St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-27
HOW TO BOOM THE CITY.
An Evangelist Gives the Commercial
Community Some Good Pointers.
MISTAKES THEY ARE MAKING.
The Chamber of Commerce Tenders q
Reception to Dr.. Munhall and
His Aides.

The reception rendered by the bust
ness men of the city to Evangelist Mum
hall and Prof. and Mrs. Towner in the
chamber of commerce hall yesterday
was well attended. A large number of
the members of the body and represen-
tatives of all departments of business
Interests were present. The formal
exercises were opened with a
song by Prof. and Mrs. Towner,
after which Thomas Cochran, Jr., in
troduced DR.. Munhall to the audience.
In half hours off-hand talk DR.. Null
hall made many pertinent and valuable
suggestions relating to the connection
between himself and religious life. He
started out with the assertion that
Christianity lay at the foundation of all
commercial and industrial prosperity as
it was the fountain spring of social
purity. This has demonstrated in the
high attainmentS of our modern civili-
cation. st. Paul is to-day among the
most prosperous cities of the continent,
but take away its churches and schools
and it would Immediately become a
place of desolation only fit for the habi-
tati0n of bats and vampires. HYour
railroads and your jobbing houses and
your manufactures" Dr.. Munhall said,
''all minister to your prosperity and are
noble monuments of your enterprise,
yet take Christ out of your community
and your population would melt away.
'In this age ofindustrial progress and
social refinement people will not live
where they cannot have an air OF Chris
tan influence within which to rear their
families. A man may be debased in his
own instincts and practices; still he
longs for pure surroundings for his
fnf,, fl,n ,,,0C
popular summer resort on the Jersey
coast, not drop of liquor is allowed to
be sold within three miles of the place;
there is no card playing, no horse rae
ing, no prize fighting and the most Pur-
itanicaf restrictions, yet he knew OF
fifty saloOnkeeDerS of Philadelphia who
owned cottages at Ocean Grove and
sent their families there every summer
because they wanted them to be under
the healthy moral influence of this
quaint Puritan resort.
"You business men," DR.. Munhau
said, ''as rule, do not give enough at
tention to
THE CARE OF YOUR CHILDREN.
'You leave that to your wife to look
over while you are absorbed in your
business pursuits, forgetful of the fact
that poor tired mother has more than
many boys on the street here at night.
They are not all of the riff-raff. Many
OF them are well dressed and are the
sons OF business men. They are learn
ing more devilment in one night on
the streets here in st. Paul than the
| Sunday schools can take out Of them in
a whole year. will take the liberty
to point out to you business man how
you are making mistake in booming
your city. You are good boomers and
have good results. Still you can i'm
prove your methods little. For illus
tration, you depend on the East as the
source from whence you draw your
population. The most the Eastern peo-
what they read in their newspapers.
And what is that? They read items of
prize fights, Sunday base ball games
and scandals. That is what the
press agents are instructed to
send out, and nothing more. They
hear nothing of your churches and your
colleges and your great jobbing houses,
your railroads and your manufactures.
PATSY CARDIFF, THE PRIZE-FIGHTER,
is about the only Northwestern man
our Eastern people ever hear of. Cast
ing aside all sentimentality and looking
at this matter in the light you business
lleH are SuppOScu 10 see GillllgS ln-OH
the line of dollars and cents-I submit
to you the question, is this good boom
method? Don't you think you could
bring som influence to bear OH the East
ern press to give you more judicious adj
vertiSing? 1t is my mission to preach
free salvation, and | do, yet even by
the business standard of measuring
everything by dollars and cents. you
must I've convinced that Christianity is
good investment"
Dr. Munhall closed with an earnest
appeal to the business men of the city to
lend their aid and influence in further
ing the work of evangelizing their city.
At the conclusion of DR.. Munhall'S
remarks Prof. and Mrs. Towner sang,
Building For Eternity" The exercises
were closed with prayer, after which the
members of the chamber of commerce
were generally introduced to the guests.