Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-04
AN ENEMY OF ST. PAUL.

The Double Headed Newspaper--Constant-
ly Stabbing st. Paul, and Laboring to
Advance Minneapolis--A journal which
st. Paul Business Men should Repudiate.
To the Editor of the Globe. '
Although as you know "a life long Republican,
the only daily newspaper have taken for the
past two years, published in st. Paul, has
been the GLOBE, for the reason, like many
other business men, my business interests in
st. Paul are of more Importance to me than
political interests. 1 am astonished that
more of our business men have not yet awakened
to the fact that by their subscriptions and ad-
vertisements given to the Pioneer Press, they
are supporting the worst enemy this city
ever had. This may seem strong statement.
Let us see If / can verify it in general terms.
l would state, for the past few years that jour-
nal has devoted most of its ability to praising
up everything pertaining to our sister city
Minneapolis, and grossly exaggerating every
enterprise that was even rumored to be started
there, while, whatlittle 1T has said regarding
st. Paul, has been put in a half hearted way,
in the mildest form, generally in small type,
and in an obscure corner. Time and time again
in my commercial travels in the upper cOun-
try, when discussing matters pertaining to the
two cities, / have had parties say, after making
some absurdly untrue statement regarding the
trade or business of Minneapolis, 1why, can
prove it by your own paper published in st.
Paul. and then they would produce copy of
the 'Pioneer, "''the St. Paul and Minneapolis
Pioneer" to prove their statement
And now as to a bill of particulars. Let Us
take a late date of the P. P. in which they give
the business statistics of the two cities for
1880. note they state st. Paul's showing is
a very good one for a city of 41,000! UNITED
States census of st. Paul, only half taken,
Al $3.50, while of Minneapolis they say: The
most magnificent showing ever made by city
of 80, 900 people, East or West. Omitted States
census 1925, and this is Justification as the
GLOBE has repeatedly stated it stood ready to
prove.) Tins you will see they deduct 629
from st. Paul's population and add 3,0n to
Minneapolis. it.
But Mr.. Wheelock says we are not response
BILE for these statements Rather himsy, Mr..
W. Who is? The subscriptions and advertise
ments of your Minneapolis customers? l know
partner, and am glad to have it put on those
grounds. / don't blame you
but do blame the people of st. Paul, that
they too do not make it "matter of business"
and make it their business to stop taking your
paper or advertising in it until you come to
the conclusion that as 'matter of business"
you will deal fairly by us. 1t would be far
better for the material interests of this city if
you would move your entire establishment to
Minneapolis, because it would then be under
stood by the outside public that you were a
Minneapolis paper and your gross misrepre-
sensations would be far less hurtful to MS.
How absurdly ridiculous and false is the
statement in the same issue regarding Mime
apolis. ''She has no rival west of Chicago as
a manufacturing and commercial emporium.
Her wholesale trade reaches S59, 034, 679 y
L. I, kl,a,r ,sA,xv
of St Paul at about $3S 900 000 think it is time
for the secretary of the Business Mems union
to call meeting to consider this matter and
take some action, as l consider it far more
important than anything they have
ever had brought before them. | can
make no more fitting conclusion to this
article than to quote the editorial comments
of the Minneapolis Evening Journal on the
Pioneer Press statistics of the city OF Min
neapolis for 1850:
AHANDsoME ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
"The Pioneer Press, st. Pauls leading news
paper, completely throws up the sponge in
favor of Minneapolis, and acknowledges
it to be not only the greatest
manufacturing, but also the greatest
commercial city west of Chicago. st.
Paul has, of couse, for years admitted Mime
apolis' superiority in manufactures, but has
But her leading newspaper now surrenders
that claim also, and puts Minneapolis to the
front in the following enthusiastic head lines
in this mornings issue:
"Minneapolis-One OF the Great Cities of the
Northwest Resume Of Business, Growth and I'm
pruvemeLts for IS8o-Showing that She has No
Rival West Of Chicago as Manufacturing aud
Commercial Emporium-Hee wholesale Trade
Reaches $50 03& 6I9 and Her Retail Trade Foots Up
sac, SIC, 5i5-The Great FIGURING Mills, With q
Total Floorage of More Than Twenty-four Ac-es-
Her Lumber Trade is More Tn IN Two aud a Halt
Millions Of Dollars-Over Si,70o,000 Expended IL
New Buildings and improvements Tho Most Mag
nifcent Showing Ever Made by City of So 900 Pee
pie, Hast or West. y p ----. - 3c-->-- ----if
"We congratulate cur st. Paul contemporary
on having at last beeemefully awake to the
realities of the stuation.n wish very much it
was in my power to see and talk this matter
over with every man in st. Paul, and trust
every man who may read this article will con-
stitute himself commttee,of one to talk this
matter over with his neighbors, particularly
those of them who arc now supporting the Pho
neer. While the Individual labor may seem small
and of little effect, yet in the aggregate their
work will amount to great deal. The only
way to touch the Pioneer people is through
their pockets. ~ ST. PAUL