The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-07-22
The NesV North ,vcst.
San Francisco Bulletin, July q


There are some persons, probably, yet
living who recollcct the vast Northwestern
Territory, out of which Ohio, Illinois, In.
diana and the States on the upper Missis.
sippi river, and those bordering on the great
lakes, were carved. Then, in later times,
we were accustomed to think Minnesota
Territory, now State, Us the extreme
Northwest. The neW empire of the North.
west is looming up and already Indicating
its future greatness. The Territories Of
Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Washing.
ton, including the northern half of Oregon.
comprise the vast empire Of the new North.
west. Montana, last year. produced SlO,.
100000 Of gold and silver. Agricultural
societies have been organized in that Ter.
rit"ry to stimulate the growing interests of
agriculture. wyoming Is .,.,. l., ONO, =.
well as in precious metals, Washington Ter.
ritory exports lumber 70 the value of more
than three millions annually, including that
which Is sent down the coast Her fisher.
les, one of the great sources of future wealth.
have hardly been developed at ALL Idaho is
rich in gold, and other minerals of which
little notice has been taken.
The new Northwest embraces the prcat
wheat fields Of the future. Twenty wears
hence California will have lost its promi.
nence as wheat producing State. New
wheat fields will be sought about the head
waters Of the Columbia and stretching
away towards the navigable waters of the
Upper Missouri. To what great CONNER.
cial city on the Pacific coast will all thi,
vast territory become tributary For We
assume that maritime. and not an inland
city will have the key of this trade. Grain.
lumber, and gold and silver ores for export
will seek tide. water city on the Pacific
slope. Will new city he founded and
built up on Puget Sound which will yet
compete with San Francisco for the bulk
of this trade! The present currents Of trade
are really nothing more than mere eddies.
The currents of future trade so far rs this
vast territory is concerned, are hardly indi.
Gated rs yet. The Northern Pacific Rail.
road will have powerful cen.ralizing in
fiucncc. But this will be overcome in part
by the inteflacing of railroads in the terri.
tory between the Northern Pacific and the
Central Pacific Railroads. A city which
buys its goods at second hand and has no
import trade, whether 1t be on the coast or
IN the interior, can never hold the key Of
this trade. The merchants in the States
bordering upon the lah.-, ,...~ hnt A small
part of their goods in Chicago, Detroit, o.
Cleveland. They make small purchases in
these cities, and larger ones in New York,
the center Of the great importing interest
vr 'i,S 1A.iaii,ic states
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Pacific coast will command the trade of this
new Northwest There can never be =
monopoly of it. But some maritime city
will finally take the precedence. If San
Francisco is to possess these advantages
they will not be acquired by merely sitting
down and Figuring" in counting rooms.
The merchants Of the future will know how
to grasp these advantages, or failing in this.
tht trade will 60 elsewhere. Merchants will
make their appearance here who will laugh
at the rretensions of Chicago-men who
will be as we'll known in all the great n,ar,s
Of Europe as are Chicago merchants in the
small towns of Illinois. The truth is. this
competing race has not yet begun. We
have had some exaggerated prophecies from
the interior. But in this contest it is not
the best takers, but the best workers who
will win.