The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-01-29
Commercial Club
State Federation


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st. Paula 100000 appropriation
from the state legislature is the gist
of a resolution, petitioning the repre-
sentative5 of the people to loosen the
strings of the states purse, which was
passed Jan. Is by the Minnesota Fed
Grafton of Commercial clubs during
it's second annual convention, held in
St. Paul, Jan. IA and Is.
Unbounded enthusiasm over the
practically unlimited resources of the
state prevailed throughout the meet
ing. The absolute necessity of adver-
Using, the upbuilding of the agricul-
tural interests, the education of farm.
ers in agricultural schools, and the
building of good roads, were among
the chief topics of discussion.
There were 120 delegates in attend
ance, representing 76 Commercial
clubs of the state, with total mem
bership, of 10000 representative bust
ness men of Minnesota. President D.
NJ Neill of Red Wing, Secretary Cur
It's L. Mosher of st. Paul and Treas
urer Frank J. Meyst of Minneapolis
were all reelected to their respective
offices. Senator A. d. Stephens of
Crookston was named as first vice
president, and F. E. Wade of Fairmont
as second vice president.
The executive committee, composed
of club member from each congress
sional district, were elected as fol-
lows, in numerical order: Julius Rel
ter, Rochester; S. B. Nelson, Luverne !;
w. w. Sivright, Hutchinson; ]. H.
Mitchell, st. Paul; Wallace G. Nye,
Minneapolis; Andrew Davis, Elk
River; F. w. Murphy, Wheaton; H. V.
Eva, Duluth; C. j. Pryor, Bemidji.
If the 100000 is secured from the
legislature, which was promised by a
large number of representatives and
senators present during the conyen-
ton, it will be used through the Of
fee of the immigration commissioner
of the state, Mr.. George WEIGH.
Of vital Importance is the bringing
of farmers to the state through the
imparting of knowledge of what is
being done here in the agricultural
line. That a farmer is worth thou
sand dollars to any community was
the feature of a strong speech made
by e. W. Randall, until recently dean
Of the Agricultural college of Mime
sofa, which is at the head of all ag.
ricultural colleges of the state. Mr.
Randall upheld that the state was
greatly handicapped as the result OF
the little education which abe aver.
age farmer of the state has at pres
ent. To give him an education in cul
tivation and raising of cattle would
at present averages less than $1,000
would be duplicated and Implicated.
Ather speakers, such men as w. l.
Harris Of Minneapolis, president OF
the Minneapolis Publicity club, end re
puted one of the best advertisers in
the country, Professor John Gray OF
the department of economics and pc
litical sciences at the University OF
Minnesota, William Robertson Of the
state experimental farm at CrookstOn
and others of like caiibre, who spoke
during the convention. upheld Mr.
Randall and advised the selection OF
competent teachers who would &c
among the farmers and give practical
demonstrations of the higher art OF
farming. All strongly advised proper
advertising, which finally resulted in
the unanimous adoption VI the reso
luton asking for 100000.
Good roads were discussed at length
by the delegates. Geo. V. Cooley, en-
gineer Of the state highway commits
sion, read paper on the proper con
struction of roads. He outlined thor
oughly the various constructions OF
roads, and recommended properly con
structed dirt roads in preference tc
the more expensive roads of stone ma
terial. A general discussion brought
out the facts that much was being
done in the line of good roads
throughout the state.
Minneapolis was selected by the
convention as the place of meeting in
1910.
The following is the text of the res
olutions which were unanimously
adopted by the convention, which
promises to be thrice as large next
year:
"The delegates from the CONNER
cial clubs and business associations
of Minnesota, assembled in annual
convention of the Federation of Com
mercial clubs, after thoughtful discus
sion and careful consideration of some
of the many problems confronting oul
citizens, and whose proper and early
solution will materially contribute to
the development of the magnificent
state in which we are so vitality in
terested, adopt and present for the
consideration of those in authority
the following resolutions expressing
our sentiment upon some of these
questions:
First. Recognizing the fact that the
greatest asset of Minnesota is it's fer
tile acres and that the further devel
opment of the state rests largely upon