St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-30
4 MILLION FARMERS
Wanted to Develop the Great
Resources Of the State Of
Minnesota.
Representative Meeting at the
Chamber OF Commerce to
Further Immigration.
Only One-Eighth Of This Great
State How Under Guilt
walton.
Ringing Addresses On the Fut-
upe and Possibilities Of
the Commonwealth.

the general realization of the agricult
ural possibilities of Minnesota, and ac-
rentuated the important benefits that
must result from filling largely in
creased acreage. The great majority
Of the most fertile soil is still unde-
velOped, and it has been SO often prac-
tically demonstrated that the more
profitable farming is done in commun-
tiles and not on isolated farms. The
burden of necessary improvements falls
heavily upon the few farmers who are
scattered only here and there across a
wide tract of rich prairie lands. There
are roads to be built, railroad and tele-
graph lines to be constructed, and edu-
catlOnal facilities to be provided, as well
as churches to be maintained, and they
all cost deal OF money, and they be-
come heavy tax upon the few, while
the assessment would be unimportant
in individual cases were the entire
country settled. But it is not alone
these contributions that have
aroused the more patriotic citizens
Of st. Paul to take the ini-
tative step towards encouraging the bent
of immigration Minnesotaward 1t is
the appreciation of the fact that St.
Facilities for double the present volume
Of trade. and the further appreciation
Of the'fact that in order to place all
these facilities into active operation it
Is necessary to perfect the development
Of that portion of the country that is
properly within the trade province of
st. Paul.
1t was this awakening from the leth-
argic state that the citizens of st. Paul
had inadvertently fallen into that
prompted the meeting held in the cham
Der of commerce last night.
The various hypothesis advanced
were discussed. immigration was the
Dne desideratum, but how best to attain
it was the problem to be solved. More
over, the general temper of the meeting
was in favor OF efforts 20 stimulate i'm
migration from the Eastern states
that the advantages of having the state
lands i'll the hands of Americans who
are familiar with American institutions
ana the system of the government was
apparent.
New Era of Prosperity.
NJ. Is. Curry called the meeting to
order, and in so doing he briefly ex-
planned the objects of the gathering.
He urged that unlSss he misread the
signs of the times. st. Paul is now en-
terlng new era of uneXampled pros
perity. During the past few years the
trend OF the Increase in population has
been towards the cities rather than the
country, and the agricultural inter
estS of the state have suffered in
consequence. The people in the
cities were so much occupied in the
material affairs of the day. in making
money; in other words, that they neg
lected the harmonious resources of the
state, and the result naturally has been
few years OF quiet, in which st. Paul
has allowed other points to catch up.
The demand for labor in the cities has
brought little army of men,
and this has effected smaller
wages. But heaven has just blessed
Minnesota with a wonderful crop, and
for the first time in years the people
here have awakened to the necessity
Tor eXertons on their part. Mr.. Curry
spoke III eulOgistic phrases of the differ
ent organizations of business men who
have devoted time and energies in con-
tributing to the development of st.
Paul IN the different branches. Mime
apoliS was not forgotten, and was given
eloquent words of praise for forethought
IN persistently covering the advantages
that may accrue from advertising before
the world in giving the harvest festival.
MI; Curry felt that these advantages
will necessarily prove benefit to St.
Paul, and if this be found the consen
SnS of opinion he asked what steps
should be taken to avail the city of
these benefits. That was matter to
be decided by the meeting
Mr.. Curry asked that a chairman be
elected, and Archbishop Ireland was
[ once nominated by L. s. Hodgsop.
The archbishop delivered an optimistic
address. in which he predicted unusual
prosperity and progress. He urged that
In the course OF the events in coinpar-
atively new country there are times
when emigration can be of use to that
country, and again, there are times
when 1t would be useless to make eff
forts to secure emigration. A few years
ago, he cited, Minnesota had good crops.
and labor in the cities was well re-
Warded. But then came poor crops and
the tendency was consequently towards
Building Up the Cities
There were soon more laDorers than
work, ana wages were reduced. Then
1t would have been useless to actively
encourage emigration. But the cities
now, he said, are somewhat at a stand
still. At least, they are not growing as
fast as they were. comparatively
SO fast as the great stride of decade
ago. He was sure that efforts made
now would attract great many emf
grants that would be of incalculabIe
benefit to the state, and Sequentially to
the cities as well. The city's growth
is measured always by the growth and
prosperity of the country tributary
to it. During the last decade, and with
out realizing it, the energies have been
expended in building up the cities with
out building up the country, and the
people are realizing now that they
should have built up the country 10
keep pace-the country towns and vii
lagos as well. He advocated the policy
of spreading information broadcast over
the country, and, if necessary, through
Europe, but he felt that Minnesota
can get all the Immigrants necessary
from our own country, and he thought
that they are to a certain extent a better
class of people. The archbishop sug-
geSted the advisability of establishing
an emigration bureau in St. Paul and
the dissemination of information there
from. lie recited that years ago
he had personal experience III this
line, and it had resulted satisfactorily
1t is now question of measures and
means. He thought it misfortune I'M
der the circumstances that there is no
session of the legislature the coming
winter to solve the problem by furnish.
ing the means. However, he felt that
the citizens of st. Paul would be reim-
bursed for any outlay.
Prof w. f. Phelps was called upon
by Mr.. Hadpan for an address, and he
responded with alacrity. 1t was di-
dactic effort, embelIished by positive
aid emphatic phrases. He urged that
this state had reached that period in It's
history and onward course when it
would be eminently profitable to secure
emigrants to settle up the broad acres.
He rehearsed the blessings that attend
the harvest of the great crop that
is now pouring into the gran
aries and ships of the East,
and of the deficit in the old world !:
the dependency of the famine-stricken
people of Europe upon the bounty of
the Northwest. These were pronounced
two coincident facts that conspire favor