The Wahpeton times., 1905-09-28
]. ]. HILLS NOTABLE ADDRESS
He Discusses Agriculture, National and World
Affairs at County Fair.

James ]. Fill. president Of the Great
Northern railroad. delivered an address
at the Fillmore county fair at Preston.
Minn.. on Sept. 20. which Is perhaps the
most notable public utterance of the
many he has made. 1t is of national.
even worldwide scope. and Is attracting
great attention. He began by expressing
his pleasure at meeting a strictly agri-
cultural community and then made this
contrast between Southern Minnesota and
Northern Iowa:
In your state here. and you will pardon
me for making some omparisons. that
oos as eoepapnK enmphnseas Milne
sofa with Northern Iowa. the tier nf
counties on the line of each state. with
tie beyond you. Curious enough your
farms % average exactly the .,s same In acre. acre
vantage in the one one item Of live stock.
Now. they have no advantage IN soil or
Up 0SSs sSs ySs Sssns ssf hsx ps0Gis
up the care Of live stock, Of cattle vi and
speaking from the United States census.
the records show that they are 81 an
Comparing Southern Iowa with North
ern Minnesota he said the Southern farms
realized ~ an acre more than the north-
ern and added:
There is no calling in the world where
a man can be more independent or hap
pier than he who cultivates the sofia
and lie re- oug6, ai't to succeed. as Your future
viii depend more upon the cultivation Of
the land in an intelligent way and the
that give good returns. Live stock on
the farm is worth more than the price
YOU can get Tor the live stock because
the manure as fertilizer Is worth one
third of the market value Of the feed you
give the animal.
Following along this line. Mr; Ell Iliil pro. pro
to say that II they hey could n sell ther te
live stock and they would get one-thirtl
more than the market price Of the feed.
want to say say to yop c",sxais Nm,insy yoMi'1 our
pay you as well. Stock raising means
more to you and tn the country.
Keep the Farm.
Keep your farms. Cultivate them: cul-
tlvate them well. Stand by your state
agricult,,rai farm To-day n; van. n 70 5aI caii
ever since it was started the greatest in
terest in the state farm. There is but
one change that would make if could.
and ! would make that in the interest of
the school. | would separate 1T from the
state university. because to-day it is only
an attachment. 1t is strong enough and
it is of more Importance that the boys
and girls of the State of Minnesota shall
be educated to take advantage of and to
intelligently cultivate the. soil
Everything that Is of value In the world
comes from four sources. The sea.--we
have not got it. The forest.-our trees
Are counted e!,, and in s+ very fcW Wy years
Of Of any value Theorc,icaly We have
twelve years of standing timber. OF
course they won't cut it all in twelve
,iuce the rate at which it is cut eacl,
year.
Proceeding. he said the mines We're next
to the forest. but the farm In Minnesota
produces more value, more gold every
year than ,n the mines OF any state in , the
cannot be reproduced. but crops can he
not grow again. but the crops. will. He
urged them NOT to sell their farms. but
keep them for their boys and girls.
lie then related the circumstances OF
the great drouth in the northern part of
the state in 1851. and how to encourage
diversified farming he bought between
tween G.OO0 and 1000 Berkshire pigs and
scattered them throughout the northern
part of the state and Dakota. Speaktng
Ut his recent visit to the North Dakota
state fair, he said:
Practical Example.
saw as fine cattle there as ever saw
in my life and brought them over from
Great Britain and had paid as much as
$1,000 $1,000 for ora a COW l had more pride in
lot there was one animal that took the
sweepstakes last year in the. Dominion
of Canada: in July he took the sweep
% Mantoba: "a ra in Grand Forks s 'tns he took sec c.
ond prize. was beaten to ii standstill by
a North Dakota bull. ! had little feel
the owner told me that lie was "a descend
ant of one of the animals sent up there.
They will get along prosperously to-
gether or will he poor together
/ at Lane <o
| expattate upon the Importance. advan-
tages and Independence of the farm life.
and then took up general matters which
| line hc said in part:
Government Policies.
| There are two main essentials to all
successful and happy effort; industry and
character in the man as private indi-
his acts and in the acts of those who are
chosen to represent him in the life of he
sia,e state. . You eamn%, @ sst along wi.hoH,
affected. directly and permanently. by
the quality and the acts and the policies
Of the government under which you live.
upon you eventually just as surely as ii
you received into the intimacy Of your
family life some man OF bad conversu-
tion and corrupt example. II that is uil-
intelligent, mistaken or wilfully misdi-
rected. it will affect you just as certainly
as Ii you continue to use Il plough that
NleFeiy scratches Tue SURFACE Of the soil
instead OF turning ii over. or carry your
| products to the lowest instead of to tue
highest market. 1t is your place to keep
! just as sharp guard set upon these pub
| lie issues and the way in which they are
met as you do upon your own personal
expenses and the actions OF those who
work under your personal orders.
Are your representatives, speak in the
broadest and most general way. for your
| representatives will compare well with
those Of other states--Of the highest NOR
| al quality and fiber. and arc they doing
those things which are most clearly con-
ceived to benefit you. the people. aud not
some interest aside from and untagonis-
tic to your own? 1t will profit liz all to
think seriously about these matters for
the responsibility for them cannot be
evAded or shunlcd OFF.
War ON Graft
And first as to honesty. which IL the
main thing. You. all read tile papers: !:
country that the diffusion OF intelligence
aud an intimate acquaintance with what
is happening elsewhere has becOme so
general. For that reason the extension
Of the rural mail service liz to- lie ella assed
as one Of the real achievements Of our
time; one At to rank with the spread Oi
education in our schools. AS thus IA
mtliar with events. 1t IL scarcely neces-
sary that l should remind YOU that the
effort of patriotic men almost avery