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shipping port in the summer, is closed to 

 navigation about half of the year. 



Nevertheless, you can ship wheat to Du- 

 luth in the fall or winter and have it stored 

 against spring, when it usually goes by boat 

 up the Great Lakes. Minneapolis market 

 conditions having been made thoroughly un- 

 satisfactory to the farmers, there was hope, 

 when Duluth began to loom into importance, 

 that the once favorite dream of competition's 

 beneficent influence might be realized here. 

 This hope, when put to the test, failed like 

 the rest, partly for such reasons as in these 

 days usually cause competition to fail every- 

 where, and partly because members of the 

 Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce went to 

 Duluth, secured control of its Board of Trade, 

 and instituted there the methods to which 

 they had been accustomed. 



Duluth lies close to the Wisconsin line, and 

 on the other side of that line, across the har- 

 bor, is the city of Superior, Wisconsin, which, 

 having an excellent water-front and good 

 shipping facilities, is something of a rival to 

 Duluth. The Chamber of Commerce com- 

 bination had a firm hold upon the govern- 

 ment and legal machinery of Minnesota. 

 The railroads and banks, working with the 

 Chamber of Commerce, had a firm hold upon 

 the government and legal machinery of North 

 Dakota. In Wisconsin, revolt against the 



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