The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-08-05

dsowra o. cosxgEcE ~ THE wEsr- The great West. zig
az she Il, u hardly biz snouah % hoEi the wealth tha, Is annu-
ally rrapet from her fertile fgds.' remarked the late Hon.
Eizsr1 Everett, ia Boston, on the occasion Of = charitz-
lid "a L he secus;oued pt"dut rs Il the .I @ele aeen ed
lrasGeisn; ~ a bouutifuI Providence. the very cIoIs Of the
ssrth- throughout tEe middle States, " poursg out oil, till
kulS Petroleum bills fair % sway tire markets % the World, as
impressed with the truth Of thi. rhetorical flourish on looking
over some of the trade reports u the Western cities, for the past
e=t.nds, are .atfsactory 20 an extent which the most sanguine
osseFvsF would net have dared TO predict At the outbreak OF
the rebellion, and the increase Of material wealth IS such as 10
inapIre the most hopeful confidence in our future growth aud
permanent prosperity The Increase Of labor-saving machine
~ has, q the agricultural department, made amend. for the
atnas $1,000 Dy 90 = ana, ~ some instances, given
ave yesrs, has grown from a little insignificant village Of about
Whrsn from de exbau-,Iess gran,rv - ~. We, - 80
gear were about sixty millions Of bushels. against thirty NIL
lions in 1850, while The shipments were in round numbers,
L. aso fast outstrpping the other cities % the West, and has
now become the most important central market on the CONT
d-rsrtEent u Bee Packing and now rxr-is Cincinnati in the
"a. uutTfvaI-i Cincinnati. in hi, departmrut viii b- :, Nv
. statement u the fact that in the selson Of 1892 8 Chicago
o. lse5-i Chicago packed so!-65s, Cineannsti packed $3.50.
Pfty three drms are now employed IN the packing business in
Cht-as0, many Of =hom have. during the past year, erected
s~. buildings, With inerr ssed recommendation hr Strengthening
and curing Other departments u commerce. have progressed
Probably to her magnificent system Of railroads. more than
any ether agency, IS Chicago indebted TO her wonderful grosth,
che parallel % which i aukncSu either in the old World or
strap iron. and only twenty miles Iong-had its terminus in
;a.: s;y; Now s,zh, rsaFOaS,: with {hous.nd' Of miles q
s AAAS1
CsntraI, earned last year S~6.5O0.J00; the Chicago, Burlington
aud Quincy road earned s5.lO9 900; the Chicago and Rock
Island road over s3OOOOOO- Indeed, the internal resources Of
Tbs whole country have Oeen developed 10 an incalcuiabIe ex-
tent by cur vast railroad -ystem, which should be fostered and
srccz-aged whenever and wherever practical Great results
have already been accomplished in this description % internal
improvements, hut much more remains % be done 10 years 70
c1us- S.ncc 1880, We have Completed no less than $500
miles II -railruad-Tors than al the rest q the wOrld-custiug
rs. besides 5.553 miles Of canal, costing sIlS. 600.
coo. The railroads - this country uay b. said almost without
exception, 70 have been undertaken Us means for the creation Of
capital, By the devsiopmen. Of resources. The soil, a short
cis.an-c from the s-ahoard, vas in the early days Of railroads,
Valueiess- because is products could not BE- sent 20 market. Il
vas 20 open outlets. alike for the benefit Of the producer and
consuDsr. that Almost every lane penetrating the interior q
acts-t1Eea- The section Of country many o. them taveTsed
Gas, IN n great measure, uniuhEbted- Now IL - teeuing with
population, tuppus5 with whatever can make their labor 10
the highest degree productive. 50 that the chief concern OF
nearly al the roads, and especially those stretching westward,
So~ Is, not how 70 develop trafic, bu; how 20 Accommodate
that which is pressing upon them The great distance over
watch freight is nov moved over railroads u characteristic %
this counry alone, and aids vastly TO the business Of cur lines.
The great bulx % produce brought 70 market has 10 he trans
Port-t from one thousand % hfte-n hundred miles, While the
reciprocal current mus: be equal either in volume or value.
hsilrcaas, without doubt, uudsrle the whole social and com
cercisl fabric q the interior, aud We can p no contingencies
Why tn trafhc through them should not increase IN the future
AZ IL has done IN the past II $ susceptible OF demonstration,
ne thinL, that. making ths most liberal deductions from the
srrraoriinary development % the great West which can be- SET
DOVE % the losses and drawbacks o. the war, " are in pos
session % Resources which uTu enable Us 10 emerge triumphant
~ frcu al our dirtcu.tss. arr % run a national career without
. parallel 10 the history Of the siooe--T- Y Shipping List.