St. Paul daily globe., 1892-03-02
Eustling st. Paul Business
Men Again Come to the
Rescue.
Plans to Send Forces to Help
Out the Northwestern
Farmers.
Mort Wilkinson Talks at the
Bethel on the Rights OF
Women.
Transfer Ticket Damages
Again Given Against Col.
Lowry.

The St. Taul Jobbers' union is leav-
my 10 stone unturned in its valient
efforts to see that the farmers Of the
Northwest are placed in position to get
out this years crop. At Il recent meet
ing Of the union committee consisting
of Claiming Seabury, Robert A. Kirk
and John s. Robertson was appointed
to take the matter in charge. and this
committee has had the situation thor
oughly in hand. The wheat yet in stock
must be threshed and the land plowed
for spring seeding, and the committee
Is acting in conjunction with the rail
roads to secure the necessary labor. 1t
has sent on. the following circular, ad-
dressed to friends an customers of the
union, and signed by the committee:
The enormous crop grown in Mime
sofa, North and South Dakota last year
has now become known to the world,
but many of the attending facts are not
SO we'll c0mprehended. The immense
labor so suddenly thrown upon your
people. preventing fall plowing and
quite a percentage of threshing, left
your farmers far behind their usual
condition. when winter came. The
large amount of grain still in stack must
be threshed, and the unplOWed ground
must be prepared for another crop.
Too much time, during the coming
spring, must not be lost in this work,
as it is important that seeding be fin
lshed in time to get the benefit of spring
rains. Ordinarily, each farmer can
EASILY perform the work necessary to
the seeding of his own ground, but un
der the unusual conditions of the pres
ent situation, much additional help
must be furnished TO him. There being
no idle men in the territory referred to,
it follows that this help must come
from elsewhere.
Such, in brief, is the situation in the
Northwest. as fully understood by the
officers of the railroads running through
your territory, as well as the wholesale
merchants of ST. Paul, all of whom have
R Lively interest lii your continued pros
pprty.
The railroad authorizes are taking
active and effective measures to spread
before the people of the United States
your needs in the way of men, and our
association of merchants believe we can
render efficient aid with your co-opera-
ton. Our plan is as follows:
In each principal trading town we
propose to place in the hands of q re-
BponsiDle merchant (or committee, if
one has been appointed. and this is very
desirable, as it will centraliZe the labor
and sponsiblIity), list, like the one
herewith enclosed. When these lists
have been carefully filled up and COM
pleted they will be returned to the
chairman Of our committee. who will,
In turn, see that they reach the proper
railroad official, in whose office is now
being collected vast amount of in
formation, with detailed lists of the
names Of men who have been inter-
viewed, and are desirous of going
North.
LII many cases the two parties can
thus be placed in communication with
each other, and as the men arrive in
81. Panl. the Information thus collected
will enable them to proceed at once to
points where work has been enganed
for them.
The greatest benefit to come from the
method we propose. however, is the col
lection of accurate and authentic infor
nation as to the number of men wanted
and where there services are acquired.
1t will be too late to attempt to provide
them in May, and unless some system
Is adopted, the season Will come and
go, and your wants not be met.
We, therefore, desire to urge you to
have the enclosed list carefully filled
up and retured. not later than March
Il, and if YOU will do this, we will use
our best efforts, in connection with the
railroad authorities, to supply men
enough to plant crop in 1892 that will,
with faYorlng skies, exceed the mag
plticent one of last year.
Twenty-Five dollars per month and
board is the customary rate of wages.
The enclosed list referred to is an
agreement by farmers to employ GER
tain number of men, giving tie date
and rate of wages. The committee pur-
poses, as far as possible, sending Illinois
men to vicinities settled by Illinois peo-
pie, OHIO men to Ohio settlements, ETC.,
with view to their better cOntentment
and possible permanent residence, eX-
cludlng as far as possible the itinerant
Or rnVinp class