St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-15
The JOBBERS' TRIP.
A Review Of the Notable Excur-
sion Just Ended.
The Towns Visited and the Advantages
Which the Country Affords.
A Memorable Visit and How it was Conducted
and Received.


and Received.
The formation of the st. Paul Jobbers
union, designed for the mutual benefit and
protection of the wholesale interests of st.
Paul, was of itself a very wise and fortunate
step. The concert of action and unity OF
purpose necessary to secure the best interests
OF this most important branch of business
which has built up our city, and which, with
the aid of the great lines of railroad center
Ing here, has made st. Paul the great focal
center to which the eyes OF the people of the
northwest all turn, could be accomplished in
no way as surely as by the uniting of all the
great commercial institutions that have their
home in this city.
To this organization of men who represent
such vast and important interests must st.
Paul in the future, as she has in the past look
for her prestage and Importance and the ex-
tention of their territory and enlargement OF
their business, means the enlargement and
increased Importance of st. Paul.
The late excursions of this Union, first over
the Omaha and Northwestern systems of rail
road in southern Minnesota and Dakota, and
second over the Chicago, Milwaukee q St..
Paul system covering the same section of
country but striking other towns have been
something more than mere junketing or
pleasure trips True they have furnished a
sort of Relation to those who have been
shut up in their counting rooms
and behind their desks, but the
object which inspired their organization and
accomplishment was of a far different ma
ture and the practical results accomplished
will be felt by each of the great CONNER
cial houses which formed a part of these eX-
cursions. The meeting between the members
of these houses and their customers (though
necessarily brief) in many instances for the
first time, the Interchange of courteses and
the mutual acquaintance thus begun can not
fail to prove of benefit to all concerned. But
by far the most important result achieved
has been the demonstration to the business
men of the section visited that st. Paul, and
that her representative business
men feel keen interest in
the section of country in
which they live and that they desire closer
social and business relations with them, and
that they fully appreciate the vast importance
of the great region of southern Minnesota
and Dakota, its enormous latent wealth and
unparalleled resources and desire to aid in
its settlement and development.
That this latter idea has been accomplished
in very great measure by the late cxcur-
sions any person whatever conversant with
the ways of business men, who accompanied
the Union could not fail to perceive, where
ever halt was made the interest manifested
by the leading men of each town who were
met all vieing with the other in extending
fraternal greetings and courtesies attested it.
1t was one continual series of ovations
from beginning to end The approach of
the Jobbers' Union train was heralded by the
booming of cannon and the music of bands.
The platforms were crowded with people, and
ducts of the field, farm and wood. The
towns, many of them, were decked with flags
and bunting, while appropriate words of well
come were seen everywhere upon signs and
banners. Wherever the Union went the
word 'sWelcome!' me. them in mottos and
streamers, and in the beaming eye and cor
dial hand shake of the first and best men of
each city, town and village, and ssGod-
speedn followed them at their departure.
The complete and exhaustive description
contained in the mammoth issue of the
GLOBE of July 8, thousands of copies of
which were distributed along the road, leaves
but little to say of descriptive nature con-
corning the magnificent territory through
which this second excursion, which left ST.
Paul on the morning of the Sth and returned
on the afternoon of the 18th, passed. The
progress of the train from day to day, and
the leading incidents which occurred from
point to point, were also daily reported by
telegraph. The inadequate telegraph facili-
ties afforded, however, at distant
points, coupled with the fact that the
great convention in session during
the trip, at Chicago, the exhaust
accounts of which sent over the GLOBES
own special wire required so much of its
space that much interesting matter and
many facts and incidents of the trip were
necessarily left out. To cover this partial
resume of the occurrences of the trip may
not prove uninteresting.
The Chicago, Milscaukee &c st. Paul RAFT