Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-10
NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

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Loud Call for the senatorship in That
Re0ion---HOp St. Paul Stands ia Her
O,c,s Light on the Rtcer Question.
To the Editor of the Globe.
ST. CLOUD, Jan. s.--This Senatorial
question is one of no small Importance to
this section of Minnesota. Our interests
have heretofore been looked after by St..
Paul and Minneapolis men in q manner
which implied that the interests OF those
two cities were identical. St. Paul has
controlled the railroad business of this
State and Minneapolis has, by consent
either Of bargaining or threatening, con-
trolled the Mississippi above st. Paul.
If the latter city has not already, she GER
tainly will at no distant day in the future,
appreciate that she cannot hold her COM
mercial supremacy by locking fingers
with Minneapolis in matters which con-
Germ the welfare of Northern Minnesota.
From ST. Paul to the Falls of Pokegama
is navigable river with gigantic water
powers ad libitum. To clear this naviga
BILE river of such distractions as rocks,
snags; ETC., it is estimated would cost
$50, 200. That amount, and more.
is annually expended upon the falls of st.
Anthony. To canal around st. Anthony.
Sank Rapids and Little Falls, would cost
in the neighborhood Of 100000 &C
cording to government estimates. This
work at Sank Rapids and Little Falls
would produce two water powers not at
all inferior to that Of Minneapolis,
when we consider the everlasting foun-
dation of the former mentioned powers,
aud the consequent small expense of
keeping them in repair.
The water power at Minneapolis is
already improved, and farmers in this
section of the State are paying from
seven to ten cents per bushel for trans
portation to the mills at that place.
So you can easily see that our interests
require an immediate commencement of
a system of slackwater navigation above
Minneapolis. After that, st. Paul,
at least, will put her shoulder to ours
to secure navigation around St. Anthony.
At present, St Paul capital is invested
in railroads You and l Will live to see
the day when some Of her millions will
be invested in barges and steam tugs
plying between Pokegama and the gulf.
If nothing else, my mind shall be eased
in this matter.
From Congress we have appropriations
of $3.50, 900, 5000, 900 or 100000 for i'm
provement Of the Mississippi at and below
St. Paul st. Paul never sees dollar of it.
Fifty thousand dollars year goes into the
pockets of Minneapolis millers, and St.
Paul isn't even influential enough to Sc
cure removal of fifty yards of sand and
snags from the river under her. Twenty
five thousand dollars are appropriated for
SURVEYS of Sank Rapids and the Snake
river Wide editorial Of Minneapolis
Tribune IN last campaign.) But we have
had survey after survey OF this place.
We don't want surveys. We want
practical exhibition of unselfishness from
those who represent us in Congress, in
such manner that the Mississippi, from
POkegama, shall checkmate the Northern
Pacific tariff rates and also those of the
st. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba. If it
is not granted now, it will be required
after a while Farming in Northern
Minnesota might be profitable if from six
to eight cents per bushel could be saved
on freights from here TO our metr0poi.
But our representatives in Congress
will not aid U.S. Then let Northern Min
nesota look out for herself. She has men
devoted to her interests. Let her escort
them upwards. She is strong enough
now, if she will leave the caucus alone, to
elect her favorite Senator of the United
States. Her representatives are noddle-
heads if they don't take advantage of
complications and elect one Of their own
number over both Mcmillan and Ramsey.
This would not satisfy the "Roil Bengal
Taggar" of the colossal straddling estab
lishment, but it would serve the people OF
Northern Minnesota, whose interests are
locked up in freight rates and internal
generally. SIC.
Two for twenty-five, at DUNES. &c Waba-