The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-15

a great honor to be permitted to greet you,
| to welcome you. in the name of our people,
| to welcome you to our beautiful St. Paul. the
metropolis and undisputed mercantile and
manufacturing center Of the great Northwest.
l welcome you to the acknowledged courteous
hospitality of our citizens and assure you that
our people are glad to have you with U.s.
where they can help watch over your rear,
rangement Of the prices for the future, for
| don't you know that the grocers bill seems al
! ways a little high on the first of the month
| large for last month?
| st. Paul welcomes you as a place which,
| only few years ago, made but modest claims
| for It's industrial and general mercantile in
terests, but which in 1898 poured from Its
| 579 factories and so or more wholesale houses
over $3.50 100000 worth of merchandise, fur
nishlng good part of the Middle states and
much the larger part Of the territory lying
| to the southwest, west and northwest of our
| CITY, with both the necessaries and luXuries
| of life 1t Is undoubtedly the generous, hon
| est and liberal dealings for which our manu-
| facturers and wholesale merchants have at ell
| times been noted which have had much to do
| with our phenomenal success in keeping the
| trade Of this vast territory so we'll in hand
Gentlemen of the association, l sincerely
hope that your meeting here today in our
| city will be one of marked benefit to each
and all of you. that your visit will be pleas
| ant, and that when you return again to your
homes your recollections of st. Paul will
| be such that your next annual meeting will
| again be located in our midst
In the name Of the people of st. Paul, let
me offer you the freedom of our city, with
| the nope, on my part, CndC while mere, should
the guardian of the peace be too nquistive
! you will assure him that your late outing and
| your happy condition Is because of the may
oer's delivery of the key of the city into your
keeping during your stay in ST. Paul.
w. D. GORDON'S RESPONSE.
| In the absence of Mayor Truelson. of
Duluth, who was to have responded to
the address Of welcome, w. D. Gordon,
of Duluth acted in that capacity
He said it was the first time in his
! life he ever represented mayor, and
he liked the position so well he felt
| like staying. On behalf of the dele
gates he returned thanks for their ex-
already shown them. If it was sam
pie Of what was to come, he, for one,
would not go home in a hurry.
| The secretary, Mr.. George L. Ding
man, then explained to the delegates
that the committee on enrolment was
for the purpose of ascertaining the
names and addresses of the delegates
attending and the firms they represent
| ed, and cards for that purpose were
handed delegates to I'LL out.
| On motion, statesmen representing
| houses outside of the state, but doing
| business in the state, were made eligi-
BILE to membership in the association
on the payment of initiation fees.
Chairman Hanson appointed as COM
m1ttee on resolutions, Simon Clark, Du-
luth, chairman; Alonzo Birmingham,
ST. Paul; F. A. Barth, WATERFOWL:
Fred Lorenz, Minneapolis; H. F. Ballim,
| Excelsior, and J. A. Bergeley, Frank
| lin. All questions and resolutions are
to be placed in the question box, refer
red to the committee on resolutions and
answered by them.
Mr.. Marion, of Tower, brought up the
question Of licensing peddlers. He read
the bill that had been introduced in the
present legislature, which provides that
| peddlers, to transact business in organ
lied townships, shall make application
and first receive a license. He asked
for the Endorsement Of the Grocers' as
ISOLATION. The matter was referred to
| the committee On resolutions.
GROCERS AND LABOR UNIONS.
John Swift. of Minneapolis, organizer