Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-27
STATE OF WISCONSIN

only for the farmer but capitalist.
STILL ROOM FOR MORE.
But the northern part of our
state is still open to the poorest i'm
migrant. Capital alone cannot build
the state. There are still forests to
cut down and cheap good land for
all. Andrew Carnegie once placed
the money value of an immigrant
at 81, 900. We want immigrants in
our state as we'll as capital. Wiscon-
sin still has ample room for thou
sands. We can assure every honest
and willing man an abundance of
good cheap land, chance to build
little home, good schools for his
children, and boundless opportun1-
ties for his sturdy sons. The strength
of the nation, after all, is in the
bone and sinew of its people-a
wealth which cannot be estimated.
Wisconsin invites the capitalist.
the farmer and the humble worker.
Whatever may be said of the
tyranny of monopolies and the
money power in other parts OF this
great land, Wisconsin, young.
strong, vigorous and untainted.
offers her natural gifts, her bene-
ficent laws and equality of op
pOrtunity" to all.
CRADLE OF THE NORTHWEST.
Wisconsin may well be designated
the cradle of the great northwest.
1t was here that northwestern
civilization began and spread,
through the efforts of the early
explorers, over what are now the
great wealth producing states of
Minnesota, North and South Dokota.
In the mighty constructive period
that has elapsed since Wisconsin's
settlement, the people of this great
commonwealth can point with pride
to the fact that it has steadily
maintained It's place in the onward
march of progress until today it is
at the fore front of development in
the production of wealth, in the
arts and the sciences. The population
of Wisconsin is 2,22S, 949, and the
value of its agricultural products
is as follows:
Wheat, 2,700, 913 bushels, $685.
7O1; corn, 1,766, 80 bushels, $16,-
916, 926; oats. 72,493, 843 bushels,
$50, O6O, 749; flax, 116, 372 bushels,
$121, 677; barley, 21,O98, 4O2 bushels,
$9,OO5, 1927; hay. 1914, 777,119, value
I of 1882, 954 tons; potatoes, 9,84S,-
! 206 bushels, value S., 743, e78; cattle
and CALVES, sold or consumed, value
$12, 617, GA; number on hand valued
at $40, 602, 016; hogs, sold or con-
sumed, value, $40, O98, 791; number
on hand valued at S., 246, 021; sheep
and lambs, sold or consumed, value
ST., 347, SOB, on hand valued at So
420, 789 pounds Of wool, 1886, O39,
valued at $1,015,6 500; number of
mich COWS, 1887, 90, valued at
$50, 784, 377; value of fruit (berries
only reported, J $5O3, $50.
100000 ACRES OPEN.
There are at present about 1OO,-
900 acres of farm lands subject TO
entry. The total assessed valuation
Of the state is; Real estate, 81, 513,-
335, 381; personally, $439, 1854, 618;
total, 1852, 100000.
The schedules of manufactures
have not been compiled, and it is
impossible at this time to answer
questions relating to this subject.
The value of dairy products, ex-
elusive of the amount produced by
creameries and cheese factories, is
as follows: Butter, 34,62O, 397
pounds, value, $6, $50, 2O7; cheese,
1874, $50 pounds, value $173, 422.
These values are insignificant, as
compared with the value of the
creamery and cheese factory pro
ducts.
The following statement of the re-
sources of the national, state and
savings banks of Wisconsin is taken
from the report of the commissioner
of banking for 1905.
Loans and discounts. $40, 2O4 233 90
Bonds, stocks and securities. -. 28848,241 II
Cash on hand & due from banks. 4S764.87987
All other resources. ........... 1884, $50 SO
Total resources. j. ......... 1926, POI, 685. "a