New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-09-13

child en- Of villages ana cities tubuu W
gathered in asylums, homes OF the frenness,
houses and industral schools, and. as soon rs pIca
ovnm or home of The friendlcss should dcain their In
mates after they ten or twelve year. Oh hkc, 81
they are OF peculiarly unfortunate n Snn urine
mental. For the expense OF one ehu hvp' Tor In
year seven be placed out; wnc 'ne ,ha, g.,
nrovemout are far greater In the farmers nome ln ~
the with this sending to nome, us. , @ ~ The
n careful system Of visitation unnef ,uo
III, % children and lie emp oyers entering the infor-
nation on the books; then TO arrange Nisl'sto 49,,
nat of the local committees; and lHsty 10 nav
Visitation by resident rural agent VINO Ia ,,r th M
to change the places and otherwlse iooh a 49,. 10 90
bar "a less demand for constant visitation. as the oder
children soon learn to provide Tor lneir ,ba ON
and the employees are more hAey u suNei '""-- WV
ploycd ,..,,,o,,- v,c,ors or who
have inherited very bad tendencies or nave an runoi
@ a",,ut,a,, ar have committed serious offences,
should be placed IN farm schools nrinsus si
sandy plan There should be- small groups m cnuici'
saw twenty or twenty five in number, Gathered W cnt
tagss each group under teacher or e %
nid rn the habits and characters or each u
on IN livlIual influence upon then These cniurch
should do all the work OF the house earoen an" hI
ARE the abors most heathu needed most ~ l1S cVn
iry and which in the long run repay tir pest, Al % r
they equal TO trades but i0r te Do.
and fcr the country they are more desaor rdcn la
nor there il always ROOM Uader this SYSTEM boy OF
girl is not IA number name but Is known n @
and is acted upon separate personaily IhS cur
plovmeut is hcalthful for body aud mlhd mu e"en
CHILD forth skilled In an oScupalion weI Of refnms
viii und uDtedly be far larger under thls IMAM 'no e
grcgated system. " q,
A debate on institution life for children followed
the reading of MIR. Braces paper. Ex-'oVerhor
Bagley, of Michigan, read paper by l.. /. Aiueh'
princinal of the state Public School of Michigan,
which favored putting children III institutions
rather than IN isolated homes. Air. Bagley dl1
not agree with Mr.. Alden. Mrs. Leonaru,
of Massachusetts, SAID that ,hstl'ullons
were against nature. In them enlluien moao
winch como from the association of those OF diIer-
emf ages. They on dead Level ana We're SUP,
iect TO deterIoratng influences, physlcal, mentai
And moral. Professor Mayand sand " amen to all
that Mrs. Leonard had said
THE GROWTH OF THE GREAT WEsT
ITS INDUSTRIES ADVANCING RAPIDLY.
The closing paper of the meeting was by Robert
Z. Porter, of Chicago. on the growth of the West
Following is on extract from this important paper
r.la n man of North Amerlct and suppose for IA mo-
mont that we aIe actually looking upon he seas ana
Ink, : mountains and rivers figured on lts surface
IN ,3c man hclore US suppose we draw malinary
line bcgnnluc at s;eubcn County, Ind. ana running
south along the eastern boundary Oh lhat Sae 70 .he
Ohio RIver thence along me pank oi we ~ W.
down the Mississippi to The most southern POM OF MIS-
sourt then west along the southern pOnuuIcs ul h.s-
souri, aud Kansas thence noHh 10 INC hoIh"es'eIn
extremity of Nebraska, east 10 sioux city norm 10 te
British Possessions. crossing the Req Rycr ana ol9~-
ing ,n1 d hence nlens The shores OF Lake Ellie
until reaches point whero sdsht ",s'eIh cou -
unnld ming If To- The place beginning. II such line
y.re crawrn n would uclose the States OF chigan.
Ins'ona illinois Wisconsin, Minnesota Iowa. Missouri.
Kansas and NeorasKa wnicn for the present purpose
viii be regarded a. the West. Could our eyes kndle
into life struggling multhudes scattered over INC
regon represented on the map, It might give some
cnlou of III. country We propose discuss We're 1t
pos,Ibe thus view this territory at one glance what
houud ess riches would revealed Tue dark green
srlip ~ land beginning with eastern boundary line
i'm Indiana, sweeping with a widening course across
Illinois. Iowa aud Missouri far into the state
nf Kansas IA tho great corn belt or North
America. which. with tae smaller corn areas OF Michl-
gan Wisconsin. Mnne-ott and Nebraska produced In
1877 S225 300 worth Of corn a second glance
would reveal the more evenly distributed ncs 81 rpen-
ing wheat, valued In 1877 at S2)s,9e2.s5i BrowsnZ
silently vast cxpause of green meadow-!and We
should 81 millions oi cattle, thc lio.ucuNG value on
when annually worth Sl21OOOODn Busy Win
reaper mower IN the rich grain neids are 2OOOuOO
beings gathering the precious p,Olncis oi the
line but Tor markets Of the world outside. situated
here there over the wide eXpanse oi prairie lnst
he dlscerncd large ihdastla centres "ick WIN sloHe
And resonant with the cdne OF hammers from one nun
ret thousand manufactures, aud tue uuIinus OF IN
nummcrablc wheels. Ine natural treasures OF me
region are iad doors OF these great workshops
Tie iron districts 81 Missouri lay bare mountains OF iron
ILLINOIS, Wh one-seNehl oi All The Known ,oa Oh
tne continent, ready WIN motive power; and from
Wlsconsiu ana Michean co neS IN aim eNnausio- #.
supply 81 tmp 4 but OF All t'ir tie innuh. - III
agricultural The greater pI1tlOh ui tc u'pdaton
farms, raising stock and bulllhg houses and harn
Year hJ year these farms are Increasing III numptr ad
sued by the General Land ONE shows IN" since 1870
10 me close Of SIS Ices thn 2GOG65 entries AN G
been made under the Homestead and Timber culture
MANUFACTURES N TIE WEST
These figures naturally suggest the inquiry. ia the
West rs promising land 10 the manufacture as have
already shown is the agricu urist VIII II attract
both iudustiesi Ihis question has been answered III
general way by Mr. Leonard Courtney recent lee
ure lie b. cves that the law 81 distribution of labor
dends upon the relative upon absolute
pcrorty OF certain districts settlements for labor.
tbrs II country discovered where the agricu-
turfs could WORK double the advantage he had IN his
own country, while manufactures could only increase
his productive energy there 90 per ceht, the Tree course
Of Industry would deliver the country over to ag1icu-
tur, ana wCuld leave manufactures TO their former
seats THIS the movement al hist III regard 10 TIC
settlement OF the nine states under consideration, and
ia now IN the newer States where ia" superiority
i'm Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Michigan, where
manufacturing can be carried on cheaper, aud
labor paid better, IN proportion TO the cost
II living than ia the Middle aud Eastern slater.
lie West and the Iron Jrade.-Ih. Nrsi Is grO"ng
more important every year III manu- icturihSi ana
ia Industries, where recent ana reHbie data can be oh
tiued the strides within the past few years are
surprising aud worthy OF the most cafel consideration
Of political economists. In 1873 the STATE of Ines
made as many rails the Whole United states did
any one year prior TO lsco Tue -FOUR states ~ III
uOs Wisconsin, Indiana aud Kansas produced last year
2G67 tons OF rails, upward OF 30 per cent OF all the
r.ls pro luced III 1873 III tue United States Illinois aud
Ind alone produced hal million tons or cut nails,
I'M spfpg OF the present year witnessed the starting
new nall manufactures at u.aha, keb ana At Gem
gaia IA tie Unlted States ior 1875 was ,555,5
tons; O. this ludlana Illinois, Michigan. Miscon-
s s ope.sryeu %u Tie ore f the iron regions
OF Michigan and Missouri Is very ch and free from In
employed for the manufacture Of all OF iron
and steel. Professor NcwDeirs, one Of the best au-
iron districts tine of the Valley of the Misss-
sipp have a supply OF remarkably rich aud pure
which is not hkey to BE- exhausted for hundreds
OF years aud when. from the -m Ill amount Of phos-
phOru which they cOntan.w be the che depend Of
tnc American people for the manufacture OF steel To
Chicago nud Milwaukee, and other points the shores
OF the great aes, the ore ~ tue Lake Superior iron
gious lated cncaply aud Is manufactured where dis
embarked. OF Is distributed through the interior Of
Illinois aud nelgnbOrng States. 10 be brought still
Unity m HIS
santly shown, immense iron rail industry, second
only 10 PENNSYLVANIA. has grown up, based on
The relations which have been briefly indicated be-
tween the ore and coal The Increase OF population
fae shore. OF these lakes within the past quarter
tu.y Is without parallel In history and twenty-five
wears more will witness greater growth. The demand
FOR iron Will greater than ever before, and Will be