The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-03-18
CARE OF SETTLERS,

Two important points were touched
on in the discussion at the meeting of
the state Federation of Commercial
clubs yesterday, one OF which has al.
ready been given some attention in
these columns. viz: that while h state
neds more people above %vcrythinS else.
these people. to be Of any value to us.
must he OF The light kind. The other
point to wheel, We wish to call aiteu-
tior je that. it the state is tn reap
It's proper share of benefit from, Tho
Immigration which ONE tn it, II must
be prepared to take care ot the set
tiers who come.
Many OF the people who come to
settle on cur fatnls are unfamiliar
with the conditions of farminE in the
northwest. AS "a rule they come from
sections where the crop conditions are
different. where the growing season is
longer. where different conditions are
needed for the housing aud care of
stock. whore there are different con-
ditions surrounding almost every itcn
oF farm work. IL these people arc OF
the right type they wish to le;lrn as
quickly as possible into what condi-
tions they have come. II should he
the business OF those already here to
inform them. They should he placed
in contact with reliable sources of in
formation. and every opportunity
should he afforded to acuuaint them
with the facts which they will need to
know. in this way much time and
some loss can he saved them.
And Just q word of caution here.
Something was said last night about
climate. We have n fine climate. The
air is clear and braciug, and as was
said last night. we have fewer cloudy
days than most other sections of tho
United States. Because of our north
ern location We have more hours OF
sunshine per day during the growing
season than have the states farther
south. Because VIC have neither mud
nor slush i'll the winter stock will
thrive and be comfortable with little
shelter. and because OF many condi-
tons which need not be enumerated
now low temperatures do not affect
the comfort Of living here as they do
east n south. These are facts. and
the immigrant should be made fami-
liar with them.
But let this not be %overdonc. 1t
will be no kindness to a new settler to
persuade him that he has come To a
region OF perpetual summer. lie has
done nothing OF the sort. 1t will be
good business to prepare i'll the fall
for a severe winter. He may not get it.
File will not get in any case the sort
Of weather that tilnid eastern people
have learned to expect. lie may get
a winter which is remarkably fine and
mild, as the rast winter has been. If
so lie will be that much ahead. and
he will be delighted With his expert
ence. But il he is persuaded that We
have no such thing as winter here,
and is %credulous enough to believe 1t.
and acts or that belief. he may strike
something hat he is not expecting
and is not prepared for, and the result
II pc d very sore anu very disgust
ed settler. Let it be remembered that
We cxpect these settlers whom We are
inviting here to be with us for a long
time. and that 1t is not a good plan
to deceive them in the matter of eli
mate any more than it is a good plan
to deceive them in the matter of laSd
or anything else.
After all, the climate matter, is one
which will take care of itself. 1t is
doing so. People away from our state
are getting p better knowledge Of it
than they have had. Our own people
are coming to appreciate our climate
better than they did. They have been
coming 10 a better understanding Of
it and a. better liking for it since more
OF them have become able to spend
winters elsewhere. They have enjoyed
the pleasant features of other cli-
mates. and they have experienced at
first hand some of the defects Of those
climates. And they are better sutis-
fed with what they have ct home.