St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-07


their number, pioneer of 1869, Mr.. ID. G.
Cash.
SPEECH OF d. G.. CASH.
Ladies and Gentlemen: We have met here
on the invitation of the Duluth board Of
trade TO celebrate with appropriate ceremo-
nies the dedication OF their newly-completed
building, TO the purposes of trade and COM
merce. 1t has been made my pleasing duty
TO extend 10 you. on behalf of the board of
trade, most cordial welcome, and 70 heartily
thank all of you for kindly honoring us with
your presence on this occasion. We wish
especially TO thank those of our guests who
represent distant cities. and who have left
comfortable homes and braved the discom-
forts of travel at this inclement season of the
year in order that we might have the substan-
tial assurance, afforded by their presence. that
our undertaking has the active moral support
and sanction of the great centers of trade on
this continent. We feel that il is unnecessary
for us TO apologize for seeking to give 10 the
opening exercises of our new trade building
all of the significance and Importance that we
can command. Nature has wisely implanted
in the breast of every true American citizen
IA strong impulse TO be an active factor in
subjugating TO the purposes of civilization
the vast unoccupied portions of our territory,
TO be potent element in subduing the wilder
ness in building up new cities and in devel-
oping all the natural and material resources
OF our common country. Without this i'm
pulse the center of population on this conti-
nent would still be east of the Allegheny
mountains, and the American people would
in all probability have little in the way OF
WEALTH, POWER AND POSITION
among the nations Of the earth upon which
to congratulate themselves to-day. We be-
lieve that in trying to build up a city here at
Duluth our citizens are only obeying this nat
ural, and we think noble, impulse, and that
whenever substantial progress has been made
toward the accomplishment of their purpose
-
rather than apology. In the year 1850
we saw Duluth a little hamlet, con-
ia ming less than $500 inhabitants, five
years later the population had increased TO
over 5000. In 1880 thereswas handled here
less than 100000 bushels of wheat. in 1885
we handled nearly 15,000000 bushels. In
1880 our board of trade was composed of less
than dozen members, to-day it numbers
over 200. All the modern appliances of civil
iZation have come with our rapid growth. We
have excellent water works, gas works, cleo
trio light works. telephone system and street
railway, all in successful operation and on a
paying basis; an elegant opera house with a
seating capacity of LOCO, a metropolitan po-
lice and a free mail delivery, which latter fact
is of itself sufficient to establish that our
growth is of solid and substantial charac-
ter. We do not claim that we have yet built
a great city; we only claim that we have
worked faithfully to lay deep and solid the
for "a great city. We do not i'm
agine for an instant that the building we to-
day dedicate to trade and commerce can com
pare favorahly with the imposing edihces de-
voted to the same pun uIposes, which adorn
scores of the larger cities OF our land and in
which we all take pride. We simply feel that
the completion of this
ELEGANT AND SUBSTANTIAL
building by home organization, whose avowed
purpose il is to inculcate just and equitable
principles of trade, and to establish a high
OF business ethics, which shall reg
ulate and govern commercial transactions
throughout the vast region of which Duluth
will be the future business and financial CEN
ter, marks an important era i'm the growth of
our young city, and shows that substantial
progress has been made in our march for po-
stion among the great cities of the land. We
think you should bear with us il we halt for a
and ask you to rejoice with US be-
cause we have been able TO take so long a
step. Our older and larger sisters always do
this kind OF thing when they take a particu-
larly big step, and want to make the world
believe they are destined TO be the only great
est city in the Northwest, and We ought TO be
allowed the same privilege. If you viii
kindly pat us on the back and encourage us
now, we will promise that when we get larger
and to running real fast, we will be careful
not to step on our elder sisters but viii be
kind to them, show them our big ice palace
and grand exposition, and thenceforth let
them ride on our toboggan. A mistaken i'm
preston has somehow got abroad that Du-
luthians are not of a modest and retiring dis
position, il is even said of US by some aspir-
ing rivals that we want the earth. This is
downright calumny. All that we claim is the
territory that lies north of a line drawn from
the head of Lake Superior direct to the south
west corner of the state of California. This
large slice which we have carved ont from
Uncle Sans farm and the Dominion of Can
ada we call the
DULUTH NORTHWEST"
and we honestly believe that it all belongs TO
us. We don't see how foot can escape, ard
we feel confident that we have the position
and ability TO take care of our Northwest in
good style. In the first place, we know that
we have commenced to build our city at the
right point, at the point where the mighty
which, for all time TO come will
regulate the cost of transportation across
this continent, comes closest to every acre of
the vast territory we have mapped out for
our own, at the points where all the tJeming
products of the Duluth Northwest and the
immense quantities OF return supplies and
articles required by its inhabi-
tants must, of necessity, meet and break
bulk in seeking the cheapest route. Then
we have magnificent and perfectly secure
harbor of ample capacity 10 easily and eco
accommodate all the needs of the
vast commerce that will assuredly center at
this port. In the next place we are sur
rounded by vast forests of the most excellent
timber, every foot of which will be needed in
the regions west of us; unequalled facilities
are at hand for manufacturing this timber
ready for market, and the same noble stream
that bears the products of our forests direct
to our city limits, forms i'm its course a mag
nifcent water power capable of grinding into
-four and manufacturing into cloth sufficient
Of the grain and wool produced by the Duluth
Northwest to feed and clothe all the people
of this continent. We have inexhaustible de-
posits of
THE BEST IRON ORE
almost within our corporate limits, and an
abundance of cheap fuel of all kinds TO trans
form it into its manifold manufactured
products. Our position as manufacturing
and distributing center is uneXcelled. Each
decade adds to the population of the United
States more than ten millions of souls, and
we know that no part of our land is increas-
ing more rapidly in wealth and population
than the immense region of which Duluth is
the natural gateway. Knowing these facts,
we feel confident that we shall build up
where Duluth now stands great city, which,
by reason of its position and natural ad-
and the just and upright methods
of business adopted by its representative
business men. shall prove a blessing TO the
toiling millions who will depend upon it 10
enable them 10 reap to the fullest extent the
fruits of their labor. We know that many
warm friends who would rejoice TO see the
fullest realization of our hopes, doubt our
ability to achieve success. We ask all such
friends to be patient and give us time. The
story is told that at the most critical point in
the ''battle among the clouds at Lookout
mountain, that
BRAVE OLD COMMANDER,
Gen. Thomas stood intently watching strong
detachment of his troops slowly and painfully
scaling the mountain slope under withering
fire from the enemy. 1t seemed impossible
that victory could be wrested from foe in
trenched in so impregnable position. and
the old general, who seldom knew such a word
as ''fail," finally exclaimed: 'srhey can't do
it, they'll never reach the top" His chief of