Daily globe., 1880-02-04

lis & Manitoba, to the the Red river. at
Browns valley, which, / am told. would
doubtless prove feeder to the Northern
Pacific.
Gen. Becker has in hand a proposed line
to be called the Travare and jamestown
railway, to extend from, a. or near Browns
Valley northwesterly through Dakota, CROSS
ing the Northern Pacific at jamestown, 1873
miles, and thence on northwest through the
Moose river country to tho British line, 2OO
miles further, with branch midway extend
ing westerly to Fort Stevenson, on the upper
Missouri.
The Minneapolis & st. Louis will COM
plete and put in operation the present sea-
son an extension'o of one hundred and five
miles, from Albert Lea, Minn., to Fort
Dodge, Iowa, and will shortly build from
White Bear Lake into the Wisconsin lum-
ber district, and ultimately extend the line
to some point on Lake Superior, probably
Ashland or Bayfield,.
The st. Paul aud Duluth are building
lines from Thomson to Knife Falls, on the
st. Louis river, to reach three thousand mil
lion feet of lumber, and also branch from
Rush City to Grantsburg, Wisconsin.
A narrow-guage line from Minneapolis to
the Minnesota river is projected.
The St. Paul Eastern Graud Truak, giving
another outlet through Northern Wisconsin
via Chippewa Falls.
Tho DuIath & Winnipeg railroad, from
Duluth northeast, connecting with the Brit
ish system at some point in Manitoba.
And the much -mooted, and certain to bo
constructed .'Sault st. Marie route;' virtual
Iy from st. Paul through Northern Wiscon-
90, a,1 Inhi NnrlIn mi iuIY q
route from st. Paul to Liverpool 600 miles
ca9o and New York. All the
VAST WEALTH
completed railways, and sooa-to' bscom-
pleted railways, represent is certainly the
consequent, if not the direct product of the
splendid resources of Minnesota and the i'm
mense country beyond. There is compe-
tence everywhere; poverty nowhere. No
country on earth is better provided with all
that is needful aud beautiful. The family
that came here, or Into northern Iowa, or
Dakota, or even Manitoba, four or five years
since, are to-day in better condition
than half the farmers Of Illinois,
Indiana and Ohio. Water and timber were
never elsewhere SO sp!endidly distributed,
and every inch of earth responds bountifully
to the farmers touch. Take three-fourths
of Minnesota and look upon it in any direc-
ton and there is not only beauty of land
scape bordering enchan:ment, but the ia
nous Mohawk valley in New York State can
not produce moro complete pictures OF
splendid thrift and rounded opulence.
The reasons for this lie simply in an un-
equaled climate, compelling general health;
in such beautiful scenery as cannot but OBJ
tain to peoples elevation and moral good;
in the natural provision of all those
things most contributable to the complement
of public need; in q soil whose tilling is not
far removed from real pleasure; in results
from labor which invariably yield a harvest
of satisfaction and encouragement: and,
while the fruits of the soil are less e1pen
svely brought to fruition than is true of
other sections, they have here higher and
more permanent value.
It is not true that wheat is alone depend
ed upon-alI other small grains yield large
ly; corn is extensively cultivated and stock
raising and dairying are becoming general.
But, were wheat the only profitable product,
no like area on earth is provided with mar
ket so valuable, so general and SO per-
manent.
Nearly every town and crossroads in the
State has its mill, with capacity of from
twenty -fve to 100 barrels of -four, or ITO to
435 bushels of grain; and from one years
end to another the farmer has it in his pow
er to get splendid price cash-no "store
truck"-for his wheat. while other grains
and vegetables, dairy products and stock
find equally ready and profitable sale.
1t it any wonder that Minnesota and Da-
kota farmers are getting rich, and are among
the most independent, gratified and COM
Portable individuals of which there is
any record; or that thousands upon thou
sands are coming where such conditions
exist in fact rather than on paper; or
that Minnesota's vast railway system,
reaching In every direction from its splen-
did manufacturing and trade marts,
Minneapolis and st. Paul, and bringing
their tributes and carrying their products
and exchanges to remotest borders, is pushing
out with new feeders, or tapping new and
rich sources of supply, with such wonderful
rapidity, but not moment too soon or
mile too fast.
OF the two splendid cities,
ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS,
which choose to regard as one great city,
there are not their equals IN beauty, IN en-
terprise, in actual commercial importance,
for their age, in the world. Their growth
and Importance have just begun.
But do not stop here. Go
500 miles to the southwest, to the
west, and 1000 to the northwest, and you
will find precisely tho same energy, the same
bright present, the same future sure pros
parity, which renders visit here visit to
the wonderland, the promise land of Amer
ica. EDGAR L. WAKEMAN.
Another Failure to Tap the Barrel.
SCRANTON, Pa, Feb. st is reported here
that Samuel ]. Tilden will be married to
Miss Fanny Rauck, of Lewisburg, Pa, this
week.
New YORK, Feb. 3.-Tilden's secretary
furnished the following regarding the re-
port of the approaching marriage of Tilden
to Miss Rauck, of Lewisburg: Mr.. Tilden
says the report is as true as about nine
tenths of the statements concerning him
daily published. That is, not at all. He