, 1860-04-16

SHALL THE LANDS BE CULTI-
VATED4
If ~ mistake not, ono Of the subjects for
discussion by the members Of the Industrial
Committee formed las: winter, was the best
and the most expeditions mode By which the
yacant lands about Chicago could he brought
under cultivation. We are not informed as
to what plans are before the Committee, nor
do Tc wish to anticipate their action, but as
appropriate to the season we have to suggest
to the owoers OF these lands tAat, as far as
practicable, ,hoy endearor at once to devote
item to some useful purpose: In some cases:
perhaps in most, it may be necessary for them
to so to few hundred dollars expense for
small house AID to make part or tile whole
Of Tho fence; but with good management in
two or three years the investment will pay
very handsomely, not to speak Of the rapid
:sppreciation Of tho land Ehen brought under
cultivation.
There are some men in the world who r..
c2gnize tho duty Of so using their maana
as 10 furnish employment for those who need
it, while ut tie sane time their own pecunnary
interests arc promoted. Both objects can,
ray, should be: regarded in most if not
all our business arrangements. The man who
buys hundred acres Of land in or near the
city, and lets it lie idle til, by appreciation, it
makes him rich, acts upon purely selfish not
to sly misery principle, while if he rented
each twenty acres Of it 10 some poor family
1T :: small OF nominal price, who, By raising
vegetables, poultry and thousand and one
little articles necessary for domestic use in o
large city. could support thcmse1yea; he would
conter substantial be1eGts upon large num-
her cl his fellow. men, while lis real ostaze
would the more sarci; 8aa rap!a!; appreciate.
Nor would the benefits Of the policy Se are
advocating alone accrue 10 the owcers Ct real
estate and their teaants-or if the ten or
twenty acres be sold to tie cuItiyators at fai7
rites, so much the i,et.er-but tic poor Of tic
city, and the rich Us well. would share in Tie
s.lyant:ge and the pr3iiss. Vegetables, poul-
Try, &c, ro!ld become plenty and cheap, and
a. the more substantial provisions arc furnished
here at the lowest rates, tn. .lity would at once
eliter upon new CAREER Of prosperity and pro-
gress, Operatives IN manufactures 0? I'll
k;n5s could then o1ord to lirs hc:c, znd tue
values they would add to tue raw mater.a..
would form solid basis fo7 future growth.
We trust these suggestions will be carefully
considered, md, as FIR as possible, acted upon,
i,y the owners Of reel property in snd about
the city. Those who ara looking TO the invest
mcnt Of capital in manufactures, Or engaging
personally in any department Of them, should
urge upon property oTners the duty aud ad-
vantage Of the pslicy NC are advocating. Il
has more to do with the prosperity Of the city
than any one would suppose till lie examines
tho subject il al its rela.ions. When
drained, and witu comparatively little
manure, Of which tho city furnishes IN
abundance for the hauling, the lands about
Chicago make the finest gardens in the world,
and Jet vegetables have heretofore borne an
enormous price in this market. Nor need
there be any apprehension that: If all who can
possibly be induced to adopt the course VIC
recommend. the business would be orcrdonc,
and tho gardeners he unable to make good
living. II ten thousand acres in and about
the city were brought under cultivation within
tho next two years, the city would absorb, at
fair rates, all the vegetables ard produce that
could bo raised upon them. All fears, there
fore, ofa glut in the vegetable market Of Chi
ca!go may as well be d;zpelled for The next
dozen ycars at least.
We bare also to hint to real estate owncrs,
that the time to make fortunes b. speculating
in acres OF corner-lots will not return for many
years to come. Their true interest lies in
mixing them in some way productive. In it.
SELF. land, like money, produces nothing; it is
only when used that it yields m increase.
Let each acre. therefore, in and around the
city be cultivated, and Cur entire business in
tcrests will very soon feel tue healthy stim.
ultls that culture would afford.
Missouri Democratic state Convention
Ths Democratic State Convention Of Missouri
finished its labors on the lelh inst, aiter pro
trectea session Of four days. The following
persons were cloc!ed delegates to Charleston:
]. b. Henderson, Dr. J. u. Ac1lhauey, r. T.
Lakeaen, G. 4. Shortridge, John D. Clark,
sen, L. A. King. George r. Doris, James C.
Craig, Wiilintn Douglas. n. c. Claibornc, p. 8.
Wilkes, J. j. Scott, J. C. Corwin, J. F, Mcntz,
Col. A. Hunter. J. I. Clardy, john II. Krun,.
aad .sam'l i. Churchill.
A resolution was introduced ipstructinr tle
delegates to Fotc for no man for President who
did not stand squarely on the Missouri Demo-
CRITIC platform. Considerable excitement en-
sued, and number Of the Charleston delegates
rose successfully md stateI that they would
not 80 under instructions, but TINT thcy were
bound in honor to guide their ae!ion in the Sa.
sional Convention By tho platform which had
been laid doTn by their constituents. The res-
olutiou was accordingly tabled. The St, Louis
Republican douglas organ) argues fron, this
circumstance TINT 9 majority Of tue delegates
crc at tho same timo in favor OF Douglas md
opposed to Popular Sovereignty! The tele-
graph says that The delegation stnnds.. II for
Hunter, for Douglas 9 for Dickinson and
for Breckenridge.