The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-03-18
CT r RE>OU RCJS.

OR RESOURCES.
- % far Is things to eat. to drink, to
wear and to amuse use 90 We Amer
cans would Get along perfectly well il
We were slut, by an impossible block
ajp, from all the rest of the world, "
saws the Statistician We have no
call to 20 abroad for tobacco. The world
i,as to come to Us for that, and whether
iu tie Connecticut valley, where the
s,.eI wrapper, Indispensable in the
Manufacture Of cigars, is grown, or in
Virginia. the native home of the tobac-
90 plant, az IN Louisiana, with its plan
tuti0hs on which is produced the fra
grant ami potent pcrique, there is no
tu'iaeeo Ip any other land, save Cuba,
10 sGlurare with ours. Then in the
matter Of liquors, distilled or matt, and
wires, what have we got to ask Of other
countries? We produce more whisky
aud better whisky than any other couu-
Try except France; and as for rum.
approved ~ the wise as the best and
safest liquor to drink, enough is made
il one locality in Massachusetts to sup
)iv tire needs Of America and 10 load
the many vessels sent yearly Tor the
ciylliziug and Outstanding of Africa.
Astounding liquors, we have breweries
rnOu to- supply all our demands and
mon, our country produces the malt
ing grain and hops requisite in pure
a!cs and beers, and II ere is practically
u.n limit To the extent TO which this
Ireduclinu may be increased. Cali
tgLula Ohio, New York aud New Jersey
VINEYARDS yield pure wines in great va
rrtfE. many Kinds being close counter
parts Of the choice European wines
from which they take their names.
of wheat ana Indian corn il is
needless to refer to the vast surplus
Which yearly we send to Europe. The
same applies to our exports of cattle,
dressed beef and pork. While some
oats and barley, poultry. eggs and dairy
products are brought into this country
from Canada, our dependence on this
source arises simply from the CONNER
cjai consideration Of cheapness. In the
item OF fruit We have, az in all our past,
4 ~nperabuuGance. American ice ships
sailing TO the East Indies at a time as
Jar back as forty years ago carried hun
drcis Of barrels Of Baldwin apples,
packed in every cargo, and now the
shipment u apples, apricots, nectarines
and ai}ed fruit to Enrope cuts consid-
cradle Of a figure i'll our commerce.
For sugar we at present depend
mainly upon Cuba. Porto Rico, Hawaii
ami the Philippines. We're our COM
muuiyatlou with these islands to be cut
OF, 4 single years preparation would
he sufficient to - increase the area OF
cultivation of the cane in the Gulf
States, Of sorghum IN all the Western
ana Middle states. and OF the sugar beet
i'll every state, and TO establish plants
and all the machinery for grinding,
hniI.n. and refining in such number as
would assure the people OF this country
au uGs,juted supply. Rasin grapes and
crops ana the cotton seed of the south
crn plantations vields an oil which for
every cooking purpose Is a substitute
for olive oil"
II tact with our wide variety OF soil
climate and altitude, there are few of the
accessories or Injuries of life We now
,r.uy. even TO tea and coffee, could not
~ Raised III tile Jnited ,;tatesi. we were
uaab.e 70 secure them elsewhere. For
,tuta:ag We produce wool and cotton
\u-ara soat- flax and hemp, and our
tatsog.c, are more than sufficient for
lie manufacture OF every fabric needed
tor wearing or tor domestic use. Ostrich
feathers, egrets' plumcs, sable. marten,
mink. fisher, ermlne, beaver and black
ana gray foN, mountain lion, wolf, bear
AID -a4uar skins. are ohtaiuabIe by
those who would array themselves in
iUr> ana feathers. and even diamonds
are ia abundance, In minerals We have
-o.i, silver. copper, IRON, lead; timbe
aud fish IneNhaustIble. and then We
are the greatest machine making an
machine using people in the world.
Ii :ay,." adds the >tltistician. we
are s4c most iudereudeu;and resource.
tul people tia, the world has ever
seen.
Which statement We have no incl,
station II dispute