The Bemidji pioneer., 1903-02-05
Official County and City Paper
AIN UNBELIEYING DOG.

The BEMIDJI PIONEER has had
more roasts administered to 1t
because Of tits attitude upon the
merger of the Great Northern,
the Northern Pacific and the
Burlington roads, than probably
we're ever before administered
to any country newspaper in the
state of Minnesota. 1t is with
exceptional interest, therefore,
that it clips the following items
from the last issue of the North
western Miller of Minneapolis,
under Tacoma heading:
The British ship Kinross is
taking on a cargo of wheat fol
Japan, the first full cargo OF
wheat ever consigned to Japan
from Puget Sound.
The China Mutual liner Moy-
une sailed this morning for Liv-
erpool, via the Griunt and the
Suez canal. She carried mis-
cellaneous cargo, in which were
77,42O sacks Of flour. For Yoko-
hama she had 5000 sacks Of -four
and Is cases offour mill machin
cry. Flour destined for other
ports we're as follows: Kobe,
1860 sacks; Moi, 600 sacks;
Shanghai, 1000 sacks; Hongkong,
$500 sacks; Manila, 100 sacks.
That the first full cargo Of
wheat ever consigned to Japan
ese port from Puget Sound
should have found it necessary
to go in British ship, ought to
speak something for the enter
prise of Mr.. James j. Hill in un-
dertaking to enlarge the Ameri-
con shipping interests upon the
Pacific Ocean. So much for the
first item. ..-..
And that a Chinese steamer
should have taken out of Tacoma
probably the first cargo Of mer
chandise destined for Liverpool
by way Of the Suez Canal, is, in
a way, an instant demonstration
of Mr.. Hills statement that his
two lines Of trans continental
railway must in the future COM
pete with the Suez Canal for the
Oriental business and that If Me
continues to carry goods destined
for Aslatic ports, he must do SO
upon scale which will enable
him to carry with the very small
est margin of profit; and that in
order to accomplish that he must
have control Of the local traffic,
of both lines of road, which
wonld act as feeders for his enor-
nous ocean carriers. In other
words, he must carry by whole
sale rather than by retail. large
sales and small profits"
The following paragraph is
taken from the Minneapolis col
umn of the Northwestern Miller
of the same date, and The Pho
NEER respectfully calls the atten-
tion Of it's country contempor
aries and subscribers to the fact
that not one of the Minneapolis
newspapers has made a note of
this shipment, nor given Mr..
Hill credit for even making a be-
ginning at the Oriental traffic in
anticipation of the completion of
his big steamers:
'rhePillsbury company Thurs
day DO ,ked an order for 1000
obiS. VI houl w 80 w piAS Lllll-
ippine Islands. This Is the first
business that has been done by
Minneapolis mills with the new
possessions of the United States
in the Orient. The -four is to go
via the Pacific coast, President
James J. Hill making freight
rates via the Great Northern
road that helps to place this
trade within the reach of north
western millers." Il
The eminent fairness of the
Minneapolis papers in dealing
with Mr.. Hill and his interests
would be very much more appar-
ent if they had even mentioned
this shipment as a matter of
news, and not left it to the only
trade journal in the northwest
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