The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-24
BIG LUMBER CUT PROBABLE.
ALL THINGS INDICATE A DISPOSE
TION TO CLEAR LARGE
TRACTS OF PINE.
LARGE REWARD FOR POTATOES.
Two Counties Alone Have Received
Three-FOurths of Million
Dollars Already.

SlnS camps OF all OF NOTlneTn MlIlIS-
sofa and Wisconsin, the Lake Superior
district, and even to the northern part
of Michigan. Just now this business
is booming. The lOggers are sending
their supplies to their camps, ard
there is every evidence that, judging
from their purchases, they intend OPP
Grating on a much larger scale this
winter than for several seasons past.
In speaking of this, c. j. McCon-
vile, of Finch, Van Slyck, Young &
Co., said: 1.-The business from the
lumbermen this fall shows a big in
crease over last season, and we are
busy sending out large shipments of
the goods they use in the woods
mackinaws, heavy hosiery and under
wear, blankets, mittens, coats caps, ]
etc. Then, too, the holiday trade is
on and all merchants within radius of
100 miles are visiting the city for their
purchases of notions and fancy ar
.tices. Those who live further off are
buying from the travelling men or by
letter. The market is steady in the
dry goods line, except in the cotton
goods, of which the jobbers are all
offering bats and cuts to reduce
their stock Nobody is overstocked
especially, but there isn't that faith
that the cottons will keep up in price
as is the case with Woolens. The 10.
| ter have advanced and are continuing
to advance as the price of the raw
material is higher in proportion to the
manufactured article than it should
be. Our trade this fall is away ahead
Of CHI
say-and collections were never better
than now. The daily receipts are high
er than ever before
This weather is perfect for the log
gers said Charming Seabury. THE
continued cold and absence of snow
makes a good foundation foI the log
| ging roads, and the lumbermen can
| do very nicely without any of the
beautiful until Christmas. A promi-
nent logger, one Of the heaviest OPP
orators n Northern Wisconsin, called
| in last evening and made some heavy
| purchases, including a car load of pork,
| for his camps. He was very jubilant
| over the conditions and prospects, and
| said he would run 800 men this win
ter. Sixty days ago, he said, he could
not get men enough, as they were in
the harvest fields or working in the
mills, but now there is no trouble in
| filling out a crew..
by the way" continued Mr. Seabury,
| there is an agricultural industry in the
l state which was rather lost sight of
or overshadowed by the big wheat
crop. L was talking with an official Of
the ST. Paul & Duluth road and he
said that at the points along that line
between Wyoming and Hinkley, 1000
car loads of potatoes would be shipped
out this fall. This means over 600
! bushels to the car and at thirty cents
a bushel will result in distributing
| $780, 900 among the farmers of that
section That is only one little corner
of the state too. The potatoes go to
| all points in the East and South
from Maine to Texas. For the past two
| years the price of potatoes was so low
you could hardly give them away
Griggs, Cooper & Co. are pushing
| their specialities of home brand"
goods They operate an extensive
manufacturing plant in connection
with their wholesale business, and al
together run a force of 125 employees.
Their factory includes a large coffee
! roasting plant Gn which they have the
exclusive right in st. Paul to operate
| the new gas roaster), spice grinding
| plant. extract distillery and syrup re-
|
the local consumer, they are holding
exhibitions and giving demonstrations
in several of the leading grocery stores
| in the city. In addition to this, the
concern handles a large line of can
ned goods on which they place their
own liable. and this home brand la
bel is a guaranty of first-class goods"
said c. Milton Griggs; ut means the
| best in the market at any price,
C. P. Moves, of Noyes Brothers &
| Cutler, keeps a close tab on prices, and
| his predictions in the drug line, as
made through the CT o b e, have al
ways come to pass. He now looks for
| ward to a decided advance in linseed
| oil, after jan l, saying that the present
| price cannot be maintained with the
| current high price of seed. Lead will
| also advance materially after the first
| of the year. None of the window glass
| factories have been running this fall
| and the price of window glass has gone
up SO per cent. Stocks are running
! short and some sizes have entirely dis
! appeared.
And by the way, there is a couple
| of new limitations of linseed oil in the
market Both come from Cleveland
and both are evidently mineral oil.
E. A Konantz, of the Konantz Sad
| dlery company, reports that their bust
ness last month was the best they ever
had. In the line Of logging harness,
| the demand was better than for sew
eral years past. Leather continues
high and there is some talk of further
| advance although Mr.. Konantz says
he hardly expects it will materialize.
1--WE are having a good holiday
| trade" said c. w. Hackett, of the c.
W. Hackett Hardware company. "In
all lines of plated ware, carving sets,
cutlery, skates, etc, the demand has
been unusually good, which shows that
the people are feeling able to buy
Christmas presents this year. Our
trade in logging supplies, which we do
through the hardware stores owned by
lumbermen themselves, is also good,
from which 1 think they are making
preparations to cut great deal of tim
Der this winter"
R. A Kirk attended the National
Hardware association convention at
Buffalo, last week, and is now spending
a couple of weeks in Ohio, intending to
return home agout Dec. 1.
RAKER,S NARROW ESCAPE.