, 1860-02-02

LulsCFs l're:a all THtnHt:
a 1e| days since in perusing your publication
of the rcmerks made ut meeting OF the citi.
zcns Of Chicago, convened for the purpose Of
derising measures to increase the value Of real
/ cstate Ill the CITY and its suburbs, ras sur
| prised in noticing that the only plan Of opern-
sion which seemed 10 me to promise apy mark
cd usetalnets WAS not suggested By auy Of the
| speakers in attendance.
The drainage Of the land outside of the citv
WAS suggested by ont; tile colonization cf
those lands by German immigrants, who woull
convert them into cabbage fields, BY another;
~ il large supply o: 'saur kout.:' for the city
market, raised from lhe city suburbs, would Of
necessity enlarge tie city business and increazc
tic price Of city lots. have not your report Of
tue rcu'Ark. before INC, aud lnay not, perhaps,
10 int1 justice to the suggestiods made; but the
though: which crowded upun my mind after
reading The report was, That the city Of Chicago
was not suffering for vegetable gardens in ler
Immediate vicinity. Last Autumn caLbagcs
were drug in tue market at two cents each,
and all other gard:n Vegetables propor,iouably
cheap. Under such state Of things the settle.
S%s@ts% " A4otAAUNA " u 1uE
III close proximity to Chicago would serve only
10 overstcck the market to still greater degree,
ami thus 10 reduce The products Of The soil to q
price which Honld bcgga- its cultiyators Who
can fail 10 perceive Il, It when the products of
the roll ore without value, the soil itself must
become nearly SOY
1writc this article, however, not 10 c4.;k:c;ss
f.rttf fr II n:.%au g
and nm, therefore, pleased with every effort to
prou1ate its wealth sud welfare.
The first question is, What does Chicago most
need to increase her population and wealth as a
city: Is not the obvious nswcr-Froprcr1rE
LAAon.
Not labor in raising crops which hare no
,narkEt, but in manufacturing oumsnodlits,
which tic necessities Of every town and its sur
rounding population perpetually deulaud. Con-
most value grow rich most rupldiy.
In the present state Of Our market, wlo nro-
ducc, IN given time, and with equal numbers,
the greatest alue-agricu1lu1istx or 1nauufuc.
'urers: The latter, ne doabt. The annual
production Of tie State of Massachusetts alone,
is over Eo1h ts", ,0sM. In agriculture she could
not produce one-ilalf that amount.
These premises being true, what Chicago
needs is labor employed in manufacture. ucr
streets are full of men, wo!rcn cnd children,
begging employment and no6ia. un.,e. All
shesc arc CONSUMERS, not producers-are poor,
aud being poor cau',ot enrich tue city-cannot
l'ny lots-cannot build houses-are compelled
to raise their otrn vegetables, or beg, or steal
them, Tor they hare not the nleans to buy. This
condition OF things pcrpetuatct, ultiot OF course
DC perpetual pauperism. Tenants cannot pay
rents. Garde::ers are without rnarket for tI.eir
products: City lots fer dwellings. suburb lots
Tor gardens, become unproduct.ve to their
owne,s, and Of course ya!uriess.
What is the practical cure for ibis undesira-
b!c condition? AoRE MANrFAc1CnEs.
Why Lave yn,. nut already lad more: l'e-
cause h.'hclt' labor in the West has been dear,
aud Western capital wanting, Money at usu.
,ious interest las brought to its posses
scr too large per cc:t. In Tue speculative
tunes which arc past. your real cstate las also
been too dear. lIitherto the money to work
NTH and tho li1,d1 work on, has been 70 costly
10 operators us tn discourage operations. Fer
haps 1ne time FOR ti.c establishment O; extern
sire manufactures lIad not yet hcca reached.
Have ycu now rcachct,t: Are there nut IN
abundance Of operatives who be employed
Is csleanly as 'u New England: Are not cut.
ton and wunl obtainnble in ClicaHo cheaper
than in tic Eastern States: Have yuu rot al
rcady lurge and constantly increasing home
market for every variety Of fatric manufactured.
from siitse st.E,lcs Are not meat: bread, yese-
tables, in short, Ill kinds Of food for tie aus
tenance Of operatives cheaper here than il, any
ur the New England Suites;
Chi>ago is rt't without hundreds Of rich men
deeply Interested IL the vAluc Of real estate in
the cty- lct sucF, m=u rs Vim. !, 0gdcu, Wal-
.tr J.. Newbcrrv. George Steel, William Jones,
Dr. Foster, aud scores or others, *,:Elbiae their
pecnniary power III establishing every kind Of
manufacture that can welt be carried On in the
city thcn cvcry interest in Chica 10 ind :rountl
it viii te strengthened aul b:,,lt up; then there
will be iii Increased demand fur Hat large and
vAluabl: class oi' iuo4l which the garden sup
plies; then lie products nf your suburban lands
will richly pay The cultivation; t!:sn drainage,
ti'':.e aul all incidental improvements will iol
low as I'LL ocsital'le result Thus, you will 1t
tire >ane time, increase the ssnt,ter Of your
population md The utility Of Gael, 10 build ur
ard improve ynur city.
j. ::'i- lruc,ic.hi..: The effort 1I:ut IL ncrcs
sarv II, Id '.''as les cf ra:iroa:l wonl.l. wI4
far grea;er case. md with the promise ct t4r
,nosa l''out " The ockhollcrs, aud 10 tho pnb-
liz, accomplish wtrat is here suggested