The Falls City tribune., 1910-11-11
A PLEA FOR HOME INDUSTRY.
$25o,ooo Go Out of Richardson Count
Every Year, To Our Loss.

Brown County, Kansas has often
been spoken of as the garden spot Of
America. Richardson County, Nebras-
ka is a very close neighbor. The ma
jority of the people residing in Rich
ardson county, fail utterly to realize
that they are living in one of the
most favored spots in the whole
country. One cause for this lack of
appreciation lies in the natural dis
position of host people to take the
advantages to be found In their envir-
onment as a matter of course and to
seriously consider only the disadvan-
tages and Objectionable features. An.
other cause is TO be found in the
history of Richardson County. Con
ditions were not always SO we'll favor
ed. The time is mo- long past when
the gr%asshopper was a burden and
the hot winds burnt up what had
escaped the grasshopper. 1t was q
time that tried the courage Of our
pioneer. fathers. Things have chang
ed slowly So slowly that many; PEG.
pie scarcely noted the remarkable
change. Our harvests are not only
good, but we might almost add, tthey
never fail, The climate and soil
are favorable to the successful cult
walton of a very wide range of farm
products. Our markets are good and
becoming better each year. Prices
are higher. The climate Is not only
agreeable the year round but it is
remarkably healthful and bracing.
But all this Is an old story to most
of our people. They have forgotten
the past and seeing only the disad-
vantages of the present conditions.
they are able to find serious fault
with one of the most favored spots
in all Of Gods creation. But there
remains another course that inclines
many to fin dfault with Richardson
county, and monty too many irstan-
oes to sell their holdings here and
seek a more favorable place to olive.
1t is the Real Estate agents, who
have interests in other parts of the
country, paint thes good points, of
those new sections in such glowing
colors, that many of our people catch
the infection, become FESTIVE and fall
out entirely with grand old Richardso,
county, sell out and move away nee
essarily to the loss of the county
because they take with them the ac-
cumulations of many years.
Every year our county is robbed of
hundreds of thousands of dollars by
persons becoming dissatisfied move
away taking the wealth they accumu-
lated in the county and investing it
elsewhere. This is a serious loss to
the county. And some effort ought
to be put forth to discourage the
evil. We need our capital at home
for the exploiting of home industries.
Richardson county has wrapped up
within her environs undreamed of
possibilities. What is needed is cap.
ital to finance the development of
home industries.
We are investing our capital too
largely outside of the county and de-
pending too largely upon outside
sources for many of our needs. Home
industries would provide a larger and
more varied home market for the pro.
ducts of our farms. This in turn
will encourage farmers to raise. a
greater variety of products, a thing
for which Richardson county is pecu.
liarly suited and which would soon re
suit in increased farm values, a
breaking up of the large farms be.
cause of the necessity and demand
for intensive farming. Our pop.
ulation would double and treble and
our wealth be immensely increased.
There is one way by which this
disposition to invest outside the
county might be greatly modified. II
is by showing the people the excel.
lencies of the county. Instead OF