St. Paul daily globe., 1896-02-09
A Good Thing
IMMIGRATION FOR MONTANA.
Meeting at Helena Tomorrow to Stir
1t Up.

1t Up.
Secretary McGinnis, Of the Northwest
ern Qnterstate) immigration associa-
tion, left Friday evening for Helena,
Mont. to attend a meeting of the Mon
tana members Of the association, which
will be held in that city tomorrow, as
a preliminary move for forming a state
and county organization for that state.
The state members Of Montana who
will meet at Helena are: Paris Gibson,
Great Falls; Charles E. Conrad, Kalis-
pell; w. B. Jordan, Miles City; Capt. j.
H Mills, Helena, and S. M. Emery,
BoZeman.
Undoubtedly the result of the meet
ing will be the issuance of call for a
state convention at an early date.
County conventions, at the rate Of
three or four a week, are being held now
in Wisconsin, Minnesota, North and
South Dakota and Washington. Of
these conventions, one will be held at
Dickinson, Stark county, N. D., Feb. %,
and Hon. T. S. Underhill advises the
association that it Is expected to be a
success in every respect. Mr.. McGinnis
is also in receipt of an invitation from
Hon. C. J. McCollum, Of Hallock, Mimi,
to an immigration convention for Kit
son county, which will be held early in
March.
IISSiucIL VI tilC 4NOi Ill
western immigration association, re-
ceived a letter from Hon. r. H. Floyd
Jones, of Helena, in regard to the mat
ter of advertising the mining resources
of Montana, in which Mr.. Jones says:
Your interview in one of the st.
Paul papers some weeks ago on Mon
tana shows that you grasp the stu
alton completely and that to the min
eraI resources Of the country tribu-
RI CT paul h11SiDaCS
look for a renewal Of the prosperous
conditions previous to the panic. The
low prices and prospects Of still lower
prices of agricultural products have
turned the attention of the capitalist
and investing public from agricultural
enterprises to mining investments; this
is proved by the astonishing invest
ments of the English in South Africa
and the equally wild rush to the Colo
rado gold camps.
ST have observed closely the Cripple
Creek excitement from it's inception in
1892, and know that 1t is the result Of
a ShreWd and persistent newspaper ad-
vertising; thousands of pages of care
fully written matter have been printed
in papers Of national circulation about
this camp, and the result is that money
has been invested and paying mines
developed. In the Rocky mountains,
along the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern, are undeveloped mineral re-
sources so vast that words cannot
properly describe them; and especially
in the regions Immediately surround
ing Helena and Butte are thousands
of mineral claims only awaiting capital
for their development, to pour into the
channels of trade unlimited wealth..
Montana, in 1895, produced in min
erals $37, ,890. 900. against s27, $4,000 from
Colorado, and did it without any out
side capital and 100000 people. against
Colorado's millions Of outside capital
and 100000 people. >
"If it were permitted to suggest that
your association and the newspapers
Of the Twin Cities should take advan-
tage Of the hunger for gold and mining
investments. as a magnet to attract
the attention of capital to the mining
resources Of the Rocky mountain
region, the immigration problem would
solve itself. Let your newspapers pub
lish articles on the gold camps Of Mon
tana. Idaho and Washington. not once.
but continually and persistently; the
Eastern papers will copy, and the
union depots Of st. Paul and Mime
apolis will soon resume their wonted
air of hustle and rush of the palmy
days Of 1886"