a PREFACE. 
This book honestly aims to give these earnest 
inquirers such information as they would get in a con- 
versation of that kind. Besides being a i1ecord of 
four years’ experience in Dakota, it reports carefully, 
not one, but many, just such conversations with peo- 
ple of different classes—the capitalist, the man with- 
out money, the mechanic, the widow, the tenant of 
another man’s land, and others, and answers conscien- 
tiously the numerous questions they ask. 
From first page to last, the writer has had a con- 
scientious regard for the. best interests of those who 
are seeking information, with the view of bettering 
their condition and prospects in life. 
