Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-02-19

finer points, A Western mon has given to
the world tho most important Improvement
OF the century in a plough, and every Que
knows what Western man has done for the
harvester. Reliable figures show that the
West is the best place for the mechanic.
Ia the East his average yearly expenditures
ore $G7O, and his earnings $787; in the
Middle States he csrns $685., but spends
$786; while ih tho Western States he can
carn S945 and his yearly expenditures are
only $7l4. Thus he eau save 1891 iu the
West, Sl98 in the Middle States, and only
SIT ln the Eastern States. These induce
ments with the additional chances of home
and land, constantly tend to depopuate tho
cities of the East, and ndd to the population
of our broad prairies and HourishiDg little
towns"
''W hat is the present financial condition
OF the South as compared with tie other
sectionsY'
"Two Western States havo been guilty
Of rcpudiatiou, but the West. as whole,
compares very favotably with the last.
Gho States are practically OFT of debt.
Michigan has debt Of ST 1892, 149; Indiana,
S3,6l4, 1888; illinois, S558,44z; Wisconsin,,
2.252,057j Minnesota. 100000; Iowu,
$500, 900: Missouri, $l6,758 600; Kansas,
Sl,029, ,176; aud Nebraska, S540, ,267, u,uk
ing the total indebtedness of tho West
$26,758,873. The d,bt of the nine East
crn States is S38, ,068, ,268, aud that Of the
thirteen Southern States CATER tho recent
wholesale repudiaton), $4,000, ,7S1.
Tho South now ows Sl00, 900, 900 more than
the East, and the East 100000 more
than he West. But in local debts the
Eastern States, as might be supposed, show
sad pre- emincnce. After careful study
Of the subject for over year during which
time have collected all the figures in rela
ton to local debt attained, approximate the
local debt Of the United States Us follows
Eastern States, S540,000,000, Western
States, Sl40, 100000; Southern States,
slS3, ,Q09 900. 1t must be bornc 10 mind
that the East has about 335 per cent. more
property than the West, but for oil that
the local debts Of some of tho Eastern
States form yokcs under which whole cotn
munites are bowed down and in many
cases bankruptcy and ruin stare them in
tho face. 1t is safe to say tho last five
years have developed disposition in the
West to pay up their obligations and have
no more OF them"
'rleo the general outlook for the West
is cheerfu2"
'In my opinion tho entire Northwest
will witness in The next five or ten years
the greatest development it has ever known.
Tho bountiful harvcsts for the past two
years, the continued yield of precious metal
in Colorado, coupled with the fact that at
Lcadsille alone the output lcapsd from
50, l52,92b in 1878 to over Sl1 ,0OO, 900 in
1870; the unexpected facts in relation to
the yield of wheat in the Red River country
and the pushing on to completion of hun-
drcd r,lroad projects, must havo the effect
Of turning thousands Westward. Never
were the times more propitious in Kunsae,
Nebraska, Minnesota. and Iowa than now.
Then there is Montana. Abundant SHOWS
that are now falling assure fruitful seusou
und an abundance Of water for mining
The stock interests are growing and they
nre to have several railroads iu 1880, which
will increase the population aud wealth
predict that the increase of emigration
during 1880 will be greatly in excess OF
$4,000, the increase Of 1870 over the pre-
vious year."
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