The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-11-28

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- laseinssi 2 - i oil,tFwi.e wosld b
4 sFsirm zLifh E0uid open 10 ihe fsr-
megs he Farlans nsrkeis 81 the w0fii
81 cheap rae. uonld open 10 ihrIa :
hidden mlne o. wealth. more lasting and
faithful Than he . plarefs" Of California.
Having acress 10 msrkel. whatever their
farms would prodnee and their industry
eullisaie. Neuld 6nd ready sale. What
before MAS unpredusiise would be pro-
dueiive. shsl was worthless would be
FalnabLe. shsl was nnssiesblr Ho1ld be
II brisk demand.
Lands are valuable n proportion n
iheir fertility lnj heslihfulness. hui chief
" as hey are convenient " a general
market. What gives such great value 10
land adjacent 10 rites. Is the market which
i thus afforded for their products: PuiiI
IN the power &c farmers one hundred n
more miles fIam eilies 10 deliver their
farm produces Il cheap rate and sPeedi-
IL. and yen add 10 the value % their lad.
As farmer has.areess 10 market. Is he
can sell his products. as lie can hny cheap
Ii his supplies. 50 are his lands valuable.
Railroads giFe him The command Of The
markets 81 4 eiiy. ard though he i situated
hundred miles o. more Of. yet he has
almesl ~ the greal advantages enjoyed
ty The farmer whnse land is in The i'm
mediate ViriRiiy. IS railroads progress
from a clty ilirangh The country. lands
fise immedilely in ysiue. The city TOO.
receives The benciii in an increased trade
and more abundant supplies. Railroads
enrich the farmer and land owners on their
route. and build up towns and ciiits. As
railroads have extended their iron en-
braces over the country. villages and towns
have sprung up and gown in imponaEee.
cities increase in trade and population. and
Tie farmers as class have reaped meal
culable benefits and adyanlages--iheir
lands being more valuable. and market
afforded Cor al they rOuh produce. where
before lands were valueless d market
for nothing. What renders il so high IN
the north and farming so profitable II
i mainly because the railroads have open
ed lilo markets 10 the laFmers-whsleveI
they make they can sell Al good prices
they have both home and a distant mar
kel.
In Georgia. the farmers understand mat
lers now. As the Georgia road advanced
into the country. lands rose, towns sprang
up. trade increased, population ceased 10
flow onf, but the tide turned 10. The
farmers began 10 lake stock il the roads
they began 10 build them. They have
built many niles Of road, taking the stock
and working their subscriptions on. with
their hands. and after The ROAD was done.
have found themselves richer 5han al first,
and the stock thrown in-lhe:rise in their
lands more Than equal ne their work OF
the road. They are sill building other
roads. RAINING into and connecting other
places with Tie main roads. The farmers
cons ruci most OF them, too--a county
builds a road through lis limits. the next
does the same, and so on. We reeol-
1 lecl seeing statement not many months
ago, from an Engineer Of one of The Geor-
gia roadside Muscogee one, we think
that the farmers in the region Of Co.
lumbus were making about $500 10 the
hand by subscribing for the railroad sto ell
and then working out their subscriptions,
Is j, any wonder that Georgia is prosper
ons--lhat her llnds are rising--that Fac.
tories. Foundiies. &C., are doliing the
State oyer--,ha, her citizens are no, hunt
ing homes in new Iegions--ihat her ellie:
are growing in wealth, trade and popula,
lion-her towns and villages muhiplyin!
and fiourishing, Look II Savannah, how
she is spending millions for roads. canals
lines Of Steamships, &c., drawing weslll
from all quarters by freely giving il oul a
first. Look al Augusta with her cana
for manufacturing purposes. Aud Go
lumbus. The Lowell Of the Soulhl Ano
Bile riyalship for the lasting welfare of til
, Stale. exists between the country and ei
ties--the farmers aud iraders--they ar
: mutually eariching, and bracIng and sus
aiming each other.
| Tennessee has commenced following
! the laudable example of the "model Sta,
+ Of the Sou,a." She is building Railroad
! her cities and farmers have united 10
e gether--haye put their shoulders 10 tn
wheel, and two great works are unde
r Roadway. In Tennessee, as elsewhere
wherever The Railroad touches, land la
! risen very greatly in value. Along th
whole line from Nashville 10 Challanoo
!. ga. real estate has gone up. Even Will
e the road is i'll construction, the dilferenc
. in the value Of The land on the route nov
and what il was before, i far more tina
+ the entire cost Of the road! Mr.. Ste
phenson estimates the rise in the valu
/ Of real estate on The route and in The lown
on The line al about eleven millions Will
The cost of the road is put down a, ihre
millions. In The north. the Middle States
the West and South, experience has eve
shown results of similar nature flown,
from Railroads. They create and impair
! weaith--lhey are fertilizing streams rival
ling the wonders Of The Nile. Truly
most truly may il be said, that the farmer
are more interested in and more benefit
ted he Rn1lraatts hen I'll also has;J-s