The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-08
OLD oFFIcERs REFLECTED
ANNUALf CONFERENCE OF
RURALISTS.
!" ] 'ar's"' RATES.
Resolutions Reiterate the Belief
That That Is One of the Coun-
try's Crying Needs.

| bags and stole out Of the city last
night The last days session was open
| ed at o'clock yesterday morning and
continued well into the afternoon.
There was comparatively small at
tendance. The annual election of Of
ficers was held, resulting in the cleo
| ton of all the old officers who were
present, including President ]. D. Long,
Secretary ]. c. Hanley, Lecturer H. V.
| Poore, Treasurer H. A. Swane, Of
| Mortified. Vice Presidents were also
elected as follows: ]. r. Campbell,
First district; Eric Olson, Second dis
trict; c. H. Hopkins, Third district; E.
A. Rutherford, Fourth district; j. B.
Dukes, Fifth district; A. c. Barrett.
Sixth district, and Martin Johnson,
Seventh district These together with
the officers Of the Alliance, will COM
pose the executive committee, who will
have the arrangements for the next
| meeting Of the Alliance In hand.
P. H. Rahilly was elected as delegate
to the National Alliance, which Is to
| be held in Washington next month. J.
R. Campbell moved the adoption Of a
! resolution to be presented to his excel
lency. Gov. D. M. Clough. urging the
appointment of P. H. Rahilly, Of Lake
City, as a member Of the railroad and
warehouse commission. The preamble
Of the resolution paid tribute to the
broad gauge Of Mr. Rahilly and his
ability to fill the place. The resolu-
ton was passed. Mr.. Rahilly next Of
fered a resolution aiming to create
another Office for some member Of the
Alliance. The resolution demanded
that a member of the Alliance be plac-
ed upon the State Agricultural society,
as the law provided that the president
and secretary Of the Alliance should
be members Of the society. Adopted.
J. G. Hanley, secretary Of the ALI
ance, presented his annual report. All
dues and fees for the past year were
suspended. Mr.. Hanley reported 1,493
Alliances in the state, with an aggre-
gate membership of $4,000. He had re-
ceived $124.97 in voluntary contribu-
lions, and the disbursements amounted
to 1921. AT. The insurance clause Of the
constitution had been practically drop
ped, owing to the trouble in the ma
tional organization. Secretary Hanley
made arrangements with the railroad
companies for reduced rate for att
tending delegates, providing the at
tendance exceeded 100. The number
Of delegates from out of the city fell
below 100, and committee headed by
Mr.. Rahilly were appointed to wait
upon Mr.. Hill and see if they could
get the rate of one=third to their homes.
The most important business trans
acted, aside from the election of OFF,
GERS, was the report of the committee
on resolutions, upon whose report fu-
ture operation of the Alliance will be
based. The report embodied the reso-
lutions presented the opening day of
the session looking to a representation
of the organization on the railroad and
warehouse commission and the state
prison board. The first clause Of the
set Of resolutions provide for the ap-
pointment Of a committee Of fifteen to
go before the next legislature and urge
the passage of anti-railrOad legislation.
They denounce the dealing in "Op-
tions," which is led up to with a long
review of the existing conditions pre-
vailing in the agricultural sections Of
the country. Another part of the re-
port reads: while we do not recon-
mend that mob law and violence be
applied to public officers who betray
their trusts for money or Office, we do
feel that some stringent and radical
measures should be adopted to put a
stop to the universal corruption which
threatens to swallow up our free in
situations and reduce the people to
bondage" a
Another part of the report calls for
the reduction of the present freight
rates at least 20 per cent and also the
reduction of passenger mileage to two
cents per mile, and the better protec-
ton of the holders of mileage covers
The committee on resolutions also rec
ommend a reduction Of the rates Of in
terest at least per cent. The closing
proviso Of the report urges Alliance
al hoi
influence manifest at the polls in vot-
ing for men who will further their in
terests, and the election of farmer
on the railroad and warehouse COM
mission. It was within the province Of
the railroad and warehouse commission
to compel all common carriers to pro-
vide suitable storage room and facility
for loading and weighing grain at
country stations, and further urged the
delegates to work towards this end
c. J. Williams, secretary Of the ST.
Paul Manufacturers union, delivered
the following address upon the pro-
gress of the manufacturing interests,
both state and national. Mr.. Whell-
ans, in getting down to local matters,
said:
Bear in mind one rgeat essential to in
struct your wife, children, friends when
purchasing at the store, at home, in st.
Paul to demand Northwest-made goods and
not only demand them, but see that yau get
them. Would you think 1t wise and sound
policy for the Northwestern manufacturers
and the many thousands Of men they employ
to purchase bacon, feed and butter made in
New York or Illinois. I am sure you would
think it very unfair and a very narrow
minded action. Then 1t is nothing but fair
ness to the manufacturers of st. Paul and
to their employees who daily purchase the
product OF your farms, that in return you
reciprocate by purchasing here what you and
your family need in the line of manufacture.
There is no excuse for not so doing. The
goods manufactured in st. Paul are equal
and in many instances superior to those i'm
ported This Is an absolute fact except In
few very special articles of manufacture
The price is the same and even lower in many
do not purchase more homemade goods. and
have come to the conclusion that it is en-
tirely due to a want, Of knowledge of the
many articles that are today being manu-
featured in this city and the Northwest In
st. Paul there are 473 factories employing
Of 10. 1913. Labor Commissioner Powers says
we should add IS PERCENT to those and we
should approximately have the present in
dustrial population OF the city. What a small
is a dollar and yet If every farmer In
this state and ~every ,zadult person in this
city would onlyS makes a point OF spending
one dollar a week in homemade products Of
Minnesota factories, instead of spending chat
dollar on imported goods, it would cause the
employment Of thousands Of additional hands
and put annually into the circulation in the
state and city several millions of dollars
1t is only by IA system of cooperation of
producer and consumer that great benefits of
largely increasing home markets by encourae
ing Northwestern manufactures can be OBJ
tanned. Your motto. then, is Northwestern
goods, made In Northwestern factories by
Northwestern workmen, for Northwestern
people,