The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-05-19
IoWA-ITs- ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS.

inducements our State offer. to the em
grants, and particularly as to its agricu
iural advantages. A short article on tn
subject will perhaps be acceptable to som
If our distant readers.
The State extends from near the forfeit
parallel of north latitude to above the forty
rhird; the latitude that is found to be be;
adapted to those agricultural products tha
ire most depended upon and cultivated i
the north temperate zone. The best an
most prosperous parts of the Union lie be
tween these limits. Minnesota and Wis
cousin, to the north, have the disadvanta
yes of longer and colder winters; while tn
more genial climates to the south Of Us hav'
the draw back Of slavery to contend with
These things alone will have much eflec
10 directing the stream ofemigration to ou
confines i'll density Of population close th'
entrance.
There is but little difference in tempera
ure between our State and those east o
IS under The same parallel, we consider
however, our fails to be less subject to ear
Nv frosts, and our winters to be dryer
Winter wheat often suffers from the alb
scence of the protecting SHOWS that are
more apt to shield it in Michigan and Penn
.ylvania. From this cause, we are inclln.
ed to think the average yield of that crop
is somewhat less with US than it is in those
last named States; but the GnrivalIed rich
ness Of our soil amply compensate Tor this,
& ndrf,
pumpkins, potatoes and esculent roots in
general. and other crops that it gives.
For arrangement oil surface, and adapta-
,ion to agricultural purposes, the interior
Of Iowa is probably the finest region that
the sun shines on. 1t is demonstrated, BY
actual survey, that no State in the Union
has SO small proportion Of inferior land.
The timbered lands are less extensive than
the prairies; these latter frequently stretch
away in large, undulatory swels, farther
than the eve can reach. The extent Of
prairie is sometimes considered an obJec-
lion; but we are satisfied this will prove to
he an error. Compared to the life time OF
labor it takes 10 open a farm in the woods.
The facility with which one can be es'ab
lished in the prairie is most striking and
ura,if, ING to the settler. Sufficient timber
Tor all necessary purposes can always be
obtained within reasonable distance, and
artificial groves Of that most useful and
tree, the locust, can be easily
and quickly raised. Nothing can exceed
The beauty of prairie cottage surrounded
by its grove Of locusts; wherever met with.
it marks the abode of taste and comfort.
The praries are commonly rich to the Ut.
most possibility offa!ness. One character
pervades the State SO much, that in riding
over it the monotony OF lis very beauty
and fertility becomes tlresome.
Limestone is, we believe, distributed
abnndanlIv over the whole State. We do
not know much about its coal field, but
there is reason to believe that they are equal
in ex,en, to those Of any State in the Union.
Lead ore is found in great abundance
abou, Dubuque. Orihe other mineral re-
sources Of the State we know but little,
A geological survey we consider to be much
needed; il could not fail to developa new
sources of wealth Professor Ovens ex.
pIoratiuns, we believe, have been pretty
much limited TO the eastern and northern
portions.
The pneries of the Upper Mississippi
are of mach Importance to the States be
low them. They must continue through
countless ages to weld immense supplies
of lumber to all places to which there are
ti,,n Err n y
md when the rail and plank roads, now
contemplated, shall be constructed, few
portions of our State will need 10 complain
of dt firiency Of timber.
Ia pon, Of salubri,s , Iowa is not surpass.
ed hy any OF the new States. OF course
il is not exemp, from the diseases incIden-
tai to rich and uncul,iva,ed regions; but
from the openness OF the country il is less
liable TO the scourge Of malaria than most
Of the other States have heen. Take II
altogether il is most attractive country tor
the emigran,; and is marching and will
continue to march with rapid strides IN
wealth and population.
In 1886, the district OF Iowa contained
lO,53l inhabitants. IN 1888. the Terrl,o
ry contained 22.SG0. In 1910 it number
ed ~, ll2.-in 1914, 81 a2l--and in 1880
The State contained l92,2l4. If W'sc"u-
sin has increased its population with some
VIVA, greater rapdity, it is because that
State has greater facilities OF approach from
the east, aud because she has her on'grant
agencies in all the large commercial cities.
Iowa has not taken these pains to obtain
settlers; she depends upon her own at'rac
tions: and when once her eastern commu-
uica,ions, by means of railroads now under
way, are completed, there can be TO doubt
the great Western wave OF population viii
speedily roll over her broad surface, and the
whole State become as blooming gar
den.-Bml. Tel.
SANTA ANNa's PoMCY.-The following
from the Washington correspondent OF the
Journal of Commerce, is not bad view o
Santa Anna's position:
Santa Anna, in his communication tt
Escobar, made a gratutous declaration o
war against the United States. Many sup
pose that he courts hostlities with the Uni
led States, for several reasons-to wit
that in war, he can do as he pleases having
the supreme and uncontrolled power, ant
then, if the result Of the war should no
make emperor, or perpetual dictator, it viii
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