The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-07-25

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DlN.>roRf Iowa Juls Z. l~51.
p.Ag SIR :-Non must by this time have
had enough II the rambling statistic. fur
nished IN these letters af " hiell the present
viii h. the last, although enough has eome
under my ob>ers alton ia inui week Jour
ncy, tn furnish you with quite a. much ad-
ditionai matter. Hut il j. a. possible 10
tire IN the reading A. in the writing Nh
object in taking tie miscellaneous route
over the West tina, did. wa not for mere
pleasure. but exclusively t. see and hear
t,r myself What opportunities wcr- open i,r
Icing into business. and what business il Was
ict a. 10 into.
In pursuing this inqu,r, | made acqaa,n-
tances ii all kinds, from the traveller who
at near rae IN the ear, IT, the landlord vi here
| stopped the merchant in bis store, the
carpenter az his bench, the lahorcr IN the
street, the editor al his desk. and the spec,l-
li,or IN land and lots. Everywhere l was
treated with marked ci,ility and kindness,
snd every possible assistance given o. me in
the way Of obtaining the information sought
In Indeed, some gentlemen, where IL Was
least expected. made me extremely aslsan-
lagoon, offers in the way of business. Had
| ten thousand dollars at command, or even
tive, and the help of an honest man a even
ordinary bssine>, capacity, | am very GER
tain that two Of us could make ourselves
comfortable in few years.
As doubt MT many 1T your readers have
thought Of going West with ohects similar
u mine, u may bc interesting To such a.
Lave not yet been there To learn the views
and opinions of one Who has. First, then.
II you are in search of farm, improved az
tot, You can find them hy the thousand az
i.om three u fifty dollars per acre and
Il YOU can bear the pr,vations Of \ life TO
which YOU may not have been accustomed
the solitude II this forest "a tie prairie,
away from caurchc-, schools and society,
and II YOUR WIFI and family viii he equally
enntentcd--yon will be sai, IL buy farm
Your labor will br heavy, even on the open
prairie, bot single year IL ordinary atten-
ton will put your whole arrangements into
shapc. Your crops will pay ior the land
the first year. There il n cash market for
I'll wa can ralse aud close rs because tue
abroad SYSTEM - now 80 extensive that its
influence y fell IA every quarter, opening
markets whenever proda,c l. raised, either
tBr near settlers around You, or Tor towns
PROVING up, ar Tor cities already grown
Then besides the luxury nf n quarter section
a YOUR own. IL IL sure O. rise III value while
yuu sleep, and b. in the end fortune 90
your children. Numerous considerations
lead me 10 entertain the highest opinion a
ali agricultural settlement. /. can be made
with 50 little money To & a,.aet u reqnircs
- little skill IL. returns mr.. - immediate
the certainty II a generous support Is indis-
putable.
As before remarked, ! am satisfied that
the two best employmcnt-, that u, the
two well known and long established en-
ployments by which one can got rich the
soonesf arc banking aud hotel keeping. ]
can illustrate By an incident which know
io be true 4 hotel keeper va building q
new hotel, oi large dimensions, IN a city
where be was certain 10 do nh immense bus
mess, bnying beef nj at eight cent a pound,
and getting $40 per day, and saucy af that
liz needed $500 more than he bad. e. fin
l.L and furnish. i.i his la APPLIED 10 D
banker, who lent him the amount on first
mortgage, at thirty per cent per annum, the
borrower agreeing a. keep il far three Years,
ard pa, interest quarterly. New, the hank
er had received that money from Philadcl-
plia only the week befprc, with the agroe-
inent that II be- invested i, safely AZ twenty
per cent, anything more that he obtained
Tor il should be his. And this sum &c $500
constituted bn, fraction of large business
he was doing in the same way. The hotel
keeper could afford Ia pay thirty per cent,
because be- shaved the public nj more out
rageou. figure than the banker shaved him
l.. l. a. Ill -
these two classes Of people become rich ia
few ycars--the man win, has a table with
turnover pies and peanuts, almost equally
with him who hangs out big sign and keeps
half d.Isl teddy sticks going ut the same
line.
Then there j. the trade ia lumber, either
-awing the lnss or buying the sawed lumber
and retailing IL Ia customers. am NJ n loss
Low to classify this business. whether To
put IL next 10 banking and hotel keeping or
not Hut think il will b. safe to let il
stand there. Money realizes say thirty %
forty per cent per annum, but lumber will
net you fifty or sixty. IL is true, that
while every body wants money, yet II u not
every body who wants lumber Still, IL is
everywhere in such demand, that NJ STOCKS
accumulate anywhere. At one town On the
Mississippi the average price was $50 per
thousand Yet d few days after ] met
man in the cars from Wisconsin, who had
two mill- going night and day On pine lum-
lumber OF the best quality who offered 70
deliver me all the lumber needed, or could
sell, At only SIC the thoussnd--deli,ering
il at the very town where the price was
So. lie even oflorad me somc other adj
vantages IL would contract with him. But
had no capital for this operation, or
should have closed In with him at once. All
the kindred employments, such NJ sash aad
door making, pay well; and the opening,
are numerous. Water power to drive ma
chinery can he had in abundance, and pro-
IP srs Of power, and timber land, and saw
Inilis, are ready to give good encouragement
" such - commence an enterprise II this
kind IN their vicinity.
Thsn the manufacturing Of bricks will pay
Wen almost my where. An iron bundry
quickly o6tains GOOD run Of business. Car
| peuters, plaseersss, end bsickIayers. uniform
~ thrive. 4 co@psasnt hos carpenter i
sure - do well! etorsksspinr y. 80.
more overdone than aay oeser ts.sisss.
judging BY the number yoa - q sssrv