The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-07-29
FACTS ABOUT WISCONSIN
Fine Soho Rapid Increase of
Population = Wisconsin the
Wealthiest State = Low
TaXes-The Working
Mans Paradise.


there are several very important
questions, regarding the comparative
advantages of different states, which
it is necessary for him to take into
consideration. In making a wise
choice of location one must not only
consider the business advantages af-
forded by the place, but also the eli
mate, the society, the educational
facilities, etc. Many people have
wrecked the opportunities Of a life
time by carelessness in this matter.
Many have rushed into the fever and
ague districts of Missouri and Kansas,
forgetful of the fact that no business
prospects can compensate for the loss
of health. Many have settled on the
fertile prairies west of the Mississippi,
only to see their crops swept from the
face Of the earth by myriads of grass
hoppers. Still others have pushed
their way to the distant plains of Ne
braska or Dakota, only to find them
selves deprived Of the protection which
civilized society affords, and liable at
any moment to lose life and property
at the hands of marauders.
There are, however, many people who
carefully and intelligently weigh the
advantages and disadvantages Of each
state, before making a choice. For
the benefit Of this class we present the
following interesting facts which have
been CLEANED from the last census re-
port:
HEALTHFULNESS OF WISCONSIN.
If you have lost your health and
wish to regain it or if you have good
health and wish to retain it, don't
have anything to do with doctors, but
come right to Northern Wisconsin,
Here you can breathe clear, crisp,
dry atmosphere; you can drink the
purest Of waters; you can make a good
living by healthful outdoor exercise
and thus avail yourself of the three
greatest Health Preservers" and
"Health restorers" ever yet dis
covered.
In respect to healthfulness, Wis
consin stands second to no state in the
Union. This is shown by the mortal
ity statistics Of the last census. The
proportion of deaths in Wisconsin
is only ninety-four per cent. less than
one for every one hundred people, and
only about nine out Of one thousand.
Of course there are a few new settled
states, like Oregon, in which the pop
ulation is chiefly composed of able
bodied men and in which many Of the
deaths are not reported, where the
percentage may fall a little below that
of Wisconsin; but even such cases are
rare. Colorado, which is famed the
world over for its healthfulness, cam
not show a less mortality than Wis
consin. California, which is called a
second paradise"
Where every prospect pleases
And only man is vile
a veritable Garden of the Gods" in
respect to climate, has q death rate of
1.61 per cent, nearly twice that Of
Wisconsin.
If this Is not enough to demonstrate
the healthfulness of this state, we
could mention the ten thousand people
who annually visit our summer resorts
and find themselves restored and in
vigorated by the trip; we could allude
to the almost entire absence Of diseases
of purely local or climatic character;
we could point to the comparatively
small sale of drugs and medicines in
the state; and could bring forward
statistics sufficient to convince the
most skeptical that Wisconsin is the
most healthful state in the Union.
CHURCHES AND sCHOOLS-MORALITY
AND EDUCATION.
In taking up this subject, let us
first look at it negatively, and COM
pare Wisconsin to other states in re-
spect to crime and illiteracy. The
number Of persons convicted of crime
during the year 1870, in this state,
was S36. In Massachusetts, which
has almost the same population as
Wisconsin, and which is generally
considered the most peaceable, orderly
and highly cultivated state in the
Union, the number Of criminals reach
ed 1 1913, or nearly twice as many. In
Ohio the number of criminals is three
times as great as in Wisconsin. Geor-
gia, with a less population than Wis
cousin, has 1.775 convicted criminals,
while New York, with but four times
the population, has seven times as
many criminals.
In looking up the matter of litter
acy we find that Massachusetts, with
her long established school system and
fine colleges, has nearly twice as many
people who cannot write as Wiscon-
sin-the number of illiterate in the
former state exceeding the number in
the latter by over 10000. The num-
Der of illiterate in Georgia exceed the
number of the same class in Wiscon-
sin by over four hundred thousand
Even Illinois has nearly three times
as many people who cannot write as
! Wisconsin; while Texas has four
times as many, Kentucky six times as
many, Tennessee seven times as many,
and North Corolina nearly eight times
as many.
In respect to churches, the statistics
develop the remarkable fact that Wis
consin has more churches than Massa-
chusetts Think of it! The very
home of the Puritans, the center of
religious movements for two hundred
years, has less number of churches