New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-12

subdued by the plov Of free labor. wes. Of her arc
Illinois and Iowa-,hc latter the very garden Of tho
great valley-and northwest of her is WiscoDsis--
the miracle Of day in it's growth and productions.
This vast region ceDters its produce in Chicago, BY
the necessities which nature, canals and railroads
have created AT the present rne les than seven
teen railroads center in Chicago-throwing open tho
easiest facilities for the transportation Of grain add
every kind of produce. Not foot Of the coil over
which these railroads extend blghted with Slavery,
and the whole Of il is coming under the economical
and thriving energies OF free labor.
In order TO see what q center Of business Chicago
must Of necessity be- let take from the census few
figures indicating the produce of the territory about
her. and which Is now finding coon will find lie OUT
let at Chicago. Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin in 1850
had 100000 Of acres of improved land, produced
900 bushels Of oats 900 bushels Of wheat
and Cs COO coo bushels of corn; had about s7o 900
sheer, 1900 900 hogs, live stock to the amount OF
$50 600 Goo and slaughtered for market and home nee
near s. coo 600 worth of animals Here Is basis for
growth since these figures in FIVE years have greatly
increased In the year 1854 Chicago exported sincee
IL COO 900 bushels of wheat corn, oats rye and bar
lev On the Galena Railroad alone were brought into
Chicago in 1884, 3sl 600 bushels Of wheat, and the
tables given in the Annual Review Of The Commerce,
"&c of Chicago" show that the tendency Of produce
in all that region is have said, toward that city,
and also that its commerce, manufactures, TO-, have
swclled to an enormous aggregate. Take few Of the
facts Chicago shipped to other markets IN 1854 over
1000 900 pounds Of butter 2,50oooo pounds Of lard,
H. 500 900 pounds of pork, 900 pounds Of beef,
and forwarded over one railroad to New-York 10 ss7
beef cattle Into its yards the same year were dis
charged over c2 600 600 of feet of lumber 30 cc0
lath and 20 900 of shingles That year i sent away
near s37, 600 pounds of wool, having bought near
1852 coo pounds it exported sea- 900 pounds Of LEAD,
and so forth.
Here is Chicago with its Disadvantages Of location,
yet with is superiority in having an immense freeeoI
territory aud in being so situated that the produce OF
that region is poured into her lap Now, in spite OF
the complacent figures Of Mr.. Hogan Dragging up
ST. Louis, and making due allowance for the figures
of The Daily Democy attic Press, Dragging mp
Chicago-both pamphlets fine specimens OF brag-
snc-we cannot fail to see that Chicago must IN the
end outs,rp her rival the Mississippi This fact the
census also confirms. Twenty years ago Chicago was
q small town; in 1850 the census gave it not quite
30 600 people but now it claims by its late census to
have some so OOO And from the fact that the region
of which il is the trading center constantly nereas-
ing and that with marvellous rapidity, this growth Of
Chicago must keep pace. All things considered, It's
prccresis more wond, ru than that of any city in the
Union. and its future is likely to be az apnshng a.
Ifs past