The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-07
items unless they lived up to them
when they returned to their homes.
MIR. HTTJ, Talks


when they returned to their homes.
MR.. HILL TALKS.
James J. Hill then arrived and was
escorted to the chair by the commit
tee. Mr.. Hill delivered a most interest
ing address, giving many facts and
hgures relating to the agricultural in
part:
This IS the first time I was ever called
upon 10 address political meeting 1 have
atzwayS oeen anxious to assist the farmers and
4TgIyance their interests in every way 1 could
me last time l was in this business I spoke
DeIore the Farmers congress last autumn
anu anu nave carefully watched the harvesting OF
5Ie crop tnlS fall. Every man who does his
duty to his fellow men, to his country no
matter what his religion or political belief
may De: Will not have lived in vain. His
work will always be in the direction of +be
general good of the people.
Inc conditions for success may be summed
up IN Just TINS, a condition favorable for
productlon. and a favorable condition for
marketing OF your products. There are many
young manufactures in the state. but they
are all small compared with rha Great
agricultural interests Of the STATE. No man
can AFFORD to do anything to iniure the inter
ests or the farmer without hurting all ths
o(heT interests. All the conditions under
winch you raise your grain are favorable aud
you can compete with any part OF the world
IN EUROPE the average freight rata is S2.3L
Whlle IN the United States Il is s. and in the
state Of Minnesota 80 cents. Grain is carried
in the United States for 40 per cent it costs
IN England and Africa and 80 per cent
cheaper tina in Australia.
we nave so many people In the United
states engaged in raising wheat that the time
VIII never come when We will consume all
OF our product. \ man never pays more than
the market price for an article and the price
OF wheat is made by the surplus Our sur
Plus must make the price Of all our pro-
GuSIs. IN extending our foreign market We
lind those who will compete for this sIIrDlus
IN 1879 l saw as handsome a field OF wheat
a l ever beheld in the state Of Washington
anu IL was selling for 10 and 20 cents per
bushel. True It was not hard wheat Where
did this wheat find it's ultimate market?
Why, it was shipped to Portland and Seattle
to be shipped to Great Britain. The farmers
IN that district who had farms worth $50 an
acre martgaged their farms for from So TO So
an acre, and the mortgage companies had
to extend the time of the mortgages under
lower rate Of interest.
\ couple Of years ago sent a man to
India to see how the wheat crop of India
would effect the product of the United States
l found that the crop Of India could bring the
ruling price in the United States down from
AOo to 20 cents per, bushel. also sent
man to Japan, the plucky and energetic ma
ton, and they wanted TO start q line OF
steamships. They wanted to know what wo
could give them to take back as they knew
they would have plenty Of IMPORTS to bring
TO the United States, but were not sure about
the return. The steamships were built,
launched and were loaded down on their re-
turn trips, being loaded with our flour. ana
trip.
1t is a question if We displace the Chinese
rice with American wheat, what would
they do with 1t and ould they eventually be
compelled to eat rice. II We could eduCat6
those people to eat our flour they would not
want to give it up. Rice is one OF tho
poorest of foods In the fall of 1896 there was
an order from one Japanese firm for 500
W. barrels of our flour. Nothing can stimu-
late the price Of wheat like this new trade
in the Orient When you get wheat higher
than 70 cents you are bordering on a point
fATD tIapE kr h
people can derive their daily bread. I never
expected to live to see such an enormous
amount Of flour shipped into a country where
rice had been the staple for centuries.
In closing Mr.. Hill said he thought the
government could make no better invest
ment than putting money into the faciIitat-
foreign countries.
At the close of Mr.. Hills address a
number of the Alliance members asked
him questions relative to the wheat
crop of the Northwest and the effect
it had on the times. Mr. Hill an
sWered all inquiries cheerfully
1t was long after 6 o'clock when the
convention adjourned to meet this
morning at o'clock.
RENDERED A RECEPTION.
The Commercial club opened its
doors to the visiting farmers and their
friends last evening, and an informal
reception and musical programme was
given, with several short addresses. j.
c. Hanley opened the programme by
introducing Judge McCafferty, who
acted as master of ceremonies and who
in turn introduced J. Adam Bede, who
made rather a humorous address and
welcomed the visitors to the club L.
c. Long followed with a few remarks
in which he took occasion to express
himself in regard to the daily press.
Then followed programmes and Mr.
Randall the secretary Of the agricul-
tural society, spoke ON the educational
interests of the state, and said that
Minnesota was doing more along agri-
cultural educational lines than any
other state.