St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-03
81. PkOL dEVS.
GRAIN AND PRODUCE.
Interesting Meeting of the st.
Paul Board of Trade.
cttOn Looking to Promotion of the City's
Traffic In Produce.

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morning convened by the president for the
object of discussing ways and means OF max
Ing the board more effective in developing
The grain and produce market.
President Hubbard called the meeting to
order, and in an excellent speech, lucid,
comprehensive and forcible, explained the
object of the meeting.
The ex-president, Mr. Heyderstaedt, was
the first speaker, and he stated that he
was heartily in sympathy with his successor
In his endeavor to diffuse more life into the
board. He thought one of the first things to
De done was to obtain better freight and
transit facilities, and he showed at length
low the present tariff rates discriminate
,gaipst st. Paul.
Mr.. MeCauley spoke upon the same sub
ect at considerable length, and urged the
necessity Of the board as a body, appealing
TO the railroad companies. 1t was useless
for one member as an individual trader do
ing so. ThA railroad authorities would give
hiI3 courteous hearing and that would end
the matter but if the board, as a large and
influential body of traders was to take some
lotion, there, would be some hopes of re-
dress of present grievances. He thought
that we should NOT forget in our negotiations
with railroads that we have the Mississippi
river
- Mr.. L. A. Gilbert spoke more particularly
about the wheat trade. He said that our
market for wheat was very much less than it
was three years ago, in consequence of rail
road pooling and transit agreements. The
railroad companies seemed to ignore St.
Paul altogether, or rather to treat her as a
little way side station. The discriminating
against St. Paul by raising the rates from
western stations TO st. Paul, while the through
rates remained the same was gross wrong,
and tended to drive business from the city.
Only lately one Of our largest wheat dealing
firms moved up to Minneapolis.
Mr.. Sterrett-But they are sick of it.
Mr.. Gilbert-Grain paying zoe per 100
pounds into st. Paul is sent to Chicago or
Milwaukee at 30c per 100 pounds, while ship
ments coming from the Northern Pacific or
Manitoba roads pay from zoe to 25c per 100
pounds as fixed by the pool. Again, coarse
rains paying zoe per 100 pounds to st. Paul
can be sent to stations on the same road $50
miles east of us at 25c per 100 pounds, while
10 pay local to st. Paul and local out the rate
rom 2sc To- f2c per 100 pounds. Mr.. Gill
pies illustrating these facts.
he said, to drive trade away
rent the accumulation of
t, and our dealers have to
men, taking orders from
and forwarding on to
- bert argued the appoint
&c on transportation which
o secure such rates of
lway companies that the
nd the rate from st. Paul
I'D not be greater than
Another matter of import
cd, was better elevator ia
leans of weighing grains at
per bushel, which was about
handling. A public weigher
tor, he considered, were both
irrett, general manager of the Ster-
ltor company, says he found him
man without q country. In
'is they call him a st. Paul man
hey no longer look at him as
He said the facilities for
greatly in favor of st.
20 Minneapolis, and he
Al wheat at Minneapolis
Paul better than he can
"you had better come back.
{ back [Applause.l He did
ne railroads had given any advant-
milling city. He found the same
--atages of transit existed in both
.rides.O He could sell transits in ST. Paul as
, We'll askn Minneapolis.
- I II. r
triedit
NJ McCauley-We should impress it
upon the railroad companies that st. Paul
AMI Minneapolis have grown out Of pantalets
sid are not mere way stations to Chicago.
The president suggested that the meeting
should gather up the fruits of the discussion
in practical action.
Mr. Gilbert then moved that the president
appoint committee, to include himself as