Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-01-11
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soon show evidence Of decay.
When city like Davenport. which pos
ssssss such great natural advantages for man.
ufacturing, and producing articles saleable
in other markets, and neglests TO furnish
such, will generally labor under financial
embarrassmens, and thus will never be any
substantial relief to such state Of affairs un-
til she produce more than she purchased
elsewhere This city has forI the last two
years, met with an unparalleled growth, In
population. and an increreass in price in
real estate Such rapid growth ~ has
been experinced in the past. cannot be az
pected to take place again for years to
come, II it only depends upon the natural
increase Of her commercial trade; for it is
we'll known that Davenport is limited Is to
her commercial resources. and certainly it
cannot he expected to extend beyond what
it now clains, unless the attention Of its
citizens are turned towards some other
channel than that they now are. Certainly
the property holders should bear in mind
one matter, and 1t ia this; there is no fur
ther need at present. for the sale OF any
more city lots of ground. nor to erect any
other store house or dwelling in the
place, and certainly there is no actual ne
cessity for single additional number to its
present population, to enable them to exc
ecute the whole agricultural and CONNER
cial trade Of the place, as the demand now
stands.
The question, therefore, now Is: what
are the great cardinal principles and sub
stantial support of an inland city 1t Is
a substantial fact, that a city like Davenport
cannot depend wholly upon its commercial
trade a. it now stands, for her future pros
perity, nor by building dwellings and stores
will only create morbid increase price Of
property for the day, and that too. at lin
tied extent. If the city is calculating to con-
tinue in her progressive principles without
making or adopting q radical change in her
internal affairs, she will find herself greatly
mistaken.
Now, let.every person ask Themselves
what are We to doin the future1 The citi-
zens cannot live merely on the buying and
selling building lots; or to build houses to
rent, and have no tenants; for . city to
prosper, she must produce something to be
disposed of at other mark we
come to the conclusion that the only saliva
ton for Davenport (if she calculates to BE-
come = large city, she certainly must do
pend upon manufacturing. and to have It
carried on in every conceivable branch Of
industry-let such . thing be adopted ct
once. and strsniously carried out In this
city-she would soon feel her importance,
not only feel this. che would command re-
spect. both home and abroad
If the property holders Of this city would
set apart o~s tenth Of their whole estate and
invest it In several different kinds Of manu-
featuring. which is not carried on now. 1t
would at once create new impulse In the
whole community, and extend its influence
through the whole arssriss Of society, and in
each, man would feel his full manhood, and
every person would feel the electric spark
Of enthusiasm thrilling through his whole
system, and the busting wheels Of factory
would At onos inspire the sluggish feelings
Of man. When these feelings are kept alive,
there is no danger Of rustiug out"
One manufacturing esiAblishment in this
city, which would turn out ON Asndrsd thos-
sard dollars worth Of it, products year.
andto be disposed Of At other markets. would
produce more practical benefits TO the place
than the establishment Of fee mercantile
houses wherein they would sell one hundred
thousand dollars each, Of articles bought
elsewhere; 6esasse the artioles manufactured
here would be sold abroad, and accumula-
ting funds which would be added to the
| productive wealth Of the place; but it is
otherwise with mercantile house; they
purchase all their goods at other markets,
and have to gather up all the funds to pay
for the goods obtained at other places. I
have been sometimes much surprised, to
look about the city, In the stores, and see
such enormous quantities Of articles brought
from other places and sold here, which could
have been manufactured here - cheap as at
any other place.
Davenport can. If che win do so, produce
twice ~ much to be sold In other markets,
as she would want Of them. So, therefore,
it will be seen il she will thus act, not dol
lar Of her money would be Withdrawn from
its circulation to pay debts elsewhere. for
she would furnish 70 other markets her own
products, which would give the citizens all
the exchange they would want. and have
funds at those points to spare 1SeTsfor'
say Mat general misunderstanding carried o"
here, soiN be the only salsasios Of ~ place 70
property oxmers. Mark NY pssdistsos.
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