The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-01-02
CORRESPONDENCE.

was put IN type tor our issue Of last week. but
was unavoidably crowded out. We hope the
writer will excuse tho delay
Ed WORLD:-The spectacle Of 80 many
leaving Idaho Territory, and SO few coming in,
warns US that unless steps are taken to arrest
the on!foWing tide of emigration, she will
soon be depopulated. And thus is forced upon
us the important inquiry: What can we do to
bring back to the Territory the population and
prosperity of former years. and to establish
them upon firm and lasting basis! Will
railroads and inducements offered to capitalists
to come here and invest their wealth, bring
about the desired result answer they will.
The people, however, can do little ia these
matters--the Legislature much. 1t is. there
fore, to that body we must look, and il it does
iis duty. and does ii now, by adopting measures
which saall secure the early building Of a rail-
road into the Territory, the prosperous days
u! the past will return. and will endure. Ey
cry State and Territory in the Union is dtpend-
enf, mainly, upon some one, or at least two or
three sources OF wealth for is prosperity In
some, agriculture takes precedence. in others,
numbering, aud in still others, mining, and the
prosperity of each will be found TO keep pace
with the development oi its resources II is
necessary, therefore, that we should first ex-
cmine what may be made the source of our
wealth, aud second. ascertain how these sourc-
rs may be developed. The first question il
easily answered. Our iedg.s of quartz. bear
ing gold and silver, aud other less precious
metals, are too abundant not tn be plainly seen
Too rich 10 sle dormant, too pesAoric not to
afford Il handsome Income when worked. And
this is one ot the ways by which our import
ance, rs Territory, may BE- greatly increased.
Oar forests ol pine are Il means OF supporting
Il greater population than We have nj present,
In states where Numbering alone is made the
cAief occupation o! the people. we find thry-
iae towns aud busy villages why not have the
saalr here!
Our stock range shoald. and would afford us
II valuable Income, as we'll AS our great water
power, ii we manage 10 get the iull benefit of
the same, Our next question then arises, what
can ,e Go ~ develop these Interests!
Ia the first place. me need. aud must have
communication with the world Nothing is
moge esseuiial to the building up of country
than communication with adjoining States and
Territories. There are. at preseat, only two
lines Of travel anl both by stages Our Ter
r.tnrt ought t. have two or three lines Il. Rail-
toad 0ae say from Sal. Lake 10 tie colun-
bsa river. and another on The route of the
Northern Pacific Railroad; thus forming two
"a
wc can hope inr nothing in the way of substan.
tial Improvement until We have railroad CON-
iaunica.lou with adjoining countries. by rail-
roads We can give inducements to capitalists
ior this would prove 10 men Of means that we
attach Importance IL the future of our Terri |
tory. They would realize that Idaho is no
ottsde show, but reality in which they would
not be afraid To invest their means
Ii quartz that yields only three or four dollars
per ton are made to pay in other countries,
n,ay not we. with the same facilities, make |
quartz pay which will yield from FIVE TO fifty |
dollars per ton! There Is apparently no rea-
son. cnr quartz will pay largely II we have
the machinery tn work it, This we cannot &c: |
without railroads We would. moreover, have /
ready market for every foot of lumber we
could produce. Saw mills, plsning mills and
the like would spring up all around us. A
business entirely foreign to any in the country at
present. With our great abundance of water
power, manufacturing would spring up. Hav'
ng so rich stock range. our hills aud valleys
would swarm with thousands Of sheep and
cattle. aud this would eventually be one of the
greatest resorts for stock rasers in the west,
Then why doubt upon completing so great
xork--a work that will add so greatly to the
of our young Territory. Can we
sooner show to the world its value! can we in
, better way add to its wealth, to its popula
ion. to its mportancel
We are pursuaded that if we had the above
facilities for communication, thus laying open
he way for capitalsts--thus laying firm and
strong foundation-that in 4 few years we
would have n State comparing well with New
Hampshire, Vermont or Massachusetts, in the
lass of its manufactures, its stock its busy
,illages and the industry of its inhabitants. but
.eaching far beyond in the store of its wealth.
TAN PAYER.
IDAHO Cry, Dec. 90, 1872.