The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-24
A. J. BoARDMAN, THE ERsTwHILE
MINNEAPOLIsIP OLITI VS.
IT'S ST, PAUL.
NOW GAS MAGNATE OF TAMPA
ING TOBACCO A GOOD THING
FOR FLORIDA,
CONTRIBUTIONS. TO THE JUNTA.
Several ThuSand Dollars Weekly
Spent to Aid the Cause of the
Insurgents.

A. j. Boardman, whose name was
once connected intimately with the
destinies of the Flour City, but who
Is now making money in the gas bust
ness at Tampa, Fla, was registered
Tor dinner at the Ryan, yesterday aft
ernoon 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. Il 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 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
a hn Two
Giles 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 100000 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
a shrug of his shoulders, those poor
! men who are giving $4,000 a week to
| the Junta are never furnished with any
I statement of how the money is invested.
| Ihere is never any record kept"
But, speaking of the tobacco trade.
| believe that the edct issued by Gen.
! Weyler prohibiting the export to the
! United States of tobacco has been
| 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 800 000 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 large stock of Cuban
| tobacco. l believe there is enough on
hand to last year yet"
Mr.. BOardman says that the first
year Of his new gas plant was salts
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 Of
fat stock, and took a number of prize
beauties to the stock yeards for sale.
]. 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. NJ. Holden, Dr.. F. H. Allen and John