Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-02-08
GREAT INTEREST SHOWN


1--we have been benefited and pleased
/ by the remarks which have been very
aptly put. And we are glad we are
here. H. "a ;s.s s.$ REEF
1.-THE essential part Of this meeting.
1t seems to me chat we are here for
business and these speeches are very
/ good as an introduction. Without
going further and without taking
any of your time to place before you
/ the good points of North Dakota, we
all know them, all Of us who have
had any experience here know that
no other state in the Union has the
future that North Dakota has, and
without going into a set speech, be-
will try to bring before you some
points for our consideration at this
| time. - 5s. rs
We have not come here as kickers
That has been well brought out by
| the former speakers We want to be
united in this effort and it needs the
support of every man to carry out the
! work we have before us. We have
I got the southwest to contend with,
and there are strong forces taking
men to the southwest. There are
strong companies engaged in getting
men to the west coast also. But the
strongest opponent that we have
against us in theEfield is to the north
of us, the Canadian northwest 1t
is hoped that at this meeting some.
thing will be done in this state to
unite our forces in this state to meet
those forces we have to contend with.
/ Very few of us realize anything of
the work that has been going on.
Only those that have actually run up
against this tremendous force can
: realize anything about the immense
force at work against the immigra-
ton to North Dakota 1t is, there
fore, essential that we make some
such effort on our part here in North
Dakota as the commercial club
makes for the interests OF the city
to fight for our rights as a state. 1t
has been pretty well brought up this
afternoon that it is the duty of every
citizen of the state to let his friends
and his relatives know what the ad-
vantages of North Dakota are, and
: to exert an influence to bring the
people to this state. I will not touch
1 upon that point, however, because
! that is we'll understood.
1t has been presented to you that
every citizen has value to the state,
and I would place an even higher
value upon the good citizen than has
already been given him. He is worth
: more and produces more than has
: been represented, and in many ways
is worth more than has been repre-.
: sented. He is the support of oul
! schools and is a producer of wealth
and an aid to civilization and pros.
: perity in every way. This being the
, case, we need the support of every
man that is interested in the welfare
; of the state to get him here. Then
when we have organized ourselves
: properly and on the right kind of q
basis. we can reach out into other
4 fields.
AS have said, we have these con-
tending forces to meet, and we wish
here to devise some plan of meeting
' them. If we had had what really
). belonged to us during the last five
:. years, without other forces coming in
: to interfere, if. the natural forces
:. could have been left to themselves
r our population would have been
!. twice what it is at the present time
i, And those are strong statements, but
have no doubt about it. When you
j. consider the great number of people
that would have come to this state il
>. certain railroads and railroad com
/, panies would have walked to the stu
!. alton, cannot help thinking that the
opposing forces would have been
defeated. With the railroads con-
), sidering the long haul and the pur-
n pose of the railroads to send men to
:. the coast, have been sometimes an
noyed to see how much they were
f and are doing for the coast and how
b little for this state, but their answer
e is that this state will take care oil
t itself. They had other reasons,