Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-10-14
NO. 90
THE NORTHWEST crNERAIIr.7

The NORTHWEST GENER4ILr. 59g {
'o' '''e letter OF traveller in the Philadclnh;a
.hqureE' dated Springfield, (Ill) Feb. q, 1887.
. Land IN the western world is rich and e.
'l'e, and will venture to say that the so;i q
one OF the pralries is more productive thar ~,
so'i ~ your much loved state, not even excert.
my .ho laf,iamed Lancaster county, where I'm
Toll and labor Of many years has heen e,n..J.
ed IN improving it. This rich and fer,;ie so;l
can be entered at 81 25 per acre. 81 hor, 40
"secondcd-handed" for from. SI.5o 70 "a n
per acre: And il has been proved bv sc,n.l
experiment, that an enterprisinr settler can
Dieak and sow eighty acres, and from the mo.
MS OF his crop can realize sufficient s,,m =,
enter and pay for his land; thus in one wear.
oy me Toll and labor of his hand, acquiring !.
l1ee.simple title g fine and improving farm.
In what portion Of the eastern states can IA.
}be done! ''lpause for reply Again--wealsh
Will be acquired by the natural increase ~ ,hs
country. This whole region particularly the
states OF Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin tar
rltory,) IS filling up with great and unexam-
/ pied rapidlty. The increase of the country -
truly wonderful, and one who has not witness-
led It, can scarcely believe it. The rrow,l.
and prosperity of Chicago may be taken az :.
fair example Of the unprecedented increase ana
advancement Of the country. Cities and towns
spring up in every quarter, and mighty tide
OF emigration is rolling far and wide its ferti-
LIKING influence. = 49, I,
| small sum OF money now judiciouslv in
'es'ed VIII increase in ratio not even dream.
ca OF by an eastern capitalist. Speak to them !
| OF inc advantages OF this region, and ,hey
snlie' ana tell you, You are exercising the
powers OF fertile imagination. They mani.
fest the same incredibly, as was exhibited hv
the eastern monarch, when told by the nh;I1.
sorher that he came from country where wa.
ter became concealed, and bore upon it's bosom
men and horses and chariots. The monarcl,
was Indignant, that any one should attenpt
(as he supposedly TO impose upon his rood
sense and experience; for he had been summed
IN burning cline, and there the streams
were never bound by winters chain, but were
ever dolling their turbd waters, and vet the
philosopher tale was no less true than strange.
aud SO 1t is with our eastern capitalists: thew
can form no idea of the increase and unexam.
pied advancement of this country, for il is mn
paralleled in the annals Of the world; and ale
though they sometimes think they are very
wise In discrediting our statements, they ara
only acting from principle of human nature.
which is truly illiberal and Narrowly 10 dis.
oeilevc any thing that is contrary to their pre-
conceived opinions, and has never occurred
SenS0SssSS
Why. ask, will not the land in Illinois be a.
valuable as In any portion Of the Atlantic
states! Why will not land along the borders
OF the Illinois and Michigan canal. command
as as nigh price as that upon the Erie canal1
The soil Is far more productive, requires lose
| toll to prepare it for the hand of tho farmer.
and the market for the produce is far superior
to any in the east. Does any one pretend IA
say that lands in any portion of the west viii
tenyears hence be sold for ST. 90 per acrel If
SO, he arrives at that conclusion by procesa
OF reasoning which ] cannot understand. To
the mechanic---to the laborer---to the working
classes of society, this fact offers great en-
coufagement; for here they can earn large wa
ges, and the small sums which they invest
will increase most rapidly.
Again, wealth depends upon economy. Il
is the prudent saving man, and not the prodi-
gall who acquires a fortnne;---a penny saved
IS penny earned, was the maxim of a wise
philosopher and its truth has been fully tested.
Now in new country, fewer temptations are
IN your path---fewer opportunities for wasting
and sqnandering the wealth earned by your Ia
Ibor---fewer inducements are presented for the
exhibition of extravagances and prodigality
than in our large eastern cities, where luxury
the reigning vice; where man strives, as the
object Of his highest ambition, to out rival his
fellow man in the magnifcence Of his equip
age, the extravaganza Of his table, and the
brilliancy Of his entertainments These con-
siderations, then, the low price Of rich aud
fertile soil, the certain and great increase Of
the country, and the want Of opportunities Tor
the display Of extravaganza and prodigality,
exhibited, in faint degree, the superiority Of
the western country, The young and rising
west. over the over-populated and already ex-
hausted east. If. then, wealth be the OBJECT
of pursuit; ifthe requirement Of fortune Be
the ''ultra thule" Of your wishes, here is tho
field upon which to commence your efforts; q
field already ripe with tho golden harvest and
only waiting the laborer's gathering.
SPECULATION We are ITO, Of that number who
would array in hostility the poor ngains. the rich,
yetwc must confess that there is too much truth is
the following, from the New York Herald.
Already the effects Of speculation made msd,
are beginning ~ be soss in the extinction of m
decency in social life. Bankrupt., who have fail
ed for their hundreds Of thousands, are yet driving