The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-12-02

ments of the Northwest. The maps of
these explorers as shown today are
substantially a reflection of the sur
face Of the interior as now existing.
save that 1t is crossed by bands of
steel linking the East and the West
in the commerce Of the world.
The work Of the missionaries brought
little in the form of product so far as
the mere question Of souls saved was
concerned. The predominating spirit
inspired the legions on the guidons
land ahead" From the very incep-
ton Of the expedition the dream was
paramount that there was an ocean be-
yond. Jefferson knew this and referred
to 1t In his instructions. But how lit
tie did those pioneers appreciate the
fact that they were blazing the way of
the worlds commerce right through the
very avenue which the dreamers of
live centuries previous had marked
out as the line of connection between
the commerce of the East eliminating
on the shores of Portugal and the
Netherlands and finally of England.
with some distant territory then un-
explored.
THE NORTHWEST AS A GATEWAY.
st. Paul and Minneapolis comprise
community which, as the eastern ter
mfnal points Of two great transconti-
mental railway systems, constitute the
gateway through which vast supplies
in the way Of manufactures must be
transported for centuries to come, for
the use by the enormous population
of the Oriental countries. Meanwhile,
the products of cereals and live stock
throughout the entire Northwestern
area or territory must be ever increas-
ing as time goes on for the constantly
multiplying numbers of consumers, The
immens1ty Of this approaching era of
industrial activity and It's Importance
to the future of the country can no
more be computed even by the minds
whose operations have combined to
create the existing facilities for the
conduct Of the worlds commerce than
could ACKNOWLEDGMENT In his destruc-
ton of Sidon have foretold the COM
Ing proportions Of the commerce Of the
globe. China, Japan and India in their
entirety are rapidly coming, through
natural processes, to be feeders upon
and absOrbers Of the products Of the
United States. The Northwest passage
to India has been discovered, but In q
long deferred age from that in which
they lived who first sought 1t.
CONCLUSION.
And no one can fail to be impressed
While he considers the advance of COM
merce during the nineteenth century
with its numerous appliances evolved
from inventive minds that every force
which has been developed within this
era and which has proved so essential
In the details Of it's promotion
has existed from the beginning Of
time. Steam power has existed since
fire and water came together, but it
remained for the genius Of the eigh-
teenth and nineteenth centuries to de-
Velop the tremendous force Of this little
vein OF heated mist. Electricity, as re-
cent scientific discovery has proved, is
one Of the great elemental powers of
the universe, existing from the very
dawn Of creation but the function of
snatching the secrets of it's power de-
volved upon printer OF the
eighteenth century after Christ.
These two great agencies, steam and
electricity, seem to have been reserved
by the Almighty for His purposes in
ultimately bringing together the con-
Meeting links of the worlds commerce.
There Is today splendor in the
lightning fash, an eloquence in the
voice Of the thunder, and a magnifi-
cence in the cloud of steam which
spreads itself in rainbow form in the
presence Of the sun, which were un-
dreamed Of by all those who enjoyed
the ancient elnries Of the Orient