St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-29
MEN AND MEASURES.

ing would be held in Minneapolis to-
morrow evening at the hall near the
union depot.
MEN AND MEASURES.
Roswell P. Flower sat in the Ryan
yesterday afternoon and talked in his
genial, good-natured way Of things in
general and the Northwest in particu-
lar. "You see,'' said he, 'that 1 have
to keep posted on the developments in
every part of the country, which neces-
states my taking trip all over every
year or two. This time have been all
through the West, paying particular at
tentiOn to the Pacific coast. like the
look of Washington territory very
much: the men who are settling it up
capital but lots of energy. St. Paul is
written all over that country; in fact,
every other man you meet is an old st.
/ Paul man. l was astonished at the
number of them [ met up there"
Speaking of the financial situation,
\ Mr.. Flower used language almost iden-
tical with the interviews with st. Paul
bank presidents printed in last Sun
days GLOBE. He did not blame the
|: tariff for the tightnesS of the money
market, but said: ''Every time that
! tariff reduction is talked of the great
capitalists very naturally tighten their
I purSe strings and become scared of in
I yesting in railroad and manufacturing
enterprises. l think this fear has not
much foundation. but it is only natural.
J Every panic in the money market has
'iSOme one catastrophe as its direct
cause, to which it can be traced with no
3 1fvr inc q
lapse in Paris of the copper syndicate
may cause financial crisis next year
it is hard to tell. The present extreme
dullness may be traced to the failure of
last years crop, which resulted in net
loss OF many millions to the country. l
do not fear any panic. as the prospects
for this years crop are good"
Mr.. Flower was asked about railroad
building. 1.-THE roads are frightened
by the hostility of Western legislatures,
and cannot be expected to make any
extensive improvements while this
absurd hostility lasts. The farmers
seem to think that the railroads are to
blame for the falling off in the price Of
their wheat, and proceed on this as
oppress0rs. They will soon get over
become like a checkerDoard of rail-
roads. While st. Paul controls the
great railroad systems Of the North
west she eau keep tributary to her the
whole territory penetrated by them.
But Helena is liable to grow up and be-
come great railroad center. Still, she
will not hurt st. Paul much. as she is
too far away. have been in st. Paul
every year or two, Off and on, for ten or
fifteen years, and have watched her
growth with great interest. l predict
for her a very great future, as she has
not by any means attained the zenith of
her growth"
W. E. Belcher, who has been con-
tracing freight agent of the Canadian
Pacific and Northern Pacific and Mani
tOba roads at Winnipeg for some years.
was in>the city yesterday Oh his way to
Toronto, Canada, to assume similar
position. Speaking of railroad prospects
in Manitoba, Mr.. Belcher said: Both
the Canadian Pacific and Northern Pa
cific & Manitoba are building very ex-
tensively, and Manitoba is becoming
covered with network of roads. The
latter road has purchased the Northwest
Central, which will probably be pushed
through very soon. The Canadian
Pacific are going to build their Souris
branch at once, and altogether this will
be big year for railroad building in
Manitoba. The Hudson Bay road is
dead. 1t was never anything but
political scheme Of Hugh Sutherland's,
and is impracticable OH the face of it.
l don't believe that Hudson bay can be
with any degree of safety. The country
through which the road would run.
however, is very fine one for grazing
purposes, though it is pretty barren.
Vast herds of cattle are grazing all over
it, owned by men who are too far away
fr0m the markets to do anything but
let the herds increase, in the hope of
some day making piie of money out
of them. The road would never pay,
however, and will certainly not be built
for over ten years."
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4 Ex-senator Dwight NJ. Sabin was in
the city for few hours yesterday, on
his return from business trip in the
East. He says lie will retire to Still
water and devote his time to business.
He is out of politics, aud unable to get
for his friends, much as
last evening.
Halvor Stevenson, of Crookston, was
in the city yesterday, sizing up the
United States district attorneyship
question. He does not admit Hays
appointment, says nothing. saws wood,
and is hopeful of obtaining the long
sOught-for plum. Capt. S. P. Snider
and Hon. George Seymour, of Still
water, were also in the city for few
hours on business.
John Birkinbine, of Philadelphia,
passed through the city yesterday on
his way to Duluth, where he is building
the furnaces of the Duluth Iron and
Steel company. Mr.. Birkinbine does a
vast amount of travelling. as he is build
ing furnaces in Texas, California, Penn
syivania and many other places. He is
also in great demand as lecturer be-
fore schools of technology and scientific
institutions.
r. B. LangdOn met Loren Fletcher in