St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-15

settlements where people were living. They
accordingly pushed them, and thus it was
that your energetic citizens and far-Seeing
business men made St. Paul the railroad
center of the state. These railroads are
coming to you from all points of the country.
Ihey come around under your blutfS and
through your valleys, and why dO,they come
here? They come here because they cannot
keep away, Your jobberS and merchants
have combined to make st. Paul what it now
is. These sagacious men have assured the
future of this city. 1t is unalteraby fixed
as the railroad center, while the banking men
have made it the financial. One thing, how
over, has been neglected, and that is manu-
factories. / need not tell you that no city
| can come to be really great without manu-
featuring. The first thing TO be attended to
is for every one to bend every energy to the
building up of manufactures. Prof. Phelps
spoke OF the Importance of agriculture.
That produced the raw material, but it is the
manufacturers that must work up all
this raw material. What system of manu-
featuring should be adopted? The deter
mination of this question must depend
IL good deal upon the surroundings. The
lumber ng interests had grown to large pro-
portions, Touring and some other industries
had been largely developed, and now is there
any left for st. Paul to cultivate? He de-
clared that he would not state what that was
at that time and when it was disclosed it
hOulu uOI pt Ill SUCH d lOllh. bhtii
then he would let it stand as conundrum.
There might, he said, be times when it would
be judiciOuS TO offer money inducements for
manufacturers to come here to st. Paul to
establish themselves, but he desired to say
that bonuses should he very sparingly used.
The time has come when manufacturing eS-
Establishments will come here without>bonuses.
If it is for their advantage to come here they
will come, if not they will stay away. What
ST. Paul ought to do is to assist and encOur-
age small beginnings in small way, and
not by large bonuses. If manufacturing
establishment comes here and starts, and is
worthy and shows the right quality, it should
be assisted and aided to grow into 4 large es-
adjustment. The speaker illustrated what
his idea was by giving an illustration. He
also said that the best way was to have
large number of manufactures all over town,
done, and showed what a hive
of industry Philadelphia was. He
knew of number of manufactures which
were desirable and which wanted q little as
sistance and encouragement. They also
wanted the moral support Of bustling,
thriving community like st. Paul The i'm
portance of a suitable site was dwelt upon at
some length. The site should be so located as
to have easy access to lines of rail and water
transportation, so located as to enable the
parties to take advantage of all rates and
routes. He said he was not sufficiently ia
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able to speak further upon the matter of To-
cation, and regard to that he would have
to rely largely upon the support and assist
ance OF citizens. He referred to one or Two
manufacturers that were started in a small
way i'll Winona that were assisted gradually
in small way and afterwards came to be
very successful and wealthy. The old idea
that water alone would do to run machinery
had proved to be mistake. Steam is more
reliable and steady, and steam could be fur
niShed on such cheap scale that there was
little or no difference between the two, as far
as expense was concerned. Soft coal can
be brought here from Iowa and delivered for
81 50@3 per ton. At that price there
can be no difficulty whatever in build
ing up manufactures in st. Paul. The
speaker declared that the extensive campaign
about to be entered upon would be long one.
Great things cannot be accomplished in
minute. The growth of cities IS slow. He re-
ferred to the manual training in our public
schools. and declared that it should be built
upon broad and substantial foundations. At
ter years of experience he was ready to affirm
without the least fear of successful contra
diction that our educational system is not up
to the times, and he hoped that along with
manufacturing and other enterprises that
manual training should receive due attention,
and urged that we ought to have q technical
school in which the higher branches Of me-
chanicS and engineering should be taught.
Foreign lands, he said, are far in advance of
US, especially France. The highest forms of
beauty and designing that we have are
brought from France and elsewhere abroad.
We are behind them ALL The speaker urged
upon the consideration of the chamber the
absolute necessity of unity of action, and told
the members plainly that if the great work
they wanted done was to be accomplished
there must be u unity OF action, union OF the
chamber of commerce, the .;obbers union and
all, all must join in united and general effort
in which all organizations will take part. This
chamber of commerce is not interested in
manufacturing alone, or in any practical in
dustry. but in all-in wholesale and retail bust
ness, railroads, manufacturing, identifying
the city, and in short, everything that per-
tainS to the growth and progress OF the city.
How is it in Minneapolis? If anything comes
mp in that city there is but one man there.
All interests are Joined and welded together.
That is the way it should be in st. Paul, aud
the speaker declared that if there was such
unity as he described, and as there ought to
be, that anything reasonable that the
people of st. Paul undertake can be accom-
pished. We must all work together, and if
we do we will carry through anything we un-
dertake.
Mr.. COCHRAN'S REMARKS.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Phelps's re-
marks, Mr.. Cochran was recognized by the
chair, and said that as one of the committee
through whose negotiations Prof. Phelps
had accepted the secretaryShip OF the cham
Der, he desired to remind the gentlemen
present of the fitness of what had been
said. In the first place the committee on
manufacturers of this body had just pro-
posed plan which it was confidently ex-
pected would result in the formation of a
manufactures loan syndicate. IT, as was
hoped, the enterprise was inaugurated with
the same enthusiasm as the exposition idea
had met with in another city, fund of
$3.50. 600 would shortly be raised, which
could be constantly used as a revolving
fund for the encouragement of manufac-
lures. until in the years to come millions of
capital and hundreds of hands would be
added to the wealth and population of the
city through its means. Prof. Phelps had
clearly shown that all the elements of pros
perity existed here save that of multitude
of manufactures. We quote our property
at prices which can only be justified by the
existence of a large and populous city.
Railroads have conferred here, large capital
has been accumulated. immense jobbing in
terests have grown up, but if st. Paul
would make further and longer stride to-
wards substantial and enduring prosperity
than ever before she must resolve that this
other element of wealth shall not be want
ing, and must from this moment foster and