Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-04-26
Favors Developing State Re-
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Favors Developing State Re-
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Every speaker and every worker
during the election campaign now
about to open should embrace such
opportunities as are afforded them of
creating sentiment in favor of the
development of the resources of the
state. State development SHOULD be
urged in the platforms of the politi-
cal parties. It should be talked about
on the platform and on the stump.
1t should be everywhere not only the
subject of conversation but the aim
of determined effort.
For Minnesota is-Quite capable of
supporting twenty times Its present
population: There is no-.reason why
it's cities shoQld..not bel. the seats: oil
important and varied INDUSTRIES It
has hundreds of thousands OF acres
Of Wilderness lands which only need
the settlers touch to be changed in
to smiling farms. It has the rich
est deposits in the world Of the most
useful minerals. 1t is the home of
the White Pine, Of all timber the
most widely useful, and::under proper
forest laws may continue to furnish
indefinitely the builder, the--carpent-
er and the cabinet maker with their
raw material. lit is the worlds
breadbasket-the great state of bread
and butter. 1t has everything in it
tnat nature can furnish to make it
the greatest dairying..and stock rails
ing state in the Union.
A man dOesn' t need to be prophet
TO see that state so favored by a
kindly providence has good future
before it. That future is near or
distant in proportion to the activity
of the people of the state and the
government of the state in develop
ing it's great resources. We can hast
en- it by activity, or delay it by mac
tion. Can there be any question in
which direction our..interest.. lies?
Public sentiment .on this subject
has recently been aroused by a num-
Der Of writer's who have urged with
great force the Importance of Great
ing d widespread sentiment in favor
of the adoption of a new and vigorous
policy of state development. They
believe in makingssit an issue in the
campaign which all parties may unite
to advance. For years, they say,
practically nothing has been done to
attract either settlers or capital to
the state. The advantages of the |
remotest and bleakest parts OF Can
ada are being made to appear greater
through the extraordinary advertis-
ing campaign Of it's government
than those of the most productive
lands in our most fertile counties. |
Nor has anything been done by our
state government and but little by |
most of the greater or lesser cities |
to encourage the establishment of |
new industries in the state. In this
respect Iowa to the south and Wis
consin to the east are forging ahead
of us while Minnesota is not only
not progressing but actually retro
grading.
Herein is food for thought. Are
we doing our duty as citizens of the
state in permitting it to lag in the
rear in the march of progress? Is it
not high time that some one sounded
the alarm? Can we any too soon in
augurate a vigorous campaign for
the fuller development Of the re-
sources of our beloved state?-Moor-
head News.
The Gentle Art of Chewing.
Great are the virtues of poltophagy.
1t will not avail you to apply to
Webster's dictionary, or to the Cen
fury, orto the Encyclopaedia, for you
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