The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-10-14
MINNESOTA MARKETS
AND TRANSPORTATION
State Well Provided With These
Very Important Factors.


ton facilities. There are at this time
over 5000 miles of railroad in the
state, or little more than one-tenth
Of mile Of railroad to each section
of land. st. Paul and Minneapolis
and Duluth-Superior, the gateways to
the Northwest, are the centers from
which radiate railroad lines to all Sec
lions of the country, including four
transcontinental lines to the Pacific
coast. To the north the railroad lines
branch out into the Northwest and
Canada; to the east the railroads lead
to Chicago and the Eastern markets;
to the south are found the Corn Belt
states and Kansas City and St. Louis;
to the southwest Sioux Falls, Sioux
City, Council Bluffs and Omaha
An important feature of transporta-
ton in Minnesota is the fact that Du-
luth, the third largest city of the state,
is located at the head Of Lake Superb
or, which gives the entire state the
benefit of water transportation to and
from the Eastern markets. The grain
from the Western prairies, iron ore
from the iron ranges in Northern Min
nesota, and the lumber from Minne-
sofa forests are shipped to the East
ern markets through the ports of Du-
luth and Superior, and the returning
boats carry back coal and other East
ern products used in the Northwest.
There are $4,000 miles of wagon
roads in Minnesota, $4,000 miles of
which have been designated as state
roads upon which state money is being
expended yearly in large sums. The
present demand for good roads in Min
nesota and the effective cooperation
of the state will be the means of soon
providing Minnesota with as good a
system of rural roads as can be found
in any state in the Union.
MINNESOTA MARKETS.
The question of profitable market
for agricultural products is exceeding
ly important to the man who farms.
Minnesota is fortunate in possess
ing good agricultural markets and is
especially fortunate in it's local mar
kets. Minneapolis, the largest city of
the state, has population of about
100000. This city is headquarters for
the great milling industry of the
country, being the ultimate destina-
ton for much of the wheat raised on
Northwestern prairies. In addition to
the milling industry, Minneapolis has
nearly 1900 manufacturing establish
ments and is the distributing point for
all manner Of manufactured goods, in
GLIDING most of the agricultural i'm
plements sent out through the North
west and Canada.
st. Paul, the capital of the state,
has population of 5000 and is the
principal wholesale and jobbing CEN
ter of the Northwest. The ten lines
of railroad radiating from st. Paul,
and the fact that this city is the head
Of navigation on the Mississippi river,
indicate why the Twin Cities of St.
Paul and Minneapolis will eventually
become one Of the largest urban CEN
ters of the country. The Equity Co.
operative Exchange, a farmers organ.
ization, has headquarters in St. Paul.
1t acts as selling agent for thousands
of Northwestern farmers and is erect
ing a mammoth terminal elevator on
the Mississippi at St. Paul. The live
stock yards at South St. Paul form one
of the largest primary markets for live
stock in the country, being the desti-
nation for large proportion of the
range stock from the extreme West,
in addition to the immense local live
stock holdings.
Duluth, the third largest city in
Minnesota, is growing very rapidly,
owing to its location at the head of
navigation of the Great Lakes, the
development Of the iron ore industry
IN the northern part of the state, and
other causes. Through the Twin Ports
OF Duluth and Superior (Wisconsin)
Is shipped practically two-thirds of
the iron ore mined in the United
States each year.
In addition to the three large cities
Of the state Minnesota, has many Sec
|oadasy cities which furnish important
home markets for farm products.