The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-06

Tennessee, 41S: Vermont, 526; Washing
14n. dts; West Virginia 4os; and finally
The average value of dairy cows In the
United States. which includes all the
poor stock of Texas and the South. Is
$.aGs. while the average value of the
dairy cows of Minnesota is only $oS55.
In Illinois the average value is S34.02:
in Iowa, $:::.5i; in New York. s:2.4a: in
M n;dana; S I'll in Miehigan *aosS in
in Ohio. $:Hl22: in Pennsylvania. $50 SO:
IN South Dakota. S"1.O4: in Wisconsin.
S:a 81: in Washington sas.Oi. etc. 1t will
sofa holds the lowest rank as to average
value in the entire agricultural column.
AND lhIs Tact is trac"able, of course. d.
rectlN to the lack OF care that has been
exercised in breeding as reflected in the
average value of Minnesota bulls which
IS 49, as against such average values
OF Sl4.'1 in South Dakota. SAG 10 in North
Dakota. S+4.29 in Missouri, $3S in Illinois
and Indiana etc
The figures show that the Minnesota
farmer gets an average of only $22.O5 per
year out OF each COW.
NOW. want you to pay close attention
10 lhiS because il means everything to
you and 1t means everything to me, who
wishes YOU WELL
He cited the case of w. A. Brooks of
hr""borll. who cleared an average Of $5S
ncr COW against the general average of
Md an ne Al Il Il: Meme Momsn of Bancroft who
average OF 40 gallons of milk per COW
per year. or 81 gallons above the highest
general genera average In the United States.
IheSe results showed what could be &C.
compliSh"d in Minnesota
In the Wheat Counties.
> LOT hired labor the. wheat counties Of
Northrrn Minnesota show AN expenditure
against only 81 cents in the southern
counties. In live stock the northern coun-
ivS snow M, :, valuation Va of only $3.50 per
no t1,oc o,,+h
EN- d, section. The wheat growers of the
ittd river valley sold live stock to the
a;i"e or A'"'2 per capita. while the farm
ers in the southern tier realized s27.S
per capita
Ihe total dairy products in the wheat
a a"oro were We so valued at sM4.9s7. or an
were worth s2H1,o6a. or an AVERAGE Of
Sl1:I4 per canta. The wheat farmers
the s SmIX narn 49, cows against 1$l.1 100 in
produced only :iS4.4 gallons each per an
num- ,n against +1n.G. In value each cow in
ne ~, north 1T ~, Yielded only 1888, against
IL, IL" s .1 they might wonder why he
urged Tn" raising Of wheat when the rail-
r r.,IL would get so much more tonnage in
replied that the railroad would get
freight enough any way. and he wanted
t 10 see EN- me ;e, farmers prosper Besides II
vcrsitication they would exhaust the soil
and have only small crops for he rail. ali.
road to carry. The prosperity Of the rail-
rnaa depended on the prosperity Of the
Lower Freight Rates.
H., want To call your attention to what
lls been done in twenty-five years in the
wa Way OF railroad rates on the Great North
Ell runway. | want to show you that
greater reductions have been made in the
average rate on the Great Northern than
t tias' ever ,,.r been made on any railroad in
t ,hs Years ago-our average rate. paid by
tlie people who used the railroad. for
ssa Ill uJ 4 ton of freight 100 miles was
f. f,:,, Fnr ttIe year ending June 30 last
~ was 81 cents and mills, less than one
tlird of what it was twenty-five Years
ago. 'e"'
During that time If we had made no
REDUCTION. if We had collected tl,e rate NJ
rwefAy-fivc Years ago, we would have
collected 177 .nnOOOO more than we did
r c.'I,i' Wink TN Of IT, The amount is ap-
,ha, 81, we would have collected more
, nan , , times as much as We did, col
ir't. Tue average reduction for tWentv
ilve years is S"7.OOO. O,n-and that is from
.ne ra'ir0ad and warehouse commissions
'tnoit. heSe figures are correct
The Year closing June 30 at the rate n,
lwealH-live years ago would have give IA
Het!NHn'NH, more than We collected
dends.-wc have not gone withomt Inv,
we nave l!id our dividends regularly. ana
t,..AS trled l." give you your dividends
n"ilt YOU 20 prosper with U.S. I want
you to realize that Your prospcrit,, :.
ours. and if you are poor we viii snfrer
with You Will ""4er
With your great distance from the Milf
mule markets yoL would pay tho hisI,nst
rates Of amy people in the Union. and
WE"lnrFrl else it might suit, whomever
else II might benefit. ii will never benefit
VIZ, v', peop,H 81 the West or the Northwest.
lni' "ouid be bearing the burdens Of
Older and more populous states and Won
would be crushed into the earth When
my any one Urges thu upon you. ask him
,nr question now lie will discriminate in
your favor. II there was not diScrimina-
non in your favor these prailies wo,iId
lose their population.
Railroad Taxes.
No" take our own load. We pay about
St'"''hn :. year in t;,Xes. or about What
wheat. T'r't is about what we nav IN IN
taxes Ours is not all profit, remember
After we have paid our men, after we
my" maintained In III" road. then the next
'I"nc unon what is shipped from stations
in tho State OF Mnnesotn Every ton
chat passes through IN" state going to a
me!shhorins or distant state. every ton
| that passes through going to a foreign
country. swclls the earnings ana helns
| I" form the sum upon which the per.
| c"ntaGc of taxation is BASED
Possibly you may feel that Won have
| no interest in the raih Dads business he
"ond rhc rate that W" charge. Now, Vol
hhVe. because every dollar Of exnens az
| !!,:,t we are at comes ont of your pockct
| in PROMOTION AS NoIi Use the tranSDort,
ton of tn" railroad. IF there is n loss
u wreck IL personal injury. or il we rei
before a jury and those on the Jury fec
| that they want to be n little genero,.
| hccairst the railroad has to pay il the,
| simply deceive themselves You nav II
| We are only the medium through which
! you way it.
! An we want is fair play We want frs,
! the sam" measure Of Justice and the SAM
n:CaStlrc of protection that you want 70,
| your property. Tf We have to pay ST ON
| or 5000 or SlO.Nn more than We 0llRhi
| to. it is simply charged IN to EXPENSE
! we have no other account to charge it to
| I. is part Of the cost of running the rail
| road. ard You pay it,.
! Land IN Good.
| I have seen the time when the cOmpan,
! was glad to get 81 acre for the land
| Well, they hadn't any business holdiu,
! land to speculate upon it. at even tina
| price; as long as anybody wanted it. bet
Ter let them open up a farm. But sup
! pose that land here is worth $40 or 500
ut least will bring $40 or $50. but let nj,
say to you that if you will get stock ant
summer fallOw and fertilize your Lane
you can get per cent or 5 per cent OF
800 AN acre in clear profit from ever,
! acre YOU cultivate. If that is the case
your land is worth 500 an acre, and yo1
won't have to live very long before 70,
will find nenn1o WIN .Wil1ipo n ma