The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-11-30
OUR WASHINGTON NEWS LETTER
Gossip From the National Cap
ital---Farming with Dyna-
mite--Other News
Special To The News

A permanent organization to be
known as the National Conference
of immigration, Land and Labor
Officials" was the outgrowth of
the recent gathering of represen-
tatives from a number of states, at
the Capital. 7. V. Powderly, fa-
nous years ago as the head of the
Knights of Labor, but now of the
Agricultural Department was
chosen as honorary president of
the conference, while John r.
Cummins, industrial commissioner
of Wisconsin, is president. Mr..
A. p. Sandles of the state board
of agriculture of Ohio, was named
as vice president. Charles F. Get
tony of Boston, is treasurer, and
Miss Frances A. Keller, of the
bureau of industries and immigra-
tion of New York, is secretary.
j. B. Haynes, special commission
er of Nebraska, and Raymond A.
Pearson, commissioner of Agri-
culture, of New York, are among
members of the executive commit
tee. The members of the Confer
ence were received while here by
President Taft. At their meetings
they passed resolutions recon-
mending measures intended to in
duce immigrants to leave the con-
gested centers for the agricultural
and other industrial districts. In
creased appropriations by congress
for the bureau of information of
the United States irrigation SER
vice and the creation, at the ex-
pense of the states, of state bureaus
of immigration and information,
with representatives at ports of
entry, were favored. 1t was also
recommended that the states es-
tablish free employment bureaus
and enact laws safeguarding la
borers in search of employment.
During the progress of the meet
ing Mr.. Roy w. Schenck, state
commissioner of Wyoming brought
into prominence the necessity of
''the to-the-farm movement, :"
and he expressed himself to the
effect that the federal government
ought to spend it's money in ad-
vertising the millions of acres of
fertile land awaiting only the
touch of the plow and harrow. He
said that ten million acres of such
land could be found in Wyoming
alone. 1T is my idea," he said,
that while the government is
spending so many millions of dol
lars in the reclamation of our
lands, making them cultivatible,
it is equal y important that some
effort should be made to direct in
tending settlers to the most avail
able lands" He would start in
with foreigners when they first
land in this country, and carry
the news of our undevoloped lands
to every section of the country.
With congress disposed to do
mostly anything in reason for the
development of agriculture, and
with the work of the recent con-
ference backed up by the plans
that will be formulated on the
'Governor's Special" now east
ward bound, and carrying the
Governors of Washington, Ore.
gon, Idaho, Montana, North Da-
kota, South Dakota, Minnesota,
Colorado and Wyoming, there
ought to result some Legislation of
real benefit to this back. to. the
farm" campaign.
The South Dakota delegation
will undoubtedly make a strong
effort to secure the return of a
full regiment of Cavalry to Fort
Meade, which has been practical
" abandoned since troops were
moved to the Mexican frontier. 1t
is understood to be the policy OF
General Wood that the troops
should be more concentrated, and
therefore he is supposed to be op.