Speech #630043807

I trust that before this session comes to a close an adequate appropriation may be made to meet this urgent necessity. It is safe to say that more than 12.000 strangers have come to our State in the past half year to engage in the business of farming. A most comforting feature of this relnarkable immigration is that among those now coming to Montana are a very considerable number from the Canadian Provinces to the north of us. including not a few born under our own flag. who have been allured by persistent effort. by generous advertising. and by a wise and liberal public land policy. in marked contrast with our own. temporarily to expatriate themselves. The Montana department of agriculture and publicity has a list of the names and addresses of 1.700 people who have come to that State from Canada this year. I allude at the present time to the figures given as conclusive proof not only that the business of farming remains attractive for the rewards it offers. but that despite the repressive policy which has unfortunately obtained in reference to the appropriation of our public domain by settlers. those seeking new homes thereon with a purpose to engage in the cultivation of the soil appear to share very little the dread that excites the mind of the Senator front North Dakota of competition from the Canadian farlner.