St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-13
CRY OF THE TRADERS.
The Commercial Club Inau-
guPate5 It's Monthly Bust
ness Meetings.
Freight Rates Discussed
From Various Points by
Members.
A Great Future Pictured for
ST. Paul and the North
west.
First Days Registration Re-
ported TO Be Exceedingly
Light.

The commercial club held It's first reg
ular monthly meeting IN its new club
rooms last evening. The attendance
was rather disappointing. Tor The ucca.
sion was of the greatest Interest, and
those who failed 10 turn up missrd a
great deal OF very important intOi ma
ton. More than one pessimlst was Of
the opinion when the club enscOnced
Itself in its elegant quarters il would de-
generate into merely social orgaulLa-
ton; but last nights exercises proved
that such will not be the ease by any
means. After the transaction OF some
minor club business, the topic OF the
evening Freight Rates was taken
up. and three admirable treatIscs were
read.
T.. d. Sewall. contracting freight
agent OF the Milwaukee road. first took
the rostrum 10 elucidate Isl. Paul
Freishis." A. a railroad mon. he or
course. took that side OF the subject and
reached the conclusion that Che jobbers
OF ST. Paul We're very we'll OH In thc mat
ter OF rates First, he asked. is 81. Paul
successful lubbius ccutcr2 lie gave
analysed them ard easily showed lhat
Thi. City Was la a..
lie showed by railroad statistics. that
IN point OF transportation facilities, 81.
Paul is tine sixth city OF The country
having eighteen railroad iiu-, operated
by eleven companies. lts depot facii-
ities were unrly alcd and DO enjoyed all
or the natural advantages thai could
Ia u 90
iObbcrs enjoyed the most favorable rail-
road rates. al which sidtrmcur some OF
the merchants 300 the room smiled
slightly. Turning 10 the future. he
argued that the lObOing Interests had
nothing 90 fear. The territory now
tributary to 81. Paul covers aOU,uO)
square miles. with population OF
100000 souls. Ii contains li per cent
of the area Ot the country, per cent OF
the railway mileage and . pei cent OF
the population. Compared 20 Indiana.
it is populated a. ] % 81, and with
Massachusetts, rs I to 30. When tho
population shall have reached that OF
Indiana. there will be 500. 900 souls in
81. Paul and It's Jobbing trade will reach
sGOo,0O0. 900 per annum. When tho
density of the territory rrachcs that OF
Massachusetts iu population, ~. Paul
wholesale trade Viii have reached tho
/ magnificent
Totnf of Three Billions.
When the applause had died away T..
5. Warner. OF the 81. Paul White Lead
company. talked Oh The sum OF tho
Two Locals" lis views differed from
those OF the first speaker on the matter
OF rates. lie thought ~. Paul got de-
cldedly the worst OF IL on the rates. To
points in the South ana East tie rate 8
were such as TO practically shut out 81.
Paul JObbcTs from competition with
Chicago. The sum of the two locals
gave US all that could be desired for,
the West and Northwest. and II the
same obtained with the Chicago roads
nothing more was lett 10 be desired.
}. A. Gregg. OF NicOlls * Dean, who
talked on RATES, East and West, took
the same view. lie drew two circles
about the city, showing the territory
where freight rates utterly shut out st.
Paul In the race with Chicago Atsuch
points as Hastings. Hudson aud Shake
pee, for instance. the rates so favored
the Windy CITY that heavy merchandise
! could not be shipped from here in com
petition. lie elaborated this very ct-
fectiYely, and gave great deaf OF yalu-
able Information