New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-12
THE PASSING THR0NG.

Oscar T. Grfrth. who has been merchant IN
Minneapolis since 1866 and has seen the metropolis
OF Minnesota grow from less than
ST PAUL FIVE thousand to two hundred and
AND MINNIE twenty-five thousand population IS
APOLIS a guest at the 5iIsey. The COM
petition said Mr.. Griffith. be
tween Minneapolis and st. Paul in the Old days
was the subject OF many amusing incidents ana ana
about sixty-ive thousand the best OF II ana Win
connects them so Intimately the rivalry has Per en-
somewhat dlsspatsd- IL was song the naolt OF ne
paIIS1Is OF the TWO clsles 70 pau NV - -,v,S
sustain their respective contentious Inc groNtn
SiaTfiai Pr,sse ~ in ~ NoTfbVvest Is good IRE
prosperity in some sections has been Ioainsd , ~
DESTROYED portion OF the wheat crop and po5asoes
p4toS "a me sIO111 his Ss IA - srrs.t
Southern Minnesota South DAKOTA The corn
for the last few years have. however. made the
farmers rich 1t + astonishing 70 note the wealth
nat the sou has yielded TO 11
One case that was brought TO my attention Nus
A man. with wife and two or three children who
was having hard time TO get along IN the city
apo and 6oagh sh vs acres T " an d' at Soc on
which he made a cash payment Of 500. ne planted
acres OF land adjoininE MS holding He has added
70 his initial purchase until he now OWLS guar
ter section. under cultivation We are TOO lar
from the slump in Industrial stocks. Our banks
have pteaty q money and the HisTs are abe 70
necessary 10 come 70 NeW-1 OK IoE Hlohe1
Thomas McLeIand. who is the general manager
OF the SANTANA and Santiago Railroad. IN san Do
mingo. with headquarters at san
CONDITIONS chez is at the AIbemarle- He left
IN SAN the island republic in Nay. and
DOMINGO has passed the time since then IN
European travel and visit to MS
native heath. in Scotland. NV first knOwledss OK
the present revolution in San Domingo" said Mr.
AcLSeIand, reached ne just before sailed ION
glasgow. l had no thought that II WOuld aLtaln
serious proportions l personally acQualIlteo
Win the prominent men on both sizes OF the con-
nicl pelWeen the government ana the reVOl1llCa-
lSIS 1hey are al stlOng but connct1nE an ol-
TONS IN politics breed the uprsings- l deeply de-
piore tne recurrence OF these disturbances nuSl
say, however. that even when a revolution IS N
progress Erupe.y rights are respected. ana our
railroad Is never the subject OF any destructive
nletnOdS But II IS TO be regretted that energy IS
olFerJsd and the peace interrupted that - essen
TAI 70 progress and prosperity. san Domingo -
one OF the most delightful places 10 live on earth
country IN 1881 and opened the road OF which l
am general manager. II built by Scotch CAPT
tai from sanchez. on SANTANA Bay. sixty-twO miles
westward INTO the rich agricultural zone. where
cocoa. TOBACCO and coffee grown BY gov
eminent aid the line extended seven miles over
the mountains The American line, fOrty-six miles.
from uerIa Pata- also peneJraIeS the same coun-
Try Inc crops FOR this year have been good. The
development OF the country s by leaps and bounds,
ana freedom from evolutionary disturbances Is all
that IS necessary 10 general prosperity