Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-27

to see that our hands are not tied. that
the the markets are not closed to us and II
on his provisions, his hogs, his cattle,
ms h1s l ar IN his talow his cotton which he
you have no surplus or only very small
soRe fa heg 9od h1y oe tSeT here
you may say: 10 on /. We'll We'll, the they Il have
got to buy their bread from Us or their
tention to the fact. that twenty years
ago the province of Manitoba did not
export t. bushe Ct wheat eat OF the last
your American farmers are going into
all the wheat Great Britain needs Then
@ ay or '2 You Win q and new w m nea
Of the Oriental market ossibiy e it's sain n
drea mer.' but it makes no difference
| about the dream as long as the dream
t comes ,o1 true lAp9plause) When that
| that an old man called your Attention to
| it before. (Applause.)
Some Comparisons.
TO show that Minnesota was not max
Hill took the receipts Of the Great North
e nnor road in mir; Minnesota towns, namely:
ems, Hallock and St. Vincent.
The total business of these ten sta
ending soh a 81 June LAST Il Vas
which He tSen o@k vas a. At T6S5 KXsS s
don. Devils Lake, .Cando, Rugby Gran
m 1,s Miq 3s r and souFis and thus sum
These ten towns. five years ago. had
a business of s752,ooo, against $3.50, 900
tine M n 49s has
9o9 to s2,.o4.0oo. or an Increase Of $751;
The time has come when you are not
growing as fast as you think you are.
4 Your r cries e are growing, but your coun-
and ARE ba argg "a G the
sofa where there are not as many acres
under cultivation as there were twelve
in Mnnesotas pah1's at OF n ebt
because I don't want to see the absolute
neglect and infamous farming. l don't
nst cod in in t aay wa %s c 9acR 1ss
by giving them stock. by helping them in
every eye possible way to 90 better farm
the end teach tn EN- to DO better farming
and that is when the Reaper gathers
them in and somebody else takes their
IL IF any Of you gentlemen think that I
colors by calling your. attention to what
the absolute and immediate effect that
you may and must look for. | will be
ready to answer for, the faith that is in
time is coming when you will have to
S9 to ea5 year f hssg se
M ut n row sfotn GA
new market for your stuff. Where will
you go? Can you take it there for moth
?The African will eat cornmeal. He
doesn't care so much for wheat flour It
every. nation. including India, once they
I was talking to an intelligent Japanese
the other day-a professor in one Of their
cause Of their great tendency to dropsical
complaint, was the large proportion Of
rice Which they and IT. that
to the government. and for that reason
they wanted to buy more of our flour.
You have always been in the habit. I
ready to do. anything in our power to
help. you, but when the exercise of power
in the carrying Of your, business to new
ket that you are losing becomes crime,
and we lay ourselves open to fine and i'm
prisonment, have got to tell you that
to see, if You want to, whether your
representatives are ready to stand for
your I'll interests or against your interests.
fectly happy. AS I said before. our divi-
dends won. suffer whether we carry one
au Of -four e 10 it. snt eqs
is this in it: I always hold as a principle
that in operating a railroad our greatest
prosperity came from the greatest pros
living
and unless we can take the natural re-
sources OF the country (and your natural
Re passd IRE fhe to
take the natural resources of the coun-
try to some market where they can be
sold with profit to the man who raises
far distant when he will stop creating
them: 49,, 49,.
farm. We cannot abandon e our Talr SSds
We might sell the shares, but the railroad
must be there; it is under contract to be
It IS sesh e ae te to
whole situation where it is within your
reach, within the reach Of the people liv-
terests, Whatever they may be, with a
profit to themselves, or else our invest
ment- is worthless. And, following that
could to find new markets for youz stuff.
Before we built a mile Of road west IF the
Rocky mountains we had men 81 the
how far it might be developed And we
have kept men there from that time to
this"
He read quite a lengthy report from an
agent in China which he had just re-
ceived. This showed how Russia and
upon the commerce of China and the
Orient generally. to the exclusion Of the
products of the United States.
Now, I have read you this to show you
that it is not all fun. 1t is not the easiest
task to compete with all the nations for
their trade, and with all the adverse con-
ditions we have to meet. And it is a
still harder job when we are told that 1t
is against the law to do 1t. And when 1t
comes to a point where you need that
market. If you are barred out of it, 1t
won't be our fault.
II won't detain you any longer. It is
getting late, and I have .trespassed On
your time too much. simply want 10
say this; That If the time comes when
the conditions that I have outlined are
realized by you, remember that, as far as
I could. you were forewarned. ZAP
plause.)"
AS THE LAW DECIDES.
Failure of leaders to perform their
duty and remove loose coal hanging in