The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-06
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of II Canadian boundary. with 400
miles of eastern frontage and over 500
miles of coast line on the Pacific. we
have q territory so identical i'll inter-
csts, of so splendid a past. of a future
S Astounding i'm promise. of a neigh
burlincss already SO thoroughly estab-
lishcd. of such ample capacity in the
production of wealth that it may fifty
he called the zone of Plenty" With
mighty aggregate of natural potencies
this organization has to deal.
Have Immense Area.
These seven states include twenty
one per cent of the whole area of the
United States. Given the raw materi-
al of wealth in abundance and ade-
quate facilities for creating it and for
communication With the markets Of
the world--in which respects we shall
presently see that this zone of plenty
is unsurlasscd-that community is
most fortunate which has most room
for expansion. Capable. as a whole.
of supporting Il dense population. the
people OF these seven states number
less han 100000. This opportunity
is reflected i'll the strong current of
immigration constantly settling in this
direction. In the last ten years these
states increased their population by
nearly 1000. ZOO, which is almost en-
actly One-half of all their people in
1910. In other words. while the popu-
lation increase of the whole United
States for the decade was 20.9 per
cent, the increase in these states was
50 per cent. 1T will be a part of the
work of the Northwest Development
lcagE5 to maintain or even t. increase
this rate of growth.
Et onomy in expenditure along with
increased output have been made pos
Sible in business by the substitution of
AN intclliG NJ and efficient central on
troll for q multitude of costly and jar
ring arrangements. The states OF the
Northwest Development league spend
separately enough money on immigrn-
ton projects ~ bring in several times
as; III n people each year as they gain;
but a considerable portion Of it is de-
voted 20 entic.ng settlers from one of
heat t. another. A most desirable re-
suit nf this confederation would be the
est adjustment Of a M immigra-
ton agency. With sufficient
flor d comprehensive of posi-
BE settlers. hut absolutely impartial as
tn their location anywhere within this
conc between the Mississippi and the
Pacific. Substitute one central colon
Iizing bureau for scver inc every dol
lar expended will do the work that five
jdD nov.
Growth Of Northwest.
Here grows the greatest profusion of
hreadstuffs. of fruit. of cattle. of tim
Her, in proportion to population.
Though these states cover 81 per cent
Of the area of the country and contain
but 6 per CEN of it's population. in
1910 they produced 80 per cent of
the wheat crop, IS per cen of the oats,
50 per "a Of the barley. Is per cent
Of the wool and 81 per cent of the flax
seed. They added 2".543,000 acres, or
4S per cent. to their improved acre
age in the last ten years. In the same
time the average value of their farm
land alone increased from 1851 to
S41.06 per acre, or 1SS per cent, and
the total value of all their farm land
and buildings from $1,44O.727,00 to
s4.G03.614.000. or 22O per cent. This
growth took place in spite of agricul-
tnral methods still careless and waste
iful No matter to what extent manu-
fracture establishes itself, growing con-
stantlv as it does. these states will al
ways be able to feed their people and
to send out enough of those necessi-
ties of life that are taken directly from
the soil to assure a wholesome distrib-
ution of industry and Independent
wealth.
Already they are more fortunate
than other sections of the west in their
demand for markets. Three transcon-
tinental lines traverse them. In 1909
they had 12k per cent of the railway
mileage in the United States. And
while the railroad mileage for every
10000 people in the United States was
27.O1. in these states it was 51.S1.
With such an expanse Of territory, ia
vored by nature with a population
growing two and One-half times as fast
as the average rate for the whole
ccuntry. and with railroad commune
~cation nearly twice as liberal per capi-
Ia as the average of the country. this
surely is and should become in even
greater degree he Zone not only of
plenty but of a growing prosperity for
generations now unborn.
Intensive Growth Needed.
The growth of the nation. like the
conduct Of its chief industry, must
thereafter he intensive rather than ex-
tensive. Let US. take account of our
natural assets, each community for It.