Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-03-01
Very truly yours,

BUSINESS &c.-Saturday, the bust
ness of our city was rather extensive. We
noticed long trains of wagons pouring in
from the country with grain, hay, &c., and
loading down with necessaries for home con.
sumption. This is what We like to see, and
We hope to see kept up to an endless extent
The weather is assuming very Spring
Ike appearance, and in the course of three
weeks we may look for the resumption of
navigation. We understand that Captain
Dalzelrs new boat, the Mary Cook. will
come around to this port in three weeks :.
and soon the regular packets in the upper
and lower trade will be making arrange
ments to come into business lines again.
The Spring of SO will probably be the ear
liest on record for long series of years.
The question arises, will the opening of nav
igation open the way for the clearance of
those vast quantities scfagricultural products
which have been held back on account of
the low prices. This will depend in meas
ure upon the price of those articles during
that season. There are not few farmers in
Scott and adjoining counties who are per-
fectly able to hold on to the crops of last
year, and in case there is no upward tenden-
cy in the mar ket, many will do So in hopes
that six months more will effect difference
in their favor. While We trust that this
may be the case. we must confess that we
can see DO very flattering indications that
tend to such contamination. We believe
that the farmers of this county will put in
full as many acres of wheat during the COM
ing Spring as they did in 81. and perhaps
more. In raising wheat, We think that no
farmer can afford to run his chances and
sell his crop at SSasO cents per bushel. 1t
actually sests that amount of money, and
some farnsrs say more, to raise IL and de-
liver it in market At 6S and 56a eents
there iss nederate margin for .peodtsy Int
not at the figures which it now eemnnhds
6cott county is the best wheat growing
county in the Stste, and has as good if not
the - naiket; 91d " trust the farmers
viii ind ssch > mnkst during the coming
year - to in1ass thsn 70 sustain this repu.
tstioa. The pressure Of the times and the
effect which our peculiar institutions ;,
has bad upon the business Of this city viii,
uudcubtsdly tend to hold our commercial
affairs an check for the next year or two ;
but - to its being permanent drawback-
ouethat will mark us down for any term of
years-ns one who has any knowledge OF
Wsetsm affairs, pretends to believe.
The great valley of the Mississippi is
bound to become the great metropolis Of
business of the United States, and no hard
times or slight reverses Of fortune can
thwart it. The elements are here. and
they must be brought forth and developed.
He who stands in this place twenty-five
years hence will see this country the very
bosom Of the Union, not only in sgricul-
tural pursuits, but in manufacturing and
commerce. We have, we repeat, tho ele
ments for all this, and they cannot be con-
fined. Lands may fluctuate in price; pro-
duce may have reverses in price; trade may
undergo frequent changes, but oil this can.
not alter the decree of Nature. Those who
stand up for the interests Of the Mississippi
Valley, and labor In rsclaiming it from .
stats ofidlsnsss 70 ens Of activity. need not
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