The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

for Winnipeg and Manitoba; from Fargo.
N. D.. southwest to Edgeley, the trains
between St. Paul and Winnipeg running
through and not breaking the trip;
from Jamestown. N. D., north to
Leeds: from Livingston. Mont. south
soula, Mont. northwest to Wal
lace, in the Occur d'Alene country, and
south to Hamilton and Grantsdale, in the
Bitter Root valley; from Spokane. Wash,
south thru the Palouse region to Lewis
ton, Idaho, and the Clearwater and Buf-
falo Hump country, and west into the
Big Bend region; from Pasco. Wash.
south into the Walla-walla country; from
Seattle, Wash, north to the international
boundary; from or near Tacoma to the
coast at Hoquiam, Ocosta and South
Bend; from Kalama to Vancouver, Wash,
How 1t Has Helped the Country.
And what has the railway done for tho
country? The population Of 100000 IN 1870
had become nearly 2, 100000 In 1890, ana 1t
will now aggregate at least S'oOoooo. -Four
large cities on the eastern border, st.
Paul, Minneapolis, the Superiors and Du-
luth; four in the middle zone, Butte. Hell
| ena, Anaconda and Spokane, and four on
Pacific tide water, Victoria, Seattle, Ia
coma and Portland, have risen to great
| commercial centers.
The iron mines Of Wisconsin and Min
| uCSOId dllu Lllc SOlOB c1lNCiS SoPPSi eIAAe
| coal interests Of North Dakota, Montana,
| Idaho. Washington and Oregon have be-
come Of national importance. From Min
nesota, North Dakota and Manitoba the
world is supplied with its choicest butter,
wheat and -four; the Dakota and Montana
ranges pasture as fine sheep and cattle
as the eastern markets supply; the fruits
of Montana, Idaho, Washington and Ore
gon have national reputation and are
new shipped to feed the bluestockings and
bean eaters Of the far-away east and Bos-
ton During the year 1899 Minnesota,
North Dakota and Montana shipped 159,-
| 600, 600 bushels Of wheat; Washington and
Oregon raised, for the same year, 4S,6o0,-
| 900 bushels Of the same cereal; and Mon
world, produced precious metals to the
value Of more than $51 900, 900 during 1898.
The Pacific and Orient.
On the shores Of the Pacific q great
commerce has sprung up, and the wheat
of interior Oregon and Washington is car
ried to the Puget sound and Columbia
river ports, from whence 1t is shipped al
flour to Australia, Hawaii. Japan, China,
South America. etc.
Washington timber and shingles are be-
| ing shipped in train loads across the con-
tinent, and also to foreign countries, and
North Pacific coast fish canneries ship
their products in every direction.
In the beginning Of this article It was
stated that the oriental trade was, from
| the first, considered an important matter.
From the inception Of the enterprise to
the present time, thru all changes Of
management. the development Of the
Asiatio commerce has been looked for
ward to and fostered.
In 1860 Mr.. Aldrich, from the committee
on Pacific railroad, reported to the house
| Of representatives that the Northern Pa
| cific route would be the shortest line
across the continent, and also the short
est combined land and water route be-
tween Europe and Asia He called par
ticular attention to the trade that was to
be expected in teas, spaces, furniture,
silks and goods of cotton manufacture.