St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-03-18
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cept the 32d parallel "Hcrc is II
vast region of country" it has been
said, exactly suited to the most
necessary and most important pro-
ducts of the carth-breadstuils and
meat. Open this road through it;
when it unites the two great oceans Of
the world, it becomes the centre of the
vast globe with the grN highway or
thorough-fare of nations through 1t
it will be a ncw-found world the over
population of Europe must and will
flock to it,
This great depot of meats and
breadstutfs lies just midway between
the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and
inevitably on the line of the road
which must furnish the shortest and
cheapest channel Of commercial cy-
changes and interchangcs Of products
of the Eastern and Western worlds.
For those not seeking agricultural
matters, the lecturer described voy-
age up the Mississippi The pleasant
and growing villages make the west
ern bank, for thirty miles above Da-
venport, a continuous town, the seat
of busy population and the mart Of
n prosperous commerce. Dubuque.
which we soon after reach, is q city
of Is, 900 inhabitants, many of whom
have grown wealthy by the develop
ment of the mineral resources of tho
vicinity. From st. Paul westward.
through Minnesota, Dacotah and
Washington Territory, will ultimately
stretch an important branch of the
Northern Pacific Railroad, and st.
! Paul will be central depot where
! Europe and Asia will meet and shake
hands in summer, while they will con-
tinuc to do so in winter at Panama.
In this connection the lecturer gave
an extended sketch of the trading ca
pabililitics of, the Northwest, the un-
developed and immense mineral wealth
of the lake region at the North its
fisheries, lumber business, &c, all
of which would increase vastly.
and for the settlement of farms to give
/ supplies to the miners, the fishermen.
| and others.
No portion Of the United States
surpassCs the Southern shores Of Lake
| Superior in hcalthfulncss of climate.
and they have no agues or bilious
! fcvcrs, those sCourgcs of most new
climates. Many of the objections now
made to that section of country were
formerly made in reference to Chicago.
which as late as % years ago was de-
scribcd as one Of the most hopeless
and dcsolate places on the face Of the
globe. In 1886 her exports were but
I $1,000 in value in 1910, nearly q
! quarter million and in 1853 she Is.
the greatest primary grain port in the
/ world, while her lumber fleet is valued
/ at 81 100000. Five years ago she
/ shipped 81 tons of marble and stone
from ncighboring quarlies last yeal.
5000 tons, employing in the trade
l,345 mon, and 81 10000 capital.
Her population, from l,470 in lS40,
and 2S,269 in lS4S, has increased to
l30, 900 in January, 1858. This de-
monstratcs the immense wealth of the
region lying just beyond, aud tells
what may be expected of that and
other Western cities when the country
shall have become thoroughly settled.
The lecturer then showed how slow
in comparison had been the growth Of
the most energetic European cities
as Amsterdam, great mart which
took several centuries to reach a pop
ulation of 100000 as London, which
contained in ll4l, only 10000 people.
in 1000 but l25, ,00O-or gained in 45O
years what Chicago did in four and a
half years-July, 1858, to January,
1853. For some time these Western
cities must 50 increase, for continent
lies unsettled beyond, rich in all the
sources Of wealth
The lecturer next gave advice to
persons going out West To those
engaged here in the pursuit of pros
porous business or profession, he said,
your condition requires no bettering-
remain where you are. You have all
that is needed in this journey of life
that is 50 soon to terminate. But il
you have moderate means, and wisl,
to increase the portion of your children
if you have energy and courage,
and are willing to labor and wait
then it is certain you can live more
easily, and lay the foundation Of future
independence and wealth more surely
in the West than you can this side
OF the Al!eghancs. The State OF
Iowa presented the most desirable
field. llandicraft will carry its skill
to good market there, and mean
while, the broad acres which few
/ hundred dollars will procure on her
productive territory, will grow in
value as the country fills up around
and before him, and will be cut up in
to farms and fortunes for his descend
ants. This was the history of Amer
can progress. He had no fears for the
capitalist in a new country, for his in
vestments would in the end return
him hundred fold Mr.. Greeley
says, that "for the hard-handcd
plough-jogger, who is poor in coin but
rich in children, there is no country
to-day so inviting as the broad, free
West
The East and the West then, need
one another. We want your emf
grants you want our meats and
breadstufs. We want your manu-
factures and transatlantic imports
you want our space Of territory and
our open opportunities. We want
your capital you want the increase
our labor can impart to it. Nay,
. more, we want your stability Of
character you want our restless
activity. We want the guidance of
your thought and sclfrestraint you
want our daring enterprise and our
: lively impulse. We want your steady
: brain you want our ardent blood.
We want your conservative modcra-
ton you want our progressive in
stincts and rapidity Of movement In
short, Providence clearly intended