The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-16

Republican.
Awarded second Prize OF $50 I'm Detroit
Times .Remain I'm Michigan" Ed
torial Contest.
When people are sweltering under
The tropical sun OF the southern SKIES
they talk ofSMichigaD.
When the l7-year locust makes ms
debut, devastating crops ana presas
Ing ruin, tho stricken farmer ueploi
his fate and signs for nome III
When the seven furies arise, as IL
were. from the storm swept wastes %
the western plains. lifting the nuuhuhe
sshacks and depositing them In nelSnh
boring states the homeless turn Win
a living faith and look up site III
Michigan.
When old Neptune comes out OF the
yea, shaking his hoary locks and DIZZY
ing a tidal wave across the Hlain, TN
survivors flee from the ocean
and enquire the way to Michigan.
when old Neptune comes out OF Ine
sea shaking his hoary locks anu oivw
ing a tidal wave across the main. .He
survivors flee. from the oceans
and enquire the way TO Michigan.
When dismal drouth dries up -
land and the burrows crack nke paio Ut
ing lips) the hungry horues W ~
despair for famines fear the name u
When earthquakes and volcanoes
shake the earth TO its foundation. en-
gul6ng cities and h desor0yitts their fate
and praise the Tranquil state VI
tgan. a-
crobes dance triumphantly about. the
Satients toss upon their feverish beds
sne long for health like We have mere
Wheneyer tandslides, billiards, vel
low perils. avalanches waterspou.s,
Inundations, seismic disturbances, ept
DENIES or the elements eomot me ,n no
. habitants. and IL any escape 70 en-
uuire, where am 1 at3, they Always
End they are not In Michigan.
Because nothing OF that KIM ever
happens In these peninsulas.
uanpv Is the man VINO can call
Nfichiran his home; thrice happy Is ne
who Will bring others here 10 ENJOY
the blessings OF this wonderful state.
This is not a boom for the rallroaos
. nor n real estate agency; our sole ann
hilton is the greatest good TO the
sreatest number. 1t is not necessary
70 paint uri Sa ndv sIls; the facts alone
are sufficient TO prove Michigan 3
are spetamaey in nearly every line over all
the Eidorados OF the land.
II Is customary to appear to the
farmer and this we do with the utmost
regard for the many diyersihed inter-
ests OF the commonwealth; for where
, voc have prosperous farmers there also
VIII he found hourishing cities, thriv-
ne me- Industries. and great centers OF
We shall not seek to build ourselves
I'm by tearing others down, but when
~ 1eopie OF Colorado ask you to
cnyne 10 their state because they claim
70 have raised l95,ooo'9OS pounds OF
Niebivan raised $4,000. 900 pounds
when the citizens ms , Of the DskOtas
ask you TO move 10 those states be-
wear 1910 was 50 per acre, tell them
that In Michigan II was tl76S.
when r1he people OF Idaho ask Won
70 ,emiRrate 10 that commonwealth he
cause OF it's potato raising lands, tell
them that last year Mlchtgan's potato
cTop was more than 100000 bushels
"A figure exceeded only by the state
Of New York
when the people OF California ask
YOU TO move on" 20 that Eidorado i'm
order to raise corn. tell them that in
1910 Mlchigan's yield was 6S.O4O,OOO
Z bushels--greater than that OF Mime
sofa. North Dakota, Wyoming. Nom
tana. Oregon. Washington. Idaho. Col
erado OF Nevada