The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-06-12
REMARKABLE SPEECH
J. j. Hill Considers the Railroad Prob
lem and Business Interests, Outlining
Method of Regulating the Trusts
as Well -.

Inc LIMOS Manufacturers associa-
ton gave banquet at the Auditorium
in Chicago recently, at which Mr.. >.
j. Hill was the guest of honor and
made a lengthy and very important
speech, devoted to the consideration
of the railroad problem generally,
manufacturing and business interests,
and, incidentally, to trusts While
the speech is too lengthy to produce in
full, we append its salient features:
Commerce is the exchange Of commodi-.
ties. and the term is generally understood
individuals. and. in a wider sense, be-
tween communities and nations. Behind
its adventurous leadership has followed
notest parts Of the world. The CONNER
ctal nations Of the world have. at all
times, exercised the strongest influence
is1a es as
fort by a country to find market for its
own productions, or, TO supply itself with
increase its means Of commercial Sex-
nation is the best index OF, its growth:
foreign. Following the lCKiI war came .
period IN the history of our country g
internal degar d dfey tS wnich has
west Of the Mississippi has grown from
frontier n settlements into great populous
the United States in 1865 was about thir-
ty-four millions. The succeeding, thirty
as ys ysaTs ending in 1900 carried It e
half year. The various census reports
show that-the population of the--United
so that by 1890 we would. at this ratio.
have population Of one hundred and
fifty m. millions Of people a,.,..., !. ).
cultivation Of the soil. producing. every
useful crop, has furnished homes for the
ton = Today We haze
homes for an intelligent and. enterprising
population. In many of the Western tern
land which, with irrigation. can be made
Productive In the Highest Degree.
One hundred and sixty acres of land,
wit, with "a. a certain supply Of water, which
1g ss na g san to T the that area
tie rainfall. One hall. Of the population
Of the na, United
land. and | think fully one aah Of th he
entire capital OF the country Is invested
in forms eoms s fa ta assns
cultural population. stands out today as
1t has In the past, as the great
Sheet Anchor Of the Nation.
The wealth, Of the.worid comes from. the
wonderful. mines OF coal, iron. gold, silver
and all the other valuable mineral pro-
full timber. still the farm has. from the
beginning. been the foundation Of our
growing wealth and greatness. During
trade s With q other nations D that IS. the
amountawe have sold in excess Of what
we have bought, has averaged about
nuaily, and two-third I Of this shas come i
of the soil. I do not wish in any manner
manufactures, or their. relative vaise in
curity Of their foundations has always
9 shs aat aeon anf esrs must
continue to rest there. Every manufac-
turer.. every merchant, every business
interested in maintaining the growth
and development Of our agricultural re-
of feeling that ''Uncle Sam was rich
enough to give US all farm" but to.
daK said esfSp the araoe land
diflc dao, supply Of moisture is practically
In few limited Of the he
what may be called individual Effort. !"
Owing to diverse laws, made to suit par
ticular interests. the irrigation Ct large
than can be well surmounted by in
dividual effort. The policy of q broad.
comprehensive, national plan Of irriga-
but little success in the past. However.
an enterprise Of such magnitude and inn
portance to the nation az whole, which
{,r1n Tvf11 01lr inn
sight Of, for the reason that every citizen
OF every state in the Union y IS
Deeply and vitality interested r.
in the question. President Roosevelt, who
arid, regions Of the West, has taken an
active interest in this subject, and II his
efforts, and those Of others who are work
memory Of his work while they build fol
themselves comfortable homes in. the
grazing sAranches for cattle s and sheep p
With proper irrigation these valleys viii Il
dustrious people. and the number of cat.
tie and sheep raised on the land will in
crease many foh.
country thousands of our farmers from
states like Iowa. Kansas, Missouri. Mich
igan Wisconsin and Minnssota are seek
owing TO the cheap lands offered y that
such lands insthe United. States. "a wise
system.of irrigation by the general gov
ernment can be made not only self -sus-
tanning. but q source Of income. Lands
that without irrigation are. given away Of
sold alta nominal price. can be sold as
fast as. they are furnished with water. al
ten dollars an acre or upwards, and the
cost would be little. II anything. more
I cannot urge too strongly on the part
well, and who desires that all shall be
prosperous. in order that he himself may
be prosperous with them. the importance
and the growing necessity of taking care
of our public domain in such way as
to preserve 1t for generations now UNI
born. 's-.. ~
feel sure that no one here tonight
ever expected to see the time when farm.
ers and farmers sons from the best
states Of the West would be forced It
leave their country and their flag to seek
homes in foreign country.
The United States has many socfa
questions to settle in the near future
and nothing in this connection will take
the place Of its ability to provide good
homes for those who desire to sit under
their own vine and fig tree
Land without population is wilder.
ness and population without land is 9
mob ~.
Railway Importance. =
Considering the question from q broad
national standpoint the next interest ir