St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-27
THE BOARD OF TRADE.
Vigorous Resolutions Respecting the
Grievances from the EIeva-
tors and Warehouses.
Proposition to Cut Down the Salaries Of
Nearly all the County
Officers

| Finance Committee-Geo. L. Dale, T. j.
| Wyman, C. A. Nimocks, Fl. GO. Morrison,
P. D. Mcmillan, F. W. Lyman, George A..
| Wheaton.
Committee on Legslation-Isaac Atwater,
0. c. Merriman, S. c.. Gale, w. D. Wash
burn, c. NJ. Loring, Anthony Kelly, John
DeLaittre.
| Committee on Railroads.. c. Whitney,
Geo. A. Bracket, j. B. Bassett W. h.
Truesdale, E. s. Corser, George W. Bray, A.
j. Boardman.
Committee on City Affairs-Jnhr DeLait-
ire, Geo. A. Pillsbury, A. c. Rand, Henry
c. Morse, B. F. Nelson, o. A. Parry, J. N.
Mind.
Committee on Jobbing Trade-Anthony
Kelly, w. K. Smith,, W. r. Tillinghast, Chas.
P. Stevens, A. NJ. Clerihew. W. G. Byron,
George L. Dale.
Committee on Manufactures-J. T. Wy
man, o. A. Pray, C. H. Pratt, l.. Meldahl,
Ezra Farnsworth, w. E. Steele. S. P. Chan
nell.
Committee on Public Grounds and Parks
j. n. Mind, S. q. Gale, NJ. w. Lewis, G..
NJ. Loring, W. E. Steele, F. W. Lyman. F.
c. Griswold
Com mittee on Water Power and Naviga-
tom. B. Bassett, H. c. Morse. E. s. Cor
ser, j. c. Whitney, II. G.. o. Morrison, o. j..
Evans. Ezra Farnsworth.
Committee on Immigration-A.J. Blethen,
B. F. Nelson, W. H. Truesdale, George A.
Wheaton, Charles K. Chute.
Executive muiittee-W. S. King, W. B.
Clark, George W. Bray, S. P. CHANNEL, L.
Meldahl, P. D. Mcmillan, c. H. Pratt.
Committee on By.Laws-O. G. Merriman,
A. c. Rand, W. R Tillinghast.
Committee on Nomiuations-H. G. o.
Morrison, S. c. Gale, Isaac Atwater, A. J..
Boardman, W. G. Byron, w. S. King, NJ.
W. Lewis.
| The president then made an address to the
members of the board, importuning them to
attend meetings more regularly. The eff
cacy Of the body requires it, he said. He
did not believe in a fine system to secure at
tendance. Continuing, he announced his
| determination to conduct the meetings in a
the members acquiesced in this determine
ton.
A FoRCtBLE REPORT.
The committee on railroads presented the
chairman not agreeing With the emphatic
language in which it had been couched:
The chairman expressed the opinion that
in order TO make the board efficient prompt
attendance was necessary. He did cot be-
lieve in fines for absence, but if man did
not attend the meetings for four or six con-
secutive meetings, when he had no good ex-
cuse, ne should be dropped and new man
substituted. 1t was to act on such cases that
the new committee on nominations was
formed, which action the board ratified.
The chairman further stated that u board
Of forty-fve members was quite legislative
body. He therefore announced his inten-
ton, if the beard approved, of having the
business transacted in a business like and
parliamentary manner. This would facii-
tate the tran sactOn of business, and would
give a favorable impression to visitors.
| Heretofore business had been conducted too
loosely. Motions should be seconded and
stated before being discussed, members
should rise and address the chair, etc =.
The board expressed unanimous pleasure
at the determination of the chairman.
THE COMMITTEE on RAILROADS.
The committee on railroads, through It's
chairman, submitted q majority report. The
chairman stated that he did not endorse the
report entire, for the reason that be thought
| the preamble could be stated as clearly in a
less forcible manner. He, however, sub
mitted It as a majority report. Tue docu-
ment is as follows:
Your committee TO whom was referred the
resolution OF the business men and repre-
sentative farmers Of Herman, MIMI. would
respectfully submit the following report.
There Is abundant and irrefutable evil
/ dence that the grievances stated are not i'm
agiuary, but that on the contrary these rural
sections are suffering from the injurious in
| 1uence of systems and measures which II
not corrected will work the greatest In Jury II
not absolute ruin TO the agricultural! in terests
/ Of the northwest And We have reason to
| believe that the resolution and petition re-
I ferrcd to give expression TO the almost uni
versal sentiment existing throughout the
grain producing sections OF this state and the
neighDoring territory of Dakota.
The city of Minneapolis, standing at the
gateway OF this great northwest territory, owes
/ her substantial though phenomenal growth in
| population aud wealth To the fact that by yir-
/ tue of her position and natural advantages,
| the vast treasures Of agricultural products
from these regions have poured into her lap
until she has become to-day the largest priu.-
airy wheat market on the continent. She
would be indifferent 10 her best interests, as
we'll as recreant to her highest duty, II she
/ turned deaf ear 10 any just com plants
which come 10 her from the grain producing
sections OF this state and Dakota or hesitate
| 10 use her influence in demanding equal
| rights aud exact justice alike from all. So
/ indssoluSly are her interests interviewer
/ with those Of our agricultural sections that
/ whatever retards her growth or eniangers
their hospitality nOtony impedes Der progress
| but imperiIs the very foundation Of her com
merciai and manufacturing supremacy.
| During the past year We have seen the price
Of wheat, our great staple, the quality of
which is uuequaled By any grown elsewhere
1 upon the continent, deeliue TO price, at the
/ points of delivery to the railroads, that has
returned the farmer but rneager profit, II
any, above the cost Of production, and this
with the most abundant harvest known for
! years and upon lands so cheap as to require
] only a moderate investment Of capital. The
result is general dissatisfaction and COM
| plant throughout the great wheat belt Of the
northwest, aud in MANY Of the newer por-
| tons mpoverisbment, bankruptcy aud gen
rral distress. Trade IS stAgusnt, the farmers
are respondent, and
FINANCIAL DISASTER AND RUIN
/ are taking the place Of business prosperity,
I agricultural thrift. and the general buoyancy
which pervaded these regions ouly a short
time since. In locking for the causes Of
this changed condition, your committee do
not find it difficult to discern in the principal
agencies, which, aside from the influence Of
the generally depressed state Of the industries
OF the country, are chiefly responsible for
this unfortunate state Of our agricultural in
terests. These they would enumerate as fol-
I lows:
First-The present system OF grading and
shipping wheat through elevator warehouses,
while offering some advantages 70 the pro-
ducers. especially il new and scattered COM