The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-24
A. j. B0ARDMAN, THE ERsTWHILE
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., VS.
ITS ST. PAUL.
NOW GAS MAGNATE OF TAMPA.
ING TOBACCO A GOOD THING
FOR FLORIDA.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE JuNrA.
several Thusand Dollars Weekly
Spent to Aid the Cause of the
Insurgents.

A. j. Boardman, whose name was
once connected Intimately with the
dest1n1es of the Flour City, but who
Is now making money in the gas bust
ness at Tampa, Fla, was registered
for dinner at the Ryan, yesterday aft
eTnoon. Mr.. Boardman has just come
from the Sunny South to visit his
family. Mr.. Boardman is as rotund and
jolly as ever. He has acquired the
Southern habit of smiling at adversely,
although it can not be said that he has
seen any of that unpleasant article
since he cast his fortunes in Tampa.
Il think that the South is recover
ing from the hard times much more
rapidly than the North, said Mr..
! Boardman. II account for this for the
reason that the South had fewer debts
to pay. They have nearly all their
obligations paid up now, while in the
North the debts are still consuming
nearly the entire portion of the peo-
pies earnings
L think upon the whole. the South is
| far better off than the North
! The manufacturing enterprises of
| the South are getting ahead of those
of the North. Take it in the Piedmont
valley for instance. Last spring the
| local capitalists, put in over 100000 new
| spindles with their own money And
| that was going on while the Lowell
mills, with a million and half Of capt.
tai stocks, were cutting down so per
cent wherever they could. 1t is truth
! that the Southern cotton mills have
taken the trade ON coarse cotton arti-
cles away from the Northern mills.
Even the Boston papers admit this.
The New England mills are now
clamoring for killing tariffs under the
Dingley bill to shut out the imports
from Canada and England on fine cot
ton goods, realizing that their trade in
the coarser varities is already gone
What about the tobacco trade Of
Florida. Has the Cuban war hurt it?"
was asked
Naturally to some extent was the
reply. But there are now sixty large
cigar factories in Tampa, which are
paying out $4,000 in wages every week
One-tenth of this amount is given by
the workmen to the Cuban junta in
New York, the members Of which live
at the Hoffman house, and live high"
do you believe that the funds are
properly applied by the junta?"
We'll" replied Mr. Boardman with
shrug of his shoulders, those poor
men who are. giving $4,000 a week to
| the 1unta are never furnished with any
/ statement of how the moneyiS invested.
There is never any record kept
| But, speaking of the tobacco trade
| believe that the edict issued by Gen
| WRVlQT
! United States of tobacco has been a
good thing for the growers of the
| South. When the edict was issued,
many Cubans came over to Florida and
settled in the Fort Myers district They
brought fine tobacco slips and seeds
with them and last year their output
was worth over 100000, which is excel
lent for start. The quality Of this
new tobacco is excellent. The wrap
pers compare very favorably with the
Sumatra. The filler in some respects
is equal to the clear Havana | be-
lieve the output this year will be still
larger.
LAS a rule, the larger manufacturers
of cigars anticipated the effects of the
war and laid in a large stock of Cuban
tobacco. / believe there is enough on
hand to last year yet
Mr.. Boardman says that the first
year of his new gas plant was salts
y
OF warnings and succeeded in paying
its fixed charges. This year several
new generators will be built
Attorney General John F. Cowan, of
North Dakota, blew into the city yes
terday from New York and Washing
ton. Mr.. Cowan "blew" in for the rea-
son that the high winds in the vicinity
Of Lake Pepin materially assisted in
| the progress of his train. Mr.. Cowan
has no news He says that it Is an
| unusual condition for North Dakota
man to be In. But he has not been in
! his state for a month and is behind
the times. Asked for the cause of his
pilgrimage to the nations capital the
attorney general said it was private
| business"
]. S. Ferguson and wife, of Rossland.
B. c., are at the Merchants Mr.. Fer
guson is interested in mining, and yes
terday met an English capitalist re-
garding a possible investment
A. Adler, of Chicago, a wool buyer
| who has been at the Merchants for the
past three weeks, returned to Chicago
yesterday, having contracted for many
thousand pounds of fleece. Mr.. Adler
expects the market to be active
L. Ellington, cashier of the Scandal
Bank of Sioux City, registered at the
! Merchants yesterday.
Mayor NJ. r. Brown, Of Crookston
was among the arrivals in the city
yesterday. Mayor Brown is a grower CT
fat stock, and took a number of prize
beauties to the stock yeards for sale.
|
j. r. French, proprietor of the Wah-
peton Gas company, came down to the
city yesterday and registered at the
| Merchants.
Mrs. William McBain and daughter
of Grand Rapids Mich, were at the
Ryan yesterday.
S. Radford, of Oshkosh, is at the Merchants
l.. M. Holden, Dr.. F. H. Allen and John