The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-01-20
FIRST PRIZE. sIoO IN GOLD.
BY Arthur ii. vandenberE In the Grand
Hnnlha HRrnlh.

bS Arthur III. Vandenberg I'm the Grand
Rapids Herald.
The unpeopled deserts OF distant
lands are calling for settlers TO redeem
the untracked wilderness. Their cry
Tor pioneers echoes through the adver-
Using columns OF current Journalism
with a persistency that bespeaks their
dire necessity for MEN--a necessity
which has been capitalized by the con-
scienceless land shark into greed glut-
ted promises that are alluring In their
pGseless optimism and that are as
empty as they are seductive. No won
de- that this plea for Yankee patriots
10 become eXpatriated should be Inn
pressively presented with particular
emphasis to the farmers OF Michigan?
NO wonder. We say because Michigan s
farm citizenship is OF that splendid.
1 sthlwart caliber that would help give
ANY distant state an ultimate supre-
macy that would draw from ANY
somber soil such crops as Michigan's
progressive agriculturists have already
coaxed for century from the fruitful
lands OF Gods richly blessed peninsulas.
But before you respond 10 the call or
the Wild, reader, take faithful inVen :
tory OF what you leave behind; and
ask for PROOF from any cline That
claims superiority 10 Michigan-su-
periority in. opportunity superiority n
resources, superiority in comforts. SUI
| periority in commerce, superiority In
| equipment, superiority In happy living.
Before you conclude to step back
one hundred years. remember that the
fruits OF pioneership go 10 the gener-
ations OF TOMORROW and that NO
new land can progress In single cen :
fury OF the future beyond the splend q
development OF Michigan TO-DAY.
IL you are honest with yourself and
with your state--with full credit TO the
Elories OF these Kingdoms under other
suns, but with no LESS credit 20 me
beloved empire of mighty Michigan
servaton.
Remain In Michigan"
You Will--in the fullneSs or appfe-
citation for opportunity no longer Ia
tent-send the tlding OF Wolverine SUI
premacy TO citizenship beyond our Dor
ders: and with the enthusiasm or the
missionary who KNOWS the virtue IN
his message OF redemption. you VIII
support the invitation which we senu
20 others in the American brotherhood
who may be tempted by these mythical
tales OF distant Representatives,.
Come TO Michigan
What land COULD offer more?
Where grows such fruit as here
Never did luscious Michigan peach
want for immediate market. Never
did H. fail TO challenge the admiration
OF the connoisseur. Never did IL ran
to outbid all competitors In the anec-
tlOnS OF the WOTlu. w mere ahu nv"
COULD a finer peach spring from man
titled soil? Here too Is the modern
Gurden OF tho HespeFfaes-heRie- OF the
golden apple-more MT today 70 chal-
lenge the labors OF a Hercules than In
the mythology OF thousand centuries
ago!
self-seeking advertisement must De IN
evidence to prove rlcher harvest
field
u.Lu.n .n.inc ,nora consistent and
more glorious crops? Consult the CEN
sus bureau for your demonstration.
Michigan STANDS out as colossus
amcng the leaders In nation or nus
bandmen: and we viii stiil nave re-
gal domain of pregnant acreage un-
touched What will be our record when
ALL our lands are under aggressive
pillow and scientific tutelage? our pro-
life valleys lying under nurturing rains
and fructifying suns yield golden
grains that bring a blush OF pride to
Ceres cheek Where are the PROOFS
OF our jealous competitors VINO plead
immigration from a land that knows
no peerp
What state-indeed, what empire
boasts greater diversity OF native
Wealth. our hills, rising upward TO
pleasant skies. yield richest minerals
that would answer the ambitions or
Croesus From Saginaw's tall whisper
ing pines TO Lake Superior's farthest
mines. Michigan is RICH in ALL that
Providence can draw from her immor-
tai bounty: and every evident oppor-
tunity beckons her favored sons 10
perpetual triumph.
We are progressive In our thought;
progressive In our mode OF life; pro-
II essive In our government progress
sive in our citizenship. our climate Is
as invigorating as 1T Is enjoyable. AZ
Lansing II is the climate OF Berlin; and
In the state at large the cycle OF the
months brings at one season the clt-
mate OF Vienna and at another that OF
Stockholm. Thus do the sensations or
a continent belong TO us. Pure water
lakes-the greatest in the world--wash
600 miles OF shoreline In our Elysium
"a greater coast than belongs TO any
other commonwealth In all the union
OF the states) The seeker after sum-
mer pleasures comes first 70 Michigan
as the resortlnR capital OF the western
hemisphere; and we who live here en-
ioy these wonders through contented
lifetime. our cities are Industrial mar
wells; bringing the facilities OF COM
merce TO all who live in any spot or
place within the confines Of the state.
The pioneer in distant norman land
has no such comforts and no such COM
pensating joys
our heritage--and this applies to
every man, TO every woman and to
every child--is bounded only In the
munincence OF Almighty God: TWO
quarters OF century of unblemished
statehood have DEMONSTRATED our
possession Of EVERY blessing prom
ised by the voluble press-agent for un-
tried acres lying in distant prlmeval
undevelopment.
Remain in Michigan
Our esteemed contemporary, the De-
troit Times. invites Michigan journal
ism to competition In an expression OF
affection for the grandest state In all
the world We-and our associates In
the wolverine periodical world-are
urged to preach the doctrine REMAIN
IN MICHIGAN" as an antidote TO the
siren boomers who are appealing to
our sons to forsake the land or their
fathers "and follow some will-o'-the-
,yisu 10 regions remote and mythical
Feebly we respond 20 the Inspiring in
yitation OF Editor Schermerhorn. HE
gave us the text; and the TEXT at
least is righteous.
Tuamen To Meet in Detroit.
TOLEDO, O., Jan. 2O.-Licensed
,ugpan ~ the lakes in convention