Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-10-02
Prom Tie Ne. York shipping List.


Prom the Nes York shipping List.
The rapid progress which the Northwest
eru Stats ~ the Union ere making, q re-
CARDS populatior, thc development Of re.
sources. and Of III the concomitants that .
~ csassi@qes nsssriel pqe.2Ni1. a s9esg
n. norveR Of the tine. fhe 49, wAich
-. '.f,r.dine IL stsentDns q &npitakssa
IA ;,nmiurants, more than Others perhaps.
are Minnesota and Iowa, whers thU same
iud,c;ous system Of railroads and other in>
,.rn,l imp,oyesBeots that hss dose 90 much
for the statcs fuelber est he's hesa adopted,
and i. now being prosecuted vi good re-
suits TIE onward progress Of Minnesota.
III pesticulaf, challenges unisersal admin
ZION. Sixteen years ago usu popuIaescn 81
that then territory was only $3.50 Six
years svo, its inhabNanls numbered 172.
o22. ana the population has since rapidly
increased how rapidly, VIC regret We have
10 daaAip tell precisely; but It is safe to
say ,hst the population reaches 3oO, goo or
about hall as many a lcwa. which. a.
State, Is many years her senior. II is esti-
mated that Minnesota has received no les
than 200, 900 imn,gt ants, native and foreign,
since 1860. Th.sc settlers. according u
H. estimate. u some Of our polit,,
ical economists valued at 81 600 each, J
sss - The Sasss, wssth e3OO,>
000, 900 What the result Of the in-
dustrial efforts Of oil THE bone and sircw il
likely u BE- within the next few years, We
can form tolerably correct idea by the pro-
gress made and making by the nsw and ~
joiug States bordering on the Mississippi
- States whose industrial development has
been brought about by similar agencies. -
The whole crop Of Minnesota Tor the currenl
year IS estimated u 10000, 600 bushels. -
AZ an indication Of the rapid strides making
by this young aud sntsspsiaiag common
wealth in point Of agriculture, ~ may statt
thst, while shs imported bscsdueuGs in 1855
it Il estimated By competent authorities lhat
she will have Surplus Of 10, 0OO, 900 bush
els in 1868.
Already We observe an active rivalry be
wecn Chicago am0 St. Louis for the control
Of the growing commerce Of Northern IOwi
and Minnesota, and 10 this end several i'm
portant additions are projected 70 the rail
load las llilics Of both cities. st. Louis
through the North Missouri and Iron Noun
tain leading to Minnesota, in order TO re-
ccivc a share Of the trade that row goes I,
Chicago, While the latter city il deeply il
the early completion Of the ST. Croi,
aud Lake Superior road, which, when com
plctcd, will afford al important outlet fol
the products Of Northwestern Wisconsin
Mlnnesota and Northern Iowa The com
rany comprises some OF the leading men il
this city: who, VIC understand, are about ne
so,iating loan here to hurry the cntcrpris
forward to completion.
New York. and in TACT the whole countr,
is deeply Interested in these enterprises. -
Tie great food. wool and other crops Of III
west arc the chief reliance VI our CASTER
commerce, and hence il should bc the aiu
and policy Of New York, and the scaboar,
States generally, to cooperate With ever
enterprise calculated to increase thei
volume and facilitate their pasoAee into u
channels Of trade Capitalists should bea
in mind that whatever will benefit the agri
cultural interests II the west, by rendsfinl
them more remunerative and enlsrginI
their sphere, will co-equally benefit tn
com,nercc and industry Of the east. Tn
foundation Of the prosperity Of New York
and the other leading scaboard marts Or
lain, not only in the commercial enterpris
Of their citizens, hut IN the virgin soil Q
great western prairics. II We would erec
cur fa6rics securely, We must build on botl
Of these foundations. Every fresh acre .
soil which is put under cultivation, an,
every additional mile Of railroad openin,
up the fertile region in ira c. and bringing
1t SO much nearer the great commercial cen
tres Of the east, add TO the profits Of on
commerce aud enlargc the market for east
ern manufactures.
Hence, all EFFORTS to open up commerce,
and industry in the far West, whether orig
mating in St Louis or IN Chicago, shoult
be warmly seconded by our capitalists.
Both those cities are already the centre 0
n vast system of railroads which radiatc il
almost every direction. But their com.
mercial ambition is rot yet satisfied, an,
will not be SO long ms there is a source o
trade undevelopcd. They are no longe
mere outposts upon the borders of civiliza
tion, but grea, central luminaries, abou
which the lesser lights revolvc. They ar
the way stations which mark the track q
Anglo Saxou enterprise across the cont
ncnt; and. while hsldng fast - the east ar
now stretching OCT their iron uafemnac "a
ward the great West beyond the Missssir
pi II is the mission OF these enterpri,in,
cities to stand as the connecting link be
tween that portion Of the West 90 rscenu,
TO all intcnts and purposes, terra incognitI
and the Atlantic seaboard.
Meals Three Hundred Years An,
Let US sit down, in i0aeination, at Q dir
ncr in England three hundred year, ago. :
Mighty limits of beef sn,tton and vsel l,o