Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-04-01

the combined action OF capital and labor
is required. Capital aud labor sre annual
ly coming to our country from Europe; but
much too large proportion passes direct
ly through our State and finds its home and
employment in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa
and Missouri. If our Stale was better
known, if its capacities were published
abroad in manner which could command
tie confidence Of the capitalist and the en-
igrant this would not be SO.
That we have mineral ace know Coal,
iron lead, zinc, building Stone and slate
are found in abundance, and claws useful
in the arts are extensively distribued.--
But in how great an abundance these may
be found, and how pgoftably the capital
IS. may invest his means for their deyel-
opment' can only be determined aud made
known IN manner to command the con-
iidence of tie public at home and abroad
by a careful survey under the direction of
the State.
The importance OF these surveys is
more highly appreciated oa this continent
than with US. Here the necessity Of deveI-
oping all the resources of the country is
felt, and attention is giyen TO tie subject.
It's ibis Development and The wealth which
necessarily comes from It, which enables
many Of these countries to maintain their
position and influence in the world. Mon
ey judiciously expended in these invest ga
tions yields sure return. a.
In Bavaria, with less territory than the
State of Indiana, millions have been ex-
pended in complete geological and topo-
graphical surveys of that country, and for
a few pennies every farmer or land owner
can obtain a copy of the survey of his land,
a chemical analysis of its soil, and knowl-
edge of the minerals that enrich it.
In Belgium they are excayating coal at
depth of 1900 to 1900 feet below the
surface, working veins only Is inches
thick at an angle of45 degrees, and this
coal, too, of an inferior quality, such as we
would not use, in tha. country, notwith-
standing the amount already expended,
preparations are being made for still more
thorough survey. Night not much capt.
tai thus laboriously expended be attracted
toward our rich coal fields were there exis-
tenee and extent known and believed?
But it is not only in the discovery and
location of the mineral resources of the
State that such a survey would be advan-
tageous. 1t would call attention to the
fact that all these minerals can be worked
and made into manufactured articles at
home instead of being sent abroad and
returned to US at an advanced price, as we
know it is now done, not only with our pig
iron, zinc and other metals, but even with |
our walnut and cherry. Copper is ship
ped from Tennessee to England and re-
turned to us in a manufactured state at an |
advance of more than 200 per cent. be- ]
lieye that zinc is not manufactured in any /
considerable quantities in the Mississippi |
Valley, and yet it is well known among us
that it is found in great abundance in the |
North -west, equal to any in the world
How proftably to our people might the /
money be expended in manufacturing at
home the zinc used among us for painting, |
for roofing, telegraphing, and in the daily {.
employments of eur mechanics. But this |
will ot1be until the attention Of capital is !
drawn to our resources {saem aaI .eG !
1t may be mentioned as striking fact,
showing the ex:en. TO which we look across |
he water for supplies, that in South Wales |
and StaiordshIe, England, alone, tin plates |
IRE manufactured to the amount Of 100000 |
boxes annually, TO the value of over five !
of money ,Yand that more than two
thirds Of these are exported to the United
States. - hs
Such survey as ought to be made,
would exhiSit another thing which may be
soon of vital Importance to the State; a
hing which comes ihome--especially to
armers. 1t is we'll known that the supply
If water is yearly becoming less abundant
Sucha survey would show where artesian
wells could be sunk, from which a never
ailiug supply of water colud be obtained.
This may be determined by the scientific
mar with as much certainty as the charac-
er of the underlying soil. A few years ,
'go in Paris, when water was very much
leeded, an artesian well was sunk under
he direction of scientific men, and water ,
vas found AN everlasting fountain, though
I was after eight years Of labor, and
lenth If ono faat aisitt +s4lioo oaiI