New-York tribune., 1910-05-10

fruits and the bi-products Of livestock
worth more than 81. coo oco,o1 The value of
the livestock owned BY the farmers was as
much. and the sssesseble value of real and
personal property was more than three
times as much. The mines in the same
year produced s1zo,cooooo worth of metals,
and the value of the lumber produced was
$50 0eaOa0. And the potentialities Of the soil,
considering the desirable area still unoc-
cupied, and not adding thereto the millions
of acres that will become available through
irrigation, show a possibility Of an increase
in the value OF productions many fold
greater than the showing OF 1905
Much Is said about the thousands of
settlers who are going over the border into
Canada But not enough is said of the
thousands who are going into this great
Western country. with its splendid systems
Of transportation and available markets.
and all under the American system of gov
eminent Ignorance OF what may be OBJ
tained in the states through which the old
trails ran Is responsible for the divergence
to the Canadian country
The gateways 10 the lands of great pro-
ductivity are Omaha and Kansas City
Nebraska and Kansas have an enduring
reputation as prosperous states This pros
perity used 70 be confined to the river val
leys and the eastern sections. With irriga-
ton not bit of either state will be un-
available for cultivation. The government
has stepped in in these states and in Colo
RADIO and Wyoming and California with ir-
rigation aid Oregon and Washington are
receiving help. Like the railroads. with
their means of transportation, this method
in
tity and unfailingly. will draw settlers in
increasing numbers.
Prospects Based on Achievements.
In the matter OF opening up the country
the railroads and their responsible agents
and the private companies that have un-
dertaken to open up great tracts Of land
are holding out none Of the elusive promises
usual II doubtful enterprises. There IS
nothing doubtful about the results pos
sible. Every prospect Is bright. and every
offer is based on previous omplishment
Figures tell the story, and the best agent
is the settler on the ground.
The improvements ma aking in irrigat ton
have their centres in many old cornuni-
ties, and where new towns are being built
the centre Of attraction is always the
preparation for settled conditions-schools,
churches and landscape gardening. Those
who take up lands find everything pre-
pared for them and their families to min
lrnize the srrsngeness Of the surroundings.
Kansas and Nebraska and the other states
have adopted the best of the East in their
town models The settler will find as a
general thing the New England central
square Of common, with its greenery IN
lawn and trees, with the bordering school
and church. II spells home for the new
conner.
Throughout the eight states the cities and
towns are remarkably free from the slum
element. There is an abiding vigorousness
among the people that has no room for the
slothful. This vigor is in the air New
Corners find charity as broad as the breadth
OF the prairies, a striving for the better
things Of life more virile than in the more
circumscribed communities Of the further
East. And no man who does not choose to
take UP land need lack for remunerative
employment. The choice IS broad. The con-
ditions are ideal