The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-08
YHE GALL or THE NoRTHHIsr.
To the Unemployed II Orers Good Wages,
o Fine Country, Health and Content.

To rHB EpIToB OF TIRE SuN-Sir: Wa
constantly read strange accounts OF The
army OF the unemployed In the large c!tles:
OF the vast throngs who daily tramp tbs
streets, seeking in vain for work OF apy
kind for 4 mere pittance to satisfy the psnss
OF hunger; Of how men sell themselves az
sla to the highest bidder and families
are thrust out on the street homeless, PENN.
less and In dlstress because the husband or
father can find nothing to do.
II such men are willing to work why
don't they come to the Northw est. espe.
oially Minnesota. where the farmers are !,
dire need OF helpr Farm hands are scarce
and wages high. 1t Is the most serious
problem the farmer has to contend with.
Wouldn't It be more sensible and humane
to fu rnish free transportation for the hungry
idle TO the big meadows and wheat fields
OF the Northwest than to encourage shift
~lessness by free bread and charity SCUM,
I Am q widow. and with only the help Of an
old maid cousin am operating a 200 acre
dairy farm. During the rush OF seed time.
hsyins and harvest I employ from one to
four men with teams, but the balance of
the year my cousin and l have done much
Of the farm and dairy work alone. caring
for stock during the winter because there Is
not even q chore boy to be found. | ha We
one gOOO nanu now, Dut j ndo 10 import him
from another State.
We have one OF the finest farming coun.
tries 10 the West. The prairie is gently
rolling, with here and there patches OF
timber or groves around the buildings for
shelter. There are q small lakes con.
tsining Q great variety Of fsh.. Osakir
where I live. is a village Of 2 900 inhabitants.
In Douglas county. 1876 miles northwe est OF
the Twin Cities. Situated on the banks Of
Osakis Lake 1t ID not only q commercial
centre for the surrounding farming section
but with the natural beauty of the woods
and parks and the pebbly beach Of the lake
1t has an attraction for pleasure seekers.
Visitors come here from New York. Chicag.,
New Orleans. st. Louis and Omaha for the
ssssea' 1.-The The ,n Lake III t. iy e d %ilsd vide Ss and
conceivable craft from a gas launch to
steam, row or sail boat;
~ Ths I'LL is a 1 hEsIsvE !, h tss n Loan v EsaYi, h.Y,
Of the Northwest. Small grain Is Iook Seas
crop 70 With modern improved macSI %esy
on a rang plough. turning several burrows
ct once. or q twelve foot disc drill will seed
. field double quick. for there e, neither
natures SO quickly It can almost be seem
and ten days from time OF seeding. When
tne ntylDB tHne cOuloS lne WOTk IN rushed
followed 10 twenty-four hours after cutting
by twelve foot hay Takes. followed by hay
buckers that. bring the lonH windows TO the
stack. and q hay stacker operated by q man,
boy and one horse will stack twelve or
fifteen tons In a day. The climate Is nne
and the v%iEor9Ss. bee hearty Looking people
sources of profit IL the dairy business The
farmers separate. the cream and sell It
to the cream stations or they run .coopera.
into butter and shipped East. Many
farms, lie idle for the want OF renters:
Wealthy retired farmers who have moved
to town will frequently. stock a farm with
cove. sheep. pigs. chickens. furnish farm
m IIsSIs rsn and M ssed s n n to ,s seG%,s 2 hi r..
gasolene engines for grinding their own feed,
saving wood. &c, to save hiring extra help.
We. have rural telephones connecting Us
with the surrounding towns n villages:
also rural free delivery and good schools
sap SnOl peopie. The are Sor sfS ss1e p so"nsry
and its Commonw ealths are particularly
prosperous. with plenty Of home comforts.
money plentiful, good credit. and we do
not feel. the. financial depression that has
eG e' sautSer rnr and S31 middle e'f States 81 '"e ''F
Our rural homes contain books. maya
zine literature OF best kind; organs. pianos,
phonographs. and we enjoy occasional
lectures or concerts at the farmers insti-
good healthy sfts g Bodies les and Gear ies brains BRAINS. VIZ ~
eggs and unaduiterated milk. The lakes
give us fish and the woods with their flowers
and birds are our sprinatime delight.
any people are IN quest tH Of homes Or " Te RI
OsAKIs, MINI, June 8.