The Saint Paul globe., 1899-07-22

ing back. until it has now reached Min
neapoLs; 1t has succeeded in digging a
Dig ditch between Third street and the
piufts on the other side. and these Third
street market sites have been nearly eX-
hausted. Neither Mr.. Benz nor any one
else should be expected to offer what
he hasn't got.
Coming to the bluff overlooking the
Eagle street site we halt. We may just
as well stay here and look Various
phases of this location have been dis
cussed; this site is only for a wholesale
market-just the place where the grocers
and commission men can see you Without
competition. Since writing the forego-
Ing | have thought of a scheme, which
think is practical. for getting out of
there with your loads. in case you ever
get in. Your load of sixty to eighty
bushels is too much for team to haul
up that Eagle street hill after the team
form sufhciently large to hold six loaded
outfits will be lifted and swung over onto
Third street by a, device much like those
IN use in lifting the big rocks which are
being placed in the new state house. A
fee of only 25 cents will be charged and
nothing whatever for the driver in case
he sits upon his load in transit. In case
the sweep is little long, 1 can land you
in Assemblyman Thompson's back yard
1t will not do to swing the other way.
as 1t might interfere with business at
Seven corners-this should have been
fourteen corners instead of seven. On
fourteen corners you could get four drug
stores. A few can be placed at the foot
of the hill, however, in case the market
goes down there. These drug stores will
come handy in case my elevator swing
unloads too soon.
You will now look at the Relief Society
block. On your way over call on Mr..
COnde Hamline, president of the Com
mercial club. His office is at the north
east corner of Fourth and Robert streets,
and get what he has left of the imni-
grafton literature. This you can easily
make him see is doing more harm than
good. More people are coming and set
ting in and around ST Paul than can
live, and the relief society is pressed with
business. Tell the relief people when
you get there that they can facilitate the
relief business by getting off that block
Tell them that you will form the start
furnish the poor with much of what they
eat at less than half of what is paid
now-that the laboring people can get
from you the homegrown produce for
much less than they pay for that ship
ped from abroad. Nearly all of the mid
die class, the hotels, restaurants, etc,
want to trade with you That the profits
usually enjoyed by the grocer can be di-
vided between you and the mass of the
city people If the people can save in
this way they will have more for other
on and near Third street will be chosen.
l think, however, you should organize
Produce Growers association. The mar
keting of your crop must be looked
gether and express opinions and pref
erences. You will have to take vigorous
action. In your market hall meeting
some months ago you made known your
desire. Your work there was buried
that evening by the city council before
the bearer of the dispatches had time
to remove his top coat. In the new mar
ket you are expected to be the tenants,
paying a rent or fee sufficient to cover
the interest on the cost of the market.
While the city will own the market prop
erty, I say you are the tenants. The
market must be SO located that you can
afford to pay the rent. You have tried
Third street and know that the consumer
will not go there to buy. Further than
trading with them you are not interested
in the market, neither are the city peo-
pie All of the large concerns left Third
street long ago. Their customers arc
your customers. The center of the re-
tail trade is now near the corner of Sixth
and Robert; get your market located as
near there as possible. Some of the
blocks just north of Eighth street are
offered for sale or lease. If the city will
not locate a market there, you had bet
ter lease a block. This may be cheaper
than renting from the city. You will
need some concessions from the city. but
you will have no trouble in getting them
as soon as another council comes in: You
will at times produce more than what is
consumed in st. Paul. Let your asso-
citation look after the shipping. of the
surplus. Through your association the
best markets will be found and your labor
%. b Harris.