Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-09-27
has been wonderful, land his road has
always been ahead OF advancing civil
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afternoon, when he would scriticise the
prevalent method Of farming. He
mentioned each Of the foreg DING speak
ers and responded to their remarks
pleasantly. He believed Mr.. Sperry
would yet change his mind about gov
ernment ownershi p. Ii he lHill] were
to discover as much corruption in the
administration OF his road as had
been found in various branches of the
government, he would give up in de-
spair He reminded Mr. MOnson of
the old adage OF the shoemaker's wife
and her lack of shoes. We were too
near to him to receive visits, besides
he called attention to the fact that if
he Travelled two hundred miles O. day
it would require one hundred and for
ty days to cover the system In refer
ring to his battles in the stock market
he said that if he had not been sue
cessfal we would now be receiving our
rates from Omaha and he pay ing high
or rates. The reductions made on the
Great Northern during the past twen-
ty-five years amount to the sum of
S677 900, 600. eff you trust us, we will
be ableto make still further reduction p"
We depend ON the people "a rail-
road in the Garden of Eden would not
have been worth q dollar" He allud-
ed to his advarcing age, and hewould
be glad to know that he had not lived
in vain.
At the close of the luncheon, Mr.
Hill was escorted to the stand on
Fourth street, where thousands were
awaiting his appearance. He was in
troduced by y. B. Berkness of the
street fair committee. At the close of
his speech, Mr.. Hill went to the mid
way and shook hands with all who
wished to meet him He left the city
in his special at five O'Clock.
During his stay hers, President Hill
was asked to suggest name for the
new railroad park, and he promised to
consider the matter.
Mr.. Hill's speech in part was as fol-
lows:
can hardly express my qualification at
the reception have received here in Wilmar
today. Meeting many Of you whom l had
never had the pleasure Of meeting before and
at the same time renewing the acQuain tam
ceship Of years gone and meeting with old
friends, am happy beyond what l can tell
you.
will undertake to say few words to
you. Some of them may be pleasant,-Iho hope
they all will be; some of them may not accord
entirely with your own views or your own
ideas of the exact condition, but 1 want you
to bear this in mind. that whatever say is
the result of the most careful reading, the
most careful investigation, and it is intended
as far as within my power to aid and to help
you in the development Of the country, the
feve of ho L
of your own homes. Some Of you; who are
in the same rank of life regards age as I
am, who know that our active days are
rapidly approaching an end, can more readily
understand that our work is for those who
come after us. Your work is for your chill
dren and for those who come after you, and
to make them happy, useful and prosperous
citizens Of tile state is all that you can do for
The State Of Minnesota--and we all love
the state-must depend for her future growth
and progress upon the cultivation of the
soil. We have n 0 other great resource upon
which to build up population or prosperity.
The cultivation of the soil means everything
to every man, woman and child in the state.
Were it not for the agricultural interests of
the state how few towns would dot your
prairies; what would become of your church
es and your schools, your banks, your mer-
chants? Everything that goes to make up
the material wealth of the state would be
gone. And for that reason I have always
endeavored to raise my voice in behalfoft the
man who is On the land, ,cultivating the land,
to try and help him to do better, so that as
he grew older he would have more to show
for his life's work.
Possibly sometimes have been mistaken,
but am here today to tell YOU just as
did years ago-that what you want is more
cattle. Now, you have done we'll in Mime
| sofa, but you can do better. The state OF
Iowa, settled before you, passed through
much the same experience as you have passed
| through,-the state of Iowa today has an
annual income from her farm lands of about
$500 per acre, In Minnesota it is $467
In the southern tier of counties it Is little
under Sc.
If the farmers Of Minnesota realized the
same per acre In dollars and cents as tho
farmers of Iowa, it would make a difference
every year Of over SIS, ,OOO, ,O0O and that is
too much money to pass idly by and too
large an amount not to be considered and to
make an effort to redeem It,
The people of Iowa-practically the same
class as settled dMinnesota-went on the land
and in the first insta ance raised wheat 1 re-
member thirty years ago, the principal
wheat going to Milwaukee and Chicago was
amber Iowa, and today it is not heard OF;
today nobody knows what amber iowa
means, except some of us old fellows, who
can't rub it out of our memory. The people
of Iowa were driven into raising cattle. /
have some figures taken from the United
States census. the last census report of 1900.
1t Is we'll known to you, 1t is we'll known
to everybody that the land in the State OF
Minnesota will produce, as much of any crop
except corn-and when say Minnesota
take It north to the International boundary
line-wi11 produce as much: of any crop ex-
cept corn as any land in the country. 1t will
produce better crops than most. 1t IL a bet
ter stock state than any state between here
and tho gulf Of Mexico. While Iowa period.
ically loses from 20 to 80 per cent of her hogs
from hog cholera, how Is 1t ,here?- You are
comparatively free. 1 saw today on the
street some beautiful cattle, some excellent
Thoroughbred cattle, and was glad to scc
them. am sorry to say that saw but ono
poor lone pig. You ought to have had q
| hundred. r.. .+-.,. sss '=.%...sE =.%%.sE ~
Acre for acre, Minnesota farm lands are
capable of producing as much or more wealth,
| than the farm lands in any other diviaion o1
| the country; yet acre for acre. they are, witt,
inconsequential exceptions producing less,
less in volume, less in value IS. S@s =.s: $s.
Agricultural states like Illinois, Indiana,
| Iowa, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsyl.
vania and Wisconsin, are producing from,
$3.50 to $50 on each acre of their farm
lands under cultivation. Minnesota ID pro
ducing only $4.S7. t; X HI Z ..s:i5. s:i5* :.