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the products of the soil, saying transportation charges and fees of 
middlemen, in fact, retaining the earnings of labor within our own 
state; with railways penetrating the heretofore almost inaccessi¬ 
ble portions of the state, opening up to the settler cheap lands of 
unsurpassed excellence, furnishing good market and business fa¬ 
cilities, and inviting the young man to settle along their lines and 
possess these goodly lands; with common schools and seminaries 
of learning of a high order, accessible to all her citizens, and to 
crown all, a State University, which, with the limited means at its 
disposal, is doing a noble work in furnishing a higher education 
for her people. 
With these resources, and others of material interest which 
might be named, advanced to their highest capabilities ; with the 
great commercial advantages of lakes and rivers which Wisconsin 
enjoys, her prosperity and onward march can but be hopeful, and a 
bright future await her at no distant day. 
On behalf of the Executive Board, 
W. W. FIELD, 
Secretary. 
State Agricultural Booms, Madison, April 1, 1873, 
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