Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-07-22
An IMPORTANT QUESTION SET.
TIED.

people Of Iowa have been anxiously
looking forward to the time Of harvest
~ the time in which, to use the gener-
al .expression, "everything will be all
right, "or when the bottom would drop
out and the entire community 60 down
into the abyss Of financial ruin all to-
gether. Nor has the the farmer alone
watched his fields with anxious and
hopeful eyes, as though the welfare of
himself and family depended upon
thcir generosity, but the merchant has
time and again left his store, the bank
er his counting room, the mechanic
his shop, the laborer his work, the
lawyer and doctor his office to examine
and re-examinc, to scrutinize and re-
scrutinize the wheat, the corn, the oats
and the barley ields. And we'll they
might, for whe can tell, who can mark
out the condition in which this State,
and even this noble county would have
been in, had the crop been failure.
Nine-tenths of the farmers and bust
ness men in this State would have
been bankrupt Being an agricul-
tural community,and depending almost
entirely upon our agricultural resour-
ces, the event Of a. second failure Of the
crops would have produced such a
havoc in the finances aud condition Of
Iowa a. she would not have revived
from in the next ten years.
BIT we will not talk further of what
might have happened; what will, in
oil probability, take place, should rath-
er command attention. The great
agony ia now over the great hope of
the people has been changed to glad
fruition the faith which WAS in them
has been changed to joyous reality
their prayers to the Great Giver Of
"every good and perfect gift" have
been turned into heartfelt praise and
thankfulness. Within the past week
we have noticed with intense satisfac-
ton the rapid rise in the thermome-
ter Of prosperity. Those who were
almost down into the depths of despon-
dency, now once more stand firm, and
look forward for better state of affairs.
One year ago this time-one year ago
this present week, it was decided that
that the grain crop Of Iowa, for the
year 1859, which constitutes the prin-
cipal wealth, was almost a total failure;
the present week has decided in the
public mind that the crops of 1859 is
to be the most abundant. What "A
contrast. Instead of sad countenances
and gloomy forebodings we notice cx-
actly the reverse-joy for the present
and firm hope for the future. The
grain crop Of Iowa will, undoubtedly.
DO larger this year than it ever was
before. 1t sets US upon our feet once
more, and if it does not make us oil
right, 1t will at least help us as a State,
out Of vast amount Of trouble, and en-
ableus to look forward to the futurewith
stronger hope. 1t will have the effect
to enlarge the public confidence; cred
itors will rest more contentedly; eastern
emigration will be again directed to
Iowa; capital will once more seek
Investment in our State, and general
prosperity will brighten again into life.
One abundant crop will not liquidate
the entire indebtedness of our farmers.
1t will take three and perhaps four to
do that, but we have confidence that
within the next eight or ten years at
the farthest, the farmers of Scott coun-
~, instead Of being borrowers Of mon
ey will be the loaners that instead Of
begging for loans and involving their
FARMS they will be seeking safe invest
ment for the surplus funds which
they shall have realized from the pro-
ducts Of their broad acres. Such We
fondly hope-such We firmly believe
will be the case.
We believe it should be the policy
OF every farmer to hold on to his land.
% property unless he has got more
tnsn he has absolutely any use for
We consider every acre of land in
Scott county worth, to-day - at
least fifty dollars per acre, and
those who buy II At q less f,oure
may consider that they have made a
good Investment.
Let the sturdy yeomanry Of Scot,
county and Of the State take renewed
courage. TIER prospects, are continu.
ally Frightening, and ere many year,
wilf dawn idso perfect day. tn,
aloads q advsisily which overhun,
: them have disappeared, let thsn-ls'
q work o aad NJ thsis Aepss Of
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