Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-03-02
Western titles Wui dry Good.
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- 10 United States Economist Of .ats
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here has been, during the 81, YEAR,
an en- rmous growth arouni established
centres-in other words, un,i .uIarrs.
men. OF towns md Gisic-, tus dec II
ich vii, DO lett dire:tv on iue Trade
OF tue season. New villages, towns ~
the rough, smigrau. Elements, are not
great source. OF pTci, - iae mauufac
iufer- Any persoH wuo ia jbs-rvet. the
dress OF the farming AID IL. came Gas
-ee aloDg The IVES era frontier and 10
New Eng Land tcwhs, Is, a~,,ru Thai tue
same population IN New Lngland COZ
.umes tWios the value Of CO ton anu
WOODEN fabrics. After the scattered d.
oheers had gathered theme elves ms,
popu!ous villages, the influence of fash
ions begins 10 be felt, and the demand
Tor goods which possess elegance, az
we'll as Utility, Increases in u much grea-
ter RATIO than that Of po uiatiou. Tho
7ast lije o. immigt alton when hBs been
pouring into tue western c unity for
three or four yesrs past, h,s been pre-
Vthing i'seif with the necesssri-s OF lfe,
with homes, with to0ls uf tra.s. win
the bare elements, in short. Now this
immense body OF settlers has bee me
Comfortably csta, l,hed, and is rcce,y-
ing such returBs for the labor Of II,
bands as will enable i, 60 iudulye in
some Of the Injuries com M . q among old.
er communities.
-" estern clties have grown 10 at IN.
'xampied extent dur ne the past ear, a
l" proved by the rapid ads ance OF real
estate ~ Chicago, Detroit ant: other pla-
ces. heokua, ipws, shove an increase
10 u.s''pn OF $50 per cen; during the
pa.i Year D'senpos, not quite az ,nuch.
Lyons, IN the same State, 100 per cent;
ruit0h, limos, Il, the termination OF
thlcsso and Ga!sna Railroad, has gain.
ed LOO per cent. Thsse facts are cnly
specimen hricks.
"Ias effect Of the growth Of cit.es, in
dess.op'ng the taste u surrounding dis.
tiicts, is apt 10 be overlooked. As these
clt'es grow lager snd older, "socie,,"
becomes more definitely organised, and
more .mperious 10 lie demandss
"rhere 10 On increasing de' erence
paid to fashion N hsb,limenss, and the
'nanence Of this ,s Eel, upon all the sur
Rounding country, creating an ever fresh
demand for the merchant. When com.
Tort AMI convenience il the onlv stand.
ard OF dress, the dry goods dsaler does
q dull business. 10 travelling through
the southeastern part Of Now York State
toward the city, one will readily eotice
that the general attention to fashion in
dress Seems to increase 10 direc. ratio.
"th'cago. thss young giant of the
Wess, IL manifesting gigantic power OF
consumption. It affords q m arket for tho
eos'iiest French fabrics which find but .
i'mited sale o the two or three olJest
AMI weslthiest cities Of the Union.
while examining, few dsys since, some
very beautiful and elaborate .pecim.ns
OF French carpeting, Ut 50 50 . ward. We
we're informed that though these coods
were too high priced for the American
market generally, there vas q good de.
mand for them from New Orlears and
from Chicago.
1.-The extent Of this process Of central.
,1ation now rapidly going ON in our
western country, can he ascertaiopd
only by general effects. We spprehepd
that it will be made manifest in much
increased request for the fuer qualities
OF goods during the coming season."