The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-11-07

by a terminus at Kearnev, in as much a.
the Chicago roads must defect south abou
100 miles to the valley of the Platte-ant
the st. Louis roads must defect north lO
miles to the same point. In this confic
, OF powerful interests there is no doubt but
Fort kearney and the valley Of the Plat,
VIII be the..main artery for the northern anC
, southern roads.
{ The local advantages of Burlington, mid
way between the rival interests is at ono,
apparent and especially, when we considel
that we have now an actual railroad
Communication from Burlington direct t.
Pl1tsourgn and the Atlantic cities
Our distinguished local position
will account in great measure for GU,
distinguished success as a commercial
city. 1t is believed that no town upou
the Mississippi River above st. Louis car
compare with Burlington in the amount
OF exports OF the products of Iowa or i'm
por5s ior nome consumption and home
trade. We can already boast of our mer-
chant prlnces-our great stores and ware
houses put your committee think these
are delusive signs of prosperity as city
| NO merely commercial town ever attain
ea 10 greatness in any respect. 1.-THE man
fractures and industrial pursuits of
drawn to-day, and the grand total of their
business reduced to the mere matter Of
buying and of selling, the grass would
grow in all the streets. The Census shows
that their teeming populations are mainly
dependent for daily bread upon laboy-aot
directly connected 9th recedUing, shipping
and selling goods. Some merely CONNER
cial towns are found upon the seabord,
whose ships are in everey sea, and whose
enterprise has amassed wealth in the
hands of few by millions but the towns,
like ''old fossils" are eternally the same,
the laboring class are eternaliy the serva-
tors of commerce and capital.
Your Committee believe that commerce
should only be the hond-matd Of the arts
and of agriculture. and that the three
combined can only build up city or a
State.
We believe that Burlington has vast re-
sources for development but has been
mainly relying upon commerce.
Commerce alone does not develope half
the capacity OF our community. The most
prosperous State or City is that which can
furnish employment or labor to all of it's
able-bodied people-old and young of both
sexes.
OF the population of Burlington more
than half are living off of the other half
| that is half is idle for want of employ
ment.
Suppose there were employment for all
of the idle hands in Burlington, and all
were Industrious; how magnificent would
be the result of years labor!! How much
of general wealth and of private comfort
would be secured! and greater far, how
much silent and unpretending poverty could
be relieved!
| The statistics of many .Easterna towns,
where employment is given to all is aston
ishing. The town of Linn, Mass, is cele-
brated for its production of boots and shoes
the eternal want of all mankind. Every
man, woman and child performs its daily
f,c-l n, &c 1ayl n &c
hive of Yankees.
The results of this combined industry has
given an Importance to this inland torn,
and amassed wealth, which should make
the lazy communities of the West ashamed.
Burlington is behind the times. The great
prostration produced by the revulsion of
1857, paralyzed every kind of business and
crippled all classes of our citizens. The
paralysis is still upon us: but al the COM
mercial interests are reviving. The greater
| interests of the greater number are still
paralyzed.
| If there be any way to develope the in
dustrial power Of Burlington, let us do it.
1t can only be done by combined and per-
sistent effort.
II the great efforts heretofore made by
Burlington, and the vast sums expended in
behalf of Commerce, and to open the ways
of transportation, had been applied to the
building up of home Industry, the reUulsion
Ol 1904 dltl tHe W or "OUlu OILY nave sum.
ulated cur prosperity.
There are new incentives eoiD for indus
trial effort in the cause of manufactures.
Protection by Tariff Laws has become ne
cessity and must continue for many years
thus extinguishing foreign rivalry and
giving an equal chance to home COMPETE
ton. Let us all embrace this opportunity;
and become united and prosperous peo-
plea self-reliant people
The last Census shows the people of Iowa
to be feeble people-not valuing or even
attempting to improve their privileges as
manufacturers.
This Committee propose to arouse the
sleeping forces of this great community
We demand that you organize. We pro-
pose,
LIST. That Committee be appointed to
make a canvass of all the commerce and
manufactures of the City of Burling-
ton, and to report to some subsequent
meeting, or to the present Committee.
I'd. We propose that when the statistics
of this committee are collected in, they
should be published. We have no Board
of Trade and no system which gives us in
dividuafity as q city. We must combine,
then, and rely upon our individual efforts.
To defray expenses. your Committee be-
lieve we may depend upon voluntary con-
tributions. But let us have thorough
canvass of the city and d full report. To
this end, we say, appoint 4 Committee with
full power to do all.
On motion of Mr.. H. H. Scott, the old
committee were appointed to obtain statis-
tics Of all the manufactures and amount of
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