, 1879-06-24
CHICAGO.



gagged III busincas pursults, Chicago was but
lakeside torn Of smal] protcnsions, an ayprcca.
ton OF hounes at mouth Of sluggish stream,
the Chca1ua, from which It took It's natnc
When Incorporated as a city, In 1857, 1t claimed
hut dtl10 Inhabitants, and three years later, In
july, 1870, the United States census gave Il hut
4,4E. Ten years later tho anme authority
placed lis population at &c, ,063; In 1860, At 109,
200; In 1916, ut COS; md tho most moderate
and conservative believe that, when the ccnsus
|.M taken next year, over half a million
f'pfraons will bo found TO reside within tie city
'li4its. Tic aafne causes That have produced
this,tap1 growth In the paatArc still operating;
tllc business pt the city Is growing; the stretch
draws the products Of field ana farm, Is daily
broadening: the eighteen trunk lines OF which
1t Is the terminus hre constantly extending their
arms OF Iron; tho industries Of the city and its
deDondcnco on Eastern capital Is dccrcasinE;
md the most snnrulno ant!cipations concerning
the coming greatness Of this vigorous inland city
seem thoroughly justified. II past experience antl
present Indications nre safe basis upon which
to founl estimates for the future.
Y tecettrg a site for their city, the founders
Of Chicago were either very wtsn or very fortu-
nat9. They CLOSE tho spot on the lakes nearest
80 Tint the Eastwnrdbound produce passing
through their hands could havo tho advantage
OF tle shortest possbe proportion Of lut,l trans.
porthtton and the largest possible proportion of
point Il PRODUCTION 10 the seaboard. And this
noAsibilittshf water transport tntton-always the
cheaper Of the two-has controlled land rates,
nlnl has 'nade Chicago tie great outlet
nnd Northwest Her people seem to hare
Understood IRON the start that truns-
portatfon Is tho controlling factor IN thoprob,cm
Of commercial sslcecss, and have studied It dill
Chlcago price ot gratn must bu controlled large
" bY Tho pr:cc In Mark Lane, and their card has
been to seek and provide auch economical
METHODS o. handl,ng and carriage as viii Keep
tlicir city inside what has been called "the limit
Of distance, y and lcayoa paying psIco in their
banda after the cost Of delivery in London had
been taken from the Mark Laue quotation.
Chicaeo's business growth depends largely upon
her ability TO maintain her place within That
limit,-a task eaeler now than before, BECAUSE
her market las grown to bo au important factor
in dctcrsntatg the Mark Lane price.
Il Is true that no city over hud such advan-
taees as Chicago hns enjoyed; 1t y also true that
hrr nlercl,anss have fully appreciated and util.
lzcd them. Never was there body Of business
,'lcn more eagerly wntchful for opportunities,
more q1iick ~ seolng them. or more cntcrprislng
II taking advantage Of them. They ego in "
akin to rccktcssncss;. but ho who wlll takc thc
trouble to loot Into their plans will find tint at
bottom they arc guldcd BY. that same shrewd
common sense Of which New England boasts,
hroadsned By contact with vast pralrles in place
Of "stoneienccd tcu-acro lots" md great in
Land sens IN place Of tponds." Precisely
the sa!nG arguments that Induce a body of
Massachusetts or New untnphiro farmers, "iu
town meeting ashonbled," to lay out II two-milc
tells them It will "pay,h Lends these Western
business mon t. dccilc-in Anout half the time
-tlut 400 Of b0o milo rat!road Ia needed. Tint
pcint settled. 1t Is built and that's the end olit
IhTN t1iav II 0tDA him s,fam Tr,nr
arguments TINT havo led Nosttu to begin tile
slow anil painful process OF nllng In II hundred
acres ol iats.' which arc totnc day 10 blossom
Into pubic park, led Chicago to set inside 1000
nassa 5ai ss p9sas Rsns @ s{ S1s
occt s tint the whole Of tbS reservation win be
brautltul with la1scs and woods, lawns and ear-
aet!s, before Boston's future park Is fairly out
There arc many rea.ons why Boston nud Chi
coKo should nteserve the most iuti.uata nnd
cordial relations, commercial and social. Boston
!. ChfenEo'p most convenient 'unu most dcsir-
Chicago Ii, IN nil respccts; THE, most convenient
md desirable point for thtdlstflbution through
out ihe Wpst of the proliirsa Of our factories
a,!d mslls, e,d tue foreign tgoos imported by
prove an advantage to the Other, ind, with rupid
and cheap transportation both es1ys there seems
no good reason whr the two cities should not
control and ncncnt BY d generous slarc Of thE
uuoMEas " AHE SoHHi(ts xtuu tO tHl6 - lllC UP i
tl,at oit,dB." Intimate personal acquaintance audj
mutual confidence and esteem betWrcu the hnAi- i
pcss.1ncu u the two elttes, and nothing: can
Hrc6t from them ts,e opportunities aud adyhu- ]
tagcs which nature aud their uw1 industry. per- i
sdycsa'cc, aud cntcrprisc haru SGT before them. 3!
}frn4 HE s1Hst. :! /
Apropos to the visit ri our Western frionds, \
iawcoo Strauss pcrprtrates tic following: !
nREAD UPON THE wATRns. \
n fearful nsc. years ago, 4
~ city OF tho West laid low. i
And On her placed cruel. sad embargo; y
We rendered hor our hiceur them
Tho years have Aown! rctnrnud again.