Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-06-10
STANDING COMMITTEES.

President Sibley announced the following
standing committees for the ensuing year:
Executive Committee-President ex-offcio,
D. r. Noyes, Banning Hall, Hodgson, Inger-
soil and Magofhn.
Statistics and Correspondence-H. p. Hall,
Castle, Hodges, Hewitt, White and Elicit.
Finance-Willius, Bigelow and Summers.
acknowledgement, Gotzian, Cook, Math-
ews, Noyes, Jr., and Strong.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Gotzian, McClung,
Castle, McCaine and Hodges.
Imports and sportation-Blakeley, Bige-
low, Kiefer, Cullen, Bishop, Marshall, Oliver
and Berkey.
Legislation- Smith, Jr., Banning, sanborn,
Murray and Gilman.
Parks-Banning Johnson, Hodges, Thomp-
son and Lindeke.
General Business-Bishop. Davidson, In
gersoll, Mathies, and Rhodes.
Mineral-McCaine Day, Dawson, and Nc
Chung.
Real Estate Hewitt, Hodgson, johnson,
Schurmier, Elicit.
Fish Culture-Barney, Oliver, and White.
Observation-Disclosures Ex-Officio, johnson,
Marshall, Castle, j. Smith, Jr., Hall, McOlung.
Roads-McC lung, Davidson, Dawson and
Dreher.
THOSE ENVELOPES.
Col. Hewitt urged the more general use of
the immigration envelope, and offered the
following, which were adopted:
WHEREAS, There is now coming into Mime
sofa a better class of immigration than ever
peopled new State, and as all our citizens are
Interested in still further adding to their num-
bers, and to that end in still further sending to
the world the truth regarding the soil, the
climate, the health and the products of our
grand young State-its lakes, its rivers, it's
railroads, it's matchless progress and prospects,
! and
| IT. m IL. u ell.
pared condensed statement of such facts re-
| garding Minnesota as the world desires to
know, the same having been endorsed by
the State Board of immigration, and printed
on letter envelopes that are furnished at less
| than the blank envelopes would cost; there
| fore,
Resozved, That we request the business men
of Minnesota especially, and other citizens
| generally, to cooperate with our secretary, W..
d. Rogers, in bringing said envelopes into gen.
eral use.
| OUR WATER WAYS.
Mr.. McClung offered the following, which
were referred to the mercantile committee:
WHEREAS, The commercial interests of Min.
nesota and the new northwest, and the pros.
perity and happiness of their people require
| that they shall have some control of the natu.
raj and artificial lines of transportation on
which the prices of all exports and imports de-
WHEREAS, By the combination Of wealthy
and powerful corporations, there is DANCE,
that such control may be lost, and this State
and its neighbors of the Northwest be reduced
to the condition of more appendages and tribu
tary provinces to outside corporations and
cities; and
WHEREAS, The Mississippi river and the
lakes, which project far into our territory, arr
natural highways of commerce, which neec
only be improved and utilized to form thu
basis of an independent system of Transports
ton; now therefore, be it
Res0lUed, BY the chamber of commerce OF
the city of st. Paul, that the suspicious be-
ginning already inaugurated by this chamber
looking to the improvement Of these great ar
teries of commerce, should be persistently fol
lowed up from year to year until complete sue
, cess shall crown our efforts
, Resolued further, That the new Northwes
has the natural advantages, the wealth, tn
population and the credit which make it boil
8 feasible and desirable to inaugurate indie
: pendent system of transportation, the basis o
= which shall be the Mississippi river and the ad
: iacent lakes; and to bring about a consumma
tion so Vital to our interests we recommen
D the formation of a commercial league consist
! ing of the various cities of Minnesota and Da
!. kota, the cities of Buffalo, Detroit, Montrea
: and others East, together with the cite
. of the Mississippi river from New Orleans t
Minneapolis, and such transportation compar
}. les rs NAV be interested in the purposes of th
= league.
), Resolue1, That in order to carry out the o.
J ganization of such q league and perfect the d.
tails Of the most judicious ways and means {
: accomplishing the ends in view, a committee {
= ten citizens Of st. Panl shall be appointed b
3 this chamber to confer with like committee
o from other localitis in the State and the Nortl
west, and that they meet in this chamber at
o'clock on the - day of June, 1879, fl
consultation and further action.