The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-29
''THE men BEHIND
now TO THE FORE
'GET-TOGETHER' IMBUED BY
MINNEAPOLIS SPIRIT.
Jobbers and Manufacturers, Guests at
Dinner Given by Public Affairs Com
mittee of Commercial Club, Plan Co.
operation to Extend Trade Territory.

AiIeIec VI Cut COMMERCIAL cluD, d mOVc-
ment was begun at dinner last night
to call off the go-as;you-p please race of
the jobbers and manufacturers and to
enroll them all in a get-together Min
neapolis event. Men from the best ele-
ment of the Minneapolis commercial
world were present and the general SEN
timent prevailed that in the future the
lobbers and manufacturers should pull
together to make good the impression
that Minneapolis business men make
prominent the community of interest
idea.
One hundred business men sat down
to the public affairs committee dinner
at Z pm. at the Commercial club. B. F.
Nelson, chairman of the committee, pre-
sided. Short, sharp and pointed talks
| were given, with view to showing
what the purposes of the Commercial
club are, and that it's various commit
tees desired to cooperate with the job
bers and manufacturers in promoting
| the common interest of Minneapolis and
its business men toward supremacy in
the northwest trade territory.
The Minneapolis iobbers and manu-
facturers were awakened to action
along, some lines in which they had
been lethargic, and the old Minneapolis
spirit was aroused. Pat speeches
brough ut into sharp relief the several
opportunities which are now presented,
and the concerted and aggressive action
which must be taken to hold the trade
to Minneapolis.
The Responses.
! The list of responses for the evening
is Indicative of the nature of the talks
by the several speakers: F. R. Sails
bury, The general purpose of the Com
merclal club in the matter of public
work. John Leslie, 'History of what
the Commercial club has done and sug-
gestions for the future;' F. w. Hurry,
% Advisability Of closer union among
the jobbers of Minneapolis; w. s.
Jones, advantages Of the merchants
excursions to the commercial trader
T: B. Walker, Commercial supremacy
Of Minneapolis; John A. Parker,
"What did the Burlington road mean
at ST. the P a. A. R. national
The keynote Of the evening was nat
urally contained in President Sails
bury's address, in which he said: HWe
should take up more thoroly in a
wider scope, in the Commercial club,
the interests Of the jobbers and manu-
facturers, and we hope this evening to
develop some feasible plan by which
this may be accomplished. The most
important thing just now Is to soidify
| Ou1SoiVop uolo IuOIoly WIFI Gne .JOD-
bers and manufacturers, and to accom-
plish some things needed in their be-
half.'
| One result of the meeting was the
adoption Of motion made by George
H. Partridge, seconded by W. W. Hef-
felfnger, that the chairman Of the job
bling committee Of the club, John Les
lie,. be made acting chairman of the
jobbers' union until such time as fur
Their action may be taken.
The Burlington Incident.
An incident of She. evening was the
offer Of a resolution by W. s. Dwinnell,
bearing ON the recent error of the pas
senger department Of the Burlington
road, and all apology, made in a fell
citous manner by the Minneapolis COM
mercial agent, John A. Parker, repre-
senting the passenger traffic manager,
P. S. Eustis.
adopted as follows:
Whereas, The city of Minneapolis is
pre- eminently the metropolis of the
northwest, not only in population, but in
commercial and financial Importance;
and,
| Whereas, It is the northwestern ter
minus of six of the railroad lines con-
Meeting it with Chicago, and the head
quarters Of the seventh; the division
point on the 500 line between it's Atlantic
and Pacific divisions, and the nearest
large city to the territory traversed by
the Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific; and.
Whereas, 1t gives the railroads entering
the city more passenger traffic and great
err freight tonnage than any other city in
the northwest, the freight record alone
for 1905 being 100000 cars received and
267,000 cars shipped; and,
Whereas, Many Of the railroads still
discriminate against our city in the
printing Of their transportation and
sleeping car tickets, and especially in
their advertising matter; therefore,
Be 1t resolved by the wholesale mer-
chants and manufacturers of Minneapolis
That we respectfully but emphatically de-
J mand fair treatment from the railroads
| entering this city in all Of their publica-
tons and in the Issuance of tickets, and
declare that those railroads which dc
most to give our city the prominence
turnout the country which its commercial
, Importance demands. shall be most IA
vored by u.s.