Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1858-06-17

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NV u x ", nsas lSi1ndsto I'D ~ sOil.
our prairiss IA wood l1nds - sirssdy
dottsd xith lliin houses AZ out into ~
broad III bsp.oma liaHssot but there =
9Th iii abnsds q room for more.
Every Iazy, lour-ox emigrsnf fesm,
Irhsrefors, svsry burnt' sad 20
man, every hardy ~ md dasug4tssErs q f 4
arrives, We count " y much capifal, e.
much gold for Minnesota We AZ ret
want land sharks. greedy i6r gain, ready
to eat out our substances md then -
handon us at the slightest symptom .ofa
more profitable investment elsewhere,
| but men who have come % stsy With u;
men with hard hands, md weather-bsat-
en- countenances, who are ready add.
willing to take hold Of the plow, the axe
and the hoe, and become the working
proprietors Of Minnesota Our broad
and fertile prairies are ripe and waiting
or their. and will be waiting fortens of
thousands more, for years to come.
Millions Of acres in our broad domain.
4 yet lie usdisturbed, save BY the fsol Of
the wandering savage, and Upon these.
farms must be made, and cities built,
and railroads t.aght to stretch their long
iron arms. In order to accomplish these
things. we want = farming population -
= basis. Give Us plenty q producers,
. i and we will answer for the future Of Mir
nesota. They are the foundation of the.
prosperity Of every state; they are tiia
props upon which all our social extsr-
pfises rest. First. ofall, thenefave, we.
want the soil titled.
a We want the manufacturer Nature
,, has furnished US with the most abundanss
means for the successful establishment:
, Of manufactures An we want il the ca
pital and men, Instead ofsending East,
as we now dor for our articles of wearing,
apparel and everything else. which we
/ may need for our convenience and COM
: fort, and paying = heavy profit to the
manufacturer and each Of the host efr
middlemeD through whose hands they
, are now compelled to pass, in order to.
J get to us, every one Of these articles.
J, Ishould be manufactured here. Our raw
3 EhIdes shonld all be tanned and; made into,
boots and shoes BY eur own workmen j.
'our wool raised, spun and woven Il, our,
qldst raw cotton brought up the Mis-
Wis slppi, sand worked up in our own
loon rs; our rags turned into paper BY our
| own i, Machinery iron cast and worked
{ into the various shapes which We may
need. and athousand other manufactures
Of almost &, ,ual Importance to our inter
ests, as thr. wing and prosperous people,
should be stare amoung US. The ex-
tensiye water power at orr falls should
be lined with cotton: wollen and other
manufactures to which water can be ap-
piled 70 advantage no for the purpose
Of supplying our demand alone, but for
that of the whole West. There IS no re-
son why this point should not be fnade the
Lowell Of the West, nor why Minnesota
should not be The New England
New England has her sea coast, but she
IS just as far from the cotton plantations
as We upon the Mississippi, and our
means for Transporting i, are certainly
equal TO hers. In every other respect,
50 far as manufacturing advantages are
concerned, we can compare favorable
with her.
| These are few Of the wants of Min
nesota and Of our western country gene
rally. Let these be supplied and there
will be no danger but that consumers e
nough will soon be found to keep the
machinery 10 operation. VIII the peo-
pie OF Minnesota and particularly those
around st. Anthony Falls think Of the
encouragement which they are able to
lgiye tothese enterprises a-N. .anihony
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