The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-09-29

as candidate for a place whom you
| would not for moment trust to repre-
sent you in a business transaction? Have
| you never sent to Office a man whose rec
ord was not what it should be? And have
| you never given your representatives., in
stdlS or nation, to understand that they
Mouiu win your approval and a continu-
| ahce OF the honors they covet by getting
tHe most numerous and the largest appro-
! pilallons Tor unnecessary undertakings in
| your city or town or district? If you
nave, then remember that reform must
Gesih s at the fountain head, the people.
| @ n'lu dS state or city or a nation has
| ~ revenue, has no money except that
Wuich Is taken out Of the pockets of in
rinSod ptihIaoals s through taxation, If you have
! HHlhed at or tacitly rewarded this prac-
tlct' then you have encoura ged and pro-
nloted graft. No man and no nation ever
sta Tan or ever VIII be rich enough to with
stang tne continuous attack of unrebuked
/ peculatlon; and no national or individual
n,laIdctef can be pure enough to remain
I ard of honesty.
NOW we come to another particular in
| Whlch 1t becomes you to test these gem
ueiien VINO serve you and to ask every
.hnl p9hntlcIan for his credentials. Let US see
What they have done for you You by
your unalded efforts by unremitting toll
ana saving and the brave venture to
wrest living from nature. have accu-
nulated certain resources of which alf
tnese varied forms of wealth that we
see ABOUT us to-day are typical. To what
eSNeent, II any, have you been hindered by
tie various measures that will be quoted
as they have been quoted, in evidence of
me care that has been taken of your
interests?
Two Main Needs.
Your main needs are two: an adequate
market i'll which your products may be
sold al fair price. and opportunity
to purchase those things that you need
winch the farm does not supply. To what
extent have these been furnished to you
and IN what condition do you stand with
reference to them?
AS far as your grain is concerned, you
must sell in the markets of the world
There is no escape from that The wheat
OF Southern Minnesota and the wheat of
every other country on the face of the
that is fixed in the worlds markets. The
great consuming nations, with Great Brit
ain at their head, must have bread They
purchase it where they can seeking all
who have wheat and flour to sell. And by
the competition of all these sellers, India
and Russia and the Argentine and Aus
tralia as well as the United States. the
price is settled. Have you been helped
there! or truth it is impossible to help
you IN any way but one, to which we will
come presently. The average politician.
who does not give you credit for the in
telllgence that you possess, will tell you
that you have been helped have been
protected as he will call it, by placing
a tariff on wheat and other products Of
the 1arm. But you know better. You
know that tariff on imports of an article
which you do not wish to import, but
ties. is as useless as a steam heating
plant in August. In the year ended June
50, 1904 there We're imported into the
United States just 6,S52 bushels of wheat
IN all; How did the protective tariff pro-
tect this? This last year there were i'm
ported 3,1O2,5 ,5S5 bushels. Either figure is
own o' ~ wheat crop runs from 600, 100000 to
800 900 600 bushels But the fluctuation
Itself shows, since the tariff remained un-
altered, that the latter has nothing what |
ever to do with the matter. Your grain
and your dairy products and your live |
stock are beyond S the reach Of all such
grain. cattle and hogs are sold is not ar |
fected by them at all. And consequent
~ Whatever you may think or may say |
tariff has been enacted for your benefit.
you may reply with great confidence that |
as lar as sales OF your products are
an edict against immigration from the
moon
There is one way. however. in which
you may be helped, and that Is bv lessen
ing the cost of transportation. What Won
get for the yield Of your farms is the
price where the consumer lives less the
cost ,is OF r, carving the article from you to
thing that dimintshes 1t is money In your
pocket; and when any one advises YOU
Inat ina you are vitally interested in decreas-
ng the cost or transportation he is tell
ing you the truth. But how is this to be
brought about?
A>o oHe Ccn dFDltFdt1ly SEND out !
that such a service shall be
performed at such and such charge
The business Of transportation is like all
amer ,re business In this; it must be con-
1ucted on business basis. The cost OF
{ can be lessened only by economies
growing out of increased volume So he
,nen. noes 1oss ne Tor you in this respect who
'rs and helps to swell the volume of prod
!cts and OF purchases. This is the way
n n rs;a Whlcn the diminution of the cost of
8 s greater than has occurred in the price
u almost any other commodity The
r1as Tsaase ar REGENTS % @ per ton per one hundred
states were $3.50 in 1870. s1.17 in 1870
u cents In 1890. "A cents in 1903 while
On nreat tinent Britain 81 & IT Is s2,3s and the
he Great Northern railroad has been
educlng Its rates progressively for the
hs comnagy and years az The records Of
{. commission show that. IL its freight tar
rs had not been altered in that time if
t. had +sI charged tsea throughout until to-day
would have received more than sG7e
,ODo more than 1t has recaived during
a9 a9 o o awe years ear an average of
ead. Q ana am as proud of that as am
+ being here with you. That is meas
re = tba oa nutb Wnat mas :, taken place as rapidly
nd made prudent And I need not tell
ny OF you who read the papers and keep
touCH WIN tuo events or the flav fbat
his work Is still going on. and that ~
rops raised this year in the Northwast
NIL be sent to market on the lnwast
relght rate ever made In tho whole his
Try OF the Northwest 'is
Railroad Rates
How has this been accompIshedp D.,
eeking to build up the country. hv strdI
1g how to develop Its resources ana IL
rosperity, by inducing settlers to cors
nd till the vacant land and hv +aLin ;
are Of those already here. BY careful
usiness mana cement and by recoSnizin
ne essential partnership betWean thn us
n the soil and the railway which sernau
i'm And | want to ask you as vo", ,
tudy these figures to say whether 49,
esults. so beneficial to yourselves cn,,IS {
yer have been reached through a Min
antagonism and force. Some ~ ~ ,
oliticians will tell you that railroad =, .e
,ust be fixed by order Of the Royernmauts ra,u t
nd that this Is the reason whv tha,, :
,ust be kept In public life. It is an enss ensy :
rophecy, because 1t Is an obvious s"nty !
nat railroad rates In this countrv wn,I :
ecline more slowly under 1ovsrnmot !
ontrol than if fixed by those who hsxa :
,telligently managed the RAILWAYS Nc | :
ublc body would dare to make reauu Mo !
ons SO sweeping as those that have hea,, r
lade voluntarily by the railways. IrnIasu h
1e people on its lines are prosperous TIA q
ailway must be poor. They suffer to- a