PROBLEMS OF THEU17PPEU PIAINSULA:
Isolation...i Unempomn..Idsr
B~ JIN R IDIbeen too expensive.
ARECENT television show had terized" with plenty of alcohsol to There is a future for the timber
s a backdrop a map of the: survive the long northern winter. industry, however. Despite the
1large amounts of cheap Japanese
United States which was pefect Thy true picture of the Uppcc plyswood on thc American market,
in evcry way - except one. The Peninsula is smore adequately cc- rit is expected that there wtill bein-
Upper Peninsula of Michigan was fleeled in the ramifications of thecrae podtin fplwd
missing se,'s most pressing problem ... from the U.P. ares. Another hope
Atthouth this area is rarely there arc too many people living _. for the timber men is the expand-
omutted on the map, it is often !up thsere. incg use of low-grade hardwoods,
forgotten by ma ny pecopte inctlid- At first glace ths sounds ridir- instead of the traditional soft-
ing those wo live in the southern ulous. The 1950 population was °swoods like spruce and batsam fir,
pait of the state s welI. jtist under 300,000 people: hose- for va rious types of paper pro-
Upper Pensinsuta people are ac- ever, they ocecipy only 29 per cent ; ducts.
costcmed to this neglect by the of the state's tota1 land area. And
rest of the .world . . , ma ny of theno although there was a net popula- . INING is second in economic
prefer it that say. They like livinog fla Ios of 35,000 betawess 1920 importasee tor the Upper
in sinl tIowens near spine of the! and t950. theme is still chionic ui eisb.Telu src nbt
State s beat recrestion areas-thecy einploymnctbPeisl.Teanisrcinot
fid the scenery mntemesting and The higgest sxpoil of the U.P. y coppler and iroin ore.
ltst nesei-ending seosonam Ieca ,s is hei yong peole. Tiee ae inot ..The amouint of both metals
thoings of enjoyment, suficmcit jobs in the asea to a b- . , mined decreases each year. Much
Despite lbs recent ficoitote sirb etsh yescrop of nesw job, 6 of the high-grade ores have been
publicity the UP, (as the seeion es In tomris btiniiess and 5in- . extracted, and whtit is left must
ioften callsedl tos ieeceis d irons cli cia in time U P, sufters clui to a y coimpete weith the more concen-
th oelA mvacMudi k of people withspec iiisd ..trated ores from other parts of
byMsokiSpem oc a itls Tbe are Is ma oriepsittiois te country and foreign lands.
tics John VoeJ.( nlesastis ive for isolations sand pople fi edocity i So every year, miners and others
ponoe to pu istol vmer distorted aenest eager to Ieavelice ci tes put out of weork in mining towvns
viwon t h or io ~ ics to obs iso then h'aioe d. swell floe ransks of the unemployed.
oftens cotsder s as For over two years the Healtho A lack of wealth adds to the
iediot hatf-borother, ectioni lilete Depoartmenic of Delta iod Me- . U.P. probtem of sinl1 populatios.
mocre tioso sloe choildlreis clo gt niomoimoe counities limz beemo looking Tbe perpetual unsemployment
host Iso the lose:inested wvoods: asoid for a doctor to bihd-toepftart- problem snake. thois understand-
the 1tlonseak ascolnoost fiercenoit. Eveno a scibstasitial simry in- able, but there arc other factors
tocah rease loss faiiled to attract anone. x$as well.
Occasionsally these spoecial jobs camon Forty-acessn and one-half per
THOSE "beiar - infested woods' be filled by college grsaduates from {cent of all the forest land in the
atal recme wihfrteU.ae.Tie touit'st business expands region is state or nationally owned,
getter andinaIs ancd one doesn't ~ ~ ~which is not taxable. It is also
hare to be Finnsish and/or 'aims- THE REGO'S popculationo will itedsac rmmjrmto I h einada h rsn wasted land with regard to moat
always be relatively sall be- cedtaoefonnoosmtpintergnadathersntindustrial development, since th.
Jan Rahrn, a native o f IYone caiuse the ba sic economy of the Isolitass nmters wcill piobably pie- time there is more timber growe- state is reluctant to sell or Iesa
Montini te pprPee-'area depenods on extractive-type venot the regmon frm becomngn ing thano can be marketed. it,
Moutai intheUppr Pn- industries and tourist trade. There highly inodustrialized. However, High transportation costs eon-
fecoaodicssesvteoproen s isamxmmniidoflenme moss manufacturing, especially of tribute to the non-use of the T HIS PROBLEM was dramnat-
ofeooi eeomn n fpol h a s ietyofhard goods, ma desmrable. timber in the U.P. For example, ically illustrated last year when
unmlymnI' hP W telsd Ncmber one industry im the onse paper company, planning to Ia copper mining company wanted
plague the UP . region ~ Logging and minimog will con- U.P. is fonest products. Forests build a mill in Michigan ended up to explore some of the land that
tinue to be the maims industries, as coves 87 per cent of the acecage south of the Straits because taking losclustd os Next Pagel
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