Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-02-10
CONVENTION AFTERMATH
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to this, by the name of the North Da-
kota immigration Association. I They
stated that if we would take the name
of that association an amalgamation OF
the two would take place. The plan
was considered good and that was per-
faps the controlling reason for the Sc
lection of the name. ~ = = -...
Mr.. r. A. Middaugh of Cakes.
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen: I
think the suggestions made by Mr. Max
Mass constitute the best plan offered
to promote immigration. I speak from
experience. We have adopted the plan
he advocates and have followed it in
our own work. We had Nebraska men
whom we have located on North Da-
kota lands write to their former neigh
bors in Nebraska how they found them
selves situated and their impressions of
the country We then went down into
Nebraska and saw the men to whom
these letters had been written, and this
last year we unloaded thirty-six cars of
immigrant goods and one hundred and
seventy-two people at Cakes. Gap
plause)
Mr.. c. A. Wheeloek Of Fargo.
Mr.. Chairman: think the remarks
of Mr.. Mott are good; they contain
valuable suggestions. I think it might
perhaps be better to call this associa-
ton "A Bureau for: the Promotion of
Immigration, for instance. I would
have each member try to get every bust
ness man in his town to come into the
association. The main thing for US to
do is to each talk North Dakota at all
times and talk. it hard. / know from
experience with this other association,
which apparently was gotten up with
the very idea that this association is,
that whole lot of earnestness and hard
| work is needed to make such an Or
ganization successful Let US try to
| give hard work and earnestness to this
one. (Applause.) That association
was not able to accomplish what it
wanted to. 1t found it absolutely i'm
possible to get membership at five dol
| lars piece, although we even went so
far as to send men out on the road to
interest the real estate men of the state
and get them to join, but without suc-
| cess.
| have also found that there is a ten
dency on the part of the merchant and
business man to look at us real es-
tate men as somewhat outside of the
field of legitimate business. They do
! not consider that we put in considerable
time and money in the effort to bring
| men into the state who then become
their customers and increase the gener-
al prosperity of the community. (Ap-
plause.) Even when we have brought
prospective buyer to a town and in
! troduced him to businessman, the
| merchant. not infrequently. makes re-
! marks leading our customer, to think
that the. idea of his buying land, here
is sort of a joke. and that since we
| have got the man here we are going
to, bump him. think if we. can get
! every business man in the state inter
ested in this idea of immigration and
| INTO cooperation with us in promoting
1t, this association will have, made
good start: (Applause) -. ~
The Chairman: Before we close
this meeting, / desire to thank the
members of this. congress for their deem
| interest in the proceedings we have CONF
Quoted here. am sure that the
amount of careful investigation into the
proper. methods of conducting this as
sociation and the energy and ability you
have displayed here, if taken home
with you, and put to account in the
interests of this association, will ac-
complsh great good for the state of
North Dakota. (Applause) / expect
and sincerely hope that the organization
we have formed here will be the means
OF bringing thousands of people to the
state OF North Dakota during the year
1906. (Applause) .;:
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