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CGKMISSiQN HUSTLERS OF THE GAPITALGITY St. Paul Can Boastof aComnission Businß33 Which is On equaled by Any Trade Center in tli9 United States. Originally the Commission Men Were Located on the Leves, But Latterly Have Been Colonized on Sixth Street Between Wacouta and Broadway. Here There, Have Eeen Erected Stores Specially Adapted for the Trade and a Credit to the Business Enterprise of St. Paul Merchants. Messrs. B. Presley & Co. Was the First Commission House Opened Here, and Has Been Continued to Date on the Same Site. ?he Peculiarities of St. Paul and the State at Large Which Give This City a Unique Advantage for Commission Houses. flow the Trade Has Grown, Year by Year, Until Now the Yearly Turnover Looms Away Up in Millions. Business Sagacity, Proper Treatment of Shippers, Pro gressiveness and Always on the Alert, Character istic of St. Paul Commission Men. Pointed Sketches of Individual Firms That Are Doing the Major Portion of the Business in Their Respective Lines. One of the busiest centers in St. Paul Is the commission colony on Sixth street, between Wacouta and Broadway. Few persons are aware of the magnitude of the business yearly transacted by the commission houses of St. Paul, and a cursory walk around the various estab lishments gives but the faintest idea of its mammoth proportions. There are several prominent houses doing an an nual turn-over of over $2,000,000, and jit a casual visit at their place of busi ness would not indicate that they were doing a business aggregating $10,000 a year. Appearances are deceptive in the commission business, as well as in ev erytliiug else. It is not always the most pretentious establishment that is doing lhe most work or making the most money. Far from it. It is surprising the small attention that has been paid to the commission business in St. Paul, and yet here is a business in which millions of capital lias been invested, and which alTords employment for hundreds of men, women ami children. The growth of this business has not only been com mensurate with the growth of the city — the growth of the state— but it is equal to the much talked about jobbing and manufacturing of St. Paul. It is al most within the mark to say that out side the jobbers and wholesale dealers, the commission men do a business which more than < quals that done by any other class of tradesmen. From its very In ception the commission business was a lucrative one in this city. The first commission house was that of B.Pres ley & Co., and in connection with tuisestablishmenta singular fact is to be told. The business was commenced by the late Mr. Presley in a small shanty on Third street over fifty years ago. Tiie beginning was a small one, but the business has grown stupenduously and to-day while Messrs. Presley & Co. con duct their mammoth trade on the same site upon which Mr. Presley first lo cated, the small shanty has long since given way to a most imposing brick block. The commission trade, however, was by other firms at first transacted on the levee. This was in the COs. The various houses then largely depended for their supplies by steamer, most of tie products coming from Wisconsin. Bnt as the state began to fill up and the trade expanded, the necessity for going outside for products gradually lessened. Tiie fruitful soil of Minnesota began to furnish the needs of the people who had settled within its borders, and to-day almost three-fourths of the grains, fruits, livestock, etc., are to be obtained in the state. As an illustration of the growth of the commission trade, it may be mentioned that one linn which was established in 1866 and did a business Dl 125,000 for the year, now does a busi ness aggregating 62,000,000. The com mission men have been a migratory set. The trade was not long located at the levee; but in 1809 many of the firms took up their stand on Jackson, near Sixth. Several commission men had their stores in the now historical building known as Moffit's Castle, corner of Sixth and Jackson. Up to 1809 there were a mere handful of men eugaged in the commission trade, but between 18(50 and Wti a large number of new men opened houses, and the business increased very rapidly, in 1878 another change of lo cation occurred. This time the commis sion men emigrated to Robert street. Which continued to be the center up to three years ago. At that time the board of trade conceived the plan of coloniz ing the commission houses in several blocks, and a syndicate was formed with the result that several blocks on Sixth si reet, between Wsrcouta and Broadway, were covered with buildings specially adapted to the commission trade. The new buildings did not at first "take." but a year ago a general move was made towards them and now nearly every store is occupied, and it is only a ques tion of time when every commis sion firm will be housed within the colony. Already three large blocks are covered with these stores and a fourth is already projected. There has never been any systematic effort to secure The Turnover each year of the commission, but, in cluding all houses, the following figures —which have been compiled with great care and after considerable research- As ill be found to be within the mark: Year. Business. Year. Business ifW 113,640,000 ISSB. 530,043,000 >« 21,270.0001887 36251.000 ISB3 24.834,000 1888 39,114.000 I^4 25.55r>,0C0 1889 ........ 47,r)95.000 I- I *." 28,347,000 ISOO ......... 60,720,000 The commission men have been a great factor in materially aiding in de veloping the Northwest. Minnesota is gridironed with railroads, radiating from St. Paul like the spokes of a wheel, over all of which, and upon every train are* the traveling representatives of the St. Paul commission . houses. These houses. enable the merchants of the Northwestern states to obtain their sup lies in adequate quantities near home, and goods formerly difficult to obtain in country towns, and ltcgarded si- Luxuries, arc now handled with such facility that they have become actual necessities. The total amount of sales by commis sion houses indicates a gratifying ex pansion of our commerce. St.s t. Paul as a distributing point reaches far out for her supplies, bring ing to this market the products of the countries of Europe upon one hand and of Asia upon the other. The vast area supplied by the merchants of these two cities extends northward into the British possessions, southward into the states of iowa and Nebraska, eastward into Wisconsin and Michigan and westward across the great territories of Dakota, Montana and on to the Pacific coast. New fields of trade are continually be ing opened up within this great area, as new railroads and settlements each year fill up this great and fertile country. The commission men of St. Paul are to bn found in every part of this extensive field of trade, pushing to the frontiers with a persistency and energy which rapidly brings each new settlement and district into trade relations with this commercial center. The pro ductive resources of this great tri butary territory are so numerous and varied, that the prosperity of the com mission trade has been uninterrupted by any serious drawbacks. A few of the many resources are the agricultural products of varied farming; stock rais ing upon the immense grazing fields in the West where pasturage and water are insured for every month in the year; stock raising by the farmers of the states and territories: the great mining interests of the North and West, includ ing, gold, silver, copper, lead, iron, and the great lumber interest, all of which are as yet but " In Tlieir Infancy. , Bearing lv mind the ramifications of the commission business— the fact that then; is not a single line of trade in which it does not enter, a sketch of the business done in St. Paul would not be complete without reference to the state at large ana the railroad interest. Both enter largely into the commission busi ness. It is upon Minnesota that, as a whole, the commission men depend upon for their products and also for their market. The soil of Minnesota ranks with the most fertile in the world. The upper layer of the drift deposit forms the soil of all parts of the state, except that in the vicinity »f Lake Superior and near the Mississippi river in the southeast corner of the state. In the latter local ity the soil is a mold of similar cotnposi tiou with that of Ohio. The deptn of soil varies from one to live feet, and nearly everywhere the subsoil is not only similar in its elements, but equally fertile when exposed to the influence of the atmosphere. It is made up largely of alumina, silica and lime, mixed with various mineral salts, and contains considerable percentages of ammonia and phos phorus in divers combinations. It is, likewise, tilled with vegetable and ani mal matter, and those combinations of organic remains, with the varied bases, eiving it an abundant supply of fertil izing properties. In appearance the soil is of dark to grayish brown color, being darkest in the lower plains and valleys, where it occasionally approaches to blackness and is quite viscous when wet. It is everywhere exceedingly friable, and so easily worked that a 'hoe is not needed in the Corn or Potato Field. The best test of the soil, however, is its record of averages of cultivated veg etable products. The statistical reports of crops, published by the state, which are known to be from 12 to 20 per cent less than the actual results, give the fol lowing mean averages of tho staple crops, from a term of thirteen years, endiug with 18)52, viz.: Wheat 14.09 bushels; corn, 30.51 bushels; oats, 32.14 bushels; barley, 24.26 bushels; rye, 15.21 bushels: buckwheat, 11.78 bushels; potatoes, 98.29 bushels; and beans, 11.37 bushels per acre. When it is remembered that these are general averages from a territory extending through live and a half de grees of latitude and live and a third of longitude, it must be admitted that they make a good showing. Instances might be gathered from almost every county in which farming is carried on wherein all of these averages are largely ex ceeded. Yields of upward of 20 bushels of wheat, 40 bushels of corn, 45 bushels of oats, 30 bushels of barley, 22 bushels of rye, IS bushels of buckwheat, 150 bushels of potatoes and 10 bushels of beans are quite common, and, indeed, every careful fanner in the state would show these or greater general averages for a term of ten to twelve years. The seil of Minnesota is peculiarly adapted to gardening. There are no clods to interfere with the working of the ground, and vegetables of all va rieties grow with great rapidity, while retaining all their excellence, or being superior in quality to those of slower growth in more humid climates. The garden vegetables cultivated here em brace nearly all the ordinary vaiieties of the north temperate zone, and they are usually large and. Deliriously Flavored. Flower gardening is also carried on quite extensively. The out-door flowers comprise the usual varieties of roses, pinks, peonies, poppies, lilies, dahlias, china astors, pansies, lady slippers, sweet Williams, phlox, larkspur, morn ing glories, flowering peas, bleeding hearts, tulips, lilacs, snowballs, chrys anthemums and a host of others com mon to the gardens of Europe and the Northern United States. There is al ways a fair demand for pot plants and cut flowers, and nearly every village in the state of 500 inhabitants and upward has one or more greenhouses. A good deal of difficulty wa9 expe rienced in introducing apples into the state, but now Minnesota produces as line apples as can be found anywhere, and the annual product reaches 200,000 bushels. A number of varieties of cul tivated plums and cherries are success fully cultivated, and currant;', goose berries, raspberries, blackberries and most other varieties of small fruit do as well in Minnesota as anywhere else. The fact is, most of these are found growing wild in nearly all parts of the state, and are equally lame and well flavored with the cultivated fruits, (irapes are found arrowing wild in all parts of the state, and several cultivated THE FA TNT PAUL IV TLY GLOBE: MCKDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 7, JB9l varieties have been successfully intro duced. Bee culture is a nourishing industry, having begun with the capture and do mestication of the wild bees native to the state by the early settlers. The abundance of wild ftowera and of culti vated bloomin<r plants affords the bees ample resources to draw troni. and the long winters induce them to lay up greater stores of sweets. Moreover, the blooming plants ot this country, being of quick growth, do not acquire those strong, pungent qualities of flowers of slower growth, and the flavor of honoy made from them is of Corrc'.«i>oiidlii<>' Delicacy. Stock growing; offers great induce ments to the Minnesota farmer, and more are going into it every year, as there is no branch of agrlcoituial iv • iustry for which* the state is better adapted. It is a mistake tnsupixisu that cither the length or severity of the win ters are objectionable in this respect. The greater degree or cold leads to the animals being clothed with thicker coat ings of hair. Nature herself making this additional provision for their protection; and as Intervals of chilling rains and sleet are of extremely rare occurrence at any season, and wholly un known during the winters, they have not to contend with this prolific cause of colds, catarrhs and pneumonia. The dry air is conducive to the preservation of their health, as to that of the human family, and they not only endure the severity of the season, but thrive dur ing t c coldest winters if properly fed and sheltered. An experienced cattle raiser says that notwithstanding their higher value marketable cattle can be produced at less expense in Minnesota than further south. The wild grasses of the Minnesota prairies ar« not only abundant, but highly nutritious. Sheep, hogs and horses also benefit !>y the pure air, bracing climate and j abundant and good food which Minne sota affords Convincing evidence that the stock-growers of Minnesota have faith is toe adaptability of the climate and grasses to their business is found in the fact that they have made and are continuing to make heavy outlays of money to obtain full-blooded and high graded animals of the best breeds. A large number of the bulls, stallions and rams owned in the state are imported, and many of them are thoroughbred. There art; also a good many imported cows, mares and ewes owned here. Most of these are high-priced animals, and their aggregate cost counts well up into the hundreds of Thousand* of Dollar*. The dairy interest in Minnesota has rapidly grown to imposing proportions. The creameries make butter equal to the best product of Western New York, and cheese which has no superior. Wool and poultry form important sources of revenue to the Minnesota fanner. Besides the opportunity already enumerated tor deriving profit from his labor, he also has his garden. If he live., near enough to a large city to send fresh vegetables and berries to market by wagon or railway, he can find ready sale for them,' and the cunning factories, which are ' being con-: stantly established in different parts of the state, add largely to the chances of disposing of these products profit ably. Tons of vegetables are marketed every year already, and the demand is not nearly supplied. In addition to these are the strawberries, raspberries, currants, blackberries, etc.', which may be inexpensively cultivated, yield abundantly and sell readily. Besides these natural thoroughfares, Minnesota is richly provided with rail way facilities. Six great trunk lines connect her with Milwaukee, Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans and all the grand railroad systems of the United States and Canada. She has direct com munication now with . the Pacific coast at; San Francisco, and, by means of the .' great Northern Pacific line, at Puget sound; . and with ■ the Atlantic via' the "Soo" route. In tho more distant future the Manitoba and Canadian Pacific roads will connect her with the vast and fertile region the lat ter traverses and open still anotner ave nue to the Western ocean. Two other great railway corporations are operat ing lines across Dakota. These roads place it beyond question that Minnesota affords cheap and ample facilities not only for supplying the Eastern markets with her agricultural and manufactured products, but also the nearest and most direct routes of communication with the markets of both Europe and Asia. By their means she has become a general thoroughfare of commerce and travel. IT IS THE OLDEST And Does the Largest Business Throughout the Northwest. The first commission business estab lished iv St. Paul, and one which to day is known throughout the Northwest, is that of B. Presley & Co., of 102 East Third. The business conducted is that of wholesale fruit and commission, and was established by Sir. B. Presley in a little board shanty away back in 1849. St. Paul was then . a mere trading station with a population that could almost be numbered on your lingers. The mag nificent store building now occupied by the firm is on the same site :as that of ; the primitive shanty which saw the beginnings of the . present . mam moth business , now transacted by Messrs. B. Presley & Co. Mr. Presley had various gentlemen in partnership with him" during his lifetime up to the spring of 1880, when J. S. Robertson bought an inter est. • Col. Robertson assumed the full ownership and management af the firm at the death of Mr. Presley in 1885. ■ Under his skillful management and ap titude the business of the firm has yearly exhibited a most healthy growth, -The trade transacted during 1 the season of 1800 nearly doubled that. of any previous year, and indica tions point to a similar increase of the business of 1801 over that of 1800. The business shows a turnover of $1,000,000 for this year, and, to demonstrate the ramifications of this establishment, it may be stated that in the season the firm handled daily from two to three cars of strawberries. The city may be said to have grown round the estab lishment of Messrs. B. Presly & Co. as it was the first building on Third street. They, are agents for the Cali fornia Fruit union, the Florida Fruit exchange and many Southern and East ern shipping associations. It is.,un-. equaled in the Northwest for its capa city for handling business in its own special line. They have not only the largest city trade, but it extends from .Wisconsin and lowa to Montana and Manitoba. . Col. J. S. Robertson, who has largely been instrumental in building up the business of the firm, canre to St. Paul in the fall of 1879, and, as before stated, bought an interest therein the following spring.. He had previously been . inter ested in the business in Baltimore. Col. Robertson possesses rare business abili ties; is full of perseverance, and a highly progressive citizen. . BOUND TO SUCCEED.' The Northern Fruit and Produce Company, Late Messrs. . Heil bron & Co. Messrs. Heilbron . & Co., of 208 and 300 Fast Sixth street, succeeded Twohy Bros. & Co., who succeeded. the late Julius Austrian, the founder of this commission establishment . in ■ 1870. Twohy Bros, were in business until .1890, when Heilbron & Co bought them out. Messrs. : Heilbron & Co. have retained nearly all. the trade of the old firm, and, by strict attention - to business and fair dealing with the shippers, have the satisfaction of seeing their trade grow bigger and bigger as month follows month./ The firm made an important change the first of this month, changing - their title to the Northern Fruit ; and Produce company. The members of the" firm are Julius HeUbron,. Carl Schalllnger and M. Piowaty. Mr. Julius Heilbron was for eleven ■yeaFs connected with the old commission firm, of Schiermann & Co., and is a most ex perienced ' and I able commission man. Carl Schalliuger was with Twohy Bros." & Co. for several years, He has a large acquaintance wirn country merchant*, and is well liked. M. Piowaty has for four years been the , proprietor of ; the Glencob Produce . company, at Glencoe. Minn., and is a most valued member of this new firm. His connections "are very extensive. ; The Northern Fruit and :, Produce ■ company (Messrs. •- Heil bron & Co.) are making for, themselves .an excellent ' name among the country merchants; they have a good name for fairly treating -shippers, and the mem bers of the firm are painstaking, honest and able men. s ; n IS WELL* LIKED.- *'■"- Mr. Gahan, the Superintendent of the Minnesota ' Packing? Com pany. ':■'" Michael Gahan is the well-known and popular superintendent of the Minne sota Packing company. Mr. Gahan was born in Chicago, 1831), and came to Min nesota three years ago. He has been in the stock business twenty-five years,' and few men are more experienced in this line. : Mr. Gahan's onerous position may be judged from the fact that he buys all the cattle and sheep for the Minnesota Packing company," undoubtedly the largest establishment of. the kind west of Chicago. Mr. Ga han is a noted judge of stock, iudeed he has few equals in this country. ' lie is a most agreeable and entertaining companion, and his friends may numbered by the score. Hissuperin '.tendency, of the Minnesota Packing company has been most successful, and few men could have discharged the duties devolving upon him with more ability than he. IS GROWING. The Business Transacted by Messrs. Tlerney & Co., General Commission Men. - Messrs. Tierney & Cc, general com mission -merchants, are located at 09 East Fifth street. They do a most ex tensive business in grain, baled hay, ground teed and millstuffs, etc. Mr. J. A.'Tienu'y is a St. Paul man; be was born at West. St. Paul in 1858. and is most favorably known by all the early settlers hereabouts. lie j started in the ' commission business in 1880 on : Robert street, between Sixth and Seventh. Latei he was located on Robert street, between Fourth and. Fifth, and in 1884 removed to the pres ent location. Few commission firms do a better or more satisfactory business than Messrs. Tierney & Co., which, under the able management of Mr. Tierney, continues to keep well to the front in commercial circles. Mr. Tier ney is a great worker, able and public spirited and full of progressive ideas. .. AN ENVIA" *-• iKCORD. That Made by .•*... ~.-.ol>, the Young Commission Man. R. E. Cobb, of 284 East Sixth street, is a wholesale dealer in fruits, oysters, game and poultry. He is a Massachu setts man, and came to St. Paul in 1830. Mr. Cobb began a retail business in this city in the market house in 1884, with out capital, and by push, industry, and enterprise . has worked up his present large and growing business establishment. It was in 1891 Mr. Cobb moved to his resent, location. lie is Hie largest dresser and shipper of poul try west of Chicago. He has extensive and well-equipped freezing rooms, and can keel) game the year round. Mr. Cobb does also a very large business in butter and eg 23. His trade in gam *, however, is his specialty, and extends all over the United States. Mr. Cobb'/j trade in July nearly trebled any pre vious month. He emoloys twenty, poul try dressers and helpers all the year round. . Mr. Cobb is still a young man, and the record lie has already made tor himself is a most enviable one. Few men have accomplished as much as he in so short a space of tiino. CONDUCT LAiixii^ BALKS. > An Auction-Commission Firm ' of. j .Exceptional Higfh Standing. ' ■ E. Ilolloway is at the head of an auc tidn-commission firm, in which K. and J. Warner are the other members. - Mr. Holloway is well known and highly re spected in business circles. He was born in Clinton county, Indiana, in 1849, and came to St. Paul in 1874. He was eight years on the road for Forepaugh' & Tarbox, and four years ago went into the auction and commission business with ('apt. Holcomb. One year later he bought Mr. Holcomb out. and the pres ent successful firm of E.llolloway & Co. is the result. There is no more reliable firm in its line. Bankrupt stocks of all kinds are purchased and sold, as well as real estate by auction. The largest real estate sales at auction in the past four years -which have occurred in St. Paul have been conducted by this firm. Mr. Holloway is a most successful busi ness man, a ready speaker, able and enterprising. The establishment of the firm is at 258 East S".-—< f| i street. . STAim. .^L. Messrs. Fitzgerald & Smith Doing \\' a Growing Business. Messrs. Fitzgerald & Smith are agents in ; grain, stock, bonds, etc., conducting their business at • 834 Jackson. J. C. Fitzgerald came to : St. Paul from Chi cago in 1885, and is a member of the Chicago board of trade. It was in 18S3 that C. 11. F. Smith took up his resi dence in St. Paul, coming from Chicago. He formerly was engaged in the whole sale grocery, business in New York. Messrs. Fitzgerald & Smith have direct private wires to Chicago and New York, and sell grain for cash or futures. ' The firm is a most reliable one. Their busi ness is a large and growing one. . Both members are popular, and of high standing in commercial circles. YOUNG, Bur -.vigorous. Messrs. McGuire & ~ Mulrooney Making an Excellent Showing-. - Messrs. McGuire & Mulroouey are engaged in wholesale commission and fruit. at 274 East Sixth street. Mr. P." F. McGuire is a native of Dubuque, 10., and located iv St. Paul 1833. Mr. .1. A. Mulrooney is a Minnesotan; was born in 1800, but his resideuce in St. Paul only dates from last year, when Messrs." McGuire and Mulrooney established their present business. 1 Both , gentle men are well and favorably known in commercial circles. Mr. Mulrooney was on the road several years for prominent commission houses, and Mr. McGuire is acknowledged the best apple man in the Northwest. Mr. McGuire conducted a general merchandise business for ten years at liosemount. He is now mostly 1 engaged out on the road, Mr. Mulrooney being largely occupied* by the business 1 in St. Paul. The house is a young : one, 3 ■ but very vigorous, and has already well established itself. Messrs. McGuire & Mulrooney know their business thor oughly, and are certain to make a sue-' cess of it. - ■ afiitiil^ ' . ENLARGED FACILITIES .'?! In the Business of the Crockett. Siman & Fitch Bros. The Crockett, Siman & Fitch Bros, comprise a live stock commission firm, incorporated, of South St. Paul. Charles Fitch is the cattle salesman; P. A. Clark, hog salesman; F. L. Henderson the bookkeeper. Then Allen . Fitch, U. H. Orcutt and Percy .Vittum • have charge- ot the : branch . at the Twin City stockyards at New Brighton; and J. L. Crockett, A. J. Siman and George Smith have charge of the Sioux City, 10., house", Charles Fitch Is the man ager of the South :| St Paul blouse, in which capacity he has been four years. And this was : the very ; first house . opened at §outb St. Paul. A good corps '; of men, competent and experienced, are engaged, aud there is never any hitch In business transactions. :. Last* April Fairbanks, Larrabee & Co., also lire stock commission merchants, of South bt. Paul, united with Crockett, Siman & Fitch Brothers, thereby greatly en larging the facilities. ALL. HIS LIFE. Mr. K. R. Barden's Connection With the Grain Business. E. R. Bardeu united his pluck and en ergy with the industries and business • spirit of St. Paul in 1869. ; He was born jin Indiana in 1856, 1 but removed to this city in the year indicated above, and es tablished himself in the grain business 1 with his father, R. Harden. The latter ■was the oldest grain dealer in the state. '-Barden pere sold . out nis interest to ; Harden fils in 1887, and the latter. has ; made some extensive additions .to the : volume of trade ■ through his personal efforts and happy tact. He has been in the grain business all his life and deals in car load lots. His office is lit 410 • Endicot building. HE'J V • ,\.'JR. George Thuet* tuition in the . Commission Business. George Thuet is recognized as a fac tor in the commission business of the capital city. He was born in France in 1851. and is, consequently, now in -his fortieth year. It was in ISSltbat he be came thoroughly Imbued with the prom ise of St. Paul and located here. He em barked at once in' the produce commis sion business in Stall \o. 2, city mar ket, and he is still there, indicative ;of the fact that he is a persistent and suc cessful business manager. Before com ing here he tried his skill in the hard ware trade. This was in 'Dodge Center. Minn., and, it should be "related, he has had experience in the stock business, In the creamery business, and fanning, ton. And none of his multitudinous un dertakings did he rnak- a failure. , In ISSO.he was happily united In marriage with Miss BoscitUel. of Wisconsin. MADE A -jUCJESS. The Growing -Business of W. G. and P. T. Potts. W.G. Potts and P. T. Potts are char acteristic llawkeyes. They were born in Dubuque, 10., and they came to St. Paul in 1885. Under the caption of Potts Bros, they engaged that very year in the commission business, and they have continued in that line.- growing with their conse quential success until they are now in the wholesale business—hand ling fruit by the carload— in conjunction with a general commission business. They make a specialty of receiving fruits direct from the growers, and they do a colossal business in this line. They are, hi addition, extensive shippers to all the Northwestern points, avid their city trade is of a healthy nature, and con stantly growing. The Potts brothers are single men, and they are located at 230 East Sixth street. CLOSELY IDENTIFIED. • TilcCabe & Maurer and the Coin • . mercial interests' of. St.' Paul. McCabe & Mail re r is a firm name that has become closely identified with the commercial interests of St. Paul. They occupy Stall 12 in the city market. : J. ;L. McCabe is a native Minnesota!!. He was born in! Hazel wood in 13GS. and is [the son of James McCabe, who [enjoys the distinction of being one of the oldest commission merchants in the state. He came to St. Paul in ; 1839. and engaged in his present pursuit shortly thereafter. ;A . real later ". he i formed a copartnership with A. M. ' Maurer, who was then the Western trav eling agent of Bradley & Metcalf, the ■large Milwaukee boot and shoe house. ; Mr. Maurer resides in .Wutertown. S. D.. : but he promises to move: to St. Paul ■ Oct. 1. He was born in Indiana in 1861. ■ RAPIDLY INCREASING. ■ The Business Transacted by L. J. ' '<<'Vt Templeton & Co., ' , .' * ; The firm of L. J. Templeton & Co. is composed or Mr. Templeton and G. A. Knauft. Both gentlemen have a com mercial schooling that eminently fitted them for their chosen pursuit. The former was born in Richmond, Ind., : but he. became impressed with the opportunities that were pres ent in St. Paul, and removed to this city in 1888, and only a short time elapsed before he went into the commission business. His earlier training had been in the manufacturing industries and the commercial line. .G. A. KiKu:ft united his forces and tact in 18S0. He is a native of this city, having been born here, and be was formerly of Finck & Kiiauft, shoe deal ers, and he can boast that his is one of the oldest families here. , L. J. Templeton & Co. are wholesale dealers 'in grain, : produce and fruits, and also Northwestern agents of the Adams bailing wire. " They have a rap idly increasing trade. ' " ONE OF T*l.. » DEST. H. P. Grant . Figured Among the Early Settlers of St. Paul. H. P. Grant was born in Vermont In 1828. He is one of the oldest settlers of St. Paul. He came here in 1855, when the city was a mere hamlet, and he can relate many interest ing anecdotes of frontier days. He has watched the growth of wealth and commercial importance of the chosen city, and he has been a large contributor to the general prosperity. ■Mr. Grant's first venture was in the boot and shoe line. 1 but in 1867 he em barked in the commission [business,' and has remained actively engaged therein since. His trade is. extensive and suc cessful. To particularize, •he handles grain. Hour, fruits and the like at 238 East Sixth street. HEADS TH KM ALL. ' No Firm in the bame nine Can Out rank Messrs. Dorun & Co. It was in 1837 that M. Doran, the prominent Democratic potentate and heavy commission merchant, united with C. A. Morton and Dr. Wharton; Six .months later he succeeded to the ' business, and his transactions have be come so extensive that his business fame has . become " co-ordinate with his po litical fame. M. Doran & Co. are located at 311 Jackson street, and they deal in grain, stocks, bonds, etc. This house has .private wires to Chicago and New York, and this fact is sufficient to give an index ' to the importance of the busi ness of ; the firm. In addition to . this, they have, special facilities for doing business with any city :in the Union. And there is -no concern in the same line in the West that cut-ranks M. Dorau & Co. IN THIS STATE. . The Thuee Brothers ; Were i Born : and Raised in Minnesota. ' William -. Thuet and Frank Tbuet \is tlia personnel-of Thuet Bros., live stock commission merchants at 27 ; Stock ex change, Union stockyards. '■:■ South St. Paul. These are genuine Minuesotans. William is the elder, and be was born in Dodge county in* 1855, while Frank .was born in the same place in 1857. They : came ito St. Paul in 1884 and en gaged in the live stock and dressed meat ; ; business, but they '-. confine their Itching, Burning, Bleeding, And scaly diseases of J the * «kin , and ', scalp, ■■ causing days ef misery and nl-sut« of j sleep- • less ajrony, are iaiUfitly relieved, and speed- ; I ily, permanently and | economically cured by I the Coticuba R?J£»DLSB when all | other rem • edies and the Best physicians fall. Substan ■' tial evidence of the truth of this statement Is* la ha found daUv iv ihia •""-" energies and experience to ■: live stock at present. Their. transactions are on an extensive scale, as " the clear ing. house can testify, ami South St. Paul owes them • a debt of gratitude for contributing so largely to t li -* growth and .material prosperity of that town. When it is explained that ■the amount of business transacted last year aggregated? s7s2,ooo, and further, that there has been an increase in cor responding months this year, some con ception of the magnitude of the house may be had. IN LIVB STOCK. Messrs. Tomlinson, Bowles & Co. Among the Leading Firms. Tomlinson, Bowles & Co. is the cap tion of one : of the leading live stock commission houses of South St. Paul, with ;. headquarters ; in Chicago and a branch in at. Paul. They occupy Room 22, Exchange building. South St. Paul, and Room 93, Exchange building. Union ; stockyards, Chicago. The individual members of the firm are R. N. Tomlinson, J. P. Bowles and H. S. Tomlinson. S. P. Atchison is the manager of the South St. Paul yards. He spent fifteen years in fanning and stock raisin? in Southern Minnesota, and he has been the resident manager for the gigantic house in South St. Paul the past four years. The capital re quired to conduct the business of 'this immense- concern may be surprising. In 189J they did a business of upwards of a million dollars, with a prospect of a heavy increase the present year. IN THE FIFTIES. When Mr. James King Located in ■ the Capital City. There are few men better -known in St. Paul to-day than James King. He was among the : earliest of the early ar rivals here, and St. Paul was a very insignificant place indeed when be first beheld, it in 188*. Mr. King has a fund of racy anecdotes of his early frontier life, and few men are more entertain ing. He knows everybody who came to the cities in the fifties, and vol umes might easily be tilled of his inimitable stories of the men who are to-day the backbone of the city. Mr. King is to be numbered among the list of successful business men. He com menced stock business in 1858, and from that year to this he has been interested therein. Mr. King's business is of a mammoth character. He opened his present establishment at the Union stockyards three years ago, where he now operates a packing nous.*, trans acts ; a wholesale business with butchers and conducts a general com mission agency. He has also been in terested in stock business in California, Idaho and Washington. Mr. King is deservedly popular; a man of sterling \ integrity and high business qualifica tions. FULL Of KXV*&*OB!SOBL Messrs. Rogers & Rogers Can Give Others Points in Their Line. Hailing from the famous blue grass region of Kentucky, that place of which all America boasts with pardonable pride because of the excellence of its horse flesh and cattle, coma Messrs. Rogers & Rogers, live stock commis sion merchants, located in the Exchange building at the Union stockyards in South St. Paul. After perfect! OB them selves in point of skill through active experience of many years in the stock raising business in Kentucky, they came to St. I'aul in 1888, and very few weeks passed by before they accepted the opportunity, that they discovered and engaged in their present business. They made no false steps. They knew ] what to do and how to do it, and they acted accordingly. Hence it is no mat ter of surprise that they have achieved a pronounced success. It should be added here that they are agents for Nelson, Morris A Co., one of the "Big . Four." of Chicago. • This firm is doing a business of £50, --000 per month and also feeding 2,500 cattle for Nelson Morris, of Chicago. ! HAD A GOOD TRAINING. The Excellent Business Qualifica tions or K. JHcXamee. This sketch of a certain branch of St. Paul's industries would be incomplete without a few words concerning E. Mc- Namee. He is now engaged in the com ■ mission business at 249 East Sixth street. Mr. McNamee was born in Ireland in in 1853,' and he came to St. Paul in 1870 and entered the banking house of Daw son & Co. This was a fitting school for his after life, familiarizing him with the ethics of finance. He remained there seven years and then took up his pres ent business. Mr. McNaraee Is the treasurer of the Home Building society, secretary of the St. Paul Inv^stmentcompany and treas urer of the Catholic Mutual Benevolent society. In his commission business he makes a specialty of potatoes, onions and farm . produce, butter, eggs and game. : OF GOOD STANDING. Messrs. Schierman & Co. Do a General Commission Business. The moving spirit of the firm of Schierman & Co. is J. H. Schierman. A general commission business is trans acted by this company at 818 Robert street, and the rapidly increas ing trade is . testimony to the; high qualifications of Mr. Schier man, who stands well in commercial circles. Mr? Schierman has been a resi dent of St. Paul : thirty years. He was born in Germany in 1835. He has been fourteen years engaged in the commis sion business, and has few equals in his line. Mr. Schierman is a most compan ionable man, full of energy, a progres sive spirit, and to the front in all great* public undertakings. . A PROGRESSIVE FIRM. R. Browne & Son Conduct a Most Reliable Establishment. R.Browne & Son is the style of one of St. Paul's progressive commission houses. It is located at 591 Broadway, and was established there to fill a want and to convenience the people in that section of the city. This is one of the most reliable houses; in the city, and those who once become customers sel dom drift away. They are pushing and ambitious. , The senior member of the firm is R. Browne. while Frank Browne, the Junior, came to St. Paul from Rice county some eight , months ago, and is therefore a new acquisition to the commercial en terprises of St. Paul. He had been en gaged in the farming business in Rice county, but the Capital City presented ■ irresistable opportunities for his talents : and .he came on and joined his father. Hay, grain and feed are the specialties. ~ IT. IS FLOURISHING. The Business Transacted by Messrs. J. H. Hullsiek , & Son. • Messrs. J. H. Hullsiek <& Son, dealers in butter, eggs, cheese, poultry, game and fruit, are located at 316 Robert street. J. H. Hullsiek has been iv busi ness in St. Paul for thirty-five years. He was .In the grocery " commission twenty years, and fifteen years in his present line. He , began his : com mission business on Robert street near Fifth, In 1875 and moved to his present location in 1889. He has been a" director of th.c National German-American bank for three years * and *is a man of : great business ability, well liked and stand ing high in mercantile circles. 11. £. liullsiek is a St. Paul man; he was born here in 1858. He was with Lindekes. -Warner & bhurmeier for five years, and - has now : been engaged :in •the commission business for eight years. Mr. Hullsiek is : an ; all-around capable business i man, /energetic ■* and full of progressive ideas. Messrs. J. 11. Hull siek & Son do : a general commission business, but make a specialty of but ter and eggs. They handle all kinds of ■ fruit, and their business i? a prosperous one. -. : : - A SUCCESSFUL MAN. 0.-G. Wilson* Conducts a Paying: ; Business on Mississippi Street. ' O. G.Wilson, of 043 Mississippi street, is a native of Sweden, emigrating to the states in 187!>. :He erst settled in Wis consin, ultimately, taking up his resi dence in St. Paul about nine years ago. A year later he entered the commission business, establishing a store on Mis sissippi street.on which public thorough fare, with but one change in location, he has since continued with unvarying success. Mr. Wilson is interested in flour arid feed and his trade is largely confined to the city. His growing busi ness is exemplified from the met that he has five •■ delivery horses .• constantly at work. Mr. Wilson is a hard worker. No man could pay closer attention to business and give better satisfaction to his customers. He is an able man and very popular. A LEADING FIRM. That of Grlic23 Bros., Dealers in All Kinds of Grain. The largest and most productive grain region in the world is found in the great Northwest, of which St. Paul and Minneapolis are the principal commer cial centers. Their geographical loca tion makes them the natural market for the great spring wheat region and during the last few years special efforts have been made to develop and enlarge the coarse-grain trade. A lead ing linn in this line is that of Griggs Bros., composed of George .W. and Emery Grlees, who became associated In;. 1880. They have offices at SGS and 307 Robert street, corner of riflh street. St. Paul. Their business consists in the handling on consign ment and by direct purchase of corn oats, barley, rye. Max, all kinds of grain screenings, corn and oat-feed, milk feed, grass and field seeds, baled hay and straw, and in handling these goods the firm does the largest business north west of Chicago. They have, ample warehouse and storage facilities and are in every way prepared to give their patrons th« very best service. . '«— FOREIGN HNAHCES. Condition of 33 onej and Stocks * Across the Atlantic. London, Sept. 6.— Discount was firm early last weeic, but Inter the demand slackened, and rates closed easy yesterday at •.'!* for three months and IV* "for short. On the stock exchange business wa-t brisk and there was a cheerful tone Iv every department. The lethargy of several months past is up parently completely dispelled. American railway securities continued to lead the ad vance, the public investing largely in i ho best kinds, and operators buying everything; relying apparently on the certainty 01 .secur ing profits. The bear element has for a time disappeared, unable to face all the pre vail tendency to boom. A large portion of the advauce wi\s due to speculations, yet there is much solid investing, indicating "an entire restoration of putilio confidence. In American mil way ■ securities yesterday ac tivity in dealings slightly relaxed, but the rise continued despite cablegrams from New York showing that business In Wall streot displayed a tendency to realize. £el!iDg there was attributed here to the tact mat to morrow is a holiday.nnd wits not taken us an indication of a reaction. Prices here closed above New YorU parity. Variations fur the week in prices of American railway securities include the following; increases': Atchison. 4 Mr. Louisville & Nashville. 314; Union Pacific shares and Denver A: Itio Grande preferred, a each: Norfolk & West ern preferred. Denver & Rio Grande coin mou. New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio first mortgage and Erie, 1% each; Wabash pre ferred mid Northern Pacific preferred. Hi each; Lake Shore, 1 per cent: New YorK, Ontario & Western and Central Pacific shares, fce&eb; Illinois Central. U'»: St. Paul com mon, ii%: New York Central, .i: Pennsyl vania, 1V«. Canadian railway securities are In fair demand. The ■ Chicago section of the . Grand Trunk is considered likely --.to profit through the re moval of, the German prohibitions of American pork importations, and partly in consequence of this belief. Grand Trunk second preferred advanced V/a on the week; ' Grand Trunk lot and ltd preferred and guaran teed stock one per cent each, and Grand Trunk ordinary 4*. The securities of the Mexican railway were irregular, but closed V* per cent better on the week. , Among the foreign securities Argentine funding loan has advanced 3(| and Cedulas -'Vj. although Bueuos Ayres advices describe the financial situation as worse: Chilian se curities were largely bought in and gained :.'j oit the week, while Brazilian bonds gained lVk and Nitrate- railway shares and Peruvian corporation bonds % each. Of the miscellaneous securities Guinness shares lost 2 per cent on ■ the week, and Eastman's hi, while Bell's Asbestos gained *,*. Pahis, Sept. The settlement just con cluded showed heavy bear accounts. Money I.- abundant and coutnnL;oes are easy. The dealings on the bourse during the past week, however, were slow, but prices closed firm yesterday; 3 per cent rentes advanced 50 centimes on the week. Credit Foucier shares 24 francs, and Bank of France shares 2Mt francs; Panamas declined :tVt francs on the week. These shares, originally at 600 francs, are now quoted at 22 francs, the lowest nom inal price reached. Banker Hoskier is trying to form a syndicate of financiers to take a big share of the projected Itussian 3 per cent gold loan. Berlin, Sept — On the hoerse here there was an advance iv prices towards the middle of the week past, but a reaction followed. Dealings yesterday were chiefly in the line of realizations. Reports of failures in the corn trade added to the dullness of the market Houbles declined i per cent and foreign se curities generally V 2 per cent Yesterday's closing quotations include Prussian 4s. 105. - i"); Deutsche Bank, 145; ' Ronblcs. 214; Mexican ' o>, 87.30: Bocnumers, 111: Hnrpenere, 181: ■ " Frankfort. Sept. 6.— On the bot-rse here yesterday, in symuathy with the weakness of prices on the Berlin ana Vienna boerses, foreigners declined 1/2 per cent. The closing quotations included: ; Italians, SO.'JO; Portu guese bonds. 54; Russians, U7.40; Spanish fours. 71.40; short exchange on London, private discount, 3*». . »■» STILLWATEIt NEWS. The remains of W. B. ('illy, a guard at tho prison, who died Saturday, of diphtheria, were taken to Princeton last evening for in terment. Deceased was the rirst guard ap pointed by Warden Garviu. and came here from the st. Cloud reformatory. He was sta tioned in the prison binding twine factory and was well liked by the officers and con victs. The Mascots of this were defeated yesterday by the Diamond Stars of Minne apolis by a score of 12 to 10- Mrs. Mcl Bromley narrowly escaped being suffocated yesterday. While fating dinner a small chicken bone lodged in her throat, and she was nearly sutfecated when tho attend ing physician succeeded in dislodging the .bone. ! A number of young men were fooling with an old musket in Mcl Bromley's livery btablo yesieaday afternoon, when the ipiece*was ac cidentally discharged. The charge tore a large hole in the floor, and some of the by standers miraculously escaped being injured. THE COTTON CROP. Reports Regarding It Becoming More Discouraging. St. Louis, Mo., Sept. The cotton reports this week are even less favora able than those of last. They vary only in the estimated amount of damage done and in the causes of the damage. In one section worms, in another rust, in others wet weather combined have played havoc with the crop. Few and far between are the reports that may be considered at all favorable. In Ten nessee; cold weather has turned the plant brown «nd caused considerable shedding, and tb,p same agency has changed the. condition in North Ala bama, which last week sent in good re- vL^Powder: Used in Millions of Homes — 40 Years the Standard « ports, reducing the crop prospects, and in Southern Alabama a loss of 25 " per cent is recorded. Georgia, the euro nans, and Florida reports are equally discouraging. " THE CLEAR \.\CKS. Exchanges of the' Banks of Sev eral American Cities. Boston, Sept. 6.— The following table, compiled from dispatches to the Post from the managers of the clearing houses of the cities named, shows the - gross exchanges for last week, with rates per cent of increase or decrease, as against the amounts for the cor responding week in IS9O. , C rings, Inc. Dec New York. fRS£B3,OIO "206 ..... Chicago 100.010,000 20.3 Sk?i lo "vi. •"•• «.«-»,«6 15.4 Philadelphia...'.....-... .60.001.747 8.9 bt. Louis... 22.0W.801..... 2.4 San Francisco 1:1,309,805 ... 4.0 Baltimore- 15,888 6U5 7.5 Cincinnati I£IS3,«JO 3.4.;... £"" *- ■•■• 11.067,63.-. 16.1 Kansas city. „.... 10.313.410 8.5 £°"! s y il!e 6,310.724 10.5 Buttalo.. 8,087.301 5.3 Minneapolis 8.444,88* 23.4 .r .. Milwaukee 6.073.000 . . . . 13.7 Providence 4.004.900 . . . . 10.8 New Orleans 6,t..57.TC8 ..... 6.0 Detrou r-.stil.s.-ti. ... 9.0 Cleveland... ........ 6.211,317 2.5 maba 3.533.430...:. 16.5 Denver f •••• 4 ;i.V 547 . :::. 1" a M. Paul.- ; 4,410,5.>-6 7.7 Indianapolis 4,500.260 235.1 . . Oalveston.; 5.039 644 .... 3.4 Columbus...... •")i l) . k ')o 07 Memphis.:.. . I^TCO °5 *> lluUl 2.008.W7 4.5..... &:;:;;:::;;;:;; 1.W1.161 14.5 Hart! ord 1.T5.<560 2 0.. . . C h m m nd •-• 1,087.741 8.5.... *»shvdle 1,im:..:u0 27.7 • Portland, 0r.......... 1014 808 1.1... halt Lake City LUSO.4OI »J Washington 1,438.296 ..... 04 St. Joseph • 1,550,482 " . 5.5 Peoria. 2.113.83:2 6.6..... Sntt'"-' 1.(571,314 33.6 Springfield 1, T 5!»,853 7.1. ... Sew liaven 1587047 0.6..... M «rcesr ;r 1 85D.H80 86'" Portland, Me... l-'in-V) <»s • Fort Worth .::;:::.":. ! 7KUB7 *; 8 •'& £ n °!™k 85f1L204 26.0 Tncoma... 013.055.. 33 Wilmington 77. ( >i i 0..... Seattle. car <ci A .»<> ™ sioux city ..:::;•• SS::::: Si Grand Kup1d5. ..;.... BiMUGG "si'l" "'' Syracuse.; &£ m Vor"" Los Angeles TOS.9U v:; .. Lowell ....:.... 74J2.M «0l Birmingham ....... <-, h i V > 10*3 ■ &\*°'w« : liH.'iV c.r,. U3 Cbartauoog. 4 . v:()l) -" '«•« Lincoln 533,771 1"9 New Bedford •"-•' 808.11* £6 • ... Topeka 4->l 7->(; •>! n Wichita .:: SS.fr'iKi cxi "« 10 / 1 • sio:s3 100 3 !:: Montreal O'XIO'HB 7"> Halifax. N. 3 L 005.844 12.7 •Houston 472*355 ~. • aco " •-••• 857,700 ♦lorouto.. 8J04.870 Total, sixty cities... St.22* 44\84° 18 7 ' Outside of NewVorkl 5t70.J1g.838 4.». '...'.'. ♦Not included iv totals. < "" The clearings last week in Now York and Boston were for six days, which compares with a five-day week last year. This accounts for the large In crease for those two cities, and also in the total. Thirty-two cities increased and twenty-eight decreased as com pared with last year. In comparison with the previous week the total ex changes Increased $201), 101,201. or 28.3 per cent, and outside of New York thti . exchanges increased 166,040,166, or 16.3 per cent. A GREAT WATKItSPOUT. An Unusual Sight Witnessed b 4 People in Jersey. Asini:v PAHK.N.J.,Sept. 6.— The vis- , itnrs who went to the beach yesterday to watch the unusually heavy sea were treated to a sight rarely witnessed near shore. About 9 o'clock the wind was blowing furiously from the northeast. Suddenly tiie sea, at a spot near the shore, was unusually agitated, and, as the eyes of all were directed to the spot, a huge waterspout formed and began moving seaward in a southeasterly direction. The volume of water was ballooon-shaped and was fully 300 feet high, There were no vessels in its • track, but Tyler Emmons. a fisherman, narrowly escaped being caught by the mountain of water, lie saw it ap proaching and pulled his boat out of the swirling column, which passed within 100 yards of him. The waterspout left in its wake a broad track of foaming water, and the incoming breakers rolled mountain high for hall an hour after the spout disappeared. SUSPENSION OF WRITS. The Man Who Originated It Is Dead. AVBVmr, N. V., Sept. 6.— Hon. Ben jamin Hall died here this morning after a lingering Illness. lie was born in Whitehall July 23, 1814. In 1850, by the appointment of .President Fillmore. he made a compilation and revision of the accumulated official decisions of the attorney general of the United States. In April, 1801, President Lincoln ap pointed him chief justice of Colorado, a position of great peril in the days of the breaking out of the Rebellion. A con spiracy was formed to kill him and other federal office™ and secure the territory for the secessionists. The scheme failed, and nothing went further to defeat the plans of the rebels than a ruling of Judge Hall, originating with him, to the effect that in cases of armed rebellion against the government the courts could suspend the issue ot writ* of habeas corpus. >^*» . *> GIIUBU IN A STORM. Our Minister to Spain Is Eaclly Shaken Up. New York, Sept. o.— Gen. E. Burd Grubb, United States minister to Spain, arrived from Havre to-day on the French liner La Tournlne. The minister was in excellent health and spirits. The La Touraine experienced a violent hurri cane, lasting forty-eight hours. Dur ing the gale the sea stove In the look out on the fore mast, wnich was forty live feet from the water's edge, and also broke a number of the stanchions. Of cers of the steamer say it was one of the heaviest storms they had experi enced In seven years on this line. The cap, of the iron windlass, weighing over 400 pounds, was hurled to the port side of the steamer, a distance of sev eral rods. Fortunately no one was In ured during the storm. Should Both Retire. Nashville, Term., Sept. The Paruell branch of the Irish National league, at a meeting this afternoon, selected delegates to the National league convention, and resolved as the sense ot Ihe members that Parnell and McCarthy should both retire and a new leader of the Irish party be called to the helm. The Parnell branch has hitherto been almost unanimous for Parnell. Death of E. T. 31 a I lory. Special to the Globe. Bed Wing, Minn., Sept. 6.— R. T. Mallory. secretary and manager of the Minnesota Stoneware company, died this afternoon aftef a two weeks' ill ness. '