New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-13

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TIE WOOL CLIP AND BEET SUGAR CROP.
Thus it appears that ASIA Australia Africa and South
America which furnish markets like the commercial
and manufacturing centers OF the world for mutton ana
where sheep be raised for the wool alone, are the
great producers of WOOL And they need wool 10 manu-
factnre but this their soil and climate are
like those OF the Territories between he AisIssPpI anu
the Pacific Ocean The soil and climate OF Nevada ana
the Territories Asiatlc; and even now, under
the impulse given by the onlon ra 6o [si
road, hOcks, each numbering thousands, nave Deen
transferred from Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, ana even
from New York and Vermont TO such OF their valleys as
are accessible by rail- where the expense OF raising SheeP
is but the Of the first flock and the expense OF herd
ing. Then ,the finest wool may ne prouGeu, anu MIN
increasing railroad and settlement facilities, mining
markets mutton and add to the wool growers profits
To assert that the wooclp Of the United states, as
Great Britain is not to offer prediction, but to
assent foregone conclusion And Il isaso safe TO say
ali the grades of sheep but OF the Cashmere Angora,
and other goats the value OF whose halr Is 50 wen k9w
TO our manufacturers and merchants. But more than
this Coupled with the development OF this great INDUS
try will be another which will thrive IN the more north
ern villages the Assinneboine and Saskatchewan as
has done in Russia, Sweden, and Norway.as IL rs now
doing in California and Wisconsin ana VII 90 IN an OF
OF beetroot sugar Many causes conspre to make
the introduction OF this industry into our country
necessity; and in the region cheap land abundant coal
and wood, and pure water from the mountain SHOWS,
il must find an early and extensive development.
Judge Kelley, after reading, in illustration OF the
natural wonders Of Montana extracts from the report Of
1870 said This report is repete with evidence that
even this mountainous and volcanic region Is fertile to
are capable OF sheltering sheep and cattle
throughout the year from the severity OF
during Winter But the route OF the railroad is not
INSTRUCTED by mountains like these the highest p9ins 1t
atains being at Cadets Pass, through the Rocky
Mountains, which is 1880 feet, 5000 feet below ithe
grade of the Union Pacific Railroad at sherman where
two years ago gathered bOque composed Of the Wild
flowers common TO Ea stern Pennsylvania.
SETTLEMENTS ALONG THE LINE.
considerable portion of the line in Dakotah, Mon
tana and Idaho, through which the Northern road will
run is doubtless unsued cultivation, the proper
ton il infinitely smaller than will be found the line of
any more Southern road. The alkali plains through
which the Central road passes Alone broader than
the breadth OF all the bad lands along the line Of the
Government of the route and crossed very fire.
quenty. said, that not more than onefth OF the land
from Red River to Puget Sound Is unsuited TO Guilt
walton, and that this ht IA Is largely made up of noun
ains covered with bunch grass and valuable timber and
filed with precious metals; and throughout the whole
region miners, herdsmen, and umbermen will afford
reward the emgrant for settling in this wondrous region
Of country" But, ladies and gentlemen, were 1t true
granted to the Northern Pacific Railroad, be,
tween the western boundary of Minnesota 3r ana
the af of r W VA or of sea
ment and development the land grant OF the company
would in my Judgment be ADEQUATE for the eonstrae
ton of the road believe that the lands IN Minnesota,
Oregon, and Washington Territory will build and EQUIP
tue ana tb haf e 1 S viii he
that OF the Union and Central Roads at the time OF the
completion OF the Northern Pacnc FROM tne hIssoi
at Omaha TO the Sacramento no navls'Dle ses d
approaches the route OF the Union or Cehtfa fSn,
while the route OF the Northern Pachc Is uaNese1 az
intervals OF about 200 miles aiohS aus o mn tho
route by navgabe streams, upon winch theie are ie
nuclei Of considerable settlements ON norm sues Vi l
line The Red River of North bounds Minnesota ana
connects this railroad with the distant waters OF Lake
Winnipe and the board and fertile Valley Ell the ASSUME
bone me eastern terInini OF the road are the western
pOin of our magnificent system OF Lake navigation ana
The Mississippi River at 81 Pauls GOOD business as
the construction OF every section OF the northern
Pacific Railroad. Duluth IT'D Lake ternni, Is rising
into commercial mportanbe more rapidly than ga
Chicago aud with the promise Of continuous growth
IN l. te mort through which the people OF Minnesota ana
the entire new Northwest will exchange eommoultIes
Rritish America hut through the 81 Lawrence ana the
roads connecting the cities ON the lakes with the com
ria elites OF the Atlantic seaboard and with Europe
~ must Ice the summer outlet for the increasing tens Of
dmcpd by the farmers and lumbemen Of Minnesota
Though not yet four years old, the business OF the
port Is large enough 10 eomiau" We at,entoh OIL