St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-06
MINNEAPOLIS.
CURRENT COMMENT.

Two years ago, in a speech at the old
Casino rink, c.. X. Davis delivered a
speech in which he pictured in glowing
language the evils which would beset
the farmer if the wheat of Manitoba
was permitted to enter this country
free of duty, to compete with Ameri-
can wheat. The Pioneer Press edi-
tOrially rediculed the speech, and went
on to show the absurdity of the claim
that tariff on wheat benefited the
farmer. But recently that same paper
has editorially reversed itself in a very
ludicrous style. To one familiar
with the working of the Minneapolis
mills, the idea of which competition is
ridiculous. Millions of bushels of Man
pond, and all the revenue official
knows is that if a certain amount of
wheat comes in, a correspondence amount
OF flour, for export, goes out. 1t is &
matter of indifference to him,
as to anybody else. whether
the flour is of Minnesota or
Manitoba wheat. He neither knows
nor cares. AS to the difference head
millers say the Minnesota -four is pre-
ferred. So much for the competition
of Manitoba wheat in Minnesota. In
compete with the wheat of the world,
tariff or no tariff. His wheat prices are
ground down by the competition, while
everything he buys is stiffened up by a
protective tariff.
Eight months ago, DR.. Hall and other
Weather-wiSe prognoSticatoIS, foretold
the severe and continuous electrical
disturbances we are at present encoun-
tering. The latter half of July and the
early part of August were named as the
periods of the greatest meteorological
disturbance, but the summer of 1888 was
set down as destined to be marked as
the most remarkable in years for sud
den and disastrous storms. Stock in
weather predictions is rising rapidly,
for never were they more fully verified:
The present season has been without
precedent in this vicinity.
1t is the general opinion among sport
ing men that the Chicago team is almost
certain to come to Minneapolis. In all
The announcements the transfer of the
team and franchise have been set down
as conditional upon the raising of $1,000,
but those who claim to know say it has
all been arranged. Spaulding and Nor
ton know they can only lose money at
Chicago, with no better prospect for
next season, and that in Minneapolis,
even if they did lose with the present
team, they would lose less than in Chi
cagO, with a franchise that might be
easily valuable in the market. On
these grounds it is believed the team
will certainly be located here under any
circumstances.
Minneapolis wants ball team, and
would very much like winning team.
1t is not necessary to have an aggrega-
ton that is dead sure pennant winner,
SO long as it will win a majority of the
games played and take good place in
the race. AS at present constituted the
Chicago team is not above mediOcrity.
Dryer and Sprague are good pitchers,
and Hoover, Hengle, Hanrahan and
MOriarity are all first-class men,
but the team, as a whole, is not
SO good as the GOoding combination
and as an investment is not so valuable.
The men could not be sold at the end of
the season for half as much as Wrinkle
man. Broughton, Walsh and Tebeau
would bring. But while Minneapolis
wants a firSt-claSS team badly, she
wants some kind of a set of players,
and will be willing to trust to circum-
stances. With an aching void staring
her in the face, it remains to be seen
how the new team will be supported.
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The expenses attached to the getting
up of a celebration of labor holiday are
large, and the necessity of making
light charge for tickets so that even the
poorest can join in the celebration, de-
mands large attendance at Lake Har-
riet next Saturday. Two years ago
81 $3.50 was the amount cleared, the total
-
receipts were 81, 800, $50 less than suf-
ticient to meet expenses. If the attend
ance this year is as large as that of 1856,
s., 0O0 will be cleared for labor temple.