The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-10-11
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81 was profoundly impressed" said
MIR, Field la reply to u question, "uy the
immense lariiitos OF cur republic for
traffic by water Az I left homo !
passed along the Hudson river which
bears % vast commerce upon its bosom
to the Atlantic; very soon | Was gliding
along tho shore of Luke Erie, one Of the
groat chain uf lakes whose waters pour
over Niagara aud then pass through ihu
~. Lawrence into the north AtiWtlci
iittlo later / WHs rolling across the Mis-
si~Nppi, whose Wutyty How southwark
nrrusN the cu,itl republic until they
reach the sUu,h Atlantic through The
gulf ut NcNlcu; on he Pacific SLOPE !
saw the miphty Columbia river, Witch
lows into tile Pacific ocean, and when l
was n Che valley of the l.,d river %.
,lC uurth / gRW water which
Was 'O pass through Hudson bay into
the Arctic ocean. Whilo Was ON the
Upper Missouri ! WIS told that ! could
Wke steamer winch would carry mo
moro than 700 miles % the Gulf of MoN
leo. Tine total water surface ofthe United
states 1, 5000 square miics, to $4,000
miles land surface, aud tho people are
only beginning 10 understand the posi-
hilitics OF our inland water commerce.
TuE uUrLfT TitROUGU LAKE SUPER on.
81 am convinced that the eastern out
let Of both tho Northern Pacific and the
| Canadian Pacific for heavy freight ~ To
| I've 10y water, instead Of 10y land,' con
tmupd MIR. Field in reply t. another
question. alt is only 2OO miles from
! Duluth to Port Arthur ON Lake Supc-
riOr, and the two roads reach Puget
| Sound not moro than 200 miirs apart
| rhoy will discharge an almost ncrydi-
! hlr amount of wheat and other products
! into Lake Superior To- be carried ON the
| water tu New York ana Montreal and
! fum those cities To Europe,
al was much impressed hy the pro
ductivo power uf the country through
which passed." added Mr.. Field. "Fur
hundreds ut miles west of 81. Paul the
most beautiful wheat lands stretched
away from The Northern Pacific ~ ful
AS the eve could reach, aud then follow,
od the great grazing belt Whptr cattle
ul shVop were feeding In herd. and
tluclls ct thousands ihn yCur through
saw one flock nf li,OM sheep, aud d
Imam told me he had a herd OF l2WU cat
tie. Tho mineral lands beyond tho graz
Ing holt, in Montana aud other terrific
rios, are equally marvellous and the tam
her lands of Washington and Oregon
excite wonder hy their oNte. { us well %,
by the quality and variety of theii
woods, rho irip over the Canadian Ia
, lci1G yovOal1 almost the s0mo features
land the opening Of these roads Is effect
ing results in the great northwest " hicl
hut fpw people comprehend | was 60
pocially pleased with tho lands Rlun.
the st Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoh,
railway, and know of none better II
all tho world.
Tut NERD o. OREArtR MARKETS.,
{ awe need greater markets Tor Oul
, products.' said MIR. Field, "aud espccit
attention must DO given both Nv IN,
p guyei umcnt aud by our vuterpriSin,
. nusinesS men tu the extension of on
foreign commerce. You have seen h
- the pl"yrs recently n statement that tn
/, S,,WM,OOO worth uf our butter whicl
u Brazil uusumcs annually l. first shin
ped tO England aud then brought hucl
Z across the ; nth Atlantic To the t'hlUS a
u Dom pcdru'S subjects, The Stupidit,
u VIII ch appears In that transaction Is cN
mhited IN many other branches ni nu
e foreign trade, Tho country is full q
IS complaints because all our crops hay
i heen 80 abundant this year that IN
market Is not large enough % cOusum
4 them, hut Il will not be difficult TO di.
A pose OF all we can produce u onl,
4 proper attention IL given To tho cNptu
Siuu of the foreign dcmuud for ou
>, products. New York Mail and FIX
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