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34 SAN ANTONIO-HER TRADE,

TANNERIES.
This industry has already made its importance manifest, and is in-
dulged in to quite a degree; however, the facilities for its prosecution are
so great, that there is room for many new establishments. The skins,
hides and pelts, which form an important factor in the city's trade, are of
all qualities, and may at any time be procured at reasonable prices.
MANUFACTORIES ESTABLISHED.
Aside from the tanneries already spoken of, it must not be sup-
posed that, where the capital was at all available, the people have failed to
invest in the making of articles of commerce, both for home comfort and
necessities. The following table will give an idea of the business done in
their respective lines, while lower down the page are enumerated the
happy results of some of the investments:
Flouring Mills, . . . . . Soda and Mineral Water Works,
Cornice Factories, . . . . . Cigar Factory,
Brass and Iron Foundry, . . Cement Factory,
Broom Factories, . . . . . Gas Factory,
Carriage and Ambulance F'ct's, Planing Mills,
Beer Breweries, . . . . . . Brick Works,
Sash and Door Factories, . . Cotton Seed Oil Factory, . . .
Cooper Shops, . . . . . . Ice Factories,
Cider and Vinegar Factory, .
Soap and Candle Factories, . . Total,
Tanneries,
It is impossible to arrive at the exact amount of capital invested in
these enterprises, for they are extending operations every week, giving
employment to all classes of workers; and have the satisfaction of not
being able to meet the increasing demand.
Since the establishment of the first beer brewery, which was on a very
extensive scale, the profits were enough to cause the erection within a few
months of two more breweries, each of which finds ample demands for all
its out-put. Mr. Belohradsky, from Chicago, has the honor of having
furnished to our people a quality of goods unsurpassed by any in America,
and, of course, is enabled to supply it at home figures. The others are
honest competitors, and all doing a flourishing business.
TRADE, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, OF SAN ANTONIO.
When we come to consider a city as a city, it is necessary to compass
every motor tending to make it such; and a detailed description of these,
as far as practicable, is what we propose to give for San Antonio.
Coupled with the existence of all necessaries of life, is the mode in
which these necessities are diffused among the people, and the general ap-
pearance of the inhabitants is enough to tell whether it is satisfactorily
done to all parties or not, even to the ordinary observer. However, it
would be impossible to judge in that way just the extent of the successes
that are evident. Trade or commerce, in its widest sense, signifies the