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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21

The largest mandatory Of easkets IN
the world is located at st. Louis. and &C.
cupies more than q city block 1t employs
over 900 persons and its capital IL $4,000.
Its shipping department is never closed.
A team stand ready night and day to
hurry to trains with caskets ordered by
telegraph So strongly intrenched Is the
company with express companies that
trains are often held II an order arrives In
less than fifteen minutes of train time.
The factory at Chouteau avenue and
Eighteenth street is located within six
minutes of the Union Station. Orders for
fine caskets, ready in stock. have been
shipped out on trains ten minutes after
the telegram was in tie office. But if
teen minutes IL about tho average time
taken. 1t allows for q momen or two of
delay.
h 81. Louis Coffin Company is F. Z.
Gardner and F. D. Gardner Is the St
Louis Coffin Company. He Is one Of those
three wonderful Gardner brothers who
have made such phenomenal records as
business developers.
He began business az q corporation in
1881. The concern is %thirty-three years old.
Hearses. ambulances, undertaking wag-
ons, casket hardware and casket trim
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21
Deere PIow Company.

John Deere PIow Company.
When any man. but more especially a
farmer, sees a trade mark which pictures
a running deer jumping over n log 1t
flashes to his mind one th~ought-"high
class 1t is the emblem OF the John
Deere Plow Company.
Long recognized as the worlds leading
manufacturing and distributing point for
farm implements and road vehicles. st.
Louis has been aided In reaching this
pinnacle by no concern more than by the
John Deere Pillow Company, conspicuous
as the strongest institution in the world
manufacturing both lines.
When John Deere shaped an old saw
blade over a log at Grand Detour. ILL.,, in
1888, he opened a new era in the history of
agriculture. The business which bears his
name to-day staggers the mind that tries
to comprehend its proportions. Estab-
hshed at Moline, H., in 1S47, its factory,
now covering acres. Is the largest steel
pillow factory in the world: its branch
houses form q W over the United
States; its distributing agencies encircle
tho globe.
The st. Louis branch, established In
1874, under the name of Deere. Manslr &
Co. was later Incorporated as the Man
sur & Tebbetts Implement Company, and
finally changed to the John Deere Plow
Company. The St. Louis house supplies
the Central, Southern and Southwestern
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21

The Lisgett 6 Myers-Drummond Branch
of the Continental Tobacco Company.
which was formed in December. 1888, EN-.
braces the Liggett & Myers. the Drum
mond. the WeIlman-Dwyer and the Tins
ley factories. and is known as one of the
institutions Of the progressive st. Louis
with which this Republic review has to do.
Employing 5000 persons. nearly 400 of
these in the Offices, with a modern!y
equipped factory that extends for half a
mile along Folsom and Park avenues, with
its shipments reaching three-quarters OF a
million pounds in one day. with the whole
world as its p~atron-under these conditions
this branch of the Continental Tobacco
Company stands pre-eminent among the
business interests of st. Louis
Tit Lisgett & Myers-Drummond house
manufactures plug and twist tobacco.
many of the worlds leaders being among
its brands. OF these the Star. Horseshoe.
Dtummond's Natural Leaf and Granger
Twist are best known. Managing Director
r. r. Dula, who is at the head of the COM
pany's business. announces as a fact OF
commercial interest that the increase in
sales of this factOry's brands during the
past year was a little over 2.Ooo,GD pounds.
This vast plant is prepared for an even
greater increase during the year of 1884.
notably augmented. The electric power
for the entire plant is generated In the
company's WI engine-rOom by four go
horsepower engines and four 260-horse-
power generators. Ten great boilers in the
fireproof boiler-house provide the steam.
As a safeguard against possible injury to
the army Of employees in this vast factory
the company has provided countless fea-
lures Of modern prevention against fire or
panic.
The manufacturing interests Of the COM
ANY are directly in the hands of General
sisted by his brother. ]. A. W. Lewis, and
Messrs. Morris Wiibert and Charles E.
Lewis
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21
Crane

The Crane Company. of international
reputation, have been in business since
1855, with their head offices In Chicago,
Ill. They make upward Of 1000 articles
for use with steam, water or gas. Their
facilities for manufacturing and variety
of goods are the largest in the world and
arc constantly. being improved and in
creased to meet the demands of the trade.
Their buildings in Chicago alone. extend
for fully one-half mile. and employ about
COCO men. Including the branches at diff
ferent points. they have in their serv-
possessed Of the highest mechanical edu-
cation and skill. They nave branch Of
fees and warehouses In all jobbing CEN
When We first installed a plant in this
city, said Mr.. e. H. Boehnken, general
manager. Of the st, Louis branch, I'VE
were a little fearful that the proximity
of Chicago would have a bad effect on our
business: however. we found matters just
W have been established about four
years, and have bought three-fourths of a
block on Sixteenth and Walnut streets, on
which we will build this fall in order
to take care of our increasing business.
the steam and plumbing goods for the
Jefferson Hotel. st. Louis Star building,
buckingham Hotel. Washington Hotel.
buildings. We ave one of the most at
tractive. extensive and handsome show
rooms west Of New York"
AT Christmas time 1t has been the rule
of the company to give all employees . per
cent of all the wages they had earned
during the year. but owing to the good
business during this period they gave them
10 per cent"
The St. Louis office. salesroom: etc: are
located in the seven-story 125X110 building
on Locust between Twelfth and Thir-
teenth streets. and the company will soon
build a modern. up-to-date office and
salesroo1n. as before stated. at Sixteenth
and Walnut streets. as well as a separate
machine shop. They also have a large
warehouse In East st. Louis, Ill.
Mr.. E. H. Boehnken. general manager.
was born in Russia. receiving his early
education at Warsaw. Came to the Uni
ted States. settling in Chicago. He spent
a year at college to master the English
language. Secured q position with the Ma
the United States Steel Corporation. and
working through the different departments
until lie became general superintendent.
Left this company, buying an interest in
a brass and iron company to become its
secretary and treasurer. Later he sold out
and became assistant general manager of
the New York branch Of the Crane COM
pany. Opened the St Louis branch and
became general manager here. Prosperity
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21
TO MAKE FIRST EXHIBIT OF COFFINS
AT ANY WORLDS EXPOSITION.

agement Has Departed From Precedents and Granted an
Unusually Large Space to the St Louis Coffin Company-It
Is Expected That They VIII Show the Public the Most Elabo
rate and Magnificent Creations in Caskets That the World Has
Ever Produced-Here Will Be an Exhibit That Ought to Canss
Great Curiosity-The First of Its Kind to Date.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21
Brown Branch Continental Tobacco
Company.

Tho Brown branch of the Continental
Tobacco Company lands as a monu-
ment to the efforts of a man with deter
mination and ambition. It marks a ell
max in the evolution Of a little business
started In little town. nurtured and
successor of the Brown Tobacco Com
pany. of which Paul Brown was the
head. Mr.. Browns present connection
with the Continental Il that Of a director.
Paul Brown. the son Of Warner and
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21

Both are practical. SO that h different
phases of the work are under Intelligent
observation. They are thoroughly ae-
Quainted with its needs and the best
methods to follow in order to insure Its
constant progrese.
pared for the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position. which will include n OF the
handsomest private cars ever built and
which will be delivered to Mr.. ]. I. Begss
Of the Milwaukee Electric Railway and
Light COMPANY of Milwaukee, Wis.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21
The Hoyt Metal Company.

The largest mixed metal. white lead.
sheet lead. shot and lead pipe plant in the
world is located ut Granite City, H.. just
across the river from st. Louis. 1t is ex-
pected that it will employ 1000 men when
it Is in full operation. Building is now
progressing.
Thirty acres of land are to be almost
entirely covered with three monster build
ings. The capital of the company is ST.
100000 Edward r. Hoyt, president of the
Hoyt Metal Company. is vice president
and active president Of the Union Lead
Company. This concern controls the bulk
of the mixed metal, white lead. sheet
lead. shot and lead pipe concerns OF the
country.
The Hoyt Metal Company was estab-
lished in 1871. 1t employed two men in
the office and one man and a boy in the
The factory at No. 4l53 Clayton avenue
employs over 100 persons and covers isIN
80 feet. Production has Increased from
n day now. One furnace melts fifty tons
of metal at a heat. There is also a plant
for refining by-products.
The company has 4 branch factory at
Arlington. n. j., whore thirty-tive men
are employed. This factory sells to the
Eastern trade. The Hoyt Metal Company
England. Ireland and scotland and the
Continent. with the exception of Russia.
The Russiau-American Metal Company
sells Hoyt Metal Company products I'M
der a royalty. There Is a Hoyt agency in
South Africa.
Every country on the globe sells Hoyt
metal. Its lead is made under the Bailey
process. controlled by the United Lead
Company. This process reduces the time
needed to produce white lead from four
months to one week.
President e. r. Hoyt is temporarily
located in New York City. Mr.. Hudson.
the general manage of the company, who
has been with same for the past ten years,
now has control of the business. His judS-
ment and enterprise have been important
factors in building up the business. The
officers are:
E. r. Hoyt, president.
Barton Sewell. vice president.
h. s. Thompson. secretary.
G. ". Hughes, treasurer.
II n Hudson raneral manaPer
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21

The American Brake Company.
The American Brake Company, another
prominent institution OF ST. Louis, is en-
driver brakes. automatic brake slack ad-
%justers, and automatic air and steam
couplers.
Its general offices are at No. 1892 North
roaGway and Its works occupy the block
bounded by Broadway. Tyler street. Sec
ond street and La Bcaume street.
The officers and directors OF the COM
pany are:
DIRECTORS.
III. H. Westinghouse, l.. l.. Adrcon,
President: Vice President and
=. VI. Dodd. General Manager.
Albert Blair. z. NJ. Herr.
John caldwell. John f. Miller,
c, c. Ziesler, Secretary and Treasurer.
Z. e. Higham, General Superintendent.
The company was organized under the
laws OF the State of Missouri on August
business until the American equalized
drive brake is now not only the standard
In the United States. Mexico and Canada
but has been supplied from the plant here
to almost every other country in the
world.
The company is now owned and con-
trolled by the Westinghouse Air Brake
Company and is the only plant of that
company which builds locomotive driver
The Westinghouse Air Brake Company
furnishes all the air fixtures for the en-
III to operate the American driver brake
and also supplies all air brakes for cars.
The Westinghouse Air Brake Company
and its product are too well known to need
any extended description. The main plant
of the company is at WilmerGing, Pa.
They have also works In Canada, Eng
land. France. Germany and Russia. in ad-
dition to the American brake plant in this
city. Through these different plants
brakes are furnished for use in every
country in the world. in fact. the West
irShouse and American brake are practi-
cally the universal standard.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21
TOBACCO INDUSTRY Is TYPICAL
OF PROGRESSIVE ST. LOUIS FIRMS,

The Liggett & Meyers Drummond and the Brown Branches Of
the Continental Tobacco Company Are Monuments to the En-
ercv and Business Sagacity OF Their Founders-The William
A. Stickney Cigar Company and Thomas Wright Are Repre-
sentative of the Jobbers' Branch OF the Trade.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21
IRON AND STEEL MANUFACTURES
KEEP PACE WITH CITY'S PROGRESS.

From Small Beginnings st. Louis Plants Have Grown Until Their
Output Is Worth Millions Annually-Nearly Every Variety
of Tools and Implements Are Made in Thoroughly Equipped
Buildings That Occupy Many Acres of st. Louis Business Ter
rtorv.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21
The American Brake Company.

and marked success have attended all his
efforts
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21

The Berger Manufacturing Company
was established at Canton, O.. in the
spring of 1856, with a factory-room lax
%. and employing six men. Their fac
tories now spread over sixty acres, en-
bracing the following mills: Berger's Steel
Roofing and Ceiling Company. Stark Roll
ing Mills Company, C~arnahan Tin Plate
and Sheet Company. Carnahan Enaneling
and Stamping Company and the United
States Steel Company, the latter plant
employing an additional force of 100 men.
Save the United States Steel Company,
the other mills employ 500 workmen
ized' sheets, tin plate late polished steel,
enameled wares, tubular lanterns. steel
roofing and ceilings. metal office and bank
furniture. They are the largest and most
in the world. Joseph Biechele is president
and treasurer. Charles Lang vice presi,
dent: Edward Lengsnbaeh seere1ary ana
New York City. E. Fickinger; Boston,
Mass. William L~angenbach; philadelphia
Houston. Tex, R. p. Smith; St. Louis. Al
Langenbach.
h principal specialities of the branch
bank furniture, metal studs and sidewalk
lights. The st. Louis branch Is most
efficiently managed, as evidenced by the
successful business DONE, which Is enor-
nous.
The Blackmer & Post Pipe Company.
The incorporated Blackmer 6 Post Pipe
Company is the development Of the
joint efforts Of Mr.. L R. Blackmer
and Mr.. L. W. Post. At its factory.
at the Missouri Pacific Railroad tracks
n Arsenal street. where 200 men are
Of finished product Is from LOO to go tons.
This vast output, Of which the specially
Is a large-sized vitrified pipe: IS used
throughout America by railroads for cui-
modern and unsurpassed substitute for
brick sewers
One conspicuous development Of the clos
shown in the fact that since 1896. at which
time the largest vitrified pipe made in
commercial quantities was only "a inches
pam has made M sold nearly soo,o 900 feet
Of superior vitrified pipe varying all the
way from q to So inches in diameter. And
this is not a mere incident 1t has come
about because municipal and railroad au-
thorities have learned that vitriied pipe
for sewer purposes is cheaper cleaner;
more durable and more easily constructed
The Blackmer & Post pipe, in this period
of modern advance and development. is
now regarded as the most generally excel
Gals throughout the States testify 10 this
fact.
Prior to the organization Of the Black
mer & Post Pipe Company Mr.. Blackmer
had been secretary and treasurer of the
st. Louis Stoneware Company. and Mr..
Post held a similar position with the St.
Louis Sewer Pipe Company. In 1878 they
consolidated their interests as agents for
the latter ompany When the company's
plant was destroyed the agency was aban-
doned and Messrs. Blackmer and Post
went into the manufacturing business in
their own name. Unbroken prosperity has
attended their career and the firm was in
corporated in 1892. They have built four
large factories since their organization,
the continued growth of business necessi-
tating frequent removal to larger quar-
tiers. With the forward movement of st.
Louis the Blackmer & Post Company has
kept step.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21

II. G. Reed-The opportunities before st.
Louis at present far eclipse the most OPP
t!mlstIc dreams OF the %saHguine.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21

r. B. An~derson-The push and enterprise
shown by the citizens of 81. Louis is a sure
criterion that the city will be the brightest
star on the map in the future.
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EXPRESSIONS.
Continued From PAGE One.
interior city in the United States. but the
largest city west of New York.

= L Maupin-There is nothing in finace
" beyond the conception Of st.
Louis. She accomplishes everything con-
ceive5.
r. L. Maupin-There is nothing IN finance
atism of st. Louis has ever been a bar to
our ~sanguine predictions as to the future,
but of late there have been such unmis-
taxable evidences of permanent growth
and expansion there Is a feeling OF OPP
timism among all classes that l have new
er known before.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21

o. G. Seldon-Her resources and energy
entitle her to a position at the financial
and Industrial head OF interior cities.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21

H. r. vogei-Youne blood. push nj
vigor behind It. and the city's natural To-
cation. will make It the greatest manu-
featuring center in the world.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21

Doctor c. II. HuGhes-A study of the
geographical position Of St. Louis and Its
radiatlng n tributary commercial in
fiuences. reveals It as the central sun OF a
vast Domain. OF which the two Kansas
Citys. ST. Joseph. Memphis, Dallas. Den
yer. Oklahoma. Indianapolis. Quincy and
the two %Springfelds are satellite cities.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21

wilfred Schade-Forging ahead rapidly.
aided by its natural position as the gate
way Of the West and South.
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P. j. Pauly, Sr.-What st. Louis Is now
every reader knows. and she will undoubt-
eddy be the greatest inland city OF the
world. surrounded by the resources Of a
great country. her trade by rail and river
unlimited.
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AUSTRALIA, TOO.

OF late years we have heard a great
deal about the decrease of the birthrate
among the older nations Of the world
Lately the same evil causes apprehen-
sion in Australia, This is regarded as
remarkable, because that Is new
country. There should me plenty Of
room, and plenty of opportunity to
make good living. The country
should present the same characteristics
that have been observed in countries
devastated by wars. or epidemics,
namely. a tendency to extraordinarily
large families. But the opposite is said
to be the case.
A government commission has just
been investigating the decline In the
birth rate. In New South Wales, IN
particular, the facts are considered
alarming. In ten years the birth rate
has fallen off at the rate OF 10 in 1000
and the commission therefore observes:
defective health, defective morals and
defective character are already mani
Testing themselves rs a warning OF a
more marked deterioration likely 10 On
sue"
As far az can be ascertalned, The de-
! cline in the birthrate is worldwide
! condition, at least as far as civilization
extends, and It even appears that cou-
pied with race suicide In our civil
lzatlon, goes race murder as seen In
the gradual disappearance Of races
| with which we come in contact as con-
querors. As long as these conditions
prevail we cannot blame the not civ
nized races. II they look with alarm
upon the advance OF our civilization.
We cannot blame a power like japan
for stalking all upon an effort to stem a
tide that looks threatening to the nom
Christian world, that has learned to
| think and reflect.
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lack OF department, u lack Of modestN
lack OF tho finer feminine things
which we learn TO admire In women
They talk Of their freedom and their
advance but lot mo tell you thore Is too
much freedom for our sons and daugh-
ters."
Tho fact Is that the freedom Of action
which places man upon higher plane
than that occupied by the brute orea-
tlon, ind which makes man, finally
NJ companion for angels and heavenly
beings, is a gift to which is attached
the most grave responsibility though
few realize this, Many, therefore,
make a wrong use Of IL. They use II
to their own destruction, and that of
fellow beings. They become the
Achabs. or Jezebels, or Neros OF his
tory, although they might have reen
the directly opposite.
We glory in civil liberty and de-
nounce tyrants and tyranny but we
yield, perhaps, in the family circle and
In private life, to the tyranny OF ey!l
influences, by which the moral freedom
is enslaved and imprisoned.
1t is no doubt true that at one tii1e.
through blue laws ana compulsory
methods, the spirit OF man was brought
low, and hypocrisy was fostcred and
encouraged II was necessary that Il
reaction should take place; but II Is
also true, that this is going too far in
many cases There il little respect left
for any authority divine or human.
Especially Is the tendency to deny the
divine influence on human affairs
strong in our age, And yet, It is the
highest wisdom to acknowledge the
hand Of the Almighty I'm "all things"
not excepting the daily occurrences of
life. Those who have thoroughly
learned TO regard as providential all
events happening, such as poverty or
wealth. sickness or health, and even
the Affections and prosecutions arising
from malice Of man; those who have
learned that ito them who love God all
things work together unto good they
are in a position to use their freedom
right,
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with the main army fairly across,
the second act OF the war will begin.
Whether It has already begun will not
be known until It Is ascertained how
much truth there Is in the dispatches
from several neutral sources telling OF
battle on the Yalu, Reports from
two points place the Russian force at
90, 900 men. If that is the limit Of Rus
sia's available strength on the Yalu
the passage of the river by the Jap
anese can be readily understood.