���������� Ref:� The antibaseball�Ghost
�����������The farm people I am talking about all across the North Central states, as I said,�not only�do they�come in to games and�pay their�expenses they usually have other business to do, like as buyers for store merchandise or attending elevator or�business conventions etc., Cenex for example.�
���������� For your further info, it is as logistical support�center of the North Central States in the farm homestead movement a�century and more�ago that�gave the Twin Cities its economy and metropolitan status.� �
�����������James E. Jacobsen�// Whittier�
And so we come full circle on the argument again -
if the rest of the state benefits then let the rest of the state pay don't just tax Minneapolitans with local sales taxes.
If the local businesses get so much money from these people and from the Twins, why aren't they lining up to buy stock in a private corporation to build a stadium? It's because the accounting doesn't work out!
A century ago, baseball players were part time employees of the club who had to hold "regular jobs" to pay the bills.
A century ago, the economy here was very different than it is today.
Farming is still a critical part of the Minnesota economy but technology has or will allow the decentralization of a lot farm economy functions. Agriculture is not the sole foundation for Minneapolis economics anymore.
The economics of baseball has changed. The economics of Minneapolis has changed. They are very likely not compatible anymore.
Robert Schmid
Central Neighborhood
