The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-13
ASKS TRAVELLING
men TO BOOST
Col. Mott Has New Plan to Ad
vance Interests of up.

Col. c. w. Mott the ever alert and
resourceful manager of the Upper
Peninsula Development Bureau. has
Just pushed the button on another of
his enterprising schemes entering 4
new and apparently most productive
field of advertising for the u. p. lands,
This time Mr.. Mott is cultivating
the advertising possibilities Of the
travelling salesman whose modes OF
life along lines he is eminently quail
lied To understand thoroughly. having
spent twenty five of the carly years of
his career as a travelling salesman.
Mr.. Mott opened this latest move
ment in an address at a banquet of the
United Commercial Travellers at Mar
Quette. He now has received copies
Of the address in printed form and is
busily engaged in causing their distr.-
button TO every salesman known 10
him that visits the Upper Pensinsula.
The address after several pages
dealing with the life and customs OF
the salesman branches into consider
alton of the Peninsula and its great
possibilities and advantages. 1t says
in part:
You gentlemen who confine your
efforts and travelling in Cloverland, let
l,a
dies are an empire in themselves, for
as Andrew Jackson once said, Any
country that could not feed and clothe
itself should not exist, and at that ii
is one Of the greatest vestibules OF
wealth that you know Of. do not
known Of fifteen counties in one solid
body that possess so much wealth un
der the ground as well as on top OF
the ground as Is here
Instead OF having three hundred
and twenty-five thousand people for "A
population these fifteen counties
should have, and could easily support
three million people and of these
three million people, il two million
were agricultural people, and the bal
ance miners, manufacturers. mer-
chants, travelling men and professional
men, no one can figure the wealth that
could be produced in CloVerland.
Think how much larger your orders
would be, how much more permanent
your customers would be- how much
better they would pay their bills if
they had three million instead of
three hundred and twenty-five thou
sand people to sell goods TO.
II Helps Business.
Gentlemen, this rests on your
shoulders more than on the man who
owns the land He is looking for Z"
one day profit. He can only sell the
lands once, while you can constantly
be deriving. every month in the year
revenue from the man to whom these
lands are sold.
'Cloverland has over a thousand
location for the culture of apples,
pears, cherries, plums and for all var
ieties of bush and vine fruits. The
large bodies Of water, Lake Superior,
Huron, Michigan and Green Bay, seem
to protect the trees and vines from
killing frosts. Fruit also does well
in the interior counties Of Cloverland
The large body of snow that remains
on the ground in this territory from
December until April is a blanket of
wealth which prevents the ground
from freezing, so there is generally
not more than half an inch of frost ex-
listing in the soil during the winter.
The snow also protects the roots AMI
vines. and it seems to be a rare thing
for grasses to be winter killed.
Let us look at some of the advant-
ages that this empire offers. Its
schools are as good as the best that
exist in the world. We have well es-
tablished districts, public schools, nor
nal schools, the best miring college
with country agricultural schools, and
any improved policy existing in any
school is found in Cloverland's institu-
tons of learning. Churches of every
denomination are here and extend a
welcome TO Christian people TO com
and live and worship God as their own
conscience may dictate without any
interference. The climate is exhilarat-
ing and invigorating."