The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-02-28
THE SWAMP LANDS.

Vesaiu last week, that to grant tn,
scamp lan,ls to the Upton Railroad Com
pany, " would not impoversh The county
but would greatly help the Company, anG
thereby be direct benefit to the whole
county" As We understand that there
are some who doubt the truth of the
above statement, we will give some Of on,
reasons for the belief that is in US. The
swamp lands we're given By Congress tc
the State of Iowa, and by the State Of
Iowa to the counties in which they lie
hence We conclude that it would not i'm
poverish the county to give the lards to
the. company, because the lands were a
gift to the county. That the lands would
be great help to the Company, will not,
We suppose, be denied by any one
We suppose that it is generally known
that the value Of real,esta,e in this town,
is not as great as it was four years ago
and that during the last three years there
has been greater demand for property
in some other parts of the county than
just about Upton. What has been the
consequence? The assessed value OF
property in other parts of the county i.
proportionately higher than about Tip
ton, and, as natural consequence, the
higher the assessed value, the higher the
taxes. Suppose that tho value of the
property of Center township should be
made to equal that Of all the rest Of the
county, then Center township would
have to pay as much for taxes as all the
rest of the county; but if the value OF
property here is only one-teuth that Of
the whole county, then we shall have tt
pay only onc-tenth Of the taxes. Henc,
We say that to help the company to get
railroad here, will be direct benefit t,
the whole county If We once get ;
railroad in operation to this place, it viii
not be gear before the value of property
in this town will be twice what it j., now
Again, every one knows that if our
county town is in a growing, thriving
condition it will add to ia, value Of all
the property in the county
. The farmer, of this immediate vicinity
and north of US, are directly interested in
still another way: We take it for gran
red, for no one denies it, that if the TIP.
Railroad was finished the Nusca:inc
people would soon complete their road and
thus give Us through read, which would
add from tive to ten cents per bushcl 10
the value Of all the wheat sold here or
north of US When the road is comp'et-
ed through, We shall have the ADVANTAGE
OF two competing lines Of railroad, to
take our produce to the Eastern market.
and we can avail ourselves of the Eastern
or Southern market, as interest may die
tate.
The farmers do not look upon our rail,
road as We think they should While
the Road would benefit Upton, it would
benefit the farmers still more BY creating
market for their produce, nearer home,
and as the roads north and south rfus
would compete for our custom. We should
be able to ship to Chicago at 4 cheaper
rate than they will be able tofrom Onion
Grove or Wilton. Ii We can ship cheap
or from here than they can at the above
named points, Of cou1.c we can pay 50
much the more for produ for there viii
always be competing buyers Farmers.
you are the ones who age most to be b~n.
fitted, aud should hep Us in ey,ry posi-
bic way