The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-03-25


in the east on which they have to
share a low through tariff at small
profit. To compensate themselves for
the anticipated reduction in their
transcontinental business the rail
roads must not only hold, nut must
build up, the traffic between tie Mis-.
sissippi Valley and the intermountain
states. They may be expected to
stimulate intermountain immigration
and industrial development by every
means in their power.
AS for the Pacific coast trade, It
is probable that if the canal proves
a real factor in transportation and
not the lily pond that James j. Hill
derisively prophesied, the western
roads are going to find themselves
forced to give over any attempt to
handle the through traffic from the
Atlantic seaboard. But they will do
their utmost to hold that trade by
the only other method at their com.
mand, !. e., the building up OF manu-
featuring and other industries in such
territories as can ship by rail and
still undersell the eastern manufac.
turer who ships by water. The in
termountain district is certainly such
a one, and with its natural resources
to build upon, it seems logical for us
to look forward to strenuous assist
ance being given to every manufactur
ing enterprise of the Intermountain
Empire, instead of, as formerly, ia.
vors being given to the Pacific coast
| jobbers to our detriment. BY this
new policy can the western roads
best maintain their Pacific coast ton
mage in the face of active water COM
petition. At the same time they
will be developing an even larger
market in the east and locally.
Our low grade freight, such as
COAL building stone and phosphate
rock, will also find their shipment
and sale stimulated by the same need
of the railroads to hold the western
markets. as well as to win new ones
oversee, particularly on the western
coast of South America.
We will become manufacturers.
With our scattered population, our
| comparatively high wages, and high
freight rates, it may perhaps seem
to require a considerable stretch of
imagination to think that this terri
| tory is to become a really great
| Is true that our interests at this time
are chiefly agricultural and mining,
those who doubt our future in manu-
featuring should reflect that while
high wages and high freight rates
are potent In their effect, yet their
Importance as causes is secondary,
and that they invariably change their
aspect under the compulsion of those
things which are primary, l. e., the
abundance Of raw materials, abun-
dance of power, abundance OF fertile
lands from which to feed a manu-.
featuring population, and a market
for the products of our manufacture.
| The first three we undoubtedly
have, and with the coming Of the
canal, We will possess the fourth in
| greater measure than ever before.
AS for raw materials, while We pro
duce some Of the metals in profusion
1t is not well enough appreciated that
the Intermountain Empire Is rich in
those two great bases of manufacture
/. e., coal and iron. We are rich also
] In timber, in clays, in gypsum and
other minerals, in wool, in grains and
so on through the list of raw materi-
ais commonly used in various manu-
features. Our practically unlimited
supplies of coal and water power
have settled the question of power
for ever. Our wheat lands are broad
/ enough and fertile enough 70 feed the
nation and they will some day GER
tainly be the foundation Of great mill
ing and packing industries. Growth
in manufacturing is always cumulat-
i've. We have already made lonx
strides, and as might be expected, the
advance becomes swifter with every
year. At the present time our mar
ket barring a few leading items, ID
only just beginning to grow beyond
our immediate territory, but as the
Panama canal makes itself felt and
as our freight rates of the Paciiic
coast and to the Mississippi Valley
fall under the increasing pressure OF
the available tonnage, our market
will be extended to all the world
In bringing about this growth in
the manufactures and commerce Of
the intermountan country the most
effective tool in the hands OF the rail