Weekly Minnesotian and times., 1859-12-24
Interesting from Lake Superior.
Office Of Lake Superior, Agricultural Society,
SUPERIOR, Dec, 25th. 1859.

| To the Editors fMe Mnnesotidn and Times:
| AS the farmers of Minnesota are now com
planning about low prices, the following prices
paid by citizens of Lake Superior, only lG0
miles from st. Paul, will convince them, that
the true market of Northern Minnesota pro-
duce is the Lake region, viz
Extra -four costs from 1915 to Sc in
Cleveland, Ohio, steamboat freight, 81 80; to-
tai 1925 per bbl. Fresh bee! and mutton
from steamboat, 12t cents per ID. Butter
2o@25 cents, per tb. Eggs, 15@1s per doz-
en-. Hams, IA cents. Lard 14@16 cents.
Corn, so per bushel. Oats, ST. per bush
el. Potatoes, 5O@75 cents, and other articles
in proportion.
The entire shores of the Lake are covered
with dense forest farmers are scarce; and
laborers not to be had. There are over ten
thousand miners engaged in the copper and
iron mines. One mine in particular-the
"Minnesota" yearly, pure copper
both in masses and barrels TO the amount of
at about one million of dollars. There is COM
paratively little raised in its neighborhood,
consequently supplies of all kinds, particular
ly cattle, chickens, eggs, butter, lard, hay,
from Chicago Cleveland and Detroit. The
sawmills of Superior have effectuay driven
off competition from those cities, and we
can easily secure the trade in supplies Of all
kinds, if the farmers of Minnesota will bring
their produce to our warehouses. The dis
tance from Superior to the celebrated Mime
sofa mine is about 10 miles the distance
from Chicago or Cleveland almost one thou
sand miles; that is, as the steamboats, run.
should not be surprised if some of the iden-
tical -four was manufactured in st. Paul, and
shipped to Chicago, and finds its way from
thence to Lake Superior. Indeed there is no
doubt gift.
Now, my friends, are you willing to submit
to this? Open navigation from Superior to
Cleveland on the first day of December, and
not wagon load of Minnesota produce ready
for the mines
ILC di OOSiCty III NlSN VI thSoS
facts, demand of the farmers of Minnesota
whether they, or the farmers of Illinois and
Ohio, shall monopolzc the vast and increas-
ing commerce of Lake Superior? Are the
residents of this Lake to receive Minnesota
wheat and flour via Chicago, costing on arri-
val 1925 per barrel or will you bring it 100
miles to Superior?
Twice have the property owners of Superior
expended money for the improvement of Mn
| nesota roads. Fifteen miles have lately been
completed and at least eighty on the road to
Mile Lac, during the last summer Is the
Minnesota treasury bankrupt? (Pretty near y
| Is your Legislature SO blind to the interests
of your farmers that a few thousand cannot
be raised for improving road
There is now only Thirty miles of road to
be built between Superior and st. Paul, pre-
venting Messrs Burbank & Doble from run
ming summer stages. Five thousand dollars
would easily complete this portion of the Mill
tary Road. Is your treasury really bankrupt or
are the st. Paul merchants and Board of
, Trade too hard up to come forward.
We have done our full share and much
more. The Lake Superior Agricultural Soci-
ETY. to encourage the production of -four, paid
ten dollars for the first one hundred and fifty
pounds manufactured here. We are anxious
to encourage the farmers of Northern Mime
sofa. They are always welcome to our rooms.
Every facility will be afforded them on arri-
val. They have now splendid opportunity
to secure the trade of Lake Superior.
In conclusion, the Society would again call
the attention of the Legislature of Minnesota
and the business men of St. Paul to the fact
that the sum of Two thousand dollars ex-
pended in Pine County on the Military road
would enable your farmers and Messrs Bur
bank & Co.'S stages to visit Lake Superior in
the summer months
JAS S. RrrcHfE, Secretary.