Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-02-10

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enough or men enough so make the
movement success. But think if YOU
can do what il; expected by our chair
man as outlined IN his remarks yes
terday and today see light and think
it will be a success
MI. Max sass.
Gentlemen, it strikes me that the
, work that you desire to accomplish
could be carried through right here u
home Make this association one taking
ID every individual in the, state as your
co-operator for the work ef innnigra-
ton believe ID the dissemination Of
printed matter But in my experience
+ have gained the opinion that the let
ter written by Mr John Smith, living
at Drscol1, TO Mr.. Sam Jones, LIKING
At Decatur Illinois will have just as
much effect AS any amount of printed
matter you could show Sam Jones.
For instance, Mr. Smith Of Kankakee.
M, is now located on a farm at Dris-
coll; the people { Of \ Kankakee knew
Smith, financial condition before he
came to North Dakota; they know he
has had good actual knowledge Of the
advantages or disadvantages Of North
Dakota. His letters fo friends IN Hi
nois and the information &c gives as 10.
those conditions win have more weight
with his friends than any printed matter
YOU can com anse The
Great Northern immigration department
has followed this plan very largely.
/ wish I'd state also that the press of
your state has done more toward the
settling Of your territory Than You give
| it credit for. To give an illustration:
During harvest times when there was
such a scarcity of harvest hands every
where in the state, played little
trick on The press BY getting the news
papers TO impress upon the settlers
along the line Of The Great Northern
the imperative ~ necessity Of securing har-
vest hands telling them that wages in
the east were very high and that every.
body had employment there, and the
papers had editorials on the subject adj
vising the farmers here to tell their
neighborss in the east Ete come out and
help them get their. crops harvested
And as result of that little scheme
| we had more inlmiig grants into that
country than ever before APPLAUSE
Therefore ask the best friend YOU
have, the press Of North Dakota to
help YOU Have it get the tanners Of
this state who in fact are directly
benefited and interested III this inrnigra-
ton movement, 10 help you. APP.
plause. s. 55s
Do not issue big, valuable or costly;
publications, because you have not got
the money to do IT with. Wait until
the legislature convenes, certainly, but
| in the meantime every one OF you work
faithfully for the benefit Of the whole
/ state. (App1ause) s=..
Ill thank YOU e.. ...s
! 81 Colonel c. w. Mott. - - &C.
Mhrs Chairman, I wish to say to You
THAT as the Commissioner of Agriculture
of this state you have done good work
with this money that you teased away
from the legislature last winter. You
have spent this money judiciously and
honestly. (Applause) And You have
done a good work. You went down to
these country fairs in Illinois and In
diana diana and You had very oreditable dis
plays-inr fact your displays were more
than creditable. tApplause.) Your
map and folder is all right and you
have got this book under way, 49,.
l know with your intelligence. and
your ability to do business, you will
skin these. fellows TO the. west of You.
(Great applause) l know, that. YOU
went At this, thing systematically and
kept hammering away at it. And if you
keep that up you will be doing well.
l would call this association The
Society for the Promotion of Ir1rnigra-
ton, Y or3 Publicity Society of North
Dakota, "$sfor instance, or some thing
else on that order. You can go to a
merchant here and explain to him what
Immigration means TO his business and
how if you get more people here he
will sell more goods. Get that mans
dollar as his membership fee and get
his assistance. There is little method
in going at these things right. If you
can get all the real estate men of the
state into the organization and call it
The Society of Publicity as to North
Dakota for the Promotion of Imrnigra-
tieIa, then you can get them all in
business men, bankers and so on. And