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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01

There are 1Gj publications entered at the
office here as second class mail matter
and the office ranks eighth of all In the
land in amount of second class matter
handled. The records of the office show
that during the year there has been nam
died an average of over 5000 pounds per
day of that class of mail. The figures
for transmission. and there Is almost as
much of the same class received here dallE:
This makes fully t~wenty5tive tons +6 11
office here. each day. The amount has
been growing rapidly for years. an I'M
portant item in the total being the very
large number of the daily papers handled.
During the year there has been depos-
tied in the office for transmission an aver
age of 100000 letters each day. This makes
and forwarded. The number received is
slightly smaller. and the total number of
pieces handled in and out of the office for
the year of all classes amounts to 1,5,GoO-
900. The increase in the number of
| stamped special delivery letters received
and forwarded is about . per cent, while
fully in keeping with other branches.
There has been an increase in the money
| order department of over 30 per cent. and
the business done in 1897. amounting 10 S.
has been an increase in foreign orders and
the domestic demand has been literally
increased since the order allowing it TO
be made a deposit for savings went into
effect.
During the year the free delivery limits
have been extended. owing to the extension
of the city limits, so that an increased
number of carriers has been required. \
half a dozen have been added and early
in the year a dozen others and a score of
additional clerks will be put on. The in
creased receipts for the past year will in
crease the salary of the postmaster after
July / to 5000 per annum and raise the
large addition to TIE working force of the
office will be made early in January.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
MILL MACHINERY.
Demand Hns Been Very Large the
Past Year for all Kinds.

The trade in mill machinery of all kinds
has been very strong the past year and has
reached the highest mark ever known. In
that line Kansas City is the market
for the entire Southwest and supplies q
very considerable portion of the goods re-
quired in Mexico. Representatives of Kan
sas City concerns are kept in Mexico all
the time and are developing a very fine
trade. The demand for the year has been
very strong in small mills TO be used on
ranches where large numbers of stock are
fed and outfits for small mills. The prac-
tice of using ground food is becoming more
popular each year and with ii comes a
demand for more mills and other con-
yenient machinery.
There has also been n lively demand for
Windmills and pumps and other machinery
for small irrigation plants, and the houses
here that supply them have been kept
busy. Irrigation of small tracts has been
practiced successfully and the machinery
for all that work is manufactured in Kan
Sas CITY
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01

the business of the bank. and the growing
needs We're such as to make larger quarters
and greater facilities imperative. In the
splendid quarters that have been. CHOSEN
the bank will have as nearly a model room
for banking as can be found in the West
and will have ample room for transactlnS
business with comfort. In its new home
it will exercise the same care and attention
to every detail of its business that has
contributed so largely to its growth ana
success in the past.
The Union National is one of the estab-
lished institutions of the city. 1t was Or
gained by men who knew the banking
business thoroughly and who have carried
into its management the most careful
scrutiny. The bank has grown and pros
pered from the first and has become one
of the solid and reliable financial ~institu-
tons of the West. Its volume of business
as shown in its reports to the comptroller
has been increasing constantly and it has
received from the public the liberal sup
port that its careful management and
marked success warrant. No bank any
where in the West will have a nicer or
more convenient home for receiving their
patrons and zone of them have a more sub
stantial lot of patrons to greet
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01

Investment. companies are well Representa-
ed in Kansas City and receive a fair share
of business. IN the number doing business
tablished a scum reputation for their juds-
ment and wisdom in matters relative to in
ard are able to serve the men
Of money IN a very valuable and accept
able way. They nave handled many of the
largest transactions in the city for
years and handle all of their business in a
of investors and contributes largely to the
increased development of the city. The
managers Of several of the companies have
for years devoted their attention to this
line of business and their knowl-
edge Of the conditions and tendencies of the
city make their services very desirable for
men who come here for Investments.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
THEY FEED H HUNGRY.
Kansns City Is Blessed With Restnur-
ants Which Have Managers
With Iu-tO-Dnte Ideas.

Well managed and up-to-date are the
Kansas City restaurants, and Ut them enc
may order his choice of all the market af-
fords. have it carefully and skillfully pre-
pared and well served. While the city is
splendidly supplied with eating houses run
on the popular price plan. it has also some
that cater to epicures, and are able to
handle the trade. No man need long in
vain for a game dinner. Il fish dinner or
anything else in that line. for there are
places here that produce the best. There
are other places where old-fashioned home
cooking is served. and there are a few of
all other kinds. They handle all trade.
from the smallest lunch order to Il game
dinner. and they receive Il patronage that
enables them to continually add attractive
ness to their location and their menu.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
WHOLESALE CLOTHING HOUSE.
The Field for 1t Is Large and Is n
Much Needed En-
terDriSe,

There is room in the wholesale trade of
Kansas City for some enterprising firm
with ample capital to establish the founda-
ton for an enduring business in whole
sale clothing. While Il dozen manufacture
ers and big firms have agents here with
ample stock and enterprise in its manage
ment. Il vast business could be developed
speedily. which. if rightly managed, would
grow each succeeding year. II is one of
the openings III trade in the city and will
be most likely filed during the year.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
TELEPHONE MESSAGES.
The Long Distance Service Now En-
ables Kansas Cityans to Talk
With Missouri Towns.

The handling of messages over the long
distance telephone in the same manner as
n telegram is one of the advantages Of
fered the public by the Standard Telephone
Company. The ompany announces it has
row connected with Kansas City over 1900
miles of long distance phone. touching
many of the lively interior points of Mis-
souri,. Messages are handled at about one
half the rates charged FOR teiegramS, and
the company claims ii is meeting with a
generous patronage.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS.
Large Quantities Are Annually Dis
Through the Local Houses
among Western Farmers.

With the two big wholesale houses and
the two equally active jobbers and retail
houses here the seed trade of Kansas City
and the Southwest is handled in first-cIass
shape. Kansas City is Il superior point for
the retail and jobbins trade owing to the
tremendous acreage devoted to market gar
dening. These gardeners require the best
seeds in the market. as the trade requires
the best market products. The trade of
the city has shown Il decided growth over
1897, and the prospects are particularly
flattering for the coming year.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
Metal Roofing and Ceiling.

In addition there are a number of fac
tories that make roofing metal. metal cell
ings. structural iron and building material.
ornamental iron and wicket work, iron
stairwayS. guardrails. metal laths. build
ers' and cabinet hardware and all forms
OF sundries III iron. steel and wire. Metal
bale ties. hopping. girdsrs. drills and metal
novelties are also made in large quaa-
titles.
Corrugated roofing and metal ceilings
are manufactured along with iron shutters
and various building appliances and are
sold extensively by the manufacturers and
also through jobbers. The shops also pro-
duce many small tools and mechanical con-
veniences for use in shops. homes. Offices
and elssWhere.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
Busy With Commercial Paper.

The half dozen firms of brokers in the
city handle a very large volume of COM
paper annually and the business is
done on a tasis that is full of careful bust
ness enterprise. While they handle all that
is valid and are careful in that line they
have at no time done anything calculated
TO deter the development OF all lines of
business designed to aid the city. Kan
sas City is becoming more of a market for
money with each year and with the ample
facilities of the brokers the man who needs
cash and has good paper has no delay or
annoyance n making the quick interchange
ha desires
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
TELEGRAPH ACCOMMODATIONS.
FIRST Class Facilities offered Here by
Both Companies.

Kansas City has as complete facilities
for relesraphic communications with the
outside world as any Western city and is
having it carefully improved each wear.
Both of the big companies have Offices
here. scattered all over the city. with
wires leading directly 10 all of the big conn
me-rial csa,ars OF the lard and they handle
a very large and increasing volume OF
business. The growth OF the grain busI-
ness here and the increase in all CONNER
cial lines have operated to materially in
creN Ne the use OF the telegraph in hand
linz. hOSiuesS.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
The City.s wsrehouxcs.

Kansas City Is well supplied with storage
and warehouses. They include both i1r=s
ling all business that originates % "a char
acter requiring storage Two af them ar
very large and are admirably eqUipu'd with
all safety appliances for TN" protection 1t
the stock they may have on hand At arg
time.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
FISH AND OYSTERS.
The Public Appetite Demands Large
%uppIie of Both.

While Kansas City is a long ways from
sea watersthe people here are great lovers
of fresh oysters. More than Il million
pounds of fish annually are consumed here
and 10000 gallons of oysters are required
annally to supply the demand of the trade
Kansas City is a great distributing center
for fish. oysters and celery. in the latter
ranking second in Importance in the Unit
ed States. Kansas City can boast of the
finest oyster and fish house anywhere III
tho West.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
BUTCHERS SUPPLIES.
Everything Needed in the Line OF
business Is Ready for the Mer-
chant and User.

The big establishment here that handles
everything needed as supplies for butchers
and packers has found a big field in which
to do business.
The local trade is a very heavy one and
the territory surrounding the city con-
taius 50 many fiourishing towns that pur-
chase the supplies that the demand is good
all the year.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
974 new FIRMS.
An Indication That Men of Capital
Believe KanSa City Is n
Good Business Town.

Indicative of the growth of business dur
ing the year the mercantile agents here re-
port that ga new firms engaged in business
in the city during 1898. They represented
all the lines of trade and had a capital that
varied from the most unpretentious trade
TO the rolling mill.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
Money Easy and Cheap.

At no time since the boom in Kansas City
has money been so plentiful ana so cheap
as at the present time. For all legitimate
and conservative business enterprises there
is an abundance of ready money. at a very
low rate. This has been true during the
entire wear and has resulted in the estab-
lishment Of many new enterprises in all
the departments of commerce. 1t has also
contributed materially to the enlargement
of established enterprises.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
BUILDING AND PAVING BRICK.
Those Here Are Popular In
the Trade. ana Always in
Demand.

The trade in building and paving brick
made in Kansas City Is growing stronger
with each year and is one of marked i'm
rortanca now. The increasing popularity
of vitrihed brick for paving has given that
line OF business IA decided impetus. while
the superior quality of the building brick
and the h%ustling qualities of the dealers
makes the annual gains very large-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
GASOLINE GAS STOVES.
They Are ~Seryicenbie, Cheap. Eco.
n0micnl and Are Becoming House,
hold Necessities Rapidly.

Among the new enterprises in Kansas
City is one that makes lamps that furnish
Il fine light from gasoline gas. The trade
in the city has not been developed. but
there has been q firm demand for them
from the smaller towns of the surrounding
country. The lamp is simple and is OPP
Grated at Il trifiing expense.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
SEWER PIPE.
Is Made in Large Quantities and
Finds a Ready Market Through
ont the West.

Kansas City manufacturers annually dis
tribute all over the West a vast amount
of sewer pipe. thing and other similar
goods. 1t is one of the most important en-
terprises of the city and the goods are
always sold readily because OF their SUI
perior quality. A big trade in that line
has also been cultivated with the people
of Mexico.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
MANTELS AND TILES.
Handsome, Well Made and Seryicea-
BILE, the Trade Is Growing Like
n Green Bay Tree,

With the increased number of fine build
ings erected each year there is an increas-
ing demand for fine mantels for the better
residences and thing for the finer business
houses. This trade is mostly handled by
the local companies and they do n superior
class of work. They secure numerous
large contracts from Western cities and
have shared in the development of the
trade of the Wear.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
TRADE PUBLICATIONS.
Are Numerous. Well P~atronixed
and of n Very High Grade
of Merit.

Many of the leading lines OF business here
support enterprising trade publications that
actively assist in promoting the commercial
progress of the city. There are papers de-
voted to live stock. packing. groceries, man
ufacturing and other lines of trade.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
Revenue Bank Check Stamps.

During the year Kansas City was made
a location for the imprinting of revenue
stamps on bank checks and since that time
pared and distributed all over the West.
il furnishes a valuable addition to the job
printing business of the city and furnishes
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01

usual in all lines the Kansas City firms
have lone most of the business in the
West in that line.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01

Little girl visitor has been annoying ell
derby spinster until the latter lost her pa
thence. Il wish you would go home She
said. sharply: I'm tired of YOU Small
visitor-"I wish you'd get married. I'm
tired of you,' Family tableau,-Truth.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
Bank CIearings for Nineteen Years.

The total of $500, 900. coo shown in the bank
clearings for 1898 make a pretty showing
when compared with the record of former
years. The clearings since 1880 by years
L. 20 fnlinn.S.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01

Some foolish fellows wait around
To Kiss girls under mistletoes:
Bat the wise mans kiss Is always placed
Beneath the happy maideB's nose,
Chicago Daily News,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-12-20
A Triumph in Public Business.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat
So many important and novel subjects
have occupied the attention of the coun-
try during the last two years that it has
hardly given the credit due for the splen-
did achievement in settling the govern
brief passage in the presidents message
summarizes the matter. The Pacific rail
roads owed the govsrnment Sl30OO0OOO,
nearly half of which was accrued inter
est, and at comparatively high rate. OF
this immense amount the roads have paid
over S124,000,000. Substantially the
whole debt has been met, and at time
when there was heavy war drain upon
the treasury The Union Pacific and the
Central Pacific, the main trunk lines,
paid every cent due, principal and inter
est The small loss was on subor-
dinate line. This business was carried
through under commission authorized
by republican congress, and composed
of three members of President McKinley's
cabinet.
There was a period, and it extended
through many years, when a general
opinion prevailed that the govern
ment would lose the most of the
money advanced to the Pacific rail
roads, and that some sort of com
promise, saving only a part, would
be necessary. Various measures, in
yolying heavy sacrifice, were brought
forward from time to time. But
the present administration, sezing an
opportunity in mastery way, secured
in cash nearly all that was due, includ-
ing the great accumulation OF interest.
1t was once the fashion to argue that
the indirect benefits of the Pacific roads
would compensate the country for an
enorn Gus direct loss. But the problem
was not handled in that way. The ma
ton has all the benefits and also the
money i advanced. When the merits of
the present administration are discussed,
put that in.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-12-20
Dan It Be True?
A dispatch to the daily papers says:


"A Nebraska congressman, who is a
near personal friend of William j. Bryan,
stated that Bryan was not in favor OF
making silver an issue i'm the next cleo
ton, and that Gen. Warmers statement
was made with Bryan's consent as a
feeler. He believed the rapid increase
in the production of gold had obviated
the necessity for the free coinage of silver.
In 1886 democrats advocated free silver,
not for the purpose OF simply having the
white metal coined, but because they
believed that large volume of money
was needed. Then there was no indlca-
ton Of any great increase IN the produc-
ton OF gold. Since that, however, great
quantities of gold have been discovered,
and the outlook is for still greater
quantities in the not distant future. This
has caused the vast increase IN the
volume of gold actually coined and what
could be taken to the mints. Money has
become much more PLENTIFUL the gold
which had before been boarded up has
been brought from its hiding place and
placed in circulation until the actual
currency in circulation has been so
swollen that there is now as much as
the demands of the people require for
the transaction of business.
The above seems too sensible To really
be political position taken by William
Jennings Bryan. Then, too, it would be
unknd of the orator of the Platte to
leave his party hung in the air in com
pany with the silver incubus. While it
is probable the initiation plank may be a
little one in the democratic platform of
1900, it will doubtless be there just the
same, and at least one foot of Mr.. Bryan
will be upon it.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-12-20

political party. The Bryanites allege
that Mr.. Bynum is not democrat, hav-
ing renounced the principles of the dem
ocratic party after the Chicago conven-
ton, and that he openly allied himself
with the republicans, whose canvass he
assisted by managing the campaign for
Palmer and Buckner, the democratic
candidates who favored gold Against
this the republicans contend that Mr..
Bynum has always been a democrat, his
course in favor of sound money being
the same as that pursued by thousands
of democrats the country over In New
York state alone, his adhereuts declare,
there will be found ten democratic con-
gressmen who will vote for the house
currency bill now under debate, and
which is one of the most radical gold
measures ever attempted by either
branch of congress.
There will be quite general approval
of MIR. Hoars resolution for the sub
mission to the legislatures of the several
states of "A contemplated amendment to
the constitution whereby the date of in
auguration of president will be changed
from March to the last Wednesday in
April, the change to take effect in April,
1901. 1t has long been thought that the
more salubrious weather prevailing in
April would improve the inaugural cere
monies, and the change has been agitated
for years. Likewise there has been a move
ment to change the date of Memorial
day from May 30 to some time in June,
the arg ument being advanced that to do
so would improve the observance in the
West and North, where, under the date
as now constituted, the weather is not
abundance of flowers, such as the de-
signers of the day desired, for the deco
rating of heroes graves.
Although from time to time there has
been a general feeling that the present
executive business has outgrown the
hte House, every president in whose
tim the subject of rebuilding the cele-
DRAFTED structure has been preached, has
been reluctant to give his approval to
me movement for remodeling And it is
now SO with President Mckinley. While
he feels that it would not be quite right
for him to oppose the movement openly,
it is hardly in keeping with the dignity
of his office to give his sanction to the
projected changes, and accordingly the
president has requested Senator Cullom
of Illinois, who had contemplated in
Producing a bill to bring about the re-
modelling of the structure, to reconsider.
The president feels that just at this time,
when the expenditures of the country
are so great because of the war, it would
be improper for him to sanction changes
involving the expanding of even a mod
crate sum in the repairing of the White
House. The plan as proposed by Col.
Bingham of the engineering corps is to
rebuild the mansion at a cost not to
exceed 81 100000 and at the same time
preserve the general contour of the
structure so that it would present the
appearance of a building complete and
unaltered and permitting future add
tons and alterations.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-12-20

GOVERNOR Pingree doesn't like the
newspapers. If they were half as corrupt
as the governor intimated in his address
to the farmers clubs and state grange at
Lansing, the publishers would deserve
to be driven out of business. The fact
of the matter is that newspaper men are
just about on an average with men of
other occupations merchants, manufac-
turers, governors or farmers-as to
honesty, and Governor Pingree knows it,;
but he won't get far enough away from
his demagogy to acknowledge it,