The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-03
TO HELP HOMEINDUSTRY
THAT IS THE AIM OF ST. PAUL
WOMEN

Manufacturers, AssOciatiOn-The
Commercial Club Held a Meeting
Yesterday for the Consideration
FafI-Mrs. Oppenheim Re-eIected.
The first meeting of the Ladies Aux
il1ary to the Northwestern Manufacture
ers' association and Commercial club
was held yesterday at the club rooms
10 make the preliminary arrangements
| for the fall exhibition of mechanics and
arts.
IL was decided unanimously to con-
eihue the executive officers, with Mrs.
Ansel Oppenheim as president.
The object of holding this exhibit is
to bring out the distinctive charac-
ters OF the manufacturing industries of
the city.
Inc committee will invite architects.
furniture manufacturers, ornamental
wire designers, and other manufacture
ers OF the city to send In designs of
their work.
For example, there will be competi-
tlons among the ladies in fitting up
rooms with st. Paul-made Furniture
room in pink will compete with one
IN blue. Even the walls will be fin
lshed with kalsomine produced in ST.
Paul. 40 ~
MANY industries not represented in
the March exhibit will be introduced
The Northwestern Manufacturers
union was represented yesterday bv
secretary Whellams Secretary Slime
OF the Commercial club, was present. as
was also F. z. Perkins, of the exhihir
committee.
In presenting the subject to those
present, Mrs. Oppenheim said:
Ihls meeting has been called for the
purpose OF arranging plans in order
that we may continue the good work
pesun at our exhibition in March. We
nave evidence that that exhibition bore
irult and was real benefit to our city
NO matter what form our exhibition
may take, the object we always have in
view is the promotion of home indus
trles. learn from my friends that the
ladies of New York and Washington
are organizing and preparing to take
an active part in this movement.
IN opening the exhibition in March T
sa1o that this movement, that is to saw.
tne promotlon of home Industries is
Oh national Importance The war Is
opening the eyes of our people to it's
Importance. Americans are beginning
to realize that it is poor policy to bui15
up the industries and wealth of foreign
natlons In order that they NAV in time
OF trouble, as many of them have done
snow their teeth. Our country is enter,
ing more actively into the commercia al
contest That is going on between the
great nations Of the world The fun
damental preparation for that contas+
Is the improving of home products and
the building up Of home industries.
You might as we'll say that NAV
co,lld be great athlete without fret
sowing the problem of his daily bread
as that we can take our place in the
commercial world without first huiId.
ing UP our home industries. -.
How Is TINS work to be carried on?
IT is by each section fostering and
building up its own particular indus
tries and developing its own individual
~. NO one is going to do it for no
ana the community that does not do If
1or Itself must remain behind in the
race. III the
You all know the material and arts
tic advantages of st. Paul but alas,
natural advantages alone cannot make
prosperous city. This history clearly
teaches. The motive power is the spir-
IL and genius of it's people, In what
ever age nation or community there
are individuals who, through their in
teliigence and energy, set the wheels of
social progress in motion, that age,
nation or community becomes great
and illuminated, and, whenever that
vltallzing force is withdrawn, that age.
nation or community will become OBJ
scure and fall into decay.
IL the ladies Of st. Paul can, through
thelr influence, create a municipal pa
triotism in our city, patriotism that
VIII cause our citizens to take an in
terest in everything that appertains
to it's welfare, that will cause them to
despise nothing that can advance our
nome industries, then I say to you, "a
ales, that the destiny Of our city lies
in your hands.
Another meeting will be held at 1890
o'clock next Wednesday morning at the
Commercial club.