Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 228, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1915 — ST, LOUIS MARKET FETE IS OCT. 4-10 [ARTICLE]

ST, LOUIS MARKET FETE IS OCT. 4-10

Mound City People to Be Hosts to Merehuts All Over Uiited States. i, - BIG FAIR TO BE FEATURE Veiled Prophet Pageant, Agricultural Fair, Auto Bhow and Mississippi River Carnival Also filled for Benefit of Visitors.

St Louis manufacturers, jobbers and merchants are planning a special celebration for the benefit and pleasure of the merchants of the surrounding territory? October 4 to 10, Inclusive, which has been designated as Buy-in-SL Louis Week by Mayor Henry W. Kiel through proclamation. The week chosen is that of the celebrated Veiled Prophet Pageant and Ball, the St Louis Automobile Show, the St Louis Agricultural Fair, the Mississippi River Pageant and Aquatic Sports. Thus the visitors will have an opportunity to combine business and pleasure. St Louis manufacturing industries have a total invested capital of about $300,000,000, and employ 138,092 persons in 3,200 factories. The manufactured output is valued at $497,190,000, and represents in wages $90,126,000.

8L Louis Leads World. Through her great manufacturing establishments and other industries St Louis becomes the natural market for the consumption of the great wealth of raw material —products of agriculture, horticulture, live stock husbandry, poultry, forests and mines —of the great commonwealth of which she is the center. This interchange of commerce between St Louis and her tributary trade territory is an impetus to the expansion of the great industries of the city and the development of the unlimited resources of the vast territory of which St. Louis is the logical market and Industrial center. This is made possible through the excellent transportation facilities, low freight rates, central location and many other natnral advantages and the strength and stability of that city’s financial institutions. The Importance of St Louis in the financial world is shown by aggregate bank resources of approximately $425,000,000 and annual clearings In excess of $4,000,000,000. One of the chief purposes of the Buy-in-StLouis Week is to bring the merchant and producer of this vast territory and the financier, manufacturer, Jobber and wholesaler of its metropolis together for mutual benefit; to develop throughout this territory, which is so rich in natural resources that it has been declared capable of supplying the needs of the world, the spirit of reciprocity.

What Will Be Shown.

During the week of October 4 to 10 St Louis will demonstrate her supremacy as a world market Jobbers and wholesalers will make some comprehensive displays of wares from the marts of the world. Manufacturers will show merchandise of home manufacture of superior quality ani workmanship. St. Louis is this worlds greatest market and largest did tribute Ing center in many lines of commerce. She enjoys a large and entlable export trade. Many of the foreign exports of St Louis are domestic imported raw material; that is, material produced in the surrounding territory. St Louis as a primary grain center is one of the leading markets of the world. It is the prinolpal grain consignment market of the United States. It is the largest horse and mule market In the world and one of the leading stock markets. It is the greatest distributing market of fruits, general produce and garden truck, the largest roots and herb market; the largest lead market; the leading hardwood market of the world and one of the Important lumber centers.

What 8t Louis Has. Duo to the fact that SL Louis offers her tributary the largest and best market for its output, St Louis leads the world with the largest fur market largest lead works, largest tobacco factory, largest drug house, largest'hardware house, largest manufacturer of crackers, largest white lead factory, largest wooden ware house, largest car building center, largest manufacturer of stove#, largest shoe distributing point, largest horse and mule market largest horse-drawn vehicle manufacturer, largest terra cotta works, sewer pipe works, brick works, largest manufacturer of jeans clothing, largest fish market and largest strictly dry goods market St Louis has the largest millinery market in the United States and also the nation’s largest bag and bagging market trunk market hat house, fancy goods house, hardwood lumber market manufacturer erf ropes, saddlery and harness market coffin and casket market exclusively carpet warehouse, tinware stamping plant output of proprietary medicines, outnut of American-made chemicals, manufacturer of gloves, output of beer and production of reclining Chain. The St Louis business man will hosts to visiting merchants from •very pert (rs the United States during the Buy-in-8t Loots Week and at n» otter times.