Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-12
terminated without further

induced to carry out this understanding
and pass the bill. He made his report on
his return, from which the following
extracts are made:
MR.. CASTLES STATEMENT.
Mr.. Castle reported to the chamber OF
commerce that on his arrival III Washing
ton he found the public business SO behind
in congress. such blockade of legislation
existing. that it would be useless to at
tempt to secure the passage of the sawdust
bill through both houses that session So
he directed his energies to ascertaining the
position of our senators and members on
the subject. and TO pushing the bill for
ward as many stages in each house as he
could during the few days remaining. The
same bill had been introduced in both
houses and referred to the committee Oh
commerce. Mr.. G. reports that he found
but two of our delegation heartily and ac-
lively supporting the bill-Messrs. Henry
Poehler and Mark III. Dunnell Mr.
Washburn had expressed his belief
that it was a just and necessary law
and said he should not antagonize it in any
way, but said that so many of his home
constituents had pecuniary interests adj
verse to it that he could not be expected to
work actively for it at present. Mr..
Poehler ascertained from the chairman of
the subcommittee of the house committee
on commerce that Senator Window had
made a special request of him that moth
ing be done with the bill that session. Mr..
Castle sought to use Mr.. Dunnelrs infiu-
ence to counterfeit that of Senator Win
dom, but Mr.. Dunnell was informed that
Sen hfpkijltog1 tO WAS mann r,f
the senate committee on commerce, and
chairman OF the subcommittee to which
The sawdast bill had been referred, had all
The papers, reports from the engineer de
partment. efc, or which alone intelligent
action could be based, and that no pro
gres5 could be made in the house commit
tee until those documents were returned.
Senator Mcmillan from The first expressed
his desire 10 do something for the bill,
but said that the manufacturing inter
ests of Pennsylvania, and the mining inter
ests OF the Poetic states were al hostile to
it. AIr. Castle reports that he urged Sena-
tyr MCCLELLAN to at least secure q favorable
report from has committee, that the bill
might be phi one step forward, but the
senator was very busy and gave him but
very little satisfaction. but sad the status
VI L4tC l}4-- lI1A1 t;llSlSt3b4JA- 5-+lEL SCF-
erai interviews Mr. Castle. at 4 Lato day In
the session, wrote nm q very urgsat letter
asking that something oe done This let
ter Senator McMiilan yefoally Acknowledge
cd The receipt OF, and promised 10 reply 10
showing Why nothing coJld ~ done and
what misapprehensIOns the st. PAM people
are laboring under with regard 10 the mat
ter. But no such reply has ever been re-
ceived by Mr. Castle or by this chamber.
CAPT. CASTLE,
IN another report on tins subTect,after stat
ing the difficulties he encountered IN seek
ing to forward this Legislation, gives the
following explanation CT tho very potent
causes which were operating with such
powerful influence SO paIalyze Representa-
tive Washburn. so many of whose constit-
uents had pecuniary interests adverse to
this great public interest) that he could
not lie expected" to rise 10 the level of the
broad-gauged policy Of advocating the
public interests against such ''pecuniary
interests influences which
SEEMED To pARALYzE
our two senators also and prevent any
hearty or active support of 8 this bill or
their part. Meantime" says Capt. Castle.
by industricnsIy talking vita members
of congress from other states, news
paper cores Cndeits and others with
whom ] became acquainted, learned tifat
the numerous lobby OF men from Mime
apOlis and other Minnesota towns who
were paid S25,000 to go to Washington III
the winter of 1880 to secure the remission
of the S250,000 penalties incurred by pine
| land trespasses, had incidentally put II
! some effective work against the so-called
''sawdust' bill. They had pointed out the
injury it would be to gulch mining in
California and to manufacturing in New
! England. They had represented to mem
bers from Illinois and Iowa that it was
movement to cripple the mills at Minneap
oils, whereby Chicago would again have
monopoly of the lumber supply of the
western prairies- and they had drawn
upon their imaginations in every direction
for effective requirements against tn,
measure.
TIE HON. HENRY PHOELER,
Who was a congressman at that time. IN
letter to the committee confirms this state
ment of opposition to the bill from
Minneapolis men, and while delicately re
framing from expressing any persona
tAIkOMlouA3C Oh CpDOSlLlOl 10 the D1lI OF
the part of any Of our members, speaks o
Hon. NJ. Il. Dunnell only, as the menbe
with whom he consulted IN his efforts tt
?, secure its passage.
FROM ALL THESE FACTS
The chamber can form It's opinion Of TIL
influences which have operated to defea
of this important measGre, why it is tina
the navigation Of the river continues /,
be INSTRUCTED from Ft Smelling to LAX
Pepin, and the governments appropriations
made almost useless, While st. Paul ARK
Minneapolis are threatened with con,
plete isolation from The advantages of fh'
river by the danger that the head Of nayi
ga1iOn viii be removed to the mouth of tht
st. Croix Or to Lake Pepin. The natura
drying up Of the small streams consequen
upon settlement Of q new country give
a tendency 10 this danger, which IS greatl1
accelerated and aggravated by the annua
deposit Of such vast quantities Of mill re
fuse, saw dust, bark, slabs ana edgincs
estimated to amount annually to
100000 CORDS.
II these calses are allowed to continue
1t is only q question of time when thes,
two cities which ROW boast that they stanl
at the gateway and hold the key to com
nerce continental ia its proportions vii