University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-05-30
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You Can Build House, Furnish 1t, Then
Live in It--All With Columbia
Products
Products.

Columbia could build itself house
or a palace-of material within eye
sight of the city. The home might be
of brick and tile or of white stone
like the buildings of the East Cam
ms. there would be Columbia fix
lures and furnishings. But that isn't
all. Columbia could go long way
toward making its living by using
Just the things that are made here.
Of course one could wear Columbia
shoes and Columbia clothes, and az
| ter a Columbia dinner there would
| be Columbia cigar.
But that isn't all either. A good
many of these products do not stop
at the city limits. For instance, shoes
made in Columbia are being worn
around the world in China, down in
/ Panama and in the republics of the
other America. Books printed here
may be found in the libraries OF most
states. Meat prepared and packed
/ bv one Columbia firm reaches homes
/ in most parts of Missouri.
/ The Edwards Brick Company could
+ furnish the brick and tile for ,Colum-
bias home. The plant just east OF
town can turn out about $4,000 bricks
a day. \ machine has just been in
stalled for the making of hollow tile.
All the bricks made are sold here in
Columbia at present, but the COM
pany expects to ship tile out OF the
city. Or. if Columbia should prefer
the white stone. there are several
Guarries near. which furnished all the
stone for the buildings on the East
Campus.
! l.200 Barrels of Flour Month.
There are two firms that would
make the sashes and doors and the
woodwork for this house, F. p. Mill
er and |. l.. Davis of the Duncan
Planning Mill. These men could make
the Office furniture and do the cabi-
net work, as they are doing for much
of Columbia now. OF course there
could be Columbia builders, carpen-
ters and plumbers. And to keep the
house clean there would be Colum-
bia broom, made by L. w. Williams.
To make the bread for dinner there
is the flour made from Boone County
wheat by the Boone County Mill and
Elevator Company. The mill buys
about 10000 bushels of soft, red win
ter wheat a year and makes on the
average 1,2OO barrels of flour a
month.
OF the other products of the mill the
biggest item is a brand of chicken
feed first put out by the company
four years ago. This line Was started
to catch the trade going to foreign
goods of this kind shipped in at the
time. About 100000 pounds are sold
yearly now. The products of the COM
pany are sold in Boone County and
small towns in adjoining counties.
Besides the dairy products, of whicn
the University is among the pro-
ducers, and the fruit and vegetables
gathered from the neighboring farms,
Columbia can buy meat prepared anc
packed here. Hetzler Brothers also
send their special brands of ham and
sausage to points in most sections OF
the state.
Two Firms Make lee Here.
This firm also makes ice for Colum-
bia and frequently for the neighbor-
ing towns. Shipments sometimes in
clude from twelve to fifteen Missouri
towns. some of them almost as far
west as Kansas City. The local bust
ness is divided with the Davis, Wat
son & Hill Ice Company.
Besides the tailors and dress-mak
ers. there is the Columbia Custom
Garments Company to make clothes
for Columbia. This company was
launched here this spring and is now
occupied chiefly in making mems
shirts.
Then there is the Columbia Bot
Ting Works. which supplies Columbla
/ and the neighboring towns with soda
and seItzer water. Edgar A. Remley
! is the cigar man. He makes abou
go. 600 cigars a year, chiefly for tht
Columbia trade, though some are solo
in the nearby towns.
Of the things made in Columbif
, the products of the local factory o
he Hamilton-Brown Shoe Compan!