The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-24
the BLUE GRASS REGION.
Opinions on Opinions.
Delight, Surprise, Wonder. Amaze
ment.
Grass 10 King.

Tuesday. July 8th, over the Hastings
& Dakota, and returned over the Mil
waukee & St. Paul. We propose now
to let the jobbers and others speak for
themselves, .and to that end We give
below some of the opinions expressed.
It will be seen that all of them express
| surprise and admit that they didn't
''knew it beforehand" Southwestern
Minnesota and Southeastern Dakota is
to them "revelation," ''wonder, F."
an "astonishment, an ''amazement." "
In fact, the expressions are 50 strong
that some people may think them ex-
travagant and Exaggerated" as they
used to say Of the ADVANCE articles
about this garden of the west. Pri-
vately, we think the St. Paul people
ought to be little ashamed of them
selves not to have discovered the WON
ders and beauties of the Blue Grass
Region sooner.
The following opinions were drawn
out by a reporter of the Sioux Falls
Press and published in their boom
edition issued just after the first ex-
cursiOn.
AsTON1SHED THE JOBBERS.
A. s. Talmadge, the originator of the
excursion, said:
During a recent visit to Southeastern
Dakota, was so surprised and gratified
that on my return to st. Paul laid
h0fnro nf hGa
suggestion of making the trip, which
at once met with hearty aprroval; and
my most enthusiastic opinions of the
country were weak affairs compared
with the expressions of the j0bbers as
they beheld the evidences of the COM
mercIal advancement and wonderful
general growth Of the region.
SURPRISED HIM.
Geo. r. Finch, President of the job
bers' Union, said:
The extent of acres under cultivation
was a great surprise to me. l venture
to say that out of the seventy three
gentlemen who left st. Paul, probably
not ten per cent. had been over the
route before, and not many had any
competent idea whatever of the devel-
opment of your section.
GLORIOUS NO NAME FOR IT.
IL. &. Jones, of the house of Lindekes,
Warner & Schurmeier, said:
Glorious is no name for it. 1 was
highly delighted. At my time Of life a
man is supposed to have had some good
times and have participated in some
lively excursions, and [ suppose have
had rs varied an experience ot that
l.; S>,,k h,k frss,
! your country was the cap-sheaf to
gave St. Paul jobbers All idea they
never had before.
! SUCH WONDERFUL PROG REss.
| T.. NJ. Clark, of the house of Powers.
Durkee & Co., said:
| A country which can show sucl,
wonderful progress must inevitably
| furnish an excellent and growing
field for business, and everything g which,
we can do to get our share will not b.
neglected. We shall put more travel
ing agents on the road ut once, and
will make it to the interest of dealers
to trade with US.
WHY WE ARE PROSPEROUS.
Jerome Platt, who represented the
grocery house of P. II. Kelly, said:
l attribute the wonderful growth to
the large attention paid to stock rails
ing. You are prosperous because you
are in section especially adapted to
diversified farming, and that is what
makes 4 country and gives it solidity.
STOCK GROWING DID IT.
]. H. Allen, of the grocery house oi
Allen, Moon & Co., said:
OF course. expected to see quite q
growth, but was most agreeably dis
appointed by the actual facts. Every.
thing had an air of substantial pros.
perity that was very assuring. The
appearance of your stock, and the
amount of it, was especially gratifying
to me. Stock-growing is unquestion'
ably the basis Of anything like pros.
perity in country like yours. The st.
Paul jobbers, particularly since this
trip. feel the importance of making
special effort for the trade of such q
tial class Of people to be seen along the
route was the subject of frequent re-
mark.
MORE GOODS AND BETTER PAY.
L. H. Maxield, of the grocery house
Of Maxfield & Seabury, said:
We came back fully impressed that
your section is the country to cater to-
and we have put our best men in that
field, and we will sell more goods there
and payments from your country are
better than from other sections. W.
feel we are dealing with business men
GROW RICH FASTER AND sURER.
T. r.. Culbertson, of the grocery
house of Glidden, Griggs & Co., said:
Your country is well adapted to
stock raising, and L was glad to SEE
such numerous herds of blooded stock
all along the line over which we passed
1t will make you rich faster and more
surely than any other enterprise.
| NO BETTER COUNTRY.
P. Beaupre, of the grocery house Of
Beaupre, Keogh & Co.. said:
know there is no better country
than Southern Minnesota and Southern
Dakota, and st. Paul can control their
trade II she makes proper effort.
ONE OF THE RICHEST FIELDS.
| e. N. Hackett, of the hardware house
of Strong, Hackett & Co., said:
thought myself quite familiar with
the country before went on this trip
but the growth of some of the towns
was greatly beyond what was pre-.
pared to see. OF late years have fel,
more confidence in your section than
have in an exclusively wheat country
and look upon it as one of our richest
fields from which to draw business.
DEEPLY IMPRESSED.
G. L. Farwell, of the hardware hous,
of Farwell, Ozman & Jackson, said:
I was deeply impressed with TIL,
beauty of the towns lying along tn
line Of our route. and with the enter
prise Of the merchants, the stocks d