Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-02-21
UNDEVELOPED WEALTH
IN NORTHERN COUNTIES.
Twenty five Upper Wisconsin Counties
Have Chance TO Add to the Wealth
of the State.

twenty-five upper Wisconsin coun-
ties are going TO add $40, 600, 900 to
the wealth of the state between now
and next rail- This is a conservative
estimate made by John Swenehart, in
charge Of the land clearing operations
for the College of Agriculture in an
nounc ng the summer campaign to
clear more land
Dynamite now costs less in terms
Of labor or farm products than ever
before, he says. Five days wages
will buy 100 pounds of explosive tins
year, when o days work was required
IN former years. Spend five days
wages tor explosives, is the idea upon
which the drive expects to succeed, .
declares Mr.. Swenehart.
In order to increase values 81, 000.-
600 quota has been set for the -
counties where there remain Large
acreage yet tobe cleared. The pounds
of explosive which can be purchased
by days wages if the settlers of the
county fix these quot as: Ashland,
l05, 100 poHnds; Bayfield,, III, 800
pounds; Barron, 427 400 pounds; Bur
nett, 1S5, 800 pounds; Chippewa, 242
300 pounds; Clark All, 100 pounds;
Florence, 33, 800 pounds; Forest, So,
900 pounds: Iron. $4,000 pounds;
Langlade, 17G, 500 pounds; Lincoln,
l73, 900 pounds; Marathon, sac, 600
pounds Marnette, 232, 900; Oconto,
Dos 900 pounds; Oneida, 81, 100 pounds;
Polk, 30, 400 pounds; Price, 1876. 100
pounds; Husk, ia, 700 pounds; Sawy-
err, ~, 100 pounds: ShawanO, 391 100
pounds; Taylor, 230, 000 pounds; Vi
las, 3sS ,0o0 pounds; Washburn, 1873,
700 pounds; and Wood, 27S. 900 pounds.
Wisconsin is now the largest user
of explosives for agricultural pur-
poses. - declares Mr.. Swenehart. Last
year Wisconsin used as much as any
other three states. This is due in a
large measure to the stimulatiye
effect of the land clearing trains and
demonstrations operated by the Col
lege of Agriculture,
In 1919 we used in Wisconsin for
land clearing about 800, 600 pounds
of explosive including INT. This
amounted to about 40 pounds farm
ard represented an outlay of not more
than u days wages. / believe that
at least 90 farms out of a hundred
could have easily afforded money to
buy at least 100 pounds of dynamite.
At least one county two years ago
used more than 100 pounds a farm.
1t is not impossible in any of the -
upper counties.
" BY buying in carload lots every
community in upper Wisconsin can
save money. 1t takes only 100 orders
of POO pounds each TO make a mini
mum carload and get the carload
prices. Great savings are possible
through buying wholesale in large
quantities and there are few commun-
tiles in upper Wisconsin where this
quantity of explosive can not be af-
forded. We urge the community to
get the cooperation of its road officials.
If the town and county road COM
mittees will order their supply of
explosive with the community, it will
be much easier for a car lot to be
made up.
1T has been our experience that a
community can easily arrange with a
good live dealer to handle the whole
proposition. 1t is necessary that
somebody look after this and he is
the proper person to do this. 1t is
certainly fair for him to charge a
reasonable profit. The user of ex-
plosiye can we'll afford to pay the
dealer, or any other person who acts
as dealer, one cent pound for the
risk and trouble of handling. This.
of course, is based on delivery at the
railroad car and payment for the ex-
plosiyeS in cash"
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