The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-10-09


eat any more than l ever did, l don't
wear sny more than | ever did ana l ann
easily satisfied with both. (LaughterD
But III you viii consider this on the lineS
| have stated You cannot this year de-
clare or al al time separate the land
from the railroad \ man might quarrel
with the railroad Company or become
dissatisfied or for any other reason sell
his land and move away, and | might
sell out ana some one else might come
ANA run tue railroad. but the railroad
Glll be there and the land will be here
AMI they viii have the same contest and
they al prosper together or DE poor
Ics thef now and forever 10 the end OF
Igas.'
A. to Trusts.
Mr.. HIM then alluded TO his recent visit
to me COAST ana 10 MS meeting there with
tnc farmers o. Washington and to the
Pleasanu in,ervicw he hau With them. lie
q glaIed lldt he liked To meet Farmers
because they are nearest to the soil. He
praised the iaw-absd.ng spirit which OBJ
t1IIs arse. all Agricultural communities
ana the p.-triollstn Nn.ch has at all times
Caaracteirzou the iss mers OF the country.
COn.nuIng he said.
y Tour CHAIRMAN said that there are a
great many people apprehensiye OF the
great Industrial Enterprises which are be-
ing carried on, and well they may be.
Taere are so-callfd industrial enterprises
ing presses TO print shares of stock.
tel you, il there is no harm in an enter
prise. IL there are five or ten of them
that are good there is no bad in them, and
when you put them together there Is no
bad in the entire mass. But II the OBJECT
is 10 get something for nothing, to get
something that does not belong to them,
TO get money out of another man pocket,
tae money he has worked for, and put II
into their own-if that is the object II Is
all wrong; but some OF these great en-.
tCrrrises are absolutely sound and right.
Opposes Congressional Control.
Mr. HIN referred to the steel works of
Erupp and Carnegie as examples or en-
tJrorises which are right. The molding
trust, the leather trust and the bicycle
trust and others he referred to as among
those which are not intended to be pros
porous. Continuing, Mr.. Hill said:
Some people advocate, our president
advocates turning everything over TO the
congress. what sort of congress would
we have after awhile II all the business
Of the country were turned over to IL?
7 think they would be doing business in
the hall Of congress, but the business they
world do would not bring business to you
that you want. ] think ! should hold
every man rcsDonsible for himself and his
own acts " he does wrong, punish him;
II he docs right. protect him. When that
is done those questions will take care OF
themselves. When / took the Great
Northern railroad twenty-three years ago
there were $50 miles of finished track and
they were At work on 300 more. Now we
have 500 miles The road carried then
25S 600 bushels of wheat, aud no oats, no
barley and no flax This year II VIII
carry OF wheat oats. barley and fax
A Hundred Million Bushels.
We pay taxes to the state on our earn
iugs, amounting to per cent OF our gross
earnings The earnings from China,
Washington. Idaho and all roads running
through Minnesota contribute 10 the state
treasury / think that this year we viii
pay the state $3.50. 900 or about one-slxth
Of all we get for hauling the grain crop
of the state. and In hauling the grain crop
we do not work for nothing-l mean II
costs us something TO haul II. Our bust
ness is made Up of small things. l sup
pose you would call 1t days work to
haul a ton of freight ten miles IL the
roads were heavy and get home at night
with your team. a difference to US of
copper cent in hauhng q ton ten miles
means a difference of S3,OOOOOO.
MIR Hill then recited the improvements
which have been made in the condition
Of the road. and the bearing these inn
proVements have on rates. He showed
that the interest Of the railroad and tho
farmers IL the same and that he as
railroad maaag ger would not do anything
that would be against the interests OF the
Ia .mers Mr. Hil supplemented the re-
marks of Prof. Shaw in advising the
farmers to be better farmers and TO pro-
duce more from less land. He thought
that the diversity of crops and the raising
of cattle would be better than to devote
50 much of the land to wheat. Coming
back to the original matters, Mr.. Hill con-
There is not one single dollar repre-
scented in the capital Of the Great North
eru road that has not behind 1t one nun
dred cents in honest money. / DO NOT
want my name connected with any enter
prise that is trying to get something Ior
Got Even with Boat Combine.
Nr lin told how his efforts toward re-
ducinE rates on grain had been thwarted
by the consolidation of the lake boats in
making a corresponding raise.
hat a US said