The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-06-28
influence or Canal, and railroads.


The influence pfinierna Improvements
upon the commercial prosperity aud ag.
gregate wealth of cities aud States, is sIri-
kingly Illustrated in the former and pres
ent comparative condition Of Virginia and
New York. Is4.sa
They are both Atlantic States--both
started together in the race ofindepend'
ence, wealth. population and commerce.
both have the finest harbors in the Re
public. Al first Virginia had the adVan
tage. In 1889. her imports amounted to
I$4 .255, 500, aud the imports Of New York
to only seas 900 Thus they started.
New York. perceiving that her com.
mercial prosperity was dependent on her
connection with the West-the Great
Wesl--from which she might draw mate
rials for subsistence, manufactures and
commerce, made haste 10 clinnect herself
therewith, by canals and railroads.
But Virginia. satisfied with her natu.
raj position and advantages. took no steps
10 form a connection with the Ohio and
Mississippi vall;es. She slept at her post
| ill quite recently. 95.,-...7
And what has been the comparative re-
sult2 III 1882 the imports of Virginia
had fallen from 81, 1855, 800 10 81 $4,000,
while New York imports had gone up
from S945 900 to S75 900 .0O0l Aud whyl
Mainly because New York was connect
ed aud Virginia unconnected with the
rich and fertile, the great aud growing
West. aale- aat
In 1871 the tonnage of Virginia was
33 .239 tons. aud in 1888 it was only g.
405 tons; while the tonnage Of New York
city alone, in 1888, was 4OO,97 tons.
That the commercial prosperity of the
Atlantic cities depends upon their con
uection with the Ohio and Mississippi
valhcs, requires no argument atthis day
And thus we find Philadelphia, Baltimore
New York, and Charleston, making
noble efforts, and the two first successful
nnes;to rank with the fertile valies of the
Ohio and Mississippi
Then there is another connection con
structed and being constructed. There
is now route by river. railway and cana
from Baltimore 10 hyhchbdrgh, Va. Ii
four years there will be d railway from
Memphis to Knoxville, Tennessee, all,
]ihere will remain only 1870 miles betweel
Knoxville aud Lyuchbmgh,,to 10 complel'
the connections, between Baltimore an'
Memphis 10 the Mississippi.
II A,,,I ,.,I,o, - co.,!l,,tion HIS orHna acti nj
would make in Tennessee, and no,
largely it. would increase the commercia
Importance Of the "Monumental City"
Tennessee produces $4,000 900 Of bush
els of wheat, one half Of which she coulC
export aud retain enough for home con
sumption. The average price of whea
in Tennessee is about so cents, MAXIM
the total value of the surplus about So,
$50 900 Nowifit could be taken To III
1 Atlantic markets, it would pay railroa
charges aud yield so cents per bushe!, q
!, $4,000 600 instead of SO $50 900, aud a
increased profit TO the wheat growers 0
Tennessee of Sl,950,000. Tennessee
produces 100000 of bushels Of corn-
between two aud three mllionsof whic
ara exported, and mostly Ia New Orlean
from 1900 to 1900 miles After deluc
ting charges, it leaves little or no prof
, to the producer Now Tennessee coul
export 80 900 900 of bushels of corn yeai
Iy, if she had market Al home corn
worth from 10, Is to 20 cents per bushe
: Was there a railway to the Atlantic, th
> surplus corn would bear the cost {
freight and pay 35 cents PEI busheL Hel
would be saving to the corn growers
= S4 800 000--and the same is true of an
other staple production of any othe il
Q land State. Gin. Gae.
h WA young Scotch lady, Miss Lavini
n Downie. has undergone, with fatal issu,
all operation To extract a pin which W.
9 lately discovered to be in her ear Whe
Y very little girl, twenty years ago, Mil
y Downie put a pin in her month, and pre-
d emily afterwards, as she beloved, swa