The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-07-05

BUSINESS or varied character was
taken up at the afternoon session OF
the second meeting of the South
ern Minnesota Better Development
league at st. Peter yesterday. With
two large electric fans drawing in
cool air, the men inside who were
getting warm, began to feel more
comfortable, and the speeches were
given with vigor, while the remarks
had considerable spice in them, and
all around, the meeting proved most
profitable.
After most hearty banquet
served to the newspaper men, by
the enterprising proprietor and edi'
tor of the st. Peter Herald, Messers.
o. J. Duane and III. ]. Essler, the
party returned to the court house.
The afternoon session was prefaced
yb most beautiful song by Mr.. Max
H. Schleuder of ST. Peter.
Following this, Secretary C.. E.
Ball read the same communication
read at the morning session, con,
corning the petition sent by com,
mittee of the league to secure home
seekers rates. This was read for
the benefit of those who were not
present at the morning session.
Frank Day Speaks.
Frank A. Day of FairmOnt got
right down to brass tacks and made
a reply to the letter in words that
could not be misunderstood.
at strikes me that we have now
reached the crisis of the whole stu
alton, which we have to resolve.
There is no reason why we should
have to go hat in hand to men who
are plundering us and discriminating
against us, to beg for mercy. We
get the stock reply to any petition
or prayer that we send the rail
roads. They toss these letters into
the waste basket and send in return
a form letter saying that the mat
ter will be taken up in the near
future.
1--WE can get what we want only
by going directly to the men who
are paid to listen to our wants and
argue it out with them. We should
never send petition to the rail,
roads but to the railway and ware.
house commission. If we desire to
20 from Chicago or New York for
example, to Jackson or Fairmont
why must we invade the sacred pre-,
cincts of ST. Paul and Minneapolis
and be compelled to pay three
cents mile from there to Fair.
mont or Jackson?
]. A. WYE, editor of The Farmers
Dispatch at ST Paul. could not agree
with Mr.. Day, and said that he
understood the situation, one could
go from Chicago directly to Fair.
mont without going through the
twin cities.
C. n. Kelson of Tyler was quick to
answer Mr.. Wye, saying that he
was told of man in Illinois who
desired to take party of land
seekers to Tyler but found upon
looking up the rates, that he could
go to Elkton, S. D., for less than
ne could to Tyler, so he bought the
tickets to Elkton and got off at
Tyler.
c. w. Glotfelter, president OF
the State Fair association, agreed
with Mr.. Days remarks but said
that the warehouse commission was
lust as bad as the railroads, for
this body also had the same form
letters.
President Bonnallie gave a few
interesting experiences with home.
seekers rates and stop-over priv
leges.
Committee Report Accepted.
]. B. Ludlow, of Rushmore, treas
urer of the league, stated that the
committee had worked hard and
thought that it should be the sense
of the league in session to accept
their work. He thereupon moved
the adoption of the committee re-
port
At this juncture, Secretary Ball
looked with longing eyes toward the
automobile and moved that the in
vitation of the automobile commit
tee for a ride around ST. Peter
and to the state hospital be accept
ed: but later on in the day, when
the short hand of the clock was
turning toward six, he found that
other business kept those present
from enjoying ride.
The report of Treasurer Ludlow
was then heard. Mr.. Ludlow is a
very clear and forceful speaker, and
he told in unmistakable language