The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-29

They secure a fair share Of the orders
from Washington. One Of their most
complete successes In recent years has
been In Montana. There was time not
long ago when dealers In Montana and
western North Dakota passed through
Minneapolis and bought their furniture
cast. The wonderful growth Of this mar
het in the past five years has ended most
Of this. The welfare Of the merchants
pocketbook now demands that he make
his furniture purchases in Minneapolis.
Sell Furniture in Canada.
Notwithstanding the duty, Minneapolis
manufacturers are sellirg MOI, furniture
In Canada. SCanadian dealers can buy.
some Of the cheaper grades Of furniture
from their own dealers, but for the better
grades many of them are now coming to
this market and paying the duty. In the
central northwest the local manufa cturers
have kept pace with the demands of the
trade. AS this part Of the country has
| improved the grade Of furniture pur
chased, the Minneapolis makers have put
themselves in position to supply the
demand.
In supplying the northwest trade local
manufacturers say they have been favored
by the railroads. which allow them to
make up car lots from sales by different
factories. This is a concession much ap-
rrectate Although there has been
car famine during certain periods the fur
nlture makers have been we'll treated bv
the roads in the supply Of cars and ship
| n1ents have been promptly handled.
Not over IS per cent of the employees of
large structural iron company here are
common laborers, the ma jority being en-
| gineers. machinists and mouders. The
tenef1t to Minneapolis from the employ
ment Of men belonging largely to the
higher class of skilled labor, and drawing
| wages commensurate with their services,
| is too obvious to require comment. Among
the indirect advantages accruing to the
city, through the opera ton of this plant,
| is Its advertising effect Every car that
goes out of the works spreads abroad the
citys name.
In harness and saddlery goods Mime
apolis WHOLESALERS over $1;250, 900 yearly.
About one-half the business Is properly
nanufa cturing, the remainder being more
strictly classed as jobbing, but the two
are closely allied. The trade includes the
northwest and extends far into the south
west.
Big Carriage Plant.
Minneapolis has built up in the past
/ six years one of the largest and best
| equipped carriage factories in the west
The vehicles find a market as far west as
California. as far south as Missouri anc
Kansas, and east into Illinois and Michi-
! gan. This industry started with only
twenty hands, six years ago, and has In.
creased more than so per cent per annun
since. Every particle Of the carriage is
manufactured In the factory in Minneap-
| Oils, the only materials bought being tho
and .1raa tsl1ed ard
steel and cloth. One of the keys to thu
success Of the enterprise Is the series o
important inventions, covered by some
thing like fifteen patents and the creation
Of the brain Of the proprietor himself
which give the products of this Minnea p
oils house precedence over all other car
riages and buggies in many points o
comfort, elegance, strength and ease o
draft.
Another promising Minneapolis enter
, prise which has had large growth durin:
the past five years, is one devoted t
heavy wagons and sleighs. The enter
prise has doubled and trebled during tn
past few years, and bids fair to assun
large proportions soon. Smaller wagoi
and carriage establishments devoted par
TALLY to custom and repair work, and Il
part connected with jobbing houses, he'll
to swell the total trade volume in tn
, carriage and wagon industry in Mime
| apolis to several hundred thousand dol
,, lars.
Manufacture Of Clothing.
There are between twenty-five and thir
ty manufacturing establishn ents in Min
neapolis engaged in making mems
wonnen's and children's clothing and fur
, nlshings for the Wholesale and reta
, trade. One Of the secrets of this won
derful Increase in the local cloth
5 ing industry is the item o
: freight. A factory may safely TAX
a trainload or shipload Of fabric
: from an eastern mill during the fall sea
= son, when low lake freights are possibl
by return grain and iron ore barges, an
then manufacture the goods into clothin
| at it's leisure, while the purchase Of. f1r
ished wearing apparel in such wholesal
:. manner and shipped at low lake freigt