New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-11-21
What Our Scissors Write.

Robert Wilson, one of the substantial
farmers of Lincoln county, was burned
out Monday, losing his house and con
tents, also his barn with grain, hay and
machinery. Loss. $4,000, insurance,
81, 300. Mr. Wilson endeavored to draw
load of hay away, but the flames
swept under the wagon and burned him
severely. His family escaped with no
material loss more than first noted. -
S. e. HERALD.
''The serious injury to the::business in
terests of the town shown in the mar
keting of wheat tributary to this place
at points on the Hastings & Dakota
road, ought to arouse the merchants
from their lethargy. It is not such a
serious matter that it cannot be rene
died by organization and enterprise.
but the trouble is that such matters are
left to few wide awake men while a
lot of others hang on at the tail end OF
the wagon. trying to get all the benefit
they can without spending cent. That
is just what is the trouble with the town.
A lot OF these chaps will stand by and
see every dollars worth of trade taken
out of town whil9they are waiting to
have somebody else take hold and do
the work necessary to defend the BUSH
ness interest of the village. IS. E.
HERALD.
Does not the above criticize the bust
ness men of New Ulm, as well? A few
weeks ago we made marked mention of
the action taken by St. Peter merchants
in regard to transient tradesmen that
periodically and regularly visit our city,
and were in hopes that our merchants
possessed energy enough to act on the
matter and petition the Common Coun-
Gil. We have not heard of any direct
proceedings so far, and aside from a
few remarks heard on the street to the
effect that ''such thing ought to be
done by all means" etc, the matter has
been dropped to all probability. Such
a course illustrates that something is
wrong somewhere, and if our merchants,
complaining of hard times, do not get
up and hustle in the near future their
fall and winter stock will lie idle on the
shelf, read for the summer moths. Re.
garding the wheat qestien, it is asserted
that the stations on the Minneapolis
road and those south of us on the Oma.
ha, pay more that the New Ulm mills.
We have heard some very unkind words
spoken in this respect, and if our mil.
lers are to blame for ruling the marke,
In manner detrimental to general
business interests it is the duty of oul
Board of Trade to examine into it.
| What else does the board exist for? We
have all respect for enterprise whenever
we see it, but greatly fear that it, has
taken wings, left New Ulm and gone
West. Get up somebody, raise rum
| pus about town and boom it. We'll
chip in every time and put our shoulder
to the wheel.
"CoNGREssMAN LIND's treatment by
the voters of Brown county and his
own home, New Ulm, is little less thar
shameful, for in town and county he
received less votes than his democratic
competitor. If ever a town or county
had reasons for glowing pride, these
communities have it in the fact that
thoir townman was the most distin.
guished of the Minnesota delegation in
the present congress, and that he made
for himself so creditable record as tc
| attract the attention of the national
press, and eminent statesmen from all
parts of the country. We believe nc
member of congress during the past
session was more studious, or made
greater advancement in the art of po-
litical economy. and that none attained
higher rank in craftsmanship. He was
found not only on the right side of all
important questions, but he was there
as an intelligent and Jealous worker,
while on the famous retaliation bill he
manfully stood against his entire dele.
cation, defending his position and the
interests of his state in the ablest and
most exhaustive speech made on that
question, and which commanded the
| warm commentator of the leading
daily press of the country. Certainly
no member has given closer attention
| to the interests of his constituents while
upon every issue of railroad, land OF
commercial monopoly he has been q
fearless and able defender of the inter.
est Of the people whom he was chosen
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