THE TRUTH ABOUTH THE RAILROADS
Manufacturers need a constantly growing market for their products, and there are large areas in the United States capable of supporting a much greater population than they have at present, if agriculture and transportation both succeed.
The Northern Pacific States, for example, have areas and population as follows:—
| Square miles | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 56,040 | 2,333,860 |
| Minnesota | 83,365 | 2,075,708 |
| North Dakota | 70,795 | 577,056 |
| Montana | 146,080 | 376,053 |
| Idaho | 84,800 | 325,594 |
| Washington | 69,180 | 1,141,990 |
| Oregon | 96,030 | 672,765 |
| Total | 606,290 | 7,503,026 |
These seven States are nearly six and one half times as large as New York (49,170) and Pennsylvania (45,215) together, with their 94,385 square miles. They have a population of 7,503,026, as compared with 7,665,111 in Pennsylvania and 9,113,279 in New York. They produced in 1909 a total of 265,712,000 bushels of wheat, or 35 per cent of the crop of the United States, and received $247,617,000,
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