Nebraska advertiser., 1857-03-26
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We End, going the rounds Of the papers
several items ike the following, and Eequent-
ly sub5oined, are sa2iens reflections upon the
hsrdships which poor people" must endure
in the West We clip fum an eastern ex-
change.
"a keOkuk paper says that 3 little shsnty
thsTssb0uts costs ave hundred dollars; coal
forty Cents wood six ID eight dollars and
Other articles at the same rate. At Burlington.
an editor says, it takes almost every cent .
man can raise to buy provisions for his family;
consequently be has no maney to pay his debtz,
and 80 We find Z IN all or exchanges through
the West"
At frsE sightths thing Of paying Hfve hun
dred dollars Cor = little shanfy," and wood az.
six dollars q cord, might seem to be an IN
superable objection TO smigrants looking west
ward for 4 home, and the effect Of tbs state
nent Is intended to check the deserion Of the
eastern States By those who have only a limit
ed ssIm to commence business on in the West.
To people in this eo1dir0n-to men having
families dependent upon them for their daily
bread-it becomes an item Of considerable i'm
u0rtanee IN determining to 90 or stay. To
ind wood at SIX dollars a card; and = prospects
Of paying Eve hundred a year for sheEteF-
This statement, however, S not connect. and
has passed unnoticed too long already.
We admit that rents in Keokuk are high
wood is worth 81 so % SIS 90 per cord, and
the prices Of all kindso Of provisions do not fail
far short Of the Baltimore or PHILADELPHIA
market prices But there Is favorable svmp-
tom IN our case. While the poor man paws
for his PROVISIONS at eastern rates he en- earn
noe BY his lab8E. Work Is plenty as All
seasons of the year, and if he IS economical
and industrious be can pay exceedingly high
urieess-as an exchange calls them-and have
a suug little sum left at the end Of the year.
In certain districts Of Pennsylvania, the
hire Of q labOFing man is about eighk dollars
pet mouth, OF say one hundred dollars 4 vcar.
Outof this sum-With q little assistance from
his Wife-the laborer must clothe. feed and
school his chiidFen, and support himself and
wife. ProYEiouS perhaps, are a shade lowe.
than IN zone Of our western towns, vet out oI
this sum he MANAGES to make the ends Of the
year meet and has sufficient left to buy hi:
wife and children 3 Christmas present
Let a man make use Of the same economy
IN the West and there S no danger Of on
high prices iBjaEing him. It s that class O
people. only, who ara constantly spending L
Che fun extent Of their means, that viii sufe
from these ~annoyanees. The prudent seldom
end occasion TO grumbIe at them.
While on this subject, we might say furthe
thar there Is an opinion prevalent IN theeasterI
States, that moss OF the products Of the sol
are cheap IN ths West-that corn, for exampt
Is a. plenty as the rocks on some of the ston,
farms Of Counecticut, or that pork and bee
are bought and sold, not By the pound, but b,
the wagon load. Those who seek the Wes
with subj ideas In their brains, viii scon lear
wisdom By sxpersns-they VIII learn that
is not always where things are sold cheap TIA
! fortunes are to be made. He that would max
a fortune must go where fortunes are handled
We copy the foregoing from the Ksuku
Posi-. The Editor Of which sS western ma
with true western principles feelings an
actions In correcting the erroneous ideas 9
eastern exchanges. the Posts argument as At
piled to KeOkuk. is equally applicable to q
entirs West @FIve hundred dollar shantys
aforty cents eoal' and -eight dollar wood
sriz Tighten the rtlus stocking ''Old fogiss
Of The East who think the Sun rises At h
eastern boundary OF their county or State, A
goes down aE the western boundary thereO
But for Young America who knows the So
rizes a few miles farther East. snd goes dow
LIN the language Of John Phznx--as f
5 West IS you dausd pIeasa-# Thers Is Eli
liberty" and . fortune N that sans SAant,
= zeal aud wood.