The Saint Paul globe., 1899-03-28

Three Things Which the Club De-
sires to See Carried Out-Pub-
fishing of "a Pamphlet, EstabIish-
ment of Public Exhibit and Ad-
vertisiug the State Through the
State Press-Tallxs on the Subject.
Through the immigration committee of
the Commercial Club of ST. Paul BAH
quet was rendered the immigration and
appropriation committees of the house
and senate at the Commercial club rooms
last evening. The object of the meeting
was that the Commercial club might have
an opportunity of laying before the COM
| mittees Of the house and senate the ad-
visibility Of recommending Tor passage
by the legislature a bill which the club
had been instrumental in having had in
troduced, entitled AN act to establish a
board of immigration, defining it's pow
ers and duties and appropriating money
for it's maintenance and expenditures.
Mr.. F. w. Bergmier acted as chairman,
read the bill and stated that 1t had been
recommended for passage by the commit
tee of immigration of the house, but had
been defeated in the appropriation COM
mittee, and called on Mr.. Ferdinand Will
Illus to explain the objects of the bill
Mr.. Willius said that the bill lad orig
mated with the Commercial club and was
intended to promote immigration to the
state and the furthering of it's interests;
of numerous schemes that suggested
themselves, there were three that he par
ticularly desired to see carried out--the
publishing of a pamphlet describing the
state and it's splendid resources, the ad-
vert1Sing of the state by means Of the
state press and the establishing of a pub
lie exhibit of the products Of the state
by means of railroad cars to be sent
through other states 1.-The bill'' said
Mr.. Willius, "calls for an annual sppro-
prfation of $4,000. We have taken into
consideration the conservatism Of the
present legislature and reduced the es-
innate to the lowest figure that would be
necessary to carry out our plans. We
want to induce people come to our
state, and every man who comes, al
though he comes without a dollar is
worth at least thousand dollars to the
state, and If, by the judicious use of this
appropriation we. can get 500 people a
year to come the state is benefited fully
half a million, and 1 believe it would be
a good investment"
Former Gov. w. HI. Yale, of the appro-
| priation committee of the house, was
| called on and said: From 1888 to 1893 the
| assessable property of the state doubled
Since that time We have experienced hard
| times, aSSeSSable property has shrunk
marvelously. Right here in st. Paul and
| Minneapolis 1t has shrunk hundred mil
| hon; the state has not grown richer but
the demands have grown heavier; every
institution in the state is demanding
| more money and we are now engaged
! in building capitol at a cost Of 81, 2,000,-
nt fn hot
| above all things, and personally feel dis.
| posed to keep down the little things that
| 1t may be built, and some of the mem
bers of the committee to which belong
were Of the opinion that an immigra-
ton bureau at this time was a luxury,
and yet desire to see the advancement
| of our industries"
Mr.. I. C. Seely. of Minneapolis, occa-.
| stoned considerable applause by stating
| that hereafter during the state fair week
minneapolis would have no SideShow of
her own, but that Minneapolis people
would unite in an effort to make the fair
a state institution and that If the diff
ferent counties of the state could be in
duced to duplicate the amount asked for
| in the bill, he was sure that MINNEAPOLIS
for her share would fit out a car and
send 1t out on It's mission of advertising
| to the world the magnificent resources of
| Minnesota.
| Mr II. w. randall, secretary of the
| State Agricultural society, said he did
not wish to see any of the state insti-
| tutions crippled, but believed that by
little careful study something could be
| done in the way of establishing an i'm
| migration bureau.
Among others who spoke in favor of
the passage of the bill were H. c. Stivers.
| chairman Of the immigration committee
of the house; E. s. Durmept, Representa-
tive Peter Thauwald and Mr. c. J. WheI-
lams, secretary of the Northwestern
| Manufacturers association.
| The bill provides for the establishment
| OF what Is to be known as the board of
| immigration of the state of Minnesota.
| for the period Of two years. and to be
| composed of five members In addition
| to the governor and secretary of state.
| who shall be eX-officio members. the
| other members of the board shall be the
| secretary of the state agricultural So
c1ety, the chairmen of the immigration
| committees of the house and senate and
the cha1rmen of immigration of each of
the commercial clubs of ST. Paul and
! Minneapolis. The sum of $4,000 Is an
nually appropriated, no salaries are to
| be paid and not over $500 can be expend-
| ed in any one year for the travelling ex-
| penSeS of any one member