Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1891-10-15
Daily Growing Rich.

There are but few short cuts to
wealth. Occasionally we hear Of an in
stance where some individual has sud-
denly acquired great riches, but these
instances are exceedingly rare Not a
large number of people can ever become
wealthy by accident nor can any class
of people, as class, ever become rich
except by the regular and continued Op-
GRAFTON Of great causes.
The Plaindealer believes that the time
is not far distant when the farmers, as
class, will be the richest people on
earth. And there are not lacking those
who predict that the Red river valley
will be the wealthiest section of coun-
try on the globe.
But beliefs and predictions are but an
empty FOOLS paradise when unsupported
by sound reasons.
It is fact easily grasped by all minds
that the earth upon which we live will
grow no bigger. 1t is also a plain fact
that the population of the globe keeps
right on increasing. Accurate Stats
tics show that the demand for food
products, especially cereals, is increas-
ing much more rapidly than the cult
waited area The inevitable result of
this growing disproportion must be to
increase the price of agricultural COM
modities and the profit to the producer.
The situation will admit of no other
conclusion. The farmer will take his
place-and speedily-at the head of the
| Industrial procession and will become
the most prosperous producer in the
land.
While this is true of the farmer at
large, it is particularly true of the farm
er of the Red river valley. Here
is the bread basket of the world Here
| is the native home Of hard wheat. No
other combination of soil and climate
on this whirling ball of mud can produce
the little hard kernels that make the fine
white bread which is the staple article
of food to the wealthy people Of earth.
And the area of the earth's surface
which produces this staple cannot be
expanded without first changing the laws
of Nature herself The number of bread
acres cannot be increased The mum
Der of mouths are daily increasing
They will go on increasing indefinitely
And this cereal, SO essential to man.
is produced with ease and in abundance
in the Red river valley. The expendi-
ture of money is reduced to the mini
mum The fertile soil and the magnif-
cent climate render agriculture easy and
successful Its pursuit is at
ended by none of the OBJ
stacles which are encountered
in SO many other localities, and its re-
wards are practically unfailing. The
cheapness Of the land makes the invest
ment small, while convenient and &C
cessible market increases the profits of
farming.
The ultimate prosperity and wealth of
the farmers of the Red river valley is
as certain as the change Of seasons. A
lack of thrift could hardly prevent the
growth of wealth in a region so singu
larly favored by nature. The increas-
ing prevalence of economy and scientific
agriculture will render rich returns GER
tain. All of the conditions are shaping
up to insure the opulence of the farmer
in this fortunate section, and it is as inn
}, possible to consider the fortune of
Grand Forks city apart from the happy
change in the agricultural situation as
: to divorce cause and effect. Grand
Forks Plaindealer.