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decrease materially in value? No?
Why? The farms in Illinois and Iowa.
and Ohio cannot decrease materially in
value very we'll, not because Of their
productive value being SO much greater
than the Dakota farms, but because of
the mortgages on them. They are
mortgaged on the basis of from thirty
to forty dollars an acre, and that is
what is holding them up, as much as
anything. So, while they do not de-
crease, they drive the people to the
northwest and into Canada. 4
Now, these old timers and pioneers
who came to North Dakota twenty years
ago and blazed the way for the mod
ern civilization and stayed here and
waited patiently until they have become
discouraged, forget that twenty years
ago northwestern Iowa was unsettled,
that Minnesota was unsettled and that
from the Twin Cities to Bismarck was
one stretch of bare prairie; they forget
that South Dakota was unsettled. And
what was there to settle up this coun-
try? Why should this country have
been settled up until now? There never
| has been a time since, history began
when this country was ripe for settle
ment until now. But now Iowa is
settled and southern Minnesota is Set
tied and South Dakota is sending her
settlers to North Dakota.
Here is where the only homestead
and cheap agricultural lands may be
found in the United States. What have
you got? To the north of us lies a
foreign country, great it is true; mag
nifcent it may be, but it is foreign
country nevertheless and the settler
who goes there goes there as pioneer
to wait twenty years for the settlement
to come in the same way as our own
pioneers came to North Dakota. To
the east of us it is already settled
|
The magnificent and splendid scenery OF
the Rocky Mountains and the primeval
! forests of the west Here and there, il
is true, is fertile valley, but it is as
Fcompared to the whole territory only a
rspeck. So where are you going in the
i United States today except into North
Dakota? And the people are coming
to North Dakota, gentlemen, regard.
less of what you may do. You can place
your ear to the ground and hear or
Eevery road to North Dakota the soune
#lof the people coming, and if you ex
anime the tickets in the coaches of the
railroad trains you will find that they
bear the words North Dakota"
| You must place them right when they
leone and tell them the truth. Tina
lis all. you need to do. Go out on tht
highways and byways and tell them tt
come TO North Dakota. And you de
not need to do anything but tell then
the truth about the country.
Mr.. Chairman, thank you for thu
invitation and ! thank you, gentlemen
for your attention.
At the close of Mr.. Miller's re
marks yesterday afternoon the follow
ling committees we're appointed, it be
ling understood the committee was
authorized to report a plan of action
for the unifcation of the state immi
gration work: .., :.
| Committee on Resolutions. o..
f A. M. Powell, Devils Lake; Andrew
miller, Bismarck; A. D. Gains, Mime
Iapolis; J. H. Hanley, Mandan; C. M
Best, Jamestown; G.. M. Frye, Dick
Iinson; C. "A. Wheelock, Fargo; A. W
lSims, Linton; J.. W. Jackson, Willis
] ton; ERNEST Bacon, Mandan; R. A
Middaugh, Cakes; Joseph Mann
i Washburn. r.,
Committee on Organization Of Con
vention.
J. P jackson, Bismarck: o.. F
! Bryant, Napoleon; J. G. Quinlavin
Dickinson; w. b. Gillespie, Ray; B
I G. Shaw, Hope.
4 $@% A. D. Gaines.
4 Prof. A. d. Gaines of Minneapolis
the owner of a large tract of land il
i Oliver county, was the next speaker
He said:
t5+ystn mr. \
Il the Meeting: have been much
!, pleased with the remarks made here
n this afternoon. We all agree thai