New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-21
THE LANDS AND HOMES OF THE WEST.

To ne Eli,o, Of The y. Y Tribune
SIR: As an almost unprecedented immigration is
going forward to the rich and fertile prairies OF the
West from the exhausted soils and oyer-crowded cities
of the East consequence of the late commercial aud
busress crisis il is important 10 the farmer the me-
cbanc snd the aborer who contemplates changing his
home, 10 note the following facts:
No State IN the Valley Of the Mississippi offers sres induce
thai ii6c belt which extend. from the Atlantic the Missouri
kys and nssd' 6 N",t5. S s Ssen n So
position while the great axe side ami the
q, at rivers on the oSeI give i sSsy aud eqaA access o
The climate Alike from the rigorous pverty OF the
en- is beth subOus and agreeable According to the Federal
cer'us Of 1880 he rate Ct mortality In ihnoi, /, less tnse III
OF the New Ensland States The soil compose o
d.. D. h Is fertile any the globe. tis for the
moot part so sa' nc clubbing up Of a%p'
commonly that of three the rocker soils
eau break from two to three acres aud aerward pow from
eight day bile in the East he only break from
Sfe1wsd Trs Weld o the prairie at the same tne nearly
three fd Ia f.c lno. long ago desisnaed by
popular instinct The Garden Skte Of the West and now that
has been brought extensively under cultivation more than
illinois frontier State which the settler exposed to
the pyyons and harjhps Of early settlement but
owSs and y.,e and mile. Of railway which
than other State OF the Union has with the exception
expended works Of ner.a without, resorns 70
State deet and to conesuent and lsoe oO acres
y These nprovements will supply to the State f5
the public expenditures fo oil time to and consequently
tsxation will be merely nominal.
oen said that Illinois il unwooded but the fact IT, thai
there In the State without considerable for
while the southern part Of alone contains 2Oooo 900 acre
Of timber. In the 1857 there brought into Chiag
600 feet of lumber Chicago also the greatest grain de
posory in the world, and the terminus Of 1888 miles
finished railway In different parts of the State coal ant
afne buidins stone al found in abundance.
Nowhere excellent land be procured favorable
than n Illinois The Central Railroad Company 70 whc
the State grsnted the $50 900 which had been donated b.
the General through the center OF th
State north and south fifteen miles each side of the railroad
having disposed OF 100000 Offers the modest
pscss on org credits and low rates Of interest The prices
from Sc s30 the credits extend period Of six
ID. Interest is at the legs. in the State being 10
cent. Cash sales made at reduction Of 20 cent
There the line OF the Central Railroad 100 cities aud Vi
fY tories, mills, postoces schools and churchesa
civilized life the settler while they open every oppo
tuny and Of business the mechanic aud trader Tn
conntiss contiguous the road embrace population Of
for the most part thrifty epterpising and industrious
Thus will be that the lands OF Illinois largely peo
p<d cultivated their products within easy reach OF al
he great Western cents Of trade and may be transported b.
Of the lake TO the Eastern markets less cost than fron
many intermediate points, and though these lands so
for III So 10 30 per must inevitably sdvspce 30 $50
and SQ0 within few years Lends that lately SOLD
BY the Company for 10 . will bring from So
I0o The Illinois Central Company gives
speculative basers its interests prompt
the actua settler who rsise the value of neghborng lsui
and contributes 20 the traffic Of the road.