The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-11-25

area in forest use. Forty-four
percent of its industrial capt.
tai is invested in wood-using in
dustries. Forest products con-
stitute forty-four percent of its
transportation tonnage. More
than a third of its industrial
population is directly employed
in forest industry. Where
would Maine be, for tax rev.
enue or public welfare in gen.
eral, with its forests annihi-
lated"
maine reports also 100000
600 tourist business each summer,
so that Maine has built up its in
dustry and its tourist business on its
privately owned forest land.
ct is interesting to note that the
entire area of the state of Maine
is 20 million acres. Population
1851.
''The area of the Is counties in
northeastern Minnesota comprising
the original forested area is 20 mil
lion acres. Population 432,646.
''The Arrowhead Country has ev-
cry resource that Maine has and in
addition the largest iron ore indust-
ry in the world.
Farms Bal.nee Forests.
cit is estimated that there are
some eight million acres in North
eastern Minnesota suitable for agri-
culture. Government and state re-
ports show that less than 10R6 of this
is under cultivation.
"Dairy and poultry farming is a
success in this area. It is no longer
an experiment. Hundreds of success
full farmers are the proof. Three
state experiment farms in the Ar
rowhead Country can tell the farm
er what to do and what not to do.
"a campaign by this association
has just been started to sell the
dairy and poultry possibilities of the
Arrowhead Couns: Funds should
be provided to carry this IN.
Iron Ore Taxation
''The present system of taxing
iron ore deposits, explored but not
available for shipment, IS causing
many operating companies to aband-
on some of their property and con-
fine operations to those most readily
mined. 1t prevents the setting up
of suitable reserves for future sup
ply. In our judgement, this system
tends to shorten the life of the iron
ore production in this state.
at is going to be the purpose of
this association to lay these facts
before the people of the state in an
educational way. II the people gen.
orally know the facts, they are fair
minded enough to see their loss in
continuing such a policy.
"The tax educational campaign
that has been carried on is slowly
but surely convincing the people not
only of the Arrowhead Country, but
of the whole state, that the tax burd-
en- has reached point where it is
affecting recreational and agricult-
cultural settlement and industrial
and mining development in north
eastern Minnesota. To get any per-
manent results, this work must be
continued.
Budget Requirements.
"H the program of activities, as
outlined, is to be carried on by this
association, there should be provis-
ion made to raise at least $40, 900
a year and a campaign mapped out
for at least three years Any edu-
cational campaign that is statewide
must of necessity take time. If the
people of the Arrowhead Country
do not wish to back a program Of
this kind and for a period long
enough to get permanent results, /
think now is the time to find It out.
After a very careful analysis it is
plain to me that the economic fu-
ture of the Arrowhead Country is
dependent on the carrying out to q
successful issue every one of the ac-
tivities proposed; they all are inter-
locked and statewide.
'eThe officers of the Arrowhead
Association have put in all their
time, energy and money to sell this