The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-07-15
SETTLERS COMING
To Minnesota as a Result of the Ad-
/ vertising Campaign Conducted
by q. N. Railway Co.
Wide Publicity Has Been Given
the State BY Means of the
Exhibition Cars.

A communication from E. G.
Leedy, general immigration agent of
the Great Northern Railway Co.. il,
contains much interesting informa-
tion relative to the efforts of that
fcompany to stimulate immigration
to Minnesota.
In 1914 the Great Northern Rail-
way handled 1,76l cars, of which 70
were sent to points in Mile Laos
county. The shipments for 1914
show a large increase over 1912 and
1913. One can appreciate the num-
ber of settlers now moving into Min
nesota when attention is called to
the fact that from the year of 1910
to April 30, 1915, the Great North
ern handled emigrant movables as
follows: 1910: IT'S cars; 1911, 1,O4l
cars; 1912. l,l60 cars; 1913, 1871
cars; 1914, 1,76l cars, and from Janu-
airy to April 80, 1915, 1854 cars.
Using the average of three families
to- the car Of emigrant movables,
and five people to each family, we
find that from January /, 1910, to
April 30, 1915, the Great Northern
brought into the state of Mime
sofa approximately 1l0,430 people.
AS rule the cars average 10 head
of live stock, which shows that 49,
600 head of stock were brought into
the state in emigrant cars during
this period.
Wide publicity has been given the
state through the exhibition cars
which have been going throughout
eastern and central states for sew
eral years past. Also the one car
for Minnesota donated the state i'm
migration department by the Great
Northern. These cars were filled
with products from G.. N. territory,
in which Minnesota was given full
representation. The territory which
the cars were to cover was carefully
selected with a view of reaching the
people most likely to be interested
in the opportunities offered, and
where land values were high. The
cars were thoroughly advertised
through the local newspapers at each
town and by hand bills, window
cards and personal invitations
which were mailed to farmers on the
rural routes. A hall was engaged
wherever available, where stereopti-
con lectures we're put on each even
ing. The cars were so thoroughly
advertised that their coming was an
event in the small towns throughout
the central and eastern states, and
as a rule. the cars we're packed from
early in the morning until late at
night with interested sight-seers
Over one million people have visited
these exhibition cars.
A large force of travelling agents
is maintained in Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee North
Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia,
Pennsylvania: Oklahoma, Kansas,
Missouri, Arkansas, Nebraska. Iowa
and Wisconsin, as we'll as the New
England states. These agents carry
on campaign of advertising the
year round to secure settlers for the
country tributary to the Great Nor
them lines.
| Important exhibits of Minnesota
products were made in 1914 at the
Kansas state fair, the Illinois state
fair, the Oklahoma state fair, the
Tri-State fair at Sioux City, Iowa,
East Tennessee fair, and two Ten
nessee county fairs. During 1912
and 1913 exhibits we're also made at
county fairs of twelve states.
Minnesota products have been
given representation in all the Great
Northern exhibits, as we'll as at the
large land shows at Chicago, New
York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh,
etc.
A campaign Of advertising in the
newspapers has also been carried on,
and all parties making inquiries have
been supplied With detailed descrip-
tions of every locality tributary to
the lines of the road.
The Great Northern Railway is
now maintaining an exhibit build
ing at the Panama-Pacifc Interna-
tional Exposition at San Francisco,
a portion of Which is devoted to ex-
hibiting and featuring the products
of Minnesota. The company has a
complete exhibit Of. grains and
grasses in the straw, as we'll as
threshed grains, potatoes, corn,
photographs Of farm scenes and other
views of the state in general, which