Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-05-02
IOWA GOOD ENOUGH.

There is rejoicing in some of the
southern states over the novel exper-
fence of marking growth in the pop
ulation. Such sensation would not
cause much comment in any of the
northwestern states, for the reason
that it has been common for many
years. Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, the
DakOtaS and other states have drawn
thousands of settlers from New Eng
land, New York and Pennsylvania,
also from foreign counties. Th y have
not stopped coming and will not do so
as long us fertile lands Can be bought
at lair prices.
For the first time in decades the
south is attracting attention, and Ma
turally the papers and the railroads of
that section are making the most of it.
They give figures of the sales of real
estate to alleged farmers of the north,
forgetting that the ability to buy in
the south depends on the ability to sell
in the north. AS sales of real estate are
not of more surprising frequency than
in former years it follows that the class
of immigrants about which the south
has so much to say must be renters
or those of limited means. With this
explanation the following figures will
be better understood: "A firm in Allan
ia claims to have sold 2,740 acres with
in three months, while it has orders fol
$4,000 acres more. A Memphis firm
has sold since September 21,675 acres
while a Chattanooga real estate agent
modestly points to thirty farms dispos
ed of to northerners.
There is no doubt that the cheap
lands of the southern states, tOgethe1
with the milder climate and the cheap
Ell living, are proving attractive to ;
certain class. On the the other hand
the short crops of the past season il
some of the northwestern states, no
tably Nebraska, North and Soth Dako
ia and Kansas, have influenced som'
changes. But it is fact, of which thu
Democrat has information, that low;
is not furnishing its share, according
to population, of those who are look
ing southwark for new homes. Ther'
is unquestioned evidence that the low;
farmer is not leaving certainty 70
an experiment, and furthermore, tina
the discontinued class in this state i
smaller than in any of the other state
named.
The northern farmer who goes soutl
will meet with certain advantages
This is undeniable. lie will find tn,
cost of fuel lower than it is here. Ill
will see shorter winters or none. Ant
he will get land that will cost him les
per acre. But the acres he buys will
not be fertile; the school houses will b.
much further apart; and all the advan
tages that 60 to make life enjoyable
will not be found to the degree tina
they are shared here. The farmer wh'
cannot make money in the north vii
fail to make it in any southern state
while he will have to contend will
many things he knows nothing of here
Before an Iowan decides to leave TIN
fairest state in the union, the Demo
crat advises him to take a railroad rid
across the state, and then do the same
thing by Georgia, Alabama or Mississ
ippi. In Iowa he will see evidence o
thrift and happinest every mile. In tn
southern states named he will wonde
where and how the people live, that is
the agricultural classes, for southern
cities are not unlike northern cities
The Iowan who thinks he can bette
his condition by growing cotton, to
baccO, or fruits will demonstrate to hi
own satisfaction that he is mistaken
But the experiment will cost none.
and time. Don't try it.--Dacenpor
Democrat.
Small how IaciIal HEnn ,uIiDp la,