The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-04-04

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achieved one thing which promises
well for the city. In cooperation with
the Woman's exchange rest rooms
will be established so that the thou
sands of farmers and their women and
children Will have place as headquar-
tiers while in the city to buy and sell.
This rest room" idea is one of the
activities of the American League of
Civic Improvement, Of which Profes-
sor Zuebleik Of Chicago university is
president. Headquarters, however,
are in Springfield, O., and Miss Jessie
NJ Good is the secretary. 1t has many
objects and offers lectures for any city
or town desiring to secure the equip
ment. The rates for lantern slide sets,
including type written lecture, are as
follows: Five dollars for sets of flf-
ty s. for half sets; $3.50 for double
sets In every case cost of shipment
and return must be added.
Huch Settlement Up North.
All reports are for q recOrd-break-
ing of settlement in upper Wisconsin
this year. For some years now, begin
ming with that superb illustrated pam
phlet by Professor Henry and his staff,
been advertised and tue attractive pict-
ure of land at from So to $15 an acre
on which the settler may be happy
and get his living, while he clears up
the tract, has lodged in the magma
lions of men in southern Wisconsin,
and in the prairies of Illinois and Iowa,
where they may be renters. The fact
is to clear one Of these forest farms
| is one of the hardest kind of work.
1t can be done and the children come
| into a good property and often the ia
| theirs later years cheered by a good
| ly possession; but it takes at least ten
| years toll to clear the stumps on any
considerable tract However. there is
| a good living There are working men
| getting $1.25 day and saving moth
| ing who could clear that amount cut
| ting flreWOod on a northern WiscOn-
| sin farm; and every stick they cut
and get out of the way would add to
the value of their land 1t is a sim
pie, healthful happy life, If one Sc
| lects promising locality and the value
of the lands is constantly increasing.
Those who hold large tracts for invest
ment and rarely go near them esti-
mate that the increased value is at
| least 81 an acre a year and the tale of
| profits of land concerns that got in
early, beginning twenty or more years
ago 10y buying tax titles, reads like a
story from tine Arabian Nights
| 1t lis q strange thing about land val
ues- Prices often have little relation
| to fertility values. North Dakota
wheat lands that command $40 an
| acre are said to be inferior by experts
to choice Missouri lands that will
! produce more and better wheat: vet
the latter can be bought for 500 an
acre Perhaps it is because people
! do not want to live i'm Missouri. or is
/ yertiSed2
Speaking of new settlements III
! north, the Wisconsin Central has lust
! sent two special passenger trains car
rying nearly 1000 Dunkards and three
special freight trains bearing their
| personal effects into North Dakota,
near the Manitoba line, where many Of
their brethren have previously gone.
They come from all parts of the east.
but mainly from Pennsylvania, Vir-
ginia and Ohio They have purchased
thousands OF acres of land.
ar. St;ckney's Arguments.
A. j. Frame, the Waukesha banker,
who may go to congress, has written
much in opposition to the asset cur
rency and branch banking proposals.
| His view is summed up by a para graph
/ in answer to President Stickney of the
Chicago Great Western railway. Mr..
| Stickney argues that the United
States sub-treasury system should be
abolished; that great central bank,
like the Bank of England, should be or
! Sanized in New York. which would be
the bank Of banks, holding all of their
gold reserves, and be the only bank
! handling the nations finances. This.
of course. would abolish all present
government repositories AS Great
Britain has 129 great banks with over
5000 branches, his parallel for the
United States would indicate, say. 25O
large central banks with more than 10.
others as tails to the big kites. In
short, his scheme is simply to reyolu-
tionize our banking system. Mr..
! Frame replied: Il do not think that
10000 banks in the United States care
to have any mOnopolistic brood of $50
great central banks politely or other
wise say to them, either sell out Or