Bismarck daily tribune., 1915-12-18

corn, alfalfa, clover and cattle. They
are "hand-picked."
The most influential business men
and farmers of the Lake Region are
members Of the development associ'
alton. Their names appear upon all
association literature. They help to
instl confidence in the prospective
settler.
Mr.. Connolly spoke of MS vision OF
the entire state organized along sim.
liar lines, in county units and district
federations. He suggested the plan OF
including at least $4,000 acres in a
unit and assessing the holders there
of 81 per acre to provide a working
fund. He deplored the occasional
practice Of exacting unreasonable
commissions, leaving dissatisfied
settler rather than a booster. lie
spoke of ways in which the banks
may help by loaning money at reason
able rates.
In conclusion he said
"There are 100000 to 6O0,0 900 land
less people in Iowa, Illinois and Kan
sas. BY landless l mean renters anG
tenants, who own no land. If you
can bring these people here and put
them into the farm homes; if you can
send our farmers into the farm homes
Of the mississippi valley, in 1925 the
population of North Dakota will have
been doubled
To Consider Labor Question.
The session adjourned after author
izing President Hardy to name com.
mittee of five to consider the farm
labor problem. The committee which
has under consideration the Chicago
Herald's permanent exposition plan
was given an extension of time in
which to report. The next meeting
place was not selected, but as the
federation will be interested in many
affairs to come before the next legis-
lature, it is possible that the feder-
alton will convene in Bismarck dur
ing the 1916 session.
The meeting was successful
throughout; the attendance was good
and enthusiastic. The entertainment
offered by the Fargo Commercial
club was of the highest order.
General Cooperation Necessary.
The need for general cooperation
between the state federation, the i'm
migration department, the state bank.
ers association, the local commercial
club the local banker and the farmer
in the solution Of the farm labor
problem was expressed by a number
of speakers during an informal dis.
cussion of the question held during
the morning session.
C. w. MoFadden, secretary of tae |!
North Dakota Bankers association,
outlined a tentative plan which that
has considered. 1t con.
templated interesting the farm hand,
or farmers son in the middle west
ern states through moving picture ex.
hibits, advertising in farm papers and
correspondence. Once the attention
of this valuable type of labor is at
tracted, Mr. MoFadden urged that
some means be devised Of bringing
him to North Dakota at minimum
expense. In this effort he believed
the railroads were willing to do their
share, but they are, he stated, handl-
capped by the interstate commerce
laws. He suggested that an idea wor-
thy of consideration might be the
refunding of railroad fare, one way,
to trained farm hands who put in
80 days, or more, in North Dakota
harvest fields. The bankers plans,
he stated, had not assumed concre.e
form, but the association was ready
to cooperate in any program which
could be satisfactorily worked out.
Hard to Get Line on Need.
That it is very difficult to get line
on actual openings for farm hands,
even though a general shortage of
labor is popularity supposed to exist,
has been the experience Of J. P. Har-
dy, secretary of the Fargo CONNER
cial club, and Don N. Bates, assistant
agent Of the 500 Line.
Mr.. Hardy stated that conditions are
often misrepresented, and that Wien
a demand for labor is sifted down,
it is often found to exist only in the
of townspeOple who are
with the real situation in
the country. Mr.. Bates told OF an
last summer, when GER
tain North Dakota banker wired that
Is men were needed in his commun-
ity. On the strength of this advice,
Mr.. Bates persuaded a St. Paul en-
ployment bureau to forward 25 men.
When the laborers reported to the
banker who was authority for the
he had no definite knowl-
edge as to means of placing the men.
The, latter revolted; insisted that the
banker sign a certificate testifying
that he had been unable 20 give then,
and upon their return to
st. Paul they held the employment