Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-26
From the Mantorville Express.
To Immigrants.

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The present Spring will witness, we doubt
not, a large influx into the settled portions of
State, of men of means who will emigrate
hither with the designssof purchasing lands at
second hand, and of making their homes here,
and engaging in the pursuit of farming or
some other industrial occupation. Such per-
sons will not be disappointed in Minnesota
They will find climate insuring health and
comfort, and soil ready to return rich re-
ward to the hand of labor. They will find a
country beautiful to look upon when in a state
of nature, and capable of being rendered ten
fold more so by the hand of industry They
will find an intelligent and energetic popula-
ton gathered from the New England the Mid
die, and the North Western States. They
will find thriving villages mills, stores, churches
and school houses, wherever they travel, dot
ting the prairies which only four years ago
were the haunts of the wild deer and the still
wilder Indian
They will find, too, that the present is
favorable time for investment here that they
can secure to themselves farms, second, in
beauty and fertility, to none in the west, and
surrounded by all these advantages, for a
tthe of the price which they have received for
the far less productive acres which they have
left behind. Almost all of the first settlers
in Minnesota have too anairh land, more than
they can cultivate or take care of: and the fe-
yer of speculation now being over, and many
of them being in need, they will sell portion
of their first purchase at some reasonable
prices. Besides, there are also many who are
so involed in debt, that will be compelled to
sell out entirely. In view of these facts it
is very evident that improved and well stu
ated lands will be sold, in Minnesota, during
the present season, at gerry lOs0 .fgures
1t is no less certain that, two or three years
hence, we shall witness wondrous advance
in the prices of these same lands. The finan-
cial crisis will have them passed by, our Rail
roads will have been built, our manufactures
will have been largely increased, and the resi-
dents of our State will have Just begun to re-
alize the vast resources and unequaled advan-
tages that it possesses. Lands in Minnesota
will then have value, and the settler who
makes well chosen investment now, will find
that in his straight forward way, he has reali-
zed greater per centage than the greedy
speculator who receives four or five per cent.
as usury. s
The same remarks will apply to iudicious
investment in town property. Village lots are
now held at their minimum price, and in well
located towns, must rapidly advance in value
as business revives, and the surrounding coun-
try is more fully developed. The prosperity
of the country will be reflected upon the towns,
and all departments of business will share the
reviving impulse.
/. We have a word of advice to offer those who
design to settle here for the purpose of farming.
If possible come provided with sheep and
stock Manufactures will not be sufficiently
established here for years to come, to furnish
a sufficient home market for our agricultural
productions, and until our Railroads are built,
grain will not bear transportation from the in
terror to the river. But our soil and climate
is so less adapted to the raising of cattle and
horses, the manufacture of butter and cheese,
and the production of wool. Indeed, for the
latter purpose, many men of experience in the
business, consider that our advantages are su-
perior to that of almost any other Northern
States. The above are all commodities which
can be marketed at a trifing expense, and by
this means, the money spent for imported
goods may be returned to our own pockets
Had each farmer in the State few hundred
dollars invested in this way, the financial
prosperity of the State would be placed beyond
doubt; and it is surely the true policy of
every emigrant farmer to provide himself with
capital SO surely and abundantly produc-
tive.