Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-29

- 4uate Ior the purpose. With the City
, Council rests possibly In conjunction with the
poard OF public works, the power of removing
1nis dllapldated building and replacing it with
eommodlous and tasteful ediice. The in
creased rentals OF stalls and rooms would more
| than meet the interest on such an e,pend;tnre
while as public improvement. hardly aav-
thing would accommodate the citizens more or
| secure for seller and buyer such convsnienees
as are now greatly needed. It would prove a
material beneht to the city architscturaIlY add
to its good looks, and provide that which in
other places Is pointed to with personal and
civic pride.
Cannot the authorities be induced to furnish
to the general public such a market building as
the necessities OF our people, and the reputa-
ton OF the city imperatively require9 On
sanitary grounds, cannot the present building
be pronounced unfit? AS an investment on
the part of the city, is there anything safer and
for public reasons more Important? am sure
| my plea voices the feelings of the house
KEEPERS of st. Paul, and may | not assume it
| equally expresses the views of the increasing
number, who, with better facilities provided,
could make the market more attractive. 1t is
| by attention TO public matter like this that
| the city is made more desirable as place of
| residence, and living in IL becomes wholesomer
| ana more economical. move in this direc-
| ton viii bring US abreast of cities which have
eeilpse1 US IN this particular, and will be an
| other sign OF that public enterprise and thrift
which always contributes TO the good name Of
| the community.
DIYERsIFyISG HOME INDUSTRIES
1t will be but pushing my suggestions ina
| legitimately practical direction if at she risk
of seeming to transcend the usual liberties of
this place and of my profession, comment
upon some features OF business life here Most
OF my days have been passed in the manufac-
turing domain of this country, and it Will not
seem strange, therefore, If | now make plea
mere Tor the supplementing OF your present
| lines OF trade anG commercial enterprise, by g
determined push to build up local manufac-
lures. The natural advantages of this city as a
distributing centre are what should furthHith
make 1t a favorable location for diversified
manu- featuring interests. The lack of water
| power is really serious hindrance for steam
| Is quite generally regarded as almost as ecoaom-
| lcal and more reliable motor than water. in
| driving machinery. We could, by wise CO.
| operation, induce such interests to come here;
| we nave capital enough in the hands of our cit
lZens to start them ourselves. and it is possible
for as, Dy . ludlclous outlay, to subsidize such
| industries, because they promote the general
| prosperity of the city. and at the same time
make 1t an object for them TO seek for foot
hold here. Flour mills in increasing number
| and size. machine shops, manufactures of sta
| pie products, for which Tamif ylng trade
| connections would create market, should now,
and by wise public encouragement could be
| built up here.
This is matter the community can
control and 1t is worth the study of our capital
lists and board of trade. No mans business can
| be suffered to so monopoize his interests. that
he can do nothing to aid in charging and d.
versifying other home industries. IN this
particular is found the field for the display of
| a community S sagaclty, push and corporation.
If it have shrewd capitalists public spirited
merchants and energetic workers for public
objects, 1t will be seen in
what is done to add to and build
| up new business enterprises. There are many
| manufacturing interests In the East, eager TO
come West, and the city that finds them out
| and cordially and literally encourages them,
will secure them. This matter OF industrial
growth is in the main controlled by the temper
and purpose of the community. by the spirit
| which characterlzes the board of trade and the
| municipal government can give here d case
| IN point. which shows lack of that commercial
] shrewcness and public spirit which are tho
capital really OF leading American cities.
Some parties whom | Glanced to know were
| here IN the spring looking for accommodations
| to begin manufacturing in certain line offer
ing many inducements here. After !aborious
| running about-they found u person ready 10
! let them the required premises and power
! After his terms had been stated one of the
| parties remarked that he had been offered more
| favorable condition at another point visited
whereupon our sagacious representative OF st.
Paul interests added Then you had better bU
| oil mems 90 10 that place. And go they did
and thus are we minus to-day one interest it
| should have been object on our part to
| secure. 1t wonld have added 10 our productive
| wealth, have given employment to OF hers, have
| increased the consumption of products here.
| do not state this as a sample instance for (
! would not be justified in so tioing-but sub
| nit we cannot afford to thus act more than
once. 1t is money out OF every mans pocket,
and loss to the city--to foreclose OPPORTUNITIES
| for growth such as this offered.
| Well this only shows that St. Paul needs
! more than ever to be put on It's Inettle and
| burying all differences which Distract har-
| monious co-working-co the strength
| and prudence II possesses, IN maturing and
| executing plans. which Will bring hither
| new industries. and thus in diveraifying and
enlarging business build up the interests al
ready here, and give the city fresh art in popu-
| lation and enterprise. With the numerous rail
| roads centering here, it is the more important
| that terminal accommodations be supplied
| on generous scah. Machine shops, car
| factories and repair works ought naturally TO
| tend hither. Indeed the worder is thev have
| not come here before this, and it is q ul.etv
have heard suggested why the shops OF tie
| Sioux City road, owned and controlled as it ia
| by ST. Paul capitalists, are not brought hither
| Such interests make business increase popuIg-
| ton and augment the demand for tenements.
| Providence helps those that help themselves.
| 20 business hrm thrives long by monopoly
| no city prospers whose lines of activity are
| slenderand few. Hence trade and manufactures
| shonld grow together, for each plays into the
| hands of the Other Here capital should seek
| It's own increase, by augmentlng the producing
| power and value of the city. Here the small
!. tradesmen should second the up building of
| the industrie, which add to the population
| and increase the consumption Of commodities
! ofe7ery Sort for each grows when the place
| grows, and the public limit Is the guaran-
tee of thrift to the individual.
REAL ESTATE IMPROVEMENT.
st. Paul suffers not little from the fact that
| much of It's most eligible real estate is owned
| by non-residents. These are intent only on
| speculative prices and meanwhile are indif-
| ferent as to whether it is improved or not wheth-
| er made a catch III for the refuse OF contiguous
| dwellings, temporarily rented to parties who
| render it unsightly, and to adjoining
property injurious, by erecting thereon their
| rookeries with the usual concomitants.
| Economically considered this great disaa-
| vantage to city. We see the effect of it here.
| Some Of the most central and really desirable
real estate within the citys precincts. ia
| to-day not only unimproved. but not OBJ
| tainabe at any reasonable prices. TIE conga-
| quencc is our population is pushed out and eff
| into less accessible localities. The city i'm
oroyes and grows uneyenly. The fim of the
| town grows populous, while the center
| IS filled with large areas of fallo.g estate.
| Street and urban adornment are also thereby
| rendered difficult, and any system of city inn
| proVenent Is IN q measure curtailed. More
than is often suspected does the advance and
| improvement OF place depend on the public
spirit and enterprise of its real estate owners.
| To-day there Is no denying the fact that d GER
| tain grade of tenement houses comelv. neat and
| convenient, ranging from SO to $25 {: month,
are greatly needed, and were there the wiling
| ness on the part OF those with capital 10 in
vest and real estate to utilize to meet this
| necessity. it would result in auprnenting orr
population and accommodating far better
| many now dissatisfied as In their DWELLING