St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-06
Minnesota by one good crop. He pro


ceeded:
The whole of the Northwest, but more es
pecially the State of Minnesota and the cities
of st. Paul and Minneapolis, have now a glo-
rious opportunity. The enormous crops with
which we have this year been blessed have
directed the attention of the whole world to
our country, and proved our possibilities to
be facts. a series of crop failures, low prices
and general financial depression had load
ed our farmers with debt and blanketed the
farms with mortgages; yet one good crop,
with not eXorbitantly high prices. has
sufficed to clear the debts, lift the mort
cages and give them money ahead.
We will this year create mark the word more
the globe. What better advertisement do we
want? What country can snow such a rec
ord? Notwithstanding the immense crops.
we have not oVerproduced single bushel of
grain. Each day our papers are filed with
narrowing accounts of the starving peas
antry of Europe Were our crops twice as
, Large there would be a market for them. We
Will have millions of dollars coming into
Minnesota from the crops this year We have
not developed one-half of Minnesotas re-
sources
St. Paul is making organized aud intelli-
gent effort 10 induce manufactures TO settle
i'll our midst. All honor to the noble, patri-
otto and generous citizens who have fathered
the movement and are pushing il to success
tul results. l do not in the least disparage
this movement. On the contrary | say to
them, "Godspeed." This is an Opportunity
which we are wisely availng ourselves or.
There is, however another which we are
allowing to go by unnoticed an opportunity
which | submit will, if properly utilized,
bear fruits equally as rich, if not richer than
those TO be gained by making St Paul
manufacturing city.
1t is well established maxim of political
economy that producers are the makers of
wealth. The more producers we have the
greater will be our wealth. We have built up
two magnificent cities here, but we have
nearly reached the limits of the demand. If
we would continue to grow we must turn our
attention to the development of the tributary
country If we would have the manufactur-
ing establishments which we hope to bring
here successful, we must have market for
their output. We have now an opportunity
to fill up our vacant lands such as the North
west never sd " before. The harvest is pienty
but the laborers are few. There is large
and steadily increasing demand for our
| produce. We need more people TO pro-
! duce it,
! While we gladly welcome to our broad
! helds those intelligent industrious foreign
ers who come to cast their lots with us and
! become peaceful laW-abiding citizens we
, have no place for the anarchists. the Clan-na-
| Gael and the Malta. We especially desire to
! bring in among us the experienced farmers
! Of our own country. Among those who are
struggling hard to exc out scanty llyeli-
| hood on the wornOut farms of the East are
| many who would gladly avail themselves OF.
MlnneSotas advantages could these adVan-
| tages be made known TO them. Shall we get
| them to come or shall we leave well enough
| alone? Our papers are working nobiy for
| the cause. Their circulation is necessarily
| limited; some of us, it is true. are sending
! out these papers where we think that they
| will do good. but the work is individual and
desultory. The farmers, as class, are hard
| to influence by printed matter alone. What
organized, intelligent effort is Minnesota
! putting forth! We must be up and
doing. The competition is immense
cfrnrn kN,,
! lying supinely upon our backs and hugging
| the delusive phantom of hope. Other places
are taking active steps. Why should not we?
| We have country beyond compare. We do
not have to call in the imagination to aid us,
we can simply point to the facts, and intelli-
gent, reasoning men must be Influenced by
them. These facts should be collected, tab
ulated and put i'll attractive FORM They
should be issued over the signatures of prom
! inent citizens whose names would be guar
enty of their trustworthiness.
Many with whom l have spoken on this
subject have said that it is the duty of the
state to do this. Granted, but to take full
! advantage of this opportunity will require
| legislative appropriation The Legislature
| will not meet for year, and we are losing
valuable time If we begin the work the
legislature will gladly carry it on.
The paper ended with the motion.
which prevailed, that committee of
five be appointed to report what steps
| should be taken in the matter.
Supervising Architect Edbrooke re-
ported that sketch plans for the new
pOstoilice would be made as soon as the
title papers are approved.
| CasS Gilbert secured the appointment
! of committee of three to investigate
and report the condition of the market
house, physically and financially. He
thought it was managed neither prop
erly nor lucratively. Various minor
matters were disposed of, including the
announcement that the following gen.
tlemen Joined the chamber during Sep
TENDER:
L. L. May, W. c. Bredenhagen, Billiard
Bros, Haynie & Co.. Dr.. j. E. Sawyer, Ross
Clark, ". P. Murray, A. NJ. Peabody, Griggs
& Co., Judge c. E.. Otis, William Faulke, II
L. Polk d Co., j. T. Mcmillan, r. L. Ware, +.
E. Ford, T. d. Merwin, W. F. Phelps, Clark
d Thorn, j. SHERMAN, Howard, FarWell d.
Co., George Palmes, r. c. Munger, A. Booth
Packing company, Lehigh Coal and Iron
company.