New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-25
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SATURDAY, OCTOBER g. 1851

nor while ITS east and west boundaries are formed
OF tie grandest channels of foreign communication
hat North America contains, VIZ the Mississippi
and Lake Michigan.
This State exports lead shot, copper and zinc FRS
lumber, wood maple sugar, potash, sslHaius, soap
candles, brooms. beer. marble, wheat, hour, corn
rye, oats, backwheat, barley, potatoes nay, pOIa
beef hides, wool, picked FISH, &c, Sc She imports
a GREAT deal more than she ought. " hit Wisconsin
wants most as 1 said IN my Chicago letter oil liz
noisl is The pTocucer and consumer alongslIe each
o;her on B.r own soil. She wants the manufacturer
m weed and iron and leather and lead and any ether
If which the ray material Is - cheap or cheaper
Than they are IN the East. 70 settle mere she oHefS
item HOUSES cheaper, LANDS cheaper food cheaper,
AID a0Hs ~ the rqw v1ffriAs Whica aey 'ronld use
~ half ,r.ce II manufacturers cannot come mere
ard make MONEY, they could not IN any country un,
der The SUD. There Is unQuestiOhaOiy great He'd
H. this State ficm which great wealth VIII De drawn
fer lis resources are mos, numerous and Wisconsin
VIII IN cue tine take rank among the great states o.
lie world. ). PIcKAvANT.
p Sept l0.-The foregoing letter Is dated as
you may sec some weeks since, but necessary de-
lave have pseyened It's earlier transmission Since
Il was written have seen the letter of Mr. johnson,
# Milwaukee, IN The Tribune Of the 9th ult., IN
vhch ne denies that there has been failure Of the
wheat crop OF Wisconsin for the past two or three
wears. as | stated IN my letter from Milwaukee.
Permit me 10 state The grounds, particularly, OF my
assertion Wnhe passing through the states THIS
SIDE OF Wisconsin, cOnversed with many on the re-
lative condition of the several states ard found the
IMPRESSION all but universal that Wisconsin was
no longer TO be dependedon as wheat country AZ
iowaUce had of course 70 he made for that lAudaoe
zeal such as animates Mr.. johnson, and which
80 enhances the value of ours and received such
COMPARISONS with caution. vet as deserving ques-
ton Upon nv arrival at Milwaukee put the Ques
ton to maIv 4" How does Wheat succeed IN this
country | found that some, probably of the
"shrevder Sort who may be interested IN the sue
cess and growth Of Milwaukee, would rot say much
about but when put the question to the farmers
them. elves they invariably spoke Of Il "a doubtful
crop-sone SpessiDg OF Il as mere so than others,
and that Il had been so torthe last IRE years although
II Lad fa ell more decidedly IN the last two or three
/ afterward travelled across Wisconsin, and re-
peat what rad written before saw Mr.. s letter,
and which IS still the truth-that of from twothirds
t. three. fouTthS Of all the Wheat saw, the yield
would be- underten bushels to the acre while great
port,on would not give i've Nowwhen i'll known
that originally 20 10 % bushels was considered the
average crop, feel justified IN calling the present
crops failure even though Mr.. Johnson says they
are not.
As to the other points of Mr.. John.on's letter,
leave them t. stand as against nv letter nom MIL
waukee, remaTkrng. however, that my further ac-
cuaintance with both Milwaukee and Wisconsin but
confirmed me N the truth of what SAID from which
position Mr. j does not meye me.
But trust Mr. Johnson Will not therefore conclude
that am an enemy 10 Milwaukee. am not so and
beg 10 assure him that II ever have 10 choose De-
tween the Northwestern States as place OF resi-
6ence Wisconsin is the State and Milwaukee Is t1e
city where my Individual tastes would lnd most 20
please them. Yet, for al that, w0ud not Sh"f ny
fbsS upcn fheLy faults those Of then people j. p