The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-11-21
FEW MORE PEOPLE
That Is All That Is Necessary to
Complete the Prosperity of
the Northwest.
At Least That Is the Opinion Ex-
pressed by immigration Con-
vention Delegates.
Addresses by Archbishop Ireland
and Several Others of
Note.

grafton convention, the regular order
was preceded by an extemporaneous
talk from A. ]. Andrews Of Winnipeg,
on the growth and development of the
Manitoba city.
P. B. Groat then read a paper on
1.-THE Artesian Basin of North and
South Dakota" Succeeding Mr..
Groat's paper was the gem of the day
by Hon. 1. P. Keator Of Idaho, entitled
"Resources of Idaho"
His address was interrupted at many
points by rounds of applause which
were tribute to the speaker as we'll as
a recognition of the merits Of Idaho.
According to the testimony Of Mr..
Keator the soil and climate of Idaho
presented everything desirable to the
home seeker. while the ribbed noun
tain contained every valuable ore to
tempt the miner and the speculator. So
greatly did Mr.. KeatOr's address impress
the convention that he was Immediately
named as the first vice president Of the
convention from Idaho.
An Address by Arch bishop Ireland.
After an interlude of music the plat
form was taken by Archbishop John
Ireland, who addressed the convention
on "Immigration to the Northwest. I"
Bishop Ireland, who was known, by
reputation at least, to every member Of
the convention, was received with warm
applause, and at once plunged into his
subject with characteristic vigor, elo-
quence and thoroughness. The lands
of Minnesota and the Dakotas today, he
said, were better worth the 81 or s. per
acre at which they were held than were
the government lands at 81. .25, at which
price the settlers of 10 years ago entered
their homes. The speaker related
his wide experience of the past 20
years in colonizing various sections of
Minnesota. He declared that the most
successful colony ever established in
Minnesota, was the Belgian colony
which he established in Lyon county,
but he cited many other localities in
which he had established hundreds of
families which were now the possessors
of happy and productive homes~
Should Have Had an Appropriation.
Discussing the means for securing
immigration, the speaker declared that
without permanent organization some
of the members of which, at least,
should devote their whole time to the
work, but little could be accomplished.
He deprecated the fact that there had
been no Legislative appropriation to
provide means for such an organization,
but had no doubt that means could
and would be raised for temporary use,
and that the next legislature would
make proper provision for this import
ant matter. He advised liberal adver-
t.sing, both in the newspapers and
through specially printed matter, and
advised cooperation with the railroad
and steamship companies.
Ellis G. Hughes of Oregon followed
Bishop Ireland, his subject being "The
Agricultural Resources of the Pacific
Northwest.
Mr.. Hughes declared that there was
no product of the soil anywhere in the
temperate or semi-tropical zone but
could be grown to the greatest possible
advantage in the states of Oregon
and Washington. His address was a
conservatives statement of the won.
derful resources and productiveness OF
the Pacific Northwest, and closed with
the statement that all the Northwest
needed was more people.