Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-04-27
tFrom Bonds and Mortgages


The march of events in the develop
ment of the nation is giving to the
great west the grandest opportunity
in the history Of America, The mighty
standing and a prosperity that is mar
velous, and it comes as the result of
conditions over which congresses and
legislatures have little influence.
1t is one of the noticeable facts in
The financial and business conditions
of this time that the eyes of the coun-
try are on the western states. The
crops. the banks. the money supply.
and the disposition of the people are
watched with an eagerness that is I'M
eXampled. 1t is the apotheosis of the
great wheat and corn section of the
nation The stock-raisine regions
have always been able to care for
themselves, but the small farmer is
now in the ascendancy. as he is situat-
ed in the west. particularly in the
northwest The southwest has had
its innings in the past, and while it
has some attention and there are many
thousands of new settlers in that part /
of the newer states. the great bulk of
the immigration is nearer to the
northern border of the United States
4 great deal of talk is appearing in
loose sort of way in the papers re-
garding the AmericaniZation of Ca
nada,r and referring to the settlement
of Americans on the northern side of
the border-line between the two ma
tions. 1t is not to be taken too seri
ously. In the first place there is too
much of Canada for the slowly seeping
immigration from this country to
change it materially in its social
aspects. The immigration from Eu-
rope and from eastern Canada to the
eastern provinces is nearly as large
as that from this nation. The Gus
toms and manners, the politics and
the surroundings are against any ma
the line Then, as is shown in our
correspondence this issue, there is a
limit to the real wheat region of cen
tral North America, and that limit
does not give to western Canada the
same conditions for perfect grain rails
ing as are attained in the northwest
ern states
At times there may seem to be a re-
versal of the laws which govern the
production of wheat and corn in this
country, but on the whole. after the
whole range of years has been taken
into effect, the old rules obtain. Ca
NADIA has opportunities, to be sure, but
building up of a great business en-
pire as exist in the states of North
Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska Min
nesota, Montana and others that bOr-
der on them. The people who have
made their homes in these growing
commonwealths are of the best class
of the nations citizens; they have
the education and the ability to win;
they are located in a section where
nature has lent its greatest and best
efforts in giving prosperity and happi-
ness
After all is said and all the praise
has been spoken. the great fact re-
mains that the investor feels more con-
tented with his holdings if they be in
his own country. He is not familiar
with the laws and customs OF foreign
nations. and while he may be assured
that there will be nothing done that
will injure him, he cannot outgrow an
uneasiness that causes him anxiety
Hence it is that there is forever in ex-
istence an influence that attracts to
America the investments Of Ameri-
cans When it is added that there is
in the American soil as great richness,
and in the American skies as fair a
promise. the reason for an extension
OF the investment field outside the
borders Of this nation must be very
strong to win.
II takes something more than a
wheat crop to make section success
. full. A single year Of immigration O.
the coming OF several years Of develop
ment are not enough to give assul
ance that there will be the kind c
. permanency that is desired for the pei
. pie who have their savings at stalk