Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-03-05


Almost oil the papers arc now In
wiling attention TO the magnificent
condition of Iowa. Her population
at the commencement OF the war
was rated ut about 655, 900. $1,000 Os
her faithful sons rushed TO The front
TO rescue the nation from the pefils
Of rebellion, and on many battle
fields they covered their State md
themselves with glory, a glory which
was never dinlnled or tarnishcd.
Now her population 10 placed at
!, 100, coo at the lowest figure. Four
parallel lines of railroad are compile
ted, or their completion assured,
stretching across the State from the
Mississippi to tho Missouri, while
these are interseoted by numerous
cross roads, affording ready outlets
for oil the bounteous productions of a
soil as unsurpassed In fertility az
her undulating prairles are In
beauty. She has only two cities with
u population reaching 10000, and only
four or five more with 10000. With
oil her present population aud its
marvellous increase aud bewilderlng
promise, the State debt Is never over
S2O0, 900, and never can exceed this.
because the Cons titntion, forbils IL.
Iowa had 10000 inhabltants In 1926,
while territory attached to wiscon-
sin, end only 97 900 when erected Ia.
TO State In 1916. ..,t..
Tenn essee Is moro than three times
the ago of Iowa, with q climate as
mich superior as Italy is to Sweden
With Ms much soil of equal fertility,
md much more adapted TO crop,.
which can never mature in lows.
but which are vastly more prsStablc
than any cultivated there. She has
more and better rivers than Iowa
timber much superior and more
abundant; mineral wealth which
i would DO fabulous In, Iowa q rail-
way system much Older and far more
costly, yet with all these advantages
OF age, climate, crops, timber, and
minerals, Iowa is almost out OF sight
In the, pace Of wealth and prosperity,
Whence comes L.? Freedom, intel
lIgence, and enterprise have done Il.
Iowa welcomes the emigrant with
out any questions concerning whence
hs comes or what arc his oplnions.
She opens her arms and affectionateIy
embraces him. She allows him full
freedom of thought and of speech.
| She protects his home, his. sciooi-
house and bis church. No sneerinr
pretendcrs pass coldly by, affecting
o ridiculous superiority which has
no foundation except their own
boasting. No masked bullies and
bravadoes prowl at night to distrib-
ute orders conveying tho alternative
OF flight or. death. Her laborers
sleep sweetly and safely after the
daily toll, and when settling day
comes, the ledger, and not the pistol,
: decides all differences.
I Thus acre after acre is reclaimed
and made productive, until stocks
+ multiply and granaries burst with
, fetness. Warehouses In vain strive
70 receive the abundance end cars to
} bear it away. Railroads grow rich
! with stocks and dividends, far they
, are everywhere thronged, with in-
: coming emigfants and laden with
outgoing freight.
Will Tennessee nayer learn les
son? VIII she never learn that
whisky. drinking. poker play ing, ne
gro killing and Iand-exhausting pop-
! uiatlon Is not that which makes
! wealthy and prosperous? Will she
never learn that industry Ia worth a
thousand times more than chivalry .
I that modest merit which quietly
} strives and silently succeeds, is vast
ly superior to the clustering brag
which shouts itself hoarse only to att
! tract the worlds attention TO its igs
nominious failures p Memphis PoS7s