Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-07
We HAVE THE RESOURCES
But we Need Some Kind of an Organization
to Induce Settlement.

duce, acre for acre, as much as the
highest priced in the country.
All through the congested manu-
featuring districts of the East are
hundreds OF families who have been
working 10 accumulate enough to get >
start on farm. As long as the good
times continued and while they had
steady work and goo4 wages these
people kept on accumulating, but with
the first approach of panic. lack of EN-
ployment and hard times, their thoughts
reverted to the farm for which they
had so lorsg been striving. These ars
the people as class who withdrew
their money from the banks. 1t repre-
sented their all to them. Many have
since invested in homes and farms, but
there are hundreds who have not done
so yet, and many of whom could be
induced to come here if some concerted
action was taken with this view in end
and the resources of this country
properly presented to them. There
never was better opportunity TO
secure large number of thrifty, in
dustrious settlers than now is offered
If these people could learn the truth
and the, whole truth in regard to
Marathon county and Central Wiscon-
sin, thousands of them could be in
duced to come here and take up the
lands which can now be secured so
cheaply.
While the land companies, which
own thousands of acres of lands here,
would undoubtedly be the ones to re-
ceive the first and greatest benefits
from an incursion of this nature, they
would not be the only ones to profit.
Every new farm started adds to the
permanency of our city, odds to its
business and growth, and every busi-
ness man and property owner profits,
directly or indirectly. For this reason
it is not only unfair, but shortsighted,
for our citizens to calmly sit by and
expect these land companies to be the
only ones to advertise the resources OF
this county. What we need is an
organization backed up by the business
men and citizens generally.
Lecturers with stereopticon views by
through these districts might
do much to stimulate interest in this
section, or it might be good idea to
offer every person certain sum Tor
every bonafide settler obtained by him,
but whatever means were employed
the principal and most important step
should be some kind of an organization,
having behind it the citizens OF this
city and county.
1t should be the duty of this organiza-
ton to gather reliable data in regard
to the resources of this section, infor-
nation of such character as to- be OF
interest to the prospective home seeker,
get out a good map of the county, show
ing not only the roads and schools, but
the location of creameries. cheese
factories, sawmills and other manu-
institutions, showing the
location of land which could be had at
a reasonable price and giving infor-
nation in regard to the soil in the
different districts.
This organization should include
upon its membership rolls leading men
of every town in the county, and
could be made strong factor in the
building up and development OF this
county.
If these thousands of homeseekers
now infesting the manufacturing dis
tricts, could but learn the truth in re-
gard to this section, could be made to
see the opportunities it presents and
the splendid future it possesses, thou
sands of acres of lands now lying idle
would soon be made productive.