Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-08-18
CHEBOYGAN COUNTY FOR FARM
ING.


The late strike has awakened the citi-
Gems of the country to the necessity of
devising some means for the relief of the
laboring classes, and many different
theories are advanced as the means of
solving the great problem, all of which
have their advocates. The most general
opinion: however. seems TO be that it is
necessary that more of the laboring
classes should devote themselves to agri-
cultural pursuits and become producers
instead of consumers. The fact that all
the products of the farm are at the pres
ent time commanding prices far in excess
of any other products shows that agricul-
tural pursuits have not been overdone.
Whilst all manufactured products have
fallen in price to what they were before
the war, and many much lower, the pro-
ducts of the farm command a better
price and are'not in proportion to the
price of other commodities, and farmers
are doing better to-day than those en-
gagged in any other pursuit.
There are vast quantities of land i'm our
country that awaits the labor of some one
to become productive. IN our own state
there are thousands of acres that can be
had at such figures as are in the reach Of
any person who is industrious and will
ing to work, and we are of the opinion
that there is no portion of the state more
promising of a sure reward to the set
tier than the county of Cheboygan.
Here as good farming lands can be had as
can be found anywhere, and for all farm
products no better market can be found
than is afforded here. The greater por-
ton of the subsistence. both for man and
beast, has to be brought in from the out
side, and hence all farm produce COM
mands better price here than can be
obtained in most markets. This will be
the case for years, and after the supply
shall exceed the demand for home con-
sumption the advantages. afforded for
reaching the eastern markets will always
insure good prices. Experience has
demonstrated that the best OF crops can
be raised i'm this Sc tion, and the advant-
age of water communication will always
enable tile farmers here to compete sue
cessfully with those of the more western
portions of the country. The farther
west the farther from the mar
ket, and the greater the cost
of reaching the market, which,
Of course, comes off of The price of the
grain, and is just that much out of the
farmers pocket. Here, for years to come,
can be found a market for all the farm
products that can be raised. and the
farmer can realize all the full value. He
has not to pay per centage 10 the COM
mission merchant, but disposes of his
produce direct to the consumer.
In relation to Michigan as farming
country. the Lansing Republican says
that experienced traveller, j. E. Warner,
the Snowman returned to to that city on
luIue
tour of California, and saw much to repel
immigrants, bat little Or nothing to draw
them from Michigan. The wheat crop
of this year is ruined by drouth, and the
cattle and sheep are perishing by thous-
ands. Men are offering to give away their
flocks and herds if any one will keep
them alive, and where last year over 600
ship-loads OF wheat were exported, this
year there will not be enough raised for
home consumption. The bottom has fall
len out of mining STOCKS, and there is no
spot on earth at present where men of
small means would find it so difficult to
live as on the Pacific slope. Having travel
ed through almost every state in the
Union, Mr.. Warner is well qualified to
express an opinion on the advantages OIL
different localities; and he nnhesitating-
ly declares that Michigan, with her nat
ural excellence of soil aud variety of pro-
duction, and the welcome she offers to
worthy settlers, and her enterprise and
love of education, embodied i'm the very
framework of her political and social or
ganization, stands in the very front rank
of the American union. .