The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-29
annual parliament Of northwest FARMERS
Notable Address by J. j. Hill, in which He Out
lines the Importance of Finding New Tar
kets for the Products of the Northwest.

as The land IS Utilized for small farmss
IS: That all INDICATED state land
located, within reasonable time or else
surrendered at a fair valuation to the
nrtional government. No more script OF
that beneficial use is the basis. the
measure and the limit Of all right to wat
right to the use Of land for irrigation
~: That it should be the law that al!
first belong to the state where they orig
mate, without regard to state lines, that
IS. the rain falling from the heavens on
state.
o, IS; That the national government
s saa preserve preserve its existing forests, plant
floods and save for beneficial USE the
hoodwaters that now run to waste.
-: That the. states shall enact home
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, he went to the state of Washington
TO- to- attend tsn,i meeting Of farmers: They
were were g gSta3 less than soc bushel for
reduction of ten per cent on the freight
rate. but what he tried to impress upon
them was that they needed new mar
eat wheat in the markets they were SELL
ing in to consume all they had to sell.
.Well. now , our efforts to find new
cessful than had hoped for.
49,; Last February and March the mills in
sp op 10 in and small 1a nnsy
to Japan. 1t seemed a long way to send
| flour to market-from Minneapolis by
way OF the Pacific coast to australia
ditions entering; into the question OF
transportation, loading our cars in both
eve rSe 6n fe able
hundred for 5000 mtles-$S ton. It is
4.t NH IT., ton mtie-the lowest transpor:
face OF the earth. The rate Of transpor-
tation from here to New York d,sol
is 1900 % 2' es 81 handed IS ton
from here to the Pacific coast. and then
5000 miles Of water.
have Se,d been aS ch9rEed With everything
crank Qaughter) but l am ready at all
times to plead guilty to any intelligen,
enort within my power that will result
IN getting new markets for what we
produce in this northwestern country;
because every bushel that you take oui
OF the e market ad5 here, every bushel YOU
ton you send to new market. every
thlns that YOU, send to new market
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
pool or Antwerp.
lit is Just as much advantage to the
er in washington, shall send his wheat
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
the markets.
We'll. now, our efforts in that direc-
OIL x,ifl, o~1,,l ,l<
success. l think I can give you some
fgures 't that will be of interest to you or
He quoted in detail the ports in Aus.
tralia and the Orient where shipments Of
wheat and flour had been made: showing
hs bs seh "a wS aans and }on
565,4Ss barrels Of flour had been shipped
Ihat business has only begun, and YET
come to Minneapolis from IAN any ou u Ite'
have come from the Orient. So great is
this demand that today, it is making it.
ser SER. fel TN in the tn Price Of every bushel o.
most intelligent wheat authority l know
told me, within few weeks, that the
i i,'" a,. estimate tina that he could make o.
this Oriental demand, was as already IwzmE ! !
cents. and he thought that actual figures
would show 1t to be cents a bushel
Now. If it is cents a bushel on $780,
O00. 900 bushels raised in our three north.
western states. it amounts to 100000
I
effort to bring it about, and we have II
POSSIBLE to carry that into effect.
Efforts Distracted by Legislation.
Now. what help do we get? When ",
make a rate that is the lowest rate tina,
ever was made for transportation in tn.
tie state: and from the nation he cause
we are Restraining trade!" (Laughte]
ana applause Absolutely
said that If we had the power, the power
must be used to restrain trade. They for
get that In order to compete with thu
commercial flag on the high seas we mus,
have power to carry that trade forward
1t takes power to carry that trade to thu
their hands for it, But TN they 1a forgee 1ht
a%nanG trsds the snd less
make it great and make it possible t
ship barrel Of -four from here to Hong
send $C cents here more fo N than It cSsS
takes some power. The power to expan(
trade makes US criminals. and we are de:
Tending LAWSUITS today because we ar,
and because If YOU have the power t.
carry the trade on. you must have som,
power somewhere. no matter how 20,
against the law OF your country. Naugh
NOW, the TIME IS coming when 1t won
be my funeral-it will be yours Mr.
Chamberlain. year ago. took leaf GU
of our political economy and started GU
q political campaign. in Great Britain II
favor Of preferential tariff, in favor O.
tariff under which Great Britain woult
admit the agricultural products of hel
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 E
tariff or a tax on the imports Of every
other nation.
THE agricultural industries of thi.
country are enormous. Last year the
figures. as I remember them, furnished
by the agricultural department of thu
general goXernment:, gave three thousand
; million dollars as the value of the pro
' ducts Of the farms of this country. Grea1
Britain and her colonies buy from us
Suppose they put tarifr of IL cents :
hushel on our wheat. Remember that thu
on the entire crop--that which we sci
among ourselves and that which we sci
TO go abroad. The surplus grain always
fixes the market price. If your wheat /.
taxed 10 cents a bushel. on 1SO, 900, 00i
bushels in your three northwestern stale
it would amount to $4,000, 000 That yo,
have got to pay. These conditions arr
not far from you. Every day you see il