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The Enormous Importance and Extent of the Northern Lake Marine Interests
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THE GREAT NATURAL HIGHWAY
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An Inestimable and Growing Boon to All of the Northern States
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RISE OF THE LAKES COMMERCE
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History of Inland Navigation During Nearly Two Hundred Years
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The Historical Old Griffon and its Myriad Successors to the Present Date
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BUSINESS OF LAST SEASON
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Detroit the Prosperous Commercial Center of the Chain of Lakes
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What Has Been Done in Other Prominent Cities Along the Shores
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THE OUTLOOK AT CHICAGO
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Buffalo, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Erie, Duluth, Port Huron, Grand Haven.
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NEW AND OLD TONNAGE REPORTS
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Shipbuilding, Marine Engine and Boiler Making, and General Commerce
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The rise of the commerce of the great lakes of North America from a trifling beginning in the pioneer days to the present magnificent proportions - from a few clumsily-built little schooners carrying arms and stores to military posts in the winter, to days when steamers that are wonders of speed, expense and ingenuity, carry half the commerce of half the commercial states of the north - is an interesting chapter in the history if national progress. Perhaps nothing can so forcibly illustrate the advances in human ingenuity and human comforts during the past half century as this contrast. To set forth these startling changes clearly, and to exhibit the extent of the intrests that center in and around the commerce of the lakes, THE TRIBUNE today prints an exhaustive and comparative review of the ship-building and marine interests for the past seasons.

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