Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1859-09-15
The West-Her Condition and What
She Needs.
From the Louisville Journal,

the fortunate individual who drew the ele.
pilant in The lottery and could not for his
life tell what 10 do with il. He describes
the West as having drawn great prize in
the lottery Of nature, in the shape OF mag.
nIficcni harvest, without knowing how 10
dispose Of il; she cannot eat il and cannot
sell it al price which is deemed remuner-
stive; she is poor in the midst of apparent
prosperity, nnd in want though having an
abundance Of the fruits of the earth; she
has 10 money and cannot raise il: she is
deeply in debt without the means of paving
Of her indebtedness; her securities have
deprecated; her real estate is heavily mort
gagged, and her railroads ara encumbered
beyond the hope Of redemption, while their
receipts hardly pay current expenses
There may be some foundation for all the
shadow in ibis picture, but there are light
spots in it il cur Philadelphia cotemporary
will look through glasses which do not dis
tort The view. Ii is undoubtedly true thai
emigration has been checked; that money is
not SO plentiiully invested as formerly, and
that our Eastern friends whe have capital
are unwilling 10 touch Western securities
al any rate. But what Of ell thsl? New
York and Pennsylvania are as badly of;
they have coal and salt and irsn which they
cannot sell; they have Erie and Sudbury
roads thai are not 10 be touched; they are
as States, and in the individual capacity OF
their inhabitadts, head over ears in debt;
they have their fancy gambling stocks. as
the West had her paper towns. The evils
n A. o,I Ill Il
temporary, while pointing ont the sad con-
diiions o! the West, prescribes for a radical
cure by saying: "Hencsior;h the West will
have - gely upon her resources, al least un-
I'll her present Indebtedness is liquidcted
and public confidence is fully restored. -
We do mol presume The Ph:ladeI phia journal
means 10 embrace Kentucky in the category
Of The West" for We are neither in debt
10 the East, nor Dc. we particularly care &c
extend our custom in that direction. Bui
We consider ourselves as part of the West
pecsuse we have large interests in common
with the States north o. ihe Ohio, and when
the West and Southwest come 10 understand
each other better, we can snap our fingers
Of the overgrown Atlanlic cities. They
have tempted Us 10 be extravsgant, and like
gamblers who have fieeeed their dupes,
they now want TO kick us out of company,
with some keen satire upon our folly.
the Philadelphia Journal only tells half
the story Of he wants of the West. II says
what it needs is O market for her bread
stuffs, fer which we cannot depend upon
foreign countries, beca1se the demand from
these quarters is always limited, and sub
ject TO great fluctuations, since almost eve
~ country Of Europe, as a general rule,
adopts she natural policy of supplying its
wants by its own labor and upoa lis own
soil. The Philadel phia Journal would then
have us lock at home for the principal mar
ket for our products, and that market il tells
US ''can be secured only by the development
of the manufacturing and mining interests
of The East" All! good friends, your phil
anthropy toward us has lis motive in sell
fish feeling, and we think we can see a
remedy which should begin "nearer to
home" iThy 60 10 the East to make our
home market, Ireln six hundred to thou
saRd mile OFF, Why nst adopt The natural
policy of Earspess cauutries and supply
our Tsnss on oar owa sell by cur own la
boz? There is not ~ article which condu- |
&c, te the health, happiness, honor or pros
Psriiy Ct lac West, IN relation 10 which we
may not be perfstly independent Of The East
The Pails1ei phis Journal miscalculatcs tho
irnPsrlancs Of It's snR position md mistakes |
our degree Oh dependence. Il tells us that
70 long as The Atlantic cities "import man.
ufso'ures in such excessive quantities frsm
abroad, draining the country of money TO
pay for than, ihe West, in The abseace Of
m adequate hons narke. for her surplus
products, must continue poor" Now If
we take The Journal, advice and lOok cur
difficulties fully snd calmly in the face, we
shall arrive at the conclusion that the East
is dangerous neighoor tempting us with
useless but expensive Injuries, draining
Our money in payment and refusing the bar
ter Of our homely accessories OF life unless
we put down the prices. The real mean
ing Of all this is, lie: the West produce more
and more, and sell cheaper and cheaper; let
the West build up the Eastern manufacture
ers and support the importers, and they will
give us twenty five cents a bushel, perhaps,
for our grain, and furnish us silks and laces
wires and brandy III return at fabulous
rates!
No; the true remedy for the depression
al the West is 10 increase The consumers
within her own borders, and encourage
Western mechanics and manufaciurers.-
There Is hardly hope in the Pandora's box
which the East offers TO us--nothing but
cchort Of disasters, 10 avoid which would
be our lasting gain. Let the West make
her own hats, shoes, clothes. colions, and
cloths; divert the occupation Of her produ-
chg classes into consumers; dig her iron
and mine her coal; build forgcs and bloom
cries, erect mills, give US The clang Of the
trip hammer and the music of the steam.
gauge; import what we cannot produce d
rec,ly through New Orleans, so that we
will have The interior transportation, the
storage, ana commissions OF sll--this is The
score; Of the true prosperity Of the West
Let her do what The Journal says Eastern
prefer 10 do-"have their means
Invested under their own eye, whereof the
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