Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-01-12

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Grand total. .....................6 l, SO SO
In twenty wears, provided only the same
ratio OF increase in population, agricultural
dsgelopment, extension olrslroad facilities,
DC, be maintained that has marked tbs bis
OF the pat twenty years, there will be one
acre cut Of live IF al this vast aggregate
under cultivation, which would be l52, 2T5,-
96S acres Wheat, rye, aud barley, would
average over twenty bushels per acre, osts
over, and corn over fifty but suppose We
sag the entire average Of grain raised shall
be twenty bushels per acre, this will give
us the enormous quantity of 90 9l0, 2S1 200
bushels: A number too vast to be con
cev4ble. But the population will have been
increased in the same ratio % the popula-
ton Of the West has increased during the
past twenty years, and large quantity OF
this produce will be consumed at home. II
We suppose this 1862 40 96s acres Of land is
held, Owned and worked by say family 81
FIVE persons fpr every fifty acres, the agri,
cultural population would be 10 III sos -
! have made the calculation tia, five bush
els of bread,,ulTs will feed single person,
as the population Of the world runs, ALLOW
lNK 1thtiN one Iuuuu VI bfChu eAti ptf 90
for one year. This would require $685.
O2J bushels for bread. Two hundred mil
lion bushels moro would he required for
feed for live stock, and the balance would
be sold for city consumption and expert to
n.ishboiing States ard foreign countries.
II 81. Louis should get one-third, or one
tiiih, os sven one-tensh Of the vast remain
der, she would have grain business OF i'm.
mense proportions. requiring hundreds Of
elevators and thousand Of barges TO handle
it and carry it to market.
lie il not wise farmer who stakes an
entire years labor and expenditure upen
the success OF one kind Of crop. Neither
would It be healthy progression to grow
only in one direction. Therefore. With this
new accession TO the grain trade. other i'm
portsnt enterprises will 60 hand in hand.
Our manufacturing, numbering, packing,
mercantile, banking, insurance, marine,
and all other interests would naturally keep
steadily abreast ~fthe grain movement, and
thus will the st LOUIS Of 1888 b magni
fcsnt city-the pride and glory Of the Two
great valleys which ars 20 naturally tribu-
tary to her.
A SUMMING uP--wnY NAY NOT We SUCCEED
When these things ire al considered.
what possible chance has Chicago in the
futurs-after We have returned 10 specie
payments We have provided ample
facilities for transporting and handling the
grain-aitor We have cut down cur abomi
nabls charges and wiped out our miserable
style Of weighing with stsslyar the entire
commerce Of our great city-aiter We have
xovareA shA 1avaaa Nth that
produce can be kept out Of the mud without
paying skiddags, and out Of the rain with
out paying tarpaulin hire, and can be re
csivcd and shipped with A. little likelihood
OF damaging on rainy days. % on dry ones
when We have manifested this much Of
progress in the grain business We say, al
he gram which will cr,ss the Mississippi
to go to Chicago by rail, and thence Ess.
by lake or canal, will hardly be worth the
mentioning. All tho vast fields Of Iowa,
Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, Dakotah,
Colorado and Missouri, mot ono acre in "A
thousand Of which is yet developed. en-
siderod in tho aggrsgate) will pous their
MYERS Of produce In an unendins aud annu
ally increasing stream down the rivers CT
tho Mississippi valley, and to market TIA
New Orleans.
81. Louis will be a point o departure and
destination for light baire biiaging all
the way from 5000 to 10000 bushels of
grain each Here the gram will be meas
ufed in tic va, lous elevators, consigned 10
ST. Louis commission merchants. El-va
tor receipts will be issued as in Chicago,
and the commission merchants will sell
the gran by inspection, at ore cent per
hushcl, most likely, or ivr one and half
per cent at all events, and il necessary WE
hope they will not hesitate TO put it down
10 half Of one per cant.
From this city the grain will be shipped
on bargcs to New Orleans in imme nsc guam
reshipped upon ocean vessels. In order to
make the grain movement perfect sue
cess, New Orleans needs liberal infusion
OF Northern energy and boldness. She
will speedily acquire this clement, how
ever, nat from the Northern States of this
country go rapidly as shc will from Eng
land and Scotland. Already the attention
Of Liverpool, London and Glasgow opera
tors ~ being attracted to this movement
Win New Orleans rs base of operations,
and they VII not be slew in opening hou-
-ss with pleau;y Of capital to take the
ennrces OF Tie European markets upon
hm' ricau produce.
Think for moment what will 20 down
the rivers and ou' tho New Orl.sus Flour
wheat. corn, oats, rye, barley. to- acco, cot
Ton, sugar, molasses, rice, butter, lard.
meats OF all kinds, hay, wool, turs, hides.
&c, and what will invariably com. up in
lape oftime. Emigrants, dry goods, gro
c res, hardware. qneenswars, compos,s,
lumber, AID tropical fruits Of all kinds,
and in vast quantities.
Thus family and imperfectly have We
sketchsd the fruit in store for all the cities
in the cities in tho vast Mississippi Valley.
1t shall be valley Of numberlcss cities, and
contain a population tee numerous to be
comprehended, in the coming years. Chi
cago and Milwaukee will both attain epro-
portions immense enough 70 satisfy their
modest ambition, but st. Louis and New
Orleans will far outs,rip Thorn oil.
Tnn stage of Edwin Booths new theatre.
at New York, for beauty. comfort and con
venience, far exceeds any other stage in
America, il not in the world. II is seventy
six feet vide, fifty Eve feet deep. and
eighty feet high while beneath the fosr =
pit deep enough to hold an entire scene
has been cut from the solid rock. IN the
wood work Of the stage not a nall has been
driven. but everywhere screws have been
used instead.
Ar . Masonic installation and festival .
Prescott, Wis. on the 2sth ultimo. one Of
the most interesting features Of the cere
monies Was the presence OF Brother David
Stiles. who will. in May next, have reached
the great age Of l03 years. He has bsen
seventy two years member Of the frater-
nifty, and 10, without question, the old,s,
Mason in the world.
Two prizs fighters recently fought six
| teen rounds in = saloon at Bry IN, Nebraska u.
Music preceded and follow cd the fight, At
the close Of which there Was . dance. The
ladies Of the corps de ballet attached to the