Morris tribune., 1884-03-05

the unhappy by such contrast. The
result was that one evening the win
dows were smashed and the represen-
tation destroyed by those who We're
stung to madness by unexaggerated
representations of life as it is. There
is lesson in this. Those who have
wealth can enjoy it-all to themselves
if so disposed-but should not 1launt
it in the faces of the poor.
Many people living in the East are
prejudiced against the West. Let
them come West and they invariably
change their minds. The following
letter written by Walter j. Ballard to
the Canadian American, will be of in
terest because it shows the good opin-
ion intelligent business men always
have of this country after having seen
it even if, like him, they had previ-
ously regarded all western advantages
with suspicion. Mr.. Ballard is mama
ger of the Northwestern Collection
and Trust Association and has visited
Morris quite often. Quite q number
of our citizens will remember him.
He says: "In connection with my
business, have had occasion to visit
nearly every point in Minnesota and
Dakota, and am more than pleased
with the country, and the prosperous
surroundings of the settlers, particu-
larly the Canadians, who certainly
take the lead in developing the rich
lands of these states. l have driven
hundreds of miles over the prairies,
and found evidences of prosperity on
every hand. L have had collection
business with many famers and as a
rule, found them able to promptly
meet their obligations for farm ma
chinery purchased. Some of these
men paid hundred dollars each on
their Irvine binders this fall, who only
commenced breaking up their land
the previous fall, starting them with
in some cases, as little as ten dollars
in cash, but with indomitable pluck
and energy. This is easily accounted
for by the fact that their first crops
averaged over thirty bushels of wheat
to the acre, and this in a year not re-
markable for heavy crops. To those
of us who are accustomed, in Canada,
to see men struggling for years with a
stumpy farm, it seems new revela-
ton to see these thousands-nay, mill
lions of acres, of magnificent lands,
with their wealth of rich, black loan
soil, lying ready for the willing hand
of husbandry to draw from them a
wealth of golden grain, and thus sup
port thousands of the producers and
consumers, out of the very exuberanee
of their richness. Truly has it been
said that "tickled by the hoe, they
laugh with the harvest"
Till I saw this country, did not be-
lieve the glowing reports I had heard
of it, but actual observations more
than bore out all had heard, parti-
culary of the land along the line OF
the st. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba
railway, over which line I travelled
the full length, from st. Paul to Penn
bina and Neche several times. AT
many of the towns I visited I found
the greatest life and activity. More
than once have seen forty to fifty
teams waiting their turn to deliver
wheat at the elevators-passing train
after train loaded with wheat-some-
times forty cars to train-on the
way to Minneapolis, the great wheat
center of the Northwest. The country
though new, is we'll provided with
schools, churches, and means for soci-
al enjoyment, and offers splendid
heritage to all who may come with q
determination to labor and live right