St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-14

has steadily crystaliZed into an almost
universal demand that the two people,
similar in language, race and customs,
should be no longer prevented by bad
government from enjoying the fullest
freedom of trade consistent with the
revenue requirements of each, and when
the ST. Paul convention was called by
the executive committee on April %,
in accordance with the growing Senti-
ment, it called for delegates from all
the Northern states of the Union and all
of the Dominion of Canada. That it
Will be
An International Event
OF. the greatest Importance is already
shown by the declaration of the the var
iouS municipal and commercial bodies
from Montreal on the East, to Puget
sound on the West, to send large dele
cations of their most prominent citizens
to-participate in IFS deliberations, which,
as at Grand Forks, will be confined
vigorously to the subjects named i'll the
call.
The Commercial club, the Chamber of
Commerce, the Jobbers' union. the
Board of Trade, the Builders Exchange
and the Chapter of Architects, of st.
Paul, have joint committe of forty-one
members as joint committee to ar
range for the convention. They are as
follows;
Chamber of Commerce.. W. Hackett, E.
j. HOdgSOn, A. ii. Liudeke, II. a. Castle
Joseph McKibbin.
Real Estate Exchange-P. P: Smith. E.
Simonton, A II. Rogers E. l. Metcalf, E. l..
Allen, Oliver Baker, NJ, G. Brown, f. S.
Bryant
St. Paul Jopbers' Union-R Richards Gordon,
George r. Finch, Charming Seabury, IL. D.
Brown, ID. H. Moon
Commercial Clup-W. j. Footner, E. S.
Warner George Thompson, E j. Hodgson,
j. F. Broderick, NJ. d. Mum, j. j. Corcoran,
j. A. Gregg.
Builders Exchange-G w. Merrill. j. Il.
Donohue, j. Ii. Moran, w. II. Ulmer Paul
Haupt.
Board of Trade-W. A Van slyke H. W.
Smith, j. n. Bohrer.
Chapter of Architects-C. A. Reed, CaSS
Gilbert, Clarence Johnston, W. Z. Whitney,
E. G. Corser, Frederick KEGS Harry Jones.
K. V. Smalley is chairman and the
committee has entered into the work
with the energy characteristic of st.
Paul when she goes after" things.
Offices have been established III the COM
mercial club and an active correspond
ence is maintained with the various
municipal and commercial bodies
throughout the United States ahd Can
ada who will send delegations to the
COHHcHGlOit. hOIItl Cdl, SICNCIdiIl,
Detroit. Duluth, West Superior,
Minneapolis. Fargo, Grand Forks. Wi
mona, Winnipeg, Brandon, Portage La
Prairie and varions other cities have
already responded to the call and
speakers of international reputation will
address these delegates in convention
assembled. If the vast mass of CORE
spondence already received means any
thing, it is that the people in the region
of the great lakes and the country to
the westward, both in Canada and the
United States. without regard to party
affiliations, demand that in the matter
Of the present oppressive tariffs main
tanned by both countries against each,
to the detriment of their social and we'll
being, that the least government is the
best government, and they should
therefore be abolished or, at least. be
reduced to point which will permit
them to enjoy commerce with each
other which cannot help but be nut
ually profitable. b. r. MCGINNIS.
The Northwestern Mutual Life of
Milwaukee wrote i'll Minnesota S402, 800
new business in April. G. q. Harger
Jf., district manager, 419 Manhattan
Building, st. Paul, MINI.