St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-24
MINNEAPOLIS NoTINGs.

A Cooperative Package Delivery
meetings for the Discussion Of
Labor Topics.
The Minneapolis Transfers Protect
i've association held ala open meeting
at the Labor Temple last Sunday after
noon, to discuss the principles of organ
izatiOn. Addresses were made by L. LII.
Lucas, T. w. Brosnan and MI. Morris.
This association is one of the largest
and most prosperous in the city and
during the past year has succeeded on
several lines of practical work. which
has been of benefit TO its members. The
latest enterprise is the establishment of
a package delivery i'll the Twin Cities.
The Babcock-Drake company had Sc
cured monopoly of the business in st.
Paul, and recently started a line of
teams in this city. A joint committee
of teamsters from st. Paul and Mime
apolis met and made arrangements to
form stock. company and operate
rival line i'll both cities. Wednesday
the first delivery started in this city, and
it is runlored that the Babcock-Drake
company have offered to withdraw their
teams from this city and leave the team
sters' association undiSturbed. So the
practical benefit to them.
About $50 brick aysrs attended an
open meeting at Hall No. l, Labor Tenn
pie. Wednesday evening. This is the
first of series of fortnighty meetings
to be held during the year. Charles
Trowbridge, II. B. Marten. F. Wright
and j. p. McGaughy spoke briefly of the
necessity for concerted action and the
practical and educational benefits to be
obtained from an organization and fire.
uuent discussion of industrial problems.
A committee was appointed to confer
with a similar committee from st. Paul
to arradge for concerted action in re-
gard to wages and hours of labor dur
ing the coming busy season.
The Social Science institute held a
lively meeting last Sunday evening and
discussed the Right of Charging In
terest." Several university Students
were present and partipated in the dis
cusson. 1t was finally concluded that
interest is only one of the necessary
evils of the present system of CONNER
cial government, and would be unneces-
sary and unknown under gan industrial
system of government. The ancient
and respectable chestnut. entitled Free
Trade VS.. Protection" which was sup
posed to have been satisfactorily settled
at the recent election, will be discussed
this evening. Hector McClane will pre-
sent the opening argument.
The bill amending the present law
creating the bureau of Labor statistics
and providing for the factory inspect
ors in addition to the chief and deputy,
was recommended by the committee on
labor legislation and will probably come
before the house tomorrow. Commits
Sioner Lamb finds it impossible to do
accurate and thorough work under the
meager provisions of the present law,
and hopes to have sufficient appro-
priation to make the work effective.
The Social Science club discussed the
condition of labor in Russia last Mon
day evening. From the consular re-
port and other reliable authorities it ap-
pears that the Russian laborer is re-
duced to condition where he barely
earns enough to supply the coarsest of
food and raiment. The result is that
low state of morals and unfeebied in
tellects. Extracts from Count Tolstoi
were read, also from George kennan'S
articles in the Century, from which it
appears that Russia is country pos
seSsing many natural resources and lib
eral ideas are forcing themselves among
the people in spite of the tyranny ex-
erciSed by government.
This club will probably continue its
investigation into the conditions OF
labor in other countries and members
of other organizations are invited to at
tend the discussions.