St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-04
Emigrants to Settle Up Min
nesOta, Dakota and the
Northwest.
Some Pointed Truths That
We're Stated by Members
Of the c. of c.
DR.. Day Would Have Asiaties
and Africans Excluded
From America.
Several Hundred Manufacture
ers Desiring to Locate in
st. Paul.

immigration was the one topic of inn
portance discussed at yesterdays meet
ing of the chamber Of commerce. The
subject came up in connection with the
proposition to establish an emigration
bureau with travelling agents. There
were many members who did not coin
eide with the travelling agent scheme,
and, on the part of others, there was a
disposition to confine the work of secur-
ing immigrants to the American CONT
nent. DR.. Day for instance, protested
against the immigration bureau EXTEND
ing its sphere of usefulness to all parts
of the world. He favored the cutting
out of Asia and Africa, as Asiatic and
African emigrants were not needed in
this country. G. e. Marvin secuted the
printed circular proposition.
Thomas Cochran Jr. proved himself
an enthusiastic advocate of agricultural
immigration. He said we should not be
contented to see the tide of population
flowing past our small towns and COM
ing to glut the already great population
OF our alge cities, while the rich farm
ing lands around US. and our villages
with all their modern conveniences in
tiiO way VI oCltNOlS dl1Ns CuuIGEcS NGIS
LETT untenanted. Rich farming lands
were selling for S. and $40 an acre
which should command thrice or four
times that amount. Mr.. Cochran wanted
to know whether they meant to discuss
this general principle, or were content
to limit their considerations to st. Paul
alone. A large committee of the best
! business men of Minneapolis and st.
Paul should act together in this matter,
| as 1t Is just as important to one city as
| to the other.
Il. +. Drake, in response to a request,
| gave the chamber a broadside by re-
remarking that the members were talk
| ing somewhat to the wind. 1t would
not be possible to raise fund of 5000
or $4,000, as suggested, to forward the
/ further settlement of farm lands. In
| this work the railroads, despite all the
| criticism passed upon them, had done
more than all other agencies put to-
| gether, and we had now an intelli-
| gent and active population. Mr.
Drake condemned the government
method OF selling homestead land,
much of it falling into the
hands of nonresident speeula-
|. tors, to our detriment. 1t would have
been better had all our land been sold
at S1.25 an acre. Minnesota had gone
sufficiently far in the matter of emigra-
ton, having done better than any other
state in the Union during the past four
years. There was no need, just now,
to worry about immigration. We did,
however, need factories to give the peo-
pie something to DO.
+. j. Hodgson improved the occasion
| by proposing:
Resolved, That the whole subject of ag
ricultural immigration be recommended to
| the committees nf manufacturers and Ctaf
| ties, who shall confer with the board of trade
| OF Minneapolis with view to the appoint
| ment of a committee by that body who SHALL
| in conjunction with our committee, consider
| the subject and submit definite recommends
| tons for joint action by both bodies.
Col. w. 2. Clough, vice president of
| the Great Northern, invited to speak,
said further addition to our popula-
ton was undesirable at this time. To
induce manufacturers to come here we
must show them consuming market,
and this market remained to be devei-
oped in the West ard Northwest. The
East had more capital, metallic products
| entering into manufacturing were
cheaper, organization was more perfect,
labor was cheaper, and in order to get
these men here we must show them
something to make up for all this.
| Western Minnesota and Dakota,
he believed, were the best coun-
tries on the face of the globe
for farmers, the only drawback being
the false reports of its cold climate. In
regard to the statement that there was
more than enough agricultural products
in the country at present, Col. Cough
said there was too much manufactured
products also, but while agricultural pro-
duts could be disposed of at some price
in foreign markets, manufactured pro-
duets must be sold at home. The manu-
facturers of the country were all crowd
ed together in one little corner of the
Northeast, and to-day were looking over
the country to see how they could best
divide up their plants and relieve their
crowded situation.
More discussion followed, and ulti-
mately the whole subject was recon-
mitted to the committees on statistics
and manufactures, with Instructions to
consult with the Minneapolis board of
trade.
A resolution that the Twin City COM
mittee, together with the appropriate
committee of the Minneapolis board of
trade, consider the question of develop
ment of manufacturing power and the
establishment of manufactures in the
Midway district, proposed by Mr..
Cochran. was adODted