The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-09-27
READING FOR LABoRERs.

Which Shows Who Get the BeDsHt {
+ Public improvements.
A perusal Of the real estate advertise
ments in our newspapers will edify tn
laborer as to who are exclusively bene
flied by public improvements. Tn
laborer shoulders the entire expense O
these improvements. under our misroy
i. ernment down to the last penny. LIE
him harken to the truth as it is uttere,
by the real estate spectators:
These lots are located right IN the lin,
, of Long Island improvements, and with
in fifteen blocks of the terminus of the
East river and Blackwell's Island
bridge. recently authorized by the Leg
islatlre.
All city improvements and conve.
niences-Croton, gas, postal service, DO.
lice and fire protection, graded avenues,
quick transit, cheap fares, unsurpassed
educational advantages, ETC., all COM
hine to render the choice lots offered es-
pecially desirable for investment.
These lots are right in the line of
Brooklyn's magnificent improvements.
Private enterprise also results in the
enrichment of the land holder. Witness
the following:
We give away - worth of land as
an inaucement for people to build and
locate, relying on future advances to re-
alize profits.
The old story Of the spider and the
fly.
Healthy location, very high ground.
excellent drainage, graded streets, city
improvements and conveniences, quick
transit, cheap fares and active building
in the vicinity, all unite to render this
property unusually desirable for invest.
| ment.
Portland, Ore, thriftiest city in the
United States; real estate improve
ments giving large returns; lots are
rapidly advancing in value.
Spokane Falls, the thriftiest and most
progressive city in the West. Invest.
ments in real estate bring large returns.
Tocoma, the great money making cen,
ter of the Northwest; every foot Of land
will rapidly appreciate.
Here is q prospect for the laborer of
the future which is not very encourag.
ing:
These lots are as sure to go to a value
of hundreds of dollars each within a
few years as the sun is sure to shine to.
morrow.
For capitalists-choice offer; cheap in
vestment; block Of 100 lots. and a0O-acra
tract in the finest suburb in Chicago.
The alluring profits set out in the fol-
lowing advertisements will be paid by
the sweat of the laborer's brow:
Water, gas. electric light; macadam.
lied road, schools, churches; five blocks |
from depot; the air is simply divine; la.
dies find this desirable investment,
money deposited in bank draws only |
three per cent. interest; here is an OBJ
portunity to almost double the invest \
ment within year.
have exclusive control of some of |
the most desirable property in Duluth. |
and can offer investors property paving
from eight to fifteen per cent. in addi-
ton to the rapidly increasing value in
the realty.
Improved city property is the only
paying investment where you not only
get sure return on your money, but the
security always grows in value. All
other values, even not speculative, have
IN uncertain future.
Here is man who claims paw for m.
lures bounties:
Only forty pleasant minutes away
Nature did much, and we have done
quarter-million. 60 down and see it. |
The following is refreshingly frank:
This with free land, free stone, and
location unsurpassed in this country,
las been the rich mans opportunity.
All the above quotations are culled
rom single issue of a metropolitan
newspaper, three pages of which were
He'd with closely crowded advertise
nants OF this nature. Cnrionsly enough.
n the same issue We find that laborers
o the number of five hundred ask for 9
Employment. Their little notices arc
rinted side by side with these allurinp T
advertisements Of land spectators. The
ontrast afforded is instructive, If we t
ear in mind the fact that, through p
heir privilege of'holding this globe as +
much private property. the specula- &
ors at their own pleasure narrow the Il
onfines of the field in which labor en- 81
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