The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-04-19
Astoria's Destiny
Is Manifest.

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Cur people may regard the future wit
confidence. They would not change i
. cations, today, with any of those elite
IN Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. 0
whose steady or rapid growth an
bright outlook SO much has been said
indianapolis, the metropolis of tn
Hoosier state is q type of such cities
1t Is a great railroad center : steel high
ways radIate from it like the spokes o
wheel. Trains come and go almost un
ceasingly. Despite all this semblanc'
of growth, the city does not grow. Mel
who invested In real estate look vainl!
for the expected rise therein. The fin
capitol. built at great expense, has no
added much to the importance of tn,
place. II railroads and a rich tributary
region would make a city great and
prosperous, Indianapolis ought to be so
But It is not, and before long 1t may
be distanced by Oregon's chief seaport
Astoria.
But people point to Denver as a strik-
ing instance of the growth Of an in
land place. 1t is, undoubtedly, n city
Of large shops, grand hotels and fine
residences. 1t has almost passed the
10000 limit and is in a fair way to at
tain greater growth. But the fact re-
mains u~ndlsputed, that Denver owes
its rapid advancement to the wealth
poured into 1t from the Leadville sill
| yer mines. Until the millions found
amid the mountain SUBMITS began to
flow into Denver, the growth of that
city was tardy and irregular, although
1t was the metropolis of that vast re-
gion that extends from the Texan bord-
er to Montana and from the Missouri
to the western boundary of Utah. The
progress of the city in manufactures
Is still slow. 1t has a sturdy rival in
Pueblo, which is adjacent to coal and
iron fields of good quality and large ex-
tent.
While cities such as Denver may at
tain certain greatness, they cannot
hope for that expansion which the deep
WNtSA POA may CAPtSNg WltiOul Uily
exceptional circumstances. such as
proximity to extensive silver mines.
Their progress is connected with that
OF the country at large. They are the
arteries of foreign commerce. They
grow as New York has grown. There
was a time when New York and Phila-
delphia were Of almost equal import
ance and were described as rivals for
the trade of New Jersey" But western
development demanded an outlet for its
surplus products-it needed a mart
where 1t might exchange its corn,
wheat n flour on the best terms for
domestic and foreign manufactures.
The Empire City supplied these needs.
1t promoted the construction Of Erie
canal, which linked the Hudson river
with the Great Lakes and its mer-
chants accumulated in their warehous-
es the products of American and Eu-
ropean skill. Ships came loaded with
merchandise for this favored port,
where return Heights were abundant;
railroads followed the channels of
trade, and rendered New York what 1t
IS today-the imperial city at Whose
'eet the world divides"
Astoria may expect to attain great
ness in like manner. This is the port
0 which the products of a region COM
)rising many states and millions of
,crac will oona ror chtO.ooo4 A..
World at large. While New York's COM
nerce is largely European, Astoria is
20 situated that It's foreign trade will
2 worldwide. 1t Is at this port that
he wheat of the Inland Empire will
le exported, no matter how great may
'e the yield, and 1t is here that the
ilks, teas and other Asiatic products
viii come In most quantity for distri-
)ution throughout the entire country.
commercial laws, as inflexible as those
which directed the current OF trade to
New York, are at work in our favor.
md will as surely produce like results.
Assuming, (Which is conceding too
much to the East that the commercial
divide Of the country lies midway be-
tween Chicago and the Pacific coast M
Astoria, we find that the dividing line
would pass near the eastern state lines
Of Montana and Wyoming and close
to the center OF Colorado. On the west.
ern side Of this supposed line are nearly
eight states and and three territories.
namely Montana, wyoming. Colorado
New Mexico, Idaho, Utah, Arizona,
Washington, Oregon Nevada, and Cal.
ifornia. Commercial products Go not
In n direction with the uniform
ity OF water, but a fair idea Of Asto-
ria's favored position may be found
from h great fact above outllned-
that as commerce Is now conducted
the deep-water outlets for the states
and territories named, are only three
number-Astoria, San Francisco and
the Sound. OF these the most central
md best adapted for the largest vol
ame OF commerce is Astoria. When I'M
by what might be called CONNER
gravity, the surplus products of
'hese states and territories flow to the
'oast for export, the bulk OF them VIII
.ssuredly come to what Colonel Dom
IN aptly called "the PEERLESS MARTINEZ
Metropolis Of the Golden Northwest"
That Is Astoria.