The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-07
Let St. Paul Rise From the Dead.

having a season or prayer.
Let st. Paul Rise From the Dead.
The city of New York began to Won
der recently and very seriously why
she was losing her trade, and Phila-
delphia, Baltimore. Newport News and
Boston were finding it. New York
was eyer difficult to arouse, always
slow to wrath, possessed Of little or
no civic pride in recent years, and very
very unconcerned about her own COM
mercial welfare. By comparison with
st. Paul, for instance, New York is a
slow town, and ST. Paul, it is generally
admitted, might be more ready of heel
and quick of foot. No implied compN
ment for st. Paul, it must be under
stood, is contained in the comparison
st. Paul wakes UP at least two or
three times year. New York's aver
age Is not over once q year. Her last
moment of wakefulness occurred a year
or two ago, when her jobbers, realizing
that something was the matter with
the old town, got together and eXpend-
ed 5000, 900 to advertise it-tlhink of ad-
vertising New York, We men Of st.
Paul who close up like CLAIMS when
proposition is preached to advertise
your own city on however small
scale.
But New York Is not slow when she
is fully aroused, and the benefits &C
cruing from the visit of hundreds of
customers and their families from the
West, Northwest and South and South
west, as the result Of that little piece
of fall advertising, have astonished
even New Workers. The New Yorker
knows good thing when he sees it,
and the consequence has been that the
merchants organization has been en-
larged and perfected and thousands Of
dollars have been added to their busi-
ness.
1t has been suggested by several men
of ST. Paul who contributed Of their
time and their substance to make the
recent capitol corner stone ceremony
success, and who admit of some i'm
projections in their work, chiefly due to
the touch aad-go nature Of the enter
be organized, a standing committee on
L
mfttee would be IN session the year
round. It would be on the alert to
seize opportunities for arousing the
public and presenting some form Of
entertainment or diversion which would
advertise to the outside world that st.
Paul is at least as much alive as Min
neapolis.. A finance committee would
naturally have at hand a moderate
balance wherewith to carry out any
programme at the shortest possible NO
tice. And the character Of this pro-
gramme and the occasion for its pre-
sentation would naturally be left to the
discrimination and good Judgment of
the Minute Mentor that in fact, is
what they would be, cftizehs ready to
move at an instant's notice, in any di-
rection, upon any lines which would
create a favorable and lasting impress
sion of ST. Paul.
This city is on the broad highway be-
tween Europe and Asia. Many dis
tingushed men travel it every year,
Americans as well as foreigners. We
have much to be proud of here, and no
false pride is involved in displaying it
hours, even, within our gates. A case
in point was the visit of John Sherman
few months ago, on his way to the
Pacific. He felt interested in the city,
as was manifested during the interview
had with him by one of The G l o b e's
bright young men. Mr.. Sherman's
public services were sufficient to have
entitled him to some recognition from
somebody in this city. Had the St.
Paul minute men been around he would
have received a welcome that would
have warmed his old neart-and would
the city have lest anything in conse-
cuence? We may learn much from
casual visitors about the country to the
east and the great world toward the
west whose business with the United
States is so rapidly developing under
the influence of the great transcon-
tinentaI lines and their ocean connec-
lions. We may profit much by coming
more frequently in contact with the
residents of our own state, who are
among our best friends and business
customers.
Of course, there will be scoffers at the
idea which has been here roughly out
lined. But when in the history of man
kind were there not scoffers and idlers
ard unwilling contributors to anything
that limited at progress? New York has
been sitting with her hands contented-
ly folded for many years. She has
awakened with a rude jolt. There is a
hint to st. Paul contained in the fact.
Who will take I'm the idea and helm
work it out? The G OBJ e's columns
are open to discussion Of this or any
other suggestion embodying the well
fare of the capital city. Don't all speak
a. once, but speak as often and to any
extent that you please. st. Paul has
the floor.