St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-01
THE CHESTS.

II. W. Wagner, j. i. Eliel,
George A. Clark, d. B. Bushnell
II. l.. Shute, Morris Mcdonald,
Ii. ii. Small, H. Staples,
G. II. Fowler, Jr., b. f. Nelson,
j. Chapman, w. j. Dean,
John Barry j. NJ. Sawyer.
The table was laid in the ladies' Ordi-
nary in the form iof a hollow square,
with the guests facing each other. The
table was decorated with plates of hand
some and artistically arranged fruit,
which showed off well against the
snowy tablecloth. DAMS orchestra was
seated just outside the door, and during
the meal discoursed number of pleas
ing selections.
A. NJ. Clerihew, the president of the
association, made the address of well
come. The object of the meeting, he
said, was not to eat OF drink, particular,
but it was to enjoy a good social
time, where one might forget all bust
ness cares. eve are now gaining
strength" said he, ''and we are fast TAX
ing on metropolitan air. During the
past year we have made rapid strides,
doing more work than for three years
past. This was due, no doubt, to COM
bining with the merchants of st. Paul,
whom we have found to be pretty good
fellows. Our business is growing all
Vic tiiflt anu tillS year VIC lOOh lOI dli-
other big business"
Mayor A. A. Ames responded to the
toast, "The City of Minneapolis" The
mayor said that there was nothing
which helped city as much as its job
bling interests. 1t was the jobberS who
had really built up Minneapolis. The
broad gauge of the city has made it
what it is for the jobberS, and it will
always continue to be a good place. 81
congratulate you, gentlemen, on your
enterprise in tearing from Chicago the
trade which naturally belongs to Min
neapOliS. [ am glad to see you meet
here, for you need thorough organiza-
ton, and when you have it you can
successfully cope with any city i'll the
United States"
THE TOASTs.
J. C. Eliel responded TO the toast
"fThe Advantages of Membership in Our
Association" He pleaded that he had
been suffering with the prevailing cpl
demic, and then went Oh and made a
good speech. 1t was almost useless,
he said. to tell business men the advan-
tage of belonging to the jObbers' assO-
citation. Organization was the only way
to succeed In business, and every man
appreciated the fact. One thing, how
ever, must be borne in mind. In COM
mercial way, Minneapolis is not yet at
the top of the hill. She is situated in a
peculiar manner, unlike other cities,
which all have fields of their own. Min
neapOlis has not foot of territory
which does not belong as fully to
its neighbor, and the only way we
can win is by organizing. Sooner or
later Minneapolis or st. Paul must
give up, and it remains to see which
will win. Our competitors are wide
awake and fully organized, and there is
no use in trying to hide this fact. Our
organization has resulted in big saving
in freight bills, and opening up terri
tory which Minneapolis could never
before touch. A few men have done all
this, too. Let the men who never come
to our meetings understand this, and
let them understand that our real fight
has just begun, and that their services
are needed.
&. l.. Farwell, president of the st.
Paul JobberS, association, spoke of the
"Jobbing Trade Of the Northwest" He
said he did not propose to spring any
figures on the company at present, but
would confine his remarks to the COM
mercial supremacy the Northwest now
enjoys. He spoke of the growth of the
jobbing trade in the Northwest, and
olONCu iION III NOulQ SCOW.
Prof. Bradley, superintendent of the
public schools of the city, responded to
the toast, ''The Relation of the Public
Schools to the Commerce of the North
west" in an able and fOrcible manner.
No one, he said, would dispute the fact
that education was necessary to sue
ceSSful business career. Large sums
were annually spent inStructing the
children of the Minneapolis public
schools, and it would be returned
hundred fold in a few years, when the
present children were the merchants
and jObbers. Manual training was
being introduced, and in few
years parents who were ashamed
to do manual labor would be proud of
the fact that their children knew how
to earn an honest living with their
hands and brains combined. The Min
neap0liS Exposition and its importance
to Minneapolis as business center and
its interests to the jObbing trade, was
responded to by Charles Nj. Palmer,
manager of the Exposition. This toast
was greeted with applause. During
last season. said Mr.. Palmer, we had
over $4,000 people here. Many of them
being manufactures, were favOrably
disposed towards Minneapolis as man
ufacturing center. The Exposition
draws business men of the ma
ton and the question is,
how shall we continue SO
as to attract attention in the future and
implore you all, gentlemen, to aid in
making the Exposition success in
order that Minneapolis may be bene-
fitted. Look at st. Paul booming itself
during the Ice Carnival. She is doing
right, and when you come back from
there tomorrow bring back some of the
enthusiasm, and when the Exposition
opens next fall, boom your business and
your city the way it should be doomed.
The toast, "Our General Interest" was
responded to by j. T. Wyman. The
subject, he said, was a wide one, as
wide as the field occupied by the iobbing
trade of Minneapolis and ST. Paul. The
board of trade had attended to every
subject under the sun, he continued,
and would just as soon turn its atten-
ton to the war in Congo as anything
else. He referred to the opening of the
500 road, and showed by practical illus
trations OF what benefit it was to Mime
apolis and the whole Northwest. Min
nPapolis' future is to be glorious. and
her present is also glorious. There is
room enough for both st. Paul and
Minneapolis and time will demon
strate this. Minneapolis will furnish
vice president on the Democratic
ticket next year. and / should not won
der if he would be elected in spite of us
Republicans. mayor Ames blushed
and bowed an acknowledgment, being
cheered in return) "Banks and Bank
ing was responded to by j. b. Forgan,
of the Northwestern bank, who made a
pleasing speech, in which lie paid a
high tribute to the jobbers OF the two
cities. lie had been sent here by the
Bank of Nova Scotia, he said, to inspect
Minneapolis as a banking field. He was
then bank inspector, and he was so
pleased with this city that he re-
manned as manager of the branch
OF the Bank OF Nova Scotia. He never
had more satisfactory ba&king expert
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