The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-17
OF MORT Invest
. AsT0UNDs GEN. miles.
PREDICTS EVEN GREATER DEvEL-
oPMENT IN 25 YEARS.
Former Commander Of United States
Army Points to Influences at Work
Which Are Bound to Create Greater
Empire In the Great Northwest
Guardedly Talks Of Beef Scandal.

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Leaning back In an easy chair at the
West hotel, General Nelson A. Miles,,
who has seen service in three wars, and
has represented his country abroad in
important capacities, talked interest.
ingly yesterday about the greatness OF
the west:
cit seems marvellous" said he. the
change in the northwest since / first
campaigned it against the Sioux In
| dams, following the Custer massacre in
1876 Now cities and towns ,! have sprung
do not see why the development Of this
section Of the country within the TWEEN.
ty-fve or thirty years to come should
not be as great and rapid as in the
past decade.
cattle, or mined it. found difficulty in
disposing Of his product. He had to
haul it or, float it to market, sometimes
hundreds of miles away. Now, the rail
road is at his door, and the electric
trolley car will soon be one Of the con-
veniences Of the farmer. The products
of farm, mine or grazing land, either
manufactured or In tho raw. can be sent
east OF west, to Europe or. to the orr
ent, in response to the demand.
Immigration al an Aid. ~''' =
Immigration gives benefit to the
it's detriment that the poorer classes
coming from Europe are wont to, set.
tie in the cities. They crowd the tene-
ment districts and become dependents
instead of producers. The best of them
come to the west and till the land. The
next generation finds their descendants
prosperous, educated and thoroly Ameri.
| &c nj 3o hot L. b.
the west develop more rapidly than 1t
has:
"Draw line north and south thru
the United States so as to divide the
country in half, and you will find,
think, that not over 8 per cent, o,
100000 Of people, of the popu
lation is located in the west, and still
and mineral resources than the east, and
there is no reason why it's manufacture
ing should not keep pace with other
lines of progress. =
} Impressed with Colleges.
"On this trip I have been VISITING
tcolleges in Illinois, Nebraska and Col
,, orado, and 7 have been greatly i'm
,, pressed with the splendid work they ar,
teal education. The agricultural de
} partments Of these. colleges. teach tn
= students the resources and adaptabilit,
of the soil; what crops can be, grow
with the best results; how, cattle cal
be best reared for the markets. teacl
them the economies in farming, an
give them the benefits derived from ex
! periments that are made in the interes
Of science. Because of this the west i
!, being peopled with class of farmer
= who get results Of which their ancestor
knew but little.''
3 General Miles was quite willing II
:, talk upon topics Of political signifcanc
+ in general way only. He didn't car
q to, outline any opinion Of the .Roose
. welt policy even as to. the Philippines
E He said broadly: =. 49, .e.,1 - ~
d followed with regard to the Philippine
9 as; that which we had for Cuba.' Civ
f those people their own government an
: their island, reserving for: the U nite
e States, as with Cuba, certain strategeti
positions that can be used to safe
n guard our interests and enable us t
f exercise a paternal influence over tn
f new republic. This could be don
j. within twelve months. The Filipino
h are as fit for self-government zas wei
8 the Cubans. believe that 80 per Ger
It Of the American people are in, fava
of this solution of the question, tina
t. confronts US in the orient..">,;1 ss;0
- - - 3. -.~ -: 4:~& rs .4Tr@%s
+ His Views on Russia. 49, 49,. -
= OF Russia, General Miles said:. I'M
. view Of the situation is hopeful on
Il I do not believe that there will be-
f great revolution. think the govern
- ment is disposed to give the people fu
Their recognition, and that it is actin
in good faith. It will take time to e
II tablish constitutional government !
"a country Of such vast proportion
50 80 peopled in large part by only sem
y. It required many years for France al
a Germany to come to it and it will /
,e the same with Russia. I have con-
n. dence, however, that the government
in acting in good faith and it is probabl
f: lbetter for the masses that power shouI
st come to them gradually"
~. The Meat Scandal.
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