St. Paul daily globe., 1894-03-24

exfermination. When the impression
is conveyed that Ii is widespread. or
likely to become so, it is mistake. 1t
follows dry, sandy ridges. One wet
season would kill it all out IN l.iack ecil.
Since congress was asked to appro-
pirate million to exterminate this
thistle. it is claimed there is another
weed i'll the state far worse, called
the French weed" How many peo-
pie ever heard OF the French weed in
North Dakota? / never did till after the
agitation over the Russian thistle. Those
who pretend to know claim the
thistle is daisy by the side OF
the "Freneh weed" Don't get it
mixed up, now. and call it 'half-
breed;"it it Is French weed" and Is said
to be thickesJ up around Neche In the
"Shoestring" district. This weed is
said to come up and mature and reseed
the ground every six weeks-and that
pulling it up amounts to nothing; that
it will grow In manure pile as we'll as
anywhere; that the seed will lie seven
years under water then come up;
that green stalk of 1t dropped
in the road will grow; that it
is really vegetable micrObe;
that when piled up to rot, instead of
rotting, like ordinary vegetation, it will
turn into microbes, aud walk off on the
lana and come up weeds again. This
French weed" grows very tall and
rank. the richer the soil the better. 1t
is not affected by frost or drought, and
the only way to get rid of iI is to burn it
and l,,,rx &c rod
that Jud La Moure proposes to get a bill
introduced. asking congress to appro-
pirate two million dollars to eradicate
this weed in North Dakota, and, II it Is
refused, he is going to stir up such a
howl against Secretary Morton and
the Democratic party, for being
opposed to honest farmers. that they
will be wiped off the face of the earth.
When Secretary Morton reads a letter
from the governor Of North Dakota,
stating that the people are poor, their
farms heavily mOrtgaged. ETC., his first
thought is not to injure the state ten
millions by talk. trying to get one mill
ion appropriation to kill weeds. While
money is rotting in Eastern banks
at per cent per annum, Secretary
Morton knows that not dollar would
be sent to North Dakota If it were un-
derStoo0 the mortgage would nave to
come out and take cactus bed, and
find the mortgagor gone. And ii an
Eastern money loaner had any money
here he would call it in for fear the Sc
curity might be abandoned 10 him.
Who would come here TO settle or in
vest with such possibilities Of calamity
as have been suggested?
Gov. Shortridge is honest in his in
tentions and efforts to Danish the
thistle, but he has been deceived
and misled in reference to the
true nature of starting the howl.
The governor is only too ready
and willing to help the people. but he
Listens too readily TO designing people.
There Is not all emigrant agent Oh earth
who could write doucement half
as strong against North Dakota
as the governors letter to Secretary
Morton. Secretary Morton Is not an
excitable man. He sees there is a
prospect of congress being i'll session all
summer. and the thistle will not come
up till after tie frost is out OF
the ground; 1t will be several
months yet before men could
start to pulling. even If the
appropriation was made. 1t is the in
tention of the secretary to wait till it is
| time for the "pest" to arrive, and if it
oiiifCo VII oChSuulO uiiliC duo dCCOloih3
to published accounts the secre.
tary is going to study the nature.
habit and extent OF it, and after
individual, township. county and stale
| efforts have been exhausted, If :bc thistle
! is then rolling high, he will lie IN fa:or
| or such government. Aid as rCa" ne
necessary to help the farlne: oct.
The ''professional farmer. .ue nina
! who "farms the farmer,'' ssems 10 DO
excited, and has his back up. and IS Oil
| his ear, because the honorable secre"
| tary doesn't get excited and go in for
large appropriation months In advance
OF its use and before it is known
whether the farmers will be obliged
to have it OF not. If the pest
will only take congress aboui
three days before it adjourns to TAXI
such action for relief as rlaY be neces
sary-the GLOBE will guarantee this
the Democrats will take care Of tn. tr'S
farmer. The farmer who "farMs The
farmer" can take care of himself. Con|
greSS may sit on the money question
and the tariff for months, but when II
comes to sitting on thistle it will acl
quickly.
Gov. Shortridge is entitled to credr
must net be forgotten that Secretary
Morton is deeply interested official
also. While the true farmers are watt
ing for the thistle to come up. let then
get Hon. j. Sterling Morton's address
delivered at the opening OF
the congress Oh agriculture"
at Chicago, and his address be-
fore the convention of swine
breeders" Ii congress would make all
appropriation to put these two addresses
in the hands or every farmer in the
United States. then hire the farmer ta
study them if he did not feel able to do
1t without pay, it would be better than
all appropriation to eradicate the thistle.
would favor an appropriation of this
kind. have taken pains to inquire,
and have found but one man III North
Dakota who has read these addresses.
That mans name is worthy to be men,
toned. He Is William Smith StimmeI,
of Fargo-the people should elect him
to a high Office. When we consider
what an amount Of noise has been made
about what the honorable secretary
has said aud done, and then find there is
not one i'll a thousand who has read
word of what he has said and are talk
ing purely from hearsay, it seems
ridiculous. The thistle will serve one
good purpose, it will impress the i'm
porlance Of diversified farming on the
people. And as long as wheat is not
worth raising there can't be much lost.
The subject of the next letter will be
the coal mines and coal barons of
Minot. BUDD REEVE.
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