The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-15


The Indian title to the Sioux country having
been extinguished, and the money being here to
remove the Indians to their new quarters. no OBJ
atacle remains to retard the settlement of that OK
tensive and fertile portion of the territory Next
year flood Of population from the States Of the
East and West, and from Europe, win flow in upon
1t along the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers, in
creasng two or threefold the number of steamboats,
in the Minnesota trade. The margin Of the Min
nesota river WILL before next season Closes become
thickly settled, and its banks will show many
hourishing towns, some two or three Of which viii
soon DC regarded as points Of commercial impor-
tance. The trade Of that valley will centre at st.
Paul, and soon double its bueiness, with o proper
tionate increase Of population, and improvements
In dwellings. stores, and workshops With this new
and increasing resource Of trade jobbing business
will grow up at this place, and many of our present
retailers will become wholesale merchants, making
room for newssA OF retail dealers to take their
Of . commercial city. Our levee viii be enlarged
50 as to extend from the lower to the upper land
ing. This Gun be done at q moderate expense,
which will be paid by the property holders along
the river, and in three or four years leyee and
rows Of buildings for stores and warehouses will CON.
meet the now rival landings This is not guessing,
but estimating the future on reliable data furnished
6y the past experience Of settling and building up
the rapidly receding Far West.
glance at the upbuilding of the new Western
States:-The territorial government of Wisconsin
was organized in 1886. Its white inhabitants at
that time were but few thousands, and large
portion Of the territory was occupied by Indians
By the census Of 1910, Wisconsin had 80 Si5 in.
habitants which was increased in 1916 to 40 900.
nearly doubling the population at the rate of onoe
estimated that so 900 immigrants arrived and set
tied in that State, large per centage Of them from
the north of Europe. In 1850 the population Of
Wisconsin 3O5 i9l-a duplication Of its inhabi.
tants in something less than five years
In 1885 the district of Iowa contained 10 53l per-
CONS. The territory of Iowa organized in 1883.
1t then contained a population of %, $50, having
more than doubled in two years. In 1910 it con-
tanned 3,ll2. almost another duplication in two
yesrs-in 1874, Sl,92l persons, and in 1850,
1924
There are two reasons why Wisconsin Increased
more rapidly in population than Iswa: it was more
Immediately accessible by railroad and lake travel
from the Eastern States and cities; and the people
Of the former State employed agents and other
means to secure large influx Of foreign immigrants.
large commercial cities Of the East. Iowa has not
taken that trouble to obtain inhabitants.
| The statistics here noted, with other data. will
enable the reader to form reasonable estimate Of
the prospects of this territory for the next and sub
sequent years Of the present decade But we wish
only to glance at the prospects Of Minnesota for the
next year; we post up the books and find on the
credit side, to commence next season, the Indian
title to 20 900 600 Of the Sioux lands extn-
guished, and the country open for settlement tho
fame of Minnesota widespread in the States and
Europe; her fertile soil and healthy climate apprs
ciated no fear of Indians tho '.too cold'' idea
melted and dissipsted every question of soil, sgri.
culture, and destiny settled in her favor increased
facilities for travel by steamboat; the Chicago
railroad finished to the Mississippi; and many other
valuable items, crowd the credit page On the
debtor side we see few individual items hardly
worth noticing.
Since lS45 the basis of immigration has greatly
increased; and we do not think it unreasonable to
expect that, as Wisconsin increased by imnigra-
tion so 600, in lS45 Minnesota may obtain an ad.
diton Of fifteen or twenty thousand to her popua.
ton during the next year Since 1874 the facilities
Of travel have vastly increased while the condition
Of the people of Europe and the enterprising spirit
Of the age every~ here, have excited restless desire
among all sorts of people to seek out new and
settlements in regions neither touched by the hand
nor blasted by the vices Of civilization In 1915,
Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa offered
settlers millions OF farms on the great lakes, ryers
and tributaries But most of the 'choice" locations
in those States have been taken up, and now Of .
sudden the Sioux country, large enough for State
"a country unrivalled in beauty, fertility and
health-is thrown before the world like millions Of
golden prizes, offered freely and without price (ths
country is not surveyed) to 'al the world and the
rest of mankind I"
Will it not, then, be moderate estimate, If ws
put the immigration Of next year at $4,000 persons
1t may reach 20, 900, or even 30 900, for all the
world alive with the Minnesota fever Take either
estimate, and then calculate the increase Of trade
that must follow, the increase Of work for me-
chsnics and laboTers lawyers, doctors and spsoula.
tors, steamboatmen, teamsters, and poor printers,
who are the wheel horses Of the crowd, aud then
look to the amount to be paid the Sioux Indians,
and yon will have some idea of the prospects 81
Minnesota next years.. Paul Paper.
Domestic Miscellany.
On the Sth instsnt German committed self destruo-
ion BY eapiDg into the Ohio river from the steamer 90
lumbia lying at the foot Of Broadway, Cincinnati Every
expedient resorted by the hands OF the boat
save his life but failed His wife and children were on
he boa At he fune lie ain