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

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"s. That every e state Shall shall enact laws
that BE beneficial use is the basis. the
er, including riparian rights. and that the
right to the use Of land for irrigation
shall inh Saf to , the land irrigated ou
unused, and unappropriated waters shall
first belong to the state where they orig.
mate, without regard to state lines. that
the land Of state. belongs first to that
."s: That the national government
floods and save Tor 6eneficiai use, the
49, That the states shall enact home
to actual settlers and that no lease Of
I state land shall be made"
Making New Markets.
Mr.; Hin said that year ago last win
ter, he went to the state of washington
to m nee Sg1 Of They
their wheat: The railroad gave them .
REDUCTION he,n OF ten per cent on the freight
them was that they needed new mar
kets. There were not enough people to
eat wheat in the markets they were SELL
We'll. now, our EFFORTS to find a new
market have been successful-more sue
n2a an s0Paa eSr the mills in
ship o%r 70 xsstral'a and s to CHINA Miay and
onf n %ay 5H by
way OF the Pacific coast to Australia
but by taking advantage of all the con-
transportation. loading our cars in both
directions with full loads. we were able
to give q rate from Minneapolis to Hong
for mes;s ton cents t
q mill q ton a mile-the lowest transpor-
tation that ever was thought of on the
tation from here to New York G,SOo
miles) is Is cents a hundred, IS q ton.
It is 1000 miles OF rail transportation
5000 miles Of water g
IL have been charged with everything
mfr S > being "an Oriental dreamer" to
guilty. to am any yeia a{e nt
effort within my power that will result
gssnE fSs for what
because every bushel that you take out
of the market here, every bushel you
send to a new market, every bale Of cot
thing that you. send to- a new market,
helps what Is left, the surplus saved is
so much less. and it IS not here to COM
pool or Antwerp.
1T is just as much advantage to the
IN Teea sbs 4hie 2ea that b the
to the Orient, or the farmer in Minnesota
shall send his wheat to the Orient, as
that the man in Ohio shall send it. be-:
| cause that much wheat Is taken out of
well. now, our efforts in that direc-
success i think I can T give 'S You some
figures st that %ill be Of interest to you on
tralia and the Orient where shipments Of
wheat and flour had been made, showing
that for the fiscal year ending June
5s5 4ss: barrels Of Hour had been shipped:
THAT business has only begun. and yet
the largest orders for flour that have ever
have come from the Orient. So great is
this demand that today. 1t is making 1t.
self felt in the price Of every bushel Of
most Intelligent wheat authority I know
Mhe tha feT he eead nat es
this Oriental demand, was already 5
cents. and he thought that actual figures
would show it to be Z cents bushel: ~
| Nov, If 1t Is cents a bushel on $50,
600. 900 bushels raised in our three north
western states, it amounts to $4,000. 900.
It is worth h1; saving it is worth making an
FOSSIL Possible 70 carry that into erect. AAs ''
Efforts Distracted by Legislation.
Now. what help do we get? When We
make rate that is the lowest rate that
ever was made for transportation in the
tie state: and from the nation DC cause
we are restraining trade!" daughter
and appllause.) Absolutely defending our :.
said that if we had the power, the power
must be used to restrain trade. They for
get that in order to compete with the
commercial flag on the high seas we must
1t takes power to carry that trade to the
has carried n tx %ho else have ra Ss
their hands for it? But they forget the
greater contains 1nsa the 81 less: The power
ship a barrel Of flour from here 20 Hong
st 90 cents hsrn more ire than i
takes some power. The power to expand
trade makes us criminals, and we are de-
tending LAWSUITS today because we are
charged with the power to restrain trade;
and because II you have the power to
! carry the trade on, you must have some
IT, yoa are pS5c heM
AGAINST the law OF your country. uaush-
be my funerai-it viii be yours. Mr..
Of our. political economy and started out
favor OF preferential tariff, in favor Of
tariff under which Great Britain would
admit the agricultural products of her
|
would give her free access to their mar
kets, and tax everybody else; Great Brit
ain. on the other hand, agreeing to put q
tariff or a tax on the imports Of every
"The agricultural industries OF this
country are enormous. Last year" the
figures, as I remember them, furnished
by the agricultural department Of the
general government, gave. three thousand
duets 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 a tariff Of IL cents q
hushel on our wheat. Remember that the
surplus wheat we export fixes the price
on the entire crop-that which we sell
among. ourselves. and that which we sell
to go abroad. The surplus grain always
fixes the market price. II your wheat IS
bushels in your three neEth%esteSn 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
I the. newspapers that Mr.. Chamberlain is
winning his way. He has made more
progress In the first year than he ex-
pected to in the first three years when
he took It up a year ago. and 1t is only
a question Of time when you have. got
to pay this tax II you send your wheat
What viii you do? What other mar
ket have you got? You may rely on US;
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