Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-08-16
LAND MEN ORGANIZE.
Meeting Held in Milwaukee Which viii
Result in Great Benefit to Land
Owners in Northern Wisconsin.

iZou Ihc Wisconsin industrial aSSOcia-
ton.
For long time, We might say years,
there have been all kinds of schemes
mapped out and tried by those who
held vast tracts of cut over lands. to
dispose OF the same. They are rich
lands and only need the work of
thrifty men to make them as fine
farms as can be made anywhere, and
worth ten times as much as farms i'm
any part of Canada. We say Canada
because there has been such an exodus
to thai country the past few years.
because of the cheap lands offered.
Today those men are coming back i'm
hordes. The soil, perhaps, is good
enough up there, but there is lack
OF water, and crops dry up in the
summer time, and the winters.
which last fully eight months of the
year, with no fuel to keep warm, have
driven number back to the states.
Here it is different. On the lands
which the above named organization
proposes to sell in Wisconsin there is
sufficient timber, in many instances,
for the construction of houses and
barns and sufficient fuel for years.
Those who attended the meeting
from Wausau were: b. Heinemann
and son, Gus: w. HI. Mylrea and G.
D. Jones. The meeting was largely
attended and very enthusiastic, and
those present represented 100000
acres and 1t was planned to raise $50
900 to push the work The following
officers and directors were elected
Pres.--J. T. Barber, Eau Claire.
Vice-Pres.-P. A. Martineau, Mari
nette.
Sec'y-John G. Owen, Owen.
Treas.-Benjamin Heinemann, Wau-
sau.
Directors-Three years, J. T. Bar
Der, Eau Claire; A. L. Ainsworth,
Chippewa Falls; w. FL. Mylrea, Wau-
san; j. G. Owen, Owen; w. H. Killen,
Appleton; K. p. Arpin, Grand Rap
ids; A. II. STANCE, Merrill; G. E. Fos-
ter, Mellen; A. W. Brown, Rhinelan-
der. Two years: Nj. j. Wallrich,
Shawano; P. A. Martineau, Marinette:
L. j. Birmingham, Madison; C. S.
Pierce, Milwaukee: G. X. Ellingson,
Hawkins; George McKerrow, Pewau-
kee; Robert Gates, Milwaukee; Ralph
Skidmore, Marinette. One year: +.
z. Hixon, La Crosse; Arthur Holt, 0.
E. Ellis, Gconto; W. HI. Miner, Me-
nasha; Harry Keith, Crandon; Rich
ard Meyer, Jr., Lancaster; g. ID.
Jones, Wausau; George III. Atwood,
Park Falls.
A. d. Campbell, state immigration
commissioner, said:
The possibilities of this movement
are difficult to estimate. 1t is
movement In which the people of the
entire state of Wisconsin are equal
to those OF many states, and yet one
third OF our total territory is un-
developed. We have land equal to any
in the world. we have splendid
waterpower. We have mineral, stone
and granite We have wonderfully
beautiful state, with its thousands of
lakes, which In summer time should
be the playground of the middle west;
are lying idle and almost untouched.
The question at issue is whether Wis
conSin is to awaken to its opportuni-
ties or to sit still and let other states
outstrip her. We have a great dairy
state, and we have a fruit growing
state that If properly developed will
surpass the much boasted irrigated
sections of the far west. We must
bring our resources to the attention
of the American people. We must at
tract the people to the state to de-
yelop these resources.
The subject is an immense one. 1t
not only interests the people in the
undeveloped sections of the state, but
it interests every business man in
Wisconsin and every city in the state.
Fill up our vacant lands, develop our
undeveloped resources and we can
double and treble our population and
the enormous value OF this to every
community can be appreciated.
Let us look at the matter from one
point of view; our agricultural de-
yelOpment involves more than ten
millions of acres of excellent land 1t
is now aSSesSible at about So per acre.
When developed it will be worth 800
per acre and means an increased valu-
alton of a billion dollars, or one-half
of the whole assessed value of the
state in 1905. At first glance they
may appear high estimate, but it is
consistent with the views of the best
judges. Besides 1t must be considered
that the development of this adjacent
region will materially increase the
eleven million acres now improved in
the state.
Our one million horse power of I'M
used water calls for development and
investment. Our minerals, granite,
building stone, clays and other de-
positS; our resources as fruit grow
ing state; our advantages as summer
resort, all these await action. Why
should our capital seek the Pacific
coast and the tropic for investment?
Why should not the land interests, the
commercial interests, the financial in
terests join in developing Wisconsin
and thus join in helping themselves ?
1t would be conservative to say
that the total for which there is
opportunity for development in Wis
consin would mean at least two bill
lions of increased wealth. A tax of
one mill on this would mean revenue
of S2,U0O,000 to the state. An earning
capacity on this value would mean
sl20, 100000 per year to banks, manu-
lecturers and to the pockets of the
p ole.
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