The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-04-06
|DuLUTH SELECTED
FOR GREAT CENTER
Of iron INDUSTRY
United States Steel Corporation
Has Definitely Decided to Make
Duluth the Home of It's Future
Smelling Operations. =.
Importance of Move Cannot Be
0verestimated by Loyal Duluth
ians As Every Line of Endeavor
Will Be Benefited.

There never was a time in our
history, as city, that was fraught
with so much promise and significance
as the present. Indications on every
hand point to tine ushering Of an era
Of progress and material prosperity
unparalleled in the annals of any city
on this continent.
At the head Of the fresh water ma
vigation we have long been recognized
as the natural distributing point for
the entire Northwest; and for the same
reason. our harbor has been the out
let for the products Of all the territory
north, east and west of us. Our COM
merce in this regard has assumed such
proportions that we now enjoy the
proud distinction Of being the second
city in the union in maritime import-
ance.
Our Location Favorable.
We are right in the heart Of that
portion of the Lake Superior re-
gion," which is pre-eminent as a
source Of supply for the quality Of ores
required in the manufacture Of bes-
semer steel. The visible supply Of
ore in our vicinity is good for the
needs Of half century of production
and consumption and new explorations
are constantly increasing the prospect
i've deposits. Experts declare that our
mineral possibilities are boundless,
and that the ranges are but as yet In
the dawn OF their develoF ent. OUT
Groupings indicative OF the presence OF
copper, silver and coal are here and
there in evidence, but the greater iron
industry has thus far monopolized the
! efforts of mining men.
Fine Farming Lands.
We have tributary to. Duluth the
finest tracts of agricultural lands un-
| der the sun. Though long neglected,
they are now being rapidly appropri-
ated by very desirable class OF farm
ers, and the day is not far distant
when the Duluth district will be as
! famous for it's cereal products as it
| is now for it's mineral wealth. In
| deed there seems to be no limit to the
! natural possibilities Of Duluth and Its
| adjacent territory. The numbering in
terest alone is second to none in the
| Northwest, and is so we'll and univers-
| ally known that a mere reference
| thereto is sufficient here.
Good Railroad Facilities.
| The aim of this article is to call at
| tention to and awaken interest in
what the future has in store for us.
| Our network of existing railways Is
to have another main line addition,
and new roads are in prospect having
Duluth as their objective point. But
more important and of greater vital
interest than all is the coming OF the
steel trust corporation.
In the prosecution of its gigantic
undertakings it will give employment
to thousands Of men, in the varied de-
partments Of it's work; and the auxili-
ary and subsidiary industries neces-
sarily appurtenant to the main busi-
ness will give employment to as many
more. It is impossible to conceive Of
line Of endeavor that will not feel
the uplifting influence Of the new con-
ditions. We would not be surprised to
see the population Of Duluth treple
within the next three years. n