The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-05-15
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Though other Western States, through
peculiar causes and circumstances are At the
present time attracting a large share Of the
Immigration, still We believe, that to hin who
fairly and deliberately considers the matter,
Iowa possesses ID an eminent degree all
those REQUISITES which entitle it to the pref
erence as home in the West. The excite
ment which has attended tho agitation OF
the Kansas question throughout the country,
has thrown that State into the foreground,
and this, together with certain prestige
which every new country carries with it, is
peopling it rapidly during the present sea-
son.
Missouri with her mineral and graduated
lands is employing every means 70 secure
immigration to her borders, while Minnesota
is receiving additions to her population
forced in grea: measure through the in
strumentality of her influential friends at the
East. - .@ ~ ar# -....s 'sa
Notwithstanding all this, the tide of emf
grafton is steadily flowing into this State,
and men with stout hearts and ready hands
are msxiDg their homes upon our prairies,
preparing to develope the rich resources of
the soil, and to add their energies to the
enterprise and wealth of the country. There
are eogent reasons, why, in selecting State
in which to settle, the immigrant should
choose Iowa, some of which We will emu
merate. .... ...r ..... p. e.
First.-There is no State west of the
Mississippi SO easy of access, none can be
reached with so small an expenditure as that
required to place the immigrant on the spot
chosen for settlement within her borders.
Second.-The lands are cheaper, their SUI
perior quality and position considered, than
those of any other new Western State
They have been purchased for the most part
by actual settlers, and speculation has not
placed an valuation on them and thus
bold them beyond the reach Of the immi-
grant with an humble means. Thousands
Of acres can now be had at Government
price, thousands more will be in market on
the first of June, comprising the choicest and
most valuable tracts in the State, ut the
pittance of 81 % per acre, most of the. latter
in the immediate neighborbood of hourishing
towns and villages, on the lines of railroads,
which are being pushed forward with the
utmost rapidity. u :.
precedent in richness, fertility, and unbound
ed resources. Indeed, no other State in the
Union possesses so large proportion OF
arabic and productive land. Every man who
has Travelled over it, or who has had any
experience in cultivating it, has been aston
ished ut the ease with which crops are Sc
cured, and the unexampled abundance with
which a little labor is blessed.
F,ourth.-The climate in point of health
fuiness and salubrity, ranks second among
the States, and its peculiar position, in the
scale of latitude, adapts it especially to the
development of strong, hearty, and most
energetic population who will before many
years make this State "beyond cavil, and
beyond competition the great ultra Missis-
sippi empire.
fiflh.-It is we'll watercd; the Mississippi
on the East, and the Missouri on the West,
each the recipient Of numerous tributary
streams, some of which are also nayigable,
furnish the State with an ample supply Of
water, both for commercial and agricultural
purposes.
Sirth.-There is timber enough in Iowa
for all practical purposes. We are aware
that a prejudice against our beautiful prairies
exists in the minds of many who have been
living under the shadow of the sturdy oaks
and lofty elms of the East. If such prefer
to waste the first five years Of their settle
ment in clearing sufficient land to enable
them to realize crop, they must seek q
home in Michigan, Wisconsin, Nebraska, or
kansas-but if they desire to live where
they can at once realize the fruit of their
labors, they will come to Iowa. At the same
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proportion of wood and timber than this,
while in those districts where there is a
scarcity of wood, abundance of coal may be
had a, prices far less than that at which any
other fuel can anywhere be obtained.
Serenth.-The population of Iowa, COM
posed chiefly of emigrants from New York,
and Pennsylvania, are intelligent, moral,
and thrifty; lovers of law and order; pro-
motors Of every work for the advancement
"~d Improvement of the people. d,iiigrus ia
Of good schools.
EighM.-The immigrant to Iowa is not
called upon at once to contribute from his
scanty means for the ayment Of heavy taxes,
which the large debts Of most of the other
Western States make it necessary to levy
upon the settler. Our debt is so small as to
be almost unworthy the name. Our State
bonds are to day among the best, choicest,
and most sought-for securities at the East.
We are laboring under no embarrassment,
our taxes arc light, our people happy and
prosperous.
With these considerations before him,
how can the immigrant hesitate in his choice
of a home? Come to Iowa--for ''no other
State or Territory offers greater inducements
in cheapness of lands, fertility of pill, rich
abundance of mineral wealth, he thliness
of climate, greater freedom froE ancial
burdens and heavy taxes, a more moral tone
of society, better schools, more churches,
greater freedom Of opinion and action, than
our own glorious State of lowa.-Ddrenpor
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