The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-03-17
MANKATo FREE PRESS.
OUGHT TO BE DONE.

The proposal to send man to Chi
cago in the interests of this city, to
devote his time during portion or
the Exposition in interesting manu-
facturers and others in locating IN
Mankato, should not be allowed to
drop into oblivion, like so many other
plans for the advancement OF Man
kato. To the great exposition Will
come hundreds of small manufactur-
erS, having from $1,000 to $4,000 OF
{ cap tai, lookingfor new location In
the prosperous west, of which they
have heard 50 much. From all the
eastern states. from Maine to the
Carolinas they will come, seeking a
new location away from the close
( connection to which they are now
subjected and nearer to the expand
ing and profitable markets in the
great Mississippi andMissourl valleys
With this class Of people will come
thousands of well-to-do farmers who
are finding the soil Of the eastern
states yielding less remuneration for
their labor year by year, and they will
be looking for homes in the west
where the rich lOamy soil needs no
fertilizing to yield its abundance.
Another class of people for large
part in comfortable circumstances,
will come seeking homes in the smaller
cities of the west to seek health. Un-
able to withs tand the rigorous eli
mate of the Atlantic coast 1T is mat
ter of necessity that they seek another
climate, and it is their desire to locate
in small cities having good education
ial and social advantages.
n To the manufacturer Mankato of.
! ferS uneXcelled advantages in location,
shipping facilities, lightneSs OF taxes,
ETC., while to the health seeker there
is no more attractive city in the coun-
try. The clear. bracing air of Mime,
sofa is a tonic which heals many a
weak and shattered body, and Manka,
to is located in the mildeSt and most
SalubriOus portion of the state. Hell
educational and religious institutions
are numerous and add a refinement tc
I the people absent in some cities. FOl
the eastern farmer Blue Earth county
| is Garden of Eden, and her soil is in
stinct with life, returning ample com
pensation to the tiller.
But none of these desirable claSSe:
will ever hear of Mankato in more
than a cursory way unless the city i;
represented with man having wei
oiled and muscular jaw. The right
kind of a man, enthusiastic IN the
city's behalf, will get on the track O.
these home seekers and present thu
advantages of Mankato in way thai
will be irresistible. A ticket from
Chicago to this city will not cos
much and intending settlers can bt
sent to this city and then taken charge
of by committee of business men. 4
man on the ground can keep track O
these people at the Fair and introduce
them to our citizen who go to witness
the great Exposition, and in this man
ner additional influence will b.
brought to bear. An agent, .hayin'
100000 copies of 81 ort, pithy AM
well prepared boom folder, can d
more good than all the writeups tina
ever did or ever will occur in easter
papers. Get the people to look upol
our city and that will be sufficient
To look upon US is to be conquered
Such an agent once selected, ShOul'
be furnished with ample means, il
order that his mind may be mad
more enthusiast and that if necessar
he can purchase ticket to this cit
for some likely manufacturer. Their
should be raised the sum of $1,000
with WHICH to pay the expenses of tn
agent and print literature. The larg
real estate owners should 60 int
their pockets for a large portion Q
this money, and the citizens at larg
raise the balance. The citizens @
some little town in California deSer
would in half day raise $l0,0 TO
the purpose, with not one-tenth tn
advantages to present that Mankat
has.
This is the greatest copportunit
that was ever offered to Mankato t
secure new Industries and a desirabl
class of settlers. The question now il
shall we take advantage of it, or sha
we let some more enterprising cit
pick up that which would with
clinht effort fall Tn nnr shore