The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-03-30

fheir SUPPLY % food and raw material ca
Tia other 30 viii also the develoru.srt os
regions Ct equal ARA and equal rschn~<.
within the British po~se~zinszN
The impending econn<nfo rxxciustua.
thesefcws- L. fail % slgnife&ncs regarding
ths northern reSsoa Of tbs cunstnsns, ~ il
b regarding tha forwagn trade. because
without the drawing Of swura. tbs sAe<s-
dag 81 \ drop Of hiocd CO tho cxpentiture
Of single dollar the. ARIA Of the trade of
the Tnitsd States can thus be dochled L.
needs oniy single act of the Legislatures al
WashingtoB and ~ Ottawa so have the
barrier broken down. 50 that even within
Eve years the foundation can hc laid fur n
progress dn this continent in the nexf lifty
years measured oniy by thst which has
taken place south og tis ccnter within the
last iifty years
The field Of opportunity for the next ffty
years Ii the portion Of the continent now
unoocupied- The young men In our col
iegcs and schools when they come cut need
the same chance shxt their predecessors
have had That chance h pretty well pre-
empsed. The Limitations Ia AREA In the
United States have been reached A land
hunger has already set In, as shown In
the tremendous rush for farms at the cpen-
ing OF every government reserve IL In Inn
possible 10 get new farm Ina Minnesota
any more readily than 1t il in Pennsylvania
without displacing farmer. and unless
the people continue TO herd in the cities
crowding tie manufactures, or live one
upon another. there must be room for ex.
pansion- Canada affords that room
The maritime provinces, described by
Governor Andrews, OF Massachusetts,, as
possessing greater wealth in minerals and
agricultural possibilities than New York
and Pennsylvania" with great coast line
of fisheries added, offer great inducements
for young men in the eastern states. The
ability of these provinces to contribute raw
material, which New England needs for
the creation of a foreign trade. IL as palpa-
BILE as that warmth comes from the sun.
Equally SO with the great manufacturing
fasesities and raw materia! in the province
of Qaebcc, the enormous possible output
of food products from the province of Onta-
rio, while the minerals OF Algoma, that
treasure box Of the continent, invite the
energy and capital of the American peo-
sessed
These, however, are but the vestibule to
the vast wheat fields of the northwest,
where a furrow can be made with a pillow
a thousand miles long, from Winnipeg to
the Rocky mountains, and be but a base
line for thousand miles square of farm
ing land. British Columbia, on the Pacific,
completes the attractive picture, for here Is
found not only wide agricultural areas,
but enormous needed supplies Of timber,
sources of fish food unequaled elsewhere
In the world, and minerals the extent and
value of which far exceed those of all the
mineral states on the Pacific coast, not
withsuanding the enormous output which
in the last fifty years they have exhibited.
The half century of opportunity now
opening up for the coming American boy
and girl must include within its scope this
northern region, which has the best supply
of raw material and food products essential
to the success of the United States In its
attempt to build up a foreign trade. The
possibilities of profit, the fed of opportu-
nifty, the settlement of numerous questions
of international concern. the absorption of
immigration, the creation of ready made
customers and the hope of the future rest
In trade that shall be continental In ex.
tent continental in profit.
ERASTUS WIMAN.