The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-11-07

Northern together control the
Burlington system. Neither Mr..
Morgan nor Mr. Hill controlsit
but the executive committee that
may be formed out Of both the
Northern Pacific and Great
Northern directories. Mr.. Hill
is the Great Northern directory.
Mr.. Morgan may be the North
ern Pacific directory, if he will
to have It so. But will he not
find it desirable to withdraw
from that particular proposition?
\ Mr.. Morgan Is the Jupiter Of
the United States steel corpora-
ton. Thateoncern manufactures
two thirds of all the steel made
in the United States. Its freight
interests are vast beyond con-
It can make and nm
make the freight business Of the
future for any stransc mental
line, if # can $50 master events
that no rival shall spring up.
But Mr.. Morgan, SO long as he
shall continue Jupiter, can hardly
desire TO Eunmalke the freight
business Of any great line. On
the contrary, it is to his interest
to make business for all of them.
He will therefore, seek peace at
any cost, with the other trans
continental lines, with Gould,
Hartman and Rockefeller. And
that means that Mr.. ELL will not
have his whole way in the North
ern Pacific conflict, at present.
What, then, will he do? What
has he up his arm pits? For his
cards are certainly played with
the courage Of one who has cards
hidden deeper than the elbow.
The facts seem to be that he
has been slowly and gradually
gathering properties on the
Minnesota iron ranges that will
make him another iron king on
his own account; that he has
already fortified himself by
plenty of iron range railway
mileage; that he has coal mines
Eof his own, and an abundance Of
water powers, and can in two
years time put upon the west
ern market iron and steel struc-
tural material at aprice as low as
that of the United States steel
corporation; that he will have his
own steamships to Asiatic .coun-
tries, and can make Of the Great
Northern railway, III spite Of all
other ventures, the most profit
able railway line in the west.
On the other hand, Mr.. Morgan
and his steel corporation cannot
afford To imperil their interests
Eby 4 quarrel With Haf1ri imam and
his railways, for they tise iron and
steel iii enormous quantities, and
have besides resources iii flnan-
cial circles that cannot beignored.
Mr.. Morgan will not quarrel
with them if he can avoid it, Y
50 that out Of the imbroglio Of
the Burlington Northern Pacific
Great Northern railways the
PIONEER predicts d present peace
from which will come nothing but
|good It's all parties Interested, no
matter which way it goes to
Hill or Hartman Mr.. Hills
strength 81 position il. vet to be
made manifest, butt viii come.
Since the above was put in type
the Minneapolis papers announce
that Judge Collins will not allow
his name TO be used against Van
SAINT. That isl remarkable COM
pliment tothe governor, against
whose big heart no one seems to
care to take q bracer, though
they all admit and argue on the
@. 4. that he cannot possibly be
|lelected over John Lind in an off
year. Now, What il 1.-THE use Of
all this quiet gossip, If no one
hates the governor badly enough
to get into the field against him?
JUDGE COLLINS.
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