The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-29
Coming Our Way.

GONE years ago a number of Minneapolis business
/ - men, approaching the value to this city Of
market for cattle, sheep and swine, undertook to
establish at New Brighton stockyards and packing
houses which should afford that market. For sew
eral reasons however, the enterprise did not succeed
The object of the pubc-sprited citizens who under
took that task to add to the commercial and in
dusria life Of Minneapolis the most important feature
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great manufacturing town, a producer Of more flour
than any other city in the world the largest primary
wheat market and the center of the flax trade. The
northwest however, is producing in increasing guam
tity every year product which has found market
at this point-a product, too, which manufactured
here would add greatly not only to the total output
in the form of a class Of products, but the
facture Of which would contribute to the growth and
prosperity of every other commercial and financial
interest in the city.
Altho that plan did not then succeed, Minneapolis
has continued to prosper and since the opening Of the
present century has grown with such rapdity and
substantially to attract the favorable attention
of the entire country Minneapolis prospered without
packing industry. It will prosper still when
of Importance Is established and that is to
be done. Readers Of T he Journal have already
had of the enterprise and may find in this paper
today further particulars Of the plans of the Armour
company, who to establish stockyards and pack
lighthouses in Northeast Minneapolis.
Probably enterprise has conferred
upon Minneapolis greater commercial advantage and
prominence than may reasonably be expected from
the large undertaking at the head Of which is MI. J.
Ogden Armour. The immediate investment of five
millions Of dollars in plant is Of itself very large
acquisition to the wealth of the city, but more i'm
porant is the benefit to be conferred by the carrying
here Of this great industry employing prospectively
$500 men and bringing to the city on their own
count 5000 people, to say nothing Of what is
to be expected from the related industries and the
stimulus given to industries already here.
It is safe to say that Mr.. Armour has selected
Minneapolis the of large operations not from
any sentimental but because, from his expert
and knowledge Of the situation he regards it
as the best point at which to establish business Of
this kind. The supply Of material within this
territory is steadily increasing and will grow from
year to year. in this way building up to meet the
demand industry. whose extent and Importance
cannot be fully appreciated.
Surely Minneapolis may congratulate herself.
Things coming her way. The wholesale business
of the city received it's most important acquisition in
the location here of the great northwestern house of
Butler Brothers, work which is already under way
It is only few days since is announced in T
Journal that Minneapolis had become not only
the greatest primary wheat market but the greatest
primary barley market in the world taking the
premacy in this particular from Milwaukee, With
this addition to industrial life Minneapolis
will be infinitely better equipped to control the business
of the northwest than before. This is long
step forward for Minneapolis commercial city.