The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-02-15
IMMIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC COAST
CALIFORNIA; Invitation for a United
Effort All Along the Line.

Effort All Along the Line.
The following interesting letter from
Hon. w. II. Mills Of California on the
subject of promoting immigration and
the development Of the Pacific states
forms a valuable contribution Mr..
Mills is one of the best authorities on
the subject in the country, and he has
been remarkably successful in opening
up to settlers great tracts Of vineyard
and orchard land in California:
San Francisco, Jan. 20, 1S96-James
ID. Hoge, Esq, Manager of the Post-In-
telligencer, Seattle, Wash-Dear Sir l
have "A copy of the POst-Intelligencer
of January 10, and have noted its con-
tents with much pleasure and satisfac-
ton. The growth of Washington is in
separable from the growth of every
part of the Pacific coast. There is no
such thing possible as a rivalry between
the growth of California, Oregon and
Washington, and other Pacific states
and territories. We will all be bene-
flied to have populations from which to
draw on this side of the Rocky mount
aims. Washington possesses the neces-
sary resources for the support of a
great industrial population; or, to state
this in another form, the natural re-
sources of Washington are sufficient to
reward the profitable industry of very
large population. This being true, the
question arises, how shall that popula-
ton be attracted? This can be done in
two ways; first, and most important,
the people of Washington must became
intelligent as to the existence of it's re-
sources, as to their economic value, as
to the commercial and industrial forces
which influence their development;
and, second, this knowledge must be eX-
tended to the world.
At the last meeting Of the state board
of trade. an organization here for the
promotion of the growth and develop
ment of the state, l had the honor to be
appointed chairman of a committee to
invite the general cooperation of the
Pacific states and territories in the up
building of the whole country 1t has
been proposed that a commercial eXhib-
it be established here in San Francisco,
one illustrative of all the natural re-
sources of the Pacific coast. and one
which will at once constitute a bureau
for the distribution of literature San
Francisco is a present the commercial
metropolis of this Pacific territory. This
city and state of California stand ready
and willing to join in a general effort for
the upbuilding of our side of the nation
al domain. l write this to you for the
purpose of obtaining your views on the
general question as to whether we can
not unite in an effort to secure the set
Element of population in this territory,
and the attraction of capital to aid in
the development of our natural re-
sources.
l should be pleased to have this letter
presented to the executive committee of
the State Immigra ton Association,
which has recently been organized in
Washington. Believing that all parts
of the Pacific territory should be uni
fed in this effort; that all antagonisms
should be abated; that all emulat ton
should supplant rivalry. and firmly be-
lieving that more can be accomplished
by a united than a divided effort, l So
licit at your hands such expression of
opinion concerning the subject matter
of this letter as in your mind may seem
just Yours very truly,
VIM II MILLS