The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-09

berry and undue obedience to the inter-
ests of certain powerful corporations
The feeling is quite general that compe-
tltion In the letting Of city contracts has
been eliminated, and that by so doing
the greatest safeguard to our most Inn
portant interest has been overthrown
AS election time approaches you can
make yourselves felt in the primaries, in
your respective parties, but if you fail
to secure the nomination of good men
don't hesitate to annihnate bad ones at
the polls.
st. PauI-Its Future.
century or so ago one of the sages
of the period, in his research of natural
laws, made the remarkable discovery that
all the great laVigable rivers in their
| course to the sea invariably passed the
| big cities.
| had some intimation of the eternal fit
ness of things when he shaped his course
| past the present great and prospectiveiy
| greater city of St. Paul, thereby saw
| ing the trouble of changing his chronog-
raphy to relocate the head of navigation
| at the Capitol City. BY taking time by
| the forelock, and doing it right in the
| first instance, he reduced the offense to
| our sister city at the Falls of ST. An
| thony to a minimum.
| That ST. Paul will grow rapidly into a
| very large city l see little reason to
doubt. Its prosperity and growth at the
| time in its history has it given greater
| evidence of its thrift and stability. 1t is
! not boom growth, but one of health
| and v1gor, and there is ample reason for
| 1t IN the natural conditions that sustain
and fortify it. Here we are at the head
| OF navigation of the greatest river of
| the continent, midway between the At
lantic and Pacific oceans in the midst
| of the finest agricultural country in the
! world, within easy touch of the vast min
| eral districts of Lake Superior amply
supplied with stone and timber and at
| the gateway of the finest grazing coun-
try IN North America. We are also the
center of the great railway systems of
the Northwest that reaches by the most
Qlrect routes every important business
center In the country besides spanning
| the. continent and putting us in close
touch With the Pacific states, the Pacific
Islands. China and Japan, the trade of
| which, with the United States. is so rap
! idly increasing. At the present time We
do not realize the full value of these
commercial prospects to us as a city,
but located as we are on two Of the
great transcontnental highways over
which much Of this vast. traffic must go
and come, it is but natural that we shall
profit by it extensively.
There are three essential factors to the
upbu1ldlng Of great city, one of which
| advantageous locality) is all important
and of which, SO far as st. Paul is con-
cerneo, L nave just spoken. The fixed
laws OF trade require this, and the eff
Tort TO build commercial or manufac-
turing city without navigation or railway
faculties, without water power, without
lumber or mineral resources, and barren
OF tributary agricultural territory, would
1ah Under such conditions manufac-
lures could not exist and business sta o.
nation would result.
The second essential is capital and
credit. With both Of these business con-
ndence is unquestfoned. Without them
material progress would halt and bust
al
both money and credit, the united agen-
cy of which impels the machinery OF
commerce and imparts vigOr and activity
to trade.
The third requisite. and in nv opinion
the most important, is the quality of the
people. Without broad men, moral men
ana men OF energy and ability no great
city has ever been built or ever will
De, no matter what the other ADVANTAGES
may be-
To sum it up: 1t is the genius of man
grasplng every resource at his command
using every possible agency, laboring
with Dra1n and muscle. 1t is his untir-
ing effort, his zeal, intelligence and cour
age, his -seff-conhdence and self-reliance
his confidence in his fellow man and his
them great
With the, advent of the new century
coo DRESSINGS seem. to have been ,un-
stIntlhgly shoWered upon us as ma
eron ;1 our mfluenee throughout the
word is. growing. Our manufactures
| are increasing in a. phenomenal way@ and
| now constitute q large part of our expor-
| ttallofls, thus establishing. us as a mann
taeturlng as well as an agricultural coun-
,oo Our total expectations during the wear
| i9Ol reached the enormous total of S1 a9S :
$500, exceeding our imports $52S 0eS. 764
instead Of debtor nation, we have be-
Come d creator nation with everv nros
pect Of so continuing There is no aIl es-
uon or our prosperous condition. Ter
/ US nope that it may continue. and tnat
t tne american people will be able to re-
tam us rep1 alton as the most rushins .
ana progressive, as we'll as the hanniasf
nation Of the civilized world. '''t