Year: 1871




THE following communication received
from New York subscr Der we lay before
our readers, and commend its practical sug
oestions to every one interested in Superior
Editor of the Superior Times


Dear Sir: l have been much pleased with the tone
of your paper in its treatment of the interests of you
city


Your comparison of the relative natural advantages
of Superior and Duluth, my mind just and mod
crate and your plain words of warning to absent pro
pretors none too strong, one whit too soon


Yet, after all, these strong words of common sense
at the end of Lake SUPERIOR will come to naugh
unless some be conrived to give them practi
cal direction.


In the first place. the people Of Superior ought tt
realize that the agencies at work to push Duluth al
most amount to a conspiracy 1t looks to me as if a
concerted effort had been made, to gain possession OF
all the chief of public intelligence, and to
shut out from the public view the city of Superior


All on sudden, in speaking of the settlement at
the end of the Lake, the name Duluth took the
place of Superior in the public speech, in the maga-
zine in the paper, in the advertisements of the day.
SO complete and general did this transposton be-
come, and suddenly it made, that have little
doubt that the general of readers to this day
think Duluth but new name for the old and long
known site.


Jay Cooke from his residence in the East and from
his moned interests sits close the of Congress,
ready to pre-occupy it with his speculative schemes


Ny first practical suggestion then, (and may be it is
already carried out) is ths-Superor ought to have
in andc a1v dy
to furnish Members of Congress with the facts of the
case and bring before the Eastern public through
their press just such articles as l have read in the
Times


And now let me put in asword for the absent pro-
prietors as preface to ny second practical hint.


Many of this abused class like the writer persons
of small means, who having some. money to invest,
tempted by the low price and good prospects, to
buy few lots in your city


1t is easy to find fault with them, but what such
small proprietors, with money to spare, able to
effect?


Even where person of large means has invested,
what can he do alone?


Your large land owners are scattered and isolated
and have no of taking counsel together, Each
one remains helpless, hoping that else will
move and make improvements.


As in all societies business is done by committees
it is plain committee on the spot must originate a
plan of action and then take pains to invite the coop
Grafton of the absent proprietors. That committee
ought be formed at of the prominent residents
of your city,


Let them get together devise plan for road to
connect with the Northorn Pacific and L. S. NJ. rail
roads, and for docks and an elevator-for the two
should go together.


Let them through the press invite meeting of the
land owners in June next and let circulars clearly
stating the urgency of the and the Of the
owner en- the Wisconsin sde-begging those who can
not be present to state what amount of stock they will
be willing to subscribe. 1t to that nearly
every would be glad to do something.


For my own part, as poor man, owning lots worth
perhaps $500, should be glad to subscribe eeighth
($O0) to any rational plan, sustained by well-known
Citizens to effect the above ends


fully agree with you that the natural advantag S
of Superor-immense they are--may be overborne,
and its glorious future pass to its rival.


It would be better for the residents whose interests
center there, to turn nqsse and build the
connecting road with their labor country folks
sometimes build church, than let go years
longer.


sThere 5 a tide in the affairs of etc.
This will 90 far settle the destiny of Su-
perior 1t very much with the business skill and
energy of its present citizens.
SMALL PROPRIETOR.