Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-02-18

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AN we need is our dividend ): we get our
very easily. And I want to assure you
there, is not much profit In carrying a
barrel Of flour from here to Hongkong
or whether we do not do it, does not cut
holders would never know it. But you
it, II Mr.. Chamberiain's policy is put
in effect you will know it greatly to your
sorrow; said before. we are ready to
limit that is possible. but we can't make
ourselves our, criminals in the eye OF the
doing to help. He said the people OF
Washington were awake. and when they
found that the inter state commerce COM
that all rates made to or from Asiatic
points shall be published, they petitioned
the commission to refrain from making
give our rates to foreign competitors and
they would underbid the American rate
and and, SO e. Avert the shipment Of produce
is now pending before the interstate
commerce commission. He read an ex-
n tract from the mem 's sent by the ship
against having American commerce hand
icapped in the interests of foreign ma
tions by such unwise action as this.
English, German, French, scandinavian.
Dutch and Italian lines. and if we are
sm5R}S It, to make our rates public they
said he wanted business men. the
merchants. the bankers. the millers, the
farmers. IN fact. everybody because we
fore who cultivates the land, want you
to see that our hands are not tied. that
the markets are not closed to us and II
grain and a proportionate tax is placed
on his provisions. hts hogs, his cattle,
his lard ar III his tallow his cotton. which he
in mind, YOU will pay the tax. When
you have no surplus or only very small
surplus: then they will come here and
got to buy their bread from US or their
VIII IL Sta starys WIN can your at
ago the province Of Manitoba did not
crop it exported s5.oo6.ooo: At the rate
all the wheat Great Britain needs. Then
you VIII WHIP pay the tax, Ak, or you will hold
] WAiSeae' VI w VIII I1Ilu d new
of the Oriental market. Possibly it's in
eeption was in the mind of an Oriental
about the dream. as, long as the dream
comes true. (Applause) When that
time comes I want you to bear In mind
it before. (Applause.)
| Some Comparisons.
| To Chow, +l,,t NI;,,,so+o ,,o, ,ot wal
Ing, the progress which she should, MIR.
! Hill took the receipts Of the Great North
ern road in Minnesota towns, namely:
/ vile, Thief River Falls, St. Hilaire, stew
ems. HalloclS and st. Vincent.
The total business of these ten sta
year ending 3oth of June last it was ST..
which s14s, 900 was at THIEF River FAILS.
kota towns: Larimore, Park River, Lang
don. Devils Lake, Cando. Rugby, Gran
vile; Minot. and souris and thus sum-
These ten towns. five years ago: had
on the Minnesota towns. Minnesota has
$4s5, 900. Dakota has grown from 1852
600 to s2,304.000 or an Increase Of $780,
a af as You %hs f S9o y ee
| try Is not There are large areas Of the
best farming land in the State of Mime
under cultivation as there were twelve
or fifteen years ago Some parts of our
because dont Want 81 to ' see the absolute
neglect and infamous farming. l don't
travel that way in day DAY time tt tried ed
by giving them Stock by heip ping them in
Ing. There is only one thing that win in
and that IS when the Reaper gathers
them in and somebody else takes their
plaGGee ~ ~
colors by calling your attention to- what
Mr. Chamberlain is doing and to what is
You e 4 msy and anu must ieeR fsr e win be
ready to answer for the faith that is in
me. ! know I am right. and ! l., know the
bear an s addtiena M" enrden OF from s2o
100000 to $50, 1000. 900 year in these three
| northwestern states unless you can find
You go? Can you take it there for moth
ing: e., .u.o. 49,, 49,. oo,,o., Va
Is a singular fact but it is true, that
every nation, Including India, once they
get wheat -four prefer. 1t to all other food.
! the other day-a professor IN one Of their
i universities, and in his country an emf
| nent physician. He told me that the
cause of their great tendency to dropsica!
| complaint was the large proportion OF
| rice which they consume and that an
! imperial commission had made this report
to the government, and for that reason
they wanted to buy more OF our -four.
You have always been in the habit,
think. of feeling that we are at all times
| ready to do anything In our power to
help you, but when the exercise Of power
, in the carrying Of your business to new
| markets, to take the place OF the mar
ket that you are losing becomes crime,
and we lay ourselves open to fine and i'm
prisonment, have got to tell you that
we don't want either, and you have got
to see, II you want to, whether your
representatives are ready to stand for
your interests or against your interests.
AS far as we are concerned we are per-
fectly happy. AS I said before. our divi-
dends won't suffer whether we carry one
barrel Of flour or 100000 barrels of
flour. There is very little in it. But there
is this in it: always hold as a principle
that in operating a railroad our greatest
prosperity came from the greatest pros
perity Of the people living on the line.
and unless we can take the natural re-
Sources Of the country (and your natural
is raised on the farm)-unless we can
take the natural resources OF the coun-
try to some market where they can be
sold with profit to the man who raises
them. who creates them, the time IS not