New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-15
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csusUcpdepes Of TIE ~ Y. Tribune
D1xoHvLLE, H., March 4, 1855.

DIXoEvILLE, H., hsrch 4, 1850.
The high prices Of provisions, and the low prices
for labor in the East have ca1ssd many man TO turn
hi. eve TO the West. Tae young man without
money finds az be shoulders his axe and starts Oh
prepared 10 hew his way through life, that the
farms that ,urroupd the old home are much too big
for the limits Of his pockets, and, after deal oi
hard toll, return but meager pay for all the labor
and care bestowed: and he looks for richer and
cheaper lands in the West. Now, that there Is lind
enough and cheap enough IN the West, there u
no question. There is wheat enough corn enough
and no end 10 the hogs. The isrmer can RAISE
bullock until be is four years Old with gu
and be won't be crow beef either. Now, ball the
world is ready to say We western farmers are Juss
the happest OF mortals out halI Tue "oiid y ms
ssdly deceived: the TACT IL, we are tue verles'
L., .rd we are north of Mason and DixOns
Ira ,so We are worse of than the farmer 10
Conn.ctinut a. Vermont who gathers leaves from
,b. f,,e.t ard mud from frog pond 70 manure
ubst little land the bOalders do not cover. FOR
that be With great toll has raised he can Wild
l,tle trouble sell at fair prices while We though
We rsise a crop with little labor, have 70 sell II or
ne,t 10 nothing True last year we got fair Prices
trail we had 10 cell and we went crazy with JOY.
We bousbt land. We buded, we wove silk and
satin We rode In thousand dollar carriages this
il o felton, We spent all the money We had, ana
then ran our exceeding long ylsages their Whoie
lepeth into debt all the while sOaplng ourselves
with the llu,On that the great crops OF lc55 would
hiring IL ore money than the average ones OF 1904
had brought. So we took our siesta, and liked 20
have oversight: for when we awOke, our cred
itors were knocking and banging a. every door,
and We very soon found duns plenter than cop
peIs We set about selling our crops and paying
up and then found out the no very consolng lsct
ii at the West was not her own master. Instead OIL
the 70 cents per bushe which We got for our corn
last ear we can now hardly buy "a drink of whisky
with bu,hel of corn (msy be 1t Will keep some OF
us from getting elevated quite so often. Pay on
the old debts and the new ones with the crops we
can't: so We 20 to the money-lenders. But they
Nepder hearted men though they are are nearly
as hard up as the farmers, and then there IS
Lothing lett but for creditors 10 set the sherln
onto US. have told the evil Now what is tue
cause aid what is the remedy In my opinion the
cause is this: We buy everything IN New-lork
AID Boston-everything- q hOrse-nall TO
shw.nill from rollisg pin to piano; from two
cents worth Of bObbin 10 a hundred dollar shawl
Every year we burn IL. 900 tuns Of straw and buy
wrapping paper in Boston, where the manuiactu'
rer paws IL for every tun he uses We send all our
wool and fax and hemp to the East TO be worked
up, and send wheat and corn, beef and PORK 10
f ed the wOrkmen while they do il. And here IS
the remedy-a remedy that VIII beneh. the pro-
Queer and consumer:
wANTED-BY THE WEST,
10000 men to make Household Furniture Of all
kinds.
10000 men 10 make all sorts of iron imple ments.
90 COO Wagon, Carriage, Harvesting and Haying
Machine. makers
10000 Paper-maktrs and TalOw chand.er.
10000 Woolen Linen and Cotton Manufacturers.
100, COO men, women and children, so that we
shall not any longer be under the necessity of letting
our grain rot for want OF buyer. And why not,
Mr.. TRIBUNE, have these things all at home. The
raw material is ust as cheap or cheaper here than
it lie in the East. Every article commands higher
price Provisions are cheaper, water-power plenty.
Then come on capitalists come on, w0rkmen,
and make yourselves and us better off,