The morning news., 1894-11-25

yellow and white metals that have ruled
the world since the dawn Of time and
are found Il trGus-Aiississippi as they
are nowhere else ON this globe.
PERHAPS after an the most interesting
product of The western section is its men,
bis-ncartei and brave sometimes trifie
rough 1gt true as the gold that We al
like 90 have. and the women, handsome
and independent. but withal as bewitch-
ms and tender as any on earth.
10 is .o these men that trans-Missis-
si0Ui owes it's marvellous past develop
ment and looks for "a stiu more striking
advance Do the future, and it Is these
women who are planting the seeds of re-
dnemeut at the same time the men are
moulding and faShioning an empire.
Although Jhe aus-Alississippian region
has comparatively few cities. yet its CEN
tors 5f industry and population are speed
llr growing. and new ones are constantly
being established. And what "a shining as
sembIage OF municipalities they are; each
of these best known possesses an in
diF.llality of its own. There is but one
san Francisco, or Denver or Tacoma, or
Kansas City OF Galveston, or New or
leans, aud as the younger ones become
prominent each is also seen to be possessed
OF some feature superior to anything to
be found elsewhere.
There are now iu the states west of the
mississippi elshty-fOur cities of more than
5000 population each, being located
follows: Arkansas. four; California, nine;
Colorado, four; Iowa. twelve; Kansas
nine; Louisiana, three; Minnesota, six;
Missouri, eight Montana, two Nebraska
elsht, Nevada, one; South Dakota. one;
Texas, eleven; Utah, two, Washington
three. ana Wyoming, one. The total urban
trans Mississppian population is 3,153 593
or nearly one-twentieth Of the entire pop
ulauOn of the United States, and one
hfth of that in ns-Aiississippi Cal
NCrnla leads in the number of the city res
ijents. although Iowa has the largest
number of cites. Missouri takes the palm
for q he largest city, st. Louis, which, once
d rival of Chicago, the imperial metTop-
oils OF the lake region, but of late years
fallen far behind in the race, now shows
signs of revival and, SO her enthusiastic
partlsans assert. viii give Chicago close
and interesting race for the supremacy
In the years TO come.
Those who attended the Trans Missis-
sipDi congress viii probably be greatly
impressed by the change that has come
over St. Louis in the last few years. Until
recently the city has been considered by
the outside world, as essentially a south
ern town, and has been proud because
thereof. The aspect of its streets was
ike that of other cities in the south; it's
business men were accustomed to go
about their occupations after the leis-
urely fashion of southerners, and the soft
ened accent of those who dwell below
Mason and Dixons line predomlnated
everywhere St. Louisians liked TO do
business to be sure but they were fond
OF taking their time about IT. They long
claimed that their town was as progress
siFe and as rapidly increasing in size as
the hustllng wide-awake neighbor on the
shore Of Lake Michigan, but all the same
they failed to reach out and capture the
prizes Of material advancement that were
taken by the Chicasoans, and so. as surely
as night follows the day, St. Louis dropped
behind.
Now, however, st. Louis is beginning to
put forth the forward foot. Her business
men seem al last to have learned the les
son that if You would win you must strive;
that in order to get your share of trade
you must do your share of advertising and
general 'hustling" and moreover. that if
You would have your city take a foremost
place, you must be possessed of lots Of
public spirit Much of this is undoubtedly
due TO the recent extensive influx of
northern blood and capital, for now the
sharper and more nasal accent of the
Yankee and the western man, who is
simply another edition Of the Yankee is
to be heard everywhere upon the streets
of the metropolis of the Mississippi val
ley Besides those business men who are
st. Louis born seem, many of them, to
have caught the Infection and they too
are bestring themselves to get their share
of what is going in the way of trade and
manufacture, and the result is cheering to
the visitor, and will no doubt be of vast
benefit to the city.
Whether St Louis will ever succeed with
the cities that have been more enterpris-
ing in The past, is a question that time only
can answer. /. d. Marshall