The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-05
TELLS ALL ABOUT ST. PAUL
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AN
NUAL REPORT

| ADVANCE SheetS Presented by Sec
rotary TaIlmndge at Yesterday,
Meeting - Growing Importance
ket-The State Is a Paradise to
the Sheep Grower.
Vice President Lightner presided yes
| terday at the weekly meeting Of the
chamber of commerce, in the continued
absence of President Noyes.
A letter was read by Secretary Tall
nladge from Secretary Moseley, Of the
interstate commerce commission, urg-
ing the influence Of the chamber upon
representatives In congress to secure
the passage of additional legislation
enlarg1ng the powers and authorities
of the commission. 1t was referred 10
the committee on legislation.
Support was sometime ago asked Oh
the chamber in connection with what
is known as the anti-scalping bill, now
pending In congress. A letter from
General Passenger Agent Lyman, of
the Burlington & Northern, was read
In this he strongly urged the chamber
to take early action, calling attention
! to the fact that nearly all the COM
mercial bodies in the principal cities
OF the country had responded favorably
| to similar requests by the roads. Gen.
Sanborn moved that the rules be sus-
| pended and the matter taken up for
immediate consideration. This propo-
sition was lost, but the committee was
subsequently, directed to report next
| Monday.
| A communication was received from
the chairman Of the flag committee Of
the Society Of Colonial Wars and Of
the same committee Of the Society Of
the Sons of the Revolution, of Illinois,
requesting influence with congress in
securing the passage of q law protect
representing the flag, against use as
an advertising medium. Referred to
| committee on legislation.
| The resignation of Hastings H. Hart,
late secretary of the state board
of corrections and charities, as
a director Of the chamber, on &C
| count of his prospective removal to
Chicago, was received and accepted.
| MIR. Ktrke made a favorable report
| from the mercantile and rnanufactur-
| ing committee on the request Of the
promoters of the proposed Philadelphia
museum for the exhibition Of products
Of all nations for aid in securing ma
tional legislation in support Of the
plan. A bill Is now pending in congress
providing for the appropriation Of $780,
| 600 In aid of the project.
Mr.. Peet strongly advocated approval
| by the chamber, and a resolution to this
effect was adopted.
| Secretary Tallmadge presented to the
| chamber several advance copies of the
annual report. 1t is pamphlet con-
sisting Of one hundred pages, and a
beautiful typographical product. It is
embell1shed with half-tone reproduc-
| lions of the photographs Of President
Charles P. Noyes, President James J..
Hill, of the Great Northern; A. B.
Stickney, of the Chicago Great West
ern: Charles s. Mellen, of the Northern
Pacific; Daniel s. Lamont vice presi-
dent of the same company; Walter A.
| Scott, general manager of the Omaha
and A. B. Plough, vice president and
general manager Of the st. Paul & Du-
luth; also a view Of the directors Of
| the chamber in session; one Of the City
of st. Paul from the West side of the
Mississippi; another of the young
school Of agriculture, together with two
excellent full pages. views Of the gov
eminent canal at Sault Ste Marie, and
one of the new state capitol.
| Mr.. Tallrladge has made extracts
| from the annual reports Of city officials,
| especially that Of the comptroller,
| showing the excellent financial condi-
| ton Of the municipality; and a state
ment Of St. Paul banks as of Dec. Is
last. He calls attention to the growing
| Importance of st. Paul as a live stock
market and to the location by Swift 81
Co., last October, of their Northwestern
packing house branch at the Union
stockyards, South st. Paul.
| Regarding live stock production and
| dairying the report further says:
| Our state has beaten the continent recent
| ~ IN butter production, fact that would
| not be possible in the absence of marked
s sdaptat ion for daiFying Our creamery
East and cooperative creameries are in
creasing in Minnesota at the rate of more
than 100 year. The abundance Of the foods
that may. be grown also makes it possible
| TO grow beef cattle and to finish them for
market, and to fatten any desired number
OF cattle that have been reared on the
| ranges.
This state is simply paradise to the
| sheep growers. 1t has all the requisites
stance, rolling surface, dry soil, plenty
limitless supplies Of fodder and grain, and and
| bright and invigorating climate
| No state can produce more pork on a
| given area, because of the crop-producing
power power OF the LANDS. No state can grow pork
In food production. And in no state can
swine be more free from disease because
of this variety in food production, and be-
The report of the agricultural department
at Washington gave Minnesota 2,SS7, 600 head
Of live stock Link these figures with the
! fact that less than one-seventh Of the land
| surface of the state has ever yet been
broken. and with the further fact that but
| little of he land broken has been titled to
| its full capacity, and some idea will be
| obtained Of the possibilities In live stock
| production in Minnesota.
| The progress Of st. Paul in jobbing
| and manufactures since 1885, is shown
| in the following statement:
Jobbing, $s1, 596 900, 1856; $122, 223 o4s, 1890;
| s146, 1874, 600, 1885, $162, 1863, 900, 1897.
Manufacturing, s29, 4S7, 900, 1885; s61, 100, $50,
1890; STA, 2s0. 900, 1895; SIS, OPS, 900, 1897.
st. Paul, continues Mr.. Tallmadge, is by
| Northwest. It's prominence as wholesale
mercantile point has grown steadily with
! the development of the railway system of
| the Northwest.
| St. Paul Manufacturing City.
| There are 579 manufacturing concerns In
| the city, employing Is, 4SO people. Many Of
| these are very extensive institutions. Several
| of the largest shoe factories in the West are
| located here and other leading lines are
| saddlery, clothing, paints, fur goods, ci-
| gars, baking powder, structural and orna-
| mental iron work, brass founding, furniture,
| stoves and ranges agricultural implements,
| fire engines, -four and other food products.
| The manufacturing is diversified nearly
everything for the comfort, sustenance and
| pleasure of humankind being represented
| in the products.
| The total receipts of car lots re-
ceived in St Paul during the year 1897
were 13S,201 an increase Of 12,167 over
| 1896, while the shipments during the
same period were 1888, an increase of
1886 over 1896, indicating the naturally
| nrOcDorO1Jc growth Of traffic and