Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-27
annual PARLIAMENT Of Northwest Farmers
A Notable Address by J. j. HILL in which He Out
lines the Importance of Finding New r1ar-
kets for the Products of the Northwest.

new. forests, build safeguards against
noods and save for beneficial use, the
TSaf nat fhe now run mtg to waste
to actual settlers and that no lease Of
state land shall be made.'
Making New Markets.
Mr.; Hill said that year ago last win
Ter ter ne went to the state of Washington
their wheat: The railroad gave them a
REDUCTION req OF ten per cent on the freight
kets. There were not enough people to
eat wheat in the markets they were SELL
well. now, our EFFORTS to lind a new
market have been successful-more sue
cesSful than l had hoped for.
Minneapolis began. in a small way. to
ship flour to Australia and to China and
f tioSr apan' 1t seemed long way to send
way of the Pacific coast to Aust1aliaN
6nt by taking advantage of all the con.
dltions entering into the question. Of
directions with full loads. we were able
1 to give a rate from Minneapolis to Hong
66SnS ef 49, as cents
tation that ever was thought of on the
face fa OF the earth. The rate Of transport
mlles) Is rs cents hundred, IS a ton.
It is 1000 miles of rail transporta ton
fr ON here to the Pacific coast. and then
Il have been charged with everything
crank QaugnteD, but 1 am ready at all
effort within my power that will result
in getting new markets for what we
produce in this northwestern country;
OF the market here, every bushel you
SEND sen to new market, every bale of cot
ton ton You send to a new market, every
helps what is left, the surplus saved is
so much less. and it is not here to COM
pete with our own shipments to Liver
1T is just as much advantage to the
man raising wheat in Ohio that the farm
er IN Washington shall send his wheat
shall send his wheat to the Orient, as
that the man in Ohio shall send it. be-
eau that much wheat is taken out Of
"Well. now, our efforts in that direc-
ton have been crowned with remarkable
success. think I can give you some
1 ngures that will be of interest to you on.
He quoted in detail the ports in Aus
trhla and the Orient where shipments. of
Tntat to ana mo four had been made showing
soth, 4,s1s,sS2 Bushels e Of wheat ' and i' ne
565 ;4SS barrels of flour had been shipped
~. That business has only begun, and vet
the largest orders for flour that have ever
have come from the Orient So great is
s sef fee In that pree 81 it is 61
wheat that is sold in this market The
most mos intelligent wheat authority I know
tba fey Se eod that the
this Oriental demand. e was a GlwaE g 8
cents; and he thought that actual figures
Now, if it is 5 cents a bushel on $780,
100000 bushels raised in our three north
western states, it amounts to So 900. 0OO
effort to bring it about. and We have in
POSSIBLE to carry that into effect.
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
world: we have to defend ourselves from
we, are restraining. trade" daughter
and applause, Absolutely defending our
selves from rest,aining trade" 1t is
must be used to restrain trade. They for
get that in order to compete wirh the
merchant marine Of every nation flying a
have power to carry that trade forward
1t takes power to carry that trade to the
extent We have carried it. Who else
greater contains the less. The power
to expand trade, and, build it up and
ship barrel Of flour from here to Hongo
send 1t from here to New York~that
tal1s som some power The power to expand
Tending lawsuits today because we are
charged with the power to restrain trade;
carry the trade on, YOU must st have Pv"s Some
power somewhere, no matter how you
exercise it, you are a public criminal
against the law OF your country. (Laugh-
Now. the time is coming when it won't
DC be my funeral-it will be yours. Mr.:
Chamberlain "a year ago, took leaf out
a political campaign in Great Britain in
favor Of a ,preferential tariff: in favor Of
admit the agricultural products Of her
colonies free, and the colonies in return
would give her free access to their mar
kets, and tax everybody else; Great Brit
ain. on the other hand. agreeing to put a
tariff or a tax on the imports Of every
other nation.
The agricultural industries of this
figures. as I remember them. furnished
by the agricultural department of the
general !3; government gave three thousand
ducts Of the farms Of this country. Great
Britain and her cololiies buy from us
above 20 per cent of all our exports.
hushei On our Wheat. Remember that hiatt the e
surplus wheat we export fixes the price
on the entire crop-,that which we sell
to go abroad, The surplus grain always
fixes the market price. II your wheat is
taxed L., 70 cents cents tard bushe on 10000 600
It Wod our o Tha staes
have got to pay. These conditions are
not far from you Ey Niry Gay
progress in the first year than he ex-
pected to in the first three years. when
he 1T up a wSsn and is only
to pay this tax if you send your wheat
ket e W %du of de What mat S DHer
to give US this Oriental market We
'anRGt % aS a aS aM in dar po%er
We have led in every reduction Of rates
on agricultural products that have been
We have never needed a. spur. We have
increased the traffic as fast as we could
and by we tooK are able
twenty-five years ago, the rate from St
Vincent on grain was 40 cents hundred
Today it is Is cents a hundred. Gap
plause.)
An we need is our dividend; we get on,
7 per cent if we earn it, and we earn II
very easily. And I want to assure YOU
there is not much profit in carrying q
barrel of flour from here to Hongkong
at 40 cents hundred. Whether we do Il
or whether we do not do it. does not cut
much figure in our treasury. Our stock
holders would never know it. But you
would know it. Your cities would know
it. II Mr.. Chamberlain = policy, is put
| In effect you will know it greatly to your
sorrow. said before, we are ready tc
limit that is possible, but we can't make
law"