Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-11-07
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Las' and members of the leglsla-
'an' y we'll as citizens filed lhe oper"
urea n1;stan to q lecture with the above
lio"'' .om Rev 7. S. Knight, who is a long
' .n, fovorite with Salem audiences me
' '"u remarked that when ne visited 'ne
lsv'a's altar % years residence here, ne was
D"''' t;n,os asked to address audiences up
Ss's s,hiacts of our own State, but founo ne
~ss not prepared with facts and hgures 70
We" .;tb success. 50 he had studied the
y ~ ard prepared himself. A large map
ar the whole United States, and TINS
.,, ,,sed to describe the westward course OF
poston man who left that city forty years
worked awhile to subdue the prairies
Il Illinois. and then, twenty-five years ago
a,sbp1 still westward to the Columbia nv
:. T,e em;grant's course at that early day
+.s very torcib]y described. This evident
l. referred to the emigration of his OWE tam
iv and was followed by q description OF his
avn twelve days journey from Portland to
poston q wear ago., thus showing h prog
RAGS made with the lapse OF time.
Lord Bacon said the problems OF political
science were preservation, extension ana
hsnniness. We are able to preserve our
selves. unless we meet with internal dis
cords, as we have no dangerous nelgfloors;
we need no extensions, as we are already
too large. and there only remains the RENE
dy of securing happiness to the people TO
solve all political problems for the United
States. aud secure the development of this
vreat heritage. Chinese, Indians, tramps
and financial questions now prevent our SUI
preme happiness.
The lecturer compared u nation witt
the six or twelve times more thickly popu
lated States of Asia, and Europe to SHOW
that we have room, and work, and pay TO
all. and that capital should be safe and labo
independent. Surely our fifty millions ough
to be happy. Our present unhappiness
our danger. Our climate, I'LL soil, and pro
duets were compared with similar srea o.
the Atlantic side, and he contrasted area
and resources, TO show that the northWes'
from the Rocky mountains to the Pacific
would in time equal the great States reach
ING from the Mississippi TO the Atlantic tn;
to-day are the great power of our nation
We have a more equable climate, no e!
tremes. no tornadoes, stock live on grain
pynI1pIc oil tho Y,aar 0ya, thiS V1ct nrpl
100000 square miles. The new grain tielt
Of the interior will Don send tens of thou
ands of tons of wheat to Europa regiC
as productive as Illinois, and vast enough
maintain 10000, 900 population. Our see
cry is grand as our future, with it's moul
aims and diversified shores of rivers al
tain untold resources. and even if fiat me
ey makes our gold and silver useless '
must grow and prosper. We have only
tear a vandal civilization that may redu
our region to deserts. We have not the
timely drouths and floods that despoil c;
lorna, nor the pestilences that sweep el
where.
our position on the globe gives u nat
future control of the commerce of the wol
aud our division, the northwest, waits
Tor the railroad East to be 1900 miles nea
canton than the Golden Horn. Give us
Northern Pacific railroad and we have II
Heo the problem Of early ages, and disc
efea the northwest passage of Cathay,
when so much treasure was wasted. L
.ne journey, that now requires twelve d;
itom Boston to Portland, can be made dl