The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-22
COMMERCIAL CLUB AS HOST
ENTERTAINS A PARTY OF 200
REPRESENTATIVE MEN WITH
ROYAL LOYALTY
TO 81. PAUL AND IT'S PRODUCTS,
The Menu Being Composed Largely
OF DeIicacies Made in the
SANITY City.

manufacturers, lawyers ana OInerS OF
Kindred ilk, sat down at the banquet
board at the Commercial club last even
ing and partOok of the Home Trade
banquet in the interests of the local
producer. 1t was one Of the events of
the year in the Commercial club, and
the first Of any magnitude to come off
under the guidance of President Jesse
Gregg.
The Occa sion was intended to stimu-
late an interest in the products of local
Industries. The factories of St. Paul
needed to feed and cloth its people The
city produced an endless list Of articles
Of daily consumption, but the fact is
not thoroughly appreciated by the con-
sumeIs. Thousands of dollars are spent
annually in other cities for articles
which can be obtained from local pro-
ducers.
The menu was distinctively of ST.
Paul origin. Neary ali of the Viands
and delicacies We're made within the
limits Of the city. The tropical fruits
and the oysters were the only articles
W hiCh came from afar. The articles for
the banquet were contributed by
L
Co., NJ A. Gedney company, A Booth
Packing company, f. w. Luley q
Son, ]. II. Allen, De Camp & Boyer,
Staples & King, Nelson Morris q Co.,
Thuet & McNamee, Italian Macaroni
and FermiCeli company, George Benz
& Son, w L. Perkins & Co, r. E.
Cobb, New York Biscuit company,
Abrams0n Cree company, Minnesota
Butter and Cheese company, Griggs &
Co, Kuhles & Stock, Hart & Murphy,
N0yes Bros. & Cutler, YerXa Brothers,
TheO. Hamm Brewing company, Dore
& Redpath, McFadden, Mullen & Co,
J. Il. Roach & Co, Wunderlick, Brose
& Firnhout, American Biscuit and
Manufacturing company, Milton Dairy
company, Horejs Brothers, c. c.
Emerson, Mcguire & Mulrooney, Ma
Banning Advertising company, Wright,
Barrett & StilwelI, Brown, Treacy &
Co, n. n. Webster, l.. L. May & Co.,
Field, Schlick & Co, Manufacturer Bros.
The music for the occasion was rem
dered by Seibert's orchestra, Ryders
Mandolin orchestra, A. B. S. Johnson,
Percy B. Churchill and Prof. Henry
DelIefeld
The toasts set down upon the pro-
gramnae were sixteen in number and
covered everything within the range Of
thought suggested by a home trade
scheme The banquet was served at
6 o'clock and the guests did not leave
the table for five hours and half
Maj. w. ". Cooley acted as master Of
tcasts in his own original and clever
manner. The whole affair was very
informal and was started off in the
majors characteristic manner. He sur
Veyed the group of visitors for mo-
ment in silence to see if any had got
ten away and then directed those pres
ent to fall to-
J. Adam Bede was the first speaker
upon the programme to fall a victim
to Mai CoOley's eulOgistic Introductory
remarks. Mr.. Bede is always good on
an occasion like that Of last evening
In opening his remarks upon Eliot
sam and JetSam," he said:
l am limited to a fve-minutc speech, gen
tlemen, and | understand that Senator Keller
IS TO speak after he on saccharine subjects.
Inc senator cannot sugar off in five minutes,
he generally has so much to say. Times are
so hard that l have been unable to clothe
my thoughts in decent language. / did not
know who to speak tonight until some
us how to run the state, and Gov. Clougn
was to speak about how to run newspaper
| am told that Capt. Castle wants to speak
The captain came here twenty-five or thirty
years ago because he had hemmorhage but
now l understand he has a federal office and
has been bleeding the public to get even.
patrOniZing home industries. It is hard for
a country which got it's religion from Asia
and its ballot from Australia to come down to
home trading.
Seriously speaking if I was made car Of
Minnesota, would make cheap transportation
rates via the lakes. We do not get as good
rates as Chicago, but we should have them
cheap transportation is The secret of modern
civilization. We ought to and we can build
here city as great in its possibilities and
achievements as Chicago. We have hidden
tTeaSuTerS IN the earth and soil which will
make US magnificent commonwealth #
we put touch the magic spring
HON. W. B. Dean was scheduled for the sec
ora TOAST, put was detained elsewhere. Can't.
henry A Castle was called upon next and
ne retaliated on j. Adam Bede for the lat
ter J0cular remarks at the expense of the
captain. The latter said he knew Bede was
Jealous of aim for two reasons-frst be
cause he (the captain) had not given IN a
federal Office the momen he felt out of touch
with the administration, and second because
ne hac taken off his birch bark trousers
some twenty years before Bede had done SO.
reviewing the achievements Of the mast
twenty-five or thirty years, Capt. Castle said
tney were too stupendous to fully appreciate.
Northwest would be in the midst of nrosnar
ity The country now in a condition to
welcome it. Matters were adjusting them.
selves, and the atmosphere was helms cioarnd
in order to usher in the new era. The booa
OF the city in the future was in it's vonpe
men, Their prospects were great If the
JO"llS hlSH uIu not avail themselves of their
opportunities it would not be the fault of their
elders. - 'iiell
p. Reif told how he became manufacturer
OF caSkets He believed that business if
carried on IN conservative manner would
Drlng success He had started in life as
banker in small town in South Dakota
and had branched out as a rnanufacfure~
He had heard it said that a man ought n
assign Two or three times to be heightened
but he had never undergone the opeTation
George Thompson spoke of the press as
promoter OF prosperity, and pledged
It's support In every local measure in the IN
ture MI thompson said that St. Paul had
dozen industries which the people scarcely
knew Of. He mentioned several articles hn
ing manufactured in the city and quoted a
letter from the manufacturers of local
prand or baking powder. The firm estimated
that there was over $245, GOO worth of baking
powder used in the city each year and thaf
not one-tenth OF that sum was spent with the
local firm. INC
Maj, Wilkinson, Of Fort Smelling. made
happy speech along the lines of local natriot
ISM He said that nine years ago. whom he
came to the city, he used to stand ouf on
the bluffs Of the fort and see two, distinct
gloWs IN the sky, coming from the lights CT
Minneapolis and st. Paul. He had watched
each year the glow coming closer and closer
together as the two cities became united. He
expected in time to see the arc completed.
NJ ID. Grover, Of the Great Northern spoke
upon the influence of the railroads in assist
ing the home consumer. Mr. Growers ad
dress was one Of the most eloquent of the
evening. He mentioned many national issues
OF grave importance to the laborlng man,
the producer and the consumer. He said
that there were today 1900 miles of railway
in the United States EMPLOYING 000 000
laborers, and supporting 1900, 900 peonle
IL required go coo 900 year to maintain the
railroads. He sad that the actual miles trav
eied by all the trains Of the Great Northern
railroad added together for one day would
make a run which would skirt the globe