St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-09
THE BETTER COURSE.

THE BETTER COURSE.
The GLOBE deprecates very earnestly
the foolish newspaper war which
the Walter A. Wood episode has in
famed. 1t has feared for some time
that the visible supply of sugar in the
world was not sufficient to warrant
much further continuance of the un-
precedented sweetness which has char
acterized Twin City journalism of late.
On the other hand, while offenses must
needs come, no great credit belongs to
those who bring them. The part of wis
dom and the part which has been fol-
lowed in some quarters are two very
different things.
Minneapolis and St. Paul both COM
peted with some vigOr for the posses
sion of these harvester works, as did
number of other places. Heretofore
projects of this kind have awakened
only half-hearted interest in this place.
But this one was broacped at 4 time
when there was much thinking about
the possibilities of local development in
the manufacturing direction, and the
record and Importance of the concern in
question of necessity commanded atten-
ton. 1t asked for 10 bonus, and was
able to show the promise of large re-
turns on any capital which might be in
vested in its stock. Our leading men,
conspicuous among whom was Mr.. HILL,
agreed that here wasa noteworthy OPP
pOrtunity. They went to work with
energy, and in a few weeks three-quar-
tiers of a million dollars were subscribed
and the enterprise secured for this city.
1t was inevitable that some people in
Minneapolis should envy us our success
and speak spitefully of it. Even two
men could hardly strive against each
other for prize but that the vanquished
one would have some explanation of
his defeat and think something to his
competitors diScredit, even though dig
nifty or good breeding forbade his say
ing it. This is human nature. And in
the case of rival cities, where there are
thousands of tongues which wag with
out regard to decency, it was only 10 be
expected that from some SOURCE would
come silly denominations and charges
of unfair dealing. The GLOBE counted
VII ShSAl' al OOul WIZ AuOMo IllG
world is aware of the existence OF swine
and is familiar with their habits
But there is room enough in this land
for both st. Paul and Minneapolis. and
any disappointment which might be felt
over the result of this contest would,
under ordinary circumstances, be only
temporary. The tendency of sensible
men is to forget their discomforts and
to dwell Oh the things which bring them
pleasure. Only hypochondracs Or the
mentally unbalanced 90 otherwise.
And such are not the jewellers in these
towns. The wise course under such
circumstances, as the GLOBE views
things, would be to keep silent, even
when berated. A soft answer might
have been made, which is reported to be
effective for the turning away of wrath.
But flaming leaders, loaded with sharp
cries of WHO'S afraid?" or YOU'RE
anotherv are the tactics Of an ill-diS-
ciplined nursery. Intellects properly
metaled with the high truth and the
higher seriousness do not contend in
such fashion. The GLOBE does not be-
lieye that the earnest and able men of
this municipality approve of the thin
rhodomontade, the puerile bilIingsgate,
or the dreary rehearsing of old house
wives fables about our neighbOrs' mis-
dOiHgS. to which its belligerent con-
temporary has given expression.