The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09
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Inc people VI ~ L etol NeeiiI ~ Se'S~ANN
to the fact that business is moving
freely along all lines, and that better
era has set in for those who are alert
and wise enough to participate in it's
benefits. We are moving out OF the
fatal circle of depression and stagna-
ton, and the time has come when the
first duty of every live community is to
arouse itself from the heavy slumber
and evil dreams of the last three or
four years, and face the future with
a lively courage and a confident hope.
It is no longer time to sit among
the ruins of days of storm, or to grub
amongst the ashes of the past for val
uabIes that may have escaped the con-
flagration. Day by day we are build
ers of our own fortunes, and the issues
Of life and death for any community
are almost within the grasp of its own
hands. Misfortune has no power, per-
manently, over. the virtuous and the
brave The wealthiest and most pros
porous community on earth is doomed
to decay if the degenerate spirit of
envy, hatred and malice, and the re-
pining of the coward, dominate with
in it, What we want to see is a ces-
sation in st. Paul of this dwelling upon
past misfortunes that have affected this
community, in common with others, and
q return Of that bold and aIl-conquer-
tho i,,if 1r,1,i ;,,
ter only an incentive to greater energy.
What we want is that our peo-
pie should discard at once and forever
the petty, fault-fnding, 5indictive sIir-
it that has no eyes to see the dawning
of a new day, because it is bent upon
the satisfaction of old grievances. Let
our people feel the sharp flip of the
contrast between themselves and their
neighbors, which is too marked today
to pass without observation.
If the course Of events in Minneap-
oils does not supply a lesson that COM
pels our attention and observance, then
the disparity between these two cities
will grow too great to be overcome,
and the rivalry between them will
disappoint our hopes. Minneapolis has
been through an experience equally
serious to all her business interests,
and, in many respects, more disastrous
than any that has befallen ST. Paul.
The shocks suffered by her business in
stitutions have been as severe as those
of ours, while her public funds have
been mismanaged where ST. Paul has
had economy and honesty. Minneapolis
has gone through double misfortune
where we have been afflicted singly.
We have start for the new future on
terms advantageous to ourselves, be-
cause we stopped the lavish. eXpendi-
ture of money and the creation of debts
six years ago, and our taxes are fall
ing instead Of rising. Yet, when we
come to view the spirit with which new
occasions are met, we have to remind
our people that they must look alive
If Minneapolis is not to reap the first
fruits of the better era.
The people up there have already for
gotten their past misfortunes and dis
sessions in their eager interest to avail
themselves of anything and everything.
in present and in future, that will build
UP their city and their private fortunes.
They are as alert as ever either of
these two towns was in the old days
to discover and seize an opportunity.
limo ;ror o1x
daily of public-spirited citizens
and public bodies, to advance the in
terests of Minneapolis. They are study
Ing that not single possibility may
great dam across the Mississippi by
just such concerted endeavor, and a.
splendid addition to their water pow
er is the result. They are agitating for
draw to their business center trade
now tributary to St. Paul Just as they
left no stone unturned to .ravent the To-
cation Of state institution where they
believed it would be more beneficial TO
st. Paul than to themselves, so they
secured easily the lions share of bene-
fit from the expenditure Of state money
in the legislative encouragement Of the
beet sugar industry, and promise to be
the sole gamers thereby. While pub
lic-spirited men are trying to make st.
Paul people see the need of moving for
. new charter, the people of Mime