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 an st.
Croix.
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 10 sheets, pipes, and other material
while all that portion above t. 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, and 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 galaxy of manufacturing
towns that will be proud to own her as the
centre of a productive population Of $780,
900 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
nd f,rn oh, WIT no re-
| With the lake road, our advantages over all
other American manufacturing towns may
induce us to hesitate on the policy of a 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.
At 12b per bushel, our surplus of
| 1859 would pay our own roads. 1912 800
Raw material from the mines for our
manufactures, market below. $4,000
| Importation 10000 tons on the same
at So per ton. ............".... 45O,O0U
Gross earnings in freights. Ss42, 500
In the estimate above for our roads, with
out this Lake road, 10000 passengers were
| estimated. -.;-, -......-.- .>
| Take six months-the travelling and
business season-into cOnsidera-
ton, and the inducements the
| through route will ofer-l00 per
/ train-wo1ld amount, at $3.50, to 1915, 900
4 Total traffic inthe system, including
the Lake road ............. s1,2l7 500
The elements Of traffic in the projected
routes of 1857, without the Lake road ex-
hibited deficit of $345,O0O. But with
this route, net profit of $242, 800. So
that, instead of loss of 1915 900 on the
old system of 1878, we will have with the
Lake branch difference in favor of sys-
tenn including the latter of 1897 800 on the
first years traffic. These are unanswerable
conclusions, whether computed on a greater
or less amount of traffic and all right
have, under the constitution, not to be ques-
toned for words spoken in debate, is waived
in favor of any gentleman in or out of this
Senate. - ..:
Such is the relief his Excelency contem-
plated when he gave his inaugural such
his views, hopes and expectations when he
said 60 The advantages of a railroad con-
nection with Lake Superior would doubtless
be very great to the Minnesota counties
upon the North Shore, but not to be CON-
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 t.