The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-10
Big NEW SHIPS WILL
BE GENERAL BENEFIT
ST. Paul Jobbers Say New
transportation Facility VIII
Help Whole Northwest.

Decided benefit to the agriculture
and commerce of the Northwest will
follow the commission of the new
steamships Minnesota and Dakota.
Such is the unanimous opinion of prom
inent local jobberS and manufacturers
of St. Paul.
These experts in the forecasting Of
trade probabilities pointed out not a
few channels through which the North
west, and especially St. Paul may profit
directly from the establishment of bet
ter transportation facilities between the
Pacific coast and the Orient.
But the greater benefit, as all agree,
will be indirect. The new steamships,
charging exceptionally low rates, would
open new market, or vastly broaden
the existing market, for the sale of
American wheat in the Orient. This
would assure the American farmer a
good price for his grain. His prosper
ity would mean the prosperity of his
city cousin; the farmer holds the purse
of the Northwest.
Daniel r. Noyes, of Noyes Bros. &
Cutler, said-I have great hopes of this
undertaking. The war just beginning
may interfere to some extent with ORR
entail commerce; on the other hand,
hostilities may of themselves afford a
profitable business. I believe that the
establishment of the new steamship
line will be of great benefit to the
Northwest and ST. Paul, and will ad-
vance the interests of the farmer, the
manufacturer and the general mer-
chant. This profit may not be seen at
once, but a short time will demonstrate
the advantage of the new commercial
outlet and will manifest the farsighted
wisdom of Mr.. Hill
c. K. Sharood, of the Sharood Shoe
Company-New steamships competing
for trade between our Pacific coast and
the Orient, and bound to make low
rates, will go far to stimulate our ex-
ports of flour, cotton goods, boots and
shoes, etc, not to speak of the products
that may be sought for as the Oriental
market becomes better acquainted with
American producers. Our company has
already sold some goods in Australia.
Our trade there is growing, and it's
only reasonable to suppose that we
shall find an opening after awhile in
other countries beyond the Pacific.
c. M. Grlggs, of Griggs, Cooper & Co.
We don't expect to gain any immedi-
ate and direct advantage from the es-
Establishment of a new steamship line to
the Orient. But without doubt all this
section would reap large benefit from
an improved demand for Northwestern
wheat, and such demand, think, will
be likely to follow the betterment of
transportation facilities between Amer
lea and the Oriental countries.
Charles D. MacLaren, of Farwell, Or
nun, Kirk & Co.-To connect the
Northwest directly with the Orient
through a new channel will be a decid-
ed advantage. We are looking forward
ourselves to selling hardware in the
trans Pacific countries. Houses in San
Francisco, st. Louis and Chicago have
already secured quite hardware trade
with the Chinese; and if those cities
can enter China, there's no reason why
st. Paul can't. We have man in our
employ now who sold hardware last
year in China for San Francisco firm.
George w. Koehler, of Koehler &
Hinrichs-Those new steamships will
be a great thing for the Northwest In
| creating a new market Mr.. Hill will
benefit all our farmers directly; so he
must help the smaller towns, the cities,
and, in fact, the entire Northwest.
John F. Kelly, of Foley Bros. & Kelly
One of the particular advantages of
the new steamship route will be that it
will make us Northwestern jobbers
more independent of the Eastern i'm
porters as to everything that we get
from the Orient But a still larger
! gain, in all probability, will result from
| the better prices that our farmers will
be able to ask for grain because of the
competition afforded by a new market.
Albert P. Warren, of Foot, Schulze
& Co.-That new steamship line, equal,
l suppose, to half a dozen lines of
small steamers, will raise the price of
our wheat and will thus be of decided
value to the Northwest. AS far as our
| own house is concerned. we shall not
| send any drummers to the Orient until
| We grow more familiar with the nature
| of the market over there. But we be-
lieve that the increased prosperity OF
| the farmer will mean increased profit
| for us, even though we do deal in
| shoes, which are goods that people
| must buy in greater or less quantity.
Henry G. Allen, of ]. H. Allen & Co.
This enterprise, think will prove a
great benefit, after awhile, because the
| Orient will rapidly acquire a desire for
other American products, as well as
| for the flour, ETC., that we now sell