The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-11-09


New EeEsand ana the West.
The following il m extract from the
able sddrsss Of Gov. Andrews Of N a..
fsehus@tts, delivered tetore the Yer
mont State Agricultural Fair At Brattle.
borough on the 9TH Of Sept.
DO not fail TO read l..
"The figures drawn from our econo
miusl history prove how far from Just
arc some OF the criticisms by which
narrow men endcavor to arouse or
MAINTAIN sectional jealousics against
New England. The careful student
mnst perceive that the policy Of the
Old World originally controlled and
compelled our own; that tho very
necessity Of establishing the important
conditions Of national safety, and Of
supporting the industrial independence
found indispensable TO political indie.
pendeoce Of European powers that
the wants and exigencies Of our own
people gave practical direction to the
public economy; and that with it, and
under it, our populations increased and
expanded over the continent, and the
wealth and prosperity Of every section
became the marvel Of the nations. The
people Of the Union perceived the ne
cessity that environed them, and the
experience Of the period Of the second
war with Great Britain emphasized the
proof. New England adapted herself
TO policy which she did not originate,
and rebuilt her own fortunes on the
ruins of her former commercial pros.
perity. The population of ali that region
lying northwest of the Ohio River, now
10 vigorous in its young and lusty
strength, numbered, at the end of the
war, barely three quarters of million
Of peop.e. It is the growth Of that
very policy-whether it was wise or
unwise. Thirty years ago = twenty
years after The power loom was int,o.
duccd into New England-Oh,o alone
of all the northwestern States was an
exporter Of grain. The first shipment
Of grain on the Lakes. Of which there il
any record, was consignment Of three
thousand bushels, shipped at Grand
Haven in Michigan for the port Of
Buffalo, in The year 1886; and the fret
shipment ever made in Chicago was
only twenty.cight years ago-co,ering
just seventy eight bushels Of wheat.
Chicago to day is the first grain port Of
the Union. In 1850, the eight food
producing States Of the West, and the
Northwest, yielded about three hund.
red million bushels OF cereals, which be.
came nearly ak hundred and City mil
lions, only ten years later; thus pre-.
senting the result Of population Of
nine millions of people, exceeding in
quantity the cereal product of Great
Britain and Ireland, with their popula
ton OF twenty nine millions, and equal.
ling that Of France, with population
seven millions larger. Within ten
Years from to-day the same Common.
weal.hs will raise and gather at least
one thousand million bushels Of cereal
food, Of which not more than one fifth
will be wanted for the diet of their own
inhabitants ~ leaving eight hundred
millions for the seed Of future cr.ps,
for the support and tattenlng Of animals
and for expectation to other States and
countries, whether in the form-of grains
or nonr, or coDccntratedln beef, pork.
oil, ard lard. and 10 tho foNps Of distil.
lation.
Ifyeh would move This mass of crude
grain ~ rail, over . single track, to 3
single station, you would neea more
than %, 900 locomotives, hauling each
a train Of $500 bushels Of burden, and
it would require the arrival Of train
oftener than once in every five minutes,
both b, night and by day, from the
beginning 10 the end Of a working
year. Nor is this all. For I have
estimated only on cereal products, and
only on eight existing States. have
left unconsidcred the vas: areas vet 10
be reduced TO agricultural possession,
as well as the mineral wealth q our
northwestern regions hereafter TO be-
come Of colossal proportions, alike in
bulk and in value. This treasure, the
development Of which is part Of the
work OF the present generation, defies
human calculation. Nor indeed, are
tbs figures Of arithmetic able to express
its value. Il involves consequences the
most tranAcendent II involves the
future Of our happiness, and renown. az