St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-19

sum of $4,000 shall be ex-
pended in building this season, and the
trustees have accepted the proposition,
and say that as soon as the ground per-
mltS active operations will commence.
The Manitoba Railway company have
also expressed willingness to build a
depot close to the property. thus afford
ing cheap transit into the city.
Fred Harrington, of Marsh & Bartlett,
aStOniShed GLOBE scribe yesterday by
saying THAT but few knew how many
of our business houses stood upon
from Chestnut Bros store, on Mic
ollet, to the corner of Washington
avenue, down Washington to First ave-
nue. south and every foot of ground is
owned by the Franklin Steele estate,
and leased for ninety-nine years. The
same from the rear of the NicOllet house
on NicOllet avenue to Third street, be-
sides innumerable other valuable pieces
III the business portion of the city,
~
AT last the spectacle is presented of
one candid and contrite newspaper man
of California. The Pasadena Daily Star,
located in the most thoroughly doomed
portion of the Golden State,is controlled
by man whose remOrSe of conscience
has become too great for holding, and
under date of Feb. & he publishes the
following:
Heretofore the daily sales of real eS-
tate formed the principal part of our
business tide, but that day is past"
Again in the same issue is found:
1--WE are daily in receipt of letters
from persons in the East asking for in
formation regarding the chances for
work in Pasadena. We have answered
scores of them, and to obviate the
necessity of writing more, we pro-
pose here plainly stating the
facts, and will mail copy of the Star to
each correspondent on this question.
First of all we have here all the
mechanics that there is legitimate
great many good wOrkmen out of
employment. Every winter brings to
this coast thousands of men seeking en-
plOyment, and the supply invariably eX-
ceeds the demand. While we are build
ing at wonderful rate we are still I'M
able to furnish employment for all the
thousands who are idle in other states,
and who would gladly come here if
work was assured. Don't come.
There are already more here than
can secure work at good wages,
anu he star VIII ever be found the last
paper OH the continent to advocate low
wages. Labor is the first thing to pro-
tect, the last that the general public
can afford to allow neglected. When
there exists a demand for more me-
chanicS than we now have, The Star
will distinctly say so. At the present
none are needed"
No further argument is necessary to
convince the intermediate classes of
the foolishneSS of going to Cali
fOrnia i'll hopes of lettering their
condition than by asking them to
peruse the above extract On the other
hand, here is Minneapolis, a city of
nearly 100000 population, growing rap
idly, with a good substantial basis to
rest upon, giving steady employment to
thousands who are willing to work, yet
legiOns are annually migrating to the
Pacific coast with barely enough
to get there simply because they i'm
agine they can find few more balmy
days than Minnesota possesses, but they
soon find that climate alone does not
furnish the neceSSaries of life, and they
then bemOan the evil genius that sent
them there.