The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-09-14
from ne Philadelphia Gazs.,e, September q.
Improvement. In Business.

IRON the tone OF the journals Of Boston
ana Ne" ork we gather that there is a
considerable Improvement Observable in
business there, trade having revived and
now as s1anahcnes n, being quite as n... i..'-a
tals Is OF course attributable to the i'm
inense disbursements of the government
III consequence OF the contracts for the
war. we had been previously informed
by cur reporters that this was true of
ihlladei phla; but, fearing that it might
te purely local and temporary activity,
waited to hear from these great seaboard
marts, which are generally in sympathy
with US IN trade matters We are graft.
he'd, therefore, to find that the movement
visible here perAades the seaboard region
at least, and has impaired r stimulus In
the progress OF the country very much
needed Although it is true that this il
hol hery productive or healthy sort of
business, yet He cito Tire fac. to slor, that.
however great the expenditures Of the 90
'ri"iHtHt may become IN the prosecution
ci lHl5 ""F, the money rs spent in the
country, rem ins here, and does not 90 to
tnrlch foreign capitalists, nor to keep
iosri4n factories at work
OAe good effect of the vast accumula-
ton OF specie Is 10 uinisli a metallic cur.
tency o. basis ot 4 currency 10 sections Of
III Interior which before were without ite
ile u"siltutIon OF coin in portions of the
west was truly astonishing Paper was
'"'.r universal currency, and, when the,
southern State scrip used for banking
T. SIS sunk 30 low as to alarm holders, the
u''hk paper became almost worth h.ess--.s
Exchanges were chaotic aud the current !;
oI trade between the East and West wax
Interrupted Ihings are better now, ex-
chan5e- Iracticab!e, good crops on hand,
WHO" the Last must buy and pay for, coin
arcumu.atH@, and tie West looks up-f
"e he" treasury notes are bought up in ,
large quantities for western use, and this
come blessing to them
from these p emisss SO infer the pro-,
oalliliy that the West will soon be able to.
purchase goods largely from US. Already
We begin 10 feel tie intuei cas tending M
taaI airect.o'. Our merchants, perccivings
~" that their reliance now must be upon
Ihe western trade, have paid more atten-
Ton to II, that is as far as circumstances
would permit We have urged all to can.
vass the Whole West thoroughly, and We
stii! do o, tor we believe that it will more
than repay the outlay of time and money.
No other section OF the Republic expands
With so much energy as the West. 1t is
the gran&fy OF America, and before mAnv
years VIII be recognized as that Of Europe
also. Its capacity is boundless, and its
population thrifty, industrious and enter.
prlSing 1t Is IN consequence of this thrifE
that the purchasers of western buyers
have ever been Of cheaper kind than
those FOR the southern trade, out, as wealth
accumu!ates at the West much more rap
idly than at the South, the trade of tho
former has brilliant and tempting future
for the merchants of the seaboard. The,
region which gives birth TO such pIsndid
cities as Cincinnati, St Louis and Chicago.
and which is multiplying them in all al!
rections, cannot be a poor one.