Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-19


valley, as he had but little expectation of ind
ing "a beautiful place as his former home.
He no longer felt any regret. st. Paul WAS the
gateway to the golden wheat mines of the west,
which were far richer than the coal mines of
Pennsylvania. This city is the granary into
which the vast wheat product of the northwest
ia to be stored, and the day is not far distant
when st. Louis, Chicago and other great wheat
mar kets will be compelled to pay tribute to st.
Paul.
Mr.. d. w. 1ngersoll was introduced by Presi-
dent Barden as the Patriarch of the North
west" and was received with loud applause
Mr.. lngersoil commenced by saying that he
did not know whether to feel hattered or not
by being introduced as patriarch. He should
however accept it rs q compliment. The in
aug ura ion Of this board is fraught win great
interest to the city. st. Paul must and will
control the the trade of the northwest. Mr..
Ingersoll then gave brief history of the diff
tleulties attending the building of the first ele-
vator, stating that people declared st. Paul
could not be made wheat market. After al
luding to the vast territory tributary to st.
Paul, he concluded by predicting that in the
near future ST. Paul would handle as much
wheat as Chicago is handling to-day.
VIM. Lee, Esq. was next introduced. Mr..
Lee after fictitious allusion to the remarks
of the pre- ceeding speakers, particularly Mr..
Davidson. said he was satisfied that our ideas
were not sutficien tly exalted. He was not will
ling to wait hundred years for the good time
coming. He thought il was near at hand aud
he expected 10 live tc see i.
We are great city already. We have
the brains, and all that ia . .essary js to put
them at work, and we will accomplish all there
is claimed for St. Paul. If we accomplish as
much in the next twenty years as we have in
the past twenty, we will keep within chasing
distance of Chicago and outrun Milwaukee, 81.
Louis and Philadelphia.
Alderman G. N. Bell said he fully CONQUERED
ia all that had been said in regard to the future
Of the city. Since he had become citizen of
St. Paul he had endeavored to familiarize him.
self with the business of the Northwest. he
recalled the fact that only fifteen years ago
there was scarcely a mile of railroad track In
the State, and now it is gridironed all over With
rails. This was but one item to show the mar
velous p, ogress we are making. Wehave only
began to dream of the future before us. In
conclusion he said, while he might not be an
active participant, in the operations of the
board, be desired to say that he would always
be numbered among its earnest friends.
Col John s. Prince said he could fully en-
dorse all that bad been said. ae had seen the
growth of the city from small beginning to
its present magnitude, and he did not believe
it would take q hundred years to
realize the vas possibilities of the future.
Mr.. 81. P. Hall was called npon as he was
| leaving the room and made few re marks.
Hon. Geo. l.. Be 81 mingled mis- oongratula-
tions with others upon the organizaLiuu of this
body. We stand upon the threshold of great
empire. This board of trade was nearer the
producer than any other in the world, and its
Influence is certain to be felt in the markets of
| the world. He had heard that in all similar
bodies there were two species of animals, viz:
| bulls and bears He wanted to see this board
| IN posed of bulls, and theroughbreds at that.
| As for the bears he wanted them banished to
| the Rocky mountains.
Capt. NJ. ]. Conner, of the cattle firm of
| Delaney & O'Connor, being called on, said
there were other interests to be considered
aside from wheat. Abiding to a paragraph
| in the GLOBE giving an account of a consigu-
| ment of Montana cattle passing through st.
| Paul he said he had an interview with the own
| er and examined the cattle. They were good
| cattle, as fine as any grass fed animals of M n
! nesots, A syndicate was formed here to pur-
| chase the entire number and to that end they
| offered S3. 10 per humid ed for them. The own
er declined to sell less than 81 90.
The result was they were shipped
| through to Chicago, where they were sold at
| Bats per hundred. He was of the impression
| that the organization of this board would
eventually have iofluence enough to make its
! power felt in controlling rates of freight. II
nothing more was accomplished that alone
| would be of vast importance and benefit. he
expected to become member of the board
| and at some future time would ask the indul.
| gence of the members to bring before them
more at length the interest which he repre-.
| sented.
| MIR. Cochran was again called on, and said
1 be had witnessed the beneficial effect of bust
ness men mining, Jas instanced by the cham
/ Der of commerce. The establishment of this
| board was another bond of union, aud will
have its effect in advancing the interests of St.
| Paul. One of the m ,st important and Potent
facts had BIT en- alluded to by Mr.. Hall, viz, tn.
l compara' ely small portion of the State nov
| under cultivation. Minnesota made a mistak,
| in not being represented at the centennial
| Kansas was more wise, and reaped the benefit
| but it was only temporary, as it lacked thu
| glorious climate of Minnesota. He counsellet
| unity of action, 30 that the interest OF one
| would inure to le bene fit OF all.
/ Mr.. j. +. Lincoln, of the st. Paul d Omahs
| road, said he sympathized with the movement
| and would cooperate for its advancement,
both as an individual and in his official capac-
| ity. to the xteat of his ability.
Mr. L. A. Gilbert said he had been induced
| to come to Minnesota from reading Schuylel
Colfax's letter published n the New York In
| dependent in 1869. 1t was rosy-hued letter
and he had serious doubts at the time Of e,el
seeing the productions therein contained rea
p used and they are all more than fulfilled a!
ready. The future is too full Of promise TO
even the widest imagination.
This closed the speech making and cal
| board was opened, the transactions of which
appear in their proper place in the commercial
column.
The president annouuc ed that hereafter tn
board would hold daily meetings at 10 A. NJ.
when the board adjoured.