The Minneapolis journal., 1906-01-19

ed with capital from the jobbing dis
trict. Neither should at be. The
jobbers are merchants, not manufact-
urers. 4.
Let the shoemaker stick to his
last, must be the motto of all success,
full business operations.
The manufacturing field is distinct
ly different from the commercial field,
and a different kind of capital. Its
capital must be investment capital and
not trading capital.
And experiences has proved that
the successful manufacturers are not
men who have been unsuccessful in
other locations, and are therefore will
ing to move their antiquated machinery
to this city in consideration that its
citizens will put UP capital for their
incapacity to squander. The city
should avoid such adventurers.
"P9blic improvements are neces-
sity of every city, and these can be bet
ter brought about by consolidation.
Schools, public buildings, parks, boule-
wards, together with provisions for sani-
tation, paving and other needs, are mora
economically secured thru cooperation
and combination
Mr.. stickney's Conclusion.
, In conclusion Mr. sfiskney said:
- will speak of the opportunity
which is now presented Of increasing
Of the city Of st. Paul Minneapolis
without money and without price.
At the outset [ stated the economic
necessity Of market towns, and that the
continued existence Of this market town
is conclusive evidence Of it's economic
necessity.
But. gentlemen, there is no economic
necessity for two market towns The
review which has been made shows con
cluslvely that neither st. Paul nor Min
neapolis alone is market town. It
takes them both combined to constitute
a full market town, and, in an economic
sense, they are one town.
notwithstanding this evident fact,
politically they are two towns. In the
estimation of the public they are two
comparatively insignificant cities, while
IN fact they are one grand and impor-
tant city, containing now more than
100000 inhabitants. and destined in the
next census year to contain population
of not less than 100000 souls.
Fifth City in Country.
In the last census there was pub.
lished list Of 161 cities having popu.
lation exceeding $4,000 people, ARRANGED
in the order Of their size. In that list
Minneapolis was nineteenth and ST.
Paul was twenty third. The fourth city
in point of size was ST.. Louis with
$4,000, the fifth city was Boston with
508,o00 population. No other city
reached 100000, the present population
of st. Paul Minneapolis. &
elf these two cities had been consol
idated into one, politically as they were
economically and in fact, in 1900 The
combined city would have taken tht
place of Buffalo and stood eighth, nex1
to Cleveland. and in the next census. 4
consolidated politically, it will stanl
certainly sixth, and probably fifth, il
the list Of cities in this great country.
'Do the people of st. Paul and Min
peapolis understand. what it would mea1
in point Of attractiveness to all kind
of business ventures, and to all kind
of migratory people. and in point 8
reputation in all lands, to be recognize,
as the sixth city in America9
'NThe advantages to be desired iron
such a recognition are so manifold tha
nothing should be allowed to stand s
{ the way Of a political consolidation int
!. lone economic city.
An Opportunity.
:" New York has, perhaps, provided
feasible plan to be followed in this pc
litical consolidation. Greater New Yor
is composed Of four boroughs, each hay
ing as complete city organization a
one of the states Of the union has
:; sovereign organization. Every stat
! has conveyed a part Of its soverignt
). to the national government, enough t
: complete the oneness Of the nation, an
: retained the rest. So each borough con
8 posing the city Of New York has col
2 Iveyed to the Greater New York enoug
! of it's political functions to complei
: the oneness Of the city, and has retaine
s all the rest.
y The great city Of London, accounte
y the largest city Of the world, is made
a substantially the same manner. by tyi1
l. together numerous political units.
O "It is my conviction that st. Pa,
and Minneapolis should pursue the san
plan.
Think sof a city of 100000 peop
g in the far northwest, city as populol
d as Liverpool, the great mart Of Il
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