The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-03-13
Correspondence Of the Cecil Wig.
LETTER FROM IOWA.

| -MeHtSeHcc " me TURNER'S, &C.
KEoKUK. Iowa, Feb. %, 1852.
Iowa, | have said, has the nateriel which is
TO render her prosperous, and needs but the right
class Of men to develop it. And what class, you
ask, is that? Why, real substantial farmers and
mechanlcs;-men with some capital, and who
are willing TO blde their time, and wait for their
reward. Men need not come here with the cx-
pcctation Of gathering fortune in few days
as is sometimes done in the sands Of California.
If they do, they will he egregiously mistaken;
but ifthcy cone determined to settle permanent
Iy. and willing
c. to labor and to wait"
they may rest assured ofan independence, which
ii is almost impossible to attain in the Eastern
States. The greater pant Of the laud in Iowa
is oilhe very best quality, and wants but the
proper cu!tiyRtion-such as Eastern agricullu-
risis beStow upon their lands, 10 render il highly
productive. The use of guano, bone-dust or
manure of any kind is unknown 10 our farmers,
yet their crops are abundant, and they are am
ply rewarded for their labor. True they car
not find so ready market for their produce as
the farmers in the East; but in very few years
! rail roads will be built through every portion
of the Slate-Nsw York will be but three or
four days distant, and the markets will be as
accessible to the Iowaian as to the Mary lander
Or Pennsylvania.
| Like all the Western States iowa has, as
have said previously. more than her quota Of
Lawyers, Doctors, Melchants, and Other nom
producers, who eat out her substance without
in any manner h"ncGttina her. Thcy, il "y
are willing to waste their tiuc. talents, AMI
money Will no jouht. as tie cCUntry fllS up
! find employment Bu, whether Thy VIII b.
justified in such 4 cours" | leave every on" to
determine Tor himself. All ran .ay j. that
they are not Tie class OF men Iowa needs at
present to advance her interests an, render her
opulent. i farmer here, as in every Other coun
try, to work 10 ayuntace, shouii have SONG
small capital; but hr can work his way uurh
better here without capital. than he can in the
older States without it; and there are hundreds
whose negligence and lazincss starvcd them
oul OF the old States getting along well in Iowa
in spite Of their old habits. Mechanics wages
are from $l.15 TO $3.50 day AMI common
iarm-hands get from SIS to SIS a month. " lat
then is TO hinder any industrious and economical
NAN from saving money enough to buy and stock
a small farm, or set mp business on his own uc-
COUNT Nothing in the wide world; and any
| intelligent aud industrious young mechanic or
! lahnrcr who comes 10 Iowa. without sin pence
(
in the world, and be in the highway to indie
pcndence.
| And no onc need iear when coming to Iowa
falling amongst sci of uncivilzed, illiterale
posed OF men from all parts OF the Union and
anon" them are rude and ignorant men as
matter Of course; but | have found the Iowa
farmcrs-the men of influence, mean, as OPEN
hearted and intelligent set of men as ever
associated with. They have read considerable,
have seen much of the world; and are men of
ripe judgments and vast general information
Neither will he find monied arislocracy, sneer.
ing al the man who earns his bread in the sweat
OF his face for wealthy nabobs, with purses
DIoolcu w 'iit toii VI OtHti lCM anu luf
between, and labor is dienifcd and honorable.
The fact is, the people of Iowa have not yet had
time to become rich They have been, and still
are, Busy subduing the prairies and foresls-pro-
jecling enterprises, and laying broad and strong
the foundations ofthcir future wealth and great
ness. Let but the men, and means be furnished
to carry rapidly what has been so well begun,
and in short tine-a very few years, Iowa,
youthful as she is, will occupy the position
which, under ordinary circumstances, it may
require longer, but which she is destined ulti-
mately, TO attain; and be one of the first and
most influential States in the Union.
W. p. E.