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Western Star, Issue 20, 28 March 1874, Page 4

A coxnrrET is what its people make it. No matter how rich a country may be in natural resources if its people do not energetically sot ■to work to develope those resources, that country will always remain hi a poverty striven condition. The great American continent many instances of the truth of those positions. The persevering enterprise of the Yankees has made comparatively poor regions of New England and the Western Slates the most ‘pvos-

porous regions on tlie face of the earth while the Jed re of their neighbors south of the RiS' Grande has degraded Mexico, one of the most richly, endowed countries under live sun, to the position of the meanest of countries—the State bankrupt, and the people wretched. We have been induced to make these remarks in consequence of an impression which seems general in these parts —that prosperity comes spontaneously, and is not the result of strenuous effort.

Repeated examinations’ have induced competent authorities to state that the Western. District is exceedingly rich in minerals. A company designated the Longwood Mineral and Prospecting Association has been placed before the public for the purpose of developing, if practicable, some of these mineral resources. A number of shares have been taken up, but a number of those who should have been foremost in encouraging such an'enterprise, both pecuniarly and otherwise, have held themselves studiously aloof. It is the duty of every good colonist to aid to the utmost of his power any effort made towards enhancing its prosperity, winch utilising its natural wealth must assuredly do. Of course there is no certainty that the operations of the Longwood Mineral Prospecting Association will prove remunerative, but there is every reason to believe that they will bo, and in connection with this we may quote the old aphorism, “If ever venture never win.” We trust that nil will take some shares in this association, ao as to make it general. If it does not turn out well, there will be no great individual loss ; if it succeeds as well as some who have an acquaintance with such matters anticipate, then all will gain largely, both directly and indirectly. /