The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-21
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the EngliShRyarns from the MancheS-
ter district, / asked them to take a
hundred bales of American cotton, and
| II they were not satisfied would pay
| for the cotton, If it did not sufficiently
Improve the quality of their yarns to
make 1t worth their while. The result
mas been that every year they are in
creasing the amount of their pur-
| chases of cotton from the United
| States. (Applause.) And there Is no
reason why that should not increase
! indefinitely
We have been compelled to refuse
in single month 10000 or 10000 bales
| of cotton because there were no ships;
no ocean transportation to carry it.
The Cheapest Route to the Orient.
| Now, the gentlemen from the South
| VINO are interested in this cotton may
| be rather surprised to learn that the
shortest, or at any rate what is most
important to them, the cheapest route
| to the Orient for all their products is
by way of Puget sound. (Applause.)
Last year we carried over 80 per cent
| OF all cotton. that went there.
Th1S Oriental trade to us is an Incl
| dent to our other business. 1t it were
not that we have other traffic from the
| Western and Middle Western states
| OF this country, we should feel much
less interest in the growth of the
/ Oriental traffic.
Lumber Saves the Situation.
But we have today calls for more
| cars than we can possibly furnish to
load lumber for the East from the
Pacific coast. We cannot bring an
empty car 2,400 or $500 miles to haul
lumber back unless we increased the
rate on lumber so or SIS per cent higher
/ than it is today. 1t is for that reason
that we have, I might say, an unlimit-
ed amount of east-bound traffic wait
/ ing TO come East as fast as we can
! furnish the cars; and in that lumber
from the Pacific coast seeking mar
ket in the great Middle Western states
and the Eastern states, because it goes
East to Portland, Me-, to Boston,
| Springfield, Hartford, New York, Will.
m1ngton and Baltimore-that lumber
is the foundation of the movement to
the West of this Oriental traffic. 1t
enables US ito make a rate on that
| traffic. might say it enables us to
| lay y1otent.T1handS on it and take it
| from any competitor, simply because
| we cans afford to, rather than haul
| empty carssto the coast.
Will Compete With. New York.
Within a few months we will have.
In that trade two of the largest carry
ing ships in the world, which with five
others 9tWo7of which are on the Paci-
~ OSOe1AA cli4O- lIIGf lU1Eu Oh Way
| Lhere) Will, make "a respectable feet.
| We will then be able to compete i'll
/ New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Balti-
/ more or any Atlantic seaport with
/ ships going, by the Suez canal to the
| Orient. :. lApplause.)1 Not a town or
| village in the United States produc-
| ing anything that they use but can get
| a rate to the Orient by way OF the
+ Pacific ocean as low as 1T can he-ca
RED from the Atlantic by sea. (Ap-
| plause.) That will help the older por-
I lions Cof the country, the Middle and
Eastern states more than 1t Will help
the country beyond the Mississippi -.
Resources of an Empire.
Your countryside Trans mississippi
country-has great resources. It's
wonderful agricultural possibilities
| ana Its great mineral resources are
only partially developed. Some of the
| states have an abundance of coal and
/ iron. think Utah may look forward
| to the tinne whenAit wilF rival in its
resources Of coal and iron any state in
the Union. Applause from the Utah
/ section.)
But who will develop it? That takes
time. 1t takes faith. 1t takes men
VINO 90 not spend their time on the
plause) There isn't time. Life is too
short. They must buckle ON their
armor and do something. They must
go on and do things. - =
1.g Minnesota's Iron Product. 'asE'1
/ A few years ago man would ohave
been called wild who said that Mime
/ sofa would lead all the states of the
Union and all the districts in the world
as producer of iron ore. But it is
mere In lS96-six years ago-8. 900. !.
| 900 or 100000 tons of iron ore left
4 for. r
Last year there were over Fl 600. 600
| tons OF IRON ore left Lake Superior for
/ Lake Erie ports. Last year there were
| over 215000,000 tons. This year. if it
/ were possible to handle the cargoes out
of the ships on the Lake Erie ports. it
would reach z5,000,00O tons. And you
cannot today buy "a. large bill Of iron
or steel and contract, to have it de-
I1vered, with penalty for non-de-
| livery, anywhere in the United States.
They cannot. fill their orders, the de-
| mand has grown so fast and so great
The Day of America Is Here.
Now, take iron in the states west
or the MiSsisSippf-and iron and steel
and coat are sources of wealth to
every nation. Great Britain, the most
successfnl commercial nation the
world mas ever seen, you may take
her commerce and mark it's progress
by the development of her iron in
dustries. The clock of Great Britain to-
day has struck IL, and America leads
the world and America can lead the
| world. {Applause.)
But the time viii come when your
| iron supply will overtake your home.
| local demand. What will become Of
| iron In Utah. However rich it has. In
any direction, to be hauled long dis
| lance to market How can it COM
pete in the East with iron that travels
1000 or l,200 miles less? How can it go
to the West when there are deposits
| or iron ore and coal within fifty, TWEEN
ty and ten miles of the ocean?
/ These questions can be partially
solved by transportation. And the
| transportation of the United States to-
day is a system that is the wonder
| of. the world.
A Worlds Wonder.
The average rate paid in Great Brit
ain for moving ton of freight 100
miles is $2.35; In France 1t is a little
more than 81; in Germany, with gov
eminent railroads, / think it is ST 90.
in Russia, with government railroads.
| where labor is very cheap, it is S1.75.
The average rate in the United States
is II cents. (Applause.) In Russia To-
comotiYe engineers get about 60 cents
| day; in the United States thew get
an average of 81 a day. But the loco
motive in the United States will pull
the load of Five or six Russian loco
| motives.
/ A Problem for Posterity.
But TRANSFORMATION, if Won sbonld
wipe 1t out If it was furnished for
nothingsc cannot solve all your prob
/ lens. IL transportation was absolutely
/ free, you would have other questions
enteringi into the cost of production
that Will have to be solved. We won't