Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-05
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Filling the Committees-Eeport of the
Committee Oh Manufacturing Ad-
vantages Offered by st. Paul-Sonae Prac-
teal Suggestions
The board of directors of the chamber
of commerce met yesterday morning at
O'Clock.
VACANCIES FILLED.
The president announced that the fol-
lowing appointments had been made on
committees:
Statistics-Thomas Cochran. in place of
81. P. Hall, resigned. This committee
will now stand as follows: Cochran, Dris-
coll and Day.
Finance-Peter Berkey and William
Lindeke, in place Of w. R. Merriam and G.
H. Bigelow This committee will now
stand, Berkey, Lindeke and Willius.
Nominations McManus in place of
Bigelow This comittee will stand, Nc
Manus, Ingersoll, Averill, Cochran and
Moon.
REDUCING POSTAGE.
The following brief note on this subject
was read and placed on file:
SENATE CHAMBER, WASHINGTON, Nov. %,
1882.-MY Dear Sir: Your favor of Oct.
"a, transmitting preamble and resolution
adopted by the board of directors of the
chamber of commerce with reference to
tie reduction of postage, was duly re-
%o1y al
senting the memorial to the senate.
desire to say also that have long be-
lieved that letter postage should be re-
duced to two cents at the earliest practic-
able moment, which now seems to have
arrived. Very truly yours.
VIM. WINDOW.
ALL ABOUT MANUFACTURING.
At the previous meeting of the board
Mr.. McClung called upon the committee
on manufacturing to make a report
Being thus joggled the committee yester
day reported as follows, and added letter
from Mr.. James Mather:
To the President and Directors of tho
Chamber of Commerce: Your COM
mittee on manufactures, to whom
were referred various resolutions of
Mr.. McClurg's, and other documents relat-
ing to manufactures, beg leave to report
as follows:
First-With regard to the manufacture
of cordage, rope, etc., the material for this
purpose Is not grown in the state, and not
likely to be, until our system of agricul-
ture undergOes radical change. In rails
ing fax for seed, the fiber is rendered USE
less, even for the commonest purposes,
such as making bagging, paper, etc., and
this condition of things will not be changed
while it remains more profitable to raise
seed than the fiber.
Second-Brick making is carried on to
considerable extent here, and though the
quality of the brick is not of the best,
they are undoubtedly such as are most
profitable. Your committee is of the
opinion that there is a favorable opening
for large increase in this branch of in
dustry, and the profitable investment of
much more capital. The manufacture of
the finer qualities of brick reqaires much
larger investment for machinery and
plant than the common varieties, and we
beg to commend this enterprise to the
favorable attention of our capitalists.
To sum up, we should say that we be
lieve there is no better point in the state
for the establishment of manufactures in
general than St. Paul; and if 'sthe abund-
ant capital in the city," referred to in the
resolutions of Mr.. McClung, was available
for this purpose, our manufacturing inter-
ests would multiply rapidly.
Your committee have had referred to
them at various times propositions from
men DESTROYS of starting cotton mills,
glass works, and various industries, but in
all cases, though literally endowed with ex
perience and talent, they were utterly in
nocent of the possession of money. If
this chamber will induce the citizens of
st. Paul to stock with liberal hand any
number of companies for the manufacture
of anything used in the Northwest, your
committee will agree to furnish all the am
bilious men necessary to. undertake thier
management.
The two individuals referred to in the
chamber last week as wandering about
with $4,000 in their pockets, seeking in
vain for an investment, were not brought
to the notice of your committee. Any
member of that committee could have
found an opening for those funds; and
your committee would recommend that the
chamber shall hereafter follow the Justly
commended example of Minneapolis and
Saltwater, and use every endeavor possible
to encourage the location here of all men
with capital and enterprise. Respectfully
submitted. Z. j. BARNEY,
II. L. PILKINGToN,
E. M. DEANE,
Committee.
CEDARvTLLE, Martin county, Mimi, Oct.
4, 1SS2.-F. A. Fogg, Esq-Dear Sir: Our
postal arrangements are at present in
such a demoraiized state, which makes it
difficult to answer letter in anything Ii Ike
decent time. But without saying more on
this point l will give you my opinion ON
the questions asked with pleasure. And
first st. Paul as a manufacturing point.
When thinking this matter over before I
visited various localities for the purpose
of finding out which of them presented
the greatest amount of advantages for
carrying on a manufacturing business
such as you name, and over them all l
certainly would give the palm to st Paul.
II has all the essentials ready made.
Abundance OF water, railroal and river ia
ciIities which cannot be surpassed, and
last but not least, in business of this
kind. it has that class of workers which is
required for such work all within itself.
On this point need not say more, as from
nv experience of the business l am sat
isfied it is the point over all Others which
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