THE MINNEAPOLIS
PRICE TWO CENTS.
EXTRA SESSION
IN HIGH FAVOR
Legislators Even More Strongly in Favor of It
Than at the Close of the Last
Session. *&..
A Canvass Shows Great Unanimity—Opposition
Comes Mainly From Corporations Who
Fear Tax Revision.
On March 23, 1901; both houses of the
Minnesota legislature passed a resolution
fixing the date of adjournment at April 12,
and requesting Governor Van Sant to
call an extra session of the legislature in
February, 1902, for the purpose of con-
Bldering the report of the tax commis
sion.
This resolution was passed by an al
most unanimous vote. Governor Van
Sant had already given his personal word
to several members that if they would
cut the sesison short, he would convene
an extra session a year later. In view of
this, several members were opposed to
the clause of the resolution requesting
him to call the extra session. The gen
eral feeling, however, was that there
should be a definite expression from tho
legislature, to back the governor up in
making the call.
Since the adjournment there has been
a "still hunt" campaign against the extra
session. It has been cleverly conducted,
and the real reason why an extra session
wa« not wanted has been carefully con
cealed.
An extra session Is not wanted by the
railroad, street railway and mining cor
porations, nor by companies holding fran
chises not now taxable. All realize that
an up-to-date commission will shift the
burden of taxes to a great extent from the
middle classes to the holders of valuable
franchises and "Natural monopolies."
Such a change is bound to come, but the
longer delayed the better.
Influence of various kinds has been at
■work among members of the legislature,
on the governor, and even, it is reported,
on members of the tax commission. The
influence has been in the nature of argu
ments against the expediency of an extra
session. They have had little weight
with the governor, and The Journal
is able to state with absolute certainty
that they have made poor progress among
members of the legislature.
A circular letter was sent to every
member of the house and senate, asking
for a reply to this question:
: Do you favor an extra ses- :
: sion to receive and act upon the :
: report of the tax commission, :
: assuming that that report will :
: be ready within the specified :
: time, Feb. 2, 1902? :
So far sixty replies have been re
ceived, of which fifty-five have been dis
tinctly in favor of an extra session, with
the understanding specified in The
Jour n a l's question. Four favor an ex
tra session if the report of the tax com
mission is of sufficient importance, -as
there is every reason to believe it will be.
Two are non-oommlttal, and only five are
definitely opposed to an extra session.
Over one-third of the legislature waa
heard from, and the trend of sentiment is
so strongly for an extra session that the
governor will evidently have the strongest
kind of backing from the members. Some
who opposed the early adjournment idea
are now in favor of an extra session.
The only contingency that can prevent
the extra session is a failure of .the tax
commission to report by Feb. 1, 1902. This
is a duty charged upon them by law, and
they have stated that they intend to ful
fil it. Doubtless, if a large majority of
the legislature signified that they had
changed their minds since adjournment,
and did not want an extra session, and
if those who conveyed the governor's
promise to the legislature conveyed to
him a release from that promise, their ac
tion would have weight with him. The
replies received by The Journal indi
cate, however, a stronger extra session
sentiment now than when the legislature
adjourned.
Many members were not reached by
The Journal's inquiry because away on
vacations. Many others were, no doubt,
like a senator who told The Journal
that he did not want to go into print,
because people might think he only want
ed an extra session so as to have a chance
to go to St. Paul and have a good time.
Some did not reply whose views are
known, as Senator Daugherty, of Duluth,
who has declared his opposition. The
sixty-six members who replied, however,
Scandinavian Alliance Talk
Nmw YmrkMun Spmclmi Smrvlom
Christiania, Aug. 28.—1n answering the ministerial journal of Denmark, which
advocated a Scandinavian federal alliance for the purpose of defense, teh Dag
bladet, the chief organ of the Norwegian home rule party, which is also the mouth
piece of the present Norwegian ministry, declares that Norway must control its own
army. The Journal, however, is willing that the Scandinavian countries should
have a common defensive policy if Denmark will support Norway in its contest
againftt Sweden, so that it will get full home rule.
Grovcr May Hunt in S. D.
Special to The Journal.
Webster. S. D., Aug. 28.— W. D. Boyce, proprietor of the Chicago Saturday
Blade, has been spending the past week at Fort Sisseton, fitting up and furnishing
one of the old government buildings which he has leased and which will be occupied
by about twenty of his eastern friends during the hunting season. It is reported,
that ex-President Grover Cleveland will hunt ducks at Fort Sisseton this fall.
RICH GOLD STRIKE IN LAPLAND
Stockholm, Aug. 28.—Much excitement prevails here over the discovery of gold in
Lapland, where are also the country's famous ifon deposits. Experts who have been in
the Klondike district lately pronounce the discoveries in Lapland as rich as thoa«
along the Yukon. Some timorous persons fear that Sweden may presently find itself
possessed not only of the riches but also of the calamities coming from a rand district.
may be taken as a very fair average, and
their expression shows about what pro
portion of the legislature oppose the ex- ,
tra session.
Some important suggestions are made.
Several insist on a short session, and
others take the position that no other
topic than taxation should be considered.
Speaker Dowling throws out a suggestion
to the tax commission in his support of
the Manitoba plan of assessment.
The replies have been classified below,
and the footings are as follows:
Senate. House. Total.
For extra session 20 33 65
Against extra sesion ... 3 2 o
Conditional 13 4
Noncommittal 112
• Totals 27 39 66
The replies in detail follow:
SENATORS
In Fuvor.
GEORGE P. WILSON, Forty-flrst District,
| (rep.)—l am in favor of a short extra session
to consider and act upon the report of the
tax commission. There has been no change in
the situation since the adjournment of the
legislature. It was then considered by the
governor, state auditor and members of the
legislature generally desirable that there
should be an extra session. The length of
the regular session was curtailed so as to
make an extra session possible without ma
terially increasing the ordinary legislative ,
expenses.
Both the governor and the state auditor, in
their communications, laid great stress upon
the necessity of a revision of our tax code so
as to better equalize the burdens of taxation,
and especially, to uncover and bring upon
the tax rolls personal property which has
hitherto escaped taxation. The state auditor
urged that the same legislature which in
augurated the revision should complete the
work, and that the new law should be put in
operation in 1902, and the assessment for that
year made under its provisions.
If an extra session be called, its work will :
not necessarily be limited to the considera
tion of the repot of the tax commission, but,
unless the senators have changed their minds
since the adjournment, they will not take up
general legislation. I can see no reason now
why ten days will not be ample time in
which to adopt the new code submitted by the ,
commission.
There is no merit in the contention that
the time between the submission of the report
as provided in the act and the convening of
the legislature in extra session will be too
short for Its proper consideration.
The fact is, such legislation has to be ac
cepted largely on faith in the ability, good
Judgment and integrity of the men who pre
pare it. Defects in an enactment, which la
necessarily complex in its construction, can,
as a rule, only be discovered by putting it in
practical operation; so, I take it, the work
of the commission will either be adopted sub
stantially as submitted, or will be rejected,
and, in either case, a very few days will j
be sufficient.
The expense, other than the per diem, can
be cut to the minimum. The senate, in an
ticipation of an extra session, passed a reso
lution, limiting, in such case, its official staff
to the principal officers and every member can
carry back with him, out of his abundance,
an ample supply of stationery for the extra
session.
So let us have on extra session, adopt an
up-to-date tax code (for no other will be sub
mitted to us) and adjourn.
A. R. McGILL, Thirty-seventh District,
(rep.)— Assuming that the report of the tax
commission will be ready by Feb. 2, prox.,
I am in favor of an extra session to act
upon It, for the reason that such action
should, and no doubt would, be of vast benefit
to the public. A Just distribution of the bur
den of taxation Is "a consummation devoutly
to be wished." The expense of an extra ses
sion is a mere bugaboo, and should not for
a moment frighten those who earnestly desire
to secure to the people their constitutional
right of equal and uniform taxation. Person
ally, I would be glad to be relieved of the
duty of attending an extra session, but that
has nothing to do with the matter. The sen
ators and members are public servants and
must discharge their official obligations re
gardless of personal convenience. The benefits
of a Just and equable law of taxation for
raising the public revenue would many times
offset the mere expense of an extra session.
The governor, as I understand It, appreciating
the benefit to the people of such action, has
given his word that an extra session will be
called, and that would seem to settle it. A
governor's word may not be lightly broken.
E. T. YOUNG, Fifty-sixth District (rep.)—
I was the author of the resolution under
which the last session was shortened. In
that resolution there was incorporated a re
quest to the governor to call an extra ses
sion for the purpose of acting upon the re
port of the tax commission.
I have always believed that the report of
that commission would receive fairer and
more considerate treatment from the hands
of the legislature that created it than from
its successor, and if the bill to be reported
Is, as it doubtless will be, a good one, the
sooner it is enacted Into law the better.
Many thoughtful people in this section,
however, seem to look with disfavor upon
the idea of an extra session. They declare
that the session would be in danger of being
Continued on Tenth Page.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28, 1901.
STRIKE TO
GO RIGHT ON
Hopes for Peace Raised Only
to be Dashed.
CONFERENCES TOLD OF
Adjustment of the Strike to Be
Effected Within Ten Days.
THIS WAS SO NICE IT WASN'T SO
Amalgamated Lodges, However, Are
Reported Voting: on a _\ew
Proposition.
Wheeling, Va., Aug. 28.—A man con
nected with the Federation of Labor and
an official in one of the strongest unions
federated with that body said that there
had been five conferences between repre
sentatives of the federation and the steel
"' ! . ' m=~- "'. ' ■ '
Dame Europa—Now, boys, don't all speak for the wishbone.
corporation since the close of the mine
workers' conference at Indianapolis which
asked President Gompers to call repre
sentatives of federated bodies to meet
here. That meeting of labor presidents
was held within a few days after the coal
conference and steps were taken to secure
a meeting with the steel officials.
The first conference between the steel
people and the federation representatives
was held in Indianapolis. Another con
ference was held in Cleveland, another
in New York and another in Pittsburg.
Finally, he says, a plan of settlement
was reached which was satisfactory to the
steel people, the federation's representa
tive and the Amalgamated Association.
This proposition, he says, is now being
voted on by the lodges of the Amalgamat
ed Association. It is a compromise and
gives the Amalgamated Association a
slight advantage over what the steel
people last offered, the union getting a
showing in mills that have been unionized
since the strike began.
This information was also given by a
member of Mountain City lodge of the
Amalgamated Association in this, district.
He said his lodge voted to accept Jiie
proposition last Bight and it was ex
pected that the strike would be settled
within ten days.
Pittsburg, Aug. 28. —Wheeling dispatches
this morning say that nothing is known of
the alleged conference of labor leaders
said to have been recently held there to
devise a plan to settle the steel strike,
and the story is believed to be without
foundation.
AMALGAMATED PROPOSITION
Mr. Shaffer Invites Approval of a
Fresh. Overture.
Pittsburg, Aug. 28.—1t is learned that
President Shaffer has sent out letters to
all members of the executive committee
of the Amalgamated association, inviting
their approval of the peace plan agreed
upon last Saturday by the representatives
of the National Civic Federation and the
Amelgamated Association headquarters
officials. The plan proposes:
]r- rs t—That the New York offer of July 27,
made by Messrs. Schwab and Morgan, be ac
cepted. This provided that the tin plate mills
resume under the scale signed for the year
beginning July 1; that the hoop company sign
for all mills signed for last year, and that
the sheet steel company sign for all mills
signed for last year, except Old Meadow and
Saltsburg.
Second—That a provisional scale be ar
ranged, but not signed, for Painter's, Lindsay
& McCutcheon's and the Clark mill, leaving
recognition of the union open.
Third—That the United State* Steel Corpo
ration formally declare its attitude toward
organized labor, this declaration to take such
form as will have a reassuring effect upon
the men in mills.
President Shaffer assented to these
propositions and is now awaiting the re
sult of a vote by mail. II approved the
civic federation people will endeavor to
secure an audience with the steel corpora
tion officials in New York.
SHAFFER EVASIVE
Claim* to Be Ignorant of the More-
me nt for Peace.
Pittsburgh, Aug. 28.—Probable peace for
the striking steel workers within ten
days, as outlined in dispatches from
Wheeling, was the interesting topic in
strike circles here to-day, but nothing
definite could be learned. President
Shaffer was averse to talking on the sub
ject. Finally he said that while the re
port may be true he had no knowledge of
it. He did not see how a settlement could
be effected without the Amalgamated As
sociation, and while some may hope for
such good luck, yet in the face of gains
made by the strikers he would not back
down from his original position.
The steel officials reiterated their pre
vious statements that no overtures for
peace had come from the strikers, and
that the strike could only be settled by
the return of the men to their places.
The peace proposition sent out by
President Shaffer to the members of the
executive board of the Amalgamated as
sociation for their approval previous to
presentation to the United States Steel
corporation by the representatives of the
civic federation, lends color to the peace
rumors and the provisions of the plan
were being discussed by the strikers at
Lindsay & McCutcheon's works to-day.
The proposition provides for a pro
visional scale not to be signed for this
particular plant and leaving recognition
of the union open. The men stated that
they were prepared to return to work to
morrow under these conditions. They
stated that all they would require would
be that the Amalgamated scale be paid
and that union men be allowed perfect
liberty and no discrimination.
Notwithstanding the reports that all
preparations had been made, the tin plate
mill at Demmler did not resume this
morning. It is reported that 200 machin
ists and helpers went to work at the
works of the National Tube company, but
this is denied by the strikers, who say
that no others are in the mill than the
hundred or so who have been making re
pairs for some time.
The Star tin plate plant in this city
was running three turns this morning.
This was made possible with the sixteen
extra men taken into the works last night.
Superintendent Arthur Piper was ex
tremely optimistic and stated that so far
as the Star plant was concerned the strike
was practically a thing of the past. He
said they now had eighty skilled men at
work and before the end of the week he
expected to have the four mills in full
operation.
Six mills were running full at Paint
ers and the management was preparing to
start up No. 5 hoop mill and No. 6 guide
mill. They assert they will have all
these departments in operation within a
few days, and that they will turn out the
scheduled amount of material. The Mon
ongahela plant is still closed, and the
manager denied the report that it was in
tended to import men from Ohio to start
operations.
President Shaffer again denied the per
sistent reports of early settlement of the
strlKE —ad shaffer evasive D D
"There is nothing in this peace talk,"
said he. "I have denied these rumors
often enough to make the people believe
it."
Reverting to the Wheeling story, he
said: "I do not know what unconcerned
parties are doing, but it will have no ef
fect on us."
Assistant Secretary Tighe, who has been
absent in Chicago since Saturday, was
heard from to-day. In a letter to Sec
retary Williams he said he would remain
in Chicago for a few days to confer and
advise with Vice President Davis.
The situation, according to President
Shaffer, both local and general, is satis
factory to the Amalgamated Association.
"There is nothing new," said he, "and
everything is quiet as far as we know."
MINERS' GAIXS
Very Large Figures Presented by
President Mitchell.
New York, Aug. 28.—President John
Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of
America, has issued a statement in which
he says:
The agreement reached between the men
and the operators in 1300 amounted to an in
crease of $25,000,000 annually for 200,000 men,
secured at an expenditure of $300,000, which
is a bigger dividend than the Standard OH
company or the Morgan banking company
ever paid. At the April convention, at an
expenditure of $5,000, concessions were gTant
ed amounting to an increase of $7,000,000 an
nually.
The directors of the Chicago, Indianapolis A
Louisville railroad have declared a semi
annual dividend of 2 per cent
ARMY SCHOOL
FOR SUMMER
Attempt to Have It Located
at Fort Meade.
S. D. STATESMEN BUSY
They Present a Variety of Requests
to the War Secretary.
EQUINE DISTRIBUTING POINT
Ft. Meade Will Be "It" So Long aa
Army H«rsi'H Bought in Xorth
-. Treat Are Standard.
from The Journal Bureau. Boom 48, Tout
Building, Washington,
Washington, Aug. 28.—South Dakota
senators anfl representatives will make a
strong effort to have a summer school of
military instruction located at Fort
Meade. Senator Kittredge, Representa
tive Burke and Auditor Pearson saw
Secretary Root to-day and placed the mat
ter formally before him. Congress last
session passed a law providing for an in
vestigation of the question of location of
summer schools of instruction and camps
at which regulars and militia might join
in practical instruction in the art of war
fare. Secretary Root himself recently in
spected posts in Kansas, and announced
his intention of appointing a board to
make further investigations. He has not
done this yet, but is expected to announce
the personnel of the board soon. The
South Dakotans claim that there is am
ple room for assembling a large force of
infantry, cavalry and artillery at Fort
Meade, and that the climatic conditions
are such that it would be an ideal place
for a summer encampment. The secre
tary took the matter under advisement.
The delegation also presented to Sec
retary Root a request that Fort Meade
be made a distributing point for horses
for the army. During the past summer
the quartermaster's department has pur
chased nearly 800 horses in South Da
kota and adjacent states for use of cav
alry and artillery, which were delivered
at Fort Meade, and it is desired to con
tinue the practice. Secretary Root said
that as long as the animals obtained in
that section were up to the standard,
it would be used as a depot for the re
ceipt and distribution of horses.
Secretary Root was also requested to
set aside the decision of the medical
board which examined G. A. P. Trumbo
of Lyndall for a commission In the reg
ular army. Trumbo served in the Spanish
war and later in the Philippines in the
provisional army, in which he was pro
moted to a lieutenancy; he was nominated
for a commission under the reorganization
act, but was rejected because of a slight
scar on his forehead. His friends claim
that this will not interfere in the slight
est degree with the performance of mili
tary duty; that he served upward of three
years in the army, and no fault was found
with him, and that he ought to have a
commission if otherwise qualified.
Senator Kittredge also filed an appli
cation for the transfer of Lieutenant
John R. Kellie of the Eighth infantry to
the cavalry. Lieutenant Kellie is a grad
uate of the Aberdeen high school.
HARDING"S Senator Kittredge, Repre
sentative Burke and Aud-
CASE IS itor Person called at the
interior department to-day
REVIEWED, and had a conference with
Acting Secretary Ryan
about the case of J. W. Harding, Indian
agent at Yankton. Charges that Hard
ing had purchased an Indian allotment and
started a store there and of neglect of
duty in consequence were filed with Sec
retary Hitchcock some months ago. They
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IMS OF TAKING
DP THE SWORD
Abdul Hamid Said to Prefer This to Yielding to
"Unreasonable Demands," and He Orders
Guns From Germany.
Difficulties Placed in the Way of French Com
mercial Interests, and All the Embassies
at Constantinople Complain.
Vienna, Aug. 28.—The Tageblatt to-day publishes mail correspondence from Con
stantinople which says the sultan will go to war 1 rather than yield to unreasonable
demands; that he is studying plans for defense and has ordered 300 guns from
Germany.
Constantinople, Aug. 28.—The French flag was hauled down from over the em
bassy of France after the departure of the ambassador, M. Constans, and will not
be hoisted again until diplomatic relations are restored. The staff of the embassy
remains here, but there is no charge d'affaires. The French consuls in Turkey
have been directed to continue to protect French interests.
Besides the immediate causes of the disagreement It is pointed out that constant
difficulties were placed in the way of French commercial interests in Turkey which
contributed to M. Constans' resolution. All the embassies complain of vexations in
terference with trade.
were investigated by Inspector Graves,
who recommended that Harding be re
moved. The secretary asked for his res
ignation, but Harding came here and made
counter charges against Graves that ha.
would not allow the introduction of testi
mony in defense and otherwise acted in a
way that prejudiced Harding's case. An
other investigation was made by Inspec
tor Jenkins, whose report reached the de
partment last week. It is understood that
he also found against Harding. A long
statement from Harding reached here
Monday and was filed at the department.
No action was taken by Assistant Secre
tary Ryan. The case is one that Secretary
Hitchcock has had in his personal charge
and all the papers have been laid aside
pending his return from New England.
He is expected to reach Washington about
the middle of next month.
—W. W. Jermane.
Washington Small Talk. •
Two rural free delivery routes have been
ordered established at Starbuck, Pope county,
Minn., two at Sauk Rapids, Benton county,
and one at Belgrade, Steams county. Service
is to begin Oct. 1.
Postmasters appointed: lowa —Drew, Wright
county, H. C. Johnson, vice H. P. Johnson,
dead; Nugent, Keokuk county, F. M. Wertz,
vice J. H. Ruggles, resigned. North Dakota —
Wolf, Benson conuty, A. Nepetad, vice P. H.
Frost, removed; Fort Totten, Benson county,
I. Court, vice M. Chalmers, resigned.
BOUGHT A BIG TRACT
A $150,000 Real Estate Deal on
Eighth Aye. S.
TRACKAGE PROPERTY INVOLVED
The Conklin & Zonne Company Buys
for Unknown Clients, Possibly
the Milwaukee Road.
The J. F. Conklin & Zonne company has
just consummated a $150,000 deal involv-
ing the two half blocks just beyond the
viaduct at Eighth avenue S and adjoining
the tracks of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul railway.
The deal was a straight purchase of
several parcels of land and the entire
transaction was of the cash variety.
Speculation is already rife as to the sig
nificance of this purchase, which unques
tionably means much for that section of
the city. The purchasers of the property
are unknown, the only information
vouched by the firm being that it was
bought "for eastern clients." J. F.
Conklin, when questioned to-day, was ex
tremely reticent.
"The deal has been handled entirely by
Mr. Zonne," said Mr. Conklin, "and he
deserves all the credit for its successful
consummation. It is the culmination of a
year's hard work. lam unable to say
anything more except that we paid cash,
for the property and that it was bought
for eastern parties. Mr. Zonne is now
in the east in connection with the pur
chase."
Asked if the deal was not made for the
Milwaukee road in the interest of its
terminal facilities, Mr. Conklin evaded a
direct answer by saying the property
"could be utilized for railroad purposes,"
but he refused to add another word.
Is It for the Milwaukee?
There are the best of reasons for be
lieving that the Milwaukee road is behind
the deal. Its magnificent terminals in
Minneapolis, which for years seemed out
of all proportion to its needs, have lately
Minn. Leads in Farm Wage Increase
Haw York Sum Snmolml Sarvlo*.
Washington, Aug. 28.—Statistics of farm labor and the wages paid in several
states and territories have been prepared by the agricultural department and are
soon to be Issued in the form of a bulletin by the department. A greater number of
persons are directly engaged in some form of agriculture than in any other branch
of labor. There were 22,735,66 i persons, 10 years of age and over, having gainful
occupations in the United States in 1890, of whom 8,295,634, or 36.9 per cent, were
engaged in agriculture. Of these 3,004,061 were agricultural laborers, the class
whose wages are the subject of this report. Agricultural laborers are a decreasing
element as compared with the entire farm labor of the United States. In 1879 they
constituted 48.9 per cent, or nearly one-half of the agricultural workers; in 1880, 43.6
per cent, and in 1890 35.8 per cent, or little more than one-third. The latest year
covered bythisreport is 1899.
Farm wages per month, by the year or season, without board and with boartt,
were higher in 1899 than 1898. In rate of wages, with board, per month by the year
from 1898 to 1899, the smallest changes are in Georgia, Texas and New Mexico,
each less than 1 per cent. The highest gain was in Minnesota, 10 per cent, followed
by Wisconsin, nearly 10 per cent, Washington and Michigan, each 9 per cent, North
Dakota, 8.5; South Dakota, 7.5 per cent; and Wyoming 7 per cent.
lowa Outstrips Massachusets
Mmw York Man Snmclml Smrvlom
Washington, Aug. 28.—A report from the census bureau to be made public in
a week will show a large gain in the number 1 of newspapers published in the Unit
ed States. Massachusetts, according to the report, will have yielded it» place at
the head of the list to lowa. The latter, in proportion to its population, has more
newspapers than any state in the union. This great growth has been brought about
during the past ten year's. The total number of printing establishments In the
United States is 23,916, a gain of 7,916 during the ten years ending with 1900. Th«
last census showed only 16.000 printing establishments.
been taxed to accommodate the road's
rapidly increasing business as well as that
of the Northern Pacific's passenger serv
ice, which also includes that of the old
St. Paul & Duluth.
The ground secured by the Conklin-
Zonne purchase will add materially to the
road's trackage facilities in South Minne
apolis which are already taxed to the ut
most. The splendid new plants of the Ad
vance Thresher company and the J. I. Case
Implement company at Seventh avenue S
and Third street, with other industries
which have sprung up in that locality,
have given a boom to that district which
will be greatly augmented by the big deal.
The large realty holdings of L. S. and
L. M. Gillette, formerly of the Gillette-
Herzog company, at South Minneapolis
station, are also significant in thie con
nection, as it is understood that exten
sive improvements of their eleven-acre
tract are to be made in the near future,
necessitating increased trackage accom
modations.
W. H. Eustis is also interested in the
development of South Minneapolis, and it
is known that some of his transactions
were made in the interest of the Milwau
kee road.
From a trustworthy source it is learned
that the traffic officials of the road are
already demanding another large grain
elevator to supplement the work of Eleva
tor B, the enormous structure built in the
heart of the milling district by the rail
road company twenty years ago.
The tract purchased lies between Eightb
and Tenth avenues S and Washington
avenue and Second street, and includes
lots 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27,
28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36 An
keny, Robinson and Pettit's subdivision
to block 114; also lots 12 and 13, block
97, town of Minneapolis; also lots 1,
2, 3, 4 and 5, block 18, town of Minne
apolis.
TO OPEN A FLAX PIT
The Minneapolis Chamber Plans an
Important New Feature.
THIS THE MAIN CRUSHING POINT
The Trading- Feature Ih Kow to B«
Placed on a Dignified
BasiM.
There will soon be established in Min
neapolis in connection with the Chamber
of Commerce a trading market for flax
futures. It will be a fixture and an im
portant addition to the local grain mar
ket. Notices were sent out to-c!ay to all
flax commission men, managers of ter
minal houses, line elevator men, man
agers of local oil mills and representative*
of outside buyers of flax, of a meeting to
be held on Tuesday next.
Within a few years, and especially with
in the past year, Minneapolis has worked
into a position of great importance as a
primary flax-receiving point. Minne
apolis has now a larger linseed oil capa
city than any crushing point in the coun
try, and the receipts are necessarily
heavy. So important has this market, be
come that every outside buyer of flax
wherever his place of business may be,
now finds it necessary to be represented
on the local floor. With all this grow-th
as a cash flax market, however, Minne
apolis has not gained the prominence in
the world's flax market that it deserve*
and which is now to be assumed.