The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-01-17

south. He, however, gave an interesting
talk on the subject Of what is being done In
Oregon and the manner of bringing about
the best results in encouraging reliable I'M
migration. He reviewed what has been
done by the railroads in the matter or ao-
vertising the resources Of the West, and
stated that the Misrepresentation on the
part OF the traffic managers and passenger
departments of the great railroads mad
operated against the settlement or the
country by the character Of Immigrants
most desirable. when an immigrant
leaves the East it is because he Is dissatls-
fled with his surroundings" said MI.
Hughes, land the railroads have not hesa-
tated to represent that every possible SORT
of climate exists in every particular part
Of the country tapped by their roads. That
is unnecessary, as there are enough deslr-
able immigrants who will be perfectly sat
1sf1ed with just what we have TO oHer.
Mr.. Hughes then offered some practical
suggestions IN the subject Of bringing peo-
pie out TO the Pacific coast states, and
spoke in favor Of Washington and Oregon
joining together in the matter Of encour-
aging immigration, in the same way that
Minnesota and the Dakotas do, which
states work in combination, calling their
association the Northwest Association"
to the advantage of all the states in the
combination.
He further stated that farm land in the
East Is worn out" and can not be titled
to advantage unless fortified, and that
makes agricultural professions expensive
to prosecute. Mr.. Hughes advised that
the two great states pull together to induce
immigration to the states of the Pacific
Northwest, instead of allowing the food
of immigration to drift into the Southern
states, as it is now doing. His address
was loudly applauded. and Mr.. hughes
was thanked by resolution introduced
by Mr.. Bolster, Of Spokane, for his able
representation of the condition Of affairs
in the Northwest.
An additional resolution was introduced
that the matter of cooperation by Wash
ington and Oregon be referred to the ex-
ecutive committee Of the permanent Or
ganization, and was unanimously adopted.
The morning session, in addition to the
programme mapped out, was treated to
interesting papers on the subjects OF The
Timber Resources Of the Gray's Harbor
Country" and 1.-The Mineral Resources OF
the Pacific Northwest both Of which
were highly interesting, showing that the
writers had made thorough investigation
of their subjects. Other papers presented,
which were not read but which were re-
ferred to the committee on organization,
were Goal Mining and Coal Resources or
Washington" by T. B. Corey, until recent
ly superintendent of mines for the Oregon
Improvement Company; "Prune Culture
In Western Washington" by S. B. Clough;
Foreign Immigration" by Frank Oleson;
"Climate of Western Washington" by G.
M. Martin, and "Our Fisheries" by James
Crawford.
Incidental to the report of the committee
on organization, a communication address,
ed to the convention by Secretary of State
J. H. Price, making a. statistical showing
of the work done In the department of i'm
migration, of which he is the head, was
read. A part Of the communication fol-
lows:
believing that you will be interested in
the work being done in the bureau of sta
tistics, agriculture and immigration, I
take the liberty Of submitting for your
consideration the following statement OF
facts: It was not until late in the session
Of 1885 that any state recognition was gwen
| in Washington to the important work of
| encouraging desirable immigration. An
act was then passed clothing the secretary
of state with the duties Of commissioner or
statistics, agriculture and immigration,
and prescribing the method of procedure
in that department of the service" Mr.
Price then goes on at length, recit1ng the
disadvantages under which the department
has been conducted. He tells of the issu-
| ing of circulars of printed questions, adj
| dressed to the assessors OF the various
counties Of the state To these circulars
very little attention was paid, in num-
| Der Of cases the auditors ignoring the COM
munications and very few returning the
blanks properly filled out. Mr.. Price con-
| tinues in his letter to represent what has
! been Intellectually done, and to express the
| wish that the conventions recommended
| lions as to proper legislative action will
| bear fruit
Col. Hewlett, arid land commissioner, Of
| Yakima, then introduced a resolution, that
| IS given below, which was unanimously
| carried:
| Resolved, That in the interests Of im1ni-
| grafton, this convention urges upon the
| senators and representatives Of the state
| of Washington in congress that they urge
| the enactment of a law which shall grant
| outright to the state the arid land within
| its boundaries, as recommended in the an
nual report Of the secretary Of the inte-
| rior."
| Col. Hewlett announced that the resolu-
| ton was introduced for the purpose Of
Strengthening out Federal mistakes.
| The General Committee.
| The following named were chosen as
| members of the general committee by coun-
| ties: Chehalis, D. II. Biles; Clallam, M. J.
| Carrigan; Clarke, E. G.. Crawford; Doug
las, R. W. Starr; Garfield, S. G.. Cosgrove;
| Island, A. J. M. Hosom; Jefferson, J. A.
Kuhn; King, c. L. Webb; Kitsap, Joseph
| Pitt; Kittitas, J. T. Armstrong; Lewis, R.
| H. Simpson; Lincoln, G. G. May Okan-
ogan, L. Mclean; Pacific, H. J. Huber;
| Tucker; Skagit, H. S. Conner; Snohomish,
| F. J. Call; Spokane, H. Bolster; Thurston,
| Mitchell Harris; Walla Walla, w. D. Ty-
| Ter; Whatcom, A. S. Cole; Whitman, Harry
| Cornwell; Yakima, E. F. Benson.
J The executive committee at this point
| retired to perfect organization. The con-
vention then adjourned to meet again at 2
o'clock.
Afternoon Session.
| Lieut.. Wyckoff opened the work of the
| afternoon by making a strong talk on the
| matter of the interests of the railroads in
the work of the convention. He thought
| that the policy of the transcontinental roads
| should be liberal, so that immigration
| might be handled by the convention to bet
| ter advantage. D. H. Ross, of Pierce coun-
| ty, spoke of the injustice done WASHINGTON
fruit growers by having the product of the
state shipped East billed as California
fruit.
The Resolutions.
The committee on resolutions, by its
chairman, I. S. Kaufman, Of Spokane, re-
| ported as follows:
"That whereas, The different transporta-
ton companies east of the Rocky mount
aims have in the past rendered. and are
now rendering efficient service to the peo-
| pie of the Southwestern states in the de-
velopment Of their resources, and in slim
ulating immigration to those localities bv
| phenomenally low rates on excursions into
these states; and,
Whereas. Companies operating In this
state are much interested in the future de-
velopment of our resources and the gem
eral building up Of our commonwealth "a
are the people themselves;
Therefore, be it resolved by this conven-
ton, that the executive committee, which
has been appointed to perpetuate this con.
| UanfiOn and continue