The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-17
BUSINESS men PLACE
SEAL OF DISAPPROvAL
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
Mankato has taken stand against
the eastman bill. 1;iis action was
taken unanimously at the meeting
of the Commercial club and other
business men and farmers Saturday
night. The meeting was largely at
tended, and the greater part of the
time was taken up with discussion
of the eastman bill. Other matters
were also considered, and the meet
ing went on record as favoring the
use of Minnesota material in the
public buildings of the state. A
committee was appointed to look
into some proposed street railway
legislation, that the local company
claims would be detrimental An
other committee was appointed to
consider the bill requiring that all
plans for waterworks and sewer sys-
TENS must be approved by the state
board Of health before they can be
adopted.
President Patterson, i'm calling the
meeting to order, said that such
meetings were encouraging, and he
hoped that ginger would be injected
into the Commercial club, and that
it would become so active that the
city would show more gain during
the next ten years than it had dur.
ing the past ten years.
c. e. Wise reported for the ban
quet committee that it had had good
success in selling tickets. 1t still
had a few tickets left for those who
may not have been seen. About 200
tickets had been sold. Mr.. Merchon
of Chicago would be in the city
Monday afternoon and Tuesday to
explain his canal proposition, with
charts, etc.
Amendment May Be Unconstitutional.
Judge Cray said that the senate
committee on corporations still has
the Creamery Package Manufacture,
ing company bill, but is hesitating
over an amendment that may prove
unconstitutional.
Senator Works said that action
was deferred until this week, and
that he was going to consult with
Judge O'Brien today on the cOnstitu-
tionality of the amendment. There
would be a hard fight to get the bill
through, as there was feeling in
the legislature that the bill might
open the door for an immunity bath
for too many corporations in the flu.
ture.
A letter from Senator George F.
Wilson, of Minneapolis, was read, ia.
vOrable to the bill in a general way
He added 81 beg to assure you
too, that / do not feel toward Man.
katO, and the industries of that city
as | am led to believe, by utterances
by leading public men of Mankato
the people of Mankato feel towards
the city of Minneapolis and its in
dustries."
T Mr.. Hance said that the twin
cities were plugging the BILL" and
that others from there did not feel
| like Senator Wilson.
The committee on the eastman
bill made it's report
General Widell moved that the re-
port be adopted and that the senator
and representatives from Blue
Earth county be instructed to vote
against the measure
Preferred to Be Uninstructed.
After some little pause, there be-
ing no second, Senator Works said
that Senator eastman had intro
duced companion bill, known as
the joint rate bill, which stands q
chance of passage, and which will
accomplish much sought for by the
other bill and will do no harm to
Southern Minnesota. The speaker
had told Mr.. eastman that he would
oppose his distance tariff bill on the
| floor unless amended so as to pro
tect Mankato industries. Mr.. Cash
man had agreed to an amendment
to protect Mankato brick, stone
| lime. cement, etc. He did not prom
Use to vote for the bill even as
amended, but he would like to be
left uninstructed, as the bill might
be changed or amended SO that il
would be all right to support.
General Widell said that we should
protect what few industries Mankato
has left. He could not continue TO
do business i'm Mankato under dis
lance tariff law, and would have
: to seek new location, which he
thought he could have no trouble in
doing. No chances should be taken
with the bill.
Defended the Bill.
l.. C.. Diamond defended the bill
which he said worked no harm to
industries in Iowa. He did not see
how it could affect Minnesota in
dustries differently.
| F. M. Currier read letters received
by Mr.. Diamond from Iowa manu-
facturers, favoring the distance tar
| iff law. One was from the Plymouth
Clay Products company of Fort
Dodge, and the other was from the
Northwestern States Portland Ce
ment company of Mason City.