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Show TRANSMISSISSIPPI CONGRESS. The TransmiasiBsippi Congress opens its session two dayM hence, on Tuesdoy of this week. Prejjarationa for rank-ling rank-ling it the greatest session ever had by jtiiis congress arc practically complete, mkI the public can look forward to a treal In the discussions, the papers, and the addresses that will be read and delivered. The portion of the United tates embraced em-braced lit the region west of tin-Mississippi, tin-Mississippi, which is represented in I his TransmisBissipp congress, -will soon be the controlling part of this Nation. II is already a grandly influential por tion of the Union, and v. ill Inevitably take its place ;is the controlling faetoT Heretofore the control i the United States has been largely Bhiftod to the region between (lie Mississippi river and the Alleghcnies. With the accession acces-sion in population and with the admission admis-sion of States west of the Mississippi river, this region is now coming to the front in way that could not have been conceived of a generation ago. But "t is ;ill in the way of progress anil in the westward shifting ol" the course of empire'. ()f the forty-eight states in the Union, twenty-two lie west of the Mississippi river, leaving twenty-six easr of the rivor, being but a small majority of four agaiust us. Tho area of the region west of the Mississippi river is much greater thati that cast of it. snd this rogiou has the great precious metal mines of the United States, and has a superiority in that respect which can never be taken away, it h;is also immense rc sources in iron and lead, and coal, asphaltum and other deposits; it has vast areas of fertile land, and tho plains and valleys of the mountains where agriculture is pursued by irriga tion show a yield per acre of all grains and farm products (except corn) far above tho average yield in other parts of the United States. inc northern part ol this area was in ante-railroad times served as high up the Missouri as Fort Benton in Mon-I Mon-I tana by steamboat. When tho improve ment of the rivor systems of this country coun-try is fully made, tho Misouri will undoubtedly un-doubtedly be a navigable stream up to the Falls; and when all of tho lands are put to their best use, the population popula-tion of the portion of the Union west of the Mississippi will be in ratio compared com-pared with the whole population, the controlling factor. For, these States have shown the greatest absolute increase in-crease as well as percentage of increase in the last decade, and that percentage will be well maintained just as soon as we can get relief from tho crushing conservation faddists whose policies havo been a hindrance for many years past. Altogether, this TranBmJsaissippi Congress Con-gress represents tho great and vital portion por-tion of tho coming United States, and it devolves upon the delegates that will attend this session of the congress to rise to their great opportunities and give to the whole people of the United States a broader vision and a clearer insight into the future as gauged by the miraculous progress of the past. |