The St. Louis Republic., 1904-11-20

jo5o.as millinery houses for 1891 is SD
% in ru!nd numbers, an increase OF Sl.!Hc.-
so over last year.
Great prosperity is Observable in tine
boot and shoe trade for 1901. Several new
factories have been opened and the terri
tory has Decu corresppndirS.y increased.
The total distribution last year, $1,000 $50.
increase of more than - per cent.
The great increase - building in st.
Louis ami adjacent territory during ting
year has benefited the sales OF shell and
neavy hardwares bringing the trade fol-
the year up tn SI0eg).HlD an increase OF
$4,000 over 1876.
glilnatir conditions throughout the Mis-
west were favorable for the agricultural
imiiernent business Of s.. Louis. rated at
SlIJt0Gg. an Increase of $4,000.
The WorG's Fair has lent an impetus
to the manufacture and tradt. in vehicles
OF sll kinds. especially automobiles. 81.
Louis IS becoming one Of The most i'm
portsEt centers Of the country Ia this
specially and the business l. gaming rap
Idly. The total sales of vehicles Of all
kinds this year 4 estimated III $4,000.
compared with sG.5.0,Jeo for 1893.
IN most lines OF furniture, though in some
OF the local factories dullness j. COM
planned OF, resulting from their having in
creased their output last wear TO stock
new st. Louis hotels. thus taking q GER
tain amount OF business away from the
year 1901. II the line OF goods usually
handled by furniture dealers. however. St
Louis has acquired prd d-ticaily al OF the
territory west oE the Mississippi and south
Of tke Minnesota line. reaching into The
southern part OF Indiana and Illinois, por-
tons OF Kentucky and Tennessee. and
Eouth into Mississippi. Alabama and
Louisiana. Ths thousands o. visiting
buyers who have registered az the 81.
Louis furniture manufacturers heddQuar-
ters during the wear give evidence OF the
admitted Importance of st. Louis In this
line OF trade. in which the Worlds Fair.
so far as the future is concerned has
played an Important plrt. The total sales
1893 to s25.G)OG9. and It has been estimated
that this years business will reach $50.
GHn 0cJ. 1t is not uures ssonable TO expect
that the increase for 1855 VIII be much
greater.
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES.
Another St. Louis industry that IS hav-
ing an unprecedented growth is the e:ec-
trical supply trade Not to mention the
g-ea: amount OF materials required by
Worlds Fair construction. upon which IT
is impossible NJ this time TO secure an IS
innate, the growth in this line is due TO
the development Of manufacturing and
railways In the West and Southwest. Il
Worlds Fair sales. for 1904 will reach
SI50l,0Co. an increase OF 10000 for the
As a producer OF beer St. Louis contin-
ties 10 lead al other cities. and III smoking
and chewing tobaccos she still holds first
place. The value Of the years output OF
the former for 1el; is placed at Sie,Voo6a
an Increase OF more than 10000 over
last year. The total output of tobacco in
1875 was S0.SI5.4eS pounds. valued at go
SSi. .655. The estimated value Of the prod
uct OF 1894 is S2S,oH1,opp In round numbers.
s.. Louis continues 10 be the leading
market for the sale Of soft hats. Its ter
-ifcry embraces every State west Of Mich
igan. Ohio ana Georgia. The sales OF hats