Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-09-28

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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 strictly agrl-
cultural community and then made TINS
Northern Iowa:
In your state here, and you will pardon
me for making some comparisons, that
may seem as comparisons often are.
sofa with Northern iowa the tier of
counties on the line of each state with
nothing but the conventional boundary
between them, they have advanced lit
tie beyond you. Curious enough your
farms average exactly the same in acre
age. You have about 100000 acres more
than they have and they have the adj
vantage in the one item of live stock
Now. they have no advantage in soil or
smate over i6 But ut they pro1ibs s
earlier than you did. They probably took
up the care Of live stock. of cattle and
hogs earlier I than you did, and a tor tn nat
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 81 an acre more than the north
: ern and added:
There is no calling in the world where
man can be more independents or hap
pier than he who cultivates the sofia
and he ought to succeed Your future
will depend more upon the cultivation of
the land in an intelligent way and the
restoration of the qualities of the, soil
that give good returns. Live stock on
the farm is worth, more than the price
you can get for the live stock because
third of the market value of the feed you
give the animal
Following along this line, Mr.: Hill pro
!. ceeded to say that if they could sell their
grain, hay or roots. feed them to their
live stock and they would get one-third
more than the market price of the feed:
land. Take good care of 1t. Nothing will
pay you as we'll Stock raising means
more to you and to the country.
Keep the Farm.
Keep your farms Cultivate them; cul-
tivate then, well. Stand by your. state
your attention to this. have taken
since it was started the IS b
one change that would make If I could.
and would make that in the interest of
the school. would separate 1t from the
state university, because to-day it is only
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
are counted, and in a very few years
Minnesota will havs no forests that are
of any value. Theoretically, We have
course they won't cut it all in twelve
years. but that will be because they re-
duce the rate at which it is cut each
year.
Proceeding, he said the mines were next
to the forest, but the farm in Minnesota
produces more value. more gold every
Union; When mines are dug out they
cannot be reproduced but crops can be
Da9 Sro% afn pn e arops m w Y
keep them for their boys and girls.
the great dronth in the northern part part Of
the state in 1888. and how to encourage
diversified farming he bought between
tween 5000 and 1000 Berkshire pigs and
scattered them throughout the northern
part Of the state and Dakota. Speaking
of his recent visit t, the North Dakota
state fair, he said:
Practical Example.
saw as fine cattle there as ever saw
In my life and I brought them over from
Great Britain and had paid as much as
! seeing these cattle, because among the
J lot there was one animal that took the
sweepstakes last year in the, Dominion
of Canada; in July he took the sweep
stakes in Winnipeg in the province Of
Manitoba; in Grand Forks he took sec
ond prize. was beaten to a standstill by
ing OF pride creeping up my throat when
the owner told me that he was a descend
ant of one of the animals sent UP there.
eether or or viii be I poor toget HSpefous 20
Mr.. Hill continued at some length to
sxpatiate upon the Importance adyan-
and then took up general matters which
might be termed national Along this
tine he said in part:
~ Government Policies.
r There are two main essentials to all
successful and happy effort; Industry and
character in the man as a private indi-
yidual. and honesty and intelligence in
his acts and in the acts Of those who are
shosen to represent him in the life of the
state. You cannot get along without
either the one or the other. You are all
affected. directly and permanently. by
Of the government under which you live.
If that is low or dishonest il will react
upon you eventually, just as surely as il
family life some man of bad conversa-
ton and corrupt example. If that is I'M
Intelligent, mistaken or wilfully misdi-
rected. it will affect you just as certainly
as if you continue to use a plough that
merely scratches the surface of the soil
instead of turning it over. or carry your
products to the lowest instead of to the
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
broadcast and Eiost general way, for your
Representatives will compare we'll with
those of other states-of the highest NOR
al quality and fiber and are they doing
those things which are most clearly con-
ceived to benefit you, the people, and not
some interest aside from and antagonis-
tic to your own? 1t will profit us all to
think seriously about these matters, for
the responsibility for them cannot be
eyaded or shuffied off.
War ON Graft,
And first as to honesty which is thu,
main thing. You all read the papers.
and it is chief stay and hope Of this
country that the diffusion of intelligence
and an intimate acquaintance with what
is happening elsewhere has become SO
general. For that reason the extension
Of the rural mail service is to be classed
as one of the real achievements OF our
time one At to rank with the spread OF
education In our schools. AS thus IA
rniliar with events. it is scarcely neces-
sary that should remind you that the
effort of patriotic men almost every
where is to establish and maintain a
standard OF honesty and daceMcy IN pub
lilo life. There Is no word more familiar,
rs there is none more omnOus in Amer
lea to-day, than the word graft" 1t
shoots from the mouth like the spit Of
rifle bail, and 1t is doing as deadly work
as that weapon in the hands of muir
derer. Great commonwealth are to-day
as comparatively in the hands of ynerc .n-
a 6 a. ga tf1,a fr, Ia Af brig.