St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-23
MINNEsoTA's RICH DOVER
NOT LESS IN THAT DISTRICT THAN
IN ANY OF HER Sis
TIERS.
THREE KINGDOMS CoNTRrBUTE
To Her Future Greatness. Animal.
Vegetable, and Mineral Being
Alike Assessable There.


| resentatlVe affair, and one that will
probably be prolific of good results
Another convention for the same dis
trlct is being planned for June "a and
| 70 to be held at Grand Rapids, Itasca
| county AT the Aitkin convention p.
! B. Groat, secretary of the Minnesota
! state immigration convention, spoke of
| the pfactlcal methods of immigration
| work, and as the address contained
| valuable suggestions for all persons in
terested in that work, it is printed at
this time. Mr.. Groat said:
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
10 carry on immigration work which will
prove successful in placing a large number of
| new settlers on lands in the state, requires a
| system OF well organized efforts and a wide
| range of active exertions EffectuaI measures
must be taken to convey to intending settlers
| the right Kind of information relative to the
| resources of Minnesota.
| The other Western and most of the South
! ern states, are actively engaged in soliciting
settiers. They are distributing advertising
| matter broadcast over the United States and
| foreign countries setting forth their resources
and attractions, and are diligent in their ef-
forts to secure immigration. To counteract
,t 1nese movements in other states, or at least
meet them, we should employ all available
means to advise homeseekers of the unsur-
passed advantages which Minnesota offers for
new settlement.
| To secure immigration it is manifestlv neces
sary to inform intending settlers of the nat
ural resources OF the country to which they
| oiC 1ANllSu, anu In6 various advantages which
1t oirers for obtaining desirable homes
This information must be widely disseminat-
cd TO reach individual homeseekers as they
are scattered throughout densely populated
states and foreign countries. The people who
| nave fully determined to immigrate will go to
| the state which offers the best promise for
success IN lie. They can be reached and
Vertislng methods of notifying them how and
When TO obtain free descriptive literature
through tnS l letters from residents of Minnesota
| ifffn
While judicious advertising should be per-
! sistently continued. year after year by the
distribution OF descriptive publications. one
! OF the most effective means to induce q steady
/ now OF new settlers is to render such assist
ance TO homeseekers, on their arrival in the
state, as will enable them to obtain lands
cumstances, and then follow up by extending
such encouragement will stimulate them to
actiVe endeavors to attain conditions of pros
! perity. There is not, as a rule enough atten-
! tlon given to the Importance Of promoting the
success of new settlers If they prosper it
VIII benefit the community at large and their
! success will influence friends who reside near
| their former homes to join them.
1t is the common experience that few fam
| ines from another state from different
| states and from foreign countries coming to
Minnesota and selecting a locality for settle
ment, and who are contented and thriving,
| form nucleus around which gathers large
community composed chiefly of people from
| the same neighborhoods where the first set
! tiers originated. They were induced to fol-
| low by reason of favorable letters from their
former neighborhoods reatingvtheir experience
| OF the FAIR treatment they had received and
the success which they were meeting with.
| "A measure OF paramount importance in
promoting immigration is to secure from as
many citizens as possible lists of the names
! and addresses of their friends and acauaint-
ances residing in the vicinity of their former
homes. The county immigration committees
ana the auxiliary town organizations should
/ make special efforts so secure such lists of
! names and addresses for use in mailing to
each person local publications describing the
opportunities which their respective counties
and local districts offer to settlers for secur-
| ing lands and homes. Citizens generally can
! afford material aid in furthering settlement
by furnishing the county organizations with
! the names and addresses of their friends in
| other states or foreign countries.
Copies of these lists Of names and addresses
| should be sent to the secretary of the state
| immigration association at ST Paul, that
publications giving general description of
| the state can be mailed to each individual.
People who are looking for new homes de-
sire general information concerning the states
| that are soliciting immigration, and as Min
nesota compares fayorably, in advantages
and attractive features, with the best states
| in the Union, every intending settler should
be supplied with full description of the
state. 1t possesses a wonderful wealth of
! diversified resources, and is especially ia
Vored in advantages conducive to the sue
cess and well being of it's people.
The inducements which Minnesota offers
for settlement comprise. chiefly. large areas
of unoccupied farming lands. with a fertile
| soil and we'll watered surface; a healthful
| and nvigorating climate; good railroad facili-
ties and cheap water transportation con-
venient markets for products and live stock,
| and excellent educational religious and So
cial privileges. 1t offers to settlers choice
of prairie lands, timbered lands, lightly wood
! ed lands and natural meadow lands, freely
interspersed with beautiful lakes and clear
running streams. 1t offers for development
and capital vast forests of pine valuable
belts of hardwood timber and immense bodies
of high grade iron ores. The numbering in
dustries, which are extensively carried on in
the timbered districts, furnish employment
during the winter months for men and teams.
When intending settlers are supplied with
| publications and maps descriptive Of the rich
! natural resources and the general advantages
which this great state offers for new settle
ment, supplemented with county publications
describing the opportunities which local dis
tricts afford for obtaining lands and building
| Independent homes. large majority OF home
/ seekers will choose Minnesota for their place
of residence.
To reach marked success in securing a
| large share of the immigration which is
ready to move, it is essential that the county.
city, town and state immigration organiZa-
tons should receive the cordial cooperation
1 and support of the citizens generally. Each
one both men and women. should constitute
themselves an individual immigration agent,
and extend every possible assistance in pro-
noting new settlement. By united efforts
we can place quarter Of million of new
settlers in the state quicker than has ever
before been accomplished.
| This result can be easily achieved. and of
| this large number the Sixth district, with
| its exceptionally rich. diversified resources.
can secure it's full share IL all Of its resi-
1 dents will put their shoulder to the wheel
and push the great immigration movement
which has been auspiciously inaugurated,
and is now in active progress in this state.
It's broad areas of productive government
lands, open for free homesteads, and the
I cheap railroad and decided lands so en-
| inently adapted TO general farming. dairying
l and farm stock raising ought to be occupied
and put under cultivation as soon pos
! sible. and it's vast timber and mineral re-
sources should be fully developed.
| The Sixth district covers an area of &C. $50
square miles, over AZ per cent OF the area
| of the state. 1t contains less than seven in
| hsbitante to the square mile. Aitkin county.
/ with area. of g. 900 square miles, has less
than three Inhabitants to the square mile,
and some of the counties in the Sixth dis
| trict have less tnan one person to the square
mile.
There are twelve townships in Aitkin coun-
| ty having only two to five people in each
| whole township of thirty square miles,
| and fourteen townships, each of which has
only from eight to twenty inhabitants, al
| though the center of the county is within
| sxty-five miles of the important lake port
J of Duluth. situated at the head of the great
| lake system OF cheap water transportation to
| the Atlantic seaboard. And although vast
| areas of this great commonwealth are but
sparsely. settled and large portion wholly
| unoccupied, yet there are residents of the
| state who entertain the narrow opinion that
| Minnesota does not want any more settlers.
| They give as reason for their contracted
| views, that the increased productions of ad-
ditional farmers will lessen the prices OF
| farm products
They do not realize that intending settlers
are going somewhere, are going on lands. and
| IL they do not come TO Minnesota they will go
| to some ether state or foreign country, and
1 still be producers and active competitors in
| the markets Of the world. They do not appre
ciate that the new settlers will mostly conf
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