The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-10-05
REMARKABLE ADDRESS
WORLD TRANSPORTATION AID
NATIONAL POLITICS cen.
0IDERED By. HILL
He Discusses National Questions %
They AFFECT the Interests Of
the Farmers.

most notable public utterance of tho
many he has made. It IL Of national.
even worldwide scope, and is attracting
great attention. He began by express
ing his pleasure at meeting q strictly
agricultural community and then made
this contrast between southern Mime
sofa and northern Iowa:
In your state here. and you viii par
are. little odious. comparing southern
Of counties on the line Of each state
boundary between them. they have ad-
enough your farms average exactly the
same in acreage You have about $780,
goo acres more than they have and they
OF live stock. Now, they have no adj
vantage in soil or climate over you.
w fas sts earlier sa the d
They probably, took up the care Of live
stock Of cattle and hogs earlier than
per acre. and / am speaking from the
United States census. the records show
that they are 81 an acre ahead of you
ern Minnesota he said the southern
farms realized Sc an acre more than the
northern and added:
man can be more independent or hap
pier than he who cultivates the sofia
ana Se is an
Of the land in an Intelligent way. and
soil that give good returns. Live stock
on, the farm Is worth more than the
price you can get for the live stock be
worth one-third Of the market value Of
the feed you give the animal.
along this line Mi Hi
TIER i've STOCK and they s; would get t one,
third more than the market price of the
i want to say to you. cultivate your
land ,;3s Take good care of it. Nothing
means 1 more 70 " You 1 and to ehs coantr .
xssp the Farm.
fsR them aa, We s Gsyat s.
to cali your attention to this. I. have
There is but one change that L would
make If could. and would make that
separate it from the state university,
because today 1t Is only an attachment
It IL strong enough and it is OF more
tie state Of Minnesota shan be educated
TO take Iva OF and to intelisently
Everyth iaa 't that is Of value in the
sea-we have not got it. The forest
few years MI viii an Sa9e
cally we have twelve years Of standing
in twelve years, but that will be be-
cause they reduce the rate at which It
is cut each year.
next to the forest. but the farm in Min;
nesota produces more value, more gold
Se Hnon wien mines o. aug
they cannot be reproduced: but crops
can be reproduced indefinitely. The
m ~ urged Chem not to se
farms: but keep them for their boys
and 3D. girls iris. ,.,..., ~. circumstances. .,
the great dronth in the northern part Of
the state in 1882 and how to encourage
SdXerse 81 forming he 5o1ght
and scattered them throughout the
"a Visit
North Dakota state fair, he said:
Practical Example.
saw d fine cattle there as I ever
saw in my life and brought them over
from Great Britain and had paid as
much as 5000 for ,a,c COW n:..1 had ao more
among the lot there was one animal that
took the sweepstakes last year IN the
ss ia Winnipes n the he ppoSinee
Of Manitoba; in Grand Forks he took
second prize, was beaten to standstil I
feeling Of pride creeping up my throat
when the owner told me that he vas sa 2
UP there.
have had engineers make a map Of
the Red River valley in Minnesota and
Ge got an ssf on 81
furnisheG an an ae engineep '0 to open up
natural Waterway, t did wonders for
ohs4 daS 10 the
directly against the drainage. II I have
time am going up there to scold them
me. They tell me how ought to run
my railway. I want to get along with
shsT The eyy along
prosperously together or will be poor
together.
expatiaae i upon po the Importance. advant.
and then took up general matters which
might be termed national. Along this
line he said in part:
oovsxnmsn3 Policies.
successful and happy erorts; industry
and character in the man as private
Individual. and honesty and intelligence
IN hs aod in the aefs nf
Of the state. You cannot get along
You are all affected. directly and
permanently, by the quality and the
acts and the policies Of the government
under which you live. If that is low or
dishonest it will react upon you event:
ually just as surely as # you a,, RECEIVED ,,ed
some man Of bad conversation and cor
rupt example. II that is unintelligent:
mistaken or wilfully misdirected. It will
affect you just as certainly as II you
continue to use a pillow that merely
scratches the surface Of the soil instead
OF turning it over. or carry your prod
uets to the lowest instead d. Of Of to TIN. the
just as sharp q. guard set upon these
are met as you do upon your own per-
sonal expenses and the actions OF those
who work under your personal orders.
Are your representatives. speak in
the broadcast and most general way, Tor
your representatives will compare, well
est moral quality and fiber. and are they
doing those things which are most clear
ly conceived to benefit you. the people.
and not some interest aside from and
antagonistic to your own? 1t Will profit
US all to think seriously about these
matters. for the responsibility for them
war On Graft.
main thing. You all read the papers;
and it 10 chief stay and hope Of this'
country that the diffusion Of intelli-
gence and an intimate acquaintance with
what 10 happening elsewhere has be-
come So general. For that reason the