Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-01-21
APPROPRIATION
BADLY NEEDED
Commercial Club Man Says North
Dakota Has Suffered Because
= = Of Lack of Publicity. q !
~ D. s. Holienqa,

a bill tor that purpose " -'''
1T is' for this reason that l take the
liberty to call special attention to this
fact and that / will try, to convince
the Legislators of our State, how nee
essary it ID; to not only provide for
such bill; but to provide for its
Literally. T. veg :" = fsL
r. History Repeats Itself t&
If we look back in early history, we
find that the great hordes of Huns,
Goths, Franks, Mortimer and Frsians
moved to other countries, because
they thought them better than their
own. tS4t -. sa.'IAI -
What has happened in the third,
fourth and fifth centuries, will Of
course, true to the old saying that
History repeaas itself" happen In
the twentieth century, 'Iol.
Today North I'akota ranks amongst
the other states in the Union, 18th in
area and S3rd in population. ii ~
'Welmust by all means try toaget
that'fguFe 80 closer to the figure is.
There 'iss plenty of land in North
Dakota for men who are willing to 60
there and will be steady and sober
and work hard .'trs }tj5lt
BY application Of methods Of scien.
tific farming, we can compete on even
(f not 'better) terms with all other
states in the Union. :
We eve could through proper irri.
cation turn that small part of waste
and we have, into fertile country for
settlers. y. E.
Any country in the world will al:
ways welcome new arrivals who may
be able in the near future, t.. etfec-'
lively augment our productive wealth.
To show1what has been done BY
other countries, l mention the FOL-
lowing: During the year 1908 there
came into the country of Brazil 94.695
persons. OF these 1899 came at their
own expense and 11,109 at the cost. Of
the Unicn. In spite Of the small grant
allotted to the service of immigration,
it was conducted with the greatest
efficiency. The department for the
peopling OF. the soil has effected the
location OF, Immigrants in 26 colonies
We find that: in the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1906, there had been ar
living in the United States 1926 99
immigrants. ~
CT this number 777,OO0 or IS per
cent settled in six states-New York
Pennsylvania. Massachusetts,, Illinois,
New Jersey anA Ohio.
New York received over $4,000,
while the west received only $4,000,
This goes to prove that immigrants
go to these parts to which their at
!ention has been called.
Money is Needed.
The lack of knowledge concerning
those parts of the country in which
hey are most needed Is the chief
cause of the congestion in the large
cities and the more density populated
states which is one of the most seri-
Gus aspects of the immigration prob
lem: During the last 30 years Canada
has spent w $1,000 900 on immigra'
ton work in Europe only.
American farmers left for Canada
at a tremendous rate, attracted by
cheap lands and good laws and in
1906 North" Dakota led in the applica-
items for homesteads in western Ca.
NADIA. q! 1%'
Almost every one of these settlers
who came to Canada in these years
had enough capital to make a good
start and also brought with them
their experience N prairie farming
and have through this, enormously af-
fected agricultural methods.
The thing 70 do for North Dakota is
to appoint an immigration staff with
genious for organization, an unequal.
ed capacity for persistent hard work
and above all, a faith in the state
which will never know wavering
nor questioning. ~ # - p
/ We must advertise North Dakota
in a Napolionic way; we must acquaint
other people with the tremendous OPP
p%ortunities and possibilities OF u
state. .r.- Z 49,. d
Only then will we be able to break
the silence of the unsettled land and
make these lands the promised ones
for the newcomers. .'+ '"r't.E ,
Canada has had for years and years
agencies working In the United States
and Europe and 1t is not necessary
fer me to repeat the results; they
were simply amazing. ~ ~ :" T.
Urges Liberal appropriation
And what Canada has accomplish
ed, we can accomplish. After the
Franco-Prussian war, immigration In
creased over 100 per cent in 3this
country; during and after the present
war, we, North Dakotans will be, able,
by working this 5intelligently TO in
duce European cafptal to invest in
our state, becausel have in my pos.
ession; letters from different parts of
Europe, wherein capitalists inform me
that as soon as they are able. they
will escape the almost fsuperhu1nan
burden of taxation that necessarily
will follow this var. .aa iEsH (
We can bring ~ hundreds of. bona
ade settlers, if We 80 after them, but
we will not be able osdos this, without
funds: 80
It is therefore tlat.I appeal to oil
legislators to vote FOR asil6erel bill
for Immigration tz g2 t@%
On account of limited space can
not go into details, nut 4 shah be glad
to give all Information needed, upon
request, and Nv sefYtceS cat be com.
manded any ting ~ thts purpose.
ACKNOWLEDGES HERoEe.
Pittsburg, Pa.,ssJaa. 20:---Forty-four
acts Of heroism, largely: those : CT
young men and woTnen'in widely-scat.
tered places in the ynited States and
Canada, were recognized at the elev'
enth annual meetin0 of the Carnegie