The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-26
N. D. ideal FOR
MANUFACTURING
WITH OUR COAL BEDS VIZ
SHOULD BE IN THE LEAD-sEN.
AToR M'cuMBER. TELLS EAST
ERNERs OF coNDITIoNs-coM-
PARIsoN WITH MASS.

The manufacturing industries in the
state of Massachusetts, require $4,000
horse power of which steam furnishes
100000 horse power. These indus
tries give employment to $4,000 wage
earners. These forces produce manu-
featured goods having a value of 81
| O92,0451, which are sold largely through
out the country, but mores than SO per
cent are sold in the states west of the
Mississippi river.
Massachusetts ranks fourth as a
manufacturing state, her factories
give employment to per cent of the
wage earners in the entire United
States.
Massachusetts does not mine a
pound of coal, all OF the AS. 00O. 900 tons
Of coal required annually for steaming
purposes is brought from the mines
of Pennsylvania and West Virginia,
North Dakota with its vast deposits
OF coal, estimated by the United States
geological survey to be 5000, 600 600 600
tons, or one-sixth of the total supply
OF the entire country, ranks forty fifth
as to her manufacturing, only three
states, Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada
rank below 1t.
Massachusetts produces little or no
raw materials, nearly all of that used
In her factories is brought from some
other part of the country, or some for
eign country. The soil of the state is
poor, and the labor, which chiefly
supplies her textile mills, is of foreign
birth.
These facts should give the Flick
ertails food for thought. North Dako-
ia with its vast coal deposits, its enor-
nous production of raw materials. and
unsurpassed soil. producing food suf-
ficient to sustain an empire, stands at
the bottom of the ladder as regards
manufacturing. when by virtue of her
resources, she should be at the top.
Senator McCumber just before he
was taken down by his present ILL
ness, said to group of eastern capt.
talists:
My state offers unrivalled oppor-
tunities for industrial enterprises:
nowhere will you find such vast re-
sources in coal, valuable clays and fer
tile soil. There is produced annually
enough raw material to furnish the
A~"h SSS1 As1StO1ASC Will Oil LIdL they
would require and give employment to
hundreds of thousands of people. The
time cannot long be delayed when
North Dakota will forge ahead as
manufacturing state. We can pro-
duce enough food to support a popula-
ton of 100000 people,"
There is scarcely a state in the
union that has vast natural resources
as this state. Some have nearly as
good soil, but lack in other important
resources, such as coal. The state
has everything necessary to make an
empire, but lacks the capital to con-
vert the materials into commercial
articles. Capital is slow to move to
new centers.
BY giving due prominence to our
natural resources, capital will be at
tracted and turn its hand to the util-
ization of these vast resources, there
by creating employment for hundreds
OF thousands of people. The wealth
thus produced will astonish even Pitts
burg with it's 1000 milIionaires, who
made their millions out of the coal
deposits in the Pittsburg district. a
territory about the size of Cass coun-
ty, North Dakota