The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-11-20
VOL. Nv.
West.

For years people have have gone west,
built to wns, developed lands. and looked
to the east tor the demand and markets
for their surplus commodities The west
produced and the east absorbed. The
money markets Of the world commercial
emporiums, manufacturing interests, and
all the elements that combine to build
and maintain natinn h sd tneir head con
ter in the east.
. y he pioneer who first ventured west OF
aRe'sOlto aud towards the Missippl wal
looked upon by his stay at home friends
as forever lost in that great unknown will
derness ,f the west, children were taught
u. the tireside and i'll the schools that this
far of coun1ry was hut the homo Of the
enemy of the white race, and only fields
tor self sacrafcing missionaries. That
the gra,t American desert WAS to he peo-
Piled, cultivated and bear populous, thriv.
ing cities was foreign to the minds OF
eastern men.
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Ohio Was almost banishment as tar as ex
pec.ing to ever soc the traveller again -
And when Chicago was the mecca OF
western immigrants, it was supposed that
tho limit for century at Las, had been
reached
But on rolled the tide until the Missou-
ri began to gather habitations upon it
banks, Then the golden sands OF the Pa
clhc coast CLEANED in imagiu alton,
wrought dazzling vision by the marve-
lous tales explorers gave. Gold and the
passion for its requirement led q strag-
CLING train up the valley of the Platte and
through the mountain passes until a trail
WAS beaten only supplanted by the great
est iron trail of the world, along which
Territories, States marvellous cities and
millions Of people have centered and are
gathering tho rich treasures nature has
parnered tor untold centuries.
To day the west is a power, fslt and
dreaded by the parsimonius capitalist, and
the wary politician of the east, the un-
pleasant sense of rivalry is steadily form
ing in the manufacturing aud commercial
centers east, for they see mammoth mills,
factories, and wholesale ware houses
erecting, checking the flow Of purchase
and sale that once tended only to- their
Golfers. 1t is to tho west for the precious
metals that alone will ever be the worlds
medium of exchange, the west with its
m iliions of ,illable acres, is the only place
where foreign emigration. snd the sur
plus population of oyer crowded cities y
the east can find homes and work for the
willing laborers. The great railroad
projects Of the age are being worked heF"
and investments for boarded capital are
m ade with all assurance of returning
greater Increase than any eastern enter
prise ever did or will. the controlling
voice Of a nation will soon be heard from
these great plains, where numbers, wealth
brain and enterprise are concentrating.
Changes heretofore unihought of are
working for those who a,e but midway
on the advancing line, and who few
years ago thought themselves upon the
frontier The cattle, pork and grai,. that
was shipped east will soon be wants the
other way, the mineral wealth being de-
yeloped in our own Territory is fast
creating IN its utilization demand for
our surplus, corn is already being stored
for western shipment when spring opens
Emigration along tho lines Of the roads
extending westward. will be beyond wha'
the Territory has experienced and oul
surplus will be needed there for while.
Coal is being discovered so plentiful,
that il will constitute a great portion o.
return freights when the rail reaches it!
bed. Lumber will soon come from tina
way for the stumps in the eastern ptncr-
les are already thicker than standing
trees.
New affiliations, and community Of In
terests will be effected and we shall be II
the happy condition that choice OF mar
kets place the producer.
The west has not yet experienced tn
rich results to follow the blessed reviya
business the east is now glorying In. onl!
a sip from the welcome feast has oee'
had. The coming year unless unforesee
| reverses come, will be the most remarks
BILE in the history of the west and bey"n
the silence of our own Territory will b
forever broken by the hum and commo
tion {. busy people creates.
| box freiet-car costs from $3.50 to 34sc. 4 ns'
eape.ssr ccsts from $4,000 to $4,000. The usu
price Of a sleeping car is $4,000, Drawing-roo
cars cost about $4,000. The ordinary mail q
costs about 1000 to $4,000. The ordinary ps
| seneer.car about S4,5o0.
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