Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1847-02-03

| American States THAT these countries would
be able to take advantage OF every favora.
BILE turn in the English market and supply
every sudden demand before il could reach
America; that wheat from Dantzc and
Odessa could be poured into the British
ports before the grain-freigh,ed ships from
| America could get half way across the
ocean. Now, there has been, fear, some
thing less honest than Interpretation
perpetuated TO the disadvantage Of the
West on this important point. Having
made special inquiries Of several corn>
dealers he re, learn that, virtually, there
is no growing county nearer 10 Eng
| land than the United States; that The aver
age passage from Odessa to Liverpool is
from serenity TO eighty days! that the aver
age passage from Dantzic to the same por,
consumes as much time, on an average, as
a passage from New York.
| hope the farmers of the Western States
will need no stinlus to their activity in pre-
pairing 10 make the next seed,ine an
epoch in the history of American agricu-
,ure. The Sp'ing will have neatly come
before this reaches our readers in that re-
gion Let every man encourage his neigh
Dor to sow literally for the wants of the
world. Ii a thousand millions of bushels
of Indian Corn be produced in the United
States next season. there will be demand
for it, Let il be the ambition Of the farm
ers of our Union 10 raise in 1647 one
busheI Of Indian Corn for every inhabiiant
of the globe. There is no quality in the
glory of America which contemplate with
more pleasure than this capacity TO feed
The Old World. with food for man and
beast. Let The hardy pioneers Of the West
and all lis vigorous population comprehend
their calling. Let the martial spirit be
banshed from their midst. Let the drum
and fife go and play to the wildcats and
wolves, whose music is ofthe same spirit
as their own. Let iheirswordS be beaten into
ploug hshares, and this will work on. for it
a position in the world full Of moral power
glory and benefcence. The sword can
only destroy its own market and cut the
sinews Of its own industry and devour
every element Of its moral power and true
prosperity; but the ploughshare can make
Kings aud Queens, and the country beyond
the ocean tributaries TO and bonefciares
of lis abundance. The ploughshare can on
" give the West tina. position in the Ameti-
can Union and on the American Continent
which Providence has so eminently fitted
il TO occupy.
am anxious 70 do something that may
| fciIlaie the development Of the vast and
latent resources Of the West, not only for
ther good. but for the good of every part
of The Union. My mind has been deeply
affected Of Ia'e by the policy which would
suppress the Development Of these resour.
ccs. or graduate it TO the demands of n
small par. of the Union. propose soon
to visit France, and shall try to operate
upon the public mind in favor OF Indian
Corn. Bu, must bring this long rambling
letter TO close. should be happy 10 be
in correspondence with the progressive de-
moc,acv' of the West through the columns
of the Citizen. hope they will mike ii
the medium Of communicating information
with regard 10 their resources and their
means and wants foriniernal Improvements.
Let,me again ask our Western readers no,
TO use the Citizen for waste paper, after
thew have read it; but 10 lend it to their
ncighbors, and keep it in circulation as
long as a paragraph is legibe. Certainly
those who do not keep file Of the numbers,
can afford TO do this.
Ia the bonds Of universal Brotherhood.
ELHU BURRITT.
Manchester, Dec. End, 1916.