The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-28
,UTCH PEOPLE MAY
MIGRATE To ZION
Bankers From Holland Are En-
Route to Utah to Look
Over the Ground.
MAY PURCHASE TRACT
AND LOCATE BIG COLONY
One Thousand Men. Women and
Children VIII Comprise the
Number at Start.

Within a few days there will arrive
in Salt Lake City two prominent fiuau-
ciors and bankers from Amsterdam. IIol-
| land. They are Aric Colyn. Jr.. and Mar
tyn Sanders. and they are now in New
York, The object OF their Visit is TO
make an inspection of several western
states with view of establishing a
Dutch colony in one of them once "A
tract OF land will be bought and the final
arrangements FOR the coming of The inn
migrants VIII be made.
Their project Is phildnthropic ono. but
they hope To establish II colony which will
not only be solf-suportug from the start
| but Will enable TO Dutch ColoniSts even
tually TO become rich
In round numbers 1000 men. women and
children viii make Up the first party OF
immigrants. They viii be followed by
others. The Dutch are chiefly farmers
and laborcrS, bu, they arc thrifty and
hard working. and make good citizens,
Will Visit Utah
4 special to Tho Tribune from New
York sunday night gives a brief inter
view with MI, Colyn, who IS at The
Broadway Central hotel in New York,
Says Mr. Colyn
I'VE may go TO Canada after visiting
the American states, Tor we want TO be
sure of getting site that Will suit all
sofa, where / understand there Is big
Scandinavian colony. Then We shall go
into North and South Dakota. and into
Wyoming Colorado and Utah. 7 am un-
der tho impression that Gtah would not
he a good state for farming. but We shall
inspect them all. Then we are going 10
California and north along the coast TO
oregon and WashinSt ton. Thence We shall
so into Canada, probably as far as Win
uipeg
Where They Got Misinformation.
These gentlemen undoubtedly obtained
their information that Utah would not
be a good state for farming" from the
missionaries OF the Mormon church who
nre in Holland. for these missionaries are
now instructed To advise converts and
others in the old world not TO emicratc.
not TO go 10 Utah. Tho reason is APP
parent for OF every ten persons who
now come 10 Utah TO live seven are Gen
tiles who would fight the dominant
church and help civiliZc the state. hence
the advice To the missionaries. who are,
in fact, the real knockers against Utah.
In view that Utah is recognized as the
pioneer in irrigation. i'm view that Utah
raises forty bushels OF wheat per acre
on dry farms 1900 bushels Of onions 10
the acre. 1000 bushels OF apples and
peaches to the acre. 10 tons Of sugar
toes 10 the acre. would indicate that
really Utah was a good place to come 20
farm.
Opportunity for Commercial Club
II would not be- a bad idea Tor the
Commercial club 60 get into communica
tion with the gentlemen uamcd, urge
them 10 come TO Utah, and look the
ground over and show them that Utah
is good place to farm. i'm fact. that
there is no better place oB earth. and that
once the soil is turned there Is no end
to the product. There is land here in
plenty pruductivn land ii is too as viii
be seen by the 1GGreS above noted. Why
NOT make some ndp"cmcut TO these
Dutch people TO conc SO Utah TO live?
There are few converts 10 the Mormon
faith from Holland, one thousand pco-
rlc alone when brought I'm here AT ono
time is \ whole lot al people. and the
statement made that this VIII be largely
increased would appear 60 be worth look
ing after The Real Estate association
could likewise get into communication
with the gentlemen named and fruitful
results might follow. In any event lt
might he worth while TO look into the
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