The Detroit times., 1912-05-16

/ Apples grow larger In that Beautiful
Land or Somewhere Else, hortlcul-
tural drawbacks are there Unknown,
and easy money and easy fruit are
! synonymous terms. In fact, ten
acres and an orchard" are dangled be-
fore the Michigan farmer I'm much the
mule" was used TO the Negro OF the
south In the reconstruction days.
From time immemorial distance has
roDed the mountains with an azure
| hue, charms are increased, defects un-
| seen. Tie injury effected by this trait
! OF human nature lies In the loss or
proper appreciation OF ones present
surroundings. The exact location or
the garden OF Eden has never been
clearly defined; all spots and climes
| have their drawbacks, the fox who
! lost his tail still strives 10 prove that
! It's absence Is an advantage, and the
natural man who changes his scene or
labor dwells only on the good sides or
that new scene and denies or lessons
all charged defects
From the first settlement OF this
| state, when the beauty and advantages
or the peninsular state earned IT'S APP
propriate motto: If thou seekest
dJional causes for regard have been
| continually developed. In some cases
| that development has been attended
| by conditions which have operated
| against the states high reputation,
| but there still remains too much or
the natural value OF the original state
| to cause any to lose faith I'm the ulti-
mate standing OF Michigan She Is
| like the boy who has passed boyhood
! burdened with the neglect and abuse
OF his natural guardian, but who final
ly develops into manhood rich In
performance and still far richer In
promise. The almost Ubiquitous, the
assuredly unfair system of despolla-
ton (m!Ctermed deVelopmenD, which
has characterized the public policy or
Michigan often in it's history has been
unable to more than mar the surface
OF the natural wealth with which
nature so generously endowed her.
Her fertile fields are still capable
of filing to bursting the capacious
barns which are found on SO many OF
her farms. her agricultural forces are
taking advantage OF the new methods.
the new industries, which the shifting
demands of a changing social system
require.
Her many villages. each with its in
dividual reason for existence, her
ty seats, all enter into harmonious
combination OF the scheme of public
organization and business distribution
Her thrifty, progressive cities, bless
cd with factories that absorb the
energy and capacity OF thousands OF
operatives, their outputs going TO all
parts OF the world, bringing in return
a steady stream or profitable dollars,
stream whose continuance Is guar
anteed by the stable character OF the
lines featured by her manufacturers.
THESE lines are not put
all have been developed by reason OF
some particular advantage provided by
the state, and the extent OF these
natural resources is properly indicat-
ed by the variety OF these lines. Her
cities are all different, all progressive.
all prosperous.
Her railways. steam and electric,
are well conducted. the Relationship
OF patron and corporation rapidly ap.
preaching a wise basis OF service and
control.
All these things referred to are real
ly subordinate in value to the charac-
ter OF the people OF the state, to whose
energy and capacity the farms, VIII
lagos ard cities are a monument The
first corners TO this state in Its pioneer
days were people OF unusual worth,
principally from the New England
state and New York, as clean and
wholesome morally as they were rug
ged physically. With heart OF hope,
with eye OF faith, with arm and hand
OF iron they strove to make their new
home adequate in realization to the
charms and possibilities here so boun-
teously presented by nature. They
generations are reaping the reward
for their labors and carrying on the
destiny OF the state to the higher.
finer things made possible by early ef-
forts and privations
For Michigan has passed the era of
mere natural raw material She Is no
longer In the rough, but her products
are OF the finished type, barring only
her minerals. Her social and business
life Is becoming organized, harmony
of interests is being created, the
whole policy OF the people 10 being
directed to the matters OF more than
mere existence-better schools, moro