Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-10-20
MORE BOATS ON ,EREE LAKES.

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Minneapolis begins to tremble and
perspire all through its garments, ana
the Miilers' Association shake in their
boots, at the intelligence that Mr..
Willard, president of the Northern IA
citic, is about to place an extra line OF
boats on Lake Superior to transport
wheat from Duluth to Buffalo, that
cheap freight might be had from west
to east and establish beyond doubt
that Duluth was and should become a
great competing wheat market, ana
that the process of Juggling wheat from
its natural port at Duluth, to the inte-
rior ut Minneapolis, at the expense OF
the farmers, should no longer en-
dure. We nave tried for a long time
to convince Minneapolis that sooner
or later this would have to come, as
matter of eXpediency, economy ana
| Justice to the state at large, but II that
city had the power or spunk to look
unon this its coffin, it had no courage
to say so. That the Northern Pacific
will even DO this, we have. not pre-
tended, but that it would be done and
must be, as matter of course, by some
one, we. have often said, and so eX-
pressed ii in our last issue, RS being
very probable in the near approaching
future. TO our representations, that
city has been both deaf and dumb, and
now it aWahens from its iOrg Siumber
sufficiently to say, ''important if true,
but it will be checked 10y our road to
the 500 ~
We say again, that this line Of boats
has become Il matter OF necessity to
take the wheat east out Of Duluth up
on its arrival over the two roads it now
has hriniHg it in, before the close OF
navigation, and to prepare for that to
come over other roads which will soon
be constructed from the wheat belt to
Duluth, We Go not say this in any
spirit oi i'll Will toward Minneapolis,
J or the Milero' Association, but be-
cause il must he done, after the long
ac,icn OF abu-e the country towns
have received from the two latter
named corporations, and is besides ar
: act of natural commerce which should
be performed. The Northern Pacific
3 and the St. Paul & Duluth roads mus
V as matter of necessity have this &C
e conplished soon, or they OF thelnselve
4 will so blockade in Duluth with whea
g another season that there will not b.
t room for them to land on lake port
s and each of them must have the fore
e sight to see it, whether Col. Clougl
= saws so or not. And then again, if tn
= lake carrying capacity is not mad
y large enough by western capital to d
e the business demanded, eastern miller
0 having no other recourse to suppl
e their extensive mills, will be forced t
6 see to it themselves. This may, an
h undoubtedly will, build up a larg
o commercial city at Duluth, at the eS
e pense of Minneapolis, but our stat
d commerce cannot be ruined to saw
t. any place. If one place has more nat
]. ural advantages than another, no on
need to mourn over the mysteriou
IA freaks of nature, nor blame her If Mil
neapolis was built up on the wron
lie spot. The amount of wheat whic
e, must remain over in store atDulut
e this season will show us how niue
1T too small the boat tonnage to Buffal
y. has been; and next year it will Civ
1T us another lesson in the same branc
le this need Will and must supply MOI
70 boats on the lakes to take away til
productions Of Minnesota's fertil
- farms, although Minneapolis shall ia
10 dead in our arms.