The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-10-06
HOW THE FARMERS
CAN MAKE MONEY
j. j. Hill Proves by Census Reports That Farmers
Must Diversity Their Interests and Raise Live
Stock to Compete With Earnings in the Older
States.

Tennessee. 45s; Vermont, 526 Washing
VII ass M 4 Virginia 4os; and finally
17 me average value of dairy COWS IN the
, United States, which includes all the
poor poo r. stock of Texas and the South, is
S<3.oo, Whlle the average value of the
dairy COWS of Minnesota is only $3.50.
y, IN lin iiino ss, the t average value is $34.o2;
Indiana lama in NsT York in
in Ohio, 500; in Pennsy wanna ss5ss:
s n So south T., IDakota ss104 in Wisconsin,:
De seen from these figures that Mime
sofa holds the lowest rank as to average
v xn1 IN IN the entire agricultural column.
Ahu inns TACT is traceable, of course, d.
| reetiy TO the lack of care that has been
exercised in breeding, as reflected in the
a az sas s, value Of Minnesota bulls, which
o. Silt In South Dakota S46 10 in North
Dakota; S44D in Missouri. SsS in Illinois
o.. The figures show that the Minnesota
farmer gets an average Of only $22.05 per
| year out OF each COW
| NOW. 1 want you to pay close attention
to this because it means everything to
you and it means everything to me, who
| wishes you we'll.
- he cited the case of w. A Brooks OF
Freeborn. who cleared an average of s5s
per per COW against the general average OF
had herd Of s MSnsh pd who
per year, or So gallons above the highest
| ITnera! average in the United States.
| lheSe results showed what could be ac-
| complished in Minnesota
IN the Wheat Counties
nor For hired labor the wheat counties OF
OF do FLA for each acre of improved land.
against AGAINST only 10 cents in the southern
f Sou ties In live stock the northern coun-
| capita and s2.49 an acre. as AGAINST SOS II
per capita and 81 40 per acre in the south
f Rad section rnap The wheat growers of the
value of 1852 per capita, while the farm
e ee, IN IN III, Inc southern tier realized s27s5
me total dairy products in the wheat
section n, were We 90 valued at saes7, or an
were, worth s2915o69. or "a" an average nroeue Of
SSl1o4 per {, canita. The wheat farmers
t the s am1H d79 cows against 1aiao in
produced only 3s4.4 gallons each CHI ner co ans
num- nun, against 41o6. In value each co cow In In
s he % no TT ,S yielded only sls9a as against
He He said ., they might wonder why he
p pdad w the dfaising of wheat when the rail-
replied that the railroad Would lIdIs p pf
pe' sea t nnoush amy way and he wanted
they. continued raising wheat withou ts al
versi1lcation they would exhaust the soil
| Wa t ~ ol!iy small crops for the rail-
TOTO 10 carry. The prosperity of the rail-
| road depended on the PROSPERITY of the
| people. VI ehe
| Lower Freight Rates.
| want to call your attention To wb,+
mas pe e zone in twenty-five years in the
way O., of , railroad rates on the Great North
e ere t.iwaE want to show you that
average rate on the Great Northern than
ma. nave ever been made on any railroad in
| sene UhteG States. In 1SS1-or twenty
Dpo rot
lhe people who used the railroad for
naSllng i,or ton on Of freight 100 miles was
| IT was % cents and mills. less than nnae
ahird of what it was twenty-five years
During that time. if we had made M
reduction. if we had collected the rate ~, nf
| oM,e9nly-nVe Years ago, we would have
e coI1ect r SSGi17oooo more than we did
palling. We. would have collected m ap
INA, man t n times as much as we did col.
i've years is sra r red for twenty
.ne rallroad and warehouse commission,s
report. These figures are correct
+ua ne year ear. closing June 30 at the rate of
ssSM-e NY ve years ago would have give no
SonoOo.ooO more than we collected. w
during that time we have had our divi.
we have lad nave ave not gone without any;
| have tried to give you your di,,isaa nliu
want you to prosper with us. / want
ours and Teh ~ No,, that your prosperity is
with you ~ VIZ VIII suHer
n, With your great distance from the ult-
rates of anH you n1 would pay the highest
whomever else it might suit. WhnIoa ann
else 1T might Mt benefit it will never benefit
You would be bearing the burdens ~
older and more populous states and vo,
a ~ould an be crushed into the earth. Wien
the question how he will discriminate in
your favor. If there was not discrimina-
non non N IN your favor these prairies would
lose their population.
Railroad Taxes.
Now take our own road. We nav aho,,.
S6oo.ooO year in taxes. or about what
we get for hauling 10000. 600 bushels S' az
t mhea o nat - is nal about what we pay in
! After we have paid our men, after wa
, have maintained the road. then the next
eharge is the net, tax !. But that tax is not
| in the State of Minnesota. Ever tn,s
that passes through the state going to a
nelghboring or distant state. every ton
country country. s sWells the earnings and helps
to form the sum upon which the per-
| centage of taxation is based.
Possibly you may feel that Won have
no interest IN the raih Dads business be-
yond the rate that VIC charge. Now, You
nay we are at every eoSs dollar Of
| in proportion as you use the transnnrte
ton of the railroad. If there is loss :ss.
| d "ieCh, d pei Soiltll INJURY, or If pof
J before a jury and those on the iurv feeS
| that they want to be a little genero,,a
because the railroad has to paw If tbe,,
simply deceive themselves. You nav y
We are only the medium through whtch;
! you pay it.
All we want is fair play. We want ,ust
the same measure Of justice and the same
| measure Of protection that you want for
| your property. II we have to pay 81. O1o
or $1,000 or $4,000 more than we ought
to, it is simply charged up to expense
we have no other account to charge it 70.
| il is part of the cost of running the rail-
road, and you pay it.
Land Is Good.
| have seen the time when the companv
| was glad to get So an acre for the land.
| Well, they hadn't any business holding
land to speculate upon it, at even that
price; as long as anybody wanted it, bet
ter let, them open up a farm. But 1 sup
pose that land here is worth $40 or $50,
at least will bring $40 or $40, but let me
say to you that if you will get stock and
| summer fallow and fertilize your land
! you can get per cent or 5 per cent on
i. 500 an acre in clear profit from every
! acre you cultivate. If that is the case.
| your land is worth 500 an acre, and YOU
| won't have to live very long before Won
will find people who are Willing to nav nav
| you 500 an acre.
There is no better land in the entire
| West. or in the Union for diversified