Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-03-12
WOOD AND PRODUCE.

LIST. In having over two tho:sand miles, of
navigahle waters. No other State possesses
this facility in 50 great degreeu The Miss
sissippi and ,s1innesbta'P penetrate -shroush
the Very heart 81 tie State, both: sdeyilinnsg
il into three nearly equal portions ana
the St, .1roix On the east, The Big Sioux;Snd
the great Red Rivernqf the i Es9af 'Y r. the
west, and with, Lake. SanreriorTwlhich brings
Us into closer connection. by, means Of steam
and>aila vessels, with the cast, than is. the
!State sof Illinois completes the grand syss
ITEM. Nv. ~ r., ,'''5s'', 20 '':''":'. i'2.:na
ri. H. Ii, being 50 studied seogfaphicaliy,
'tlst all these cqnveqiences can s .assI u
,ns:yery best adlssn'9'gses For through them
our products Gamble tsant .atl once to: the
jGuIf, otal exii'o to .Ahe';elty,sof New; yNork,
to the great Hudson'S Bay, and through the
Saskatchewan ana REQ asivst:: 70 the Pacific
coast, au,ost xtho 4kb breaking s b '1f .aT
|ol3d.z In having connected with these Ii
ties an unlimited amount ane rssa,iety Of
pro9ycts Is trranshaita 'lyp6n.6d T;dsricaltaral
advantages Nc DO notpropose in .hiz humber
r. diseqnt r,i sH'Htiait that they u are 9s
pal'sdI 81 eYrMip.ses4 ot si|yfy and copper
and iron, although eop'parsti!yely li'tle i
Pkhown Of thsm,, :cnoash,is knewn to. show
thutuhlt are :.,e richest in the WORLDLY and
line xiaiiStSb,6 int ithat,f inThe IwosE;nc;t ol
|thsse iuiiies eHicienay,ieq,iirss 1ns. eapital
and great, expperiSnGc and Their products are
grad aallyi ncve5sssiihs in proportion with The
demand, and IS the ;} incrsasiPss ts9pi A:,aoIh1a
experience 81 abs mners tpaekE him q, npre
ard mor-ate ente'finte, eqmpsiitiop ,yie4 the
Eeld world In d few years. Sc will .bei JIM
Emense;; tand viii evcntaalIy supply. .alithe
'narkets IL this. country :sad' 81 sE:aror'.i,4
ills viii u tbs result not Oily 6feHt Hen
ness apq qkz IS nto 2. III H Pia s sgt e tSs'
faciHsiesi for transportaypu- too ae HI
EShperior4an and inf obtaining fuel, timber
Store water power and everything nsco*ssl
fy Pr nnsetat sot' siecJsshA fHorkingus' In
anbifssrf point q view they VII dxettEa.gitat
|iaauence i upon 'out htqr6, Is L, market br
P'gg5ao:ssSs ;eYY'r; g Fl Hop.
ectpsesi The bfaFt ST! agricultural N' lq%'
boring and manufacturing rresloN being put
onethundrea and fifty miles distant ,lfien1
them and t6Ibc' connected ias Fws alMIl here:
|Sftcf sot tvtthtof d,iH aotitg.ot .teeii
7. Our ,plaqnes oonl che fssa Ripet. Of the
NoorthI. and, tho upper Hit4'ssspp 'ana'.ts
[tyjbyptaries. and upon ~ g. crdi4; &,,Trass
in extent Itbbq 5'e' sMif;hFi$aax NV Sfks
Pennsylvasia; ar4l ,af the MAissqHFi fpd its
Etribstaries, cpuhinel.l i'm the spring, Of
1857 5000 GOA feet Of aiaeyess and AImber
ffioated by the town bef Red, ANin9-its total
value being six millions Of dsllars- in nd ;:
|dtioa to tho ifmcnsc quantity that was used
|at home: Since that season the flnsaasat
depression Ia, 'i mpetcria,ly in,etktea with
this branch ofopr exports; but the above
|staterhent-which il from he official, fstutns
|of the. Surveyor General--of the vast e3.fnt
Of this business,s while yet in tits infancy,
shows what AN important element of our
prosperity it IL destined TO 'becone..' Not
only from the amount III money It brinsssh-
ito the State, but as furnishing 4 great de.
mapd, lDr labor. aiding the growth of Dun
towns and eis,es by building up water. pow.
Grand steam isawmilis AUD pan,ufaft9 riesf
and in furnishing an, ,extepsiyoi and 7pefma,
lment demand for'ths productions, Of our
farms 10 stiaf'Toq asF' saoia !,aasit5n
n addition otthss pho there i, large.
amount Of soft maple AMI wkaiHat exported,
though a. these varieties ars mainly conhn;
ed tothe smaller streams, theyi will prpbaahfy
be sawn aid 'nanpfac.pred near s,place7of
their gruwthin2 i'a0sI> ~ r6l ,9,iI :,
I "A great advantage that our State pos
sesscs1 ii connection with its vast forests Of
timber, is its water power. Our streams
arc numerous moro 10 We TIL nxtthan In any,
terri'or ii the same extentJ in alio''U Union,
They are all; swift and every considerable,
stream, not na'yisable, has many falls and
rapids furnishing power YlhiSh esn dasiy be
employed for propelling mills and machinery:
fnInthe county Of GoeAhue alpne, which IS.
by norncansan extraordinary instance, there
is swsiersp,wer TO jptopslaalls The psuufac !.
tories If Massachusetts, This fact has:beenI
one great reason'for the SAVING Of 1dimany
paper towns in Minnesota. "a gsSd fall DIVA.
ter il Tie; midst i ! .tieh. agricultural coan-
try has ii il Other Hi States u.s. almost a isarbf
built up 'ssn 9b9Yt i: l HRS th e., frs 80
numerous, as aag 70 aeEed ggesl NJ ~
advantage, lanais laealsy b. 70 ofsE many
important indueaheats besides. 10 he con;
sitlered d good .totra.sits,iis.s .oaiias. ga1
!. ! These powers will an aodb.aess ~ appso-
psia.cd to their proper use, and Minnesota.
when its unr;valled agricultural, numbering