Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1905-09-28
], ], HILLS NOTABLE ADDRESS|
He Discusses Agriculture, National and World
Affairs at County Fair.

standard OF honesty ana oecency III Ruo-
lie life. There is no word more fam,liar'
as there is none more ominous In AmeT
lea to-day, than the word graIt. 80 l..
shoots from the mouth like the SPIT OF d
rifle ball, and II is doing as deadly WORK
as that weapon in the hands OF a muir
derer Great commemorative are to-aay
as comparatively in the hands OF naer IN
aries as a captive in the power OF pris-
'WosueI IoJ tuIu SuIplou spue
Real Men in ONCE.
You can have. perhaps. no higher duty
than that of stamping out every tenoenCy
toward this evil. Have you always test
ed the sincerity and the honor of the men
who appealed to you for public support:
Have you never given your aid TO man
because he was supposed to be smart
as a candidate for a place Whom you
would not for moment trust TO- repre-
sent you in a business transaction! have
you never sent to office Il man whose rec
ord was not what it should be? Ana nave
you never given your representatives, IN
state or nation. to understand tnat tney
would win your approval and contnu-
ance of the honors they cOvet by getting
the most numerous and the largest appro-
priations for unnecessary undertakings IN
your city or town or district! ii you
have, then remember that reform must
begin at the fountain head. the people
And as a state or city or a nation mas
no revenue. has no money except tnat
which is taken out of the pockets OF in
dviduals through taxation, If you have
winked at or tacitly rewarded this prac-
NOTED graft. No man and no nation ever
was or ever will be rich enough to with,
stand the continuous attack OF unrebuked
peculation; and no national or individual
character can be pure enough to remain
unsullied by a liberation of a low stand
ard of honesty.
Now We come to another particular In
which it becomes you to test these gem
tlemen who serve you and to ask every
politician for his credentials. Let us see
what they have done for you. You. by,
and saving and the brave venture to
wrest a living from nature have accu.
mulated certain resources OF which all
| these varied forms Of wealth that we
| see about us to-day are typical. TO what
I extent, If any. have you been hindered by
| the various measures that will be quoted:
| as they have been quoted, in evidence or
the care that has been taken of your
| interests?
| Two Main Needs.
Your main needs are two: an adequate
| market in which your products may pc
sold at a fair price. and an opportunity
| which the farm does not supply. TO what
! extent have these been furnished to you,
| and in what condition do you stand with
| reference to them?
| AS far as your grain is concerned, you
must sell in the markets of the world.
| There is no escape from that. The wheat
| of Southern Minnesota and the wheat OF
every other country on the face of the
earth will bring to the farmer the price
that is fixed in the worlds markets. The
great consuming nations, with Great ~, Brlt-
| ain at their head, must have bread. They
| purchase it where they can, seeking an
who have wheat and flour to sell. And by
the competition of all these sellers, India
and Russia and the Argentine and Aus
tralia as we'll as the United States, the
price is settled Have you been helped
there? OF truth it is impossible to helI
come presently. The average politician
who does not give you credit for the in
telligence that you possess, will tell you
that you have been helped, have beer
protected" as he will call it, by placing
tariff on wheat and other products OF
the farm. But you know better. Iot
know that tariff on imports of an article
which you do not wish to import, bu
which you have for sale in vast qualti
ties, is as useless as a steam heating
pan in In the year ended jun
United States just 6S52 bushels of whea
in all: How did the protective tariff pro
teet ths THIS ls last year there I'M
totally insignificant in. a country whose
own wheat crop runs from 600, 100000 tt
500. 600 bushels. But the tiuctuatior
altered. that the latter has nothing what
ever to do with the matter. Your grair
and your dairy products al and your NV
TRe marke in Which @
grain. cattle and hogs are sold is not af
fected by them all.
| There Is one way, however, In WHICH
you may be helped. and that is by lessen
ing the cost of transportation. What yo'
get for the yield of your farms is tn
price where the consumer lives. less tn
cost of carrying the article from you t,
him. That cost you have to bear. Any
thing that diminishes it is money in you
pocket; and when any one advises 20,
| that you are vitality interested in decreas
ing the cost of transportation he is. tell
| ing you the truth.
The Great Northern railroad has beer
att,sr tsaS txyalN frp n
last twenty-five years. The records o
the company and of the state rai,wa
commission show that. If its freight tar
ifs had not been altered in that time.
il had charged throughout until to-da
the rates that were then in force.
would have received more than S676.
the twenty-five years, an average of owe
$27 100000, and this reduction on on
road, and | am as proud of that as ar
ure of what has taken place as rapid
as the growth of the business pcrmitte
and made prudent. And l need not tel
any of you who read the papers and kee
in touch with the events of the day tina
this work is still going on, and that TIL
crops raised this year in the Northwes
freight rate ever made i'll the whole his
tory of the Northwest.
Railroad Rates.
How has this been accomplished? B
| seeking to build up the country, by study
,, ing how to develop its resources and 1t
prosperity, by inducing settlers to com
and till the vacant land and by takin
care of those already here. By caref,
! business management and by recognizin
: the essential partnership between the ma
; | on the soil and the railway which serve
; him. And ] want to ask you as 20
; | study these figures to say whether thes
: results. so beneficial to yourselves, coul
, | ever have been reached through a polio
: of antagonism and force. Some of tn
y ! politicians will tell you that railroad rate
: must be fixed by order Of the government
and that this is the reason why the
must be kept in public life. 1t is an cas-
nronhecY. because 1t is an obvious FAC