Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-05-18

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TWELVE MILES TO THE SOUTH.
lie The immense lead fields of Wis
consin and Illinois which have built
up Galena and given it name.
Were there any lead working estab-
llshments here the mineral could be
easily and cheaply obtained.
CONCLUSION.
These then are the undevelopad re-
sources, which are able to make
many man wealthy. At present
the population of Muscoda is made
up of merchants who are quickly add
ing to their means, employing as few
, hands as possible, and of working
class which does not find enough en-
ployment for its time. What capital
there is in either locked up in unim.
| proved real estate, or secured upon
dwellings instead OF affording oppor-
tunities for men to earn them by
steady and lucrative employment.
| We need some kind of mandatory
that will pay cash for raw material
delivered and pay cash for labor, and
sell for cash in the big cities, thus
helping to draw back the money sent
sent thither by the merchants. Farm
ers as rule run up bill before
harvest that it takes nearly or quite
the whole crop to pay, and the empti-
ness of their pocket books isproverb-
lal. What little currency there is
afioat is needed by the merchant to
pay his city bills, and the hard times
keep getting harder in the country,
while money is abundant in the city
and can be had at any time at NOM
inal rates. We need something to
set current in the opposite direc-
ton.
Of toe enterprises which present
themselves to our mind the one most
desirable seem to be an
IRON FOUNDRY.
A talk of locating the furnace of
the new company here would be crys-
tallized into a fact by an I'M
dertaking. The furnace and foun-
dry together would give employment
to many hands, and pay good living
wages. Their product is always a
cash article in market. The crude
ore Is here, the pig would be here,
the moulding sand would be here.
Labor is here in abundance. Next in
order naturally would follow
MACHINE SHOPS.
for finishing and dressing the cast.
ings. These employ skilled work
men who would gladly consent to
immigrate for the sake of a situation.
This would open way for a
GRAND FARM IMPLEMENT FACTORY,
using the hard lumber from over the
river as we'll as the finished work
of the shops. Each of these steps fol.
lows easily from the previous one.
and though years may elapse the last
would surely come if the first were
only established Would it be too
high an estimate to say that these
would employ five hundred men
But these five hundred would repre-
sent between two and three thousand
mouths to feed and babies TO clothe.
Our merchants could afford to set
this ball rolling for their share of the
profits of this increased custom. Per-
haps the taste of the chance reader of
this article runs in another direc ton,
and he feels better able TO under
take a
PICKLING AND CANNING WORKS.
If so the chances of success would be
more than good. Almost every acre
of this valley can be made to yield a
hundred bushels of cucumbers if pro-
perly cultivated, MANFRED, and
watered and cabbages, cauliflower,
tomatoes, sweet corn, peas, beans,
&C., grow with equal facility. Vii.
lage gardens would yield their quota,
and land now vacated to the county
would be worth fifteen to twenty dol
lars an acre. For those who went
into raising on large scale wind
pump would raise the water necessary
for irrigation. Farmers among the
bluffs too, would lend hand and a
large and profitable enterprise would
be built up. We cannot advocate it
so warmly because it does not emf
ploy so many hands, and the growers
pledge their prospective receipts in
settlement of store bills long before
the returns were made. Canning
meats forms the winter business of
these factories, especially game, and
the hunters for deer, pheasant, quail,
prairie chickens &C., would find a
cash market for their spois.
A TANERY
would find here more hides than it
could tan, more white oak bark than
it could use upon them. Expenses
would be light, and the returns GER
tain. A boot and shoe factory could
easily grow up in the shadow of this
if the product of the tanning were
honest.
CARDING AND WEAVING MILLS
for utilization of the fleeces now sent
through here could find plenty to do.
The fabric would be in active de-
mand right at home and freight would
not enter as an element of cost at all.
A WAGON FACTORY
would give employment to many
hands, and could not fail to do well.
All necessary wood grows within
teaming distance. Other places
make it pay under far greater Difficult
ties.
| GLASS WORKS
would find in our subsoil sand a fine
article for their needs and the lime
from the bluffs north would furnish
the remainder of their raw material.
We should be we'll pleased to see
these established. The lime is just
the thing for
| PAPER MILLS
and there is no limit to the amount of
straw that is easily accessible. Such
mills are running in Beloit, and sell
their wrapping paper throughout this
part of the state. Again the honest
market would largely consume the
product.