St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-04
WANTS INVESTIGATION
President Wales, of the Fuel Com
pany, Reads Globe Ed
itorialS,
And Asks the Chamber of Com
merce to Begin the Remedy
Suggested.

1t would seem that the GLOBE has
struck the popular chord in the stand
taken by the paper in connection with
the coal combine. In recent editorials
the GLOBE has demanded that the vari
Gus organizations of the city force the
investigation, and eIdeav0r to see that
the rights of the people arr recognized
and respected by the managers of the
octopus which is SeiZing all of the
wages of the poor man i'll payment for
fuel.
Mr.. Wales, president of the Pioneer
Fuel company, presented to the cham
Der of commerce yesterday cOmmgnI-
| cation, accompanied by certain editorials
| from the GLOBE in relation 10 the sub
| ject, requesting that committees be APP
pointed from the membership of the
various organizations to make an ill.,
veStIgatlon as proposed by the GLOBE.
| The communication was as follows:
ST. PAUL, Mimi. March ~. 1885,
| To the Chamber of Commerce, st.
| Paul; Business Mems Union, St. Paul;
| JObbers' Onion, st. Paul; Commercial
| Club, st. Paul; JobberS' Union. Duluth;
Chamber of Commerce, Duluth; Board
| of Trade, Minneapolis; Business
Mems Union, Minneapolis; Chamber of
| Commerce and JobberS' Union, Mime
! apOlis:
Your attention is respectfully called
| to the attached editorials from the
| DAILY GLOBE of March %. Ii these
| truly indicate the belief or fears enter
| tanned by the members of any of the
bodies addressed, or like organic ltiOns
! in the state of Minnesota, the matter
| certainly deserves prompt aud careful
| investigation, and the purpose of this
| communication is to insure, in behalf of
this company. every facility necessary
to enable the people, through the above
| named organizations. to arrive at a fair
| and impartial conclusion in the mat ter.
If any or all of the bodies hereby adj
| dressed deem it advisable to take such
action as suggested in the editorial re-
| ferred to, or any other action in this
matter, this company will be glad to
! have them do SO, and suggests the APP
pOintment of one or more members
from each body for the purpose of con-
| ferring together and deciding upon a
plan of procedure. Very respectfully,
C.. Z. WALES,
President Pioneer Fuel Company.
The communication was referred to
| the committee on manufactures, and
report will be rendered at the next reg
| ular meeting of the body.
The editorials mentioned have excited
The greatest amount Of comment and
favorable criticism. The general Senti-
ment of the people seems TO have been
| expressed in the articles. and had not
the subject been preached by Mr.. Wales
at the meeting yesterday, it is probable
that others would have called the atten-
ton of the chamber to the articles with
favorable comment.
There was considerable amount of
other work before the chamber. A
communication from the StOnecutterS,
asking that the chamber take action in
requesting that the stone for the new
government building be cut in this city,
was referrad to special committee
consisting OF MeSSrS. Murray, Smalley
and Cochran. The communication from
the st. Paul Press club, asking for the
cooperation OF the chamber in caring
for the delegates to the national con-
greSS of press clubs. to meet in st. Paul
May 1920, was referred to the commit
tee on entertainment, with favorable
recommendations. The communication
from the committee of the trans-Missis-
sippi congress was referred to the COM
mittee OIL transportation. A commune
cation was received from Secretary
Beck, OF the executive committee of the
Hill celebration, stating that the ar
rangemeDtS were progressing finely, and
that prizes would be given for the most
finely decorated buildings. The cham
Der then took an adjournment.
Time to Shed Winter OVerCoats.
The newest Spring Overcoats in great
variety at the plymouth Corner" Sev-
enth and Robert.