Not many years ago corn was a very common fuel in parts of the West during the winter season where wood was scarce. and wheat and pork and other productions of the country found scarcely any market. leaving the people on the fertile plains of the West. without market. with but little to stimulate their energy or enterprise. content to make enough produce to live upon. and to remain at home and enjoy it. Now we have some ninety thousand miles of railroad in operation. penetrating every section of the country that has been settled by our people. and pressing forward into the uncultivatedwilderness. leading and inducing population to follow. This state of things. together with the wars and oppressions of some of the European governments. has brought to our shores a largely increased number of immigrants. each of whom finds a home in a rich country. where by labor he can soon make himself and his family comfortable. A few years ago our exchanges were conducted almost entirely upon the cotton and tobacco crops of the South. Now the grain crop and the meat crop of the West enter very largely into the account.
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