Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-11-28
WISCONSIN DAY AT THE LAND
SHOW.

Saturday was Wisconsin day at the
Land Show in Chicago, anu many
from all over the state were in attend
ance. Wisconsin's exhibit was some
thing of which it is to be.proud and
IS said to have been the best and most
extensive of the event.
Addresses were made by Secretary
OF State Frear, Former Governor
Hoard, Former Attorney General
Mylrea and P A. Ferguson.
Mr.. My.rea, who is the secretary
of the wisconsin Advancement Asso-
citation, said in part:
Today is Wisconsin Day at the
annual Land Show in Chicago. This
Land Show is one of the peoples
public schools. This school teaches in
TWO ways: First, it gathers together
from the different states the best evil
dences of material prosperity that
can be found Second, it brings to
the Show teachers who tell the story
OF Its great development. At the land
show some of the people are present
for amusement only. The great bulk
of the students, however, are serious
minded people, seeking information.
rms Information is sought for the
purpose of securing a permanent
home or for the purpose of exehang-
ing their present home to one with
more advantages.
Land of Opportunity.
Wisconsin comedies most of the
advantages claimed by other states,
confident that full understanding
OF our state brings conviction that
Wisconsin is truly the Land of OPP
portunity." To fully realize the i'm
pOrtance of the complete knowledge
of the conditions confronting us, al
low me to call attention to a few
pertinent facts.
In 1860 the total population of
the United States was but little in
excess of 100000. The census of
1910 gives the population of the Uni
ted States in even numbers at co.
OOO,OO0, This shows that the popu-
lation under our present government
mas trebled in fifty years. Vital sta
tistics show that the births exceed
the deaths by over 100000 per an
mum, in a continually increasing ra-
ito. For several years foreign immi-
grafton has swelled our numbers an
other 100000 per annum and in
fifteen years, in all probability, there
will be added to the population of
this country over 100000 people
Should the population of the United
States increase as fast during the en-
suing fifty years, it is safe to say that
our population in 1860 would not be
far from 3O0,OOO,OOO people. How
must this affect the ever increasing
price of land?
Tillable Land Area.
"The great bulk of the land sus-
Ceptible of profitable cultivation lies
east of the Rocky Mountains From
a line drawn north and south through
the city of Omaha as the traveller
goes west, he leaves behind him the
principal part of the United States
that receives the normal amount of
rain necessary for successful agricul- !
ture. Going west from the Missouri
river the rainfall continually decreas- |
es. Dry farming only partially sup
plies the deficit owing to want of
rain. Irrigation is expensive. 1t calls |
for Investment of capital beyond the
means of the ordinary man. Com
pared with the whole, the irrigated
area of the United States Is very
small.
"In addition to mining and manu-
featuring, Wisconsin is chiefly a
dairy state. According to the report
of the Dairy and Food Commissioner
of Wisconsin her cheese factories
equal in number the cheese factories
of all the other states combined. The
dairy product brings to the state each
year more than all the gold mined in
Alaska and five of the greatest gold
producing states Only so per cent.
of the farming area of Wisconsin has