The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-04-23


The indianapolis News has the fol-
lowing good words TO cay for Indiana,
and presents some good and sufficient
reasons Why our own people should stay
here and Why others seeking homes
should como 10 our state:
There are few states 10 the union with
20 smalI : proportion OF irrecIaImsble or
uncultIvstable land % Indiana. There are
not hundred acres 10 . county. ON the
average, that are not better adapted 10
I'll agricultural uses than the average
farming lands OF New England. The
swamps that have not been drained are
mostly reclsimable; sterile hill lands ere
- rare e slkali plains. Or her 2l.600.-
600 acres II IL within the mark 10 ssy
that 81, 900, 900 can be made productive
OF any Of the grains. fruits or meats tbat
feed 80 large part Of The world. With
close and careful cultivation she can
support comfortably . population Of
half dozen millions. and she has bnt .
little more than . third Of il. Much Of
the land inclosed IL not cultivated 1t al,
and much more that 10 cultivated ID 20
indi1erently handled - to yield lees
than half Of what II might. lfthis can be
On fair terms the condition Of Il
makes Il q eligible center Of immiRra-
lion ss there Il in the union. Farming
lands and stock are lightly pressed BY
taxation compared with city lets and
|personal property. - they are every.
where IN this country, and the slate and
county taxes Of Indiana will compare
|favorsbly with those Of any state.
We have here. then, good lands In su-
lightly taxed. and lying
handy 70 lines Of transportation from
|one end Of the state 70 the other. Prices
|as the farm can be fixed q definitely as
|at the market, and held cIoee TO the mar
|gin Of expense for carrying from one TO
1.-THE other. Can these lands be bought BY
Ian immigrant on q favorable terms =
Those in the farther west, TO which i'm
migration tends with . constantly in
force? They can. as every well
Informed farmer aud resident knows.
| We are told that good farming land, re-
Iquiring little trouble or expense 70
Iciear and put In good condition can be
had In many counties for ten dollars IN
lacre. The cash 1t that price might even
Ihuy good land In Marion county 10
l"spots.D Well cleared and provided
lfArms with residences can he had for
Twenty five dollars an acre for cash OF
Ishort time almost anywhere out Of the
immediate vicinity ef the larger towns
THE immigrant 10 Dakota, who takes {
family and fair provision OF household
lgoods with him. will pay enough for ex'
Itra transportation 10 make up the differ
|ence in the cost OF his land, betweeI
dropping here and going on, unless b.
goes under one Of those SculIy arrange
ments that leave him IN the end, rsthe
woree OF there than he was u home.
Indiana can supply this year 2O.0Ol
Immigrant families with good homes
ION fertile lands, st less cost 10 them thar
1.-THE same amount OF cultivated lands u
i lKaneae, Texas or Dakota, or any OF the
'IfAvorite ceniers OF foreign settlements
Lands ere cheap here because the de-
lmand for them for occupancy by immi'
lgration has been slight. Most Of Il ha'
|goDe 20 cities and towns. where Il shows
Iup In mills and factories and market
Igardens and retail trade and saloons
THE cheap land lying close at hand hai
been overlooked for the more obvious
but less durable and substantial sdvant'
|ages Of town investments and pursuits
The consequence 10 that hundreds ol
miles farther east, and easier reached
than the points 70 which immigration
eeems bent on going, are scores Of thou
sands Of farming lands Of better grade
and lower prices than can b had any
where west Of the Mississippi. And
here, too, u : school fund 10 educate ev'
Iery msns children free, and no ouch Cd.
vantage can Be found 10 the regions that
Idnw population around or over us
Cheap lands good health, fire. education,
abundant transportation, light taxes, ars
|among Iudlana's inducements 70 immi-
aeion houna ~ 6oroiwn