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health of the city, be glad there were more encourage- ment, and as the season is partly over, tickets have been reduced to one dollar the season."
Miscellaneous Trades and Industries .- In ad- dition to the foregoing there is an immense variety of trades and industries in St. Louis, of which it is im- possible to give a particular account within the limits of this work. Among the more important may be mentioned the trade in wall-paper, carpets, etc., in which thirty-one houses were engaged in 1881, their business aggregating one million nine hundred thou- sand dollars; books and stationery, in which five wholesale and seventy-five retail houscs were employed in 1881, the aggregate business being estimated at six million nine hundred thousand dollars; news and book paper, etc., represented in 1881 by nine wholesale dealers, transacting a business of three mil- lion nine hundred thousand dollars ;1 music and musi- cal instruments, transacted by eleven houses, whose business was estimated in 1881 at one million six hun- dred thousand dollars ; produce, seventy-nine houses, with annual sales estimated in 1881 of two million dollars, besides four firms engaged in the sale of seeds of various kinds ; powder, guns, and sporting goods, five wholesale firms, who confine their business to gun, rifle, and blasting powder and similar goods, and three firms who deal in guns, pistols, fishing-tackle, and sporting goods ; aggregate value of business in 1881, six hundred thousand dollars.
In addition to the manufactures already described there were in 1881 the following among other indus- tries in active and successful operation : Agricultural implements, seven firms, 500 hands employed, $900,- 000 value of annual product ; artificial feathers and flowers, three firms, 79 hands, $150,000 annual sales ; awnings and tents, ten firms, 250 hands employed, $400,000 annual sales ; bags, paper, flax, hemp, and jute, seven firms, 500 hands employed, $1,100,000 annual sales ; box manufactures, twelve firms, 250 hands employed, $400,000 annual sales ; brass foun- dries, fourtecn firms, 157 hands employed, $580,000
1 " At a meeting of the directors and stockholders of the ' Mis- souri Paper Manufacturing Company,' held at their office, No. 46 Chestnut Street, St. Louis, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 1860, the or- ganization of the company, under the laws of the State of Mis- souri, was completed, and the following-named gentlemen con- firmed as directors of the company for the first year from the 7th of July last, and the persons named in connection with the same elected officers for the same term.
" Directors, as named in the license from the State, R. H. Hub- bell, E. Stafford, Bernard Poepping, George Spear, V. B. S. Reber ; President, Hon. Bernard Poepping; Vice-President, Thomas H. Paschall, Esq. ; Secretary, Edward Stafford, Esq."- Missouri Republican, Nov. 2, 1860.
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TRADE, COMMERCE, AND MANUFACTURES.
annual sales ; carriages and wagons, forty firms, 1100 men and boys employed, nearly $2,000,000 annual sales ; confectionery, three hundred dealers, value of business $1,200,000 per annum; cooperage, eighty establishments, 900 hands employed, $500,000 eapital invested, total annual sales $1,500,000 ; cordage and twine, fourteen firms, 77 hands employed, $75,000 estimated value of business; corsets, three firms, $10,000 annual sales; cutlery and tools, four firms, 20 hands employed, $24,000 annual sales ; engraving, die-sinking, etc., seventeen firms, 65 hands employed, $151,000 annual sales ; wood-engraving, three firms, 24 hands employed, $40,000 annual sales ; files, six firms, 35 hands employed, $42,000 annual sales ; glass, six firms, 400 hands employed, $600,000 an- nual sales ; glue, five firms, 30 hands employed, $75,000 annual sales ; machinery, forty-six firms, 1600 hands employed, $2,500,000 annual sales; marble- and stone-work, fifty-six firms, 475 hands em- ployed, $800,000 annual sales ; mattresses and spring-
beds, nine firms, 55 hands employed, $150,000 an- nual sales ; mineral and soda waters, ten firms, 100 hands employed, $175,000 annual sales; paints and varnishies, total capital invested $2,000,000, 532 hands employed, $2,700,000 annual sales ; refrigera- tors, three firms, 101 hands employed, $309,000 an- nual sales ; roofing and roofing materials, five firms, 75 hands employed, $177,000 annual sales; show- eases, four firms, 79 hands employed, $90,000 annual sales ; shirts, seventeen firms, 274 women and 52 men employed, $280,000 annual sales; stone and earth- enware, five firms, forty-one hands employed, $50,000 annual sales ; tin, copper, and sheet-iron, about 200 firms, with an estimated business of $1,200,000 per annum ; vinegar, fourteen firms, 120 hands employed, $575,000 value of annual produet ; wheelwrighting, fifty-two firms, 130 hands employed, $155,000 annual sales ; whips, four firms, annual business $20,000 ; wire-work, 600 hands employed, $1,300,000 annual sales.
COMPARATIVE BUSINESS IN LEADING ARTICLES AT ST. LOUIS FOR 1878, 1879, 1880, AND 1881.
ARTICLES.
1878.
1879.
1880.
1881.
Flour, amount manufactured.
bbls.
1,916,290
2,142,949
2,077,625
1,718,129
Wheat, total receipts.
.bush.
14,325,431
17,093,362
21,022,275
13,243,511
Corn,
6
bush.
9,009,723
13,360,636
22,298,077
21,259,310
Oats,
66
66
.bush.
3,882,276
5,002,165
5,607,078
6,295,050
Barley,
66
bush.
1,517,292
1,831,517
2,561,992
2,411,723
Cotton, receipts ..
bales.
338,340
472,436
352,219
461,759
Hemp, 66
.bales.
5,087
4,072
1,731
3,580
Bagging, manufactured.
. yards.
7,500,000
8,000,000
10,000,000
10,000,000
Hay, receipts, bales of 400 1bs.
bales.
330,981
461,979
676,268
98,097
Tobacco, receipts.
hhds.
25,870
20,278
18,813
22,042
Lead, receipts in pigs, 80 lbs. average.
pigs.
764,357
817,594
764,887
925.406
Hog product, total exports
.1bs.
188,529,593
220,891,273
199,456,866
196,827,228
Cattle, receipts
head.
406,235
420,654
424,720
503,862
head.
168,095
182,648
205,969
334,426
head.
1,451,634
1,762,224
1,840,684
1,672,153
head.
27,878
33,953
46,011
42,365
Lumber,
66
.feet.
189,238,333
280,986,361
330,935,973
434,043,094
Shingles,
.. pcs.
88,059,000
77,811,500
106,246,750
56,578,785
Lath,
pcs.
33,993,000
27,713,700
41,023,400
18,523,823
Hides, «
1bs.
17,129,894
20,042,734
18,436,253
20,079,814
Sugar, received
.1bs.
106,836,225
107,176,052
113,627,470
109,537,015
Molasses, shipped
.galls.
1,844,260
1,684,960
2,164,098
4,190,290
Coffee, received
bags.
201,080
267,533
303,649 39,399
245,239
Coal,
bush.
33,087,300
36,978,150
41,972,356
44,720,175
Nails,
kegs.
522,399
575,538
601,795
534,227
Potatoes, receipts
bush.
602,675
963,047
801,422
1,378,754
Salt,
bbls.
271,521
244,966
313,379
232,843
66
.sacks.
78,781
78,345
61,348
73,239
bush. in bulk.
439,788
333,868
314,720
Butter
1bs.
8,627,056
8,961,965
8,659,133
8,247,401
bush.
845,932
713,728
468,755
469,796
Ali grain (including flour reduced to wheat).
. bush.
36,107,334
46,037,578
60,477,547
51,785,403
Rye,
handled
bbls.
3,633,872
4,154,754
4,217,664
3,600,689
Hogs,
66
Horses and mules, receipts
Wool, total receipts
lbs.
16,469,816
20,786,742
12,387,089
11,198,272
Rice, receipts ..
bbls.
25,600
34,213
48,661
Sheep,
In 1871 a carefully prepared statement by William A. Johnson showed the inerease in manufactures in twenty of the leading artieles to have been nineteen per cent. in the capital employed, and thirty per eent. in the value of the products.
Mr. Charles W. Knapp, from whose very able paper on St. Louis, read before the " Round Table" in Oe- tober, 1882, we have frequently had occasion to quote, thus groups the manufacturing eities, according to the eensus of 1860, 1870, and 1880 :
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HISTORY OF SAINT LOUIS.
MANUFACTURING OF LEADING CITIES IN 1860.
CITY.
Number of Establish- ments.
Capital.
Average Number of Hauds.
Wages.
Cost of Material.
Product.
Baltimore.
1310
$3,789,757
21,821
$4,351,244
$18,068,683
$29,591,958
Boston.
1050
14,527,880
19,093
6,948,839
20,254,277
37,681,808
Brooklyn.
1032
12,320,876
12,758
4,462,633
19,040,316
34,241,520
Buffalo
792
5,529,471
6,500
1,819,382
5,974,291
10,774,400
Chicago
469
5,571,025
5,593
1,992,257
8,026,670
13,555,671
Cincinnati
2084
18,983,693
30,268
8,693,830
25,887,363
46,995,062
Cleveland
387
2,676,963
4,455
1,333,118
4,029,015
6,973,737
Detroit
368
4,137,766
3,707
1,080,095
3,743,285
6,498,593
Jersey City.
279
3,345,690
3,310
1,171,857
3,479,927
6,760.241
Newark.
770
13,846,605
21,800
6,517,952
15,029,087
27,927.514
New Orleans.
1232
3,431,535
5,568
2,907,469
5,295,265
11,373,265
New York
4375
61,212,757
90,204
28,481.915
90,177,038
159,107,369
Philadelphia.
6298
73,318,885
137,983
27,369.254
69,562,206
135,979,677
Providence
894
17,961,985
23,769
6,651,040
13,655,956
29,211,478
Pittsburgh ..
1191
20,531,440
20,493
6,241,520
13,020,615
26,563,679
San Francisco
229
2,284,800
1,564
1,703,672
15,037,840
19,595,356
St. Louis
1126
12,733,948
11,737
4,372,087
16,212,699
27,000,070
Washington.
429
2,905,865
3,148
1,139,154
2,884,185
5,412,102
MANUFACTURING OF LEADING CITIES IN 1870.
CITY.
Number of Establish- ments.
Capital.
Average Number of Hauds.
Wages.
Cost of Material.
Product.
Baltimore.
2,759
$26,049,040
23,944
. $10,352,078
$36,144,425
$59,219,933
Boston.
2,546
47,311,906
43,550
22,748,700
50,384,305
111,380,840
Brooklyn
1,043
25,287,981
18545
9.273,994
39,899,971
60,848,673
Buffalo
1,429
13,043,790
13,274
4,946,414
15,274,440
27,446,683
Chicago ..
1,440
39,372,276
31,105
13,045,286
60,362,188
92,518,742
Cincinnati
2,469
42,646,152
37,344
15,601,289
44,876,148
78.905,980
Cleveland
1,149
13,645,018
10,063
4,539,065
16,861,357
27,049,012
Detroit
1,193
14,732,160
13,989
5,375,213
15,336,359
26,217,685
Jersey City.
333
11,718,400
5,624
3,280,526
17,229,652
24,256,017
Louisville.
801
11,129,291
11,589
4,464,640
10,369,556
20,364,650
Milwaukee
828
8,109,199
8,433
3,409,172
11,609,995
18,798,122
Newark
1,198
22,606,662
22,156
11,537,270
29,255,062
52,108,958
New Orleans.
911
5,751,985 129,952,262
129,577
63,824,049
178,696,939
332,951,520
Philadelphia
8,184
174,016,674
137,496
58,780,130
180,325,713
322,004,517
Providence.
1,303
54,485,967
37,100
15,097,233
55,147,483
85,142,032
Pittsburgh
1,184
54,303,474
34,228
18,493,124
52,165,657
88,789,414
San Francisco
1,223
21,170,856
12,377
7,238,528
20,046,321
37,410,829
St. Louis.
4,579
60,357,001
40,856
24,221,717
87,388,252
158,761,013
Washington
952
5,021,925
4,685
2,007,600
4,754,883
9,292,173
MANUFACTURING OF LEADING CITIES IN 1880.
CITY.
Number of Establish- ments.
Capital.
Average Number of Hands.
Wages.
Cost of Material.
Product.
Baltimore.
3,596
$35,760,108
55,201
$14,467,825
$46,488,244
$75,621,388
Boston ...
3,521
32,750,134
56,813
23,715,140
77,586,607
123,366,137
Brooklyn
5,089
56,621,399
45,226
21,672,051
124,951,203
169,757,590
Buffalo
5,137
24,188,562
16,838
6,913,702
25,888,263
40,003,265
Chicago.
3,479
64,177,335
77,601
33,795,486
174,244,364
244,045,007
Cincinnati
3,231
43,278,733
41,188
18,571,687
55,939,133
94,869,105
Cleveland
1,033
18,134,789
21,499
8,377,081
30,850,977
47,352,208
Detroit
875
14,202,159
15,162
5,811,426
17,143,490
28.333,580
Jersey City.
555
11,329,915
10,688
4,347,034
49,320,099
50,581,141
Louisville.
1,066 ·
19,583,013
16,579
5,496,521
19,180,212
82,381,733
Milwaukee
821
13,811,405
19.620
6,005,487
26,462,740
38,955,238
Newark
1,299
23,919,115
29,232
12,809,011
42,940,817
66,234,525
New Orleans
906
8,401,390
9,449
3,658,152
10,475,022
18,341,006
New York
11,162
164,917,856
217,977
93,378,806
275,097,236
448,209,2>8
Philadelphia
8,377
170,495,191
173,869
60,606,287
187,169,375
304.501,725
Providence ..
1,186
23,593,932
21,336
8,903,729
21,376,467
39,596,653
Pittsburgh.
1,071
50,976,902
36,465
16,918,426
41,201,998
76,241,884
San Francisco,
2,860
29,417,246
26,072
13,595,010
44,537,430
71,613,385
St. Louis
2.886
45,385,785
39,724
16,714,917
68,154,990
104,383,587
Washington
961
5,381,226
7,116
3,897,126
5,234,611
11,611,115
5,084
2,254,554
4,556,543
9,989,288
New York
7,624
TRADE, COMMERCE, AND MANUFACTURES.
CENSUS RETURNS OF ST. LOUIS PRODUCTIONS IN 1880.
MECHANICAL AND MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.
Number of Establishments.
Capital.
Greatest Number of Hands Em-
ployed at any one time during
Males above 16 Years.
Females above 15 Years.
Children and Youths.
Total Amount Paid in Wages
Materials.
Products.
All industries
2886
$45,385,785
... ...
32,080
4702
2942
$16,714,917
$68,154,990
$104,383,587
Agricultural implements
7
$434,000
600
443
......
5
$190,179
$478.140
$856,430
Artificial feathers and flowers.
36,000
85
9
50
15
25,450
66,000
147,250
Awniug and tents.
9
127,200
259
47
165
54,850
249,185
388,940
Bagging, fax, hemp, and jute.
3
370,000
551
149
161
76
150.216
545,900
867,395
Bags, paper.
4
88,250
110
12
30
42
29,700
174,800
231,500
Baking- and yeast-powders.
8
111,700
100
48
26
10
39,714
182,900
323,500
Baskets, rattan, and willow-ware.
7
9,015
14
13
6,140
3,960
18,020
Bookbinding
10
132,500
278
148
56
7
80,700
105,600
257,087
Boots and shoes
184
679,630
1410
658
217
197
425,664
884,812
1,634,594
Boxes, cigar ...
6
57,550
97
51
22
11
34,100
47,700
105,600
Boxes, fancy and paper.
6
21,500
155
27
44
19
23,300
45,800
91,200
Boxes, wooden, packing.
11
40,600
98
80
2
33,601
75,430
140,400
Brass castings.
14
186,100
172
149
8
70,087
395,275
570,450
195
719,070
1215
614
57
68
312,913
1,672,843
2,575,350
45
727,250
1235
787
153
307,581
196,588
700,942
Brooms and brushes.
25
95,175
328
117
2
110
83,349
149,770
2×1.280
Carpentering.
185
361,840
2228
1098
8
667,900
1,585,094
3,005,411 5,100
Carriage and wagon materials ..
126,000
203
189
...
51
447,831
811,865
1,614,236
Cars, railroad, street, and repairs.
7
314,200
704
601
....
1191
1652
12
779,903
1,895,342
3,425,167
Clothing, women's
140,800
656
75
451
30
119,775
238,700
483,000
Coffee and spices, roasted and ground.
6
230,000
119
90
2
4
41,840
391,500
568,000
Confectionery.
307,560
569
207
185
21
159,649
774,790
1,158,185
78
493,295
1217
860
88
377,056
798,262
1,431,405
3
3,500
21
9
1
6,200
12,000
24,000
14
12,875
89
37
40
16,423
33,250
67,664
3
720
8
2
3
1,450
2,410
6,460
3
625,500
444
110
171
163
86,325
318,156
453,295
Cutlery and edge tools
4
4,000
21
9
5
3
1
4,184
6,700
33,400
15
696,000
317
216
57
28
123,940
665,365
1,166,743
5
16,450
26
17
6
1
6,950
2,650
23,900
Electroplating
8
17,600
41
29
1
2
12,725
9,420
43,200
Engraving and die-sinking.
7
9,675
20
14
1
7,165
10,750
30,000
Engraving, steel.
72,100
53
47
2
25,050
62,500
120,900
Engraving, wood.
12,200
25
22
2
11,350
1,370
21,070 34,300
Flouring- and grist-mill products.
2,067,500
712
654
1
2
488,109
11,960,553
13,759,628
Food preparations.
4
17,100
18
13
......
1
11,614
54,902
123,250
Furniture ..
920,702
1315
11
511,915
1,082,825
1,979,683
Glass.
5
280,000
...
19
16
...
......
9,450
7,100
27,600
Gloves and mittens.
13,000
83
29
35
4
18,000
19,000
46,000
5
34,350
64
21
4
13,220
41,575
73,800
6
43,250
21
20
....
7,375
19,350
40,700)
Hardware.
10
210,150
156
111
1
51,321
102,256
188,862
Hats and caps.
60,400 9,600
12
0 00 8
....
12,700
35,725
81,450
Iron and steel.
10
5,960,600
2268
2158
110
616,575
2,823,058
. 3,950,530
Iron bolts, nuts, wasliers, and rlvets.
4
235,000
178
123
14
60,498
301,937
43,560
Iron castings.
17
2,462,500
1876
1717
20
1,035,424
1,589,415
3,526,815
Iron railing, wronght ..
6
23,400
48
34
5
20,760
25,360
63,400
Jewelry
8
52,000
66
55
7
37,600
98,000
189,500
Labels and tags.
3
10,300
18
12
....
7,868
10,910
25,500
Lamps and reflectors.
7
205
139
10
74,139
376,540
519,300
Leather, tanned
17
123,450
120
3
7
39,191
299,926
399,963
Lightning-rods
4
64,500
49
33
6
17
51,265
83,344
214 989
Lock- and gun-smithing.
17
5,325
18
18
8,514
4,970
24,714
Looking-glass and picture frames.
19
323,900
280
1.29
1
22
80.251
102,×25
268,6×2
Lumber, planed.
9
272,350
418
335
2
22
152,609
502,742
756,036
Lumber, sawed. Machinery.
45
889,713
1730
1524
8
735,892
995,429
2,221,455
Marble- and stone-work.
56
237,825
725
473
18
237,207
245,707
707,721
Mattresses and spring-beds.
8
21,750
90
50
19
10
24,9334
75,436
135,300
Masonry, brick and stone ...
20
26,725
411
242
...
122,636
168,130
390,600
3
350
3
2
450
900
264,600
Carriages and wagons ..
39
740,050
1300
1012
8
291,384
732.460
1,100,809
Clothing, men's.
100 13
Coffins, burial-cases, and undertakers' goods.
5
30,500
33
4
12,530
109,200
157,396
Cooperage .
224,745
461
343
....
6
188,954
201,598
616,909
Boot and shoe uppers.
3
12,000
14
13
......
7,052
17,400
29,200
Bread, crackers, and other bakery products. Brick and tilo.
Carpets, rags ..
3
3
91,638
134,440
8,450
24,400
Dentistry, mechanical
9
6
38,900
46
35
.....
17,142
7.870
30,840
Fruits and vegetables, canned and preserved.
3
31,500
47
38
1044 395
... ...
220
261,098
238,996
597,277
Glass, ent, stained, and ornamental.
3
11,000
32
6
23
82
4
42,865
77,740
177.531
Ink
3
3,568
7,290
16,234
Instruments, professional and scientific.
4
54,660
Iron-work, architectural and ornamental.
4
34,000
84
44
17,850
31,860
67,610
Leather, curried.
3
54,000
17
16
7,250
14,491
39,202 63,200
Lithographilng
5
71,500
122
3
620,0:00
194
119
72,086
251,600
412,000
7
291,600 59,250
50
40
16,595
240,797
282,417
Lime ....
13,800
32,95
Grease and tallow.
9,150
66,220
107,300
Ilair-work
8
17,600
145
49
...
Files
24
4,800
11,375
54
6,900
Drugs and chemicals.
Dyeing and cleaning.
1,351,335
3612
31
Coppersmithing ..
Cordage and twine.
Corsets.
Cotton goods ...
9,596
......
8
68
3
GIne .....
10
3
1339
Average Number of Hands Employed.
during the Year.
the Year.
Blacksmithing.
168
...
...
....
1340
HISTORY OF SAINT LOUIS.
CENSUS RETURNS OF ST. LOUIS PRODUCTIONS IN 1880 .- Continued.
MECHANICAL AND MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.
Number of Establishments.
Capital.
Greatest Number of Hands Em-
ployed at any one time during
Males above 16 Years.
Females above 15 Years.
Children and Youths.
Total Amount Paid in Wages
Materials.
Products.
Meat-packing.
32
$1,243,000
1095
564
......
20
$269,763
$7,085,909
$8,424,064
Mineral and soda waters
10
87,100
135
89
5
25
39,846
48,000
173,000
Models and patterns.
3
11,700
11
10
...
6,400
1,420
16,400
Musical instruments and materials, not specified
8
60,000
15
10
1
1
5,350
8,775
28,250
Musical instruments, organs and materials ...
3
10,600
14
9
6,000
5,200
16,600
Musical instruments, pianos and materials.
7
21,350
22
19
Oil, lard
3
96,000
29
25
Paints
13
1,688,350
608
522
10
4
250,532
2,196,480
2,570,860
Painting and paper-hanging ..
119
369,945
1416
863
15
18
393,932
549,654
1,255,552
Patent medicines and compounds.
24
1,383,200
326
198
13
134,696
482,235
1,145,090
Photographing.
25
86,050
95
59
18
6
43,130
48,950
170,094
Pickles, preserves, and sauces.
3
48,200
167
58
25
25
41,999
134,200
211,200
Plastering
48
55,650
277
144
239
.....
7
$126,099
214,958
494,683
Printing and publishing.
101
2,480,060
2541
1978
175
117
1,239,299
1,249,094
3,668,287
9
529,850
143
109
2
65,900
701,570
926,750
Refrigerators.
3
28,700
117
86
15
42,950
183,300
309,500
Roofing and roofing materials
5
58,700
102
75
48,000
81.900
177,800
Saddlery and harness
92
1,370,350
1477
1143
4
72
533,442
1,382,074
2,364.858
Sash, doors, and blinds.
12
586,195
804
661
......
43
275,321
669,871
1,191,670
Shirts
17
122,100
454
52
274
84,416
127,100
278,700
Show-cases ..
23,000
86
74
4
28,499
11,750
89,100
15
718,927
310
253
2
95,561
1,262,701
1,607,541
6
4,750
14
11
...
5,925
5,565
21,425
Stone and earthenware.
5
34,500
58
31
...
10
16,090
19,985
46,430
Tin, copper, and sheet-iron ware.
418,325
706
508
18
62
227,546
553,208
1,095,959
Tobacco, chewing, smoking, and snuff.
1,146,200
1802
763
146
325
402,959
3,950,956
4,813,769
Tobacco, cigars.
201
272,925
825
576
6
72
265,967
312,725
888,993
14
105,500
168
156
8
73,125
205,775
340,560
Upholstering.
18
209,025
80
48
4
6
20,850
62,100
148,727
3
26,500
13
10
8,962
35,000
54,600
Vinegar
14
249,650
145
115
12
69,520
296,000
572,400
Watch and clock repairing
17
36,250
21
19
1
9,367
13,175
39,740
Wheelwrighting.
52
51,950
148
110
3
47,598
42,632
140,121
Whips ..
4
1,260
12
12
4,639
8,960
17,414
Wine ...
3
380,000
31
30
18,830
52,000
131,000
Wire-work
8
470,500
690
597
4
76
277,670
704,300
1,251,050
Wood, turned and carved.
18
28,725
51
42
......
2
19,183
20,045
84.207
Miscellaneous industries 1
80
5,458,388
3268
2324
326
233
1,145,190
8,756,728
11,729,196
1 The eighty establishments classed as " miscellaneous industries" are grouped in order that the business of individual establishments may not be disclosed to the public. In this group are embraced artificial limbs; Babbitt-metal and solder; bags, other than paper; belting and hose, leather; billlard-tables and materials; bluing; bone-, ivory-, and lamp-black; bridges; carriages and sleds, children's; cordials and syrups ; cork- cutting; explosives and fireworks; fertilizers; flavoring extracts; furniture; chairs; furs, dressed ; iron-forgings; ice, patent process; jewelry and Instrument cases; lard, refined; lead, bar, pipe, sheet, and shot; malt ; mantels, slate, marble, and marbleized; oil, animal; oil, castor; oil, cotton-seed: oil, lubricating ; paving materials; perfumery and cosmetics; photographic apparatus ; plated and Britannia ware; regalias aud society banners and emblems; safes, doors, and vaults, fire-proof; saws; silk and silk goods; silver-mithing; sporting goods; stamped-ware; stationery goods; steam-fittings and heating apparatus; stereotyping and electrotyping; sugar and molasses, refined; surgical appliances; tar and turpen- tine; telegraph and telephone apparatus; terra-cotta ware; toys and games; type-founding; upholstering materials; washing-machines and clothes-wringers; watch-cases; window-blinds and shades; wire; wooden-ware; woolen goods.
Information derived from the United States Census Bureau as late as December, 1882, gives the following as the proper figures in regard to the manufactures of St. Louis :
Number of establishments.
2,922
Capital employed.
$50,672,885
Number of males employed above sixteen years of age.
33,948
Number of females employed above fifteen years of age.
4,761
Number of children and youths employed. 3,079
Amount paid in wages.
$17,713,532
66 for materials 75,068,467
Value of products.
113,874,875
CHAPTER XXXI.
COMMERCIAL EXCHANGES.
Chamber of Commerce and Merchants' Ex- change .- The first movement for the formation of a merchants' association in St. Louis was made in the summer of 1836, and the original organization was ef- fected at a meeting of " merchants and traders," held at the office of the Missouri Insurance Company, on the 15th of July in that year. Edward Tracy was chairman, and Daniel Lamont acted as secretary. Preliminary meetings had already been held, and the record of the proceedings having been rcad, the com- mittee appointed to draft a constitution and by-laws
Umbrellas and canes ..
4
1,400
6
3
...
1,020
1,150
4,370
Varnish
61
115,775
368
83,753
48,191
215.100
Plumbing and gas-fitting ..
13,050
505,750
539,000
10,398
8,060
27,200
during the Year.
the Year.
Average Number of Hands Employed.
-
4
Soap and candles.
2
Stencils and brands
2
120 21
Pumps ... ...
...
......
1
Trunks and valises.
4
...
1341
COMMERCIAL EXCHANGES.
reported through their chairman, George K. McGun- negle. After the report had been read and considered it was unanimously adopted. The meeting then pro- ceeded to the election of officers, and the following were chosen : President, Edward Tracy; Vice-Presi- dent, Henry Von Phul; Secretary and Treasurer, John Ford ; Annual Committee of Appeals, George K. McGunnegle, William Glasgow, John W. Reel, J. P. Doan, John Walsh, Daniel Lamont ; Commit- tee for the month of July, E. H. Beebe, Wayman Crow, C. Doan, G. Erskine, W. Finney.
The association was styled the " St. Louis Cham- ber of Commerce," and its rules, as adopted at the first meeting, provided for the following fees and com- missions :
"RULE 8. The fecs of arbitration under the sanetion of this Chamher shall be as follows :
For each award over $100 to $500 $7.50
500 to 1000 10.00
1000 to 1500. 15.00
1500 to 2500. 20.00
66
2500 25.00
" Tariff of charges, etc., established by the Chamber of Com- meree of the city of St. Louis, and recommended for general adoption when no agreement exists to the contrary :
Commissions. Per cent.
On sales of merchandise or produce. 5 On sales of lead,
2
On guarantee of sales on time .. 2%
For purchasing and shipping merchandise or produce, with funds on hand, on the aggregate cost and charges ..... .. For accepting drafts or indorsing notes or bills of ex- change, without funds, produce, or bills of lading in hand.
21
For cash advances, in all cases, even with produce or bills of lading (and interest from date).
For shipping to another market produco or merchandise upon which advances have been made.
For negotiating drafts or notes as drawer or indorser .. On sale or purchase of stocks ...
On sale or purchase of hoats, without guarantee.
For procuring freight, on the amount of freight.
For chartering boats.
For collecting freights or accounts.
For collecting delayed or litigated accounts.
For collecting dividends on stocks
21 For adjusting insurance losses.
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