The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
Can't Keep City Down.

e Gentlemen, you can't keep Minneapolis down.
There has been "a strong effort IN recent years
to hold Minneapolis real estate down and keep
it from advancing as 1t, ought to have advanced.
There has been determined effort in certain
quarters to dam back the advance, but be-
lieve that 1905 is going to sweep away that
DAM and that Minneapolis values will go up
ward and forward as they should. s...
1t would be interesting tonight, If we had
time, to speak of the wonderful increase in the
population Of Minneapolis.
It would be interesting, If we had time, to
speak of the wonderful growth In the volume
of business and the marvellous advance in the
wealth Of this city. and If Percy Jones were
here I would like to speak oftthe decided ad-
vance in the virtue of this city since he became
mayor. because 1 believe there has been genu-
inc advance along that line as well as along
other lines. IT,
r But gentlemen, there lis line of thought
that want to- speak of tonight, which 1t may
not be SO pleasant to you to- have me talk Of
as the others. Whenever in church there is
desire for a revival in religion-and speak
seriously, for I do not believe in Joking about
such Observation-Disclosures there is desire for
revival Of religion. It is customary to say to
those who have been qnarreling with each other,
to those who have been thinking and speaking
| unkindly OF each other, 1t ts customary to say
| to them, :''you must put away all this unkind
thinking and speaking, you must dwell together
4 in brotherly love with desire to cooperate
heartily with :, each other in all good things
before you can have a revival
| -..4- KISS ana MAKE up.
Do you see the analogy? There has been too
much acrimony among YOU real estate men
There is a willingness sometimes to say unkfnd
+, things one of another in your efforts to get
business for your own Offices but want to sug-
gest to you that while there Is revival Of
real estate just before you that revival in real
estate values will not be as pronounced and
positive as you want 1t to be unless you put
away all unkind thinking and speaking of each
other. IL
1 referred few moments ago to having been
in the real estate business in southern NIinne-
Sofa It. was our custom there, when one came
in to inquire of as to certain real estate that
he thought of buying Of some other agent-it
was our custom to say to him that we believed
in real estate, that we believed It was going to
advance in value, that believed that particu-
lar piece Of real estate to be of special merit
/ for certain reasons and that we thought If he
bought that real estate he would have no occa-
sion to regret 1t. t<sz te4
We did all in our power to help sell that real
estate even tho we would get. no commission
from it and tho in some Instances the agent had
..done us Dirt 1t was our theory that it was
good policy to encourage sales of real estate
= thru others. as every sale took some piece OF
| property off the market and made 1t easier fol
us to sell what we had to SELL. We believed
] that indirectly. benefit somehow would come
to us. 5sE5& ~ $a3s#
Gentlemen, life is too short to cherish any
unk ind resentment toward any human being
can't afford to narrow my soul with unkind
! thoughts of any one else and you can't AFFORD
5 to- and am going to suggest to you, tonight
, that you cease throwing hatchets and insteat
, throw bouquets one at the other and as you rist
, | from this table tonight, let there be hearty
handshake all around and let those handshake
!, Indicate that you have buried your hatchets ant
) THAT henceforth You win stand shoulder t