Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-05-28
Prospects and Advantages of Kenosha,

Prospects and Advantages OF Kenosha.
The hard times which for the year or two
past have depressed the business and prospects
OF our city, seem to be gradually frightening
up and giving promise of better things. There
is no city upon the western shore of Lake Mich
igan, which has so many natural advantage as
our own city. Surrounded, almost, by rich
and fertile prairie, which is cultivated better, and
more density populated than the same number of
acres in any part Of the understanding with
tie exception of here and there an opening of
timber 10 the Fox River this whole region is
naturally dependent upon our city for a market
town With an ordinary desire for reciprocal
accommodation and advantages, the people of the
city and county may mutually grow prosperous
and wealthy together.
Without recurring to the unfortunate circum-
stances, which have conspreG to bcget in the
minds of some in the country, a prejudice
against the city because certain individuals have
have not dealt as honorably with them as they
should have dono--Wc only ask "In what city,
under the shining ofthe sun, have not similar or
worse things been done ?" Has a wheat mer-
chant in Kenosha, been unfortunate or rascally,
(use which tenn suits YOURSELF and been una
die or unwilling TO return the money for the
wheat which has been deposited with him which
is righttuly your due. You may thank your
stars, that you know whether it was burnt up or
not. If warehouse burns up that contained
your wheat, you may or may not know whether
your wheat was in it at the time or not -
And it is all right. You will not imbibc
prejudice against a place because of that fact
tits no matter if it contains 100000 worth of
wheat but if a warehouse fails to account for
10000 bushels, you will think every inhabitant
OF the city guilty Of robbing every man in the
country, now we submit whether there is rhyme
OF reason or fair play eren in such course.
Now this parallel can be traced to foundation
in fact, as III novelist say--yet how few have
thought of the candor of the If course in making
such unreasonable prejudccs, the ground work
Of their preference in the choice Of cities when
coming 70 the lake shore for market.
In building plank roads our citizens have not
induced all the farmers on the route to mortgage
their farms for the money to build them with
consequently the farmers will not be obi ged to
lose them in their inability to procure the mon
ey to lit tho mortgages. They have built them
to their personal damage in some instances, in
order to help the general coed.
Everybody knows that as general thing in
business matters, men court. their o1cn interest
soleIy-or think they DO.
Now, in this point of view, we can see of
how much adyantagcit will be for neighboripg
city whichis situated two miles cast and ten
miles north Of us, to construct a plank road
which shall cross ours in direction south ofus.
We are pleased with the idea of its being built,
because we know that the laws of trade and in
torost will compel every man to 60 where he can
totho best. Other things being equal, no farm
or will 90 or l 0 miles farther to market when
he can get as good price for produce, and buy
goods as cheap by shortening his distance and
saving his toll.
Hence, We infer that our advantages in loca-
ton, is what is compelling our ncghbor to run
hopeIessIy Unto dcbtj in order to secure by artif-
cal means, those advantages which have been
denied hy nature. We trust that the cncourag-
ing looks Of business ana the hcnIthlul state Of
trade will uotiHIace our citizens to sit inactive
ly down, while our best energies are needed (in
order to expand our limits and trade) to draw
ftom the uorth and west those advantages our
ncghbors are seeking to draw from the south
and west Of rs.