Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-09-17

Il
, OF rich and poor side by side. In tn,
year 1867 there was expended for the
payment Of teachers alone the sum
, OF 81 ,16l 1858; and In the same year
, $3.50, 900 was expended I'm the cree.
!, tion of school houses, and such like
improvements. And In the same
year there were 0 ,229 schools with q
total attendance of 25l ,2sl. The next
census will show all these fgures
largely increased. Iowa is the home
of people who believe In, and will
support a liberal system of popular
education. Besides the public
schools, we have State University,
with q annual income of $25, 900, and
an Agricultural College of $40, ,OOO.--
There are also several colleges and
universities. under the control of the
various religious denominations, all of
which are prospering finely, and
some of which already take rank
with the leading ones of older and
Weultnlef sectiOnS. -...-. -a.E ....
] 1t 10 nealthys The world has no
land more so. IL Is healthy because
1t has an altitude insuring pure, dry
atmosphere, highly oxygenized, be-
cause it is entirely free from stagnant
ponds, swamps or marshes, because
all the water Is pure; because there
Is nothing to let person be sickly,
unless he is born to it, or determined
to be. Pulmonary diseases are rare
ly known; aud bilious complaints
not so common as I'm most prairie
states. 1t Is good home for the
people and not a paradise for the
doctors. aa.s ....-r....... ..
Taxes are low--taxation per man
and per acre, being less than in any
State iu the Union, Iowa Is out of
debt, oith ha!f a million cash on hand,
a glory it enjoys alone. Here the
people are not tax-burdened, nor rent
ridden. Every mans q man; and
soon can be an employerif he wants,
and works. A farm costs but little
at the first, can be cultivated with
ease and small expense, and does not
have to pay heavy tithes to the King
or the Republic. This is the land
where the farmer surely and soon
gets rich, If he have industry, mus
Gle, and intelligence.
Most any sort of an honest man
can here find home to suit him.
If you are q universal Yankee you
can get along and make a living In
any part Of the State; If you are a
New Englander, you can find settle
ments entirely Yankee; il n Penn
sylvania Dutchman, the same; if q
Hoosier, or Sucker, or almost any
other kind of an American, there are
lots of your people here before you,
with plenty of room and welcome
for more. If you are across the sea,
or from there, Iowa has Its spots
where you will find your kinsmen
and hear your native tongue. II
from Germany, nearly every county
has large numbers from the Fader-
land, while the river counties, and
some Of the interior ones have pop
ulation Of this element that is almost
dominant. The same is true as con.
, Germs the Hollander, the Norwegian
the Swede, and the Frenchman
, Central Iowa has large colony o.
the first; northwestern Iowa has
many of the second-so has tn,
northwest, and other portions
the third Is found in nearly nj
sections-a large colony IL fast grow
ing in wealth near Des Moines; Tn,
last are not so numerous as the ones
} we have named before, but nearly
Q every city contains quite number
: of them, and sixty or seventy miles
{ northwest of this city there is a larg,
{ community of them. And If yo,
: are a link from Ham a gentleman
q from Africa, you will find thousand
: of your race here, doing well, ant
/ will find yourself welcome as an.
other man provided you behave a
well. Ifyou are q Chinanian, com
a on, and hoe your one row and be as
. sured that in Iowa the law will he'll
9 and defend you.
Q So much for people kinsmen--noy
for work and trades: If you hav
no trade, and labor by the day, yol
; want to come here and quit that
buy you farm, improve it, and keel
: your own laborand hire that of Others
: If you are tradesman, you can fin'
!. work, either in city or country,
q you seek in the right way and prope
4 season. A good mechanic in Iowa
a rich man in disguise. If you are
miner, any place on the Des Moine
. or Iowa Rivers will be place TO
:, you. If you work with arm or brain
. a good field is awaiting you, and tn
: gates are open. II you are anythin
, at oil in the world, you can find con
! genial habitation here, and be
: prince In the house of freemen.
1t is not an Eden, but still 1t Nigh
not untruly be called practicle para
disc, with all the prose that is wanted
!, and oil the poetry that Is actuall
needed, except ny lovers, and the
> soon forget the deficiency by gettin
married. Let no one journey hithe
: with the thought that the mere con
: ing will make him rich, or make hir
great. The sweat Of mans bro'
earns his bread here as elsewher,
Fortunes are forced upon no one, an
come to none unasked or unwon.
takes work, hard work-labor, unr,
: mitting toll management. headwor
: -watchfulness, the industry OF yeal
foresight, the plannings of life
carefulncss, the sagacity of an actiy
Q mind-patience, determination, an
economy-good sense and good pu
pose-to win wealth, and increas
and save IL. in Iowa as In all 9th,
: places. 1t Is better here I'm so far :
IL gi' ie poor man fairer and a
/" easier chance to get up, and the ric
= man a surer and honester chance
:. keep up. 1t gives the young man a
: j opportunity to begin life, win fu
! manhood and a competency, befol
he is gray, and that without payin
lifelong tribute to any one for I'll
privilege Of living. 1t puts a farI
s. within the reach Of every man