Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-01-28
Our Future.

Read before the literary society JAN o..
A town situated as Lewiston is can
never be separated III material inter
ests from the country that surrounds
it. There are in all countries natural
commercial centers to which
trade tends by commercial gray
itation as naturally as the rivers
flow to the sea. Such points
become trade depots in which the pro
ducers store the products of their
labor and from which they procure
needed supplies. The intercourse and
and relations of the citizens of such
center and the region that is CONNER
cially tributary to it are determined by
commercial laws that have their de
velopcment in the experience of the
ages. Commercial law is mere per-
feet and complete it is operation than
anv other which has its foundation in
the experience of men. The reason is
that its origin and development are
produced by natural laws. The laws
of cause and effect or Of supply and
demand The earth is said to be sur
rounded by air currents, rushing hith-
er and thither in obedience to the ever
varying conditions Of rarity or density
Of the atmosphere, so in The CONNER
cal world the currents of trade are
rushing hither and thither in obedience
J to the ever controlling laws Of suppl,
and demand. If then tom hopes t
y become city ana q city hopes to grow
into commercial metropolis of i'm
a portance her citizens should i'll the de
; velopcment Of her resources consul
IS and respect the laws of commerce
First. they must he a0le to suppl
,s what the surrounding country necd
l. and second, to buy what the surroun'
- ing country has to sell. If Lewisto
cannot do this she can never becon
and important center Of trade.
takes no argument to show that ii
courtry around us will in u few yeai
be settled by large and industrio'
1t, population. This population will pr
M duce immense quantities of graf
Sc stock, timber and mineral to sell, al
on will desire to buy corresponding qua
at ties of articles that they cannot pr
duce. There must be somewhere
;or commercial center in which an q
sh change can be made, VIII Lewiston
on such a one? 1t is situated on ma
ley gable waters and the growth OF o
wws w country shows that large cities are
ord most, without exception, built up
M rs, such locations, and indeed that co
on mercial centers are seldom found al
';3sf where else. Its climate is vigorC
and healthful, and its resources
~ 10" abundant. 1t has indeed i'll itself q
SEES in its surroundings all that nature Q
commerce requires for a trade cent
It is not enough however that
city is prepared to buy the produce
iller the country and that the country
tout able to produce what the city Is
oua to buy. The means of communIca'
nroe betweer the two must be conven
and practicable. The country ma,
>, rex full of grain and the city full of 60
is. but if the farmer cannot get TO
city or the merchant to the cou
gsby there will be no trading. The c
'r"ns s and air are full of electricity an
Hale utilized messages may be intercha
Wale Male with the speed of thought betty
ldsay Lewiston and the outer world,
'' "''' without doubt, the outer Worl
oody ieaSt Will oe s'e'''S
alloy But if no one builds the telegraph
mona g ,,.o,,, nc
Kuhn 'he eiec.ric curi oh' i''
kean centration in disseminated III a
rs! ,,s rections and Lewiston and the
pletou world will know very little Of
other greatly to the disadvantag
Bower least, Of tire outer world. So if
liam roads and brid .es are made bet
Baird Lewiston and the country around
Rainy
Wall nunication will he easy ana
edman .o.Jz -. J..
,hnson bilsk. III however ho '''''''