The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-10-10
HILL SPEAKS
At GRANT C0UnTY FAIR
MI I IL a Man Does Wrong
..ouId Be Punished, but That
..u, Noes Right He Should
He Protected.

uIly, wa
~ the second day.
hen Mr.. Hill was introduced he was
I'd with cheers, and frequently as
-aoeeded with his talk he was ap-
[sad or Joined in with the audience
laugh. He dwelt largely on the re-
- between the farmers and the
Do,ds. He drew on his own person.
v~nerience for much of what he told
cadence, but with terse and perth
comment on present conditions.
.aye President Roosevelt's cure for
= q slv dig. and justified in an alb
!, wav the formation of the North
[cacurities company. Mr.. Hill spoke
blows:
81 Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
ant to assure you this afternoon h a
a matter of unusual pleasure to meet
here. am glad to see the farmers
Nth their wives. 1t is a privilege
7 eniov to meet the people who have
. into this part Of the country and
A. II what we see it to-day.
I ia a few months more thar thirty
70 since | first passed through this
of the state. At that time the
nost was a little store on the hh
the old-what we may call the oldr-
Ireh at Evansville. After leaving Ey-
willie we stopped all night at Mrs.
mes. and the next night we stopped
the prairie all night and walked to
n warm. l. was on the 10th of March,
assure you it was very cold. Now.
me this Is an unusual pleasure, and
Ire is no place wher l could meet
n more pleasure than in your county.
I change that has occurred is graft
NJ. and it must be gratifying to you
that you have been able
To Work the Change,
It Is always gratifying to me to know
( | nave been able in some way to
in bringing about this change. Then
pntry looks beautiful to-day. and /
within and without the town rot
the cause of the change. but the
lit of it S well. ] see good stock. /
nice cattle. and just as good sheep
you will find In any part of the coun-
Years ago, back in 1889. we had
very dry season after the grain was
bnted. Until July 3 not a drop of rain
In the northern part of the state,
Fticularly in the Red river valley, but
~twithstanding the long drouth, after
rain fell they got a three-quarter
b.. l felt then that the farmers Should
have all their eggs in n basket.
thought they should have a greater
tersity of things on their farms. If
man lost his wheat crop and he had
III q dozen good fat steer to sell he
bid get some money and bridge over
another rear.
decided to raise cattle on my farm
Lake Minnetonka. / had to buy my
perience. | bought some fancy cat
at very extravagant prices. My fences
ke let down. With a little reward to
men / could find the cattle. Some
hes they would come after | had re-
hrded them a few times and offer to
me where the cattle were, and SAID
ey would find them for SO much. i
esume 1t was the ferocious stare of
E bull that tore down the fences, but
made up my mind that l could not
my lifetime succeed as 1 wanted, and
sent men to the country and bought
. large number of bulls for three or
pr years, and to-day I saw as handsome
'ttle In your own county as a man would
- ~ SSS' ~ dlu AhS ooou 'o
}6We me proof that my endeavor
Had Not been In Vain.
cw, l can say to you that no one In
e state or out Of it has such a great
|terest in the people Of the state and
g people who are c~ultivating the land
myself. No man has a greater In
|rest-put 1t all on selfish gain if you
ant to-in the welfare of the producers
an have, because If your labor IS
asted what becomes of me? If you
: poor. / am poor. I am glad to see
: evidence Of your prosperity. for we
ust share your prosperity with you.
can't be otherwise.
Az that we have been doing, all that
nave tried to do in the way of building
the success of the country, is on the
ound that the man who c%ultivates he
y must make the money before he can
Y y, and in that we have the
Runoation of our own prosperity, and
! company has been prosperous. All the
snscontinental lines that have been
.ii across the continent either in Cam
= or the United States have been sub
n1eo' with the exception Of our own.
- tnose of this country have failed
~ ohe TO three times, except our own,
= tne only credit we can take to our
~ ior being able to avoid these fail
mat We have tried to bring the
0relnary Principles of Business
spply to railroad enterprise-never to
Ea'ltdke to do more than we could af-
: 40 and not to run ahead in a wild
xs.atiVe career but going ahead
N-.ousiy; If the soil s good and the
=. Is geod to be patient and nco
me people. When you have these
u. nAed In YOUR mind you have the key
- must solve the difficulty. We ave
oome to the point where our road
= 0een extended to the Pacific ocean.
nsve there the largest forests of pine
E.oer growing on this continent and the
Emh.. nave seen In the world. The
y counted.
b.t,o rev years ago the country east Of
bn.s north of the Chesapeake and
fh"v VI the Great Lakes drew it's supply
E1.oan'sr rom Michigan and later from
During the earlier times in
tha'l go lumber was worth SO to 60 cents
thaaAand' but to-day 1t is worth s1n
Aads :. IN the tree. Fortunes were
bunS,. Wisconsin zine lands. The
on for Cocp.n university was laid
ma investment in .isconsin timber
we have on the Pacific coast
j. enormous Forests.
a them kere. They want
II eas. lar south as Baltimore and as
hs n as Portland. Me. Now, bear
ana na. What helps you what you
/ each What we need il the assistance
III onr V.ner' n to help each other
I'd uuraens The people who own
ar iaeture that lumber on the
sesKlng . market for It. These
lmber. .noe Q beyond the price OF
nanv .ney affect you by contributing
IONS of freight to haul over our