The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-03-02

the United States? When that period ar
rives his solution will be realized by the
drowsy opulence of 100000 urbans above
the confluence of the Mississippi AMI St.
Croix. -- f"'i - ~@
The iron and other metal factories in
Cincinnati in 1850 employed 1000 opera
tives, with the demand of the Ohio and
Mississippi valleys for market. That de.
mand is as much ours to supply as it is that
of Cincinnati. We have the crude metals
nearer, and. interminable forests for fuel, (if
we have not mineral coal) Every railway
having depot on the Mississippi wants our
copper in sheets, pipes aud other material
while all that portion above It. Louis will
buy of Us their iron in all its manufactured
forms. We want no twelve per cent inter
est laws to induce capital to come to our
Minnesota towns to take hold of and operate
on these elements of wealth. Make your
railways from Lake Superior to the Missis-
sippi and St. Croix, land this raw material
will be in the factories and rolling mills at
every waterfall upon our rivers and streams.
A rival city on Lake Superior! Is st. Paul
afraid of Superior, when she is,destined to
be the centre of a galaxy Of manufacturing
eo"po Cuo1 wiz OC PiOuu " oWu uoI oo luC
centre Of productive population of l,5OO,-
600 souls before the year 1900.
Without this lake railway, on what
grounds can tariff be advocated for Min
nesota? Can we bring our raw material
from Pittsburgh or Missouri and raise in
terest high enough and tariff high enough
to induce the manufacturer to come here and
compete with England, when Pennsylvania
and Ohio furnish us with the elements?
With the lake road, our advantages over all
other American manufacturing towns may
induce us to hesitate on the policy of tariff.
The effect this route will have upon the
other projected roads in this State, is readi-
ly arrived at. 1t gives mean distance of
200 miles from the agricultural districts to
Lake Superior. s ~ .i
At l24 per busheL our surplus of ..
1853 would pay our own roads. .S3l2 500
Raw material from the mines for our
manufactures, or market below. $4,000
Importation 10000 tons on the same
at 80 per ton. ................ 100000
Grosss; earnings in freights.. .ssl2 500
In the estimate above for our roads, with
out this Lake road, 10000. passengers were
estimated. f..s-...-;s. -. 80,
Take six months-the travelling and
business season-into eonsidera.
tion, and the inducements the 81 f
through route will offer-10O per
train-woald amount, at $3.50, to $375, 900
Total traffic inthe system, including ! --'-.'
the Lake ROAD. ................... y. $l,ZI1 ,5UO
The elements Of traffic In the projected
routes of 1857, without the Lake road, ex-
hibited deficit of S345, 900. But with
this route, net profit of $242 800. So
that, instead of loss of $345 900 on the
old system of 1857-8,. we will have with the
Lake branch difference in favor of a sys-
tenn including the latter, of $50 Z 500 on the
first years traffic. These are unanswerable
conclusions, whether computed on greater
or less amount of traffic; and all right I,
have, under the constitution, not to be ques-
toned for words spokenin debate, is waived
in favor of any gentleman in or out of this
Senate. 30 80 .st4s N. i5zsi5Arfcs-.
Such is the relief his Excellency icontem-
plated when he gave his inaugural such
his views, hopes and expectations when he
said 9" The advantages of railroad con-,
nection with Lake Superior would doubtless
be very great to, the Minnesota, counties
upon the North Shore, but not to be com
pared with the benefits to the agricultural
interests of the entire State" Will we ig-
more his views, blast his hopes, and defeat
his expectations? isa9 y z.1sse7sfl
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