The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-03-04
CUBAN RELIEF.
Board of Trade Appropriates
SIS for This Purpose.
President Shoemaker and Secretary
Chapman Will Forward Whatever
Mankat0 Citizens Desire to Give.

and Secretary of State Sherman for
relief for the sick and starving Gu
bans has reached Mankato, and a
prompt and generous response is hoped
for. The appeal was sent to the board
of trade, and was read and discussed
at the meeting Monday, and if
the people of the city are as quick to
answer the dictates CT sympathy as
they have the reputation Of being and
as they have been on other occasions,
Mankato will come nobly to the front.
1t is needless to reprint the appeal or
to refer to the awful state of affairs
which it reveals. Those who have
given toward Armenian relief and
toward the alienation of suffering in
other distant parts of the world should
not be less generous IN the face of in.
finitely greater distress and suffering
much nearer home. 1t is hoped that
everyone will give in accordance with
his means.
After the appeal was read, and some
little discussion had been had, E. f.
Soaring moved that the president and
secretary of the board, James Shoe
maker and @. A. Chapman, be author
lied to receive and forward to Consul
General Lee at Havana whatever our
citizens may give.
F. M. Currier offered an amendment
that the board start the relief fund
by giving SIS. M. B. Haynes offered
an amendment to increase the amount
to S25. The latter amendment was
adopted and the motion was then Car
ried by a unanimous vote.
President Shoemaker stated that
not only money and provisions are
needed, but also clothing, medicine,
and especially quinine.
A communication in relation to
Senate bill to amend the interstate
commerce law was received. and re-
ferred to the committee on freights.
Letters were received from Senators
Davis and Nelson and Representative
McCleary, acknowledging the receipt
OF the boards resolution favoring the
postal reform bill. Mr.. McCleary
added to his letter that when the bill
has been amended in some particulars
he believed that it would he good
one.
f. M. Currier, for the railroad COM
mittee, reported that it had written
to the Chicago & Northwestern road
in regard to the train service between
this city and Waseca.
DR., J. w. Andrews, for the COM
mittee on the Walnut street walk,
said that the present council will do
nothing toward building the sidewalk
from Front street to the union depot.
He said that he would be one of ten
citizens to guarantee the payment of
the cost of the walk if it was put
down at once, and had no doubt but
that this or the next council would
allow the bill. He never knew of a
claim against the city that was not
finally allowed. He thought that it
was too bad that the aldermen could
not rise above petty prejudices and
order so desirable an improvement
made.
DR.. Andrews precipitated discus
sion on the question of beet sugar
factory by urging the desirability of
more manufacturing institutions, and
suggesting such factory.
JDo. N. Hall thought that more
tests should be made this year with a
view to interesting capital to locate a
factory here. He thought that the
board should offer premiums.
M. B. Haynes said that Prof. Dyke,
at the Normal school, is an expert on
sugar beet culture and had many
ideas.
President Shoemaker said that the
farmers take little interest in the pro-
ject. OF 81 farmers supplied with
seed by the board last fall, only IA
had sent in samples to be analy zed.
Jno. G. Noe said that it has been
demonstrated that beets can be sue
cessfully raised here. 1t would re-
qulre S325,0OO to build and operate a
factory, and of this amount 1925, 1000
to Sl50,OO0 would have to be raised
here.
j. Fl. Stewart offered suggestion
that committee 60 to the eastern
states and try to induce some of the
factories to move to Mankato, that
are DESTROYS of locating in the west
This would give Mankato more fac.
tories that would employ people the
year around.
Mr.. Currier said that he noticed by
the trade journals that the tendency
of manufacture plants was to 90 to
the smaller towns, where land is
cheaper. Speaking of the beet sugar
factory, he said that there are two
sides to the question. Unless it will