St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-01

for common object, the advancement
Jf st. Paul'S interests in all directions
to greatly increase the amount and
multiply the variety OF our manufact-
ures, (for [ fear we manufacture a
smaller proportion of the goods we sell
than any other jobbing center east of
the Missouri rlver)-to cultivate COM
munity Of spirit and action which shall
know no division and admit Of no inter-
nal iealOusiss when st. Paul'S prestige
is at stake. We must keep closely in
touch with the railroads and see that
other points do not supply them
with advantages we withhold. [ do
not mean by this the surrender of
our rights or multiplication Of gifts to
our railroads without adequate compen-
sation, but rather such corporation as
exists within every live business COM
munity. If one of our jobbers or manu-
facturerS wishes to enlarge his business,
! we subscribe to his additional stock. If
a desirable plant from without seeks
new quarters here, we find it location
and furnish it capital.
This, in general way, is the kind of
cooperation | beSpeaK for the railroad
companies. We are not here to bewail
| the spaSt, but we are here to draw les
sonsfrom it for use i'll the present, and
guidance III the future. There are men
before me who can recall more than one
plum lost to this community through
! SelfiShneSs, avarice. or the mistaken
idea that the branch which bore it could
not be grated on another tree. If our
Jobbing trade grows as it should grow,
as it must grow il you and | do our
! part, the present depot facilities, for eX-
ample, Will soon be entirely inadequate
| to the transaction OF our business. Rail
| road depotS cannot remove to larger
quarters, they must extend their pres
ent ones. The ground available for this
purpose in st. Paul is exceedingly linn
tied. Let us bear this in mind ana see
that no action, whether selfish desire
upon the part of few for sO-called
! improvement, or the antipathy OF others
to little noise and smoke, ObStructS
the extension of railroad facilities nee
eSSary for the prosperity of the city as a
whole.
Necessity of Corporation.
This fact should not be lost sight Of.
The future OF st. Paul depends upon
roads. There would have been rail-
roads here without st. Paul, but there
never would have been our present ST.
Paul without the railroads.
Regardless of any opinion you may
have formed to the contrary, do not
speak to you tonight as the representa-
tive of any railroad or other interest.
but as citizen of ST. Paul and mem
Der of the Commercial club-in the
prosperity of both Of which l am deeply
concerned. You who favor me with
your attention represent all ranks OF
business life. The proprietor, the
partner, the manager, the salesman, the
bookkeeper, the clerk. Upon you in
the greatest measure does the future of
our city depend! In that future there
| will be, there must be, many changes,
many promotions. Changes will come
if we sit idly by and drift with the
stream, but promotions, whether as in
| lividualS or as community, must be
: worked oat, striven for, fought forl
Recent occurrences show how fully
this situation is understood among us,
ami evidence is not lacking prove the
| railway companies ever ready and will
ing to do Us justice. 1t tI1n Dat re-