The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-06-16
CAN BETTER REACH MARKETS
A DESIRABLE STATE IN WHICH
TO COMMENCE BUSINESS.
G. j. Whellams Tells Why Mime
sofa is an Excellent State for
Any Branch of Industry.

State Capitol, ST. Paul, Mimi
Much has been heard, much has
been written, and much more will be
said and written of the resources of
Minnesota, which is to day one of the
most progressive states in the Union.
With the extension of the rapid set
Element of the Northwest and the
extension of the railroad to the Pa
cific ocean, Minnesota opened up a
home market, and created a demand
for goods to such an extent, that the
capacity of the present manufactur-
ing plants situated in the state is
not adequate to meet the demand.
This is evidenced by the huge volume
of business annually done by the
Jobbing Houses of the Twin Cities
and Duluth, representing outside in
dustries and which sell almost every
article of manufacture throughout
the state, the northwestern states
and Canada, their sales running into
many millions of dollars yearly, with
the trade increasing from 10 per
cent to 25 per cent annually in some
lines of goods.
A manufacturer looking for de-
sirable state in which to commence
business or establish a branch of his
INDUSTRY, will at once realize that
he can better reach the markets of
the Northwestern states and the Ca
madam Northwest from Minnesota,
than from the older states, and save
the cost of freight on his manufac-
tured product. The master crafts
man when seeking a location in
which to commence business, makes
his choice of the state and locality
in the state that in his Judgment
best meets his requirements, as to
freight rates, railroad facilities,
rents, taxes, population, agricultural
resources, and then figures, will man.
ufacturing pay?
The territory west, through to the
Pacific Coast. comprises an empire,
the consuming facilities of which
will grow to great proportions. That
region is tributary to this state. The
raw material obtainable in Mime
sofa is diversified and extensive, and
water power is abundant. It's prox-
unity to Lake Superior ports means
cheap coal. The manufacturing in
dustry in this state is rapidly in
creasing.
The average man hardly apprecl-
ates tie prospects before the North
west as a whole, and as stated, Min
nesota occupies, with reference to
the regions northwest and southwest,
a decidedly favorable position. The
general basis of local and interstate
freight rates to and from points in
Minnesota. is as favorable as any in
effect in any state of correspond
ing population, and at all times a
manufacturer will find railroads not
only willing but glad to so adjust
their transportation charges, as to
permit manufacturers within this
state. to compete with those located
outside the state.
When one remembers that the state
of Minnesota, few decades since,
was frontier state. and that it now
ranks twelfth among all the big
states of the country in the product
of it's manufacturing interests; tenth
in car building; eleventh in manu-
facture of boots and shoes; ninth in
printing, and sixth in manufacture
of butter and cheese, one is apt to
pause and wonder where is Mime
sota's market.
Our National Market, known as the
Middle and the Pacific Northwest,
which is tributary to every merchant
and manufacturer located in Mime
sofa, contains a population of $685.
576, and an area of 913,835 square
miles. Add to this the great area
of the Canadian Northwest, which
will be readily accessible to this
state when reciprocity is obtained
land it will be obtained ere long),
then when all the unoccupied areas
of this immense empire shall have
been filled with a thriving and pros
porous farming population, the de-
mand for manufactured and mercan-
tile products will have multiplied in
almost geometrical progression.
Where to Locs
This is a question hard for me to
answer and be impartial, as each
CITY and town in Minnesota has so
many inducements and charms, par
ticularly their own
The opportunities for manufacturing
industries in st. Paul, Minneapolis
and Duluth are so numerous and I'M
mense, that it is impossible to do
Justice to them in this synopsis OF
Manufacturing opportunities IN MIR
nesota," in the limited space at my
command.
Inc W1uSAld DOotIu VI = ANoS 81 ~
"Winona has advantages as place
for manufacturing, cheap help, no
labor troubles, surrounded with a
timber district of pine and hard
wood and good railroad facilities.
The citizens have a disposition to
encourage manufacturers OF all kinds.
Within the last five years, over two
million dollars being invested in man
ufacturing propositions OF different
kinds"
The Mayor of Saltwater says:
"Stillwater has excellent transpor-
tation facilities both by railroad and
water and cheap electric power. Our
citizens are at all times ready to
back a deserving enterprise with
their good dollars. While we offer
nothing in the line of bonus, we
have large amount of Saltwater
money ready to be invested with ia the
right parties in legitimate indus
tries"
The Civic Improvement Association