnSerVativelY or, as IN
few instances, we're not attempted.
Taken altogether. the sum total is conf
IDENTIFY believed to be considerably UNI
der, rather than over the mark OF eX-
actness. The total was characterized
as good enough and sufficient evil
dence Of a substantial trade" by several
Of the best posted lObberS. Most OF
them. evidently, were not anxious to
give more than a conservative estimate
of the trade.
A Great Season.
The highly prosperous season of 1891
intensified the substantial conditions in
which the merchants throughout the
Northwest had placed themselves. Con-
Sequently they had increased conf
dence, and gave their orders with
still greater freedom in 1892. They
have secured better classes Of goods
during the year, and the aggregate OF
sales made by the st. Paul jobberS has
made this gratifying increase of SID
334, 457, as compared with the sales OF
the previous year.
In some cases the totals presented by
the GLOBE were brought into question,
but were found, OH careful considera-
ton, to De as nearly correct as could be
expected For instance: The trade in
furs, hats. caps and gloves was placed
at $500, coo. A successful business
man in that line Of goods said:
WHY, isn't that million dollars too
high? Let's Seep And he figured the
probable sale of firm after firm, giving
conservative estimates of each, and
soon agreed that the higher sum was
Just about right. There were several
such instances in the progress OF
"checSing."
The wholesale district of st. Paul oc-
CupieS a large and very soiidly built
II IF LtpnnflITnj lmnTAVn-
ments made by the Wholesale men are
on extensive and very substantial lines.
a great deal Of money has been eX-
pended for new buildings for the whole
sale men during the year, and the new
buildings. especially those fronting on
Smith park, present a valuable and
very imposing appearance. The whole
sale district is the pride Of the city, and,
furthermore, the concerns engaged IN
that trade are the most substantial to
be found in the Northwest. They stand
gilt-edged in the financial circles of the
country. They have
Extended Their Territory
considerably in making sales, and
it is safe to say that there is no state in
the Union i'll which they do not operate.
Some of their goods go to various parts
of Canada. to the Sandwich islands and
other islands of the Pacific, and they
buy and sell in both China and Japan
At least one of the st. Paul houses has
regularly established branch in YOkO-
hama. Not only do teas come here
from China via the Northern Pacific,
but also furs. Some Of the Beautiful
furs that the great manufacturing con-
Germs here fashion into costly garments
are bought from the Japanese. In
other lines of goods the merchants here
buy and sell in foreign countries.
The establishments in various lines of
trade are numerous enough to make st.
Paul recognized center in each of
these lines. In manufactures Of boots
and shoes, cigars, clothing, crackers
and confectionery. furS. hats and gloves,
saddlery, hardware aud harness. liquor"
and beer, millinery and in sash y