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tery, which are widely scattered over the State, complete a rare 

 aggregate of permanent values. To these must be added the 

 splendid granites of St. Cloud and sandstones of Duluth, with 

 many and varied deposits of blue limestone, which complete the 

 endowment of the State with a wealth of rock and clay equip- 

 ment. 



To make by labor and art the machinery, the cloth, the lumber 

 and its products, to form, fashion and fit for our use the varied 

 raw materials, is the highest mark of a self-reliant and thrifty 

 people. This is the super-structure which, reared upon success- 

 ful agriculture, builds the solid prosperity of a State. Our man- 

 nfacturing power increased the past three years over one hundred 

 per cent, and with abundant raw material, and the cheapest 

 of motive powers, our manufacturing future is secure. Upon 

 no equal area of territory has nature been so lavish in providing 

 water powers. The aggregate of these waterfalls is beyond be- 

 lief. Their individual force is such as to merit mention. St. 

 Anthony Falls equals 135,000 horse power. Sauk Eapids, Poke- 

 gema. Little Falls, the rapids of the St. Croix and the Dalles of 

 the St. Louis will each average 90,000. There are twenty-seven 

 others well distributed and worthy of mention. This combined 

 power would turn the wheels of the industries of the United 

 States. They are incentives to the fabrication of all our raw 

 material. We have not only the motive power, but abundance 

 of cheap material to give these tremendous forces proper employ- 

 ment. They invite to enterprise, and are a wealth creating 

 power. 



In vegetable products we take a great pride and a position of 

 just supremacy. It may appear an humble thing here to-day 

 among these splendid works of art, pictures and statuary, silks 

 and carving, to speak of potatoes, turnips, beans, cabbages, and 

 peas. But good, sound table vegetables are mighty factors in 

 the health and contentment of a people. They could subdue a 

 hungry mob or give freshness and valor to an exhausted army. 

 Not unwisely did the Roman mythology place Ceres in the rank 

 of the higher divinities, as the sister of Jupiter. With her bas- 

 ket and hoe she leads Mars and Apollo, Bacchus and Yulcau in 

 the procession of the gods. So good, sound, well-ilavored vege- 

 tables should take front rank in the essentials for civilized peo- 

 ples. And such Minnesota possesses, luscious in flavor and rich 

 in their perfection. 



