The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-04-21

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retail merchants.
j. L. Washburn supported the
10-cent fare and, if he had a self
ish motive, it must haYe been his
ownership Of valuable real estate
at Ironton, down the river from
the steel plant.
T. T. Hudson spoke in favor of
the 10-cent fare. If he was actu-
ated by selfish motives, they must
have been based on the fact that,
for a quarter Of a century, he has
been a very heavy owner of New
Duluth property that he has paid
heavy taxes all those years; that
he is trying hard to do something
for Duluth by bringing in big
manufacturing PLANTS; and that
all his efforts have been handi-
capped by the fact that New Du-
luth has no street car connection
with the rest Of the city.
L. R. Taylor, a resident of and
lawyer at New Duluth, also ia
vored the 1O-cent fare. He de-
clared that not a single citizen of
New Duluth or Gary had been
heard to object to that fare.
GAS it is now,'' remarked Mr..
Taylor, "we are without the street
cars and, to get to the central part
of the city, we pay anywhere
from 80 cents to $3.50, according
to conditions. We cannot come
to church in the city on Sunday
and we cannot come to the thea
ter in the evening unless we stay
down town all night. -
If Mr.. Taylor had any selfish
motive, it must have been based
On the fact that he has a home
and makes living in New Du-
luth, the same as many of the big
retail merchants do in the central
part of the city.
Mr.. Watson Moore favored the
N-cent fare. "The people of New
Duluth have waited Is years for
ride on a street car" he said,
"and they feel that it is worth
10 cents to them to get it,
W. A. McGonagle was present
and favored the 1O-cent fare.
When Lawyer Lum mentioned the
Big Interests as being present, he
may have referred to Mr.. McGon-
agle's connection with the U. s.
Steel Corporation: If Mr.. McGon-
agile had any personal or selfish
mtovies, no one has been able or
willing to point them out.
"The city Of Duluth must build
up reputation for dealing fairly
with it's public service corpora
tions," said Duluth s eminent and
trusted citizen. ''The executive
committee, Of which I am a mem
Der, investigated this proposition
thoroughly. We feel convinced
that the Recommendation before
the Club is just and equitable; and
if we wish to bring industries to
this city, we must have a reputa-
ton for treating them squarely."
Beginning the next morning
and keeping it up steadily ever
since, the two daily papers have
screamed, called names and
thrown one hysterical fit after
another.
There has not been such q jour-
nalistic cackle since the two
papers had that row over the $500
circulation bet.
To the people who ride on the
trolley cars instead of automobiles
and who furnish the backbone of
support to the stores, it looks as
If a few uptown retailers, whose
profits are nearly eaten up by
high rents and high advertising
rates, are losing ground. They
demand that the daily papers,
which they are supporting so lib
orally with advertising, knock out
this double fare deal. It also is
possible that some of the retailers
who have failed to keep up with
the times, sectional and selfish in
feeling, cannot bear to see the re-
moter sections Of the city get a.
fair show.
: They insult the Steel Plant Sec
ton people by intimating that
they will not spend 10 cents if
they can profit by so doing.
Some Of the uptown merchants,
spoiled with special consideration
and undue advantage, fail to
know and understand that very
many of the wares they sell can
be bought just as cheaply, if not
more cheaply, at the West End,
West Duluth, Morgan Park and
even New Duluth. Their rents
and ADVERTISING hills are rnsnon.