Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-10-29

which we are now competing In the
markets Of the world. country
which. unlike ours, has no great ma
tural highway except by Hudson's bay
the outlet Of which is too near to the
north pole to be visible (laughter),
to be feasible. And, my friends, a
country which can never compete
with ours SO long as our transporta-
ton is governed by lake and river
commerce. (Applause-l
We already have railroad connec-.
tons with the lakes at Duluth and.
with the great railroad centers, St.
Paul and Minneapolis, but in an agri-
cultural country, in the fall of the
year, after the crop is taken off, the
frugal good farmer, wants to put the
land in condition for the next years.
crop, and while he is doing that and
before he is ready to market his
grain, navigation on the great lakes
is closed, and SO he. does not often
or always get the benefit of the lake
navigation; but, with this deep wat
erway from Chicago to the gulf, why,
that channel could be kept open, the
narrow channel, by the movement of
the boats, and because it is farther:
south it could be kept open and
would be a great benefit to the peo-
pie of the northwest. (Applause.)
Now, my friends, is it not true that
every governor who has appeared
before you, that every speaker who
has appeared before you, even the.
president of the United States, has
told you that the railroads Of this
country could no longer handle the
business of the country? Is not that
true? Now what is the reason?
Why, the reason is plain: Our growth
and our development, our CONNER
cial, our agricultural and CONNER
cial industries, have developed fast
er than the railroads. What are we
to do in the premises? Which one
of YOU is willing to see the great
commercial industries of this country
stand still until the railroads catch
up? Applause Why, I do not
know, my friends. We have been
growing and developing so fast in
our state that we have had little
time for considering projects of this
kind. But you, my Missouri friends,
do you think that the Missourians
who have come to North Dakota
you, my friends-do you think that
the men from Illinois and Iowa and
from Kansas and Nebraska who have
come alone upon our prairies with
no friends but their hands and no
capital but their labor, have made
it to blossom as the rose, do you be-
lieve that those men are willing that
the great Industries of the state shall
stand still until railroad develop
ment oyertakes the developments in
other lines? Applause. No, my
friends, 1 do not believe that the
patriotic people of this country, when
they thoroughly understand what
this movement means, will stand id
the way of the accomplishment of
your designs. l. believe that Yankee
genius and Yankee push will solve
the problem and T believe that the
patriotism of the American people
will give them the opportunity Gap
plause.)
North Dakota's Mighty River &.
In North Dakota we have mighty
river-I do not know just where the
northwest begins from Memphis, so
I hardly know where to commence
talking about the northwest; but
if that term includes the great state
of Iowa, bounded upon one side by
the. Mississippi and upon the other
by the. Mighty, Missouri, surely no
argument is necessary to convince
any one of the advantages it would
be to her commercially to have those
rivers navigated. Bill
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