Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-29
IMMIGRATION TO
The NORTHWEST
THIS TOPIC subject OF AN
INTERESTING ADDRESS
AT TACOMA MEET.
Says over 100000 Persons Were In
duced to Locate in Zone of Plenty
During Last Ten Years-Tells How It
Was mplished-Problem Now Is
More People and More Money.

More People and More Money.
Tacoma, Wash.-Discussing "What
immigration Has Accomplished for the
North Pacific Country" at the Pacific
Northwest immigration convention in
Tacoma the afternoon of February 81,
Waldo G. Paine, vice president and
traffic manager of the Spokane & Inland
Empire Electric railway system and
president of the Transportation club of
Spokane, said, in part:
Population Doubled in Ten Years.
"Census figures taken in 1910 show
that the state of Washington has more
than doubled its entire population Since
1900, California has gained a million,
Oregon and Idaho have developed rap
idly and the territory of Alaska and
the province of British Columbia also
made great strides. Briefly stated, be-
tween 2,250,OO0 and 100000 persons
were induced to locate in this zone of
plenty during the last 10 years.
GLOW was it accomplished
omen with intelligent initiative SUI
perior enterprise and aggressive activity
started things and put the waking up
process into practical operation.
"What did they dos
Every Community Helped
"They got together. Practically every
community had a part in this remark
able contest for expansion. The live
ones, the real property gatherers, inter
ested others in the climatic and soil
conditions, their big potatoes and other
vegetables, peaches, pears, berries and
melons, their superior wheat, barley
oats, hay and hops, their live stock
their fisheries, their minerals, their lum
Der, their undeveloped water powers and
other natural resources, and gradually
but surely evolved sort of an endless
chain of systematic boosting, in which
the big transportation companies played
prominent parts.
Total Wealth.
Substantial cities have been built
rural communities have been estab
lished, transportation facilities have
made possible the development by settle
ment of large areas of land tormeri.
looked upon as worthless; water powers
idle for centuries, have been harnesses
to turn thousands of wheels to CONVEX
the raw materials of fields, forest an
mines into finished products, with tn
result that the total wealth produced L
the four states and the territory o
Alaska and our neighboring provinc
was a matter of more than 0,00O,O 90
in 1911.
The Past Lesson.
"Judging the future by the past an
taking into consideration the fact tina
so far we have only scratched the SUI
face of our riches, it may be said tina
today the North Pacific country is
the threshold of an era of marvelou
possibilities in growth and developmer
"a food in the tide of its progress
when the best thought and energy OF II
people must be devoted solely to tn
work at hand if we are to utilize tn
great opportunities presented and rea
the rich harvest it promises in adm
to our population and wealth produ
ton.
"We are living in an age of darn
and tremendous achievements perlc
that demands the highest constructiN
ability. We cannot put TOO much sire
upon the importance of acting conserv
lively, intelligently and yet, at the san
time, aggressively, in taking advantas
of the many opportunities presented
all sides for working out better al
more homogeneous development.
Work With Harmony.
HBut let us first establish harmon
and understanding and community
plan and operation in this territory
identical interests, so that all may pro
by united action. The future growth
the Pacific coast country must nece
sarily be intensive rather than exte
sive, so that our agricultural develo
ment. the back bone of permanent pre-
perity may go on indefinitely
Chief Problems.
"Probably the chief problems of
vious Importance confronting the yves
ern country today are the increasing
the opportunities for our people to
auire homes and making possible
larger acre production of our staE
crops. Then, too, the Pacific count
needs more people and more money.
verting only half of the present tour
travel from Europe to the west won
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