The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-25
FUTURE OF SAINT
IS THEIR THEME
Members ofaCommercial Club.
Banquet and Discuss
bSt. Paul.

business men of this city towards its
Improvement and advancement there
are no results that are not attainable,"
said II. A. Boardman at a banquet and
conference last evening in the Com
merclal club rooms. The present con-
d1tlon or the city; was dWelt upon by
members of the committees, and many
valuable suggestions for improvements
were made.
Theodore F. Smith, president OF the
club, who acted as POSTMASTER, said in
his opening remarks: THE CONNER
c1al club has now resident member
ship OF S25 and with its active work
ers does much to advance the interests
OF the city. The city looks to the club
to advance its interests and there is a
duty on us as the unofficial representa-
t1ves OF the city to make it one of the
NEST prosperous in the United States.
The following speakers too the cue
and each had some suggestions as to
how this might be accomplished: First
came ii. A. Boardman. TT is need
1css,' he said, ''for me here to mention
the various improvements that have
been secured through the efforts of the
club. Suffice it to say that what we
have accomplished is but a starter"
st. Paul the Center.
w. P. Jewett, who spoke next, show
ed how this statement could be veri-
fed. ''St. Paul is the center Of the
continent. The, country tributary to
st. Paul, however, has outgrown the
city and what is now needed is larger
jobbing interests and extension or our
mercantile and manufacturing houses.
How may this be done? BY having
firm confidence in the resources of our
city and doing eIbrything we may to
develop them. Il We. must also reduce
our taxes. It has become imperative TO
do this in order to attract investors.
Capitalists VIII not put money into st.
Paul property when our. taxes are so
high" eCvy-s -
DR.. E. Van Dyke Robinson took up
the question of education as bearing on
commercial conditions. Education
must be adapted to the needs of the
people and we must teach our boys
what they will need in business. We
should make ST. Paul attractive as an
educational center, for many people are
attracted to places where the best edu-
cational facilities are available for
their children. We must study to get
our public schools to accomplish re-
suits worthy of the money we spend to
maintain them"
-. Schriber Sees Civic Beauties.
'How many citibs have the beautiful
environments that st. Paul has @' ask
ed B. H. Schrfber, in considering st.
! Paul from an aesthetic standpoint.
There are two duties which devolve
! upon us, from the possession of this
gift of nature. One is the duty Of every
citizen to know what we have. to ex-
hibit, and when visitors come to our
city we must show them the beautiful
scenery about u.s. The second duty
| rests upon ourselves and the whole
| state-that of providing for the beauti-
flying of our new capitol. 1t is to the
| interest of the whole state to have this
magnificent monument equipped prop
| erly."
| 1T Is the supremest folly" said
| Thomas Cochran, 'for business men Of
! the state Of Minnesota to resort to ad-
| vertisfng properly to exploit the ad-
vantages of the state. The state of
| Minnesota should tomorrow appropri-
| ate 500, 000,0 900 to advertise Minneso-
| ia, in order to attract people to our
unsettled lands. We have the advan-
! tages, and we want the enterprise to
| develop them, and we must get that
| by advertising. We should have a
| lower tax rate for this city in order
| to draw investments. We must ex-
! pand out expenses and we must re-
| duce out taxes. We've got to have
| new school hot SEES, for we cannot en-
! courage increase in population and not
provide sufficient educational facili-
| ties. We must enlarge our schools,
repeat, and we must leave to the chill
dren to pay off the debt incurred when
| they grow up, Let us believe in St
Paul. let us advertise St. Paul, let US
| watch the city government, and let US
| foster loyalty to our city"
MUkty Spend Money. $3.50
1--WE mustG cultivate a sentiment to
spend money! spoke H. P. Hall, in the
same vein, eaIHd when 1t comes to the
question Of paying let US leave 1t to
the coming generation to sweat to pay
the interest lon the bonds. We must
have a spirit of liberality, of reckless
neSs-yeS, reckleSsneSS, and we must
not be too conservative. Some time
ago we got so conservative that we
amended the charter so that we must
now pay as we go along instead of is
suing bonds. We are too conserva-
tive, anG we cannot build UP the city
without Iiberality. Why should we
undertake to build for all time to
come? Let us leave the debt, to the
coming generation. We should tear
down all the buildings between the old
and the new capitels, and make a line
| park adorned with statuary. 1t might
| cost about 100000 but it would be
worth it."
J. j. McCardy, reporting for the
state development committee. stated
that the committee would hold a con-
vention next summer to consider why
some Of the iron ore produced in the
Minnesota mines may not be manufac-
| tured in the state instead of being
sent out.
z. A. Konantz. chairman of the
committee on manufactures, said that
the committee was preparing to get
up a list of capitalists desiring in
vestments and manufacturers desiring
larger quarters and improvements.
A L. Corning reported several prof.
ects of the city development commit
tee. J. E. Stryker, chairman of the
legislative committee, reported on the
| ton of $1,500,000 for the capitol, and
| urged all to- support it. Reports were
also made by E. S.. Durment, of the
entertainment committee; George G.
| Power, OF, Il the finance comTnittee;,
Archibald Mower, of the immigration
committee, and III. B. Farwell, of the
press committee.
Rufus A. sHoyt5 brought up the sug-
gestion that the club should observe
certain ceref1onies on the demise Of a
member and recommended the holding
| of annual memorial services.
Actress III. ~,
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