The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-30

a ton; If 100000 tons, so cents; 100000
tons, % cents. vast difference be-
tween 25 cents and dollar. AS our
| business increases we have been able in
the past to reduce our rates, and as our
business increases in future we expect
not got to the end Of reduction in rates
on the Great Northern I think as long
as we are getting per cent on our stock
we have no reason for wanting to put
! employees, and we must have good, reli-
able and respectable people. Some of
It gees to the higher prices of material
we buy and a large amount goes to re-
duction in the rate.
That is the way that these questions
work out and they are just as simple as
that. When you undertake to have an
other meeting / may be in this country.
Ii am and you will give me two weeks
notice, i will be sure to come here. I
would like to go over your lines as /
did over all the line on the way to the
Pacific coast travelled over the ground
with wagon and spade to see what
the soil was before the road was built
but am afraid cannot. They keep me
| busy these days, talking back, but l can
stand 1t If they can. do not know, but
may be hung or something else within
| against the law of the land, and I believe
conspiracy is a very serious matter. The
whole thing is that we have managed to
reduce rates ABOUT 70 $500 600 That is the
your meeting will be glad to come here,
II you take up any question for your To-
cal improvement Sometimes, looking
| back to the past, might feel discouraged;
former experiences are not encouraging.
have tried always to help along. I
have tried to get you into mixed farming.
hogs. I remember most of it was met with
ridicule, and it was said it was not the
thing to do at all, but over on the other
side of the river, some Of those level
han6ad
quite so easy, and they have got their
stock now, and a gentleman today told me
that he was over in Minto. judging stock
at their county fair, and he knows what
he is talking about. told me it would
compare favorably with the stock at any
state fair. They have not 81 Of debt.
yourselves better by cultivating less land.
Maybe we will haul less wheat, but we will
take the chances on N, living. If you have
of 1t. l will trust you for that.
All Must Work Together.
today nor tomorrow or next year or in any
other year will the time come when your
interests and our interests will not move
forward together, prosper together or
farm and move away. I might have to
give up my connection with the railroad.
and would like to. I have worked hard
for bas 1Nt and the Pan
has any man in this room, not 81. Why
should I work? AS said before, we get
our dividend; we cannot get any more
but it is a pleasure to me to see the coun-
try go forward and to occupy the posi-
tion among the states that it ought to. /
have lived forty-six years in Minnesota
last July. call myself an old settler,
and remember when l first talked about
the valley. People said I was crazy; the
land was wet and cold and sour and would
never raise. anything in the world.
how vfv-nG 101,fr ,1rh to- +1n% nv
ploded I want to live long enough to
see the valley the finest farming section
on the face of the country, presenting
finer appearance than you can see any
where else in the country, because the
land Is very uniform, the quality is uni
form. You have nice streams of clear
water, and good climate. You have
they have in other places. Let us put
our shoulders to the wheel and see if we
cannot lift the thing up and get it out of
heard two or three people say that they
We're selling land at $50 an acre. want
to say there is not an acre of land in
the valley but what is worth more than
$25 an acre.
BE slow about parting with your land
and be sure If you are going to remain on
a farm anywhere that you can get an
other for less money before you sell your
Red river farm. Now, I am much obliged
to you. I am glad to have had your at
tention, and want you to bear in mind
Jnat II you nave meeClnS OF any KIM
will come up and be glad to talk stock
with you; glad to talk dairy, with you;
year, if we can, to see cleaner fields. I
am afraid owing to the late season and
the. want of fall plowing, that your work
will be thrown so late into. spring that
it wont be what if ought to be: The fall
of the country is to the northest For
Instance. Barnesville is, ia feet higher
drainage there. If you have little places
where the water stands in your field in
the spring when the water is high, stake
it out and run few burrows through and
see if you cannot leave place for the
water to run off. You must get at the
question of drainage. Notwithstanding
the failure of the scheme in it's incipiency,
it will do a great deal of good if you
carry it on. I will be glad to help you
in your efforts.
81 want to thank you and to say that
any time, wherever l may be, want you
to remember that there is no one who has
deeper or more continuing interest in
your welfare than have. because your
welfare means our own. 1t is a good
reason for. you and it ought to be for
everybody"