Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-06-30
PRICE is UPWARD

PRICE is UPWARD
Land, the source the worlds food
supply and raiment, constitutes the
ideal form of investment. The con-
stant increase in the value of land.
the unearned increment, has been.
directly, the basis of nearly all the
great fortunes of history.
Lands, hitherto untitled, are rapid.
ly being put under cultivation and
science is constantly seeking new
methods of making lands more pro-
ductiye, but to both these there
comes at last a limit, and--what
then?
Heretofore the great areas Of free
government lands have furnished the
pioneer with home, but these free
government lands are now practical
~ a thing of the past, and today the
people of the United States are land
hungry. From crowded Europe there
still comes shiploads Of people and
the cry of these newcomers as we'll
as of native born Americans ID
Give us Land"
Indeed wherep The end of new
cheap land in the United States is
now in sight and the population is
growing at the rate of three millions
year. 1t doubles itself every
twenty-seven years. Last year over
million and half of people came
across the Atlantic to the United
States and our natural increase is
certainly million and half more.
Try to cast your mind twenty 1--we or
thirty years ahead. At that time we
shall have, 15O,oo0.Oo0 or 100, ,O0O, 600
people. What shall we do with them?
How shall we feed them2 The oppor-.5
tunity now offered of acquiring laad
is rapidly passing away. Your
children will have to pay more than
you to secure productive land. Prices
are bound to advance much faster in
the future than in the past, because
demand is increasing and supply is
decreasing two essential facts that
govern the price of any staple article.
Would il not be wise to become
the owner Of a place Of land, share
IN this ever increasing wealth.
South Dakota land offers better
return on your investment OF capital
and labor than other land In the
world today.
Good fertile farming land at sl5. 90
| i'ensssea'<, 4 and upward; accordsng to
location and improvements. Think Of
it! Land in our own country, in the
state where Corn is king" ;land that
Is not confined to speciality farming
that needs no irrigation, that does
not have to be "dry farmer; land
adapted by nature to diversified
farming under ordinary methods;
land where the laws, language.
religion, manners and customs of the
people are just about the same as
those to which you have always been
accustomed; such are the inducements
offered YOU in South Dakota needs.
you to help place her where nature
intended her to be the foremost
Agricultural state in the union. s
Lands in the more sparsely settled
western half Of the state are equally
fertile and productive. The prices are
based almost exclusively on their
improvements and proximity to good
market towns, anda price range Of /
sl5.O to $4,000 per acre will include
mostof the lands in this district; how
eyer.there are exceptional instances
in which prices are quarter at both
above and below these figures.
What h as made Nebraska, Iowa.
Illinois and Indiana SO rich, and put
the price of land there beyond all
hopes of the poor man? The great
wealth of these states has resulted
solely FROM their farm products. con-
sisting of corn, cattle, hogs, wheat.
wool-the necessities Of life. These
same staples, all of them, are the
products Of South Dakota the state
that now invites you to bome and
share in the peace and prospsrityin
which she abounds.
TOWNSHIP WELLS