The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-05
Furniture Manufacturer at St. An
thony Park Must Have
Place to Show Goods.
If Proper Facilities Are Provided
Grand Rapids May Soon Have
Formidable Rival.

Twice during the past few months the
u b g has detailed at some length the
growing Importance of the st. Anthony
Midway district as an educational and
manufacturing center. Eight important
educational institutions are already locat-
ed in the st. Paul division of the Midway
district, and several of the largest fac
tories of their kind in the country are
already in operation, especially in the
manufacture of furniture and oil. The
furniture interest has assumed such pro-
portions that the Northwestern Manu-
facturers Exposition association was or
ganized during the past summer, having
for its purpose the erection of an ex-
position building, which the q o b e
illustrated and described at the time.
The manufacturers Of st. Anthony
promptly subscribed $4,000 to aid in the
work of erecting and maintaining an ex-
position building and "a proposition to
place $1,000 in bonds. is before the citi-
Zens of ST. Paul to aid in carrying the
project to a successful conclusion. The
plan is SO feasible that Messrs. Fred
erick Weyerhauser, Edward Vanish, G..
P. Noyes and r. A. Kirk have already
taken $1,000 of the bonds, and several
other enterprising citizens have expressed
a willingness to aid in work certain to
be most helpful to the manufacturing
and business interests of the whole
Northwest.
The plan of the exposition is modelled
operation at Grand Rapids, Mich, the
success of which is epitomized by the
Furniture Journal Of July 10, 1901, as fol-
lows:
1Ss1-40,O00 square feet of space utilized
in Grand Rapids for exhibiting furniture
samples.
1s01-6Oo 900 square feet of sales space
1S9l-The Grand Rapids furniture mar
ket began life with practically no attend
ance of buyers, but ninety-seven yis-
itlng the city during the entire year:
1s01-About 1,0O0 buyers registered last
season.
1Ssl--But six outside lines were shown
in this market
1901-Oyer 200 of the representative and
successful furniture manufacturers or
America deem it advisable and profitab e
to exhibit twice a year at these EXPOSE
tons.
The proposition is so reasonably certain
of success that the consolidated commit
tee consisting of special committees and
the president of the Chamber of Com
merce. the Jobbers union, the CONNER
cial club. and the Northwestern Manll-
facturers' association, of which J. w.
Cooper Is chairman; E.. w. Peet, vica
/ tary, have carefully Investigated the
proposition to erect building in st. AL
thony Park to be used as offices, sales
rooms and warerooms for manufacturers
OF furniture and kindred lines. Their
hnding is substantially as follows:
The consolidated committee, consisting
OF special committees and the president
OF the Chamber of Commerce, the Joo
bers' union, the Commercial club and the
northwestern Manufacturers association,
has carefully investigated the PROPOSE
ton to erect a building in st. Anthony
Park to be used for Offices, salesrooms
and warerooms fer manufacturers OF
furniture and kindred lines.
This building is very mach needed, pri-
marty for the purpose of displaying the
furniture and other articles manufactur.
ed at st. Anthony Park and elsewhere
1t rs believed that such. a building will
serve to establish q market for furAitura
and Kindred lines for the entire North
west at st. Anthony Park. and will also
be the means of attracting additional
branch agencies and of establishing new
factories at that point.
Several large factories are now nego-
and others for establishing a sales de-.
partment there, and are only waiting the
erection of such a building, or the Ger
ta1nty that 1t will be erected.
1t seems that the furniture business
throughout the whole country is transact
ed by this method of central exchange
for the exhibition and sales, and for Of
fices. or desk room of those engaged in
the business.
As everyone knows. our fellow citizens
residing IN st. Anthony Park engaged In
manufacturing of all kinds, are most en-
ergetlc, reliable, enthusiastic and parti-
Ouc citizens, and are closely welded to
st. Paul and its interests.
Ihe scheme, II carried out, VIII central-