The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-01-22
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.

Tedcneu Sucn great proportions, the
annual meetings of the State Agricul-
tural Society have become landmarks
in the history of the state. The one
held in Minneapolis last week was per-
haps the most notable of all. 1t was
addressed by many prominent men,
and an address by Mr.. J. j. Hill, presi-
dent OF the Great Northern railroad,
was the special event of the meeting.
After exchange of greetings with
his audience, he said: '>.',s1 -,
There Is more intelligence, more pa
to make good citizenship, on. the farms
than anywhere else in the country. Gap
plaHse.l 1t has always been 60. from the
here can remember what, a few years
ago. we called the late unpleasantness.
tbs men left their plows in the burrows.
flag Of their country, and the farmers
sons were the: men who most distin-
Country life is better fitted to develop
better opportunity. II he win take adj
Sposf fhe Of An% %sas se sss
are here. that their children in growing
upon the farm should not look, forward
when they can have their hair banged
and soaked down, and come to the town
to look for a job. Better men and bet
will never come when this country can
afford to lose sight Of the interests of
the people who live :, on the Land ot
OF the farm. the forests, the mine and the
.sea-four sources from which everything
that is worth having comes;
had some fine forests IN Minnesota, but
where are they? They are SO far gone
on The ~ that s
ali eouated You You haV es' in Nj Minnesota ths
but you have no l coal, You cannot make
iron. All you can do IS to dig iron ore
with steam shovels, and take 1t to other
and coke. and can make the. metal into
iron and STEEL You cannot do it here as
things are today, and it is very doubt
ful 4 iron VIII ever be successfully made
in Minnesota.
That leaves you the farm. from which
every man In the state must draw his ms
your doctors, your merchants, your mil:
frs sn makes his his n6 yg ana out ts
must go on in Minnesota for all time.
Nov, what are you doing to help the
The hs sPte h has most to
lent experimental farm, or a department
attached to the state university. It does
propriations for the other end
There was. a time-let me see-twenty
years last spring, in this state. and par
no rain fell from seed time until the LIST
fields, barely living: In July some 60
more than half a crop. 1 didn't know as
much then as do now: I was younger
and had less expertence thought w f%d1
thought I would help them to some good
stock and cattle and hogs. And in my
they had the Opportunity, they would take
advantage. Of It. got together some
herds Of beef ana dairy ty9 cattle tue
ana Scotland. about gag : thorous66red
Sssousea n s STATE e0 and 'fs
zoo in North Dakota. Now, I want to say
that the people of North Dakota derived
people Of Minnesota did from 600: What
did they do? Most Of them sold them.
ha9ughfer2 save aye them pigs, +b and they
good winter pork! Gaughterj This is
that ! brought from the old country; or
stock and for which paid prices as high
as $500 for single animal.
Farmers Mlsied by Demagogues.
"They were misled. A lot Of designing
demagogues-rank demagogues-whoc care
no more about the farmer than they do
sef hts 'R Vote 'n tod the that
raising state Of Minnesota, trying to. in
STOCK that ST. I could a find and distributing It
free Of price to the people of the state;
It was discouraging, but I kept it up and
sofa, feed cattle successfully and send
stock from Minnesota to compete with our
friend; from per ssed fS d stqck a ten
1 took INC in Competition in Chicago with our
friends from Illinois, and Missouri ara ana 4
d dGMa; and Nebraska ana KANSAS anu In
Profits In Stock Raising.
Mr.. Hill proceeded to say that one year
Cock iea Show At chcase 60 they
uro-pneumonia down there. and he took
seven first prizes. He had taken the sweep
showed sfsSss s fenr or IL i've animals He said he
est est record e IN the Tnitea states Of Psr;7
p pen' cent x Rilied in Chicago in cempetitea
with all the states. AS illustrating prof
It in stock raising in M,nne E. e, he re-
farm, ten miles from Minneapolis He
@ %o for Of ts s and SOLD them at
$500 per head. a profit Of $500 per
head.
n PUBIC Oo5UAISss
"Now, II can do this, any farmer in
the state can do it, II he only will. The
time win come when he must do it. and
it is everybody's interest In the state to
see that he has a fair opportunity.
There was a time when ours popular
campaign song was Uncle Sam Ns Rich
Enough to Give Us All a Farm" Today
he has not any farms to give us that
We can cultivate. All Of the agricultural
land that can be cultivated without irri-
cation is gone. and the people are selling
their homes in the United States and
moving out into Northwestern Canada.
west Of Winnipeg. where they can buy
people have gone there than many Of our
mer: would like to acknowledge; They
have a large area Of country. A couple
Of months ago, at Bismarck, I made g
statement in regard to their country. and
was to some extent misguided, and will
take occasion to correct 1t. They have an
area north Of us equal, practically, to that
lively small portion Of that can be cult
waited with Proat They probably have an
thew can cultivate the land with profit.
and they raise good crops. North Of that
Il is too near the north. pole.'s%
Proceeding he explained that six rail-
roads agreed 70 contribute $1,000 each for
Ave years to conduct campaign Of edu-
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