The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-26
AROUND THE HOTELS.
Special Agent of the National Labor
SuFeRU Is Here

bureau Is Here.
within ten years the Northwest will be
! manufacturing all the goods used in the
Northwest with the possible exception of
| textiles
! So said T. A Carroll of Washington, D. c.,
special agent of the department of labor to
reporter for the G | o e at the Windsor
last evening. Mr. Carroll has been through
Minnesota for the purpose of collecting sta
tistics in reference to the liquor industry,
| especially the amount of revenue derived
| from the traffic during one fiscal year, in the
| way of local licenses and fines for violation
| OF license laws. The department is now pre-
| pairing bulletin to show these matters, as
| ordered by congress a couple of years ago
/ and MIR. Carroll says the figures in the result
| will be surprising
Mr.. Carroll has noted and that too with
! some aarm, the fact that manual labor in
| the practical arts is being rapidly and uni
versally superseded by machines, and he
| the immediate future will be the employment
! of the skilled artisans who will thus be
| thrown out of employment. Said he: under
| the present situation if the factories were to
run in full force for six months they would
turn out more goods than would be consumed
in a year; that's why so many people are
ment is making an investigation of all these
matters, and is also compiling a report show
ing the relative cost of manufacturing an
article-a pair of shoes a hat for example
| and the cost a year ago.
zone thing 1 notice, and that is an effort
| is being made everywhere to induce peop.e to
city, and that is what makes me think
| other decade will result in the development
and patronage of home industries by the
| masses in their respective localities.
But, speaking about labor-saving ma
chnery, have Just returned from California
and saw the mammoth reapers drawn by
| twenty to tWenty-four horses. They head
the grain. cutting it off near the top of the
stock: and it passes into the machine and is
threshed all in one operation. The climate
which cures the wheat on the stock
makes it possible to do that there; here, it
would be out of the question"
| Hon. Benz. F. Caldwell, wife, son and
| daughter, are in the city for day or two
en- route for their home in Springfield. III.
| They have Just returned from trip over the
| Union Pacific and saw Jackson Hole the
| famous Indian battle ground in Wyoming
then crossing the Rocky mountains to the Ma
tional park, by pack train, difficult and
ladies in the party Mr.. Caldwell is promi-
nent Democrat and twice for congress-
being beaten the first time by ITO votes and
the second by 90-and this, too, in a very
| populous district.
Charles Preston. of Syracuse, a prominent
! Episcopaian, is in the city, stopping at the
Merchants. He is cleaning the sentiment in
different localities in regard to having music
! by orchestras in churches. The experiment
was tried at Trinity church, New York CITY
| with splendid results.
H. R. Phillips of Miles City, Mont one of
| LHe largest SIOchnen IN the west, is regis
| tered at the Merchants. sending a train load
of cattle to Chicago last night.
| j. Sutherland, of the Dalles, Or, is a Mer-
| chants guest
F. D. Sullivan, of Eau Claire is at the
| Merchants.
P. H. Hara. of Graceville, wrote his name
on the Clarendon register yesterday
| j. w. Mason, of Fergus Falls, president of
the state insane hospital board, was a guest
! at the Ryan yesterday.
Mr.. Mullen, of New Ulm, is registered at
| the Ryan.
Editor Elmer E. Adams, of Fergus Falls
registered at the Windsor yesterday
Capt George s. Whitney, of Faribault is
| a Windsor guest.
Editor G. S. Pease. of the Anoka Union. is
guest of the Windsor.
FL. Gilberson, of Candy, is at the Claren-
| don.
w. B. Parson. of Dodge Center, is a Ryan
guest.
j. G. LAWYER of Sioux City, registered at
the Ryan yesterday
Mrs. j. H. Stout and son, of Menomonie.
| WIS, are at the Aberdeen.
Mr.; and Mrs. w. L. Kroeshell of Chicago,
registered at the Aberdeen yesterday.
Mrs. ]. e. Clarkson and Mrs. C. G. Skin
| ner, of Burlington, To- are at the Metropoli-
| tan. P0-
D. Mckenzie. of Butte, was METROPOLITAN
| arrival yesterday.