New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-13
is THE EMPIRE STATE DECLINING :

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SIR: Ii ven old not put such ssercus face upon The
article copied into your iss OF the 18th from TIE
North Arricas, it would pass for one OF those
Noria.iag spasn.s which 50 ofen seize our Penrsyl
yslisIes hbors especially th' sc N and ab3ns Pnhs-
dephia one might be- inclined, by careful pefasal,
10 in aRne that there was 10 be snoher manifestation
of PENS, lvsnia gallsntry and patriotism at Erie.
Everything mus, go through that Safe according Is
The Amtric0R-
The contest for he trade Of The West has been cx
rico on with great spirit by Perpsy vaDia, as her pao-
lie works and great deb, testify. Hare her canals
,reyted ann ser,ons amount Of me western business 10
Phtlade'Ihia or from Nctc York; The condition OF
these public wo ks and the revenue derived there
from are he best answer 10 the assumption OF iAt
Aa,5ican thai heir falrosds vey seriously di ert
n m the New York cassl ana railroads the business OF
the " est and Southwest
II is rot, however, 20 answer the arguments as to
IN. future OF Peunsy mia that have sat dosD To
make fey sugA estlcns. The re IL why tina;
State should no torVe AID become 20 Seriul, rich
AT With erle soil and irex, austioe mines OF coal
and iron, a,d favorable climate she ought TO gsn
randy upon the other 1taes. That she Nil do 80 tor
next ter years barely possible for in the develop
,nent of her resources sne bas sho an obuseness
that spe axis not yer, f,vorsbly for her inhabiats
Rut While an ressced at the prosperity OF an old
state and trust the evidence of will do away with
that narrow and selfish policy ~hich has been mani
fsted toward Others End those she has deemed her
rivals am no: prApsred 10 pail up stakes and emil
crate through f or that New York s in decline.
The cef sus shows steady increase Of population
durpg the last five years unoer circumstances eI
cetoin. ly adverse. 1t shows that there has been
gain IN all the cities and towns along the line OF the
,snal and OF the railroads 1t also shows that there
has no, been Ms much % decrease Of the rural popu-
lsiion "a in previous years.
The last three IeuTahave been peculiarly favorable
70 em, ration ON the oloer States TO the The
.rall tpda nj
stu ulated emigration from this state III twofoId
/ By enabling the farmer to furnish hs children
with The means for making settlement IN tho West;
?. By making il an object to take up the new lands
and settle there
For when the Western farmer get from one
dollar TO one COLLAR and twenty-five cents Tor ms
wheat and om wenty five to fifty cents for bis corn
the nc uCe ment is great TO ocae upon the cheap And
fertile lands OF the new States
In ad, tion 10 this must be taken the great facilities
furnished by the opening OF so many railroads through
the Western States durng the past hve years.
The high price OF ood al d the consequent stagna'
ton OF many KINDS OF have also driven
much OF the laboring population from the cues ana
towns. But the came causes have produced the same
resurs even in Ptpnsy lvaLia; and census taken IN
that State this year would have sho gn, probably an
aIarmtng a condition OF things there as here,
IL however wheat should become abundant, and
the price Of -four rule at-say five dollar, In your city,
cease for the price of produce West would be 80 low
that there would be no inducement to 90 away. Yet
il ia beyond my comprehension what should induce
miprapis TO settle in Pebnsy wanna No man who has
meals i'll think of stopping In that State upon lands
that it takes him lifetime TO clear up, when the very
railroad that brings him in will at small expense
carry him out 10 lands already clear, and only re-
! curing the pillow to prodace an immediate crop. II
mineral lands be he induce ment then New YORK has
them to uniWi,ed extent; 70 that can see no
adyaDtal one bas over the other In that respect.
But New. York has within b. rself all the elements
which must for q long period-much beyond the fifteen
years 70 kindly allosed by The Amr'con--give her
supreu acy both In population aud Ia wealth. She
has agriculture, commerce aid manufactures, WHEREOF
each rapidly increasng and each constantly waiting
upon The other. She must ever be the common car
rier for the East and the West. What NssYork city
better comment sssry than to point TO Phlsdel-
phia and Erie Of The chances which exist for diver
SIGN of the trade and commerce OF the ocean or the
lakes through Pepnsyvanian channels.
Having now reached the coal beds OF northern
Pennsylvania an increased impetus will be given TO
manufactures 10 this State So far therefore from there
Icing Oily decrease in the local business Of our rail-
TO. dis, every month ana year Will show steady
increase and the population Of towns and villages
not only ow increasing but wi | rapidly increase
go dense has become the population IL villages and
cities b n even nov the farmers Of the State an
able to feed it, Agriculture has been profit
abe in this State a. It Ia to day, and his slmui.ong
the Improvement and cultivation OF lands which have
heretofore been wild or dormant The rapid Sc he
M ut of our Northern NeE-YOrk Is one OF the results
of the demand at high prices for the products OF the
dairy and the rapidly increasing business OF making
iron.
But my article has already exceeded my usual hmi''
Still hope have m4ce such suggestions A. VIII pre-
ven, panic arnocg TIE people 10 the STATE and that
my brother formers will hold ON little longer. p.