The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-01-21
Vincent On grain was 10 cents hundred.
Today it Is Is cents q hundred. GAp-

7 per cent if we earn it, and we earn it
very easily. And I want to to assure ASSURE you
barrel of flour from here to Hongkong
at 40 cents hundred. Whether we do it
or whether we do not do it, does not cut
g~ee in no But you
would know it. Your cities would know
it. If Mr.. Chamberlain's policy is put
in effect you will know it greatly to your
sorrow: I said before, we are ready to
keep step with you to the very farthest
limit that is possible, but we can't make
ourselves Criminals in the eye of the
law
He asked the farmers what they were
doing to help. He said the people OF
Washington were awake and when they
found that the interstate commerce COM
mission was about to issue an order,
that all rates made to or from Asiatic
points shall be published: they petitioned
such an order because it would practically
give our rates to foreign competitors and
they would underbid the American rate
and SO divert the shipment Of produce
Is now pending. before the interstate
commerce commission. He read an Tex-
tract from the memorial 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
compelled COZ, IR1el to make our rates public they
SIMPLY take advaptage Of it. He
merchants. the bankers, the millers. the
farmers, in fact, everybody because we
an depend upon the man, as i said be-
to see that our hands are not tied, that
the markets are not closed to us and if
the farmer is taxed 10c bushel on his
on his provisions, his hogs, his cattle,
his lard, his talloW, his cotton, which he
has to sell, going, to Great Britain. bear
in mind, you will pay the tax. When
compete for your food it they need it.
ao You o. IN, may say: on, well. they have
people will starve.' 1 will call your at
tention to the fact. that twenty years
ago the province of Manitoba did not
it esse s hes of the the r sss
your American farmers are going into
that country. in ten years they will raise
all the wheat Great Britain needs. Then
your wheat, or you will find a new mar
ket. You may. then appreciate the value
of the Oriental market. Possibly it's in
GGep0a was Sut in the mind Of an Oriental
comes true. (Applause.) When that
time comes l want you to bear in mind
it before. (Applause)
Some Comparisons.
To show that Minnesota was not max
ing the progress which she should, Mr..
Hill took the receipts of the Great North
ern road in Minnesota towns, namely:
A 1a;5,a ,, St. Cloud, Alexandra BaEnes-
ems, Hallock and ST. Vincent.
tions five years ago was. $3.50. 600. The
aTn6f Of lost u
4S5. 600. the increase being s4s5.O00 of
which $14S,000 was at Thief River Falls
He then took the following North Da
don. Devils Lake, Cando, Rugby, Gran
vile, Minot, and SouriS and thus sum-
married. the result:
These ten tow .ns FIVE years age h lad
on the Minnesota towns. Minnesota has
grown to SLABS, 000-or an increase of
s4S5, 900: Dakota has grown from 1882
o o to $2'3O4,OOO. or an increase Of $780,
The time has come when you are not
growing as fast as you think you are.
try is not. There are large areas of the
best farming land in the state of Mime
sofa where there are not as many acres
under cultivation as there were twelve
road in Minnesota 1 go through at night
because l don't want to see the absolute
neglect and infamous farming. / don't
everything l could in the way of teaching
by giving them stock, by helping them in
every possible way to do better farm
the end teach them to do better farming
and that is when the Reaper gathers
them in and somebody else takes their
place.
IF any of you gentlemen think that
have painted the picture in too high
colors by calling your attention to what
Mr.. Chamberlain is doing and to what is
fI,o l,,fo ,o%~
you may and must look for, l will be
ready to answer for the faith that is in
me. l know I am right. and l know the
bear an additional burden of from $50
100000 to $50, 100000 a year in these three
states unless you can find
a new market for your stuff. Where will
you go? Can you take it there for moth
ing e.. .xu.o .,
doesn't care SO much for wheat flour 1t
every nation, including India, once they
get wheat -four prefer it to all other food.
I was, talking to an intelligent japanese
the other day professor in one Of their
nent physician. He told me that the
cause of their great tendency to dropsical
complaint was the large proportion Of
imperial commission had made this report
to the government, and for that reason
they wanted to buy more of our -four.
you nave always peen IN the naDlt, l
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
l 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 copcerned we are per-
dends won't suffer whether we carry one
barrel of flour or 10000 barrels of
flour. There is very little in it. But there
is this in it: always hold as a principle
that in operating railroad our grea test
came from the greatest pros
and unless we can take the natural re-
sources of the country (and your natural
resources are confined practically to what
is raised on the farm)-unless We can
take the natural resources of the coun-
try, to some market where they can be
them. who creates them, the time IS not
far distant when he will stop creating
them.
farm. We cannot abandon our railroad:
We might sell the shares, but the railroad
must be there; it is under contract to be
operated and it has got to be operated.
Now, 1t is our selfish interest to put the
whole situation where it is within your
reach, within the reach of the people liv-
terests, whatever they may be, with a
profit to theBselves, or else our invest
ment Is worthless. And, following that
up, I have tried in every way that I
could to find new markets for your stuff.
Before we built a mile of road west of the
Rocky nc w in ho