, 1865-11-30

The New York Tribune thinks that St-
Louis is destined to take the lead among
| Western cities, It arnnaA thA no1nt thus

The New York Tribune thinks that 81
Louis is destined to take the lead among
Western cities. It arn"@. th~ nolut thus:
ave never esw st. Lou,., hsye no speci1l interest
in II, and few friend. 1esidtus there but We WIN
10 record our cpnyiction-wtth great respect LOT
Cincinnati "a E safa naes
The 1nost rapid growth OF any American aIy, sno
70 be recognized j. tho chief inland empof19m Of
s itese 'he eensa. of 1860 Iii rank the ehei ea q
The United States In this order: l. NeH 0tk
Inil,eslphis 3. ss Lous 4 Gasage he1'sn Gias1a:
O. rt.tburgh; 10. Richmond.
that the eoathwe.t brunch Of ths Pacific han1oao-
Rolia-,s ahopi 10 be pushed On to the border o.
7tzns uhere It IL 10 be net bY one hrn nasvss
ton. forming direct ne is9m ~ AZ .an nsc3 10 sas of
SSs1eut rusds, will toou connect St Lonta directly
VIII Minneapolis On the upper Mtssisstppa al the
asset % sn oa l s1
hy little over 400 Of mi 81 Louis VIII shen St
bat day rtda from those Fa!lA which afford ths
bni fo OF three da1s from Galveston, thus bring
tuc tsopie heat xnd arctic cold within heT grasp.
and supernedIne navigation that now Hasetses
little less than 5000 Mules md conau1nea At ISast
! three weeks. Meantime, the Union Factnc' u
being pressed steadily westward, and VIII bring g
Leu within thes r,as o. ;p,e psseF N aaa ~
reward at least hundred times the 1abor that eaI
now be probably employed 1n themNrli proane.
now cos, SIS and seJo"
1 Whether St Louis will lead Chicago o.
rice rersa Is a question not to be settled b,
| gucss work. But one thing Ia certain, ant
TINT is, that Chicago has caught up with st
Lonls with surprising velocity. The dil1cr
enee Of population between the two cities a
i |a MI Syra J1a
the census Of 1870 will find Chicago ahead.
It Ia quite true that st. Louis has YES
south and west territory tributary and withll
her reach In the future. But Chicago has ais
}mmcnse regions west and northwest fon
which to derive trade nnd find market 10
her gooda. Chicago Is on the direct line be
! tween New York and San Francisco via III
great Pacific railway. The Platte river frou
the Rocky Mountains to the Missouri riSe
runs stsaight for this city. From th
Pass through the mountains to Til
city, the railway will pursue q d
recteast and west line When that roa
is built, We arc confident that Chicago wi
control IN immense I" Far West - trade, whic
St. Lonls cannot defect FROM us. As to tn
trade of the Upper Mississippi,
can only be diverted 10 st. Louis by FOOLS
greed Of Illinois railroads. II they cstabus
their tariff Of freight charges 80 high Us
force the trade Of that region down the riyt
10 St, Louis aud New Orleans, instead OF le
ting it 20 to The sea board by way Of tt
Lakes, as 1t would naturally geek 10 do, son
remedy will be applied TO bring them to the
senses.
But the West is large enough, md its r
sources great enough to build up and suppo'
both cities With wealth and population sui
cient to satisfy tho ambition Of the warmc
friends of each. It matters little which
these cities sha1l eventually attain the great
population; they will both exceed a millie
before the end of this century.