Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1846-09-22
The Mighty West.
From .he I orespondenes Jour. o

From the (orespondence Jour. Of Com.
The agricultural capacities of the West
are destined to astonish the world, if they
have not done so. Bread stuffs and pro-
visions have already poured down to New
Orleans and over the lakes, in such vast
quantities that the trade in these great ar
ticles of human sustenance has been com
pletely revolutionized. The great oxen
which | saw at Chicago, show that the
quantities ofdelicious beef which is pack
ed there, is capable of being extended in.
definitely; and do not write without good
authority, when l say that en- the best
prairies of Wisconsin, wheat is now
grown and bagged, ready for market, al
sixteen cents bushel, making ample al
lowance for all expenses. The pork Of
Ohio has within very few years come
to be an article of immense value, and
yet all these things are hut just begun
The peopling ofthe West has but com.
menced, its productions are yet in their
littleness. Whatever some men may
think and say about the new policy Of
England being Of no value to US, | am sure
it is totally without good foundation. No
where in the wide world, can bread stuffs
and provisions be produced at such low
priced as in our Western country, and
nothing but this new policy of England
could saved the west from being smother.
ed and buried in its own productions
Home markets, important as they are al
ready g!utted and nothing but the feeding
fthe millions of Europe, could sustain
and carry on the mighty agricultural
growth of our country. Beyond all doubt
in my mind, the free policy of England i:
not only something, but everything to US
as it is salvation to her. But for the for
eign markets of the world our products
must decay on hand, and the advance oil
the new settlements be checked and limi.
ted to the neighborhood of the great thor.
ough fares of Transportation. The uttel
want Of value which some articles expe.
rieneed a few years ago, would for aughl
| can see, be widely extended TO other ar.
ticles. No where else has the Creator
made things so ready to the farmers hand
as in the west. State after State is bu
one extended plain of the richest SOIL
But more than this, a very great portion O
the soil is cleared and ready for the plough
When the west was first penetrated, il
had the features ofthe most highly cult.
waited and civilized portions of Europe;
vast tracts, some of them so large thai
from their centre the eye could not reach
the surrounding forests, were cleared and
coveredwith luxuriant vegetation, while
the woods free from under brush, as il
subdued with the most careful hand, ri.
vailed the parks of English lords in beauty
and the abundance of deer, grouse, and
all sorts of game with which they were
stored. How the prairies came to be
what they are, the skill of the wise men
has so far failed to discover. Even tha
great reason of syolcanic action" which
in billy countries accounts for all that car
not otherwise be accounted for, fails here
and the philosophers are Obliged to con
Tess that no magician or astroioger can
solve the question. The superficial ap
pearances are, to be sure, accounted fol
with tolerable satisfaction, by no means
the annual fires which for ages il i
supposed the Indians have set to catel
game, and which have swept over these
limitless regions, destroying everything
but tae shoots Of the oak, and even mos
Of them, and all except. in favored loca
lions; but adding new layer ofricil ash
les to the old deposit, and preparing thu
way for renewal of rank vegetation
when the spring sun should again warn
the EARTH But while these deposits Q
ashes may account for the deep blacl
mould which covers the Prairiss, they d