Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-02-07

Since that time, construction of
new railroads and branch lines have
worked wonders in the way of our
peoples material aid. We have yet
vast stretches of prairie only awaiting
the tickling of the husbandman's rod
to blossom forth with golden grain,
and the accomplishment of this de-
sired result is the object of your meet
ing today. The bowling blizzard and
drouth dearth once the sweet morsel
of gossip for residents of the East
have lost their imaginary terrors, and
capital is now assured Of just re-
Enumeration as a reward for its in
vestment.
Before the Civil War merchants
journeyed once or twice year to the
cities where wholesale establishments
sold him the goods he supplied to the
public. Since that time in the evolu-
ton of commercial business of the
country there has come into being
that necessary adjunct to mercantile
success, the commercial traveller, who
has so educated the town and country
merchant as to keep him abreast the
times in his particular line of trade.
We become at once the agent of his
principal and the assistant and ad-
wiser of his customer.
The state of North Dakota has en-
tered upon the era of the Home
Builder. Free homes have become
largely a thing of the past. The rapid
increase Of population in the older
states has SO divided its land as to
make Individual holdings small and
undesirable.
The continued prosperity of the
country has permitted of the &C
emulation of immense wealth in the
older states, which only awaits the
offer of proper inducement for invest
ment in the lands of North Dakota.
We possess broad acres of fertile
soil yet unknown. Inexhaustable fuel
beds yet undeveloped; deposits Of
brick and pottery clays for excellence
unsurpassed. Cement rock capable
of being transformed into cement
equal to the best Portland. Native
grasses most nutritious; climate
most invigoratina and healthful; edu-
cational institutions of national re-
pute, and a state government which
during its sixteen years of existence
has never yet had to contend with a
single financial or Institutional
scandal.
To you gentlemen, we turn as COM
mercial agents of this great common
wealth, who shall as our drummers
if you please, advertise our wares;
who shall set forth to the home-seeker
and the investor the advantages we
possess over other states; who shall
by Intelligence and united effort
double, yes trebble our population and
our wealth in the next decade.
Gentlemen, in the name of the
mayor and on behalf of the citizens
bid you a hearty welcome to the
city of Bismarck. You will find our
people generous and Just, ever ready
to contribute to your welfare, ever
anxious to please and entertain. May
your stay among us be pleasant and
profitable, your journey homeward
safe. and may God speed and prosper
you in your every undertaking.
81 At the close of Mr. Stevens address
\ Senator /. a. Simpson
Of Dickinson replied In behalf Of the
delegates. His remarks were inn
promptu ard, as usual. full Of the
choice dietion and wit for which he
is celebrated.
Commissioners GiIbreatn
Then addressed the convention as
follows: u
Gentlemen: We are met here to-
day to devise means, discuss plans,
and exchange views for the purpose.
of stimulating immigration to this
state. There Is something interest