The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-17

one or farewell to the visitors, which
included a vigorous arraignment of the
state legislature and plea for gen.
eraI business revival in the three cit
les interested.
Mr.. Cochran declared that while all
or the neighboring states were offering
inducements to new settlers, and Can
ada was spending hundreds of thou
sands OF dollars to induce people to set
tie In that country, the Minnesota leg
lslature was sitting coldly, uninterest-
edly by and turning down every prop
osltion looking towards an increase in
the settlement of Minnesota and mere
ly saying that there were people
enough here now. Referring to the
present stand OF Minnesota, he said:
The three cities represented here to-
night, Duluth. Minneapolis and st. Paul,
compose a population equal TO one-fourth
the total population OF the state of Min
nesota. That state ranks ahead of the
world in the manufacture of -four and in
the production of iron ore. She RANKS
cheese, ninth in the printing industry in
tne United States, tenth In the boot and
shoe industry. She has a capital OF $685.
100000 invested in manufactures yielding
an annual profit OF s40S. 900 600 and
employing $4,000 men. Duluth is mar
ltime port ranking the fifth in the whole
world. Minnesota is the empire state Of
the northwest and has the three most
beautiful cities in the whole world, yet the
central part of those three cities are each
hiled up with unattractive buildings or are
pare OF buildings. while men who have
MADE their fortunes in Minnesota sit by
unwilling TO take advantage of the ex-
ceIient opportunities OF Investment
II Is our business to change this con-
ulton- II is the duty OF every good cit
izen to first invest his money in paying
local projections so far as he can find
for foreign investments. II is for us TO
show these capitalists wherein the oppor-
tunltles Tor investment lie.
That the banquet was a success, the
rousing cheers for st. Paul, for st.
Paul real estate dealers and for the
Commercial club of st. Paul, plainly
showed. 1t was well that 1t was a
success, for the local exchange had
long worked towards that end, and the
committee having the affair In charge.
r. l. Ware, William c. Read, Chester
r. Smith and S. w. Price, were the re-
cipients of many congratulations at the
conclusion of the evening.
During the afternoon the visiting
members had called upon Gov. Johnson
and inspected the new state house I'M
der the guidance of local committees.
Among the out of town guest were:
Minneapolis Real Estate Exchange
S. S. Thorpe, Fred E. Barney, Harry F.
Newhall, Fred B. Chute, walter A. Egg
gleston, Fred G: James, w. B. Tuttie
II: L. Palmer. w. L. Badger, Edmund c.
w alton, Robert ID. Cone, William B.
Davis. William w. Clark J. Nick Thomp-
SON, Fred g. Smith. Jonn F. Calhoun.
Walter III. Gould, James T. Elwell. Will
c. Deming. Robert W. Webb. Joseph u.
Barnes, George III. Miller, Charles L
Fuller. T. j. Janney Charles L. SAWYER.
William ID. Washburn Jr.. Horace Lowry.
James B. Sutherland, F. b. Snyder. G. !.
Minor. Hugh Scott.
Duluth r. e. Exchange = Menden-
hall * Hopes. Little & Molte R. B.
Knox, T. w. VAIL, W. F. Leggett. ]. C..
& r. M. Hunter. n. ]. Upham & Co, j.
A. Stephenson. William NJ. Prindle. A c..
Volk, George H Crosby, Il. c. Church
Henry Gjertsen. Lowell z. Jepson, George
r. Laybourn. George p. Wilson.
Representatives.. W. Armstrong, n
u. Chamberlain, Karl DeLaittre, p e
Bowling. ID. L Hammergren, Frank Has
kell. ]. r. Hickey, ]. G. Lennon. r. IT.
Lewis. John G. Lund, Carlton Wallace.