The Saint Paul globe., 1898-04-28

More convincing testimony to DR..
Rudolph Schiffmann's firm loyalty to
the city of st. Paul than that offered
by many of the city's leading business
concerns interviewed by The G o b
yesterday, cannot be desired nor Sc
cured. The tribute paid by these busi-
ness men to DR.. Schiffmann Is in real
fty more eloquent and significant than
the studied eulogiums of the platform
orators who of necessity, deal in gilt
tering generalitieS.
For the purpose of ascertaining ex-
actly where DR.. Schiffmann stands as
n citizen in the estimation of those fell
low citizens who have been brought
into business contact with him for an
extensive period, The G o b e has So
licited expressions of their opinions
from these gentlemen.
They were universal in their praise Of
the doctor. All commended his loyal
policy in continuing to manufacture
his goods at point so far distant from
the seaboard. from which they are
shipped in such large quantities to all
the countries of the world. DR.. Schiff-
mann adheres to this policy at much
inconvenience, not to say additional
cost. Many a time has he undergone
the disagreeable experience incident to
his supply of goods running short at
the sea port in consequence of delays
tinent But while foreign trade of
such proportions could be much more
easily and economically handled from
some point on the Atlantic seaboard
than from the city of St Paul, Dr.
Schiffmann has sturdily refused to con-
slider any proposition involving the re-
moval of his large manufacturing plant
from this city.
One of St. PauPs leading Republi-
cans, in commenting yesterday, on DR..
schiffmaIn's stanch loyalty to st.
Paul, said:
"I happened to be in DR.. Schiffmann's
pfflce a few months ago when he had
Just met with the unpleasant expert
ence of having a carload shipment deS-
tined for London delayed some three
weeks in transit. l asked the doctor If
1t would not be more convenient for
him to manufacture nearer to the sea-
board, where he could get prompt
trunk line and steamer connections,
and he informed me at the time that
he would not for a moment think of
removing his business from town
where he had started years ago In
small way, where that business had
prospered, where the happieSt days of
his life had been spent, and where all
his interests were bound up. To quote
his own words as nearly as 1 can re-
call them, he said:
population of $4,000, and I have lived
to see it develop into a city Of $4,000.
Its growth has been matter of pride
to me, as it has been to every pub
lie spirited citizen. No amount Of IN
convenience my foreign trade might
suffer would ever lead me to even con-
slider a proposition involving the re-
moval of either my residence or my
business from city whose interests
are so dear to me- "
What Representative McGiu Says.
McGill- Warner company, Of this city,
said, in speaking of DR.. Schiffmann's
record as a business man:
There is no more desirable business
to be had than that of the Schiffmann
company. We do our share of their
printing. lithographing, etc., and our
relations with the doctor have always
been more than pleasant. An order
from him for any job large or small
and he is one of the largest consumers
of printed matter in the Northwest
means spot cash as soon as the order
is delivered.
Il have seen quotations he has re-
ceived from Cincinnati and Chicago
concerns where, owing to the peculiar
character of the work, they have been
able to give lower figures than any 10
cal concern, but L am pleased to say
that DR.. Schiffmann has been so loyal
to st. Paul that he has always placed
the order here at an advanced price,
where st. Paul workmen would reap
the advantage of it,
w. r. DORIS Statement,
William R. Dorr, treasurer Of the
Horne Danz company, had this to say:
We have been supplying Dr. Schiff-
mann with all of his tin cans ever
since we started in business. Not only
do we supply those for his American
trade, but also those for his British,
German, Scandinavian, Belgian, Hol-
land, Austrian, Hungarian and Swiss
export trade, all stamped out in the
language of the country to which they
go.
''Dr. Schiffmann is not only one of
the finest and most courteous gentle
men to do business with, but he GER
tainly is one of the ablest business
men in the Northwest. Owing to the
large orders he places we know that he
has frequently had lower quotations
from outside parties than we have been
making him. Still, he never places
an order for tinware outside Of his own
city,
Eugene Vil1aume's Praise.
Eugene Villaume, of the Villaume