New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-07-11
Matters of Importance.

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towns to look out for the interests Of
themselves and the communities in
which they live, and it is necessary, to
do this, for the papers to take the
matter up and keep it before the peo-
pie, in regard to the centralizing of
the interests of all classes of business.
Plans are being arranged by the re-
tail merchants of the cities to have
popular weekly excursions running in
to the cities SO that it will be possible
for people to spend one day there
shopping. Under the present condi-
tons the excursions are run on Satur-
day Or on Sunday and there is little
or no opportunity for the people to
spend money in the retail stores.
This is a serious attack on the
country interests. Every dollar that
is spent outside of the home market is
a loss to the community in which the
dollar was earned. It's only by guard
ing the home interests that prosperity
comes to any part of the country.
The merchants and the business men
of the cities care nothing for this they
are after the trade for their home town.
It should be just as much to the inter-
ests of the country places to see that
this is thwarted.
Another thing is the fixing of the
shipping rates in the interests of the
cities. especially that made for the
millers. It is as much the interest of
the farmers and the merchants ofplaces
like New Ulm as it is to the millers to
see that the rates are not balanced in
favor of the milIers of the city. Ac-
cording to the city papers there are
some threats on the part of the millers
of Minneapolis, to revive the river
traffic if the railroads fail to come to
the terms they propose. This appears
to be bluff that has been tried before
and as the river cannot be used when
shipments are needed worst there is no
reason to suppose that it will be carried
out.
The revival of the agitation against
private banks, is another proposition
that is directed against the interests of
the country to compel the money inter-
ests to seek the city. 1t is illustrated
here where the Eagle Mill company
and Bingham Bros. have to borrow
money on short notice IN sums that no
state bank in this city or in fact all of
the state banks in New Ulm could
provide.
Twin City papers have been busy for
the past week trying to revive the
agitation against the private banks
and will probably keep it up until the
meeting of the next legislature, the
purpose of which is to compel all bor-
rowers of large amounts Of money to
go 70 the cities for it. It would help the
report Of the banking business of the
cities and would cripple the interests
of the smaller places in which private
banks were doing business.
These people care nothing for the
interest of the smaller cities and it is
up to places like New Ulm and smaller
places to keep their eyes open and as
sist all legitimate enterprises, for if
the interests of the country are to be
sacrificed to the greed of the large
cities there will be little left of the
prosperity of either the farmers or the
merchants in the smaller places.
The essence of what Mr.. McClearY
had to say in his address to the people
of Sleepy Eye on the Fourth of July
was, that if in any matter of social or
political purpose you have a convic-
ton that you are right, whether it be