Morris tribune., 1910-03-25
Resolutions Adopted by COnseT-
vdtiOn Congress Deal With
Many Matters.
HIGHER TAX FOR GOOD ROADS
ReappOrtiOnment of Legislative
Districts and Better Rural
Schools Wanted.

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practically every subject of importance
touched upon during the convention
| The resolutions are as follows:
Be it Resolved, That this congress
recommend and respectfully urge that
reapportionment be made at the com.
| ing session of the legislature that shall
give to all parts of the state equal
representation both in the senate and
! the house, according to the population
! as shown by the United States census
of 1910.
Whereas, The present great inter
| est in Minnesota farm lands is largely
due to the work of the Minnesota i'm
migration board, and
Whereas, This board is at present
the chief distribution agency for the
dissemination of information about
these lands,
Be it Resolved, That it is the sense
of this meeting that the powers of this
board be greatly enlarged and. a sum
of not less than 100000 annually be
placed at it's disposal that may enable
them to compete with private and
other public distributing agencies in
seeking for actual settlers to populate
Minnesota's idle acres.
Resolved, That we recommend the
legislature be most liberal in it's ap-
preparation for the department of ag-
riculture of the University of Mime
sofa. That special aid and encourage
ment be given to extension work, plant
breeding, soils, dairying and live stock
investigation; and that the state
should duplicate the financial support
now extended by the federal govern
ment for this important work, and be
it further
Resolved, That we commend the
board of regents for their labors in the
cause of agriculture in the past and
urge upon them continuance of the
agricultural work so necessary for the
development of this commonwealth.
HIGHER TAX FOR GOOD ROADS.
Resolved, That this congress recon-
mends that a one-fourth mill tax be
levied for good roads and bridges at
the next session of the legislature as
the constitution now provides and
that constitutional provision be made
for the levying hereafter of one mill
tax for the same purpose-the same to
be expended under the direction of
the highway commission.
Believing that one of the important
factors of the agricultural develop
ment of our state is the proper educa-
tion of our farm boys and girls for
farm life, and believing also that the
policy of the state should be to offer
as much elementary education as pos
sible to the farm boys and girls in
their home schools; that fully appreci-
ating the magnificent urban, graded
and high schools which have been
built up in the state of Minnesota un-
der the direction and guidance of the
high school board and by the liberal
appropriations granted by the state
legislature, aud realizing that the
proper education of our rural children
is of as much importance to the
welfare of the state as the education
of it's urban children, and further rec
ognizing that the present system of
rural schools offers to the rural chill
dren educational advantages greatly
inferior to those now offered to our
villages and cities,
Be it Resolved, That the state of
Minnesota should, proceeding along
similar lines to those by which it has
built up it's excellent system of urban,
graded and high schools, build up
system of rural, township and graded
schools which shall fully meet the
needs of our rural population and
shall insure to them in their home
mentary agriculture, manual training
and home economics as it is possible
to give, that such a system of rural
and graded schools can and will be es-
tablished in the near future
Be it further Resolved, That we rec
ommend that the secondary agricul-
tural schools now established be
strengthened and that additional
schools be built from time to time as
conditions demand.
CHANGES IN LAND LAWS.
Whereas, Minnesota is region of
fruitful soil, splendid waterways and
water powers, boundless wealth pro-
ducing resources and healthful eli.
mate, and it is the veritable parlor of
natures palace, and
Whereas, The said state of Mime
sofa is possessed of large and exten-
siYe areas of land secured under spe-
cial grants from the federal govern
ment, and said lands as now handled
constitute continuing barrier against
the full settlement and development
of Minnesota by landlocking the set
tiers in some sections, making the
h,;Idino IF roads iDonoccihlo and