Fair play., 1890-03-01
tbs CZARHS.
An interesting Paper 10, ii Kansas City Pn.
cihccr-1iic t.ari,- -tnlhl., the -.
mons Dakota BLACK H;tI>-N Mining Iris-
trCt of seventy Thousand square Miles
\ Region f,c.i-nti, Fitted tor the sup
port of IL Minia. and Agricultural Tupu-

VI '"''''. ana Agricultural i"pu-
AZ i recent meeting of tn" Engineers
tIUh OF Kansas civ. Thomas ku!-h;
read a manor -,.I. .;,,., =, ....,...,.,...,,
,i.ror...
- N'N''Ai '""i''''' III
'o"'-''FA Ml>N".rI and Northern ArAdn-
St!S. ! IA" counties that Sxrr,. e}.hirctrl
10 = careful Investigation ,,.,... :, ,r.
-,,. fe. IA 80,
''''' i''''''' i'''" "f'!''''- ''i'-N-
. t1ah stone. IaG--. Ozark. Douglas.
Nr{Enr 'T,ya. S..,,,,,, ..,; ii.,.,...,l. i.
III i'd't' oregon las per. tE''lr AMI
Nt''>t"r-
inC Information SOUGHT Na, r,,tflr-t,.cd
t.nic~ these ha,f.
TIN. ,,,s,,..~.i -. .. A., ...,...
hayl:l.s ,l.,.s.tl ,,,,,-,t >, ,r ~. ,.,.i
| coal iron. lead r ne r,l,n,r .,ut r.,
: ltS general ec"t.ol.f.. i.rn. lu.tj.,l. v.tl \
-" 10 "a systematic au.. extended 'i..-li -r.s-
rn.,,
istin.. ,,Ir,i "s r'h1'" INr. 'l zee ~
capita! l....Gt L., ,,r',',y, -, +, ~ .,,
South of ,l,. u|,-i -. ', ,t
hni-,it 4 ruri,,sl,- ..,,,,....r I., - .L
divide between .it. ,..,.r-' , ,.,... a.; 49,.
that st~.,,,,, ,,,.t -, ~
Iuurt. dfr,.,tI,. f.,,, -. ~ -, a -
Along this lfrr ,x.,ul ,b.. ,,,..... 80, t,,r.
know, ~ ol.Yk. t,r,,i,. .,, m ,.,. "a,
thu head nf g, I,,,, ,,,,,.,r,.,.' -. -,
which Il,
pnrtun,,. find tb,i-,,,. -, ..,,..,I
.. at. ''" '.''' ''H :" 'ii' i''t'h ''',t''''ot
the r,,.J,,..... -, ~
the r-,n,I. y.,,,.... -. -, -,
and qyhr, ,,,,,t.,,t,,, ,',, -
ola ,j.,t..y,.,',.,. J.t ,., '',' , ..,9
! ,lr,,u-,,,'., - '' ''''' INA =.
70 ,h.....,.-,t - " " .'' ''''"' ~
~ -, ,-.' T.. ''i ~ 20 '''' ','''''' w. 9''''i'
"a. il, ,,t,., 'i ' ''' ~
I ,-,,,,..,... > -
> Ir,y,r r',~;..,,. .,.-'
). small ,.ro-,ir,. nf I,.v.pi,,
y iIr.s,' area of lower DURHAM u. .tb f,s,,,I
patches of the .-sncous rock
economically c0n>Idcrct it : difficult 10
c'rfr-'iiratc the impurtaicr attlchiu.s To
III" S'"H'Elcdl conformation of tine state il
H>'t, 'ut the sequence Of tho exposures J.
Il htf'"r Of even greater moment. Tor ~. lind
my ~ III" agencies ul eruption and erosion
'a'' irtH, ziHc, copper and IRON OF another
'l"ch ar" brought into iInitcd i
'o' proximity with the fuel and fuNr|
necessary for their rc IuCtion: whIl"
''e refractory materials which enter
i"'" iic construction ~ tn" hlI~t furnace
ana Hnr!itn" hearth are often qllarIicd hy
''' same hhhd which cuts the timber for the
'n'n" and brings the ore /" grass. 80, too,
upon ing tltt rock, If the crlpnifcrouS
age the main sourc" of our power supply,
We Hnd tins lo>s amply cuunp.n ~:lt.d ny tn.
magnificent streams which are themselves
'4'tt'!N iIistlit ipf almost every do
h''hu ni th!S character which can be. made
upon thtin-
ny II" means an ordinary experience
nv ii "th!hS district OF amy Importance
hntIS a. Il base ot sunny within II r,,ni, an
agricultural territory AMI popu.a;ion capa.
olr "i satisfying it. necessities of Sus.
.cnnn'.'. 50 far my own investigations
I''" t"'l IN" know uf no county uf southern
MIS- our which - unable t" support it, in
u"> "i'' operatives from within its own hor-
"'tS, or, At least, to derive u liberal COM
hhSsariat from its immediate nrighhur.;
Anu TINS * true in no restricted
sense, Tor demand anH supply will
S''N" t" react upon each other in .:rn,nctri-
'dl ratio. and with u country rich IN re-
sources. of icrtil. soil and of GENIAL cIi,uat.
W" may fairly ASSUME that all tho. conditional
exist which Will both attract and retain TN.
immigrant and add no les to his own nos.
pcrity than to that of his i,Iontrd cnuntrr.
Wish an increased population and the re-
sultIn@ accumulation of capital attention
Will inevitably be directed to means of inter.
c"mmunicat i"u, and 8. remedy be sought for .
the present defective, roudi,iun ,f Tho hi,t
WAYS throughout the ~t,tr ,u,rt fr,,,, I..,,
considerations / AN, IucIinr,I =, th,. tc,i,t
that a great engineering rrohicu, In. cot ,n .
he solved. viz. TIN, cnns.ru,,i,,,, ,,,,, ,,,;
tcnancc of good roads at moderate cost. ,,,,d
never has this conclu,iun b,rr NOR. ,,,i,
fully forced upon me than wh,lc foru,in,, :,
:oIncwh hat intimate acuu,iut,uc. ,v,h ,b,ir
rcurcs,n-,tiv.s f., ,r, .,,.I. -,
and jn.,..rt ,,o,,,r.,,i,., ,,.,,., 80,
an in,n,Ii,urnt T., ,.r,,,r,,.-,. . ,.,':,
nu,n.ricaIIv s,ronr,r n,,,,,r. ,,,.;,,r ,,'.
VIII. "
icareful examination Of the coal measure.
and .irptla,antnlnl,y throu..r,out ~.utb.r,,
Iowa Northern and Western u,,,,r; 49,,
Arkansas leads me to the belief tina, ;h...
with :, souther!y proInuo,,icn int, T,,,.
form one grand coal r;.Id of nos.il,r,. SOM,
seventy thousand >,iuar,. milo. il, ,,cI <nr
do Iexclude from this field the lu;braci,,s
and semi authr,citrs lately ,li.,o,,.r.,Ii n, :,
kansas. Uayin., rc,,r.! To- ,l,a .st,rr,.,,,,,i,.
conditions look coudI.utf,- for .r,,.i, ~
tension and profitable Development
And here permit rnc - offer i suggestion
with respect to that v-xcd question. the
duration ri our fuel supply think w, Il,
.ot sufficiently consider th.. liot:,Iuornho-,.s
constantly going ON around u. CosI now
80 important. my cease To be OF ar.y uss. IN
I;> present shape to man OF IA -t:u,cquopt
:,,. I'm, IL ultimate .,.,r,- r,s...-...r..,,,t
nm. Iii, ., .ffnr.t ,,., ,.,,, -
-, ,,',,;-.., ,,..t. -. - '
,, t'.i'''' III" '""'e' aspect ~
i'",''''i
fFtfiSih- mat i mining district of vas:
lNipotN N.nc. Wl.i before !Uli-. hy t!"vclopctI m
the states Of Missouri ami arkansas wb-,h
uud-r ,,r,u.r rnun.y.r,,.n, ,n,y H., ,,,r.,..r
., t-,,,-,i Dr.,- -, -. -
't'1t Hl'ii''a' i'i'"!'l'"i'> ana an '-tIin'st:
ot th"iE pFobaD-c worth must fern part %.
with II. n.-"cj.,,,I fir...c,. irl, nro 800
and build in.- SION" is ,ycl rrure,c,r.I and
lies IN close proximity to the Tich deposits %.
" "'iie anu ~ i,t 'i'y i.""c'"h "i which {