Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-02

tories incident to the packing indus
tries be set up on the banks OF the
Missouri river at Bismarck and the
finished product shipped by rail or
water to New Orleans and find a mar
ket with greater profit and less ex-
pense than by the present means OF
manufacture and transportation to
the consumer OF foreign lands.
of the Panama Canal is to he made
the best possible use Of and OF the
greatest benefit industrially and fin
ancially to North Dakotans an effort
must be made to have the national
congress appropriate money for the
improvement of the Missouri river,
but even in its present condition it
Lseems to me that capitalists who seek
to establish themselves in permanent
lines Of endeavor might go further
and fare much worse than to locate
their establishment at Bismarck.
Grain Grower Convinced.
"The grain grower Of the Red Riv-
er valley is about convinced that the
time has gone by when he can profit
ably utilize all Of his acreage in the
production of grain crops. The whea:
growing area is fast moving west
and northward, and it is. a we'll known
fact among the grain men that the
wheat raised west Of the James river
possesses higher milling qualities,
than the wheat Of the valley counties,
and with the development of the
wheat territory west Of the Missouri
river, Bismarck for many years to
come, will be the natural milling CEN
ter for a vast eXpanse of territory.
Are the people Of Bismarck, are the
farmers of North Dakota, are the in
vestors and milling men of the North
west overlooking the opportunities
for cheap power, cheap Transporter
ton and easy entrance to the markets
OF the world by overlooking the OPP
portunities presented at Bismarck az
this time?
Reached From Bismarck,
Foreign cities of trade can be
reached easier from Bismarck 10y way
OF the Missouri river, New ORLEANS
and the Panama Canal and at a much
cheaper price per 100 pounds of car
riage than by any other route. The
cost Of power from our Ignite coal
tlalds is almost al cheap for a direct
charge as water power is, and when
the b%y-products that may be obtained
from our coal in the way of illuminat-
ing gas, ammonia, coke, etc., to say
nothing OF the clay values that are
attendant upon the mining of coal, il
is 10y far the cheaper, and it seem,
to me that if the citizens of North
Dakota, and especially those livins
within 100 miles of Bismarck, and in
many instances many more miles eX-
tendlng into Montana, will only stop
and consider the possibilities in in
dust:ial and financial lines to be de-
veloped within the next decade, that
they will hesitate entering into anv
contract to establish terminal elevat-
'ors and build UP markets in foreign
states at the expense and to the detri.
ment OF themselves and the natural
resources ready at hand right hire,
at home.
Are the farmers Of North Dakota
dependent upon the people of a for
eisn state fer a market place? Are
the tlnanciers of North Dakota over
looking an opportunity to establish
themselves in the milling and packing
industries? Are they overlooking the
chance to enter the worlds markets
with a high grade of china and pot
terry ware?
Nature Has Done Much.
1T sesms to me that if we who
have the interests of oul selves, our
aeighbors and our state at heart over
look the opportunities for social in
dustrial and financial advancement,
anu fail to make use of the natural
resources nature has furnished ready
for us to use, we are committing =
'blunder that our descendants will
scott at during the coming genera
tons. And trust that the thinkins
people, the thinking, responsible and
substantial men connected with the
Farmers Union, the business inter,
ests and u state legislature. vii.
consider the question of establishing
markets in foreign states to the detri.
ment OF our own, seriously, calmly