The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-03-20
MORE PROSPERITY
MINNESOTA Than
ANY OTHER STATE.
Congressman Lindbergh, in Bemidji
Today, Says Reasons are Abundant
Z. for Flourishing Conditions.
MANY RESOURCES AN AID
mo Place Anywhere Which Offers
Better Inducements to Those Seek
ing Farms in Northern Section

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minnesota as whole, presents
the most evident prosperity of any of
the states 1 have recently observed"
said G. A. Lindbergh, congressman
of this district,- who has just return
ed to Minnesota from Washington
where he attended the Congress
which closed several days ago, and
who with his daughter, Miss Eva, a
member of the faculty of the Akeley
public schools, was Bemidji business
visitor this morning. The congress-
man took rather round about route
in returning to Minnesota as he de-
sired to inquire into business and
social conditions of the nation.
money is plentiful in some quar-
ters," he continued, ."but there is
much hesitation about starting en-
terprises. In New York, Chicago,
and Philadelphia as in most of the
other large cities, building opera
tions were forced to cease for some
time, because no money was available
Now, it seems to large extent, that
builders themselves are not so anx-
ious to go ahead, nor so anxious to
accept preferred money, but are
marking time and awaiting develop
ments generally. In other words,
there is waiting period on. People
are philosophical and not panicky.
Activity is due to come before long
unless some new unfavOrable emer-
gency develops to discourage it.
Prosperity Here.
''There are abundant reasons for
Minnesota's prosperity. 1t is because
of the great variety of it's resources
as WE'LL as their individual import
ance.~ Everyone knows that our
greatest, resources are agricultural.
But there are some other states as
great in agricultural resources ass60r
own. So it is not agricultural re-
sources alone that make our pres
ent industrial condition better than
others. We have the greatest IRON
ore properties than all the rest
of the country combined. These,
however, are not very active just
now, but every little helps. Our tim
Der interests are also important Now
in our state, each of these great re-
sources reinforces the other and all
combined afford a diversity of en-
ployment of labor and capital and
render our own cities comparatively
more prosperous than most of those
outside of Minnesota.
No Better Inducements.
"Another thing I: must mention.
There is no place anywhere which
offers better inducements to those
seeking homes and farms and many
are finding this out and coming to
us. For general farming, Northern
Minnesota offers to the actual set
tier the greatest advantages of any
new section. Lands here are cheaper
in proportion to their actual value
than in any other place that has come
under my observation. In fact, do
not believe that any section of the
United States is better at this time.
In twenty years, lands will be worth
ten times what they can now be pur-
chased for, and in the meantime, they
will afford the settler profitable re-
turn for his labor. ..t
1T is not because of any prejudice
in favor of Minnesota that I speak
thus in favor of our state. Nom
residents who understand the condf-
lions here, believe the future outlook
for Minnesota to be most favorable.
-, Becoming More Impressed.
1.-The social problems Of the coun-
try are becoming more and more in
pressed upon the minds of the peo-
pie. The next decade will be far
more intense than the last, and even
that one was a record-breaker. I
mention this because some seem to
think that the finer problems in poll
tica1 economy are about to give way
to an era of unprecedented business
activity. We should not lose sight
of that fact that, fundamentally,
business is done for the convenience
of humanity-to make our lives more
agreeable and more generally useful
and that our mission on earth is not
to get rich quick, or simply live to
do business. An empty dinner pail
creates a gnawing sensation for i'm
mediate relief and almost anything
is acceptable which promises relief.
Yet there is more than one way to
fill a dinner pail. It is far better
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