THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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RESOLUTIONS PASSED UNANI- 

 MOUSLY AT FIRST NATIONAL 

 HOMESEEKERS' CONVEN- 

 TION, CHICAGO, SEPT. 

 21, 1897. 



Resolved by the National Homeseekers' 

 Association in annual convention 

 assembled that we advocate the turning of 

 a tide of immigration on to these unused, 

 unoccupied, fertile agricultural lands, be- 

 lieving that in this manner hundreds of 

 thousands of people will become home- 

 owners, independent and prosperous. And 

 be it further 



Resolved, That we advocate the passage 

 by the various state legislatures of wise 

 laws tending to encourage immigration, 

 agricultural development and the estab- 

 lishment of manufactories and industries. 

 And be it further 



Resolved, That we advocate the session 

 of all the vacant public land, by the 

 United States Congress, to the states and 

 territories in sever alty, so that the same 

 may be opened to settlement under such 

 wise laws and regulations as will confer 

 upon actual residents the greatest benefits. 

 And be further 



Resolved, That it is the duty of the 

 national government to make suitable ap- 

 propriations for the construction of reser- 

 voirs and other irrigation works in the 

 arid West, thereby benefiting the West 

 and the Northwest and preventing over- 

 flows in the Mississippi valley. And be it 

 further 



Resolved, That the National Homeseek- 

 ers' Association invites the co-operation of 

 labor organizations and other associations 

 and individuals having the A\elfare of the 

 nation at heart. 



Resolved, That an executive committee, 

 composed of one member representing 

 each state and territory in the union, be 

 elected to have control and carry on the 

 work of the Homeseekers' Association 

 during the intervals between the annual 

 tneetmgs. And be it further 



Resolved, That it shall be the duty of 



the executive committee to elect a presi- 

 dent or chairman, vice-president or vice- 

 chairman, treasurer and secretary who 

 shall be known as the national officers. 

 And be it further 



Resolved, That it shall be the duty of 

 each member of the executive committee 

 to appoint four representatives from his 

 own state or territory to be known as the 

 State Homeseekers' Association, prefixing 

 the name of the state or territory, and the 

 member of the executive committee shall 

 be the chairman or president of such state 

 association. And be it further 



Resolved, That if at any annual con- 

 vention any state or territory is not repre- 

 sented, the governor of such state or terri- 

 tory be authorized to appoint some suit- 

 able person as member of the executive 

 committee. 



Resolved, That we favor the enactment 

 by the states of more simple and perfect 

 laws to facilitate the transfer of land own- 

 ership. And be it further 



Resolved, That we commend the action 

 of Secretary Wilson in his efforts to 

 secure seeds and plants from abroad 

 adapted to the climatic conditions of our 

 various states, and that we further recom- 

 mend the wisdom of creating a bureau in 

 the agricultural department for the further 

 development of this important movement. 

 Also that we encourage every effort of the 

 state and national government to pro- 

 mote the study of agriculture and agri- 

 cultural experimentation in our several 

 public school systems. 



Resolved, That we favor forest preserva- 

 tion under the federal authorities, and we 

 favor the segregation of such forest areas 

 as will tend to a better and more complete 

 conservation of the storm waters only 

 after proper surveys of such areas have 

 been made by competent engineers. 



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