An advantage for US businesses in the 1800s was that

The advantage for US business in 1800 was that the government sold land at a low cost. The federal government had much land for sale at a rate of 1.25 Dollars per acre. Adjustments were made, and by 1854 the land was sold at an average price of 12.5 cents per acre where more than 2 million acres were sold. Lots of the land had been in the market for over 30 years before the reduction of prices by the federal government.