SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI. 19 



MANUFACTURED TOBACCO. 



St. Louis produces more manufactured tobacco than any other city in 

 the world. In fact, this city produces nearly 23 per cent, of all the tobacco 

 manufactured in the United States. The total manufacture of cigars in this 

 country the past year was 4,066,917,433, of which St. Louis produced nearly 

 52 millions. 



LUMBER. 



St. Louis still holds her supremacy as the largest hardwood market in the 

 world. 



"WOODEN WARE AND HARDWARE. 



In these two products our city is still without a rival in the world. 



BOOTS AND SHOES. 



St. Louis stands next to Boston, as a distributing centre for boots and 

 shoes in the United States. There were received in this city daring 1894 an 

 aggregate of nearly S20,000,000 worth of this product, and an approximate 

 estimate would show that our own factories have produced nearly five and 

 a quarter millions of pairs of all kinds of boots and shoes ; and the output 

 is constantly increasing. 



COTTON. 



Attention has recently been very strongly called to the advantages nat- 

 urally possessed by St. Louis in the manufacture and distribution of cotton 

 goods. Beyond question, the cotton plants of New England are being slowly 

 but surely moved to the cotton producing States. The di:itance from the 

 cotton fields, the high price of coal and the constant interference with its 

 industrial interests by labor organizations, have been steadily affecting 

 New England's supremacy in the production of cotton goods. For this 

 type of manufacture St. Louis possesses exceptional advantages, as a few 

 facts will demonstrate: 



1. There is a saving of $2 a hale in freight over Boston points. 



2 There is a saving of about the same amount in freight on the return 

 of manufactured goods from the same points. 



.3. Coal for manufacturing can be obtained in this city for from 90 

 cents to f I per ton. 



4. St. Louis is one of the largest and most active distributing points in 

 the United States for cotton goods. 



5. We have an abundance of excellent labor obtainable on favorable 

 terms. 



6. Our great river and its tributaries are most effective in protecting 

 us against possible discrimination in railroad freight rates in supplying our 

 consuming districts. 



7. Our cotton factors and dealers carry a constant stock of from 25,000 to 

 100,000 bales. This would help save the manufacturer a large yearly amount 

 in insurance, storage and interest, incidental to carrying his own stock. 



8. One of the largest lines of Mississippi River steamers stands ready 

 to make a contract to carry raw cotton from points between New Or- 

 leans and Vicksburg for $1 per bale. And from Vicksburg to Cairo for 75 

 cents a bale. We are thus practically as well placed for handling this prod- 

 uct, as if we were in the midst of Georgia or Texas. 



These striking advantages have strongly appealed to St. Louis capi- 



