The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-08
ST.PAUL'S WARES SHOWN
SUCCESSFUL OPENING OF THE
HOME FOOD SHOW
Some Addresses Made-Gracefu
Talk by Mrs. Ansel Oppenheim-
Large Number of Exhibits Taste
fully Displayed-Miss Shepherd
Tells the Way to Cook COrnmeaI.

prOQuctS or st. Paul was opened yes
terday afternoon in Market house with
ceremonies appropriate to the occasion.
PUBIC interest was manifested in the
show by the attendance Of a large
gathering of men and women, the latter
predominating
The exhibition hall presented an at
tractlVe appearance when the doors
were thrown open. Each exhibitor o.
cupied a booth at which, with few ex-
snow the excellent quality of their par
tlcular exhibit. The hall was tastefully
decorated with flags and streamers.
shortly after 8 o'clock G. F. Kuhles,
president of the Northwestern Manu-
1acturers union, appeared upon the
platform at the rear of the hall and in
lew words introduced Mayor Doran.
Need More Manufactures.
st Paul." said Mayor Doran, "is
lacking In suitable manufactures to
reach the population. We have many
unemployed people on the streets. The
need OF st. Paul is manufactures. Some
we nave, but not enough. 1t is i'm
portant that we should have small in
dustrles. All great industries that have
been successful have grown out of
small concerns. 1 never have known of
large concern precipitated full-grown
that was successful. The managers
nave less interest and failure is pre-
clpltated, whereas a large number of
small industries will grow larger and
become prosperous. And if these small
institutions fail they do not create the
same disastrous result as the failure Of
large ones.
The people of st. Paul should be
loyal to the home manufactures and to
themselves. l see many evidences here
OF thelr devotion to ST Paul products
we nave in Minnesota the best bread
stuffs in the world. Minnesota produces
al! that is necessary for food
sixteen years ago it was impossible
70 secure in Minnesota good dairy prod
ducts. There were but a few farmers
and they were Indifferent to such
things; but now that is changed. The
southern half of Minnesota is dotted
with dairies. And instead of raising
only one crop year they raise two.
ane ~ thus avoid having expensive
machlnes lying idle and rusting all
winter: And now instead of having to
pay on mortgages they are doing well
with bank accounts.
In the matter of boots and shoes ST
Paui is doing a good business, and in
my Judgment 1t is the duty of St Paul
people to patroniZe home shoe manufac-
turers. Home concerns only need en-
coura cement to double their capacity.
ana double the number of men employ
ed Thus in time we will see st. Paul
the center of great industries
Iron and tobacco industries should
also be advanced here
one OF the essentials of entire sue
cess is that we should encourage ex
hibitions like this. and 1 see in the CO.
operation of the ladies surety of sue
cess"
Laden With Facetiae.
President
mercial club, which co-operated with
the manufacturers union in arranging
the show, was next introduced and be-
gan with few humorous remarks
concerning dyspepsia and kindred
troubles that man is heir to by reason,
OF poor cooking, and then he became
more serious. =
Il am glad to see you here" he said.
on behalf of the Commercial club.
Ihere is a tendency of people to ger
che utmost out of everything, and the
last grain of energy Out of food. This
is an admirable movement and this ex
nlpltloh SHOWS that our manufactures
are as good as those of other places
For the Manufacturers.
President Kuhles then made a short
speech
This is the first time" he said. that
we have had such an exhibition. We
shall prove that ST. Paul manufactures
are as good as any Others AS brevi.v
is the soul of wit shall be brief. and
| now declare the food show Of St
Paul open"
Lady's Graceful Speech.
Mrs. Ansel Oppenheim, president OF
the Ladies' auxiliary, who has had
much to do with the plans and arrange
ments for the show was then intro
duced and delivered a very graceful
speech.
The promotion of home industries. "
said Mrs. Oppenheim, lis of great i'm
pCrtance and it appeals directly to the
women, because the women buy most
of the articles that are consumed in
this country. The future of our coun-
try and the prosperity Of this commu-
nifty depend upon the success of this
movement In short, so long as we
spend more money at home among our
selves than we send out into the coun-
try, SO long will we be prosperous; and
so long as We send more out to the
country than we spend at home we
will be in debt
THE same laws that govern the in
dividual govern the community
Having taken the first step toward
prosperity, that is, producing more at
home than we have away from home
we are then prepared to enlarge our
industries and improve our home prod
ucts and to employ more men, That
means growth and advancement, and
you know the law, either forward or
backward. The women of st. Paul
have been quick to see this.
1T has often been said that women
are not fitted for the larger movements
of life, because their sense Of Justice
is limited to themselves, their families
and their friends. This Is perhaps the
most public and democratic venture
the women of ST. Paul have ever I'M
dertaken. In working with the ladies'
auxiliary in this food exhibit, l have
become convinced that they have the
finest and broadest sense of justice;
that they understand that every public
undertaking has it's limitations, and
that the rights of not one but Of many
rangements they have acted with great
elaboration and have been actuated by
a desire to do what was right They
have thrown aside personal feeling and
acted on the broad principle that there
are certain rights which all have.
Il am proud of them. I thank them
for their cooperation. There were
many things about the work for which
I was not fitted, but my deficiencies
were always supplied by their talents
Way to Cook CornmeaI.
At the conclusion of Mrs Open
helms remarks, she introduced Miss
Shepperd, of the state agricultural
school. who delivered a lecture on the
scientific way to cook cornmeal. Men