The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-21
SEEKS To TURN TIDE
Of MIGRATION WEST.
Executive Body of Western De-
velopment Association Lays
Plans to This End.
Continued From Page One.

the opportunity To them.
j. Fl Brady will nc sent 20 New YORK
City and Chicago the first OF Apru 10
see railroad interests there ana ~, 70 rImi RI;
Paul to confer with j. j. and l.. w; IN n
OF tho Great Northern and Howard FL
lott Of the Northern Pacific. ana open
negotiations with them for participation
In the enterprise A.
Denver 10 take the matter up with Gov
ernor Shafroth and to Cheyenne TO see
Governor Carey ON the matter
Office at Omaha.
Riley Atkinson. secretary of the League
of Southern Idaho Commercial CLUBS anu
vice president of the organization from
that state. will return to his state to get
big exhibit car ready. and SecretarS,
j. Il. Caine OF the Salt Lake Commerce.
club said; "Wc are in-our car VIII 20
ready
Details for securing a large membership
in the Western Development assoclatlon
will he worked out by tho committee oe
fore Il adjourns Tuesday. and a cam
paGn will be made 10 get every CONNER
cia club in ten states TO Join. inc seG9e sSI
In Omaha and publish a booklet giving
the necessary facts about the ten en-, states lies
Interested. Mr.. Campbell said; we WI
install q reference library In Omaha
which will give anyone the necessary IN
formation and literature about these
states and carry on an active campalgH
while we are preparing for the blS trip.
Nebraska is very much Interested as
well as the city OF Omaha. where tho
association was organized. The cilY alone
has done much and Is ready 10 DO more
10 finance the plan"
Secret of Canada's Success.
Governor Brady. when asked as 70 the
causes for the great tide OF Immigration
10 Canada and the Innuenc" at WORK 10
take 1t there. said Monday night to
Tribune reporter:
Reorganization. just plain organization.
the best | have ever known. Let me say
at the start that up to hye Years ego
westward was on given lines. and II
moved west instead OF north or south;
The New England states and central
states sent their tide of Immigration
west on a line finding homes in the north
central states: Virginia. West Virginia.
Georgia and other states in the latitude
fornia The first movement OF this shift
ing population stopDed largely IN uilnols'
Iowa Missouri. Kansas and Nebraska,
The second movement carried The popu-
lation farther west on a direct line from
the FIRST location. this section receiving
the benefit About five years ago the
Canadian government adopted n system
for securing immigration for CANADA. The
result Of this splendid marvellous organ
ization has been astounding. The records
show. that in one year more than SlOO.-
900, 900 OF capital from the United States
was transferred 10 Canada
West Entitled to It's Own,
There are thousands of these people
who would he more happy, contented and
prosperous If they lived in the states west
OF Nebraska and Kansas. For these rea-
sons ! think the time has arrived when
the distinctly western states should come
into their own. Never before In the his
tory Of the west has there been an or
Ganization formed on such a broad and
comprehensive scale as the Western De-
velopment association. This association
| is interested in no property or any state
the people OF the west know the natural
| advantages and the diversified interests
| that are embraced within the borders or
the ten states identified with the asso-
citation,
The ambition Of the members OF the
association and its aim is 10 people this
| territory with desirable citizens and to
bring the millions Of wealth that is now
| going to Canada and the south TO these
| states. II the organization VIII keep it
| self TO the high plane that II Is hoped
| il will do, il can accomplish more bene-
| ficial and far-reaching results than any
thing of the kind that has ever been done
before. / believe we have found our cue
and have found our pace.
Canadian Lands Cheap.
Ii. c. Coker. secretary OF the Poca :
| tello Commercial club. said: One thing
! that has contributed largely. i think. TO
the success Of Canada in securing thou
| ment land there can be filed upon SO
readily. No matter If man has eX-
hausted all his rights in the United
States TO filing on free land. he can go
| TO Canada and file on as much or more
| than he did as citizen OF the United
| states: II is estimated that 1t costs the
| Canadian railroads and government S3.2S
| per capita for securing settlers and that
$1,000 per capita is taken into Canada.
| AT Pocatelo we are going after set
| tiers. Great improvements have been
made In and around our community and
| We are telling a straight story OF what
settlers will find there. Irrigation pro-
| jects are being pushed to a finish. We
| bad a. day set apart when we asked every
person in Pocatello 10 write TO at least
one friend in the east. More than 1000
booklets We're sent out at that time.
| am getting fine inquiries now from this
work. We are alive and doing what we
| think is good work.
| Railroads a Factor.
by the combined efforts OF the Ca
madam railroads. backed by liberal gov
ernment land laws. Canada has put into
practice effectively a gigantic system.
| Persistent and consistent advertising has
supplemented this work.
| The Southwest Washington Develop
| ment association, of which | am secre-
taTy. Is directing all its efforts to that
particular section OF the state, We are
| Ing. Owners of logged off land have
pledged that their land will be sold
only 10 bona fide home builders. We
| are making study of community ad-
vcrtising and applying II with satisfac-
| tory results. l see great work ahead
of the Western Development association
| Riley Atkinson. secretary OF the Boise
| Commercial club and OF tho Southern
Idaho Commercial Clubs league, was OPP
timistic over the results OF the meeting
Monday. OF the great immigration TO
| Canada. he said;
Cheap lands. to a small extent, good
advertising. mostly by exhibits. and ef-
ficient publicity work have done much
| to send immigrants to Canada. The
railroads. in their campaign. have been
literally backed by the government; Tho
people OF Canada. have done s. small part
Of the work The system has not been
| in their hands.
Doing Things in Idaho,
! Yes. we have been doing things at
Boise. Last year we spent more than
So 900. 900 In new buildings: We built
warehouses and factories We spent SIS, :
| 900 In advertising Boise and S50, 900 in
advertising southern Idaho. We are get
ting big returns.
VIII A. Campbell of the publicity
bureau OF the Omaha Commercial club
| and secretary OF the Western Develop
| rnent association said
There never has been seen IN the
world better and more successful or
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