, 1869-02-05
THE sHADow OF Ta1N0s 70 CONE,

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miles Of railroad, westward, has already
had sensible Influence upon ,he business
Of Chicago. Nor could 1t, Indeed, be
otherwise; for, imperfect a. the running
Of the Pacific Road neces-
sa1ily sre, At The start, in an enterprise Of
such magnitude, a large population, never
theless, eagerly awaits the completion oI
every new mile and its opening for the
public accommodation. And that this Ia
but an earnest Of what is to follow !!
nobody deubts. When the connection
between San Francisco and Chicago Is |
u6bruken, md the whole vast region |
through which 1t ruue, with its scattered
bnt large population, shall be bf,ught in-
to easy and rapid communication with
the East. an impulse will be gwen 70
overland commerce and revolution be
made in that already cxBsing which will
surprise everybody and exceed the ex-
pectauens of The most sauguine. SIX
munths ago VIC hin-ed 10 the merchants Of
this city that the business OF Usah
alone Was worth looking sfter. and thar,
II they permitted 1t toescape them, others
more enlerprislng, In rival Giles, would
be sure 10 secure the larger share Of T..
Hi herto the srader Of the far Weat, on
reaching tho region Of railroads, after
long and tedious journey Of weeks across
the plainpt found II ra&ter re!axsuon
than otherwise 10 take pleasant ride
by rail Of = thousand miles to the eea-
board, 10 purchase there his SIX or Twelve
months' stock oi goods. AID The loss
! OF time to him, or the acasy In the @rdcs-
shipment OF trc,ght. WAS trIftng when
the Trip was made but once
or twice year, a. bis good,
at any rate, must necessarily be several
months in reaching their destination.
But the case Is widely different now,
when the merchant from U.sh, for in
stance, must double the expense Of his
journey, and double the tint OF his ab-
senoe from home, IN halt dozen trips
Ia year, il he gees On to New
Y~rk instead Of stopping at Chicago, And
II the same time must shout double the
CTS, OF his freight it be buys In the former
city instead Of the latter. Qai.k and
cheap transportation renders It possible
Ter the trader to renew his stock OF goods
nuCh oftener than formerly, and does
Aw,y with the necessity OF the large capt
tai re1ui1ed when twelve months sup
ply had 10 ba proviced and con
!. ycyed AZ great expeuse ard by 4
prolonged journey scross the plains
! a1d this induces competition and tht
!, necessity, on the part OF the trader, Q
. steklug the market nearest at hand. /
only needs that these Western merchant
{ shall learn that Chicago IL as good pur
chssiug market az aay seaboard city, 10
+ their trade 10 centre here. That our owl
! merchants. havs become persuaded Q
8 this is clearly evident Many, iusiigsset
E thereto, no doubt, by the HAT We CAV
J. them last summer. have since sent ihei
= agents to U .ah, to Montana, aud other NOR
g remote regions, to make arrtnRemen1sf fo
d future ,rsde. "I would not," said one c
= them, who la,ely returned from such
II trip, :" take $4,000 year 1or III.
Is jouruey." On the other ham
Is The Utah and other Wes1el
te merchants, who hitherto. for the reason
ID ne have given, never tnougntoa s!opp,r
II, -~v.- VI NEW YolA, III Iu61r occasion
IS Vls..s eastward, have discovered that
te week OF ten days trip has Its advantage
be over one Of two Or three weeks, in tin
i, ard money, aud that it makes the diffs
j. e1euce OF guccess orlhs want Of 1t in {
cd active competition, when the real end
er view-a good market for buying
Oh equally At.ainAbfe. Facts NJ est III
r We ltarn from gentleman engsged
ed the forwarding bus ness At "tne end
&c the track that there has been sent
st the Salt Lake merchants, during the Ia
is s,x mcuths, TWO hundred tons Of nj
chvnd,se per month, and that one FL
On alone has paid not less than 100000 r
re month, Ter advances on freight. And
a largest proporttun Of this me1chand
wss irom Chicago.
14s II Ia mol easy. generally, to tn1n
- stream Of commerce from hu'accustou
soa channel, bus when once it gets = 90
is head on in new direction 1t is aps to
a, Ike olhcr streams, with rush, a.d cal
IDS all before i. Whatever We msy th,ns
the . multiplicity Of wives, a multiplicity
tor dollars IL q good thing u have about
ght hpu&e c, ard the one would seem 1a.hel
ner INV ivc The NECESSITY OF the other.
tier spy sa'e the alormons are thrifty n
by VS. ,rdsed = community must needs
lr1Y where there il no limit to the numoe
ur- mans tamllies, and where 50 many a
Ior- themselves of that privilege The ts
.fapccple 30 thriving and industrious,
'nld who, Whatever liberties they may ali
ltial hlmsglves on other subjects, are sale
hA N q scrnnnlons in moEeY matters