The Detroit times. [volume], May 16, 1912, AFTERNOON EDITION, Supplement of The Detroit Times, Image 18

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THREE STRONG REASONS WHY—
YOU IHOULD REMAIN IN MICHIGAN.
toy A, R. PIUK'I ha th« •<>«■
UUIOIII WIMHKH OMi.
|Wby is it »o
people of the
Mato of Michigan
lot “Western f#v
f or" sad aro Moving
'|o Wat desolate
Wooteru atato or to
ffftill Mora desolate
1 Waatoru Canada T
i On® of the many
fftswsrs to the
•hove la that they
‘ll v o road the
iTproaa agents
I flowing account of
ow In one occtlon
T Ivo an acre aro the
i «turn* from lonm-
I 000, or 9lf 6 on acre
i ro made raJvlng cu
mbers, or how In
i Mother section tluo
p m acre are made A. K. Fierce. *
1 aleing potatoes, and still In another
i potion enorpnou* returns are to be
$ i lade from apple orchards.
[j None of these highly polished tale*
hut what can be and are duplicated
* right here In Michigan, and It is safe
1 to My, at a less cost for production.
’ Oakland county apple orchards this
, Fear are returning to their owners
from 9100 to S9OO per acre. Cucumbers
drought from 979 to 9100 an acre, and
It has been a poor year (there are
Many of these poor years out west
green If the “pretty book” doesn’t say
Rfto) and potatoea are yielding anywhere
_Kn 979 to S2OO per acre, according
Bto when the farmer sold them.
land can be secured In Michigan as
as anywhere, and no matter
Where you locate In this state you are
|p touch, by rail or boat, with all the
great markets of the east and middle
Five or six miles here In Michigan
Mem a long way. but out In western
Canada six times six miles is as near
As many ever get to a shipping point.,
; What chance have they to raise
• poultry, cucumbers, tomatoes, apples
•r any of the large money-returning
drops so blattantly portrayed by the
Irrepressible publicity agent?
They have no chance at all, for i-*e
simple reason these crops and products
Must be produced near their market,
pod here In Michigan we have the mar
gupposing a young man and his wife
have 92.000 to Invest. Instead of going'
West why not buy a small farm right
tere in Michigan, near some good
: iprket town and raise poultry, toma-
L ms, cucumbers, etc. Start a small or
s hard, enlarging It aa fast as Is pos
£ Ible put 11 it has grown to five or more
t ere# end In twelve years’ time this
g‘ij ini young man will be better off fln
r i ncillly. than the one who goes west
r Into the wilds of western Canada.
f rovldod. of course, both are equally
good workers, have their health and
meet with no misfortunes.
The next time you pick up a glowing
tale of great riches to be made In
some fur-o.T Uldorado. printed In red,
green and gold. Just take a pencil and
paper and write down the names of
- the 1 successful farmers In your section,
pnd then rest assured that, In those
far away places, successful men are
) jttst as numerous—and no* more so
ps they are right here.
A poultry raiser once told the writer
that his flook of 900 was netting him
100 pel- cent on his Investment, and If
he were nearer a big market the re
turns would be 139 per cent, and we
had no reason to doubt his word for
ie had made the raising of poultry a
■ Study and business.
Think of raising poultry In western
Canada, a thousand miles from the
gearest large market and then put
Pour Unger on a spot In Michigan
where you are not in touch with the
great markets at Chicago. Detroit.
Buffalo, Cleveland and one might say
New York city.
In the north, weet and south farm
ers specialise, and raise largely one
crop and when that falls, as It often
does, he has nothing to show for hie
year's work. If he la a poor man It
gleans working for someone else until
another Btart can be made.
In Michigan farming Is diversified
and the wise fanner does not place all
his eggs In one basket —he does not
L bpve to —for he can rales anything ex
cept tropical fruits here. Hence a
Michigan farmer is one of the most In
dependent men In these United States
for he has his living off hie own farm
even in the pooreet of years.
Without any exaggeration we feel
safe In Mytng that you may take any
of the big atorles published to win (
people away from Michigan, and for
egery one, you can find one in that
vary line here In Michigan to beat It.
or at least equal U.
Take the euccessful farmer, fruit
grower or dairyman In your own sec
tion. He did not have to go weet, or to
western Canada to succeed, did he?
Why not?
traPecauee he has studied his business
pad Improved It whenever he could.
* Mid as he could, until today he is a
Access in his line.
TTake the life of Frank Crandall of
■•well. Fifteen or twenty years ago
he wae a poor man. He saw a chance
to buy a farm on a contract and went
lb debt something like SIO,OOO. Today
E he doesn’t owe a dollar on that farm
and Is probably worth at much more.
[How did he succeed?
( By making a study of his business
4bd turning a deaf ear to the tales of
Untold wealth awaiting the seeker, as
sung by the etrsn clothed in red,
green and gold.
Her song Is sweet, for it tells of
things you know not of. and when
sought after, la, more often than not,
like the pot of gold at the rainbow’s
foot—never found
REASON NUMBER TWO.
Stripped of all verbiage, fads, fan
cies and frills, the one great object
of human endeavor through all the
ages, and the consuming desire of the
race, may be boiled down to one word
—HAPPINESB!
The most colossal blunder of the
THE SHARK IS AFTER YOU.
■■ NOT LURED FROM THIS GARDEN OF EDEN—IN MICHIGAN.
By Jeeeyk A. Doras la the Iroa Mesa
tala Dally Trlbaae-Gaaette.
The beet advice to
any man:
■•main In wealthy
r Michigan
Heed not the cry
te foreign
shore;
Mood not the allur
tng literature;
■o would but lure
you from
woalth. chat
tels and your
park;
Can’t you see the
enchant of the
•Ironical land
shark?
Remain In Michi
gan. tie e field
of gold;
VBoeeeeod of every
} thing, emblaz
m \ STie.l bold
1 Michigan Is th«
Invincible champion
of th* t7nlt*d Bt*t#e joarpli %.
for the Invootor. the
firmer th* merchant, th* manufac
taror th* professional man and the
homeseeker. Th* fact cannot b* dls-
Rt*d. It ho* *o happened, however.
tt th* ■lronical landshark. the rail
road and othor tchomen by alluring
literature and the employment of other
have attempted and In some
ea»«a have Induced the unsophisticated
to part With his poods and chattels for
[ dfciaaoar field# far away' —not nesr so
afenrn ao fair, so abundantly wealthy
fir the abode of man aa Michigan
As compared with other **ctlons, the
rggtloo* follow who I* Imbued with the
Idea that ther* ar* "groaner flelds far
away." will Ard Michigan a paradle*
And this. too. IP unreserved whether It
he the upper ar the lower peninsula
ier both hPMI the advantage* mm
•a us Med la aay other paction.
’
I ■ «
M
race bee been In Its mistaking POWER
for contentment. Health and wealth,
and opportunity to enjoy both In *
normal, sane way, are the greatest
factors for human felicity.
Wealth gained through pow-er. has
destroyed and forever will destroy a
greater amount human happiness
and health than It can give.
Wealth obtained through one’s own
labor applied to natural resources,
when such labor Is not so overtaxed as
to diminish mental and physical en
ergy. and the wealth thus obtained
gives Its owner no restraining or ex
ploiting power over one’s fellow creat
ures. tea mighty factor for both health
and happiness. ,
A»‘de from any discussion spiritual,
physiological or heredity, health and
wealth depend on material environ
ment. For health then, we depend
upon climate, and sufficient mental
and physical exercise and enough
wealth to provide us with all necessary
bodily comforts and a contented mind
A mind freed from the worry or fear
of poverty; s mind no longer feverish
with the abnormal desires which come
from abnormal fortunes procured In
abnormal ways.
If Michigan cen give more oppor
tunities to obtain happiness on this
basis than any other state or nation,
we are fools not to remain In Mn.ni
-BUIf Michigan can give Juet as many
opportunities for such happiness as
any other state or nation, what can ae
gain by leaving Michigan?
The human race has blundered l "
thinking that the amassing of wealtn
by the Individual through squired
power to filch from the labor of others
a part of their product. wo“M Jrlnif
happiness to the race and to the in
dividual And It Is still
Everything is now reduced to a
and cent basis, and every one Is vhaa
tng both the dollar and the cent. Sonie
m'n are stronger on the scent, end
therefore get more of the
though their competitors may end
often do have more sense.
As the real- thing-happiness
pend upon an Ideal social end Indus
trial environment quite remote from
present condition*, the question of re
maining In Michigan Is not the Ideal,
but one of choosing an environment
which will give us the opportunities
of enjoying such happiness as caj» and«
gotten out of an unjuat and unsocial
Industrial system. We
ourselves to accept the pretty things
of life, not the beatitudes, the gew
gaws of personal power as possessor
of the dollar, not the real social gems
of human existence. We must b# satle
lafied to enjoy this brand of happiness
ourselves and feel mightily puffed an
prided that we have beaten other* to
Buch le competition
Such Is life In Michigan, and every
other state and nation
But you can get that •oHat. aT | d
that kind of happiness In Michigan In
more ways than In any other Mate or
nation on earth.
Wh y ?
Slmpiy because she has more varied
climate, more variety of soil, more
diversified resources, more numerous
Industries than any other state 1 n tine
union and equally as much of all these
as many whole nations.
Michigan alone Is an empire. On her
front doorstep she hea metropolitan
cities peopled with captains of indus
try, of commerce, and labor In n**r
backyard the pioneer with coonskin
cap. rifle and axe le hewing out a
home In the wilderness as *»•***!>•'
beaver and slays the game •uate
nance as did vur fathers a century ago.
She also has fertile farm* on hßlelde
valley and plain yielding all the staple
products of a king’s table from fruit
to nuts. Her manufactories are pro
ducing every conceivable commodity
from thrashing machines to bre * k *** t
foods, and from mining tools and div
ing suits to flying machines. She pro
duces ox carts for her pioneers auto
mobiles for her business men. pleasure
seekers *nd farmers, canoeg for her
summer resorters and ocean liners to
carry the commerce of her Inland seas.
While railroads cover the surface or
the state as a finely meshed net tne
face of a beautiful lady, there la yet
money to be made by the J.J
building more railroads. Tbe f*’ ar ®
many electric lines, yet room for many
more as our Industry progresses from
our metropolitan cltlea back into the
pioneer and lumber districts of our
Bt WUh all the Intermediate stages of
Industrial and social evolution from tne
pioneer days of the pilgrim *At here
io the most progressive agriculture,
modern manufacturing, transportation,
lumbering and mining of coal. Iron
copper, lead and other minerals; with
139 QOo acres of land yet unappropr -
a ted and a crying need for ‘morsi and
better facilities In all lines of trans
portation and manufacture to utilize
the constantly Increasing bulk of raw
material, with labor waiting to be em
ployed. does Michigan not offer enough
and more opportunities and varieties
for the prospective settler to Invest
his money than any territory on e*rth
with an area of 98.000 square mlles^
While we have a very few extenelve
••capitalistic'* farms In Michigan, the
small farm Is yet the big fiactor In ag
riculture. The small farm supports the
small village with " f° P
keepers and Independent handicrafts
mem This makes an opening In our
industrial economy for a class or in
vestors and workers entirely excluded
from those states of a few H*®"®**®, I***® 1 ***®
Industries and who are rapidly ■ disap
pearing In others A man doesn
to have a million to live cqmfortably
in Michigan.
To “remain In Michigan means more
than a guest-chamber sojourn. it
means the establishment of a perma
nent home. A place where one may
not only accumulate a competence but
where he may live and labor, and lore
and play. , .
And Michigan hae a playground.
What is your Ideal of play? Ath
letic eports? The schools and colleges
of Michigan are not only the centers
of culture and refinement, graduating
students from nearly every country on
earth to engage In all lines of science
and professions, but their standing In
the field of sports Is Justly renowned.
Is It yachting? A thousand miles of
In Michigan we find th* best possible
climatic conditions. If you seek health
and vigor, Michigan offers It; If It Is an
Investment you choose to make, 'you
find the real estate, the mine, the tim
ber. the aoll and It* products and prod
uce, end a ready market None of any
thing you can name without the advan
tage of the lake or the rtver or the
railroad, giving Inlet and outlet; If M
is a farm you doslr*. you And the most
fertile and most proAtablo soli In the
world; If you select to becomo a (BCI
• haht everything Is at your very door
with e wide margin of profit for the
handling; should It bo that you are
bent upon being e manufacturer Michi
gan offera you that privilege with Its
natural advantages which no other sec
tlon can The material la within the
conflnea of your own state, or can be
so imported by water or rail, and sent
out In the snm« manner, to defy all
competition; should It so happen that
you desire to act In the role of the
professional man. you are offered every
advantage, for you have the Investor,
the miner, th* farmer, th* merchant,
and the manufacturer who needs your
professional services, who can afford,
and who Is willing to compensate In
full: the homeseeker with all of the
advantages that no other atate affords.
Ands his real paradise In Michigan. If
he desires tho excitement of the city,
he may have It; ahould hla choice be a
secluded and shady nook beside some
babbling brook, so also ho may have
It
There la a home for every man In
Michigan, with ita happy Ashing and
hunting grounds, its great aduratlonat
institution# Its churches. Its liberal
constitution. prnAclent judiciary, excel
lently regulated counties, townships
and cities, and possessing every tnvalu
rble adjunct to make possible all of
he advantages In a state where every,
thing blooms to make life worth llv-
Michigan la "Oad'a country," Remain
la Michigan.
lakes and rivers wash their sun-kissed
waves on Michigan soil. Is It with
guu end dog or fishing rod? Mirroring
In their placid waters their forest-girt
shores wherein lurk wild game of a
hundred species and upon their bosoms
tossing the water-fowl In countless
numbers and variety, a thousand In
land lukes and rivers In Michigan
teeming with the finny tribe. Invite
your skill They are the wonder of
the world The playground of the
people of Michigan Is truly the garden
of the gods.
Are your tastes artistic? From the
rugged hills of the northern peninsula
to the sand domes of Lake Michigan,
and from the paatorlal life of the
southern and middle countries to the
| marts of commerce, the lumber for
ests to the placid lake or river with
Its plunging cataract, quiet bayous or
rippling rapids; the historic spots of
national fame, the old mill, the her
mit's hut and crumbling forts, there
are studies enough for a thousand life
times and of sufficient beauty, heart
interest or sublimity to set the poetlo
blood of the old musters tingling with
ecstatic Joy. 4 . ,
When one realises all these potential
blessings and opportunities It is no
longer a question of remaining In
Michigan, but how can one think of |
leaving It to aearch for the happiness |
eo near at hund?
Yet some who did not realise this
have left Michigan. But with few •*-
Iceptlona they, like
“Owen Moore left town one day
Owin’ more than he could pay.
Owen Meore came back one day—
Owin' more.”
Satisfied to remain In Michigan.
That Is not exclusively a rich man’s
state
I For years our eastern and northern
I boundaries have been bombarded with
tons of literature extolling the riches
of Canada and offering "government
assistance" to the settler. From the
i west and south has come the “call of
the wild." from the mountains of the
Pacific coast states to the sephyr
breezes, everglades and alligators of
Florida; yet the population of Michi
gan has Increased 19.1 per cent during
I the past 10 years.
i And from all of those places have
come people to remain In Michigan.
In fact there Is place and opportu
nity for every kind of a person In
Michigan except thieves. And despite
stringent laws for their suppression,
ever, thieves are doing a land-office
business.
Because the people who remain In
Michigan have something that’s worth
stealing.
Yes, the trust and the tramp are
also here. One cannot escape them by
leaving Michigan. They are an Inter
national disease. They are every
where They stand between an honest
citizen and the enjoyment of the prod
) ucta of his labor, whether he settles
at the antipods or remains In Mlchl
j gar. They must be removed by society
as a whole, and Michigan Is doing her
share as a state to that end. Never
theless, with her multiplicity of Indus
tries furnishing Innumerable opportu
nities for the small Investor and home
builder, those who remain In Michigan
are better fortified against the trust
Industrially, while they fight them po
litically. than they would be In a atato
where they are at the absolute mercy
of the corporations and great land
companies.
The Michigan dtlsena recognise tkls
advantage.
Our population has Increased 19.1 per
[cent during the last decads by outsid
ers also recognllng Its
And that’s why w# remain In Mlohl
gan.
Many and varied are the motives
which Impel men to leave home and
familiar scenes. These motives s-re
found In the patriot and the adventur
er, the pioneer and the home-seeksr,
the religionist and the fanatic.
This wanderlust Is characteristic of
ni one race. There la more or loss of
’the Arab In all.
In both ancient and modern history
are to be found records of the migra
tion of entire tribes, from the time of
the Wandering Abraham and the Jews.
The Ooths overran Europe, toppling
over thrones and establishing anew
order of things. The migration and
conquests of the Germanic tribes
changed Normandy, and by intermix
ture gave rise to the Anglo-Saxon
race In the British Islands.
The same wanderlust peopled the new
world with Puritans. Pilgrims. Huge
nots and Scotch-Irlsh. largely urged
•on by religious motives; with the
Dutch. Impelled by love of gain, with
the Spanish. Portugese and French in
aearch of adventure
I Discontent with surroundings and
desire to better conditions continue to
send great numbers to our shores.
This wanderlust may be the outcrop
iplng of the old nomadic life of our
forebears. It has its profitable side,
and also Its unprofitable side When as
well situated as we are In Michigan,
why should It be tndulged In?
Wo do not need to leave the old
Wolverine State for variety’s sake.
There la not a state like It. It Is a
.border state, not Insular. Our long
boundary line of water brings us Into
Intimate touch at scores of places with
the varied phases of our sister coun
try. The people of Michigan enjoy al
most unparalleled opportunities of be
coming akin to the world at large.
The varied Industries bring to us
workers from all parts of the globe.
As an example. 20 nationalities call for
mall. In their native tongue, at one
Michigan postofflee.
Here the world gathers Its repre
sentatives. With the exception of one
i state, It Is the most cosmopolitan. Well
does lewer Michigan look like an open
hand, with palm extended, to welcome
all.
There Is variety also In the Indus
tries. Here the unskilled hand and the
trained mind find ample scope for la
bor. No Inconsiderable part of the
world's Iron work, copper, etc., cun
be traced back to the mines of Michi
gan.
Every variety of soil is found here
With the exception of a few tropical
plants, everything can be grown here,
from the Canada thistle to alfalfa
There are no apples In the world with
the flavor of Michigan fruit. So sur
rounded by the leavening Influences
of the water of the great lakes, that
the state Is specially adapted to rais
ing fruits of all kinds. Much of the
so-called “northern grown seed" Is
grown In Michigan.
There will be found no heavy mort
gage Indebtedness of the farm prop
erty. Our physical situation practically
precludes devastating storms und un
certain seasons. We experience no
complete failure of crops, as some
states.
Hurrounded on three sides by great
lakes. Irrigated In every direction by
great rivers; countless Inland lakes dot
the surface. Water on every side,
above and below, both fresh and salt
Wide stretches of rich prairie In the
southwestern part of the state, un
used pine barrens
Need not leave Michigan for the sake
of gain. No place on earth where men
have by honest ways become richer
jthar here. Our pine forests are almost
Idenuded, but there remain the hard
woods. Metals and coal still stored up.
(largely untouched In fact. It may be
Isald of us, we are the salt of the earth.
Our nunurous waters are teeming with
(food. Our educational facilities unex
celled. From us have gone statesmen
and scholars of International reputa
tion
And our wealth le by no means com
pletely exploited. Here Is room for
the brightest and most hopeful. Great
water powers to be developed, farms
to be cultivated, coal mines to be open
ed and developed, orchards to be set
out.
Why. then, leave the old state?
Oood-Hearted Cabbage.
A well-known expert in cooking en
countered trouble In a suburban com
munity the other afternoon when she
prepared to lecture to the Mothers’
clnb. Her subject was "How to Cook.”
She began by telling how much a man
appreciates good cooking, and then
she proposed to give various recipes.
Among the first was one for cold
slaw. “To have this best," began the
lecturer, "take a good-hearted cabbage
and —’* s'
At this poftt a young matron Inter
rupted. She wag eager to get all the
Information possible. "Tell me,
please,” she spoke up. “how Is one to
know the disposition of a cabbage?"—
Philadelphia Timet.
REMAIN IN MICHIGAN.
A STOREHOUSE OF GOLDEN TREASURE.
OPPORTUNITIES GALORE FOR MERCHANT, MANUFACTURERS,
HOMESEEKERS AND INVESTORS IN MICHIGAN.
B> Mr*. C. M. Cook. La the BlleaSelit ■
Advance.
That Inherent qual
ity In human na
ture which always
makes distant
scenes appear the
fairest is sending
many Mlohlganmon
to dig for the pot
of gold at the rain
bow’s end In the
far west aad north
west, where thv or
chard bougns dr--op
with the appK*
of Hersplradea In
Oregon and the
golden harvests
wave tn the great
wheat fields of
nortbwestarn Can
ada. or his imagin
ation Is stirred by
the stories of the
fertility of south- *l. < «uk.
ern soil where
nature responds not once but three or
four times with a crop when the aoil
Is sown for the harvest But before
he Joins the exodus the Michigan resi
dent should take several things Into
consideration which he Is prone to for
get when the song of the siren, In the
form of some glowing description In
stigated by the cunning land shark, is
filling his ears.
The resident of this state Is apt to
think that the era has passed when the
young man can acquire a competence
In Michigan. He reads of the apple
crops of Oregon that yield their owner
a competence in a single season. Does
he know that In northern Michigan
lie thousands of seres of land peculiar
ly adapted to the growing of apples,
which may be purchased at less per
acre than It costs the western grower
to Irrigate his land which will produce
fruit fur superior In flavor to the
western product” That when his fruit
la gathered It will not be thousands of
miles away from the great centers of
population and he, himself, In the pow
er of a refrigerator car combine who
will dictate shipping rates which he
may either accept or leave his fruit un
marketed, while Michigan lies within
paay distance of the cities of the mid -
die west and her shipping facilities,
both by land and water, are unexcelled
The same care bestowed upon the or
chards of Michigan as the western
grower gives his crop would Insure to
the apple grower of this state the
same bountiful returns for his Invest-
STATE’S INDUCEMENTS CANNOT HE BETTERED.
MICHIGAN’S BRIGHTEST DAYS LAY IN THE FUTURE-—AND NOT
FAR DISTANT. EITHER.
II) J. W. Hannen In the Traverse t lt.v
Record -Eagle.
Considerable has
been said In these
columns relative to
the splendid re
sources of the state
of ML higan for the
ho m e s e e ker and
home builder, as
compared to the
much advertised
western and south
ern state* There
have been men from
ibis section who
have been lured
b> attractive liter
ature from other
states and have
learned valuable
lessons We /have
sought to Wring to
the attention of
those who are sus
ceptible to attrac
tlve arguments from the west and
south the better opportunities right
bore at home and our arguments bat*
been aoly supported by those w . ho ,! a
tried other « limes and found thi m
wanting a* compared with Michigan.
There are many reasons why Michi
gan people should awake to the
"unities Os their home Pint*, and
reasons are powerful that tl!*>
necessarily command lb*
respect and consideration of th# sen
gibio man Who seeks u> bet tar his
QJ ID!
pT «— *
5 CENT f]j O GAR
THERE ARE OTHER CIGARS
JUST AS GOOD AS COURT ROYALS
BUT THEY DO NOT SELL FOR 5f
SANTELMO QgAR MfG-Co DETROIT.
ALSO MAKERS OF
“PASTOPA"
THE FAMOUS
alO'tClGArt r- 1
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ment. And were the beauties of hi*
native state as poetically depicted and
picturesquely lllustruted as the cata
logs and folders with which land men
In the south and west are flooding the
country, the Michigan resident would
he compelled to look upon his own
Htnte as the same golden Kldorado
that he now regards the fruit lands
ol the west. A« no man ever grew
the mammoth crimson tomatoes, the
succulent green peas and the tender
green heads of lettuce which the seed
atulogi picture,- so far will the ac
ual Investment In these lands fall be
low the description written by those
whose art It is to charm the ear with
beautiful descriptions and golden
promises.
Seven million acres of productive
farm land In northern Michigan, suit
able for the growth of wheat, hay and
for dairy purposes await the coining of
the progressive farmer. In the south
•rn peninsula the growing of sugar
iteets has become a lucrative Industry.
The cold and equable climate of the
northern part of the state is unexcelled
for the growth of hardy fruits while
the southern counties are unequalled
In the diversity of their products Ann
nowhere In the length and breadth of
the state does heat or cold, drouth or
flood prevail to the extent that the
tiller of the soil find* no recompense
for his labors when the harvest Is
gathered. Remain In Michigan! Dig In
her soil and by the sweat of your brow
you will discover a store house which
contains golden treasures equal to the
pot of gold at the rainbow's end. For
the magic lies In the digging'
This state offers as great an Induce
ment to the merchant, the manufac
turer, the homeseeker and the Invest
or as it does to the farmer. To the
merchant and manufacturer because
of Its excellent shipping facilities; to
the Investor because values in the
State are constantly rising Instead of
depreciating and to the homeseeker be
cause of the excellence of Its educa
tional Institutions and the fact that
the state having ne.«n settled by the
sturdv pioneers of New \ ork. Massa
chusetts and Vermont has been Innoc
ulated with thetr spirit of thrift which
shows Itself In thousands of beautiful
and well-kept farms and homes. Her
great fresh water lakes and broad
rivers gird about a beautiful penin
sula where nature hat painted forest,
hill and meadow with the choicest tin’s
from her brush and which can be du
plicated nowhere else for her sons and
daughters because they lack the glam
or of that spirit which we call
"home ”
worldly and social condition.
Kventa have shown timing the last
few y»-ara that Michigan fruits cun
compete with the world us to quality
and specific excellence In almost every
respect The Michigan apple show,
held In Grand Rapids developed won
derful p-ogress In fruit culture and
commanded the admiration of horticul
turists from other state* What i*
true of apples Is emphasised with fully
r.s great force as to peaches, cherries,
strgwocrrle*. and kindred small fruits.
\s compared to the western ami south
«rn states, the n. irkef for Michigan
prodm Is Is unsurpassed, and with In
telligent regard fur grading and pack
ing Michigan <un outclass any other
state In the urihm. when It comes to
profitable fruit growing
What la true of fruit Is equally true
.if general (arm products. Thare are
few states In the union which tun excel
Michigan In the production of grain
gnu vegetable* of the soil.
These ud'ant;ig'-s offer Innumerable
opportunities for the small or extensive
farmer or fruit grower and there are
still many thousands of acre* •• f land
untouched that' offer opportunity* for
wealth and prosperity and at price*
within the reach of the most humble
home-seeker ftettcr land can be
bought In Michigan for from s2<V<>o to
SIOO on per nr r than anything that can
he offered from the great lauded west
at SIOO to SI,OOO per acre. This state
doev not require the digging of Irrigat
ing ditches. Moisture for the soil is
abundantly provided by the thouMUtds
of lake* and streams throughout jho
state.
In addition to the Industrial advan
tages. where In the whole Union can
be found a state with so many beauti
ful natural attractions? Almost at the
door of every city there Is some sort
of resort where summer recreation un
der most healthful conditions can he
* enjoyed by those In most moderate
circumstances Michigan Is a state of
good health and good health Is the
chief essential to prosperity and con
tentment. Climatic conditions are
Ideal. Cyclones and hurricanes are
practically unknown and we are not
afltlcted with the extremes of heat
and cold
,The conditions enumerated are pri
mary to the progressive development
that Is making Michigan one of the
greatest states In thp Union. Added to
these we have an educational system
second to none. The University of
Michigan at Ann Arbor Is recognised as
one of the best colleges In America.
Many of Its alumni are now occupy
ing iofty positions of trust and respon
sibility all over the country. Men who
“WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH MICHIGAN?”
**BH E’S ALL RIGHT!”—THAT’S WHAT THEY ALL SAY WHEN
COMPARISONS ARE MADE.
lly A. B. Itragdnn. Jr., In The Monroe
H rrnrilonline rein 1.
Eighty years ago when the tide of
settlement began moving westward
from Massachusetts and New York It
went principally to Ohio. Indiana and
Illinois. Connecticut's "Western Re
serve” was an old settled country,
while Michigan was still a wilderness.
Marietta and the surrounding country
was settled In 1788 and later, and Vin
cennes. Indiana, was a farming com
munity before the war of 1812. Points
along the Mississippi amid the prairies
of Illinois shared In the influx of
sturdv pioneer*, but Michigan remained
a solitude, save for the hardy and ad
venturous French who settled Mlchlll
macklnac, Detroit and Frenchtown.
Tnere was a reason for this. Re
port* were current In the east that
Michigan territory was uninhabitable
and would ever remain a solitude. It
whs sntd that along Its lakes It was
•o densely wooded It could not be
cleared; farther back It was rolling,
but the soli on the highlands was too
fight to raise anything but a dis
turbance; while the Intervening spares
were bottomless "cat-holes" and tama
rack swamps producing n condition of
the human system known as the
"Michigan agur." In which every set
tler had his own private earthquake
every other dny. So settlement lan
guished and cam** but slowly.
It would be Interesting to dwell on
the lives of the brave men and women
who came, despite these dire predic
tions to carve n home In the Michigan
wilderness. It Is n story of privation,
hard work and ultimate success The
volumes of the Pioneer society give
many glimpses of It. Parkman sug
gests It; I-ftndman In prose nnd *"*arle
ton In ppetry have told It In words that
will endure so long a* mankind have
In their vein* the blood of pioneers.
Rut It Is their success that Is the
most notable feature. Two genera
tions lat. r and settlers were flocking
to Its borders. They found a deep and
fertile soil; they found n climate nnd
conditions for agriculture far better
than those who went to the south and
west of them, because they were tdeal
for the growth of fruits and cereals.
Michigan "amber'' wheat found Its
market In Liverpool and was eagerly
sought. Michigan apply* were the
standard In the markets of the world.
At every railroad station long lines of
teams unloaded grain, and the plat
forms were piled high with barrel* of
i epnte*. Its grapes rivalled the sunny
hills of southern Ohio: Its peaches
were tne equal of those of Delaware.
Rye. oats, barley, corn and potatoes
were among Its standard crops and
yielded to none In quality or abun
dance.
I Rlttle hy little It* Other resources
became known —It* wealth of hard
woods. Its pine forests, which mads
Michigan white pine the standnrd for
const! urt ural use, and as these devel
oped coal and salt. Iron and copper
were added to Its resources until,
bounded oP every side but the south
by the natural highway of the great
lake*. It became—what It still remains
1 _thc Empire state of the eatly west.
. "Distance lends enchantment to the
view." and It Is trus that, lured hy
[ specious and glowing pictures depict
| Ing earthly paradises. Michigan men
h**e "sold out*’ and sought the lands
have become component part* of our
national system of progress. Our state
normal schools offer exceptional ad
vantages that enable the ambitious
youth to secure an education by a mod*
erate exercise of thrift and energy,
while the Michigan Agricultural col
lege Is becoming one of the most po
tent Influences of our horticultural and
agricultural development.
Not the least among the conditions
which make Michigan a desirable state
to live In. are our great Industrial In
stitutions. The factories of this state
offer employment to many thousand*
of intelligent and skilled working peo
ple and their products find profitable
markets all over the world. And be
sides all these desirable things. Michi
gan Is the home of a rhrlstian people
Asa general proposition, the men and
women of the state have high Ideals
e.nd hundreds of economic and social
organizations are doing much towards
making this a better and more pros
perous commonwealth.
With all these resources at the com
mand of Michigan people, there Is no
reason why Michigan rr.tn should not
remain in Michigan.
of the south. lowa, Nebraska, the Da
kotas, California and the coast of the
Pacific. They have found disillusion
and regret. Those who have sought
the south now know that ‘‘garden
truck'* and semi-tropical products ere
uncertain and Illusory. The fertile
prairies of lowa and Nebraska have
no advantage over the land they left.
California has plucked them and sold
them its “glorious'' but flea-bitten
climate. Its earthquakes and dust at
fabulous prices. The vaunted lands of
the northwest, where they were told
that apples sold for twenty-flve cents
each, were held at such prices, unlrrl
gated, that even at that figure it was
Impossible to make as good a living
as they could on a "Michigan forty."
Kven the once despised pine barrens
of the old Wolverine state produce
vegetables and fruits possessing a
flavor not to be found In the high
priced. fine looking but vapid and
tasteless products of the much vaunt
ed earthly paradise. And these beau
tiful fruits, tasteless though they be.
are only produced hy ceaseless work
and care:—auch work and care as, If
used on the orchards of Michigan
would produce results ns beautiful to
the eye and vastly more pleasing to
tkc palate. j
And so. as they can, they are com
ing back from the "land of promise"
to the land of fulfillment. And as
they realize, as only they can realise
who have left the tried and proven
old for the untried and problematical
new, that the resources of Michigan
are as yet unwasted, that Its harvests
arc sure and at moderate toll, Its op.
portunlties In any line of activity
abundant and remunerative, they feH
to exrlitlm In crude but expressive
slang: "What's the matter with Mich
igan? She's all right!"
Truly a King Dog
They'd been telling dog stories. but
the old man sighed as each told his
tale.
‘ Ah," he said at last, "but my little
dog Jumbo—he was a dog!”
"And what happened?” they asked.
"He's gorn." said the old man. sor
rowfully. "His death was a most af
fectin’ thing. Times were bad with mo
Jusi then. Piece by piece the furni
ture went, till at last we'd only ihe bed
left. Then came the hardes' knocks of
all—Dec. 31."
"How was that?" they queried.
"Bver card of the Inland revenue?'*
said the old man.
"Yet; hut what’s that got to do with
the dog?”
'Everything! He heard me tell the
missed on the night of the 30th that I
hadn't a ha’p’ny left, an dhe was that
considerate he went out and died In
the cold!”
"Rather than eat—”
"Eat? No! Rather than lire anoth
er day and let me la for a a#w li
cense Answers.