St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-28
CAUGHT IN THE CORRIDORS.

Anderson Fowler, the head of the firm of
Fowler BROTHERS, New York and Chicago.
which is the largest pork packing house in
world is i'll the city. Mr.. Fowler is an Eng
lishman by birth and an ardent free trader.
THAT is 10 say said he. Il believe in free
trade with those who will reciprocate." Be-
ing asked what he thought OF the meat in-
spection law enacted by the Minnesota legis-
lature, he answered: well, you know, am
an interested party and can scarcely give an
ppin,Tprejudiced opinion. The effect the
the big four as it is called, will be
far greater than most people imagiue
1t is very severe blow to it. and in my
opinion will ultimately break the trust. 1t
certainly will if other states follow suit.
Your legislature did wise thing in passing
that law, the direct effect of which on Your
people will be an improvement of the quality
OF the meat, People naturally run to the
cheapest market, and frequently omit from
their CONSIDERATION the possibility of getting
inferior quality. The Armours used to ship
to St Paul only the fair grades of meat and
send the choice grades East; in consequence
prices were, cut down. Under this
law none but the best meat will be
supplied to st. Paul butchers. Down at the
stockyards we propose to kill beasts for the
butchers at a bare living profit: what is more,
we will buy all their tallow and that sort OF
thing Now. the price of meat may have
risen cent or two a pound, but the quality
Is SO much superior that 1t more than makes
i
bill passed, as it is blow to the trust and
am as much opposed to trusts as any man
can be. Another thing in its favor is that it
will foster such industries as stock-raising in
Minnesota, besides being of great benefit to
US stock yards men. We fear no competition.
OF course we are not counting it, but it VIII noS
do us any harm. You ought to go down to
our place i'll South st. Paul. was down
there to-day, and l must say that most of the
beef 1 saw there is equal to the very best {
ever saw. There is no poor beef there, and
the meat is well worth all that is being paid
for it. OF course am prejudiced i'll favor OF
the bill, but 1t strikes me, from all points OF
view, as being an eminently wise measure,
and one calculated to strike the meat ring in
very tender place."
Judge Edgerton, Of Mitchell, S. D., was in
the city yesterday. He sat around the Mer-
chants for a while and gossiped about his
beloved South Dakota. Said he: I'VE have
had lovely winter. enough spring rain. and
the prospects for fine crops are better than
for many years. Politics! Well, the whole
of South Dakota is torn to pieces over the
state capital question. Every one will vote
for their own town as temporary capital, and
every one will do the same for permanent
capital. You know we have to vote for tenn
have to vote for permanent capital, and
ii no town receives a majority over all the
others we shall have to vote at the next cleo
ton between the two that get the largest
which town will get it-yeS have, 1t Will be
MltchelI-by the way. live in Mitchell. The
Sioux Falls constitution is not all that it
might be: but we are thankful for anything
we can get. and it will undoubtedly be rati-
fed. The opening of the Sioux reservation
is going to be great thing for Dakota. 1t
has retarded our growth woefully. but if the
Indians will accept the terms offered them
it will be all right.
The Merchants hotel was the scene of a
sad arrival and departure yesterday. Mr..
Widdecomb, of Winnipeg arrived II the
morning with his wife, on their way from
Colorado. where he had been for Mrs. Wild
decomb's health. A few hours after their
arrival Mrs Widdecomb died suddenly. DR..
Quincy pronounced the disease which
caused her death phthisis. Mr.. Widdecomb
Manitoba train, for Winnipeg.
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j. Monroe Heiskell. U. s. A. has been in
the city for few days making a thorough
inspection of the military department here.
He is employed in travelling all over the coun-
try on tour of inspection. and after re-
naming here for several weeks will go west
to Montana.
A party of prominent merchants from Hell
ena arrived in the city yesterday and were
piloted around by l.. Guiterman. They were
Isaac Greenwood d. A Cory and Aaron
Hershfeld. Mr.. GREENWOOD is the largest
merchant in Montana and one of the new
states wealthiest and most prominent citi-
zens. Mr.. Hershfield left yesterday afternoon
to take i'll the centennial festivities at New
York