The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-11
Real Estate
old GUARDS IDEAS
Two Of Them Compare Minneapolis
Public Spirit Then and
Now.
They Agree That It Is Not Dead,
but May Be Diff
ferent.

Public spirit means much to the real estate
men OF the city. Public spirit brings the
citizens together on all necessary points, re-
and IN the bringing to the city of additional
enterprises and more persons. In turn this
acts on the real estate market in the sale Of
and home sites
To-day the real estate board and its mem
oers 81 bear certain relation to the growth
years ago by the .'old guard" This term
means something definite. The old guard
was was; made up of public spirited citizens who
public's welfare If Scheme failed they
went down together. If it succeeded it was
because OF the combined efforts of those old
time civic patriots.
Several cf the old timers aAe still living
mere ana they maintain the old attitude to the
city and It's interests. Some aver that this
PUBIC spirit Is dead. Listen to what two of
The Second Generations Obligation.
George A. Bracket does not believe public
spirit Is dead in Minneapolis, but is con-
Sinced that 1t is merely different. He realizes
f fu that the Minneapolis Of to-day is diff
ierent proposition from tho Minneapolis of
twenty-five years ago when everybody knew
eye eXesy DC Sa., else and all were just begin
Busy city Of ae sedas it is
impossible to have such intimacy and sym
p pa,. AN. among the business men, but at the
same Tune Mr.. Bracket thinks there Is one
class which is under obligations to do more
public work than it is now doing. Mr..
BlaG tse!1 made this point in an after din,
ne gave 1t further emphasis the other day
in conversation =
~ don't think the sons of the prominent
mer OF other days are doing as much as they
should for the city, said Mr.. Bracket. 1T
was here that their fathers made the fortunes
which Il!; now enable these younger men to live
easliy WIN their afternoon golfing. their
a Mnail and their long pleasure trips.
many Ct them are good business men, but
IL oe d,e thai the obligation to look ate,
me th city,s best interests has come down to
names are inseparably connected with the
history of Minneapolis and it should be a
pleasant pleas duty for them to preserve and pro.
they should regard Minneapoli with pride
es sort Of a family monument and thai
conception would certainly be q good thing
The Old "PuII Together"
And how those Minneapolis men Of TWEEN
ty-hye years ago did pull togethcr why
dozens Of times have taken paper around
Tor this or that public enterprise and have
secureG money In abundance in an hour o,
| that it was for the good of the city and once
convinced OF that, the main thing was to hold
them down so they would be in shape to give
Inc next time. It was this spirit that insured
| Inc permanence of Minnehaha park thai
brought big conventions here, that erected
the exposition building and the old coliseum
a aI ala hundred and enc other things TO,
Minneapolis. We may not do things that wa,
now ana the necessity for doing just thai
KIND or things ir just that way may n,
longer longer exist: Good, consistent pulling to-
pulling together pretty well, but somehow
Ia like to see those old names again in thf
| llst OF those who are doing things for Min.
Sam Gales Idea.
Public spirit is not declining in Minneapolis
says Samuel G. Gale: but the increasing d.
versity OF opinions and interests is makins
pueIlc spirit less effective.
F., M; Gale Is familiar with these changed
apolitan, he has himself aided in directins
many many OF the movements in which this cit,
and mncon us reputation for resistess energ,
| +1, snu oon agree, said he to-day "witl
s snirt men that Insist We are losing our public
in pti' .s MOI os DIT OF It. individually there,
! toWn to-day as there was twenty years agn
But without doubt there is less unaninit,
o %an sentiment I'll less harmony Of action We al
interests OF Minneapolis in every nossihi.
way, but we don't all agree upon the Man.
we should adopt. Formerly the communft,
1esvI as one man: This harmony of opinion
ress. pusn anu prog
Yet the change was to be expected. Years
a Mos+ we s ma had small town, comparatively
t Most OF the leading men had stood toeethe,
s sId thick and thin had suffered hard Knock,
siae ny SIDE, and were attached to eaci
9 Trer,h as are the veterans of some long war
TTSEeryDoay knew everybody else intimately
IN! Inc qualifications of each man were faniIiar
t Wnen certain group made recommen5a
n rlon, we all felt sure that no better judg
Undertook to carry this decision out wer,
could find. onyoooy w
strangers have come to M1nneanoiis T. o
OF our ablest men are not now on int ina !:
When VIII n5as other p equally as competent
is not al pan Is proposed the great majorit,
qualified to Judge. When plan is to og =,
Ea nnn a. out. everyone cannot agree at ono,
T Tba4 u me proper men to undertake the task
eoaidnt realize before, the truth Of the AZ W
saw IN the school book: Many men 'n nos %,
b betnlI hro Inc many men have come: The;