Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-11-02
DAILY DEMOCRAT.


IOWA.
Did /, ever occur q ecu wha' Iowa il r.
You frequcn,'y bear It said Tint It isagF' 2
STATE, has gre ( capacity, eni - ass'l1ed 10
rank anon; the very irst in ,hs Union. -
TIM. ia sound faet, bat WY crude. ~
.fev Inca we vii alearof iog C q more
degrii. il-a ollie rrcatns-s AZ rs destiny.
Ioaa 60 tsirs, 10 roau MN bess, 10000
sousrc uii,es- that is TO say t0.ooo sectiyls
or ~. o0O. 900 acres, and allowing 10 each
farm q Quarter section, or lGo acres, we find
no less than 2o0, ooo farms. lie. il b. bo:nc
in mind that there is coppar atvely very
little waste land IN Iowa. There are no
mountains, no extensive and irreclaim.
able swsmps, no sand wastes At eli---but
nearly every inch Of its soil Is lillabe. In
our figures above, for the sake.of ''ro"nh
numbers" We have left out .houss'"
sqns 9 milcs, which ~.'lss stand 'of inc
utterly upprod scuve area. Hence we claim
f,r IN. STATE 80, 900 square miles Of useful
soil. How many people will that soil sus-
tai liollanl, IL we remember Alright,
sus,aius about - inhabitants to the square
rn.t. Iowa . able to support as dense q
pY3aai.,n az Holland, but 10 b. fafc, soy
that lcs Evil sal saoPors 200 people 70 The
s3nars .ai,c. aul iud that she hss the
natural RESOURCE. 70 Accommodate q yopD-
la,ion II I'm millions or quarter Of the
entire present population q the United
States. Take that fact into consider
tina. Every aero OF land in Iowa to-day
- worth al aycrsge 81 ten dollars.
---honc4 ,re find thru tho reality OF Iowa
amounts q tho snug little sum 81 $50,
100000. When the State shall have become
settled up this land viii 30 qaairupled in
value, AMI tie various Commercial in
PROV mcnts added 70 this vii ren.,tr tie
value D. total re.l AMI pe-s,ul At least
three thousand millions.
Brought up to it's capacity IL popl'e-
ton, Iowa will support lines o! railroad
running Eas. And West, every twenty
miles, besiics several lines running North
aid South. What fear, thcn, that tbs
line or that line now projected. will not he
pcrlec, success" Success, why there 10
10 such word ~ fail III this State.
W. might carry out this truthful figuring
4 All endless extent, estimating the amount
Of grain an v getab.es such NJ amount VI
superior SOIL is capable Of producing, but
that Is unnecessary at present. The amount
o. manufacturing, to-. hat lows is destined
90 enjoy is enormous Enterprise may lie
said TO be be slow il this respect; yet if we
consider the age Of tic State mere nfan,
In years there ~ every reason to be p oud
Of her progress in manufactures.
a State 80 well sohed, so abundantl,
waerea, aul poss - nu-h timber
ls |. ami So many na..l Il '.u' sslvanta;cs,
~ q inrd % hec ~ a uenen lous power
"a the llni. iilsaAo % p.oNs whic1
!, - good o We
4 NJ an of Ia, l. IS, ..e-e, a. aston j
l, sisepirt - liz sea requested sneieh-
b,r 20 raise him w F.. certain Di, cam,
up. The gentleman io1g =, bat seelt,.ts -
iy giving him a x When a bi4i to prevent
fraud vas before the Uo1so, tbe sl,epy
member started W anal eNo aimed: "N;.
Speaker, q word OF two on tia b.l. Ter
more ihan hdf cd my c,n tiiueut- sct tic r
inlpg 10 THAI way
Tia. ", EolA Iluanc says IN i,s ISSUE
OF W,dnesla asst "Ibc Republicans are
honpl TO so under Uhauk GoG # t4,y
dpnt cuiianchiso tho Blocks" Tie st.
Louis Republican moves 10 st',ke OK, tn,
ls,t SIX word ~ sup- ilaoas.
: oSStLEa.S well known IN london, la,
recently invested, in tie na,ncs Of the ira.
tees. tho princely sum If SOC. GOO Tor III.
purpose Of founding . consalescen, hos
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