Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-12-01
WISCONSIN DAY AT CHICAGO
LAND SHOW.
A Portion of the Remarks Made by
Hon. w. n. Mylrea, of Wausau,
Wisconsin, at the Land Show
Held at the Coliseum, in
Chicago, on Nov. rs.

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sociation 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
best evidences of material prosperity
in two ways: First, it gathers to-
yether from the, different states the
that can be found. Second, it brings
10 the Show teachers who tell the
story Of its great development At
the land show some of the people
ire present for amusement only.
The great bulk OF the students, how
ever, are serious minded people, seek
ing information. This information
is sought for the purpose of secur-
| ing a permanent home or for the
purpose of exchanging their present
home to one with more advantages.
Land of Opportunity.
"Wisconsin comedies most of the
advantages claimed by other state
confident that full understanding
If our state brings conviction that
Wisconsin is truly the :l4and of OPP
portunity." To fully realize the i'm
| oortance of the complete knowledge
| If the conditions confronting us, al
| ow me to call attention to few
| pertinent facts.
I'm 1860 the total population of
! the United States was but little in
syt ess of $1,000, 600 The census OF
i91o gives the population of the Uni
| ed States in even numbers at So
| 100. coo. This shows that the pOpu-
| alton under our present government
las tre5led in fifty years. Vital sta
| istics show that the births exceed
| he deaths by over 100000 per an
| ,um, in a continually increasing ra-
| 10. For several years foreign lmml-
| ration has swel'ed our umbers All
| >ther 100000 per annum and in
| fifteen years, In all probability, there
will be added To the population OF
mis- country over 81 100000 people
Should the population of the United
States Increase as fast during the
ensuing fifty years, it is safe to say
| that our population in 1860 would
lot lie far frIE, 300, 900, 0o1 people
How must this affect the ever in
| reasing price Of land?
TilIable Land Area.
tine great bulk of tho land sus-
,eptible of profitable cultivation lies
east of the Rocky Mountains. From
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 agrlcul
| ture Going west from the Missourl
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
Dared 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
If 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 cert of the farming area Of
Wisconsin has yet been taken by
| farmers. The dairy products are in
creasing each year by leaps and
bounds and in four years, at the
present ratio of increase, Wisconsin
pie each year more than all the gold
mined under the American flag.
Wisconsin's Increasing Values
"A gold-producing area, once
mined, is closed forever. The coal
mines, once stripped, are worthless.
The tillable lands of Wisconsin, aid
ed by the great agricultural college,
becomes increasingly fertile year by
year The old theory that land will
wear out has passed away. We are
learning each year that land must
be fed the same as people and live
stock which live upon it. When the
coal mines Of Pennsylvania are clos
ed forever, the water power of the
upper part of Wisconsin will have
been fully developed and become
more valuable year by year in pro-
portion as the manufacturing indus
tries increase, and aid to sustain the
great population that must come to
it's borders.