New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-07

means OF access The artificial means CAM agc.
time. The forE ier however, w1o 'fi,- thC attltal
yyrf-s could ever nave been "a. r,l.rt Cor
Ao@ ~ rcper i us oSeSigLto f nature t9 ,o5 gtg
I'm, ~ ggcCss 10 r1s pOrti.hS 0 orr i,t \. ar
IN Ie oI git ,r,rk Inc Of railway to enable lho pio
DetH "a lin fooThold apon the soil ltlsohB ny nI
i5is ss"ris that such foothod can De E"o to
~ 'uen cc,ired sufficient, the western rtales'G
go, forvafl whatever enterprises ii, Irnt, the
ca, ,;ei for the promotion of their wchelhg ron rv
iIoi., and 0f Like Superior the base oI uie Iont
Nouut4frs some 200 miles, Is Nht I'Io 10, pnc
now wholly destitute Of the means o. ia
Niis.onri fnorgt p valuable auxiliary TO flw"y, iaI
OF itself wholly inadequate 10 mee' a'trox from the
wants Of tie country it traycfses IT % an cypen
!turc OF SOC C9o0l0 by tie ie0eu OOn'ar man tuat
.open 10 settlement area five times s t ,Se should
of Illinois Now with sucn IN expenditure ", &c tho
repeat Illinois many tines ana JasU 40 aud the ere.
movement Of an adequate hummer 81 PeuI A. already
ann of new industries could be elected AZ al,caIiy
remarked the arithmetic OF al ,.,sT,,rtotiGr and
tIn fde OF ropulaon flowing over inc new
viii keep pace with the ploEesH,J tHe territories
40 tIat Wheh tie mountains are ItacS, we ,b all
now desert, viii present themselves 10 COURSES o,
Tie conditions necessary TO eLttIo lAehi " D''O ~
PHI Tse o remarks apply with equal force in favor o.
GREAT line railroad crossing luS ConSi IN tina
goucra routes Of the Sjth OF ga PaIai,ieis, , many
6ision Of the Union IS territory embracing ,nanS
hundred thousand square niles laIge w NJ ~
rc,t fart ~ and with vast mineral wealth. 10 COinpv
satc f5r anY barrcancss Of soil for the want OF suo
lirv avs utterly cut of from settlement, aIg from con-
warcc tuch work Woud give an actes9 l., S,inaral
m riuvInces Of Mexico, whose great wealth. ia itjna
and oll IS well known, well as 10 our own
I'm mis- direction We can repeat, many umes luos se
itissonri es vel as In the NoIth The southwest :; ~"
region whion is to supply animal food ana wool we inc
Northwest is peculiarly adapted TO the growth OF wheat
which hns "A very limited belt in this as In the Od World
The sections compliments that WIZ supy III no
! prime articles entering into domestic consumption:
such IS plain statement OF the pop0TlllOh pelore US
Can afford 70 allow vast tracts OF leFlIe County 80
remain wastes simply for the want or lew lilos o.
dollars to ho expended In opening them 10
Certainly not fho process Of aiding such works VIII DC
paying one from the start Inc muediaie laevusG "a
consumption by tho Inhabitants OF the newlyOpened YER
rturIcs of the manufactures of the o0er states WIZ O
than mako up the proportion 10 the atter ol uy en-
iturcs they may be called to make; Whe me taxes aiu
10 tho Federal Government ny the Inhabitants Oh He
Territories ana states VIII speedily repay an tie ~
vances 10 made When u Is considered what OoNSIi
ret would n the spOTtHtOn or troops su!pcr
and munitions war II is rot probable tat Wohd az
any moment be dollar ont Of pocket while IS certain
That In very short it would be repaid, hIolc thA
: tcnfld, for all the advances made: , A..
The experience already afforded by the progress OF lhe
Union Pacific Railroad perfectly sustaius all inc posi-
tons have taken The states Of Kansas ana NeDrasK
rom the advantages and stimulus supplied by THIS great
work. with its branches, are dst IteatlS VA t 81
a ll!-oI. Their increase IN populatlon anu Mr' !, 80
nnch greater than that OF Illinois at
= period tho history Of the latter 10 one "dE t q
the subject avoid the conclusion thaJ hiIe,s vi
peeuInrv sense, has the Government gained Immensely
hv tho aid it extended to these works IDey nave
built up two great States whose population are the lnos
s profitable consumers Of the products or tho Eastern
8 States and whose contributions 10 the natonal esI
r exceed the interest On the bonds issued in their ana
In few yeors such contributions will annually exceed
: | Tie principal OF such bonds when the Govern
4 ment wifi be receiving, annually cent ne
u ! cent upon the investment 1t has maue
u With such demonstrations before me, cannot douD
/ The cXpndiency of further aid By the FedeEa Govern
/ ment in openng MP other sections far more fertile an,
\ valuable than that traversed by tho Union ftclnI h
road u cannot afford 10 allow an acre or valuable sol
. mineral TO be beyond the reach OF commerce or
= human life. All 1t has to 90 ls TO supply rev grea
trunk lines. From these ofshoots VIII be carried by pil
vate enterprise 10 every section SO az to SUPPLY th
means OF cheap transportation Tor any tuh OF pIouuoo
OF mineral that may he raised.