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

There is rejoicing in some of the
southern states over the novel eXper-
fence of marking a growth in the pop
ulation. Such sensation would not
cause much comment i'll 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. THY have
not stopped coming and will not do 50
as long us fertile lands can be bought
at fair prices.
For the first time i'll decades the
south is attracting attention, and na-
turaIiy 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 for
$4,000 acres more. A Memphis firm
has sold since September 2l,675 acres,
while Il 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, together
with the milder climate and the cheap
er living, are proving attractive to a
certain class. On the the other hand,
the short crops of the past season in
some of the northwestern states, no
tably Nebraska, North and Soth Dako-
TIA and Kansas, have influenced some
changes. But it is fact, of which the
Democrat has information, that Iowa
is not furnishing it's share, according
to population, of those who are look.
ing southwark for new homes. There
: is unquestioned evidence that the Iowa
farmer is not leaving certainty fol
an experiment, and furthermore, that
the discontented class in this state is
smaller than in any of the other states
named.
The northern farmer who goes south
will meet with certain advantages
This is undeniable. lie will find the
cost of fuel lower than it is here. lie
will see shorter winters or none. And
he will get land that will cost him less
: per acre. But the acres he buys will
not be fertile; the school houses will be
much further apart; and all the adyan
tages that 60 to make life enjoyable
, will not be found to the degree that
they are shared here. The farmer who
. cannot make money in the north will
ldil w hdAO ~ III uhJ pOulHClii otoOO
while he will have to contend with
many things he knows nothing ofhere
Before an Iowan decides to leave the
fairest state in the union, the Demo
crat advises him to take a railroad ride
across the state, and then do the same
thing by Georgia, Alabama or Mississ
ippi. In Iowa he will see evidence OF
: thrift and happinest every mile. In the
southern states named he will wonder
where and how the people live, that is
: the agricultural classes, for southern
l cities are not unlike northern cities
| The Iowan who thinks he can better
5 his condition by growing cotton, to
bacco, or fruits will demonstrate to his
own satisfaction that he is mistaken
5 But the experiment will cost money
3 and time. Don't try it.-Dacenporl
Democrat.
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