The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-12-31
WORD OF ADVICE
TO UNION MEN

AS this editorial Is written for your
express benefit it Is hoped you will
take the time to read ut carefully
and give it's subject matter your most
earnest consideration.
! You know as we'll as we, that for
many years back the young men of
our nation have been flocking to
the cities, and in consequence there
of every line of endeavor, whether
| it be business enterprise, mechanical
| trade, or the ordinary vocation of
the laborer, Is, in the matter Of the
| number of men available, fully up to
the maximum of every requirement
Of good times and in excess of the
requirement during seasons Of de-
preston.
It would not serve any good pur-
pose to discuss here the causes that
produce in society this forever al
ternating between seasons of good
times and seasons Of hard times. It
seems that from the beginning Of
time prosperity and adversely have
been in a constant struggle, with the
result that som etimes the one is in
the ascendancy for time and some-
times the other
! Whatever be the explanation Of
this phenomenon the man Of wisdom
and foresight, will in measurably
prosperous times make provisions for
the future, and it Is our deliberate
| Judgment that there Is no more ef-
! fective way of doing this than by
securing a piece of land, to which
he can go when work no matter
from what cause is no longer avail
able. This is not merely our opinion
but is the opinion Of the wisest and
best men in the nation.
| Now as to the location in which
to make your selection. It has been
| demonstrated again and again that
the Individual will ultimately be much
better off, and endure less hardship
by casting his lot on lands in Min
nesota and tributary to Duluth, than
by giving heed to the extravagant
claims made for land opportunities
| either west or south.
Distance lands enchantment to a
| story as we'll as to the view. If one
! solitary individual in the west or
south chances by an accidental COM
bination of circumstances to prosper
| fairly we'll, the praises of that Sec
ton of country are sounded by
boosters and land SPECTATORS from
one end Of the continent to the
| other; but not one word is said about
the hundreds of equally good men
who have failed to find either the
west or south the paradise that was
pictured to them and under whose
spell they were prevailed upon to
| leave Minnesota.
It was this proneness of giving
! heed to what one individual had
J realized to the utter overlooking of
| the thousands who did not realize
! anything that made the Louisiana
state lottery so popular in its day.
It Is high time to direct the at
tention of the young men of Min
nesota. and middle aged too. to the
agricultural possibilities that lie at
their own doors, and not suffer them
to be misled by the allurements of
distant prospects, much less meritor-
J ious than the opportunities near
| home.
Facts are stubborn things to over
come. They may be swamped and
obscured for time by inflated
prices, lying circulars boom PROPOSE
lions and other means Of misrepre-
! sentation, but in spite Of these, the
facts will be prevail eventually, merit
will win and the supremacy of Min
nesota lands will be clearly manifest
! The Industrious farmer anywhere
in Minnesota, and particularly on
! lands tributary to Duluth, who even
! Int ILL., I>i~ l,,+~ 30
land, is sure of reaping an abundant
; harvest every year. His cereals, hay,
root crops, vegetables, and acclimated
! fruits never fail him. He has nothing
to fear from storms, syclones, hur-
ricanes, premature frosts, and other
causes that often prove so disastrous
to agriculturists and fruit raisers
both in the west and south. He has
a ready market at good prices for
all his products, and the distance to
that market Is so insignificant, that
transportation facilities and charges
do not worry him.
Let us take concrete illustration.
There is the Township of Meadow
lands for instance a few miles north
west of Duluth, and tributary to two
railroads. This township offers the
individual of limited means a rare
opportunity to become Independent
! and prosperous either at farming pro-
per, or at truck farming, gardening.
poultry raising or celery culture. An
attractive feature of the Meadow
! lands proposition is that a man does
not have to wait two or three years
I to bring his land into state of Guilt
walton. The great fire which swept