Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-10-09
I'M TRUSTS
Nd BAD ONES
..,crur HILL SPEAKS
psr GRANT COUNTY FAIR

n "a Man Does WronE
ne Punished, bat That
noe. Right He should
he Protected.
,.te Minn-The chief attrac-
Grant county fair, held here
the speech of Mr.. j. j..
the second day.
Mr. Hin was introduced ne was
"a, cheers. and frequently as
a5od with his talk he was APP
! Joined in with the audience
" ~ Gwelt largely on the re-
.tween the farmers and the
lie drew on his own person
sence for much of what he told
s~s,snoe. but with terse and perth
'mment on present conditions.
PRESIDENT Roosevelt's cure for
slv dig. and justified in an alb
80 the formation of the North
sLtiss company. Mr.. Hill spoke
bows;
c,s,rmsn, Ladies and Gentlemen:
4 assure you this afternoon that
-s.tter az unusual pleasure TO meet
~ am glad to e the farmers
n - their wives. il Is a privilege
nav 10 meet the people who have
M this part Of the country ana
4 Rhat we see it to-day,
faS months more than thirty
,,rcp | first passed through this
The state. At that time the
n vas a little store on the hill
1. oa-what we may call the old
i Evansville. After leaving Ev-
!. re stopped all night at Mrs.
a and the next night we stopped
J nralrie all night and walked to
r,rr II was on the 10th Of March,
ss.rre YOU 1t was very cold. Now,
ma Is an UNUSUAL pleasure. and
i no place where / could meet
more pleasure than in your county.
,Aange that has occurred is graft
ard Il must be gratifying 10 you
Il you have been able
To work the Change.
i always gratifying to me TO know
have been able in some way to
bringing about this change. The
Nv locks beautiful to-day, end /
FithIn and without the town rot
he cause Of the change. but the
81 It as well. I see good stock /
bee cattle, and Just as good sheep,
b will find in any part of the coun-
Years ago, back in 1888. we had
n dry season after the grain was
hi Until July 5 not a drop of rain
d the northern part of the state.
culariy In the Red river valley, but
thSanding the long drouth. after
aAH fell they got a. three-quarter
I felt then that the farmers should
haye all their eggs in n basket.
N naEht they should have a greater
kty Of things on their farms. IL
n lost his wheat crop and he had
4 dozen good fat steers to sell he
get some money and bridge over
mother year.
sseided to raise cattle on my farm
IKE Minnetonka. l had TO bay my
snce. | bought some fancy cat
very extravaganza prices. Ny fences
lst down. With a little reward 10
nsn could find the cattle. Some
they would come after I had re-
.Af fNauE "a FaVrp %sNan- xrHa sKffar IN
ns where the cattle were, and said
Z FoHld End thar gr0r so much. !
nae II was the ferocious stare OF
al that tore down the fences. but
&c up my mind that I could not
lifetime SUCCEED as l wanted, and
men to the country and bought
arse number Of bulls for three or
PEARS, and to-day I saw as handsome
N your own county as a man would
y see, Il did me good as | saw
me proof that my endeavor
Had Not Been i'm Vain.
can say TO you that no one in
ne or out Of it has such a great
y IN the people Of the state and
Nple who r cultivating the land
Sen' No man has a greater In
-pat II all on selfish gain III you
BIN the welfare of the producers
nave. because if your labor il
WAT becomes OF me? IL YOU
M am poor. / am glad TO see
neence OF your prosperity. for we
ware your prosperity with you.
be otherwise.
mat we have been doing, all that
veg to do in the way OF building
success OF the country. Is on the
mar the man who cuItivates he
- make the money before he 4
and In that we have the
1on or our own prosperity. and
sapany has been prosperous. All the
alhsntai lines that have been
ioss the continent either in Cam
- United States have seen sub
Nh the exception OF our own.
aese OF this country have failed
. three times, EXCEPT u own.
snly credit we can take to our
eeing able to avoid these fall
49, we have tried to bring the
-ary Principles of Business
% railroad enterprise-never to
70 do more than we could az
~ and not to run ahead In a Wild
s,s~. career but going ahead
4 the soil s good and the
sood to be patient and epcour-
~. When you nave these
ns., z your mind you have tie key
solve the difficulty. we 1--we
T.. ~ 70 the point where u road
sx'ended TO the Pacific ocean.
saese the largest forests OF pine
on this continent and the
seen in the world. The
spsss se N Minnesota are practically
MI rsrs ago the country east of
~ s1tn Of the chesapeake and
As Great Lakes drew it's SIMPLY
~. 'fo7 Michigan ana later from
During the earlier times in
49, s'nber was worth so 70 60 Genus
nsaa but to-day ii il worth sla
y - VA the trnn -