The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-26

ton Upon the Problem of a
| Larger Market for the Cereals of
the Northwest - Senator Hans
| brough Unable to Be Present-His
| Paper Read by Mayor Johnson.
| FARGO, N. D., Jan. 25.-(Special)-I
| terest in the convention of the Tri-State
Grain Growers association will eliminate
| tomorrow, when J. ]. Hill, Of ST. Paul,
| will deliver an address upon the Orient
| as a market for the cereals of the North
west. There was a rumor today that Mr.
Hill could not be present, but this was
! set at rest by telegram from Mr.. Hill,
| at ST. Paul, stating that he would be
| in attendance tomorrow to deliver the
| promised address.
| The convention has proved successful to
| a degree surprising even to those III
charge The attendance has grown from
| day to day, and the popular interest III
| the programmes presented has shown no
| abatement.
The session this morning was TO nave
had for its feature an address by Senator
Hansbrough upon the development OF
| trade in the Orient. Senator Hansprough
| was however, detained in Washington.
| He telegraphed his regrets to the conven-
| ton and his paper was read by Mayor
Johnson. In part it was as follows:
/ The subject which was assigned to me
| for discussion at this meeting involves the
question of legislative encouragement IN
| behalf of trade expansion in the Orient
| No man can correctly predlct Wnat con ,,
gress will do in this dlrection. we G iha
| only reason from. analogy during lne
| past four years there has been consloei-
| able discussion in the Western states on
the question of the prohtable olsposal %
! our surplus products. The subject mas NOT
been thoroughly understood because IL Is
a new question.
| Why should we not have our just pro
| portion OF the trade of the Orient! me
great Pacific ocean is the highway over
which we may reach and do our share IN
supplying one-half of the people of the
| world China is no longer distant land
| Australia and India are reached in a
months sail. Japan is less than nfteen
| days away. This question OF new mar
kets is one which has come upon US as
| the natural consequence OF the industIlal
growth of our own country: 1t is not the
result of accident. am believer in ma
tional destiny. We find ourselves upon
| the threshold of an era that was not
| dreamed of by the early patriots and
statesmen Some small-calibeeed indi--
| viduals will find fault and complain ana
! scold their bitter moments away like fish
wives on a dull Monday, but the COM
MERGE of this country win continue to ex-
| pand, and new markets for our surplus
| DfOOuclS Will DS lOuuQ
| What will congress do to facilitate the
mode of progress? Everything that it is
necessary to do. We propose to extend
our trade to every part of the globe. The
! proposition to divide the trade of China
| by equal subdivisions has been abandoned,
and there is a unanimous agreement that
all nations shall be given an opportunity
Of seeking legitimate trade privileges
| throughout the Chinese empire. Such
thing could not have happened two years
ago. So it must be conceded that our gov
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spect to Oriental trade. We prevented
the commercial division Of China among
our trade rivals. through the intelligent
action of the Washington government
! which at the prOner time insisted upon
our Just part'cination in the trade of a
great and friendly nation.
| The morning was further given up. to
question box discussions and to addresses
by E. D. Childs, of Crookston. on corn
raising for fodder and by M. P Moran,
Of Graceville, Mimi, president of the Ma
| tional Grain Growers association.
! The committee on resolutions introduced
one extending to the National Farmers
congress, which meets this year at Colora-
do Springs, an invitation to hold it's 1901
convention in Fargo The resolution was
seconded by delegates from Minnesota
and South Dakota, and adopted unan-
| imously.
DR.. H. ]. Weber, of the United States
| agricultural department, was not able to
| DE present, and in the letter of regret read
| to the convention by J. H Worst the ex-
| planaCon was made that the department
was so short Of funds that even the small
matter of expense of sending a man to
Fargo could not be borne Mr. Weber
sent paper, however, upon Recent De-
Velopment of Grain Cereals" which was
| ordered published in the PROCEEDINGS
1t was not planned to hold an after
noon session, but, the weather being cold
and many important questions still re-
naming unanswered relating to the nro
duction of grain, 1t was decided to hold
i short afternoon and evening sessions.
There was no formal programme. but
! questions were drawn from the question
! box and discussed by those present. This
was decided upon for the afternoon SEES
sion, and the result was so popular that
! the question box was made the feature
for the evening as we'll
i Tonight, outside the convention, the adj
| dress of Senator Hansbrough is being
generally discussed. Much of it was no.
litical in it's nature and a defense of
| the policy of the administration Before
/ the convention opened it was decided that
1t should be entirely non-political For
/ this reason 1T Is possible that there will
be motion tomorrow to expunge the
address from the printed record All
| present express the belief that this is the
| greatest convention of practical farmers
ever held in the United States and every
| body is deeply interested in the questions
| discussed. Tomorrow is the last day of
the session.
] MAY BE MURDER