The St. Cloud journal., 1872-03-28
THE COMING INN MIGRATION-ST,
CLOUD.

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THE COMING IMMIGRATION-sT.
CLOUD.
From the indications that now pre-.
sent themselves, the immigration to
Minnesota this year will be without q
parallel 10 Its history. The great SET
ting Of the tide in this direction = is
duo partly to the reputation which
the State has now for hcalthfulness
and pzoductiveness partly to the At
traction which its broad tracts of fer.
tile lands, to be had for the taking,
have for men Of limited means who are
locking for permanent bones 10 a
promising country partly to the we'll.
directed efforts Of our State authorities
and the land depar tments of the rail.
road companies; and, perhaps some.
what to other causes. But these in.
flucnccs combining will draw mighty
host and, by the close OF the present
year, towns and counties which now
number their inhabitants by scarcely
more then dozens, will be comparatively
we'll settled. Not only are single fam.
lilies and neighborhood parties prepar-
ing to migrate to Minnesota, but large
colonies are being organized who will
c1mc provided with everything Dcccs
sary to becoming at once thriving set
Elements.
it is noticeable that public attention
is directed almost entirely to Northern
Minnesota-.o tho rich country that
lies northwest Of this to the Red
River. The large amount of uuoccu.
pied land, affording opportunities for
locating colonies in body, and tho
well.divcrsi6ed character OF the coun-
try, together with the facilities for
reaching markets which the lines Of
railroad already built or in progress Of
construction afford, render it exceed
iogly desirable for immigrants. A
settler here, obtaining his homestead
for . me1e tride, will be able to reach
the manufacturing cities or the
seaboard with his surplus products At
a cost no greater than If they were
shipped from many Of the older
Western States, whero land is expcn-
sive. The railroads connecting with
Lake Superior make cheap frontier
lands in Mitnesota as desirable as
high.priced lands 10 Iowa, Wisconsin,
or other Of the adjoining States.
This tendency Of immigration will
soou have the effect OF throwing st.
Cloud much nearer the center of popu.
lation than it now is, and will very
materially increase its importance. The
St. Cloud and Pembina Railroad, to be
completed to Red River within the next
twelve months, will pierce the country
which is to receive the large body Of the
coming immigration. This city will
be the nearest available purchasing
market, and the interests Of buyer aud
seller will alike be advanced by an in.
crease of the wholesaliDg facilities of
the place, which are even now on
good footing. Our merchants must
be prepared, very sooD, to meet a much
heavier demand, and if they would
bald up a valuable and growing trade,
they must leave no ground for CON-
plaiuts Of iusuficiencJ Of stocks. As
tho road just referred to will be an
outlet for tho Manitoba district, and
also be tho shortest connection the
Northern Pacific Railroad viii have
with the East during the winter
months, it is reasonable to anticipate
that these influences will lalikewise con.
tribute in no small degree to our
sro"tb.
This tide of settlement flowing be-
yond, and the various lines of railroad
now being constructed which will
place St. Cloud en- the highway Of
commerce, will have even a less in
fuence on our mercantile than on our
manufacturing interests. Nature has
furnished power for turning Ill the
machinery which can be located on
the banks of a canal mile long, and
there will, before many years, be do
mand which will warrant the use of a
good percentage Of this power. The
manufactures of St. Cloud are even
now far from being Insignificant, and
we believe no enterprise has yet been
! undertaken which has failed to pay a
good profit on tho investment. The
location, the natural. advantages and
present growtl' Of tho place, togsther
with tho railroad development oi
Northern Minnesota, unite in marking
Z this CO = commercial and uaaulaotpr.
ing eeoter-a city which will b. :iefe.
rior 10 wealth aud population to but
two or three others IN the State =
d provided alpoys, that our citizens: a's
alive to their duties and thsir oppor
Qualities.
IS w. A. NEWTON, Of Minneapolis
'hss been ,noninated for Register, and
Judge Reynolds, Of Alexandra, fo'
Receiver, Of the new Land Office q
Detroit Lake, in the district iofmet
fa The Alexandzi. District. aaa j.