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RESTAURANTS OF ST. LOUIS.
They Compare Favorably With the
Best Anywhere.

we have restaurants that compare ia
vorably with the best in New York City.
Parties are served here as well as in any
place. In appointments and service we
are not eXcelled anywhere. Everything
can be had here that can be had in any
other place. In the best restaurants the
cooking Is the best, the walters are as
good as can be, and the surroundings
are the best
Restaurants ace divided into classes
and we excel in all classes, The boieIss
are the places frequented for privsts
dlnner parties, because they have the
parlors and other conveniences slitahle
LOT sucn parties. The restaurants arc fba
popular places for theater parties after
the snow, because they have shell Iish
s.Hu uWltehes, welsh rarebt, with all kinds
u iiquids, There are delightful resorts
MHefe those OF Bohemian nature can
tIlu s, coHgemal spirits and suitable re-
sirsi! s'Hi sii!ih,efts. .l,s. Then we have particularly
Rood places where the quick business MAJ
with little time, gets his light breakfaat =
Inc hfst-class restaurants of st. Louis
iid naHc crown very rapidly in the past few
5tdtS' rive Years ago new house start 81
ed IN ~. Louis, which made specialitv
y shell IlSn, and did business that was
unlike that OF any other restaurant If
had greater trade than it could accom-
nloaate, ana soon moved further west,
near our SWEETEST theater. and the service
nere Was SO good and the appointments
| to ensanl that 1t seemed to add new life
70 tne restaurant business and the old
places woke IN and got bettcc and now
ones toilowed, until now this restaurant
| mas number of rivals that cannot be ex-
some trade.
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HOTELS OF ST. LOUIS.
All Glasses of Good Hotels for All
Kinds of Pannla


The many leading hotels Of St. Louis
are thoroughly up-to-date in all their
appointments. This includes not only the
highest-price hotels, but many of he
smaller and more moderate-priced ones
All of these hotels own and operate their
own electric plants for lighting, elevators
and call bells. They also nave their own
ice plants, cold storage departments and
these modern and latest equipments,
where as good a. meal can be had for the
money as in any place in this country
Some of these hotels are far more
princely and elegant than others, but in
all you get the best that can be had any
where considering the price, and We have
hotels here where for twenty-five cents
the, guest can get as good food as can be
had anywhere.
St. Louis has hotels where the furniture
and service is tit for European Prince
or an American lti-millionaire, and she
has other hotels where the rates are much
smaller and where the roast beef and
pork chops are just as good, and where
the business man, country farmer or visit
be accommodated to his complete salts
faction.
The most notable thing about st. Louis
hotels is that the moderate-price ones
are SO good and SO well equipped, She has
several hotels where the service is pala-
tial, but there are other hotels where for
half The price the guest can get rooms
comfortable, walters Just as polite, and
where the proprietor purchases from the
same butcher the same high-priced
meat and vogetabes-but the proprietor
rent is cheaper, and his cook doesn't get
ten thousand a year.
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ST. LOUIS A GREAT
PRIMARY GRAIN MARKET.
Millions of Bushels of Grain Yearly
Exported to Europe.

Exported to Europe.
ST. Louis is one of the big primary grain
markets of the country. Eight large
grain houses and several large flour mills
handle stuff in the millions. They buy
this grain from the country merchants In
Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and Ok
lahoma. which Is delivered in st. Louis
and most Of 1t is exported to England
and the continent in lots of 100000 bushels
or more, either by sending It to New Or
leans by barges or by railroad to the At
lantic cities. and from them loaded on
boats for Liverpool, London, Havre, Ant
werp, etc.
We do an enormous business in receiv-
ing grain and exporting it to Europe. In
1900 we received 20, 900 bushels of wheat,
| &c, 600, 900 bushels Of corn. 100000 bushels
of oats and 100000 bushels OF barley.
| lars. Besides this amount, which is re-
ceived here, the st. Louis grain ner-
chants export at least 100000 more OF
grain to Europe which never comes to st
Louis, but it Is bought by St Louis
| houses the profits are made by st. Louis
merchants, and as the banking is done
here st. Louis banks get the benefit of It.
Formerly most of the grain was sent
here to be sold on commission, but now
| our great grain houses buy most of 1t di.
rect. They send evey night, either from
st. Louis or from some nearer center
| postal cards to the country merchants
These cards are received and the coun
what his stuff 10 worth. and If he like.
the price he telegraphs his answer ant
the sals is consumated.
| The grain business has gradually beer
Increasing every year, although for man!
years the location Of this city has neces
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THE GREATEST MARKET
FOR SOUTHERN LUMBER.
One House Sells Twenty-Five Million
Dollars of Lumber in All Parts
of the World.

st. Louis is the greatest market for
Southern lumber in the world, The loca-
tion may have much to do WITH this. st.
Louis is in close touch with the saw
mill country, and her twenty-odd rail
reads can reach all points on a low basis
OF freight rates. The energy of her lnm-
bermen must be given its due, and they
have demonstrated that they can increase
this business even during dull years.
According to the statistics which are
carefully compiled by the Sc. Louis Hard
wood and Lumber Manufacturers En-
cnange, the rail receipts have shown a
constant gain during each OF the past
seven years. In 1909, 102,576 cars were re-
ceived, and 61060 car loads of lumber
were shipped from st. Louis
st. Louis has one concern that sells
two hundred and fifty million feet OF
lumber to all parts of the world and
makes 1t the largest in the United States.
st. Louis dealers have launched out
into new fields, have gone further North
and further East to dispose of their
product. and have made large increase
In their foreign trade.
There is much more money invested In
their enterprises than in 1899, and they
have constantly added to their holdings
of timber lands and mill properties. The
gradual disintegration of the Northern
forests is causing the country to look
more than heretofore to the Southern
source of supply, and as st. Louis is pri-
marily market for Southern lumber her
| dealers have been greatly benefited there
| by. Her capital is invested in all the
Southern producing States, and she come!
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WALL PAPER AND
WINDOW SHADES.
st. Louis One of the Great Distrib-
lltinpr Points of the Country.

Within the past few years st, Louis has
become one Of the great distribution mar
kets for wall paper One jobblng house,
which started in 1893, with no trade, Is
now the second largest house west of
New York. 1t had an increase of $lo0HN
last wear, in the face of the distributing
prices being 40 per cent lower than the
previous year These low prices were due
10 the fact that the trust had dishanded
aud the country had an open market in
which prices We're no longer fixed. This
house had also q. most phenomenal
success In window shades and If the in
crease in this business continues at the
same rate for a few years longer It will
surpass in the extent Of its business ev
cry other house in this country. The in
dications are that the next year all the
houses here will do a much larger trade
Sharp competition in cheap goods has
made it necessary to pay more special
attention to novelties and higher-prced
goods, and the coming year promises to
be prolific in the distribution of the bet
ter grades. st. Louis jobhing houses
cover every State in the country, except
the extreme Eastern States. Their trade
/ is especially large in the Northwest.
The local trade In wall paper is quite
| extensive. There are at least fifty firms
| engaged in IT, and they all do well, Wall
| paper is now 50 cheap that housekeeperS
| can afford To get new STYLES for the walls
I even before the old has worn out.
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PLUMBING, CAS- AND
STEAM-FlTTERS.
st. Louis the Greatest Distributing
Center in the Country.

As jobbers. st. Louis undoubtedly leads
every city in the country in plumbing
and as gas and steam filters, and is the
greatest distributing center in the coun-
try. AS manufacturers, they have an
enormous output. and are yearly increas-
ing their business. and will soon rank with
any city in the United States. There are
seven large jobbing and manufacturing
houses here. with a capital of five mill
lion dollars, who sold in 1900 five million
dollars worth of goods. This industry con-
tinues to improve and expand steadily and
gradually, and one house has grown from
$4,000 in 1872 to two and one-half millions
in 1900.
There Is no line of mechanical goods in
which improvements are so important as
in plumbing goods. The st. Louis manu-
facturers are noted for the manner IN
which they lead the nest of the country
by replacing the old with new styles. They
are making constant improvements in
plumbing fixtures, keeping always up with
the best inventions and styles.
One company has been pioneer in the
manufacture Of water closets, operated on
the pneumatic principle, and the manufac-
ture of the latest sanitary appliances foe
public schools and other public buildings,
they are the finest in the land. They not
only sell these sanitary appliances for
public buildings in the Eastern cities OF
| this country, but st. Louis houses have
| put the plumbing manufactured In ST
! Louis into large buildings in British Co
lumbia and the Philippine Islands.
One company has a system of factories
| for manufacturing all kinds of plumbing
and gas and steam filters supplies in al
adjacent town in Illinois, which is based
on the modern home plan, and Is mode
| town for factory people. There Is pari
| in which are a number of model houses
mostly owned by the employees. where
they have their own water works. electric
plant, reading rooms and library.
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100000 TONS
OF SOFT COAL
NECESSARY FOR ST. LOUIS
MANUFACTURES.
THE VAST COAL FIELDS OF ILL
NoIs ARE INExHAUsTIBLE.
Anthracite for Private Houses
Twenty Eight Coal Dealers
Keep Busy.

One hundred and thirty seven thousand
and ninety-one cars. bringing 3.e5S 432 TONS
of soft coal from the State of Illinois only,
Oh fourteen different lines of railroads.
were brought to this city during the year
1900. We consume ourselves most OF the
coal that is brought here. Very little OF
II is sent to other points. We nave so
many manufacturing houses that we con-
sumo an enormous quantity every year
Most of II comss from the State or illl-
noiS, although we use vast amount OF
anthracite from Pennsylvania for heating
furnaces in private families. We virtually
use no coal from Missouri.
These thousands of car loads of coal are
consigned to 2s large dealers, and many
OF her smaller ones. When the coal reach
es East St. Louis a vast amount of 1t is
unloaded from the cars and brought owes
here in wagons across the bridge and on
the ferry. and about an equal amount Is
brought over ON the cars and received ny
the dealers and large consumers directly
on their private switches.
Unlike the other large enterprises OF 81
| Louis, we do not send away for distribu.
| tion in other places the vast amount ol
| coal received here. We consume 1t our
| selves, and this probably shows better
than in any other way the vast amount
of manufacturing done in this city by
mammoth business houses.
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REFRIGERATING CARS.
Ice Chests on Wheels Carry PERISH
able Products From Florida
to Canada.

Formerly the cultivation of perishaole
products was circumscribed. as farmers
Usually refrained from assuming the RISK
of shipping them to distant places
revolution began In the raising Of sucn
products when there was formed re.
frigerator line for the transportation OF
ali kinds of perishable freight through
out the United States, and In Mexico ana
Canada.
After many failures by other people.
this company, which has its general Of
fees in st. Louis, and which operates
exclusively over the Gould system OF
railways. put into service numbr OF
cars CONSTRUCTED upon purely scientihc
principles, which were guaranteed TO car
ry purely perishable goods to any point
where its service extended without loss
incident to climatic changes.
This refrigerating transit company :, Pc Pc.
gan eighteen years ago operating nttN
cars, over limited territory. To-day tney
go all over the United States and into
Mexico and Canada. They have 4,oOo
cars, and last year they carried thirty
thousand car loads of stuff, which
weighed S0,13s,197 tons.
Farmers now raise products they never
dared to before. and send them from
| Florida to Toronto, Canada, with safety.
| New markets have been opened and a
| mighty industry is now thoroughly es.
| tablished When the Florida crop OF
oranges failed this company brought vast
quantities of Mexican oranges to the
north. where they were unknown, ana
| they were found about as good as the
| Florida oranges.
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TENTS AND AWNING.
st. Louis the Great Distribution Mar
ket for Southern Duck.

ST. Louis is the distribution market for
cotton ducks manufactured by Southern
mills. Two large jobbers sell cotton duck
from the South in every State except the
extreme Eastern ones. one large St Louis
house also converts cotton duck from the
raw material to the finished products.
This concern has grown until the amount
of goods manufactured from cotton duck
Is enormous. II includes tents, awnings,
tarpaulinS, wagon covers, horse covers,
flags, nets and all kinds of camp fur
niture, such as camp stools and cots. The
cotton duck is Brought from the southern
mills and manufactured by this st Louis
house, and then the finished goods are
often returned to the same States from
which it came. And some of the largest
customers come from Birmingham, Ala..
New orleans and Jacksonville. Fla The
Tie largest purchases Of duck goods from
the st Louis house Is the United states
| Government They use vast quantities
| Of their goods every year. and il has in
| creased greatly the amount Of its pur-
! chases since our war with Spain and the
| increase of our army Ia other countries
| All kinds Of tents and canvas goods are
! sold to the Government from Jefferson
| viile Ind, 10 the Pacific coast, and the
| St Louis house had already had extensive
| contracts from the Government for heavy
| wagon covers and tents for the army II
the Philippines.
Resides this large house. which manu-
factures all kinds Of duck goods, we hay
about ten other large concerns that siip
ply the enormous local trade uf the city
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of every one has increased enormously
IN value in the past few Years, and not
far A single day has the stock ever gone
back in value, Several of these COM
panies have lately doubled the amount
Of their capitol, and in every such case
the stock of the enlarged company sold
for more than the stock of the old com
pany, and when it was announced about
The first Of last July that one company
had doubled its capital the entire coun-
Try was startled when II learned that the
stock Of this conservative institution had
gone up considerably more than 80 points
In one day. To-day the stock OF this
company sells for about double what it
did nine months ago.
This seems almost beyond belief, and
the most remarkable thing is that the
stock of all these institutions is always
advancing and has never for single day
decreased in value. This last-mentioued
trust company will sopn move into mag
1liticent building, built expressly for IT..
and owned by it. Four of the other COM
ranies are already nCcun%ing their own
buildings, built expressly for them, and
Eeach of these four buildings are among
the most magnificent buildings Of st.
4 Louis.
The United states has suddenly in a
! few years, become one of the powers Of
! the world, With a lump that is without
| precedent and ST Louis has, In the same
rapid manner ana in about the same
I space of time become one of the financial
ccnters of the world
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ST. LOUIS DIRECTORIES.
One Company Publishes All the
Large Ones.

So satisfactory have been the puhlica-
ticns Of one ST Louis Directory Company
that it has no rival in its peculiar line.
ana ii is not likely 70 have any. It has
been established here for years. and has
built w splendid business The COM
pany has rhaGe this business the study of
their life. and yearly make improvements,
and there is no directory in the country
which is better gotten Zip, or upon which
more care is expended, Every effort is
made to make 1t benefit to business men
and the community in general, and TO
make it thorough, accurate and simple.
This company publishes complete City
Directory every April, and again in oc-
tober it publishes a Business Directory,
which is six mouths later than the City
Directory, and is of great assistance to
the business men, as il virtually gives
them two directories every year The
company also publishes, still later in the
year, Blue Book, which gives d list
both alphabetically arranged and by
streets, of the best people of the city.
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TEAS And C0FFEES.
THE FINEST BLENDED ROAST
ED C0FFEES IN THE
WORLD.
COFFEE IN CANS FOR NEW YORK
HOTELS AND PULLMAN
CAR COMPANIES.
Lowest Freight Rates From Coffee
Producing Countries-A Great
Distribution Market.

Twelve large wholesale houses handle
teas, coffees and spices in ST. Louis. and
they do a very largo business. Coffee
can he delivered here AT \ lower cost
than to any other port in the United
States. This is due TO the low freight
rates from New Orleans on shipments
from South America, Central America
and the East. We are one of the great
distribution points Of the country We
receive such vast quantities If coffee
All such low rates of freight that We dis
tribute large amounts OF this article 10
Southwestern Texas and to other cities
that are at least a thousand miles nearer
to the countries from which the coffee
comes.
s. Louis is well known all over this
country as the first city To make spec
!alty Of blended roasted coffees packed
in air-tight cans, which keep the delight
ful flavor of these wonderful blends. One
Of these ST. Louis houses is an establish
men, of such size that it does its own
printing and lithographing, and employs
forty men in making cans to supply the
/ ed coffees, which are sold in greater
| quantities in the large hotels of the East
| than in the West. These coffees, packed
| in shapely tin cans, upon which are
| beautifully colored autographs that look
| Ike works of higher art, are eXclusivel!
1 used by the Pullman and Eastern rail
road companies, and especially prepared
for their use, and it Is not unusual to re,
/, ceive an order for four car loads from
! New York to supply the swell hotels oi
1 that city with a brand that is so fa
vored that no other will be accepted a!
| Il substitute.
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FOUR CORSET MANUFACTURES
Rated High in the Commercial
Bonks

The corset industry is rapidly going
ahead, aud l. involving the large com
panies of New England. A few years
ago We had only one corset nanufaC-
tory here, and from that one has sprung
up three others, equally large. These
four concerns are doing business on such
p conservative basis that their ratings
in the large commercial books Is in the
first column, and they command such
confidence among the Eastern merchants
that they are always welcome, and the
fullest credit Is given them. Had the
large houses of the East done business
cn the same conservative lines the coun-
try would not have read Of the large
ana disastrous failures that have recent
Is occurred IN the corset houses Of the
East.
The hest market for these houses Is in
Ohio ana Pennsylvania. and they are
steadily shipping into Canada.
These houses are behind hand in their
, orders, and are increasing the amount of
manufactured goods as rapidly as they
can get skilled employees. The young
women In their factories are well paid
| and they require a long apprenticeship
and they have difficulty In getting COM
petent, skilled ladies, because the youne
! women of ST. Louis who are smart enough
| to learn this trade think II more honor,
| able to work behind some counter rathe,
| than to be a skilled factory girl.
| The st. Louis houses, following the ex
ample Of the large Eastern houses, ara
now making skirts in conjunction will
| the corset.
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BUGGlES.
St Louis Has the Largest Factory
in America.

There is one concern in st. Louis that
makes huggies and nothing but buggies,
and it makes more buggies than any
other concern in the world. The buggy
business has more than doubled in the
past three Years. and the output OF this
arrest buggy company in the world has
increased as rapidly as the others, and
with the enormous new factories tnat
they nave Just completed they now have
every day.
The business of this large concern ex
tehds all over the United States, eXcent
n the New England States. They sell in
Pennsylvania and the North and North.
west, and, of course, in the south and
Southwest. They, however. do not do any any
export buslhess-not even 10 our new
possessions. The reason is that America ns
have hay, the ightest vehicles in the world.
The people in Europe. and the people in
the far East would not dare 10 ride ~ ~
our light vehicles and the great st. Louis
bugsy company would be ashamed 10
turn out the heavy carts wanted hv the
foreigners This company does not have
Of their goods dua4i'S
The buggy trade Of St. Louis has beer
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thusiasm that is surpassed nov
in no business.
Several st. Louis firms have
printing presses, and employ 81
lists for making cuts and illusir
While we have one house th
factures and sells more shoes
house in the world. there Is n
on the part nf the other houses
laudabl desire to do their best
81, Louis the great shoe marx
world.
st. Louis shoes have long b
for their wearing qualities N
ago the Eastern shoes had n ~
hut our shoes always had goo
In them, and equaled any in
for wear and good service. Or J
we have made more stylish 7
now St, Louis equals any, 'g
wearing quality. but in finish 2
This city is also the large
tion point for shoes made els
the country Twice as NAM
shipped TO St. Louis as to any
In America. but II Is a YER. =
and noticeable fact that tl0
boxes of shoes received llore
decreasing, Just as the nrr.
houses and new factories fa '1
Ing shoes are springing III te
business of the old ones.
We have also the oNN IN
rubber boot and shoe factor IN
| which Is not controlled by
sales in these shoes are RAPID
| ahead, as the sales In the leath