The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-06-28

eun,,vf i"nlSH eAyePt Ohptu0 suStFaao uhs Do9i
cohsidemble. Tho town ,yf Lowell, which il
1910 numbered, 20.7S2. inhabitunts, has now,
population Of 5000, being Al increase Of ! /.
829. The next highest increase has been IN R0x
bury. which now has population Of 9.2.l more
than it had In 1910. The total excess Of popu
lstion Of the thirty towns over that Of l84O
| Is 81 ,499."
And what has Massachusetts been do.
ing in the last ten years that such mark.
ed increase of population should take
Placei
She has been engaged in mahufactar.
ing every article that could, under the
circumstances be produced at home
She has been engaged in making rail.
roads and other improvements for the
easy importation of the raw material and
the expectation of he's manufactured pro.
ductions. Her citizens with their sur.
plus capital. join together and invest the
aggregate in whatever has tendency TO
increase the population and the business
Of the State. In very short time, the
results prove the correctness of their cal.
culations and the pro6ts5leness Of their
enlerprising spirit. In thirty. eight towns
alone, the average increase of population
in ten years amounts to Too thousand
three hundred persons. In this number
Of towns, there is a home market crea.
ed for eiyaty-seoen thousand souls, who
Will consume over Two millions of dol.
lars worth Of agricultural products They
will MARE sd many more customers COR
the mechaHical and commercial portion
Of The corimUHily in those towns, and
making bdt low estimate, any one can
see the immense additions that must ne.
cessaril5 be made to the Business of those
places. Tie farmers aid bJtllculiurists
in tho heigRborhood experience the ben:
fits of this increase Of population and
receive four fold retdrn for every odt.
lay that has been made by them.
Contrast this state Of things with oIr
own town and county. ttis very dodbt.
ful whether the entire county. towns
and all, has had the benefit Of this aver.
age increase of population. And whyl
We Scarcely make ah effort to increase
our facilities fdt transportation. We
take very little interest in the improve,
ment and enlargement of our mechanic.
al aud manufacturing interests. We Of.
fer no inducements for working men and
capitalists to comic among us with their
labor. skill aid capital. Our monied
men are too apt to look upon each other
with envy and prejudice and refuse to
Join their means together in promoting
the interests and incre asing the prosperi-
ty of the town and country. We have a
very large amount of surplus capital In
vested id ldanS at fixed pei tentum, or
employed in some particular branch of
business, Useful in itself, yet not hear so
profitable Id the end as sumo others which
wodld greatly add to the population aud
@eulta Of odr county.
We raise d large qdantity Of surplus
Wheat aua wool. We pay Heavy price
Eor l}e transportation of those articles to
the eastern cities. The wheat is con-
sumed there either id bre adstufs or for
manufacturing purposes. The wool is
worked int0 cloths Of different kinds, is
sent BACK to Us, aud we again pay freight
ON the return. We even refuse to ioiu
hands and construct those improvements
which would cause Reduction in the pri.
ces Of transportation. We have bettet
land and more Of it than can be found in
Massachusetts Or In England. Both of
these are willing to take our surplus pro-
ddctions III exchange for theirs, when
they need them. When they do not, we
are compelled 10 sell at rdinous prices
and yet have to purchase Of them. The
part Of wisdom is, TO buy nothing abroad
which can be manufactured as cheaply
at home. Look at the very extensive
scope of country, we can have as a mar
ket for woolen goods. Just cast your
eye over very large population. with
whom woolen mandatory III this place
would have dealings aud then estimate
how large an establishment could be
kept in constant operation.
We are too apt to desire an increase
to what We have, instead of laboring to
improve and perfec, it. We have a farm
of one hundred and sixty acres, suffici.
emily large for any purpose; yet our sur
plus capital is sent west to purchase real
estate, and unless we have hit upon re.
ifiarkable sight, ysafs pass by, inierest
and taxes treble and quadruple the orig.
inal cost, ana When we come TO sell we
find that very small per ceutum upon
that amount otherwise invested, would
yield Us a double return. Had this sur.
plus been expended in improving our
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