The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-05-25

pouonce, t0hl tntA increase mas oe0n
brough about BY actual demand and settle.
mens, and canaot Be- bsosgh, to stand ill
the emigratioa ceases, nor reduced ill many
Of those we have among Us depart for more
distant rssinos' The time may come when
the opening Of regions further Westward
shall start tide Of emigra,itn from this
point. a. il 10 nov rolling {, nm the Fest
IAen ve may expect, (but after our lands
have assumed some compari on to the price
Of Eastern lands. which H. y do not now
bear tina, there will be a 'eercase 10 the
value Of lands here, but no, Al then.
Blu, some Eastern papers seem dssiroos
o. proving tina, this emigras q hss already
commenced from suen 81 tee a. Iowa
where Ne onse before resl.4 The sdsante-
pes Of sudden emigration, AZ that the Il lie
setting further westward. hrs commenced
d populating oUf State, aud reducing the
Price of our lands. One paper thus speaks
o Iops-snd we introduce this TO illustrate
q good many articles IRON other sources Of
. similar import:
"One year since, Iowa ~ss the great
ptradte OF land specui,tors. II was sud
DE- My discovered that Iowa was the mos,
fertile. her forests the most valuable, her
rc sources the most extensive Of any state
In the whole coniedsracy. Consequently
there was d rush for lows. and lands in
creased in price to . fabulous extent
Towns were sssked out in the wilderness,
ard prospective villages dotted the wide
prairies. Iowa was the second land Of
promise. How is IL now, Well-informed
gentlemen who have visited Iowa declare
that already there 10 . large emigration
from the State, to Ksnsas and Nebrasks.
Indeed, lows at this time 10 scarcely me-
toned, and there 10 q great decline in the
price of acres and town lots. Parties who
paid high rates for land find themselves
swamped and handsomely taken in"
Now for the facts. In 1854. the populs.
ton Of lows was $4,000. X now num-
bers 100000. Then he assessment list
was S28. 900 900. The last assessment il
was $50. 100000. During the last year
We have added thousands upon thousands To
our population. far overwhelming any emf
grafton TO Kansas and Nebraska. In NJ
par, OF the State is property decreasing in
, value or even standing still. Everywhere
II il Advancing, and the advance is produced
not by the speculators. hut by actual ems
grafton. There is not u toan or city but
wha, 10 rapidly growing. and some with mi.
raculous speed. We are building railroads,
and doing everything to develop the won
der'ul resources of our country. with an
energy and enterprise which must astonish
the writer's Of such articles as the above
We still boast of precisely that which the
remarks We have quoted throw into our faces
- having once been published TO the world
. matter Of deception. II lowe .. no,
the garden spot OF the West. the constant
How Of emigrants into Il iron, oil par,s OF
the Union. Tor the last ten years uncsssing
proves tina, we have soGe other advantages
above soil ssd climate and general proc
Perily.
But the great bugsear presented by East.
ern papers to ,erriiy those thinking Of goins
West. is ihs, ell our pvesen, prosperity
cannot lasi-that il 10 . beautiful chimsrs
Of the present which viii have no reality
IN the iuture-that we are on the verge O
general bankruptcy-ihst in consequence o
too great prosperity. we must have . rsvul
sion-thst financially We are in dreadful
condition. and the time Of reckoning mus
soon come-thst our business men Of oil
classes are engaged in speculation. do no
pay Their bills. and are giving up oil homo
aud honesty 10 make sudden fortunes, etc.
etc !, IS true some OF the Western busi
ness men have embarked no, only their owl
money, but the money Of others in specu
ls,ion-but they are Comparatively few
aud the specializing f.ser IL entirely sxag
gerated by Eastern papers aud We ven
ture 10 say nov, that tnree.foutths o
these men viii pay their debts in IN,
end. and tina, many will pay their debts BY
speculation who would neser nave done /,
IN regular business. Bui eli such adven
lures ~ this we most heartily condemn, an,
would rebuke tn spiri, which saggest
them. But 10 IL not astonishing. In view O
the facts mentioned by our Eastern friend.
who admit the immense tide of emievalio
West, and that II i draining the East q
money, AM that united TO il ~ an immens
foreign emigration pouring in from German
aud ireland--that all this should bankrup
the Wes,' What evidence 10 there o
| speedy ruin IA the West IL the lac, that W.,
are sugmenting our population with tn,
leading active men as We'll % the very bon,
aud sines Of the East. representing lars,
sums OF money TO be invested in the Yves,
We have been exlend,nga hearty welcom
70 these Eastern emigrsnts. and IN our Sim
pi,ci'y certainly thinking that the sccessio
~ them aud their means was q g-eat id
vantage - our new S,stes--but IL the rec
soning OF our Eastern friends be corrsc,
these emigranls and their capitol are bu
elements Of ruin. Instead of prosperity
Upon wha, tacs then does the Easter
press base its predictions Of financial devas
taiion and ruin the Wssta Can they af,e,
their former descriptions ol the West. no
honestly assert, that Western lands no long
cr surpsss Eastern lands IN frrtliityi-ths
they are no longer 10 be obtained Il love
price. or thsi their products lind a lee
ready market. VI that the modes OF rsschin
markets in the Wes, are lees numerous 90
easy than formerly Are emiesanis pour
i"g into the West less freely than Q yea
ago or two yesrs ago Are they brineinl
less money now than formerly. and csnno
the same money buy - much Govssnmen
land ~ heretofore Are not our prairie
out just beginning TO blossom, and our ios
es's 20 ripen into harvest neids. before III
advancement Of civilization Are not nes
owns and cities sPr,nging up everywhere
cubic improvements Aealthily advancing
manufactures starting, our work shops Oh
ing, our farmers getting high prices for Of
their products. our lsborers for their dali,
work, our mechanics tor their skill. Arr