The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-21
ANNUAL parliament OF NORTHWEST FARMERS
Notable Address by j. J. Hill, in which He Out
lines the Importance of Finding New liar
kets for the Products of the Northwest.

any kind shall ever be issued.
tnae h That every state shall enact lays
MEASURE and the limit Of ali right i to wat
er, including riparian rights. and that the
right right to the use Of land for irrigation
&c. That it should be the law that all
unused and unappropriated waters shall
hst belong to the state where they orig
Is. the rain falling from the heavens on
the land of a state. belongs first to that
IS: That the national government
shall preserve it's, existing forests. plant
a foods and save for beneficial use, the
80. That the, states shall enact home
stead laws giving the state lands only
To- aetn t. al settlers SETH and that no lease of
Making New Markets.
Mr.: Hill said that year ago last win
to attend meeting Of farmers they
their wheat: The railroad gave them a
rate. but what he tried to impress upon
them was that they needed new mar
kets. There were not enough people to
ing in to consume all they had to sell.
Wei. now. our efforts to find new
market have been successful-more sue
Last February and March the mills in
minneapolis began. in small way. to
ship sh . flour to Australia and to China and
Hour to market-from Minneapolis by
way OF the Pacific coast to Australia
6 6Ht by taking advantage of an The con-
directions with full loads. we were able
to give rate from Minneapolis to Hong
kong OF 40 cents hundred-4O cents a
hundred for 5000 miles-sS a ton. 1t is
anil mill ton a mile-the lowest transpor-
face Of ehe Safs Of Of 9n the
tation from here to New. York d,soo
mi'es) is o IS cents q hundred. s. a ton.
from here to the Pacific coast, and then
5000 miles Of water.
Il have been charged with everything
times to plead guilty to any intelligent
effort within my power that will result
produce in this northwestern country:
because every, bushel that you take out
Of the market here, every bushel. you
ton you send to new market, every
thing that you, send to new market,
helps what is left. the surplus saved is
pete with our own shipments to Liver
pool or Antwerp.
ut ls Just as much y, sadvantags to the
er IN Washington, shall send his wheat
to the Orient. or the farmer in Minnesota
shall shall , send his wheat to the Orient, as
cause that much wheat is taken out OF
Well. now, our efforts in that direc-
ton nave been crowned with remarkable
Az figures , that viii be Of interest 10 you on
He quoted in detail the ports in Aus
tralia and the Orient where shipments Of
81 bs ssS "a w Sans and June
SOS. 4SS barrels Of flour had been shipped.
~. That s.to business has only begun: and yet
come To- Minneapolis ' from any a quarter ster
have come from the Orient. So great is
this demand that today. it is making it:
wheat that is sold in this market The
most intelligent wheat authority l know
i oe. me- within a.. few weeks that the
this Oriental demand, was already s
cents, and he thought that actual figures
Now. If It is cents a bushel on $780,
o00.0 bushels raised in our three north
western states, it amounts to $1,000. 900.
effort to bring it about. and we have in
every way in our power tried to make it
POSSIBLE to carry that into effect.
Efforts Distracted by Legislation.
Now. what hell, do we get? When We
make rate that is the lowest rate that
nave tor ram
we, are Restraining trader! daughter
s se1e appf ao 4ade IS
said that IL we had the power. the power
my be used to restrain trade They for
merchant marine Of every nation flying
commercial flag on the high seas we must
have power to carry that trade forward.
extent we have carried II Who eIse
has carried e? WHO else have raised
their lneh hands for it; But they forget the
to expand a trade and build 1t up and
make It great and make 1t possible to
ship barrel of flour from here to Hong
send It from here to New York-that
takes some power. The power to expand
trade makes us criminals: and We are de-
charged with the power to restrain trade;
and because II you have the power to
exercise 1t. you are public criminal
against the law Of your country. (Laugh-
be %y s % Ss ~ 9enrs wq Mr.
Cha am. alMIi, year ago took Leaf out
a political Campaign in Great Britain I'm in
favor Of a preferential tariff. in favor OF
a tariff under which Great Britain would
colonies free. and the colonies in return
would give her free access to their mar 4
kets. and tax everybody else; Great Brit
ain. on the other hand. agreeing to put
tariff or a tax on the imports of every
other nation. 's
1.-THE agricultural industries Of this
country are enormous. Last year the
figures ash remember them. furnished
byss the agricultural department Of the
genafal government, gave three thousand
million dollars as the value Of the pro-
ducts. Of the farms Of this country. Great
Britain and her colonies buy from us
above 20 per cent Of all our exports.
Suppose they put tariff Of. ~ cents
hushei on our wheat Remember that the
on the entire crop-that, which we sci!
to go abroad. The surplus grain always
fixes the market price. II your wheat is
taxed 10 cents q bushel. on 180.O00.000
bushels in your three northwestern states
It would amount to $4,000. 900. That you
have got to pay. These conditions are
not far from you. Every day you see in
the newspapers that Mr.. Chamberlain is
winning his way. He has made more
progress in the first year than he eex- ?
pected to in the first three years when
he took 1t up q year ago, and It is only
question Of time when you have got
to pay this tax ii you send your wheat
to Great Britain.
What viii you. do? What other mar
ket have you You ey Ts
cannot disobey the law. .(Applause.)
I'VE viii do anything in our power to
help you. We have from the beginning.
We have led in every reduction of rates