Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 1, 1881, Page 16

1U THE CHICAGO TRIBUN SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1881—'TWEN'TY PAGES, a sablishments), tho firmof Henry W. King & Co, record an annual general aggregate of transactions oxceeding in volume those of nny othor American house, belie between $2,500,- 000 nuit $3,000,000, ‘ils Is the oldest Chieago firm asxnctated with this trade, having been Oruanizedt over twenty-alx pears ao, the name and style boing originally Barrett, King Co, ‘They ocoupy one of the largest mer- eantiic qdifices of the elty, with weentral and gonspicoous lucalon corner Franklin and Moalyon streets asthe haseof theirwhatesala Duainess, which covers nearly the whole list of States ant Territories In the West, Nerth, and South, Inadditton to this magniticent slx-atory atone structure, aearerating them the confortable necomodations of 60,000 feet of floorage, they operate an extensive factory on tho West Silo of the river for the produc- tion of their coinmon or medium grade lines of clothing and furnishing; © moro capa. dious “establishment. in New York giving employment to na large and | specint force in. the manufacture of their finor “and = better xrnades of goruls, anda similar one in Williamsburg, N. Y.5 and, In addition, thelr large retail branch houses, known as “Golden Earle Clothing Stores,” ench under distinct and separate Management, aud lucated respuetlyely In St. Louls, Silwaukee, and Chicago. Tho hisi- ness of the year ling exceeded that of the sea- gon of 1870 hy about 25 per cont in all depart- ments of clothing and furnishing —the latter bratich being one in whieh thelr trade hins also reached largo proportions, © ‘he fru regard the outlook for the coming yearns promising.” the indlentlons belng that the causes which have united to make the past sefison the most active In the experience of the house, or in the history of tho trade in Chicngo, will conspire also to make tho com- Ing scason proportionably a more busy and more proiltable one than that of 1880, Atoll events, the preparations of the houss for tho approaching spring trade will be on a seale of unprecedented inaznitude, which may bo -takenas the best practical evidence of tho faith that is in them touching the outlook, r A. Te SINGER, “* Although clothing has always constt- tuted a Renoral division of our Indus- tries and ot our commerce since Chi- engo held Natlonal eminence as a mer eantile centre, It $s only of Inte years that any one branch of the bislness has been elo¢ated to the dignity and magnitude of a sneral mercantile departinent, A, L. Singer, and 70 Wahash avenue, having In 1877 en- gaged in Chicago in the manufacture of elilidren’s, boys’, and Jputhe clothing, the trade being practically dlyhted Into two great interests. His trade has made a steady growth, until the produets of his estabilsh- Tnent are go lara. 50 varied, and complete ns to have siice lurgely supplied tho trafle In this specialty throughout the whole territory north, west, and south, with which our city sholds: any permanent conmereial, relation. ‘The bustiess 1s conducted by Mr, Singer on ‘a large scale jn all the departments of manu. facturing and Jobbing, ovcupying one of the Targest buildings on Wabash avente, a lofty and handsome stone-front, 5Ox180 feet ca pacity, or a total floorage of 54,000 feet, sone conception of the magnitude of the enter- Pliny veing formed from the fact that ongen- tire flour Is devoted exclusively to cutting, which Is done by several different systems of cutting-machines, one of whieh cuts from 20 Inyers of heavy-weleht goods at the saine: time accurate ‘The entire Nth floor js oceupled by sewing-machines, which are also propelled by the same notor, ‘This floor ds devoted to the manufacture of fine grides ‘of goods, The third for Is devoted to plece- igonds, trhomings, exantning, measuring, anil sponzing machinery, Second floor fs used for snlesroom and stock, | Muin floor, aflices and ready-made stock, Basement. for recely- ding and shipping. ‘The building has splendid Naht throwrhout, which is most favorable for showing gootts. ‘The business of 1880 Is reported by the hotise at an excess of 50 per cont over that of the preceding year. FE. ROTHSCHILD & BROS, Tho gonéral_ showing in tho department of elothing lias been more than falr for tho ‘year, E. Rothschild & Bros., who represent + “the interest both as an industry and trade ‘feature of great: maguitude and Jmportanee, AB MAN fActurers and wholesale dealers, and who, from tho extended and very comprefien- sive character of thelr trafic, would secu amply attalified to give an opluton of the ‘state of the business over most of our com- ‘mercial territury, report such an tnerease in thejr volume of sales over the -aggreaate transactions of 1879 ns to necessitate donblo their present accommodations, and a mag. nificent six-story, white stone-front building of extra warehouse depth and double witth, aggregating 60,000 feet of floorage, will bo comploted for-their oceupaney nbout May 1, at 203 and 205 Monrog atreet, (he centre of the .permanoent wholesale district of 'tha city. Rothschild & Bros. manufacture thelr own goods, and make a speclatty of men’s cloth- ing. ‘Che firm have been in business but six years, the growth of their trade la that pe rlod being something altnost plienomenn, _ HATS, CAPS, FURS, ETC. 2. KFITH BLOTTERS. » J Tiats, caps, furs, and men’s furnishing {Goods asoneot the main wholesuta intor- ests of Chicago, have a very complete repre- -sentation in the business of Messrs, Keith Bros, the foremost house in the West in * thin departnient, with a trade, reaching to every mercantile community in. the western half df our continent. ‘Thelr warerooms “now Include fram 246 to 253 Madison street, ‘the five brond tleors and spacious basements “of which are devoted exclusively to tho ro-. ‘ceiving, making, handling, and shipping of - the vast quantities of goods sold each season “by the firm, In regard to the developmont of business of 1880 and Its excess over the preceding year, It may be sald that, not- Uwithstanding tho year 1877 was unexampled insales by this great house, Its large re ,Sotirees and eminent reputation enabling ft ‘to take magnificent advantage of the great ~ commercial revival, yet the total transitions ‘of the past year show an Increase of 33 por centover that romarkablo season, Its bust. mes} hasbeen pushed absolutely to the re- vInyest tnch of country tributary to our -cummeree, Messra, Kelth Bros. fave long been known as the most extensive of - all Western = wholesale — denters cin thelr dine, thelr transactions with Enstern mantfacturers being of so + large a character as to enable them to secure foods at rates beyond the reach of houses of imited transnctions,—an adyautige that las been fully realized by Sts patrons, Tha houso has also, in reeent years, ndded to lite « business a full department of men's farnish= _Ings,—manufacturing and) Importing overy- thing in this branch known to the trade, Its sales 1h the staples and novelties of this de- partment reaching au enormous annual ag- _Rregate, In this elass of goods, ay tn the case of other portions of stock, sales ure 80 . large; and the relations between the tirm snd ~ Mtfacturers so intimate, that thoy td. tt practicable to afford thetr patrons tho lowest prices known to the trade, ‘Tho house is a splendid representative of all that 1s brond- -MWinded, substantlal, cnergetic, and pro- aressive in the commercial system of our _ elty, and to It perhaps as iueh its to any of four great morenntiia establishments, Is duo the prestize, tho prosperity, and tho business . fame of Clileago. v Ne O. WILTIASIS & CO. The general showing in hats, enps, furs, «and buck goods has heen highly encourag- ings N. O, Williams & Co--n lending house + for -twenty-iive years in thera related Intor- esta—report an increase of business through: Font. the latitudes and longitudes of West fern commerca amounting te a percentage ot 40 por cent over the sales of 187, Messrs, N. _ OU. Willlans & Co. conduct the, buck-gouds “trade as a specialty in connection with the “hat. cap, and -fur interest, on the lnrgest ) Beale ANC must exteniled gystan, acenpy the largo building 233 and 2% Monroe strect— sons of the mammoth five-story structures c after the latest plan of our mussive bushicss * arehitecture,—toented in tho Immediate geo- Taphileal centre nf tho erent wholesale dis- +? trict, and aggregating 4,000 fect of fuorage, three floors bolus required ay salesroons, ane for poeking and Invoicing, and one for storage. ‘The firm make a specialty and ai + largely in contyal of the best class “of tends. Outlook for 1631—very cheering, ; STRIN WON, & CO. ‘The above firm have snececded tho well- known firm of Stein, Wrinht & Co,, and is -eomposed of Charles and Louls Steln and . Charles Reichenbach, all of whom belug s energetic and netive workers with iminy “ years’ experience in thelr business and + ample capltal ut their command, will at ones - dnpress on the new firm the merit of oxcel- «dence and reliability they tind earned for tho old, Urged by the unprecedented success of ~, Hho season jurt closed, they will offer their 7 Many patrons an fnuuense fine of new styles * of hate, cups, straw xouds, gloves, firs, ume + braling, otc. nt tha opening of thy spring brady, selected with due regard to the watts _ of the trade, and with the judicious dlserlin- _. {nation that only a dreatimany yours’ expert- - ence in tho business can Impart.. Wo recom: + medal merchants desirous of consulting s thelr best Interests to visit the large 45x100- x foot structure, locatedat 200 and 203 Madison. street, whore thoy will find desirable goods and courteous salesman, EMDY, HARVEY & CO, ‘Tho place of business of this prominent firm, manufacturers of fur soods and gloves, and wholesale dealers sin’ hats, caps, and striny goods, Is located at Nos. 40 nnd 213 Mon- rou street, whero they occupy the cutireeight floors, exch with an aren of 40x180 fect, ‘These dimensions afford some iden of what magnitude thetr business has attained, and that within so gomparatively a short period that tho growth may be sald to border on the marvelous. This fs the frultage not only of capital and energy, but that other essen- tin] to commercial suiceess,—t. v,, commercial honor. W. I. FITCH & COy hats, enps, and straw goods, 176 Madison street, ‘Their system of ‘short timo enables them to make Tow prices and oncourages their patrons to purelimsa frequently, and always have on hand seasonable gouds. MEN’S FURNISHING GOODS. WIHON WROTIERS, importers and jobbers, report an important Increase In this particular Industry. in thelr determination to supply tho best the world can praduce one of the firm seml-anmually visits the Enropean markets to puretinse goods, a course made necessary by thelr ox- tensive trade, and which cnables thon to minke better prices than dealers who, with- out thls enterprise, cannot buy direct from the manufacturors, Tho building occupied by this great job- bing house Is six floors, 50x10 fect, at 113, 115, 117, and 119 State street, being probably the Inrgest buflding In the country devoted to this Interest. ‘The entire number of Roors is devoted to their cnorinous Ayunu facturing and Jobbing trate, no house in the land excel+ Ing them th tls particular ling. ‘Their faclli- ties for the manufacture of shirts, neck- wear, efe., are insurpassed, Last spring Wilson Brothors made_s sue- cessful effort ta compete with the Eastern Jobhars for the trade of Pennsylvania, West Virginis, andl Western New York, and the results were flattering, Goods to argo amounts were sold during the season, aud trade established which each year will no doubt continue to popularize thls house in the East. And still their enterprise did not falter, With a persistence peculiar to our Western merehnnts the trade was pushed still enst- ward wntll the fall, when a foothold was ob- tained In the prinelpal cities of New York, including Now York City and Brooklyn, au business there will be vigorously prosecuted, the prospeets being very sieournn nn Arrangements have Deen made with lend- ing mills both of Europes and America for the supply for the coming year, and the busl+ ness of the them will be pushed as far south as the Guif and west into tho Territories, With an Increase of 185 per cent upon the Jobbing business of 1879, and the bright pros- pects tor the future, these jobbers of men's urnishing goods reasonably expect tho volume of business of the coming year to far surpass that of the past. ‘ : BOOT AND SHOE TRADE. “C.M. HENDERSON & CO. Hoots and shovs, both as an industry and Asa comprehensive feature In our mercan- tile system, find thoir Inrgest representation in the business of ©. M. Henderson & Co., manufacturers and jobbors, corner Monroe and Franklin streets, tho traffic of the house covering an aren of two-thirds the contine nt. The firm have been In the business since 1851, and the development of the Interest, In their hands, bas been contempergneous, co- historic, so to spenk, with the general com- merce of the city, and the present extended nud almost:National character of their trade belng the work of time os well ns of brain and enterprise, and energy, and money, ‘The main premises occupied by the firm,—the seat of its mercantile transactions, office headquarters, ote, with a portion. of the manufacturing accommodations, form na conspicnous fenture of tho mammoth busi- ness architecture of the city,—n lofty stone trimmed eiifice of majestle proportions, euormanseapaelty, and inodern construction, six stories in hight, of extra warehouse depth and double frontage, nggregnt- ng a loorage of | about saventy- five thousand feot, sido from, exten- slvo outside storage quarters. Tho: firm manufacture extensively in Chicago, makin t speclaity of handling thelr own work, thelr kip and calfskin boots and Indies’ shoes belug ot best. gunity Western manufactured stock, ant making'n polit of economy to Western dealers in the saving of haudlingand freights between Chicago and Eastern manufacturers, Their fine haud-sewed work is anew feature in Western manufacturing, but 1s the equal ofany produced, ‘Thoy carry, at tho same the, a full Hine of Eastern-made goods and an finmense stuck of rubber boots and shocs, for the supply of jobbers as well as retailers, ‘The exact ticures indicating the relative volume of transactions for 1570 nnd 1880 are not at hand, though gencral comparative statistics covering the pene nal iurens of American commerce Indlento tht the sales of Messrs. Henderson & Co, lnrgely exceed, In the annual aggregate, those of any other boot qnd shou house in the United States, DOGGETT, NASSHTT & MILLS COMPANY, Among the few of the great mereantile houses of Chicago who have maintained In- thnnte and uninterrupted association with some particuine interest in our commercial system during atl or nearly the entire period ot ite Wstory, and over sines the city beeama tho sent of any extended wholesale trafic, Is the Doggett, Bassott & ills Company, or ganized in 1836, nearly thirty-five years ngo, as Doggett, Bassett & Hills, and only two yenrs azo changing ta tho present corporn- ton-name and style, ‘Tho mercantile and Ine dustrial fate twith which they have thus been identified during nearly, the whole half century of our commercial iistory belne that of maufaeturers and jobbors of boots and shoes. ‘The Company fs not only among tho olilest houses of Western Amerien!n the boot ant shoe trade, bot amoug the largest dealers in the United - States, — wi! a trafic of over =n quarter cent. ury’s permancnt establishment throughout all the older territory of Western and Northe ern commerce. as in the populous districts of Michigan, Wisconsin, UWinois, Lowa, and. Minnesota, but with a fair proportion of the trade which the opentie and growth of now territory and new fields through so long a pertad have brought to tho elty. The Company eceupy allot ‘the mammoth six-story edifice 213 and 314 Monroe street, dovotlng two upper stories to manufacturing. They handle all kinds of men’s boots and shoes, fine hand-work Jn Kip, calt, ete, and inake nn Important feature of rubber boots and shoes In large stock, It Js sald, also, that not less thamelght of the largest Now England manufacturers are stockholders in the Company, who are practically their West- ern agents, William IT, Wheeler, the ‘Treas- urer, belng a resident of Boston, ‘Tho Presi- dent is D. Hobart Mills; Seeretary, Charles TL Cram, A pleasant feature of the business of the past year has been na very lurge in- crease of the beat class of trade ‘along tho lines of the Northern and Untlon Paeiiic Rallwnys, extending as far West as Utah and Montana; also throughout the mining rogions of the. West. The Campany report an unprecedented business for the year 1850, with an excellent outlook for tie ensuing year, EDDY, HANVEY 4 CO, * It ia but two years since thie firm nddad to their othor business enterprises that of boots andshoes, becoming, nat alone wholesnte deal. ors, hut manufactirers. By carrying linesot spectaltics and polling for cash they have been enabled to extent thelr trade not only over the Northwest, but southerly and even: ennt- ward, It is hardly necessary to say that such an exemplifieation of what “push combined with fair dealing will do has caused them to be recounized as honorable rivals by thelr elder brethren. ‘Their place of business is in tho ‘Tabernacle Building, 80 and 243 Monroo atreet. . LEATIIER, FINDINGS, ETO. LAPHAM & WATERBURY, Tho departmont of leather and leather findings, Ineluding tho special and Important trade interest comprising sole Jenthor, calf, klp, French stock of all kinds, moroccos, Ine ported and domestic, harness, bridle, and net leather, ‘together with a completo ino of shoe findings, finds a representative secund to none In the business of Messrs, Lapham & Waterbury, tannors, manufacturers, and dealers, 60 and U1 Lake stroet, established in 1865; thoir earlicr quarters being at 43 and 45 Franklin street. . Tho firm hold a conspicur ous position before the Jeuther-trading com- munities and largo classes of direct con- suniers through Western latitudes, In carry- ing one of the largest stocks west of Now York, and from which are drawn a large pro- portion of the annual manufacturing sup- viles of leather, leather findings, antl accesso- ries, and of showmakers’ and leather-work- era’ tools, materials, and supplies,—thelr +} basis, stock In all these cinsses of merchandiso being of the most voluminous, the midest yaried, and most comprehenstve character, taking’ up in. their enumeration by detall not legs than thirty-two pages of closely- printed sts in tholr trade catalogue, ‘Thele contribution of boot, shoo, aud galter uppers: fo the custom-shoemaking Industry of the country has piaven ayvaluable pubife accom: modation and a signal commercial success, tho firm giving special attention to theso goods, employing aspecial fores of skilled workmen, using only the best. grades of leather, andl turning out a vast product. Their general suppiles to the Western trada a 1880 are sald to have reached about TURNER & NAY. The dopartmentof leather and shoo-fn tings has perhaps its Inrgest_ representation in the business of Turner & Ray, Nos, 20 and 23 State street, established tn 1860, and reori ized under the present name ard style twolve ponte later,—187. ‘The firm carries 0 line of not antl sling mantfacturers’ Roos atid ina ehinery adequate Jn macnitude to the re- atirements of the Northwestern trate, with Jeather and uilings and shoe-store supplies in very largo stock, JEWELRY, ETC. THE MAGNITUDE OF TIE NUSINESS, It will be seen by references to our trade summary In another column that the din- mond, watch, and Jewelry branch of the Chicago wholesale trade ranks among the largest in the city and lings doubtless become the Inrgest in the United States. Jewelry Is not only sold in larger quantities but at lower prices, by such firms ngs Ciles, Bro. & Co., than even In Now York Clty, Besides the manufacturers and direct lporters of din- monds, watches, wateli-enses, etc, the job- bers here carry lurger stocks than those in New York, consequently buying in mucl larger gitantities are, by commercial rules, entitled to larger discounts, ‘The manufact- urers East ure further Induced to give our merchants lower prices for the reason before named, which arises mainly from tho fact that our jobbers are obliged, being ata dis- tance, to buy in large Installments to. keep up thelr stocks, while the Eastern jobbers, being so near the polnts of manufacture, are shmply required to keep samples, ‘The ro: sult is trade has been drawn here, not only from States naturally tributary to Chicago, but from the Middle, Southern, and Pachfic States and the Canadas, Among the prominent firms here deserving spcelal mention there is. probably none inore widely known to tho swiiole trade of the country, both Kast and West, than that of GILLS, BRO. & COny corner of State and Washington strects, Their extensive jowelry show-roams havo been one of the chief attractions of Chicago for the Inst twenty years. Nowhere. has there been so fine a display of dinmonds and precious stones, or n more beatiful and varied stock of watehes, rich and artistic silverware, tasteful and stylish jewelry, as at this establishment. ‘Their sale of very valun- Dio presentation goods during the holidays has been large, aAmong theso were two very elaborately embossed solid atlver tca services, 0 diamond neckince worth $5,000, two yery handsome Jurgensen —repentin; wwatenes valued at $500 each, and nv diamond Ince pin at $4,000, Their extensive and varted stock Js always avallable to partes anywhere In the Northwest who desire to ‘make pttrehases, as they are constantly sending goods to deators, and others on np- prosal or for selection; while this requires a large stock, it has secured them friends In every town, village, and hamlet west of Chie eago, For tnany years this tirm has enjoyed the patronage of ‘tho dllte of the city, and of the cultivated and wealthy classes of the Northwest, N, MATSON & CO, The jewelry interest In_njl its branches, both aso delicate mechanleal Industry and ns a feature of our general mereantily sys- tem, finds a yery Inrge, thoroughly organ Ized, and practically universal representation in the wholesale, retail, and manufacturing business of N. Matson & Co.” An cliborata reference to the house would be anperditaus Information to the community, as thy public ave already familiar with tho main points of Interest In the business of tho firin. But, while the necessity of ay extended notice is thus obviated, anything In the comprehon- sive nature of a trate review would be de- fective inn statistical sense were we to omit nelance atan institution of such recognized importance. . + Its Influence cannot be overestimated ty giving the wholesale interest 9 perimanen! Western location, and in placing Chieaga in the ascentlency nya base of supplies for tho Northwestern trad In_ diamonds, | fine swatches, bronzes, silverware, and ail the finer grades of jewelry, the firm ara extenslvo dealers and Iniporters—no other estabilyh- ment in tho/country exceeding it in variety and extent of stock, ‘he system adopted by N. Matson & Co, during tha past year of aftixing the priec in pinin figures to all artl- cles on salo in their retail department, and making those prices the lowest possible, con- stitutes an event of nbsolute novelty In tho Jowelry trade, and hag In ita special clement. of popularity aga measure of equity for tho protection of tho public, HAMILTON, SHOURDS & CO. In the departinent of jewelry the firm of Tlaniiton, Shourds & Co, represent a special elument of populnelt yin. the long and fainil- fnr fdentification of ts individual members with the very best trade of tho city, as well ns with the manufacturing and mereantilo fentures of the Interest throughout a largo area of Northwestern trade. ‘The firm, how- ever, have, elthor inadvertently or other- wise, developed the reputation of Imithig tho Industry and the traftle more particularly to the finer grace, the cholcest and ‘most delicate class of gouds, und in this way Ing to n more select elty trade, It hing for years past been a law of tho firm to make all representations adhere with perfect pre- cision to the fncts concerning any article of merchandise, to ninke every! ng exactly ns represented,—a_prinelpic which hus had Its Influence year after year In bringin 8 lar; permanent trade from our best local popilie tion, ns well asin establishing nn extended OUntTY patronige on an, caually permanont ‘Their location, corner State and Kan- jdolph, ninkes their store finmedintoly acces- ’stbte to the four quarters of the city, and a. Inost conventent rendezvous for Indles und shoppers, B. F, NORRIS & CO, Among the lending wholesalejewelry houses of the country none are more familiar to the retail trade of the Northwest than thatot B, I, Norris & Co,, Nos, 101, 103, 105, aud 107 State street, with n second frontage on Washing. ton street of 100 fest. ‘Tho sales of this firin for the ia Just closed amounted to $1,000,- 000, an {nerensa of 50 per cent over the sles of {870, As this firm are strictly wholesalers, the magnitude of their enterprise is a terra Ancog, to nil save buyers to sell again, Few even of Chicagoans have any idea of the stock carried by this house, Watches by the russ ropresoniting all the popular makers, 11 gold to plebelan nickel, Clocks, foreign and domestle, » Sliverware of cholco destin, in kets and solitaire, Jewelry In profusion, solid and roil-plated, sembracing many noy- olties, and inchiding ove Ing pertaining to the name, In short, everything common to the trade, Including precious stones, o> sides all tits, a full tine of jaweler'’s suppiies. Quantity, varlety, fair dealing, Is the secret of this dirm’s prosperity, ©, Mi, KNIGINS & CO. This popular wholesale jewelry firm, whose_patrons are legion and located In erery State of the Unlon, ure in the enjoy- ment of great bushes prosperity, having in 1880 Increased thelr sales over the proyious sean 45 percent. ‘They have been compelled fo more tian double thelr previous capacity during the past. year, and now have one of the largest and tlnest depots for the whote- sale jowelry trade in the elty, com prising ng it does, the second floor of Nos, 125-137 Stato street, a location that 1s very central and con- venient for the country trade, ‘The seeretof their eminent success, outside of the large and desirable stock they maine tain and Honorable dealing, undoubtedly ties In the fact that Mr, Knights, who has “been many years In the business and consequently thoroughly versed in the intrleacies of the trade, fs the buyer for the house—no mean adynntagesines such knowledso lniplies sup. piles at lowest possible cost, and consequent bargains for patrons, “May they live longand prosper," PIANOS, ORGANS, ETC. PELTON, POMENOY & Cnogs, ‘Tho firm of Pelton, Pomeroy & Cross, 150 and 153 State street, are perhaps the largest Woatern representatives pf the great Interest comprising planos and’organs, the snles of the house, iu none but strictly first-class in- struments, oxcetding, itls claimed, the ag- Rregute transactions of any other private firm on the continent, ‘The degree of pore sonal enorgy ald dcterinined nggreasivo on- terpriso which the firm hava brought to bear ‘upon the expansion of their trade from year to year havo had much ta do with making Chicago the centro an aso of supplies in this delicate depurtment of commerce sor as Wido an aren of traMle ns that dependent on Now York, ‘The sverago auntal rate of in- ereasy in the business of the house for tha past five yenrs Is estimated at fully 00 per cent,—the Increase for 1880 over the preced- ing yenr reaching the enormous proportion of “over 100 “per ceut. Tho — pinnos handled by tho firm are Miuited tothe first-class or representative grace,— sneli ns the Chickering, tho Hazelton Bros, the Decker & Son, mt the vqually-renovwner Gabler,—all of them instruments of sterl in; excellence, of world-wide and long-cstul lished fame, and affording the purchaser a tango of varied merit for conventence of se- Tection hardly combined in any other one establishment In the world, A very pleasant feature of the business roported by Messrs, Pelton, Pomeroy & Cross for the year hing been the acecasion of finportant new flelds to thelr territory of trade, great many or- ders having been recelved from remote West- ern and Southwestern districts comparatively now to tie trafic of the city. SULAUS TAUER & CO. Amone. tho many Instruments manufact- ured in Ameriea whieh have representation {n our city none arg inore adinired than the “Bauer” piano. The trade in this Instru- ment extends to California on the west, south to South America, and in’ Huropo it sas popular as in America. The trate of the Year 1880 in the Bauer plano shows the sttt pendous increase of 400 per cent over the prosperous yent of 1879, ‘This lncrense Is at- tributable to tho excellence of finish and quality of tone of this instrument, ‘The salesrooms of the firm in Chicago are at Nos, 182 and 18f Wabash avenue; Uo factories are atcorner Lexington avenue and One-lindred and ‘lwenty-ninth street, New York City, With salesrooms adjoining. ‘The Bauer pinio in purity and strength of tone delights all hearers, and being manufactured in grand, saunro, and uprizht styles all tastes ns to form nay be sulted. ‘ils firm are also ex. tensive importers and dealers In general musical merchandise, Straightforward, hon- erable deniing are characteristics of the house * CROCKERY—GLASSWARE, PITKIN & NNOOKS. Crockery and glnssware as a general de- partinent or a grand division of tho com- merce of Chicago has n varied and numerous representation, nll its main features being perhaps most amply and completely ilus- trated in the business of Pitkin & Brooks, importers and jobbers, 63 and (0 Lake street. Measured by actual volume of nanual trans- actlons, as well as the clreumferance of ter- ritory through which thoir trade extends, it is usually accepted as the Jargest and most widely-related of all, Western and North. western firms connected with this brauch of the Western mereanttle system. Importa- “tlons with Messrs, Pitkin & Brooks are as systematic and regular ns tho purchnse of our native or American products and manu. factures for the perpetual replenishment of stock, ° & ‘Tho history of the firm fs quite iuteresting, —inan certain sense, graphie,—nas affording almost adramatic iilustration’ of the clinrne- teristle nerve of our merchants, known in mereantibe Hternture as “Chicago pluck.” At the time of the conilagration of the city both members of tho firm wero employts of local Jobbing houses, and took that very hour of disaster, wreck, panic, and desolation to branch out for themselves, ‘Taklog a shanty by the Inke-shore, they onened out ns whole- sito dealers, conducting their affairs with In- tellizence, spirit, and enterprise, and con- trolled 2 falr patronage fron the start, which grew so far as to Jus tele subsequent ace cupaney of one of the first bulldings erected on River street, ‘Lhvir trade thon began to undergo a rapld progressive development, which in four five yenrs compelled an‘ en- largement” and their location at thelr pres- ent quarters, with a trafic corresponding in magnitude with the Inrgest hotses on tha American Continent, nid extending from Ohio westward to the Rocky Mountains, from tho frozen ‘Jakes of tho far North to ‘ex! 8 It is no Mattery to spenk of the house ns 1 model one fn [ts method of doing business, ng the careful, prompt, aud energetic way int which its atfalrs have been conducted, from their ontrance Into the field, is known to all connected with tho trade, ‘The firm make a, specinity of supylying complete stocks to now stores, ‘They report tho sales of 1880 to be far in excess of the preceding year. STOVES. PERRY & CO, Tho information -on-the stove trate con- tained in’ ‘our revlow ‘wna obtalned -from. Messrs. Perry & Co., 15 and 17 Lake street, the Chicago branclr. of tho same firm whose hendquarters are at Albany, N. ¥. ‘The firm wns established ty 1835, and Js one of the old- est ns well ns tha largest stove mnutfactur- ing concerns In the country, employing 1,100 men exclusively in the manufacture of thelr own goods. * ‘Thelr assortment. is the Incest made by any one conecrn in the workd, comprising nenrly 400 dliferent stoves and ranges. ‘Chey make a specialty of first-class ranges and base-hurning heating stoves, but also sell an fmmicns3 number of the cheaper cook and heathuz stoves throughout all parts of the West, belng enabled by reason of their very Inrge capacity to manufacture stoves sulted tonllthe different murkets of the West at tie lowest possibly cost. ‘To give an iden of the oxtont of their bust- ness, It is suficlent to sny, that of their Argand base-burnep, which was put upon the market In 1873, revolutionizing the trade fn that class of stoves, moro than ono hun dred thousand havo been sold and are In netual use. ‘This stove, nx now inade, Is really a work of art, being ornamonted throughout with nickel plate, In chaste and. eerant design. The business of the Chicago branch, which was established In 1775, has assumed yast jifenartion: disposing annunily of not less hon half of the very large product of the firm's several foundries, Messrs, Perry & Co, aro located in Chicago in tho five-story, 40x185 feet, stone front building, Nos. 14 and 17 Lake street, occupying the e7 tlre building, and nearly tho whole of No. 21 aulolingy which they also control. ‘This gives 60,0 aquare feot of floorspace, with n enpacity for storing 18,000 stoves. ‘This enormous capnelty was fully tested during tho past yenr, to the great advantage of toir enstom- ers, us the fitm wero enabled to fll orders promptly long after the stocks of other houses of Iesy capacity were broken. FURNACES, RANGES, ETO. RICHARDSON, NOYNTON & CO, have the Western department of thelr busi- ness located at No, Si Lake street, for tho sale of tho celebrated Boynton Furnaces, ranges, fire-placu heaters, and stoves, known and extensively used throughout the coun- try, ‘Thelr goods are simple In construction, made of heavy enstings, free from gases, low in price, and unequaled for heating power, durability, oliclency, and economy, This firm has had thirty-five: years’ practlenl ox- perlence In making, using, and selling fare naces ond ranges, ele, and by an untiring application of skill and” Inge- nulty, and on farge . expenditure of mon have conquered a thorough knowledge of the wants‘of tho publis In this line of goods that fow possess, and hive galned a reputation that shall never bo im: pilred by thelr recommendation of an inte hor artfele, ‘The Moynton furnaces havo proved thelr worth by testa of many years, and are 1 ow made in over seventy-ilve dliter- ent palte, ng and moditieations, for lard coal, soft coal, ur wood, and sume styles nye 80 Nr ranged as to burn either hard or soft coal, ‘Thay are tho Inrgest mumifacturers of this class of goods In the world, ‘They have an elegant stock of furnaces, rnges, stoves, ete, suitable for tho trade, SOALES AND WINDMILLS. FANMANKS, MOUSE & CO, In tholr two principal Hues, the Fairbanks scales and Eclipse whidiuills, the demand has oxceeded the supply durliyg 1880, suid a large- Jy-increased production In 1881 ts belug are ranged for, Falrbanks’ standard scales have been be- foro the publle for over iifty years, alwoya far in advance, aid progressing every year. Thelr balley has nlays been to sectiro every desirably Imprayement, and they now own about fifty valtiuble patents, which are utilized in their many styles of scales. Thus keepin the quality of thelr goods foremost, and having tho greatest demand and beat manufacturing facilities, they ure always able to offer tho most huproyed and st gcotsat prices which ure the lowest when quality is considered, a3 1t surcly should bo In such a machingasascale, whose entire value rests $n its accuracy, rellability, and durability, ‘Sho unnuimity with which tho¥airbanks scales are adopted by railroads, stock-yards, graln elevators, and‘uther experienced pur: chasers, would Indicate that the question of auality te flrat in linportance with them. ‘The Eclipse windintll ls the one which ts moit Ronorally aged by the railroads, who arg large cus ‘At hus recelyed thelr preference because it has becn shown to no tho strongest, and nced- Ing few repairs, ns It regulates: itself so per- fectly at all thes, Itis now helng rapidty introduced inte farm nse, having many new attnelnments and finprovements which will: recommend It to all farmers, In conneetion with their windmill, depart- ment, Messrs. Fairbanks, Morso & Co, fur- nish tanks and fixtures, or complete water stations for rallronds; also pumps, and 9 full Uno of windmill supplles, PIG-IRON, RAILS, ETC. CHENRIE & CO, This firm, though ono of the youngest rep- resentatives of this branch of tho fron trade in Chicago, ns been remarkably sucecsstul in the establishment of a largo and profitable business, ‘Ihe sentor momber of the concern, Mr. M. Cherrie, has been Identified with the tron trado of this clty from his youth up, and that thls firm has accomplished so much fs due to his energy anda thorpilaht knowledge of the requirements and needs of the trade, which he possesses to an eminent degree. ‘They nre the manufacturers of the Justly celebrated Lake Superior charcoal ple-lran, known as the “Champion,” n brand so favor- ably received by car-wheel mnkers, ogrl- cultural-implement manufacturers, and male Jeable-tron workers ns to cause the demand to exceed the supply. ‘They are also the exclusive agents for the sale of the Lake Superior ehareoal iron man- wfactured by the Pino Lake fron Company at Charlevoix, Mich, of which Mr, M, Cherrio is Presitent. This is n new furnace just put In operation, ling all the late Improves ments, and enpaeity for the manufacture of 000 tons per anime. ‘This tirm are the sole Western agents for the sale of the product of tha Thomas Iron Works of Pennsylvania, one among the old. gst manufacturers of plg-lron inthe United States. Accepted ng a standard as to quality, Itign much-sought-for brand by first-class foundrymen, ‘They keepan assortmentof imported Scotch irons in stock, ‘Their trade in rails and raltway, fittings ts now large, with prospect of large increas In the near tuture, ‘Lo thelr regular customers nothing we can say here will add to thelr coniidence In thls firm; to those who have not as yet had deal- Ings with thom, we can give assurance of honorable treatment and promptness in all transactions had with thom, " HBAVY WARDWARE, ETO. JONES & LAUGILINS AMERICAN INON-WORKS, That this sold fron manufacturing frm should so change tho old rookerles bounded by West Lake, Canal, oud Water streets into such a perfect nud permanent building especially adapted to their business, Is an important hnprovement in this section of the elty which will soon be followed by others, Their oxperience of twenty-elaht years had told tham exactly what would be needed, and as nresult wo to-day finda solid, handsome building covering the entire block, with rail- road track running through the warchouso proper, allowing receipts nnd shipments without tnneeessary handling or teaming, and almost wnlimnited storage room, ‘The building 1s of brick with stone trimmings, unique in, design, threo storles and base- mants on the West Lake street front, contain- Ingseven stores and tho iron warehouse in the'rear, with entrances for teams on Conal street nnd for railruad track on Fulton street, Atits junetion with West Water streot It is one story only, but high enough tostand long bars and an ‘abundance of room for other stornge. : Messrs, Jones. & Laughitna commenced businegs in Pittsburg, Pa, in 1854, and estab- Ushed thelr braneh store in Chienge fu 1857, and, from a moderate begtuntng, are now among the largest, if not the largest, manu- facturera in this‘country, employing at the present time about 8,000 workmeri, aid man- ufacturing almost every varicty of bar, shect, band, and hoop Iron, nails, spikes, boiler, tank, and bridge rivets, chain and Jght 4 rails of superior quality: and thoy also own: the patents for, and are sole manufacturers of, the renowned cold-rolled shifting and finger-bars and knife-backs for grain hare vesters, ‘They linve also & large foundry, and manufacture pulleys, couplings, hangers, ste, ns an Accompaniment of the cold-rolled shafting, and light enr-wheels for use tn coal nilnes, ete. The Chicago branch is prepared toxlve estimates nt close prices on ail the varied Hnes of, goods’ manufactured by this firm, ag well as the numerous articles of heavy Irdwaro which appropriately belong to the fron trade. “ KELLEY, MAUS & CO, In our provioug review we haye taken Jeasure In mentioning tho firm of Kelley, Maus & Co., 107 and 169 Lake strect, who aro acknowledge as the leading house in thelr line of business, In either Chicago, St. Louis, or elsewhere, ‘The enterprise of this firm ts characteristic of Chicago, and the prominence and rapld growth of the business has caused. much coment in the iron and hardware cir cles of thiscountry, ‘The causes which have Ted to thelr sticeess aro well understood by tholr numerons customers, and as proof of the favor with which thoy aro regarded wo would stato that thelr sates during the past year havo more than doubled upon the business of tho year previous, in order to more fully meet the dlemands of thelr trade, it has became neces- sary for them to obtain additional room, and they have made arrangements for the ocen- paicy of 0 large warehouse, 160 by 200 feet ntneonventent distance from thelr presen! location, with rallroad facilities for the load. ing. and mmlonding of ears at the doors of their building, ‘This will give them a great advantageaver all other competitors. "They have recently made heavy, purchases of Swapole Araki stocks waron and carriage hard: ware, carriage-cloths,. trimmings, ete, and thelrentirs stock is without doubt tho niost complete of any In the city, 8. D, KIMMATKS ‘The extensive tron houso of S, D. Kimbark, Nos, 80, 83, and 3¢ Altai gan, avenue, still maintains Its place with the foremost, ‘Tho sities of 1880 In fron, steel, and nails have been Unprecedented ly inrge, even for this house, whilo there has been a corresponding activity in [ts speelalties of heavy hardware, miners? supplies, wagon goods, carringa stock, ete, VARVED WINE FOI FENCING lins become one of tho largest, interests of the West, and upon visiting tho Thorn Wire Hedge Company, tocated at 34 aud 86 Canal street, wo find their machinery running night nnd day to enable the Compas to AU thelr Intge orders for spring use, ‘This compan. make what is known ns tho “ Kelly steal bird. wire,” whieh ia very popular through- outthe West, and, as thoy manufacture un: der one of the Broad Cini ‘patenta, of course the decision rendured by Judges Drummond and Blodgett, securing them in their rights, will have the effect of doubling up thelr sales in the tuture. “Tnls company sell their goods all over tho United States, and large orders nreshipped to Australia and other foreign countrics, POWDER, IN NEPREBENTING THE POWDER INTEREAT, as shown by the trade In that article In Chil engo, no house Is more worthy of the dis- tinction thin Messrs, i. I. Du Pont do Ne- mouts & Co,,of Wilmington, Del. Western aguncy 18 located at 71 Wabash avenue, having been removed to these commodions quarters from 7 State street during the past year, full share of the con! trade here fs n fact that canmot be successttlly contradleted, Some tlma sine tt was deemed best to abandon tho retail trade, and look only to tho dealers for support, and that the change was a wise one ts ovidenced by the Inrze snies made by the Company since the chnuge, ‘The dealers appreeiate tho fnct that they tlo not have a competition tn thoso from whom they draw thelr aupplics, While their trade has been large during the Tet sonson, It has been limited to some Ux- ent by tho Ynabllity of the railroad compa: iiles to supply cara to transport the coal from. the mines, Weean sayin coneluaion that, while this Company's proditct Is superior to many of tho anthracita coals offered in this market, It Is excelled by none, HARVESTING MACIIINERY, DELIING'S MANS MANVESTER WOITS. Durtng the year 1880 many now and largo manufacturing establishments have been added to the Industries of our clty, and among thom perhaps the most important to the trade and commercial Interests of tho West, ns woll as Inrgest in polntof capital invested, are the works erected by Mr. Will- fam Deering In North Chicago, upon tho North Branch of tho Chicago River, between it and tha Chicago & Northivestern Rullrontl, Mr, Devring, of tho late firm of Gammon & Deering, it search of better facilities of Manufacture and transportation, purchased tiventy-flve neres of 1M this locality, and, building — shops, ware- houses, and also oa Jorge number of cottages and two boarding-houses for the necommodation of his cinployés, removed Ais business from Piano, TL, where his shops have for many years been located. ‘The inain shops nro 360 feet In length by 60 feet wide, with an sunex 70 fect long by 60 feet wide, ench being threa stories in hight. Connect- Ing with the main building ‘aro also two wings, one for tha foundry work, being 140 feet tong by 60 feet wide, and another 170 feet ong by 50 wile, for the smith work, In separate building are three Inrge boilers and a Corilss oneing of 100-horse power anil 24x48 Inch cylinder. Themachintry Isof the Jatest and most nproved pattern, and Mr, Deoring evidently considers It tho tritest econamiy to puretiase the best machinery to bo procured, ‘Two large warehouses ‘are bulltalong the Northwestern Railroad tracks, and have a combined length of 320 feet and a width of 85 feet, and arranged to necom- modute the foading of 13 cars nt any time, In general it night be sald that these shops exhibit a completeness of manufacturing ‘This Company is the oldest In the pawdar manufacturing business in the United States, having ‘buon established tn 1803 nt Wilmington, Del, and probably dolng a more extonsivo ‘business than ‘any othor powder enmjan, Inthe world, They manu- aeture all grades, from. the finest sporting powder to the heaviest blasting and inining grades, ‘The consumption of powder is steadily Increasing, and that manufactured by this fn is not only favorably looked upon by sportsmen but among miners the “Dupont Pacitle ‘Mus! is extremely Bae Inc, Many ilners refusing to use any othor brand, 4 Phronghout the Western States and Territories It haa been introduced in large quantities, and no forelgn country is so re- motu as to bubeyond the reach of their fa- mous brands, ‘Tho Western agency has for the past ton years been under tho eflicient management of Mr J. J. Whitehouse, and the lurger bulk of thelr business hore Isclone in ear-lond lots, whieh is bandied upon thelr powder-switeh, copeelally built for th pose, at Brighton Park, near tho elty, ‘net seems to Indicate in a mensure the mage nitude of thelr business in the West, *- COAT, > LENIOU VALLEY COAL COMPANY, Tils Company {3 so well and favorably known to the conl dealers of this section and HIEOEHGHE tho ain wig it leaves us but Uttle to say regarding It. Mang at qeyorntly known In the East, where It has enjoyed Its full stare of the trade, and seeking nore extended fleld, a branch was established In this city under the manageuient of Mr, Rt, MM. Cherri as general gent, and that the Company has obtalued ita faellity nnequated among those devoted to tho making of harvesting machtnery In the West, belng supplied with every modern np- piianea to make them complete and eapable of producing good = work in’ tho most rapid, economleal, and thorough manner. he buildings are heated. by steam, and the most perfect appli- anecs for the prevention or contro! of fires have been Introduced. The specinity of these works Js tho manufacture of the cele- brated Marsh harvester and Deerlng twine self-binding harvester, ‘Tho first. Marsh har- vester was mde in 1858, and first in the shops of this Company, at Plano, in 1864 This machine was the forerummer of » system adopted by every manufacturer of harvesters throughout the world, Besides these, M:.: Deerlng makes many other machines, and | now 11 process of construction 8,000 hurvest- ers, 7,000 self-binders, and several thousand other _miscollancous minchines, such 23 selfrike reapers, mowers, droppors, ete. Mr. Deering has olso ndd- ed to ling of manufactures A reaper, and, convinced that the * Leader” reaper of tho Marrls Manufacturing Com- pany of Janesville, Wis., 13 one of the bes! made, a purehase Ins been effected by which his volume of business is Increased by that of another extensive manufactory, ‘Thus by the production und successfil introduction. of the Marsh harvester and its nccompanyiny automatic self-binder have the markets of the world been benefited, and by renderlng fensible the utilizing of our cheap Western Jands our farmers can successfully compete with the markets of the Old World and the cost there of native cerenls, thts being possi- ble by the cheap and economicn! Harvesting machinery placed in their hands by tho Marsh Harvester proprictors. THE 3CORSICK MACHINES. Among the agricultural communities of the world the name McCormick has become Tocagnized ag the standard by which all har- yesting machines aro to bo Judged. Being tho ploneers in Tenplog-micliines, they have also been foremost in improve- ment;and the Inst year’s business of the Me- Cormick Harvesting Machine Company was such ns to necessitate extensive additions to thelr runt works In the southwestern por- tion ofthecity, ‘Shey are placing upon the market a ling of machines unequaled’ for strength and sim- plicity, and thoy will tnx thelr facilities to the utinost to meet the demand, In all the finrvest fields of the world theso machines are working, and the Australian is as Intimate with thelr operation and con- struction xs ts the Frenchman or Californian. Liberality and fair dealing ro the charac: teristics of this Intiuential house, : BELTING, RUBBER GOODS. 2, T. WHELPLES, Genoral Agentof tho Hamilton Rubber Com- pany, Nos, 131 and 183 Lake streot, reports the past’ yenr’s safes ns being 60 per cont greater than tho previous, which ho attrib- utes largely to the fact that to his regular stock of rubber hoso, bottling, packing, puro oak bolting, ote, he has, during the past year, added a complete assortment of. Zos- samer and other light wator-proof clothing, 0 new water and mildew proof rubber ined cotton fire hose, a full stock of plain and rubber-lined nen hose, superior grade of raw hido Ince leather. He also montlons the grent increase In the sales of fira.hosa to cities and largo manufacturing establish: ments, Included in which 1s one lot of “Horeules” rubber hose for tha uso of the Chicago Fire Department, As ho now keeps three mon fonstantly ‘on the road, in addi- tion to the force in tho city, hoe anticipates correspondingly larga sales next year. €. G, CARLETON & CO, 185 and 187 Lnko street, manufacturers and centers In leather and enbbee belting, hose, packing, te., report, in common with othor representatives of this great mercantile and Industrial Interest, a large Increasa of busi- ness for 1880 over the preceding year. Carleton & Co. are an old, widely-known house, and: contribute largely to the supply of dealers and consumers throughout the Northwest, making a specialty of extra grade leather belting of their oyn muke, and carrying in stock large lines of mill and fire departinent supplies, ‘Tho firm have been established In Clieago for a period of ton yenrs, and control a permanently-cstablished palronnga throughout the wholo area of Western commerce, 3IUNSON & CO. . Tho manufacture of belting, o. most im- portant industry In this fatitude whero steam-power fs so potent a factor, is repre- sonted by tho firm of Munson & Co, tose busy works, established some twenty years alnce and now located at Nos, 10, 18, 14, and 16 West Randolph street, have long con: stituted a general house of supplies, tho exceptionally high grade of thelrproductions giving & general lamand throughout the nited States, Yonrs of thought and experience in this Hino has placed them with tho important trade na possibly making the best pure onk belting, ‘They carry the Inrgest stock of leather and rubbor belting, aud are now miak- ing Preparations to largely fucreaso the pro- ductive eapacity of their works, BALISNURY & CLIN, successors of Matlock, Sallsbury & Cline, 100 East Madison streot, tho ploneer rubbor house of the Northwest, and established in 1855, report an inercnse of 60 to 60 percent over lust year, and in every way a highly satlsfactory season. noo ri ‘This tent handle all kinds of rubber goods ant mill supplies, and ire agents for the colebrated brand of belting, preling, and hoso made by the Boston Belting Company, so woll and favorably known throughout the Northwest, As direct representatives of the manufacturers this firm offer all goods thoy handle at factory prices, » PAINTS, OILS, ETO. C, T. RAYNOLDS & CO. ‘ Tho now famMllar truism, * Westward tho Btar of Empire Takes {ts Way,” Impressed Stsolf so deoply in the minds of those plo- neers in the paint trado of this country, O. ‘y, Raynolds & Co., of New York, that moro than twelve years ago it becamo apparent tliat to keep pace with tho growing demands, and to supply with ns little delay as possl- ble the wants of their Western trade, it was necessary to have a base of supplies nearer the fleld of netion. No sooner was the neces- sity conceded than the idea wos carried out bythe establishing In 186 of 8 branch house in Chisage, und a depot for the distribution + of acumplete stock of paints, colors, | var- nishes, white-lead, oils, brushes, artists’ ma- terinis, and, In fact, all ‘articles ised In palnt- and decorating. ‘ rhis firm being the largest manufacturers wi i and importera In Amerien of thesé goods, possess tinusual advantages In thelr abilits to produco nnd place upon tho market all grates, from the highest to tho lowest, at prices with which sinnller concerns cannot compete. ‘That thelr customers nppreciato this fnet fs fully. nttostotl by the grow! ne pop. ularity of the Chicago house, and by tts ane nually incrensin, » Which, under tha able management of CG. IL Cutler, rest dent partner, have swelled from year to year until the present, which far oxecuds all “pro- vious ones in the amottnt of sales and Ils record of prospority. Desides its general bustiess of aupptying elty and country jobbers and dealers, this house prides Itself particularly pon two branches to which 1¢ devotes special atton- tion—viz.: Its hinmense railway business, and Hs tio less ynst and important ono of furnfshing to other Inrge consumers, such ns manufacturers of agricultural finplo inents, wagon and carringe makers, cte Among thelr customers engaged tn theso several lnidustries ara Included most of those Mammoth | manufacturing — establishments which are tho pride and glory of the Northe west, GROCERIES, SOAPS, ETO, ALTHOUGIE PRICES HAVE NOT ADVANCED, but have tn yery many Instances fallen, dure ing tho yenr, the year has been n'yery antls> factory one in tho grocery trado beeause sales, a thoro hns been an Incrense of probably 10 0r © AS percent in the snies over Inst yenr., ‘Tho fact Is, Chicngo has becomethegrent grocery mart of tho West. ‘Titis is due not alone to the commanding position of the city ns re- gards transportation, but nlso in a great depres to the enterprise and daring ability of such firms as Sprague, Warner & C ray Bros. W.M. Moyt& Co.. Willinm 'T. Alten & Co,, and Harnion Merriam & Co,, tho lend- ie and representative houses In this line in Ys To be successful !n the wholesale grocery trade in this eity, aman hag got tu have exe cutive ability and nerve enough to direct a - fren army and money enough to mulntain it. No stock of goods must be too grent for jits daring, and hits energy must. be simply . colossal. Force, fersisteies, wisdom, and foresight are a ties that le must poysess to au Btninen| ody t recognized, ns recognized tt must by an student of tho forces that have been and ae at work to build up this metropolly it will beseen that-something besides Chicago's ult up Chicago's nattral sftuation has trade, The raltronds are here, but TH MAN WAS HERE FINST. Tle built tho raijrond, he built and rebuilt the city, and he is bullding up her trade, The Ghicaye merchant is a very different man from him of the Enst or the country, Ie anust be a power or be crushed by the welght of opposition. ‘The wholesale grocor In this city must of necessity he no ordinary man. Ald so wo maintain that It fs the man and not the railroads which have mado ull the West come to Chicago for Its teas and sugara and thousand and one foods and condiments that we call groceries, J. 8. KIRK & CO. Chicago, now acknowledged to bo the Jargest lumber, pork, and meat market in the world, also lends in another staple article, which Is used. by overy clvilized human bes ing. This is soap; and to J. 5, Kirk & Co. belong the credit of making sucha quality of goons that they are considered thestandard all over the country, Tho business aud firm were established In 1850, and from tho then small commencement they have now the largest and most product- ive sonp works In the world, ‘Tho main building fs 180x120 feet, five stories and baso~ ment. ‘Lhe alkall house fs 380x120 feet, and the box factory 60x150 feet, both of the Intter boing two stories and basement; also havin; stable accommodations for forty horses, ani pullaying grounds, covering fully threo acres. Theso immenso works aro‘situated on North Water street and on the Chicago River, with railroad :track in front of tho works, ‘Cho firm employs 800 hands, and amnually produce and sell 40,000,000 pounds of the various brands of their sonps. ‘Theso well-known sonps aro founil in every village, hamlet, town, and city of the United States, British possessions, and many parts of Bue rope, ‘Tho quailty. of oils are unexception- al, All the Intest appliances and inventions in machinery at all relating to thelr business aro found in their inmense establishment, D,. 1. SCULLY. 1s especially known to our if and the trado tributary to Chieago as making a speelal feature of refined’ inapte sirup, which he shipsas far West as San Francisco; he also refines and deals oxtensively in. othor sirups, in which he hag a large trade, show- ing annually a fine increaso in sales; hia otic is at 45 and 47 River streot. WOOL, ETC. - H. T. THOMPSON & COy |, Nos, 112, 114, 116, 118, and 120Michigan streot, Among the time-honored names of wool- dealers Is thatof I, ‘LT, ‘Thompson, ‘of tho above-named firm, a veteran of thirty. years in tho wool trade, Since 1877 he has ‘been associated in the prosent firm with Mr. 1, Ts Fry. ‘Tho house does n. strictly commission | business, and lias facilities which are second’ to none In the country. ‘They keep cone atautly on hand a full line of scoured wool il, T. Thompson & Co. havo handled tn the past year nearly two million pounds of material, an inerease of 30 per cent over the ‘business of 1879, LEWIS & IOWARD : have been long ani well known in connoe tlon with the wool trade of this city, Mr, Lewis being among the first to commence the handling of this commodity here nearly twonty-live yours ago at n thie when tho total amount of wool handled in this markeé Iu n year was far less than is now handled by their house alone in a single week. ‘Then thelr trade was confined chiefly to Michigan, Iilinols, and Wisconsin, very little wool bee ing grown farthor West. ‘Now it extends into nearly overy Stata and ‘Territory be- tweon here and tho Pacific const, and: durin the past year the firm has brought to this market a Inrxe amount, of: foreign wool. ‘Thelr largely-ineroasing business requiring Inore roo and butter facilities, thoy to-day remove to thelr now quarters, Nos, 184 and 186 Washington street. E, QUGGENNETMER & CO,," Joented at No, 100 Jackson street, Chicago, ropresont Messra, William Hull & Co. o& Puiladelphin and Boston, Importers of wool, Inanufacturers of shodiies, and deulora in woolen rags, ‘This is the largest house in tils line in America, and fs, of courso, thoir representative house tn Chicago, Their, Eastern and forelgn trade for the past year amounted to over $2,000,000, : ©. Il, COWAN & CO. 2y7 Enat Kinzio street, report a large trade Ini hides, furs, tallow, and wool... ‘fhe firm. Maas j aconimisston business, strictly, Lides bolng & prominent feature. r : : lobbing houses ' ——- BTATIONERY, PRINTING, &0.{ CAMERON, AMNENG & CO, 2 This house, with facilities unsurpassed by . any honso In the West, reports business fon the year execedingly netlve, aa there ling not eon 9 day in allthis period whon they hava not been filled with ordora, As compared with Inst year, the inerenso In. business hi beon fully 25 per cent, and 50 per cent | excess of 1878, ‘The ‘establisiinent employ 150 hands, The mannfacturing departmen of the business is confined to blank books of nll kinds, and railroad and commercial printe ing. ‘Ihe leading specinity Is Asmborg’s cabs dich ani pele tudaxing lottur f ie for tha pal of which thoy have branch houses a Dunne ntreat. Now York, aud 27 Littles Britain, London, Eng. SEWING MACHINES, THE, ELDNEDGE BEWING-MACIINE CO,, whose principal office is nt 109 State atree! may justly polnt with pride to their recor during the year past, Thelr growth has, been rapld, but the foundation of a farvresiohe] ing and permanent business ‘has been ald aud tho ordinary fluctuations of trado will have little effect upon thelr: atonily ad vances ment, ‘The straightforward methods upon which their business Is conducted, and the high standard of finish and mechanical are displayed in the construction of thelr. mae chine, have placed the reputation of thet Eldredge and the reliability of tho Company} beyond the power of competitors ta destroy, i] and rank 1s accorded them among the soll institutions of Chicago, ‘ JOUNBON, CLANK & CO. degree, When this fact is nown throughout the United States and! ~ ki Europe as the manufacturers of the Home sowing machine, wero cstablished In 1859, having a factory at Orange, Mass. They have ropentediy mude additions to tholr works, but Inst year increfsed demands for“ The New Home” compeltest then to double their already large works. They now produce 350 machines dally, ‘The Chicago agenoy was established In 1803, aud has, under tho judi clous management of Mr, Georzo L. Gray, ana thie popularity of the * New Home,” ine _———— ee Continucd on te Seventeenth Page __4