The Minneapolis journal., 1906-01-19

hauIOdQ OIeaIeS Deop 1uGeIeSG Dy AL I
dress Before st. Paul Builders Elk
change-As One City, Minneapolis
and st. Paul Would Be Great World
Power.
Twin city consolidation, political and
commercial, was the keynote of a mas
terly address delivered by A. 3. Stick
ney, president of the Chicago Great
Western railroad, before 800 members of
the st. Paul Builders Exchange last
night.
One city, with Minneapolis and ST. Paul
as component parts, would become world
commercial power. 1t would rank fifth or
sixth in the cities of America, It would
mean complete market for the prod
ucts and needs of the northwest. It
away with foolish competition, for there
is no need of two market towns in the
northwestern district Immediately tribu-
tary to the twin cities. This in sub
stance is what Mr.. Stickney forsees in
the consolidation Of the two towns.
Beginning with the causes that led
to the founding of towns and cities,
considering those that cause their great
er growth, and outlining the functions
cities perform, Mr.. Stickney went on
to show how and why the various great
and prospered. Those on the Atlantic
coast were first, he said, after which
others sprang up as the tide of popula-
tion swept westward and created de.
mand. Chicago st. Louis, the twin cities
and Omaha being examples.
Mr.. Stickney pointed out that the
products of the northwest are largely
agricultural, with large amount Of
numbering, mining, manufacturing, etc.,
but that the needs of the northwest are
universal. Under these conditions the
retail business. and small trading has
developed into the great iobbing and
manufacturing and trading interests of
i the two cities. What is needed tho is
the complete market for buying and
selling.
This, declared the Maple Leaf presi.
dent, is what might be accomplished by
the consolidation Of the two cities. The
two now afford complete markets for
the grain and livestock products of the
northwest, which constitute the major
products Of the farm. TtThe existence
of<these two markets. said Mr.. Stick.
ney, adds millions Of dollars annually,
TO the compensation of the farmers. =
At the same time there is no market for
the enormous dairy products Of the ter.
rlCory. There IS not room for two sucl,
markets, but the consolidated market
would be beneficial to all.
= Market for Wool.
j. Continuing, Mr.. stickney said: ttwool
IS another farm product which should
have market place in the twin cities.
In the census year 1900 over $4,000, 900
| pounds OF WOol-about One-third of the
entire crop of the United States-Were
produced in Minnesota and the states
directly west, extending to the Pacific
coast, which are connected with this
city by three great thru lines Of rail
way y -,
This wool is clipped within a space
OF a few weeks and is Immediately sold
! by the producers, but it takes whole
year to work it up. In the meantime
1T must: be stored somewhere, and car.
ried principally by the banks. This is
the legitimate business Of banking.
81 believe that every advantage that
accrues to the farmer from the grain
and livestock markets Of this city, and
every advantage which. accrues to the
city, itself from the grain and livestock
OF, the. wool, and to the business of the
! city, by the establishment of woo
market. A larger percentage Of the
I wool crop Of the whole country than of
d the grain crop of the whole country is
tributary to this city.
Pacific Coast Lumber.
"The Minneapolis end Of the city
from the very beginning, has been a
\ which the market has been supplied
/ the pine forests Of northern Minnesota
\ are about exhausted, and the supply in
the near future will come entirely from
the Pacific coast forests, fifteen hun
\ dred miles distant.
'sAt present the Pacific coast lum
ber is shipped directly from the mills
to the consumers, necessitating DELAYS
\ which will become intolerable whe1
B that lumber comes into general use, re
I quiring resawing to fit it for specia
! uses which are now supplied from tht
lumber of the nearby forests.
:. "The time is not far distant, if, in
deed, it has not already arrived, whel
the coast manufacturers will require th
intervention Of the market town in tn
distribution of their products Shal
that market town be st. Paul -Minneapc
lis or Omaha or Kansas CitXY Superio
foresight and enterprise will alone de
cide0
anufacturing Opportunities.
There is also room for great manu-
featuring in the district, said MI
Stickney, but it can best be brough
about and with greater promise of sue
cess in the combined city. The speak
er outlined the difficulties encountere
by the founders of the great manufac
turing industries of the two cities an
enumerated the success which the
achieved after the greatest dificultie:
In his opinion small beginnings tha
may expand with, the demands of til
trade are better than plunges. Becaus
of the larger local field the danger pe
iod which comes at the initiation Of
new venture would be less dangerous
One absolutely necessary factor for tn
lsfounding of successful manufacturin
enterprises pointed out by the speake
sAll capital must be willing an
must work together with enthusiasm
8 Tt is a common haIlucination that in O
der to establish manufacturing estal
lishments it is only necessary to pas
around stock subscription paper, or
! bonus subscription paper, to raise suff
t cient capital from unwilling subscri1
/. ers to build the necessary building
:. and buy The necessary machinery. M
2 observations, and to a small extent N
: experience. convinces me that this is
j, mistake. / have never known man
!. featuring business thus established
be successful.
\ Must Stand Alone.
q "The new manufacturing enterpris
which will be started In this city, al
become prosperous, will not be provi