The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-29
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
Promoting State DEVELOPMENT,

To the Editor Of The Journal
Il ~ REeaJ 0 u FGn al'S interview with Hon.
"A. l.. Cole, published in a late Sunday
issue, seems to have excited no little in !
terest{ among; that class of our citizens
Whe are active ina more determined eff
fort to promote the states development,
Mr. Cole, as the republican candidate for
governor hits the nail on the head when
ne asserts in substance that more seri-
GUS efforts must be made in the line of
stopping the heavy immigration which is
now pushing over us and even into Can
ada Governor Johnson will likely take
the same stand, and the coming campaign
therefore Is likely to take on hue hith-
erto unknown. -
1t may be we'll Just now for our peo-
pie to recall some of the things in this
direction now going on among our neigh
| oors IN Wisconsin. It Is well known that
| IN the German empire there are at least
TWO provinces Of dissatisfied citizens. The
number is said to be about 1875 900 fam
ines comprising perhaps a half million
! people. That government IS said to be
perfectly willing that they shall find 9TH
er homes To this end it has set apart
| the vast sum Of $75,O0ooOO to take UP
their holdings as fast as they may wish
| to depart. It further, year or more
ago, commissioned two ENJOYS to come
to this country for the purpose of find
ING Tor these people a proper location.
They We're. instructed to find a. region
4 hrst fairly we'll settled, next having a
| productive soil, uniform and sufficient
rainfall, streams of running water, and
where good markets existed for produce.
| They went thru Oklahoma and Texas,
then Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota,
ana then thru North and South Dakota
They finally reported In favor of northern
Wisconsin as combining best Of all the
requisite demands. Not content with this
report that government later sent an
other commission, and it Is understood
that 1t has reported in favor Of the same
j selection. but more enthusiastically than
did their predecessors. To further the
project, several large holders of cut -ovel
4 lands In Wisconsin have formed thu
i American immigration society and the
/! American Colonization society, of which
Frederick Weyerhauser is president ane
i A. E. Uecke is secretary. The matte,
has so far progressed, it is claimed, tina,
i Mr.. Uecke is now on his way to German,
with the expectation of establishing a.
!, an early day the first forty families II
i Sawyer county.
i If under this project the full humble,
OF families should ultimately be so col
onized each upon an 80-acre tract, Their.
/ would thus be required 10000, 900 acre.
Il LOT land That is perhaps more unoccu
pied land than there is in northern Wis
consin II quarter section each SHOULD
be required 20.000,000 acres would b,
4 needed. OF necessity they must com,
i across the border into northern Mime
lsota, where the conditions are quite sim
i liar. This project, therefore, has a dee,
interest for our people. It Is a feasibl,
& one, and there is no reason why Their,
4 cannot be community Of interest in tn,
r 10
4 vate enterprise, but If those havin,
! charge Of the public interests in eacl
state were to work in harmony the mos
astounding results would follow
! "A. T. Ankeny.
/ Minneapolis, June g.