Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-01-08

A0oitu AuO vAkOI W tu0 oyStOm 0uO NO"
where are the treasures Of the house.
hold more apt to live aud grow up to =
robust manhood and womanhood than
upon the rolling prsiries of Dakota.
The man Who chooses the south when
sesking . heslthful climate rather than
South Dakota makes serious and pos.
sibly = fatal mistake.
The Products Of the Northwest and
beath C~ontrasted.
Iu the above remarks the advantages
Of the northwest over the south 20 tar -
climatic conditions and general health.
iulnsss are concerned have been
touched upoa. 1t remains to b shown
IN q few words that in ito natural pro.
duetiveness the northw est 10 still ahead.
In all the accounts Of the south great
emphasis 10 placed upon the fact that
all kinds OF fruits can be grown in great
abundance, and that W gstsoles, tobacco
and cotton flourish. Without doubt
these things tor the most part find Y
good market. But it 10 not claimed for
the south that it 10 Q good grain and
grass country, and that means also a
good country for raising horses, cattle.
sheep and hogs. The north western
farmer cannot make q business Of grow
ing fruit, but he can cause his broad
acres TO produce magnificent crops Of
corn and all kinds Of small grain. He
can take his mower and cut hundreds OF
tons Of native hay and stack 1t at q cost
Ut from 81 to 81 per ton. Thus fortified
with grain and grass and hay he can
raise aiI kinds Of live stock at . cost
which can compete with any section OF
the universe. He has great advantage
over the fruit rover OF the south. The
Lot er must sell his fruits when they
are ripe, the farmer can hold his graiu
aud cattle until he is ready to sell. The
northwestern farmer may buy fruit, and
tobacco, too, if he chooses,
the southern planter must buy
the western grown bread stuffs; and
meat, and even butter 40 we'll. The
northwest which has been settled msin.
ly during the past ten, twenty, thirty or
forty years has already outstripped the
old south, and the one reason more
than any other which accounts for this
wonderful development is the fact that
this section produces the articles which
| ind . universal sale in the worlds
markets. As = rule the farmer who can
send bresdstuffs and meat products to
market-and send them, too, not when
they are ripe, and are liable to spoil,
but when he gets ready to do so--that
farmer 10 the one who will gain the
greatest degree of prosperity.
When therefore the eastern farmer
who is thinking OF leaving the crowded
east with its high priced land and not
very good land vt that, is tempted to 60
south he will do we'll to remember the
suggestions above made. Not only is the
northwest more healthful, but it offers
y better soil which will produce articles
Of a more universal demand than the
south. The land is cheaper and there is
year by year less risk either of . loss OF
crop or OF q glut in the market. Any
man who will investigate the advan-
tsges aud DISADVANTAGES of the two Sec
tons with his eyes open will conclude
that the suggestions above made are
pregnant with truth. For all around
prosperity the northwest 10 today the
most promising section in the whole
country for the intending settler.
Better social Advantages Of the
Northwest.
Thus far in this contrast between the
northwest and the south. mention has
been made of the superior health,ul.
ness OF the climate and productiveness
| Of the soil of the former over the latter.
The only comparison now left is that of
the social conditions of the two sections.
In the south there have always been,
and slill are, substantially three Glasses
the so-cslled "best families" the poor
white trash and the negroes. It is .
we'll known fact, though there may be
exceptions here and there, that the
lrst families do not recognise persons
out of their set. Those who 20 from
the north q . rule are apt to find them
selves severely let alone in = social way.
unless they associate with the lower
class Of whites and even these some
times regard northerners with suspi
cion. What il true in social matters 10
also true of the church and the schools