Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-03-04
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stance, has lost in population is found in the
West, or in the already too crowded streets of
our great cities New England men have gone
to the prairies To seek larger opportunities for
effort. OF are walking mp and down the thronged
metropolitan streets, Influenced by the wild hope
that fortune is to be made among the brick
anil mortar walls much faster or easier than by
tilling the soil. There is deal Of romance, as
well as reality connected with those interested
in either case but the one Is more a matter Of
uncertainty and conjecture, while the other is
solely dependent upon good health and persist
ent labor. The young man who seeks bis for
tune in the city, may by some lucky invest
ment, find himself suddenly rich, but the chances
are against him, and he often finds that he is
simply butting his head against an obstacle Of
which he has no conception when he undertakes
to plunge in among the Spectators. The lucky
purchase and sale Of & day or two, may make
him wealthy, while mistake in his calculations
or An unexpected fuctuation leaves him poorer
than before. The young man who seeks COM
Portable competence by steady digging, either
in the East or West, finds himself freed from very
many Of the Disadvantages, and dangers even,
that attend the course Of the other. Land Is not
subject to the fluctuations Of Wall street stocks
while its productions are sure Of bringing some
where near their reasonable worth Grain,
-four, meat, &c, can not be dispensed with 8
man may refuse to buy Erie stock, but he must
have bread Very true, one branch Of farm pro-
ducts, wheat, commands discouraging prices in
the West to-dsy, but this affords no argument IN
opposition to the facilities offered by this same
section. The only trouble with the West Is. she
has depended upon this for her main IN
come. Wheat has been her only stay Let
her learn from experience, AMI hereafter
diversity her means Of resources. and
the secret is already learned whereby
she can make herself the agricultural money
holder of the United States. As there seems to
be no limit to the reach of her prairies. So is
there no limit to the facilities she offers those
who are crowded up in our cities, OF are
looking for some place where small means can
find more advantageous opportunities for invest
ment than among the heavy land owners u the
East, where land that Is any way desirable
commands from $40 to 800 per acre. Those
who are proposing to invest small means
should disabuse their minds of the idea
that the large cities offer them better cpportu-
mites than are found at home Il a young man
has but 81 900 he had better invest it in land
at 500 per acre than throw It into the tumble
Of city speculAti0ns. One Of the wisest things
for him to DO, however, is to seek some issira6ie
locality in the West, provided he desires t.
change at al, and invest il in flrm lands :.
city and village lots. on paper, may offer him
very superior inducements, but it lis often the
case that the inducements DO no. exist in fact
Let this money be invested IN "a farm, and thea
the owner make mp his mind 10 10 some
hard work and patient waiting ami he is 5u the
road to success TIE rise in value OF farms
in the West is onlya question of time. and with
iheadyantases Of railroads and increased mu.-
grafton, the time is not SO very long after all
One thing, however. should De eradieatel from
'he general i''nl DO H'An' young OF DID, De''
nope 10 gam competence 'u the " ,s'' any
more 'hAn mere without hAi' "'iA am fe''> IL
Aole economy true 1t j. '-'' Instances no" ana
then occur wherein some fortunate land specuis-
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