Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-12-10
TO pay the liabilitiss FILLING due in January

10 pay the llaellltleS faEllng due IN january h
and July next 'ls q II =, ,issYs!st
The important and long discussed ques
tion Of Banks and the currency was set
tied, and it iRto be- hoped permanently set
tied, by the actionQf the last Legislature
and upon such principles ASH trust, will
secure to the peopleof Ohio in future, q. !
uniform and stable currency. Thissnew
Banking Law was deliberately enacted,
after ample Considerations and a faithful
examination. az othafs aystesns which had
been tested. Thus faf ihs ystefB has prov
ed TO be equal, to, the antcipations OF IFS
friends, and tie NECESSITIES Of the people
of the State. III !. : :
Banks in our cotintfy gre founded on
the credit syslem yssslQ ~ sifeol. y 8
4 IN esse y s,''1
a free ,entefPrisipg and enlightened people.
In those countries where desspotlsm PreVal's
to the greatest extent and where Inc Ia
boring classes Of the people are the most
oppressed, Banks OF issue are not known.
Hence it is, in these countries that the
man who is INDECENT in early llie' wha1ev,
er may be bis native ability and energy OF
character, end tedious existence as he
commenced it. ....-... ,.
Already are twentv-one Banks DONG
business under the provision OF the new
law, and two more have complied with the
requisit,ons ofthe law, and will in q lew
days go into operation. And already DO
the people OF Ohio begin to feel the lnfu-
ence Of this system in the restoration oil
confidence, the revival OF business, the In
crease Of the wages of labor,a and the rising
prosperity Of the State. A banking sys,
S tenn which secures to the people gooo
medium Of exchange, convertible al all
! times into gold and silver on demand: IS
7 evidence Of an advanced state OF oiVll'zaI :
ton, Of the prosperity OF commerce. ana ol
the progressive improvement OF the coun-
try.
Agriculture, being the most important
9 branch Of industry in this Stote, and tur-
I nishlng more extensive employment to our
=, citizens than any other pursuit, cannot re-
ceive too much attention and encourage
ment from the Government. OHIO Is pc,
o cularly adapted by nature to this trst ana
most important occupation OF man. WIN
q territory Of more than forty thousano
square miles, the chiefpar OF which is no
IS only fitted for the purpose Of cultivation
but composed Of q soil remarkable ior Ill
DO fertility, as we'll as its peculiar adaPtioh Il
es the most essential useful and va'uaoie az
r. ricultural products, this State IS caPaole
IS occupying prominent position among ID
Id countries of the world, in the produc.s
- The SOIL. The elements OF commercial am
he manufacturing industry in this otate mus
continue to be chiefly dependent OH 'ne s'I m
pie products oi the soil. lhs grea! g,,'.o o,".t ,t
OF industry must. therefore, co"s.';.,0 .;.. ~
80 principal foundation OF our prosperity;
nc nc is, therefore, consideration OF no oFui'lS
n0 ry import, thut the attention oi me PeoPl
OF this State should be directed WIN Pect
liar interest to the various Improvements
and useful discoveries IN the ART OF agricu y,
ture, and that the fostering mana o. !"
Government should not oe wl'hnelu l,o
this most extensive pursuit OF our PeoPle
By neglect and unskliltul image hea
ly one half Of the products Oh 'hls gre
90 source of wealth and prosperity may
lost Already it is apparent IN some pa, =,
A.~NH <k
% of the State that deteriofa'.on VI u
eat soil has taken place. aho grea'c "raas ~a".
ast skill exists in the Proouc''on ol @ I'op'., :.
The The ogriculturallsts IN our o!a,e nay1 \; Il
oot adopted those Improvements anu uSe,o' ~
Nv coveries which have oeeh m'aue ~ ~: ~
tivation Of the soil. Inc l'gh's ol ..s s''en' CIV
ma and practical instructions nave o WV" onn s"'
lch nent success been -appi'eo II" so,"e '.I; W.:
IS tries to the art Of agrlGulaute' ha.u rrea,
OF this branch of industry has oeeh grew "a:
ur' elevated, the minds OF those ehgsseu III III
cen greatly enlightened and their LABOR fe
of dered doubly productive. r,.
hen 1t must be admitted by every eni1gn'e
and ed mind, that scientific knowieoge -
'ur- important in the improvement OF agrlc'
ex- ture as it is in the manufacturing or
ave mechanic arts, We learn from relia'
of sources, that agricultural schools have be
our established in some parts of Europe W