The Detroit times., 1912-05-16
HERE THE FARMER is A PRINCE
The OLD STAGE COACH REPLACED PALACE cAR-THE
BLACKBOARD BY AUTOMOBILE
by Geo. n. Pond. OF the ~. clair
Republican.

by Geo. n. Pond. OF the -, clair
| Republican.
| 81 Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Cir
cumspice: III thou seekest a beauti-
full Peninsula. look around you" Those
were words. the truth OF which were
| so apparent 10 the earliest pioneers OF
| our state. that they were placed In the
Great Seal OF Michigan as Its motto. AZ
THAT time the land was In all OF It's
primeval glory. Great forests or pine
| grand old oaks, majestic naples, whose
gigantic tops towering heavenward
We're the only spires, and the red man
the only inhabitant But those WORDS
are as true OF this land today as they
wero the day they Were written and
will appeal with more force. For al
| though the greed OF man. together win
the advancing strides OF civilization.
have swept away the great forests. and
the red man has disappeared. and the
| resounding OF the pioneers axe Is
heard no more. yet the land has been
| made land OF delight for upon It's
! surface have arisen beautiful homes
and farms that are Joy 10 it's people.
| This has indeed been land or promise,
and OF fulhllment Cities. villages and
hamlets now dot this land. railroads
connect them with each other: the old
| stage coach has been replaced by the
palace car. the blackboard by the auto
mobile. Good roads are stretching out
TO the farthermost farms, which In
early days. everywhere, are the one
thing desired by the pioneer. With the
lapse OF years has como all sorts or
advantages as the result OF the work
OF our pioneers and the advancement
or the people. keeping step with the
onward march OF civilization.
Soil that could produce great for
ests. must have the qualities that pro-
duce great crops. and IL Is a pleasing
thing TO look back over the past and
note how Michigan always responded
TO demands, and always took its place
result
labor and brain work expended by our
fathers. When the nation depended
upon these now middle western states
for food. Michigan came TO the front
as the greatest OF the grain raising and
live stock producing states. When q
demand was made upon these same
to clothe her people warmly. Michi-
gan's wool product headed the list;
and right now. when the sugar pro-
ducing nations OF the world fail to pro-
mands, again this glorious penlnsular
state steps TO the front and heads the
list OF all the states. And all OF this
time Michigan has been furnishing
cities, villages and homes Of the ma
ton. than any other state, until re-
Gently. She furnishes more iron for
the great steel factories, more copper
for the demands OF commerce than any
other state with one exception. She
has silver mines. and coal mines; pro-
duces more salt than any other state.
and the list might be stretched out In
Michigan fruit is famed the country
over. At one time her apples wers
sought in London. England, In prefer
ence to those grown elsewhere. and no
other state can produce apples today
with the same delicious flavor. What
Is true OF apples is quite as true or
P ffSits' witRo S' Mlisisan's Output Of
which the cities OF Chicago, Detroit,
and even New York. would be sadly In
need
In the blood OF this American people
there seems TO be implanted, tinge or
restlessness The same spirit that In
duced our fathers to come here and
make this wilderness bloom. causes our
young people to long for new lands.
new scenes and new homes; they too
have the pioneer spirit. But today the
western lands are far different from
the lands their fathers came TO. Here
Mother Nature provides everything,
soil. climate. rains and SHOWS. Out on
the arid lands. (the only ones LEFT
now. much has TO be supplied artin-
cially. Great dams have TO be con-
structed and waters carried long dis
tances to supply the moisture without
which there can be no farms or homes,
and this is fraught with much expense
and much trouble and vexation Of
spirit The young people who 20 west
today to build for themselves home
and till the soil. must have great
both, In an unusual degree, TO win suo-
cess from those arid lands.
There are thousands OF acres Of good
Michigan land yet untitled. and thou
sands of acres more but partially
titled. The young man who goes west
from Michigan. leaves diamonds In his
own dooryard.
Here the farmer - q prince. He has
his daily newspaper and daily mail de-
livered at his door. He has the tele-
phone, which annihilates space, and In
stantly responds 10 q neighoors call
or puts him in communication with the
man IN the city TO whom he has con-
signed his products for sale He can
have electric lights, q water system
for his house and his barns, and the
steam and electric roads take his pro-
ducts 20 the markets while they are
fresh and In prime condition. and
freights do not eat up all OF his PROFITS.
He oan have his automobile. and oan
60 and come when he pleases Instead
OF being thousands OF miles from his
market, he 10 next door TO Il.
All there n IN life n what we Set
out OF t. II our young men and young
women remain here In Michigan they
can reap the benefits their fathers and
mothers have toiied 30 many years TO
secure II they 20 west they can travel
the same hard roads their parents did.
and live the Same labortouS life, and
when they have secured home and
comforts thsy are ready TO lay down