The Dickinson press., 1903-04-18
Mr.. Phslan Takes q Hand.

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| Mship covers Il multitude "f sins, and
while President Worst has much the
f'est OF it at the pre- sent writing in Iii. ar
gum y, with the governor. i, is o more
than pr"t CT thai VIC should have further
enlightenment.
The governors good fellowship was
evidently put to test in the approval of
the appropriation bills. The wolf hnunt,
was a popular measure and strenuousl,
demanded by the slore. and will put
$4,000 per year into circulation from the
state funds. The $1,000 for Studebakcr
carriages was essential to the dignity of
the governmental society. The $40, 900
for a trolley line is to be an object lesson
in state ownership of a transportation
line. Alter viewing many other items
one must grant that the governor erred
in the side of leni, ncy to the true
patriotism oil the old fl X and an apprnp-
Ration, for most anything and anybn,y
The S5",ooo for the st. Louis fair was
popular i,h the railroads and other in
terests seeking to advertise the resources
OF the state, in the most expensive man
ner, and will no debt help to increase
immigration and settlement.
However, when it came to paltry
$4,000 for experiment stations. intended
to teach the people how to live and dig
wealth from the soil, the governor was
guided by academic jealousy. and while
thinking of the Agricultural college sin
ming in its attempt to teach school, and
learn something about medicine and
drugs, he forgot his good fellowship and
vetoed the appropriation for experiment
stations.
At various times have listened to the
learned professors from Minnesota and
Montana, who have come in here to tell
the farmers how to grow forage crops,
and when questioned, invariably admit.
ted the fact, that our native grasses ex-
celled in nutrition and feeding value any
imported plant they would recommend,
yet thousands OF acres of these natural
forage grasses are being DESTROYED every
year by turning over the sod to plant
seed OF inferior quality. The plan OF
the faculty, as understand it, in the es.
tablishment of an experiment station at
Dickinson was to take these native grass
es and by experiment in cultivation, and
growth, demonstrate the most valuable
to the live stock interests and this Sec
tion of semi-arid country, and by such
means do more in the way of develop
ment of the country in five years, than
worlds fair appropriations would do in
generation.
You cannot determine at Fargo or
Edgeley, or at Bozeman, or St. Anthony
Park the plans that are best suited to this
region and this particular climate. If
you are to determine the best fodder, the
best graid or the best plants OF any kind
for this particular section, you must ex.
pertinent here, in this latitude, this eli
ate. this environment,
| have no land to sell. can do busi-
ness without the experiment station, but
il there ever was an honest attempt to
do good it was in the purpose of estab.
fishing experiment stations in North Da-
kota remote from the Red river valley.
lntrinslcally, politicians do world Of
good. Their generosity and good fellow.
ship outweighs their shortcomings.
like Gov. White as politician. but when
he gets up on pedestal and acts in ac-
cord with academic ignorance, in the
form so-called education, he bemeans his
manhood; and in his veto of the expert
ment station appropriation he has dealt
death blow at the development of the
western part of the state that according
| to our friend Clarke of Minneapolis and
New Salem, even live stockmen should
rejoice at.
President Worst is capable of taking
care of himself. The work done and re.
suits accomplished by the Agricultural
college is self-evident, and will become
more so from year to year. Pres. .Worst's
democracy, his loyalty to the true inter-
ests OF tho state, his keeping close to the
earth. living in the present and along
| practical lines, avoiding dizzy heights OF
cultured nonsense. stamp him as great
North Dakota commoner, worthy OF our
respect and admiration.
Governor White has made a mistake
and should acknowlede it; while we hope
for better results two years hence.
| |. E. PHELAN,