Osage Valley banner., 1879-10-02

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thousand mules nearer 10 them than p,tts.
burpb. nnd 81. Lama vili h,iv favs,eth,r,,
which they hAve to sell ana the mn 4, ,,ot,,,
fnergc whish erovs M betwssn tbsyo sill
nntn.tliy bring thase states A. Inv ~ ~
And Kansas Oty. which win eveniuaIlv I,e
The great cIty of The plains. glied witt man
a laetoriep, woolpn and cotton potlls and other
productive indusiries. and 81. Josepb. which
will enter into the contest With energv to
rrasp the trade Of The Noythwest Climate y
health, wealth. and the facilities for sioek
raisIng, and the great grain prod6cti3n Of
the plains, has invited an immirfntiou which
will continue 70 Aow into thar countrv and
increase the market for our prodnnfa In an
lime. Iowa snd TlinoIs and tbe anilse pnnev,
Misaissippi Valley may be supulied with their
iron. steel aud naile from MitAourl E1k,heu
Missouri has, BY her enterpfise. nrtI And
cspilel developed her wnalfh and hISced Il
npcn tsie market, The. alstriSutive foNer 0s
the State is complete. The two great rivers
OF the continent brlDg us Into ronmunication
with Minnesota and Montana. The Illinois
river places US nearer to the heart OF the
State Of Illinois. The Ohio river can carry
us into Western Virginia. Our water COM
munication Is rs complete as the entire navi-
gable streams OF the Mississippi can make 1t.
Our railroad system at ST. Louis fofms a
distributing power which can command any
point on the continent; whilst our Western,
Southwestern, Northern and Northwestern
roads biiaR ue naarer 10 avary staie or Ter
ritory west OF US which NAV desire 10 buy.
With central position in tie Union, sur
rounded by eight States aud Territories
which border on the State, our wealth will
increase with the growth OF each of our
neGhboring States, who will become our GUS
iomere. With the demands upon our iudus-
try, our facilities for supplying these
demands and our power TO distribute our
industries, there Ia no reason Why MISSOURI
shoul d not be the first manufacturing State
in the Union ana support population OF
Eve millions OF people, whose grain fields
stand by the doors OF their workshops to
supply tho wants OF tbe,r workmen and
create wealth for the State.
Missouri has been State in the Union Just
halt century. She entered the Union IN
struggle which hsd well nigh severed It. She
has been scourged by saUguinary OWL war,
OF which she was the great western border
battlefield. Yet her inherent wealth and
energy bas built up her wasted fields until
not a Sestige Of her degolAtions OF the war
remains, aud Camp Jaekson,the frat horrl-
ble scene Of the wsr, Is now covered with
the magnificent buildipps of q great city,
Inhabited by the contestants. who have wip-
ed out the remembrance OF the war in lrster-
nsl emulation, in expanding The area Of civil-
isstion and making Missouri ibe centre Of
American wealth and prosperity ss II is the
centre OF the great Republican States Of the
| continent.
Missouri has held out no Inducements TO
immigration except those which come OF the
fertility OF the soil, the sAlubrity OF n mild
and genial climate, and the ipexhRustible
wealth Of her resources, yet she has. by u
steady, htalthiul growth, reached the POSI-
ton OF the fifth State OF the Union.
This marvellous growth has been attained
in spite OF the greatest indifference upon the
part OF tho people Of the State to their own
interests, st. Lonis has stood idly by and
seen the counties of the richest portions of
the State, indeed the richest country in the
world, subsidized 10 the amount OF millions
OF dol ars to build trunk railroads through
the state OF Missourito feed the commerce
OF Chicago namely, the Chicago & Alten,
| the Missouri. hansas 81 Texas, tho Burlng-
ton IL Southwestern, the Hannibal s. ST. JOS
| eph, the Rock Island & Pacific, the Chicago.
Darlington & Quincy; the Missouri, Iowa &
Nebraska, and the Missiisippi; all OF which
drain the wealth OF the State 10 build up
Chicago; whilst only the 81. Louis, Kansas
City 81 Northern Railroad has ventured to
reach out its arms TO the North and North
west TO open up pathway for the wealth of
these regions TO Gud q market in st. Louis
In spite OF this bad management, by tho
natural advantages inherent in the location
of st. LOUIS, che is the fourth city in tho
Union; but reckoning Brooklin and New
York but one city, which they really are, st.
LOUIS Is the third city In population. The
real wealth Of Missouri has fcarcey been
| touched, much loss developed. Two great
| riyers-ihe Mississippi, which washed her
eastern border, and gives her an outlet 10 tho
uceAn as we'll as TO the great lakes Of the
Northern border; the great Missouri bears on
her bosom the wealth of the State through
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