, 1886-11-07
TmE RISE OF 81.

at is not merely because they enjoy an
admirable climate, possess large transpor-
tation facilities, and have an immense ex-
panse OF fertile country back of them that
st. Paul and Minneapolis have devcloped
SO marvclously that their names are known
all over ;hc world. 1t is because they are
destined by their position to become the
third, and probably the second in size AMI
Importance of the great cities of this con
tincnt. People are beginning to under.
stand this. Facts appear which show that
we are no longer to he dependent upun
Chicago IN any sense. nor limited hy her
in the growth Of our future. Chicago is
one at the wonders of the age. That her
population and all her interests will be
ampllticd we do not doubt. Bur She has
forever lost the position of command and
control in the Northwest. Her dcv,lop
mcnt will hereafter be go or, mate with
and measured by that of the territory
which is properly and Immediately tribu.
tary to her rs the center OF commerce
aud the arbitcr of dcstinics in the North
west, She is now distWuccd in the race
That position belongs to these cities. and
with their rise to the place of greatness
must come the comparative decline of
Chicago. ST. rant Poaoo Press.
Patronizrng stuff and nonsense, like the
foregoing, is becoming SO frequent, in the
papers printed in the several growing
cities of the West aud North, that, with
ont a careful examination of the subject,
the average reader will bc mislcd. and
mayhap To his infinite harm. The foster
@ine,9i a healthy local pride is one of the
missions OF the press, and in doing il the
pre- Sis always commended but the pub.
fishing Of a lot Of trashy gcneralities. hay
ing Tor their object the ridiculc of other
communities, is no part Of the duty of the
press, and is of such a tendency to direct
and positive harm. that it should be
lrowncd down. One of the leading lca.
lures of the American people is their pro-
penslty ior reading, and trusting in the
honesty of those who write for them.
they will not hesitate to pull up their
home stakes, and with their lares and
renatrs make a lump of several hundred
miles o a good chance to improve their
earthly condition. Knowing this, the st.
Paul Tres SHOULD be chars Of such mis-.
leading statements rs those above.
All the world know, that Chicago is the
natural center of American inland com
merce, and If nothing else. her position at
the western end of the chain of great
lakes would always command for her
the leading place in the transit trade
of the West, and when her leading posi-
ton as A railroad centcr is considered.
1t will be patent to any man how empty
are the forecasts Of the Press. 4 man.
IN any degree convcrsant with the
construction of railroads, knows that a
network of roads to equal the carving
capacity Of those ccntcring in Chicago.
can never be supported for a century to
come, and that the peculiar obstacles to
the entrance ami departure of shipping ut
any other port ON Lake Miebiran makes
It impossible to create a rival To her as a
shipping port.
st. Paul. ou the other hand. is the
lesser half Of a twin city, whose sole
claim to notice Is that it is placed at n
convenient stop over station on the Chi
cago, Mlwaukce 4 st. Paul mad. which
pcnetratcs a bowling wilderness the hour
after the Traveller leaves ST. Paul toward
the north or west, aud the main crops of
which are coons. gophers, buffalo chips
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