Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-17

Mr.. Driscall reported that the hotels would
make reduction of SO cents per day to dele
gates attending the convention. The Siou,
City road would carry at cents per mile tn,
Northwestern at GO per cent. OF the full fare
Minneapolis & st. Louis and Wisconsin Contra
at half fare, and the Central railroad of low;
at 60 per cent. Of full fare. The Chicago, Mil
waukee d st. Paul road declined to make any
reduction. Other roads are yet to be hearc
from.
Messrs. W. L. Wilson, r. j. Barney and J. x
Davidson were appointed committee to secure
room for the convention. The comm ittee
subsequently secured the Opera House.
MI. IL. nj. Rice moved that the delegates be
requested to register their names and hotel, at
the chamber Immediately upon their arrival
and that citizens be requested to call upon
them.
Ex-Gov. Marshall, from the committee on
reception, reported, already announced in
the GLOBE that the plan was to take the dele
gates about St. Paul and then convey them to
minneapolis by special train. The following
were added to the reception committees: u. r.
Noyes, Jr., M. Auerbach, VIM Lindeke, B.
Beaupre, G. d. Strong.
1t was voted to hold the first session of the
convention at II NJ, on the 18th.
On motion, Mr.. VIM. Lee and F. Driscol]
were appointed q committee to secure a short
hand reporter to keep the minutes of the con-
vention.
Gen. Sanborn presented the subscription pa.
per for the boom, and about dozen members
took stock. Messrs. McClung, Prince and
Cakes were added to the committee to canvass
for stock.
IMMIGRATION ENVELOPE.
Messrs. j. W. McClung, F. Willius and Z. j.
Hodgson were appointed committee to pre-
pare the matter for an immigration envelope
for 1879.
THE GRAB OF THE MILLERs.
The following letter was read:
ST.. PAUL, Dec. 16, 1878.
Gentlemen Of the Chamber of Commences
1T Is a singular fact that the celebrated win
ter wheat flour made at st. Louis is worth 81 so
less per barrel in Minneapolis than the fancy
brands Of -four made from Minneapolis spring
wheat by the mills in this city. One of our
enterprising grocers is importing St. Louis
winter wheat flour by the car load and selling
it at Sc per barrel, while the patent process
flour made at our mills sells at $3.50 per bar
re.''
The above paragraph may be found in the
minneapolis deuartment Of the Pioneer Press
of Saturday. The object of the writer evident
ly was to praise our Minnesota -four but like a
two-edged sword in the hands of weak per-
son, it cuts both ways.
1t is matter of pride and profit to us that
our wheat is of superior quality, but it should
be a cause of shame and will be one of loss, if
we keep our home markets too high.
The market price for wheat on SATURDAY.
was from 40 to IS cents; the St. Louis market
for their wheat on the preceding day (Friday)
was 80 cents and fraction.
Now this brings out the pregnant fact that
our people pay altogether too much for their
bread.
This has been crying evil for years. Mil
iers' associations have, during these last wears
of disaster and distress, taken the bread from
the mouths OF the poor by their extortions. No
sooner does wheat however low, advance the
least-up goes -four rs cents sack; but when
wheat declines, flour remains the same until
the murmurings of patient and wronged
people begin to be heard
With the exception of the last three years the
writer for fifteen years past has Toured more or
less wheat. His earlier transactions were with
that pioneer miller and honest man, Mr.
Brainerd, whose brand of -four was great ia
vorite, and in all that career though the flour
was sold at twenty-five cents q sack, or half
dollar per barrel, less than miIlers wholesale
rates. the profits, when full weight was re-
ceived, were never less than Is per cent. on the
cost of the wheat.
If the people of Minneapolis can afford to
have st. Louis flour shipped to them, let them
do it, but hope that the public sentiment Of
the city of st. Paul will be in favor of the best
honr at cheap rate for all her citizens.
Other things being equal, the city that fur
nlshes the best and the cheapest food is the
most prosperous.
1t is much better that all should be moder-
ately prosperous than that few should be
immensely rich.
This article is intended to be suggestive
rather than exhaustive, but, in my Judgment.
it touches a vital matter, and the moral influ.
ence your body can largely regulate it.
Shipping Goals to Newcastle is a significant
phrase, and the enterprising grocer at Mime
apolis is a standing rebuke to the extortionate
miller.
Paying your money for foreign article, of
Retributive justice may be slow, but it is sure
and severe. Respectfully,