Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-04-25

for the products of the north west States. and the manu-
faciurers OF New England. Is intimately connected will
them IN interest. Thus immense body Of land Is su>cept
lble of being pa, into cultivation IN the proportion of sen
en- acres 10 every ten. And owing 10 its facilities. Il vii
become cultivated To that extent The State OF Indiana
: susceptible of Deing reduced to cultivation, IN some pro
hiahle form, in the proportion of eight out of every ter
acres-and so IN llltnois. Ii may he said the want O
timber will prevent tins in the State of Illinois. It's no
So Timber " III be cultivated stone coal will be used
houses will be so constructed, and wool 80 manufactured
as TO render less fuel necessary in the winter season. and
the praries, which are richer Than the gardens are in Other
regions. Will he cultivated. and the whole country viii b,
hlled up. So Of Missouri; and as To Arkansas, her sur
lace, while lis adds To the health of the Inhabitants, is MOI
susceptible of MS general cultivation, but much of it i.
rich, and Will yield immense products, and there are re-
gions IN Nrkansas which will be distinguished for the
vine, and for the peach. aud Other fruits.
Mississippi as "A planting State, is uari,alled in the
production OF cotton and the rroduciivercss of Middle
aud West Tennessee, and Of kentucky is proserbIaI.
These countries lie In the range ot emigration, of com
nerce, of enterprise, of an active. grow ing. humanIzIns
civilization. The grey-headed pioneer who iraversed
these regions hity years ago, and saw nothing in his wan
dcrihgs but The unbroken majesty of IA Western wilder
ness, ar the boundlessness of the great prairics, now when
he follows the trail he once travelled. comes to n great
CITY IN whose streets and squares he l. lost. The past he
remembers as "A drcam-the present he coniemplates with
wonder, admitting The reality, but no, perceising the
mighty spirit that moves the world around HIM
The West i the sanding-no, II Is the moving won
der of the age-perhaps OF humanity.
But to return To the capacity for production. Suppose
OF the three hundred and thirty or forty thousand square
''' - w. hfi'I'h fI-Iu Cpblb " tbhiA " 'hitt-
vati n, and allow IL TO average a product equal To % bush
els of wheat per acre it would amount to 100000
square miles O. o acres each 9-.0o0,00o acres =
~ bushels 2.)OO.0 600 bushels OF wheat, worth, at
% cents, one thousand two hundred and eighty millions
oi dollais equal To twelve tunes the whole foreign ex-
ports of the United States.
In the United States in 1910. there were produced be-
tween GOO and 200 millions OF bushels OF grain the StreHk
part ofthis was wheat. Take then TIA. 9Th part ofthe above
product, recollec'Ing too that corn a. produced ~ the pro-
portion oi two or two and a halt 10 one OF wheat, 10 the
acre. ana The .Ciual product Ot " heat would be above
three hundred and sixty millions of bushels, or more than
four tunes as much a. Is now produced IN the |. States
Our corn. oats, rye, hogs. cattle, horses, sheep. and cot
ton. would be m proportion. Allowing FIVE bushels, in
addition 10 other grain, potatoes, meats, fruits, Xc., for
the support Of each individual, including persons OF eve
nv age, per year, aud we would have the food of seventy
three millions of people. But take ont one third of the
region Tor cotton, sugar and tobacco, aud The result would
be provisions for nearly fifty millions.
The actual Development of the country, thus improved
and productive, is in rapid progress. While politicians
are comicnding about principles of public policy
ana OF administration, Subjects that are worthy of
discussion and grave cOnslderatIon) society is advancing
improvements in field culture. garden culture, in building
Tor comfort and convenience upon economical principles,
are found every where, but especially in the West The
plough Is improved-the harrow used more generally
the AIT of manurng better understood. The next census
Will present in OHIO, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Ken.
lucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arhansas and
hlssoun, eight millions Eve hundred thousand lnhaOi-
tants. Include Iowa and Wisconsin. and we will have
nine millions include Aiahama, panty IN the valley,
and we shall have uinc millions. seven hundred thousand
inhabitants.
These facts as to population. and capacity for prodnc-
ton, show the absolute necessity of having opened be-
tween the south west aud south, and northeastern por-
tons Ot the Union. the best and most direct channels of
intercourse. The north make IN abundance what Is
ncede'i ., the South, the West, and the South W est the
West aud the North West, produce tn articles needed
by the North aud Eastern portions of the Jnon, either
Tor consumption or Tor export. All these interests will be
promoted by opening up such thoroughiares as are indI-
Gated AT The commencement of this article. n survey of
the map of thc country will point out the routes, and the
necessity for the improvements-cspccially Will II appear
that there ought To he n permanent channel opened along
the Wiley of tie Wabash from Lake Enc 10 the Dino
river. This would render the navigation perfect from
New York 10 New Orleans. and also open 10 Boston the
same markets. bv means OF her railways.
\ RESIDENT OF THE WABASH NALLTy.