The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-12-03
BO0Ms FOR STATES
CRAT0RY AT THE FARM LANDS
CONGRESS IN CHICAGO.
Governor Eberhart Was the Prince of
Speakers; George Atchison Says
That Minnesota Was Not as Well
Advertised as Some Other Com
monwealths; Real Estate Men
Should Be Well Organized.


Should Be Well Organized.
George Atchison has just returned
from Chicago as delegate to the Ma
tional Farm Lands congress and h,
is quite enthusiastic over the publicity
given to lands and the get together
feeling among the whole states al
large. This is what he says of the
meeting.
Bright Men at Meet
There were congregated at this con-
vcntion some of the brightest men and
ablest speakers that our country can
produce, and the manner in which some
states were advertised must be of
much benefit to their future develop
ment. South Dakota especially was
grandly prepared for the occasion and
had some of the ablest takers and
their best real estate men represent
ing the state there. They had hun
dreds of prints of literature, which
were widely distributed and the eager
ness with which the audience carried
off this printed matter went to show
that there is a great demand for lands
if properly advertised, and brought to
the notice of the public in a proper
manner.
To illustrate the enterprise and push
of South Dakota, that the state stood
ready with a small band of rooters
to fill any vacancy allotted on the
program to that state, and the South
Dakota representatives made good by
eloquently displaying the great future
OF their state, in such a manner that
must have made a lasting impression
on the many people attending the con-
vention.
Speaks Well of Eberhart.
Wyoming, Utah, Washington, Ore
gon, Nebraska, Missouri, Nevada, Kan
sas, Iowa, in fact all of the western
and southern states were ably and
fully represented by thoroughly posted
speakers who had the matter fully in
hand and ably. presented their cause
to the very large audience there as
sembled. Minnesota, however, would
have fallen fiat had it not been for
the eloquent address made by Gov
ernor Eberhart, which was conceded
by all people attending the conven-
ton, to be the ablest address deliv-
cred there. There was practically no
Minnesota literature whatever, on the
tables surrounding the entrance to the
convention hall, while all other states
had all kinds of reading mater displayed
in full view on the tables set aside for
that purpose, which was eagerly car
ried away by hundreds of prospective
purchasers, or at least by people
who would read and talk about the
several states which they had read
about. Duluth advertised herself by
having printed matter on the tables.
Makes Suggestion.
Il believe the state of Minnesota,
or at least the department of state
connected with immigration, should try
TO organize the real estate men of
this state, so that concerted move
ment could be made to more fully ad-
vertise the great resources of our
state. 1t seems to me that if we had
an organization all over this state,
wherein all prominent real estate men
were elected members, that on such
occasion as this, they would be ready
and have all their printed matter con-
corning the state in such positions
where it could be ably handled by a
small committee representing the real
estate men of the state at large. This
is only passing thought of mine,
and after viewing the work done by
some real estate men at this meeting,
l believe it is the thing to do. South
Dakota was most ably represented,
and the state will surely receive
much benefit from the advertising got
ten at that time. While our exhibit
at the Coliseum was very well gotten
up, by our present immigration agent,
Mr.. George Welsh, and he did much
good work for the furtherance of i'm
migration to our state, it is my be-
lief that we will not get the best re-
suits until the state becomes fully or
gained in some way, such as 1 sug-
gest.
''Our Governor Eberhart did himself
proud, and / can assure you that his
address before that convention made
the state and himself many friends"