The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-27
INDIAN COMMISSIONER BALDWIN
DRIFTS IN FROM TILE WHITE
EARTH RESERVATION.
PAYING THE IMPORT DUTIES.
A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER FROM
PARIS SAYS TARIFF DOESN'T
HURT THEM.
CONSUMER HAS TO STAND 1T.
Young Woman Representing a
Chewing Gum Factory Never
Samples Her Own Goods,

A rather fantastic figure which
glided into the Merchants yesterday af-
ternoon and then glided out after
signature had hastily been affixed to
the register, was that of NJ R. Baldwin.
He signed himself as coming from
White Earth, but everyone around the
hotel recognized him as ex-Congress-
man Baldwin. of Duluth, who used to
hurl bolts Of oratory at the speaker
Of the Yankee house of commons be-
fore Charley Towne crowded him out Of
office. Mr.. Baldwin was then a Dem
ocrat. He still f1utters the Democratic
flag. At the present time the eX-states-
man is Chippewa Indian commissioner
at the White Earth reservation. Nat
urally there are lot Of hungry Repub-
licans who want the job and it was
believed from Mr. Baldwin's movements
yesterday that he was on his way to
DONE"
Alfred Cafe, Of Paris, was at the
Merchants yesterday. Mr.. Cafe is
bright young Frenchman who sells
such delicacies as French peas, etc. Dis
cussing the tariff which is to be i'm
posed upon imports of this kind, Mr..
Cafe said:
TT is you Americans who have to
pay this duty. Your wholesaler who
takes our goods pays from SIS to Sc
duty per case of 1874 pounds on French
peas; he charges it up to the retailer
and the retailer charges it to the con-
sumner, so you pay for it in the end"
Mr.. Cafe is enthusiastic about the
great exposition to be held in Paris in
1900. 1T will extend from the Eifel
tower to the Place de Ia Concorde,
distance of four or five miles. 1t will
be far more wonderful than the Chicago
exposition, although my father, who at
tended that, said it was the greatest
the world had ever seen. The expo
sition of 1900 will be held on the same
spot where that of 1889 was held, and
that Of 1860. There will be many Won
derful structures, unique and weird"
"When left Paris less than month
ago, there were thousands of Americans
there. They seem to get along very
nicely Half of them cannot speak
word Of French, but they have no trou-
BILE. They spend great deal Of money
in Paris
A picturesque figure in the lobby Of
the Ryan hotel yesterday was Miss
Carrie Bacon, who is out in the wild
West in the interest of a mammoth
chewing gun establishment which has
it's headquarters in Ohio. Miss Bacon,
who signed the register simply &C. A.
Bacon, Cleveland, O." came several
days ago. and is already on terms with
a number Of the local concerns who
do business with her enterpriSing en-
ployers.
Miss Bacon Is, as she herself put 1t.
twenty one and seven, and has a natty,
we'll dressed figure and an exceedingly
pretty face. With plenty Of dash and
vivacity there is lacking that for
wardness to be found in the average
! UP to date business woman. She has
been with the establishment she now
represents for eight years, this being
her first trip to this territory. She
has travelled pretty much all over this
country, and to quote her again she Is
the only luxury the house possesses.
This is half a joke, for beside the
advertising which goes with woman
representative, Miss Bacon travels on
her merit, and her books show that in
addition to experimenting the post
ing of the firms sings, poster stuff, ETC.,
she manages a great many accounts,
and finds it possible to sell goods in
the bargain. strangely enough Sne
does not chew gum. She has been in
Minneapolis for two weeks. and will
stay here about the same length Of
time. She goes about armed with let
ters from the proprietors of the house
and can negotiate with almost any
| bank in the country She also meets
the business men, and loses no time in
| attending to her duties.
W. W. Musser, of Lewisburg, Pa, was at
the Merchants yesterday.
Ezra G. Valentine, one of the prominent
citizens Of Breckenridge, was a guest at the
Ryan yesterday.
Frank x. Kraft, st. Louis is at the Ryan.