Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-11-22


f. Il. Jlohl, W. worst, pres1uen, OF rne
North Dakota agricultural college. Mr..
Worst's address was one Of the most
interesting addresses of the day, pre-.
senting, as it did, a complete resume Of
the resources and possibilities of the
great state he represents.
The Remarks of Mr.. Worst.
The of a new state like
North Dakota at best is conjecture.
The statistician may elaborate upon it's
production-its croqs of wheat, oats,
barley, rye, flax, corn, hay and potatoes,
Of the number of cattle, horses. swine
inning, 'shlFplng a!t manufacturing.
He also made the prediction that
the water power near Duluth would
within a few years be used
for the generation of electricity to re.
duce iron ore, and when this was &C
complished no more ore would be
shipped to the Pennsylvania furnaces.
He advocated a law authorizing cities
to exempt from taxation manufacturing
enterprises for a term Of years after
their establishment and closed with the
prediction that within a quarter of a
century this Northwest would be the
great center Of the commercial and in.
dustrial interests of the country.
At the close of Mr.. Gridley's address
the chair presented Hon. 7. M. Daily,
minister of the interior, of Ottawa, Ont,
who was received by the delegates
standing.
.Eolowug this was an address by
and sheep within it's boundaries, to say
aothing Of its native coal and building
stone, and yet the full statement is but
q fraction of the possibilities of the
state.
The resources Of a state are it's posi-
bilities developed scientifically and eco
nomically and not its present produce
ton, nor what it would produce it every
available acre was titled according to
prevailing methods which III faulty
from necessity. With farms ranging
from a quarter section up to 20 sections.
farmers cannot be expected to more
than obtain fragmentary results. De-
pending upon hobo labor for its man.
agement during all critical periods,
waste and deficient help diminish the
net proceeds, besides paying out mill.
ions of dollars annually which goes
away and never returns. Though the
actual income of the state amounts to
fifty o. sixty million dollars, the major
portion Of it is carried outside OF the
state in the pockets of transient labor.
ers, or for imported supplies.
Not a Fair Measure of Resources.
Even at the depressed prices for all
cereal products, could the money actu-
ally received for them be retained
within the state, the labor having been
performed by the farmers themselves.
which implies smaller farms and a
greater number Of farmers, and the
money spent at home, the common
wealth would be enriched many million
dollars. The net balance under the
bonanza system of conducting farm op-
erations is not a fair test by which t.
measure the resources. cf.the state.
ALTGETD OUT OF POLITlC5.
Thinks He Can Make More Money Prac-
ticiog Law.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2O.-A local paper
quotes Governor Altgeld as follows:
you can say in your paper that Alt
geld is out Of politics. I am eagerly
looking forward to the close Of the next
IA months, when I will turn over to the
people the finest state government on
earth and quit politics forever. I want
to get back to my law practice and
make somexmoneZ" .
TRYING A NEW ENGINE.
A Locomotive That Is Expected to Make
Great Time.
CAPE MAY, N. j., Nov. 2O.-The Hol-
man friction-geared engine, which is
here under the direction of its builder.
William j. Holman Of Minneapolis.
will have it's trial trip over the South
Jersey railroad, and it's protector says
he will make the run Of 81 miles in 80
minutes. The engine, with five coaches
attached, made a squirt Of four miles in
three minutes. This is the engine on
which the drivers transfer the power to
two smaller wheels, whichinturn trans.
fer it to three other wheels of the same
size, the latter touching the track.
Two Expeditions Safe in cuba.
New York, Nov. 10. w President
Palma of the Cuban revolutionist party
in this country, has received word of the
safe arrival IN Cuba Of two expeditions
sent out by the party. One Of the par.
ties is headed by General Francisco
GARLIC andNTomazo Collazo, and the
other under the leadership Of Colonel
Jose Maria Aguirre.
Pillaging Syrian Villages.
BEYRoUT, Syria, Nov. 20.-The news
received here from the interior shows
that the Druza are pillaging the villages
near the springs Of Jordan.