St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-30
RATHER SUBDUED.
The Board Of Trade Fails to Fur
nish Any Sensations.

Owing to the fact that the strike is
over and that the legislature no longer
needs any advice, there was a very
small meeting at the board of trade yes
terday morning. A young mechanic
was seated by the table, in the corner
of the room, on which stood some
models of locks he wished to explain to
the board, and the whole appearance of
the gathering was one of peaceful tran
Quillity-deyoid of any intentions of con-
demnation or dissertations on what the
mayor, or the legislature, or the COVER
nor, or any other public institution
should do.
j. NJ. Bartlett read the report of the
committee appointed to see that the
legislature passed law to exempt GER
tain manufactures from taxation, and
various minor matters that stated they
had succeeded III doing nothing, and
never said word about the "abomill-
able sheets" of the city or their ''unre-
liable reporters"
The report was accepted. attached to
the files, and the committee given an
honorable discharge. The following
report of fifteen gentlemen, who, last
Monday waited on the mayor, was read
by Secretary Hall:
Your committee Of fifteen have the honor
to report as follows: The committee met at
waited upon the mayor, and expressed to
him the views OF this board, and assured him
OF Its support, in any lawful efforts he
might adopt to suppress any and all disorder.
HIS honor received your committee very
courteously, and expressed his thanks and
qualification for their moral support and as
sured your committee that he had plans ma
turbance of the public peace.'
Judge Atwater said in addition to
this that as the committee had seen fit
to make himself and Judge Fish, and
Hon. George 2. Wilson speakers that
they had acted in that capacity. He,
himself, had not dared to give vent to
all his feelings. fearing that he would
say too much. But the other two speak
erS had spoken their minds and the
mind of the board of trade, that the
board intended to see peace restored,
that they would support the mayor in
gaining 1t if he would make the adj
vance, and if not, they would restore
order themselves, and feeling sure that
it was the decided action of the body
through these two gentlemen he wished
to thank them for their part. The
board fully felt its magnitude in the
event and sighed its approval from its
elated sides as the Judge seated HIM
self.
There was some talk of keeping the
committee as standing recruit against
emergencies, but it was finally decided
to give them furlough, after breyeting
their leaders, fguratively. to at least
the rank of brigadier general and the
body guard to lieutenant colonels.
A minute or so was then allowed Sec
retary Hall to announce that he had
communication from some large East
ern manufacturer who was contemplate
ing removing to the city. This was
quickly referred to the manufacturing
committee, and the board launched out
again into the matters relative to the
city's good. The subject was in regard
to the celebration of the anniversary of
WaShington's Inauguration. The mem
bers all thought that the day should be
celebrated. but the question was how to
put it in form impressive enough.
Judge Atwater finally solved it.
''Mr. President: | move you. sir. that
the board of trade celebrate Washing
tons birthday Tomorrow"
Anaudible smile rippled over the room.
Then an informal discussion was taken
up as how to put the question. Finally
Or'S proclamation.
Five minutes was begrudgingly al
lowed from the busy boards time to the
young inventor to explain his locks.
Every one seemed greatly pleased with
their mechanism, but when the manu-
featuring committees report was read
denouncing the idea of trying to start a
lock manufacturing works, because the
one great works of the kind was in Con-
necticut, and no other city could COM
pete with them, and, for this reason.
finding the BOice Lock Manufacturing
company, of Richfield, Minn., which
the young man represented, as an im-
practicable enterprise for the city. the
board would have accepted it had not
j. 3. BasSett come to the rescue. He
said that he thought it should be inyes-
tigated, and that if these locks were,
as the gentleman claimed, some
thing new and superior, the
thing should be given trial
and see if Minneapolis couldn't COM
pete with the East. He said it had
been his experience that tine merchants
of the city were not very energetic i'm
advancing the manufacturing interests,
anyway. This appeared to be hit at
merchant who recommended that the
board not experiment with the manu-
facture of locks. So the first part of
the report relating to other manufact-
urers was accepted, and this part was
referred back to the committee on man.
ufactures.
Then Secretary Hall rose and wished
to correct Mr. BasSett in regard to the
merchants. He said that he had been
talking with one of them not long since