St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-10
How the Publication Of "Dis-
elimination" Interviews
Is Being Received.
All No rthwestern Brass Bands
Are Wanted for the Har-
vest Festival.
Roadmasters Have a Little Al
tercation in Their Conven-
ton Session.
Undertakers Are Learning
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Court
and City News.

at was the most asinine publication
that L have ever SEEM" was an express
sion that could have been heard in all
quarters of Minneapolis last evening.
The expression referred to the inter
views III the evening papers purporting
to come from the two supposedly lead
ing and most loyal Minneapolitans to be
found anywhere-C. A. Pillsbury and
Senator w. ID. Washburn. These in
terviews are on the alleged discrimina-
ton of the railroads against Minneapolis
and in favor of Duluth. Duluth is nearer
the markets of the world than Mime
apOlis, and for that reason wheat is, as
a rule. five cents per bushel higher in
Duluth than in Minneapolis. The diff
ference in rail rates is supposed 10 put
Minneapolis on an equal footing with
the city to the north. The discrimina-
ton of the railroads in making the same
rate on wheat from all points in the
Northwest to Duluth as to Minneapolis
gives Duluth the advantage. On this
subject c. A. Pillsbury says:
81 regard this discrimination against Min
neapols as absolutely fatal TO the milling
interests of this city; and If 1T is allowed 10
stand against wheat the time is short when it
will apply to other jobbing trades and Min
neapolis merchants and manufacturers Will
be driven to Duluth to do their business. L
think the time las come for Minneapolis 10
wake up and prepare to fight this matter,
and if the railroad companies cannot be
persuaded to do justice, the interstate COM
merce commission should be appealed 10
There is nothing so serious as this situation,
and if it cannot be changed l should say we
ought to change our harvest festival into
fast day. ! was most surprised that the 500
road would enter into any such course. The
fr.fn 6 Ls<r, and nth
building that road was to protect Minneapo-
lis and st. Paul against such calamity, and
/ cannot but believe that the owners of this
road, when the matter is placed before them
in the proper light, will see justice done"
Senator WaShburn talks i'll the same
strain and concludes:
IF it is allowed to continue this way, it
will wipe out substantially the mills of this
city, because they cannot operate for any
length of time under such disadvantages as
the present situation would create. | hope
the companies will retrace their steps and
give to Minneapolis what she is geographic
ally and as a great business center entitled
to. If they object to this, there is only one
thing to do-go to the interstate commission,
for Il holder and more outrageous dlscrlm-
ination has never been made since the pass
age of the interstate law
The publication of these opinions
from two supposedly loyal Minneapol-
itans in the two papers that prate most
about loyalty to minneapolis mas
created storm. 1t ragged all last night
everywhere there were two men to-
gether.
IL never heard of sane men and sensible
newspapers doing anything like that" said
Hon. w. ii. Lynn, as he stood i'll the lobby of
the West with an evening paper crumpled i'll
his hand. lit is the very worst thing that
could have been done. If 1t were true 1t Is
the last thing that should have been spread
broadcast to the world. 1t can do us an in
durable amount of harm. Why. only
tonight a man, one of these railroad
men that are here for few days, came up TO
me and said: ~ old town will be bank
rupt III few years. sked what he meant,
and he showed me aSe interviews
with Pillsbury and WasfIburn. Think how
much more harm it can do US when spread
broadcast by the Duluth papers with the
comments that they will make on il.
Mr.. Lynn was not the only man that
talked in that strain. Such men as r.
b. Langdon, Col. John Il, West and
Senator John Day Smith were equally
emphatic. 1t was merry row that
those few words kicked up. In view
of this latest break it has been suggest
ed that Senator Washburn issue book
with ready-made explanations of his in
terviews. This is believed to go be-
yond even his american idiots' inter-
view.