St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-06
SAINT PAUL.
Additional City News on Pages 4 and 8
ON THE SIDE.

There will be a meeting of the exec
htive committee of the Farmers ALI
ance at the Marendon to-day. The OBJ
1ect of the meeting is to decide whether
a state convention shall be held THIS
year under the auspices OF the alliance.
Hon. Ignatius Donnelly was IN the city
yesterday, and in course or CONVERSE.
ton, he stated 1t was very proDaple tilaC
the farmers would hold convention
and that a ticket would be selected.
There are now 900 Sub-allianceS att1l-
ated with the parent body, having a
total membership of $4,000, and the feel
ing among them is very strongly favor
able to the nomination OF straight out
and out alliance candidates for the Varl-
Gus state offices TO be filled this fall.
Gen. j. II. Baker was also IN the cry
YESTERDAY. and was in consultation with
some of the most prominent antl-Mer-
riam men. He very strongly faVors al
alliance convention.
Frank Whitney, of the Great Northern
road. has lust returned from business
trip through the Eastern states. Inc
general business outlook i'll the East,
from railload point of view, is very
good. Mr.. Whitney says while the
immigration to this country this year is
larger than ii has ever been, there mas
been a diminutlon in the NUMBER OF
people who have located III the North
west. The emigrantS have largely
domiciled in the Eastern states. The
only reason that can be given for this is
the reports which gained currency the
past winter respecting the distressed
condition of the farmers in North ana
South Dakota. These reports got into
the European press, where they were
intensely magnified, and, as conse-
ouence, emigrants for the present lily
sby' of the Northwest. A good crop
this year and the rehabilitation OF the
agriculturaliSts eXchequer, Will, now
ever. quickly remove the present er-
roneous view regarding settlers pros
poets in the rich wheat-growlng dis
trictS of Minnesota, the DakotaS and
other states.
R. A. Kirk is speaking within the
mark when he says the cratic changing
of freight rates has demoralizing eff
feet upon trade. These continued
changes harrasS the merchant consider
ably. lie will probably contract for the
supply Of certain goods, and, before the
contract is completed, up may go the
rates. Again, Il lOcdl u6dIel may Ecu III
a stock of goods when the rates are
high. His competitor may delay in Sc
curing his supplies. and thus. probably,
be enabled to participate in the benefits
of reduced rates. He makes larger
profit on the goods or else can nnderSell
competitors less fortunate than he. The
bad effect this cutting Of rates has on
business can thus be seen. A uniform
rate, one that is fair to all parties and
not subject to continual changes, would
work much better. JobberS could then
make their contracts without fearing
that when completed the trade would
be upset entirely by drop in the rates.
Owing to the transposition of types,
a few errors crept INTO the article on
binding Irvine which yesterday appeared
in the GLOBE, and which, in justice to
r. A. Kirk, should be corrected. 1t was
stated that the price this season of pure
MANILA Irvine to the farmer will be Is
cents. The figures should have read Is
cents. 1t may be added that this is
about the average price that has pre-
vailed for several years past. The
amount of decrease in the price of
hemp to arrive hereafter on the sea-
board should have been cents, not 6
cents; and the amount of Irvine to be
on the market this year the types made
400, 600 tons. instead Of 10000 tons.