. The First American Catholic Missionary Congress. eless, out-of-the-way sites and then,with great expense and trouble, supply him with casual spiritualministrations. A bureau of colonization, therefore, seems to bea very natural, somewhat necessary adjunct of Church Extensionwork. But it is to remain only as a bureau of colonization,—it is not to acquire land by purchase, it is not a land scheme nora speculative venture, it is not to be an aggressive, overzealous,colonizing agent, eager to draw by all conceivable means the un-suspecting city population into the wilds of the country; it isto b
. The First American Catholic Missionary Congress. eless, out-of-the-way sites and then,with great expense and trouble, supply him with casual spiritualministrations. A bureau of colonization, therefore, seems to bea very natural, somewhat necessary adjunct of Church Extensionwork. But it is to remain only as a bureau of colonization,—it is not to acquire land by purchase, it is not a land scheme nora speculative venture, it is not to be an aggressive, overzealous,colonizing agent, eager to draw by all conceivable means the un-suspecting city population into the wilds of the country; it isto be primarily an informative, directive and protective bureau tothe prospective Catholic settler; supply him with a reliable listof desirable properties and to decide for him the paramountquestions of climate, soil, products, irrigation and rainfall, trans-portation, market, and facilities for worship and education; itis to group him in centers where all the prime factors of successand happiness are assured. This bureau is not a mere business 151. first justerfcati gatftolie missionary gotwess proposition gotten up for profit; it is not to be entangled in themeshes of any designing land manipulators, it should be free andabove all independent of all land companies, aiming to serve theprospective Catholic settler by placing at his disposal the best andmost valuable opportunities in the market. Its field of operationmay be both the country and industrial field. Would a bureauof this kind interest railroads and land companies? Beyonddoubt. With the prestige of the Church Extension Society asits capital, with the moral backing of the hierarchy interested inextension work and with continually increasing circulation ofthe Extension magazine as a lever, it would at once commandthe interest and respect of all railroad and land companies andat the same time would certainly win the confidence of the Cath-olic floating population. (Applause.) To give you an idea to what extent colonizatio
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