Year: 1874

demand for it,


There is no danger Of the business spoken
of being overdone. The rock alone when
delivered in our cities will demand = paying
price, and the more it is tested the more
will it be valued and used. The lime vii,
also be appreciated; those who have used
it for twenty years know its cement quail
ties, and there is not better manufactured
in the world. The demand for lime exceeds
the home supply many tens of thousand
barrels; it of course can be made cheaper
here, where fuel is plenty, than at Alton
with 400 miles Of transportation added to
first cost. Connected with this interest
should be cooperage to meet the wants of
shipment-bulk transportation is not always
to be obtained. and is disagreeable in hand
ling and not safe in all cases. In these ar
ticles mentioned there is an excellent on-
portunity for investment. energy and tus;-
ness capacity.


In our neighborhood is large supply of
brick and terra Gotta clay. The manufac-
tursd articles have demonstrated the quality
of the raw material. From our brick yards
but limited quantity Of the manufactured
articles has been shipped; home demand
alone supplied. Surely this might be differ
ent. Encouragement and capital might
render this branch of business profitable
one to those engaged therein, and enhance
the growth Of the city and add to its popu-
| lation.


The terra Gotta works here are progress
ing, and every year is adding to the demand,
but the manufacture is only used at present
in ornamental work on large buildings:
the time will come when it will enter into
| more general use.


The banks Of white sand, from which the
Rock Island glass works obtain the material
for their best glass, are to be found in every
bluff around US. 1t is said that the cost of
coal precludes the possibility Of manufac-
turing here but the statement of foreign
experts (Swede and Norwegian) is to the
effect that wood, at cost Of $3.50, per cord
will ensure better and as cheap an article
of manufacture. Also, that the variety of
the manufacture will make great demand
among our foreign population, who were
formerly accustomed to its USE Would it
not be well to inquire closely into the facts
in the case.


The hard woods of Wisconsin are at our
doors, and in amount and quality rarely
| exceeded now on the American continent.
What better use can be made of them than
to manufacture into those necessary articles
used on our great wheat farms Of Minnesota
and further west and north. With these
great advantages we might as we'll send to
Ohio and Pennsylvania for the water we
drink, as to continue in the old course fol-
lowed for the last fifteen years. Citizens
of Wisconsin and Minnesota let US join hands
and make the proper use of the blessing
God has given us-we are mutually inter-
ested


These are but few of the advantages
we possess. We can feed cheaply those who
will work. We can furnish most of the raw
material-we can pay better when we have
no profits to liquidate, and double trans
portation often as further tax.


A word to men among US let our citi-
zens when asked to engage in an enterprise
not instantly decry it. If the business
is not such as you like, say so, but do not
endanger the interests Of the community by
preventing others from investigating as to
whether it is feasible or remunerative. If
it is success, you will profit in the general
good, and we do not want anything under
taken until it is canvassed thoroughly in
regard to a paying result but we do want
patient hearing in the matter, a thorough
knowledge also, before we hear condemna-
tion. We want honesty in management,
we want means for use, we want intelli-
gence that knows what to do, we want en-
ergy that ap1l do, and we want real business
capacity all through the details Of business.
Any Of the above branches of business ecHl
pay. with the qualifications stated. They
may not pay to the extent of traditiona,y in
So1eS',- ou' IL you Will nave business CO
be proud of and not qualm of conscience
to disturb your slumbers, and have the
satisfaction Of seeing IL city, in fact, spring
up above you, and population earning
their daily bread in the way their Creator
has commanded; decrease in the percent
age of CRIME, and the burden of taxation
There is much good fn he anticinat tad from