The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-10-05

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The average value of dairy cows in the
United States. which includes all the
PsSSse 'ss stock %hi,s Of ,h Texas avsr and the Hn,,s South ut MS is
dairy cows of Minnesota is only $2S.55.
In Illinois the average value is $34.Oe;
In Iowa, $32.56; in New York, $32. 43; in
Missouri. s3o.72; in North Dakota, $50. 90;
In Ohio. $3O.22; in Pennsylvania. $3O.s 8
IN south Dakota, S31.04: in Wisconsin.
s29.6s: In Washington: s3s.O1. etc. It will
sofa holds the lowest rank as to average
value in the entire agricultural column
AND this fact is traceabIe. Of course. d.
exercised in breeding, as reflected in the
average value of Minnesota bulls. which
is 800, as against such average values
OF S44.77 in South Dakota. $40. 10 in North
and Indiana, etc.
The figures show that the Minnesota
farmer gets an average Of only $22.O5 per
year out OF each COW.
Now. I wan you to pay close attention
TO this because it means everything to
you and it means everything to me. who
wishes you well.
He cited the case OF w. A. Brooks OF
freeDorn, who cleared an average of $5S
per cow against the general average of
~ and A 1: Monen of Bancroft. who
average OF 765 gallons of milk per COW
per year, or " gallons above the highest
general average IN the United states.
Ihese results showed what could be ac-
cofhpllshed In Minnesota.
In the Wheat Counties.
For hired labor the wheat counties OF
Northern Minnesota show an expenditure
OF FLA for each acre Of improved land.
counties In live stock the northern coun-
Iles snow q valuation of only S7S.59 per
CAPITA ana s249 an acre. as against SOS. II
per capita and S4.40 per acre in the SOUTH
ern section. The wheat growers OF the
Red river valley sold live stock to the
value of $500 per capita. while the farm
per ca pita. ~
The total dairy products in the wheat
section were valued at 500 1887, or an
average of 500 for each inhabitant. In
were worth 2,o15. O69. or an average of
s17.4 per capita. The wheat farmers
lave only iI.793 cows: against f31. 100 in
produced only 1914 gallons each per an
mum, against 410.6. In value each cow =,
the north yielded only 1888. as against
VIZ in the south.
He said they might wonde why he
urged the raising of wheat when the rail-
ROAD would get so much more tonnage IN
r rpgliEihdf If wheat was raised; To this he
freight enough any way, and he wanted
10 see the farmers prosper. Besides n
they continued raising, wheat without di-
and have only small crops for the rail.
road to carry. The prosperity of the rail.
people. 'o
Lower Freight Rates.
| want to call vour attention n yb,<
mas been done in twenty-five years in the
way of railroad rates on the Great North
ern railway. want to show you that
greater reductions have been made in the
average rate on the Great Northern than
nave ever been made on any railroad in
the United States. In 1ss1-or twenty
the years goEou average rate. paid by
naullng a ton of freight 100 miles was
S2sS. For the year ending June 20 las
" was ~ cents and 2 mills, less than one
ago. 'eaiS
During that time. If we had made no
REDUCTION. II we had collected the rate of
cNITecfsed se- Years n6n g we would have
collect. Think of It,! The amount is an
palling. We would have collected more
mar three times as much as we did COL
lect. The average reduction for fwentv-
hve years is S27. NJ O0O.-and that is frop,
the railroad and warehouse commission's
report. These figures are correct.
me year closing June 80 at the rate Of
S~ol,Coou,ooO more than We collected.
During that time We have had our divi-
dends,-We have not gone without any:
we nave mad our dividends regularly. and
l have tried to give you your dividendS
L want you to prosper with us. want
you to realize that your prosneritv 70
ours and II you are poor we viii suffer
With your great distance from the nit
mate markets you would pay the highest
rates OF any people in the Unior. and
else it might benefit, it will never beneft
the people of the West or the Northwest
You would be bearing the burdens ~
Older and more populous states and you
any one urges that upon you, ask him
the question how he will Discriminate in
your favor. If there was not discrimina-
non IN your 1avor these prairies would
lose their population.
Railroad Taxes.
Now take our own road. We nav about
5000, 900 a year in taxes, or about what
we get for hauling u. 600, 900 bushels of
wheat. That is about what we nav in
taxes. Ours IS not all profit. remember.
have maintained the road, then the next
charge is the tax. But that tax is mot
alone upon what is shipped from stations
in the State of Minnesota. Every ton
that passes through the state going to a
neighboring or distant state. every tom
that passes through going to a foreign
country, swells the earnings and helms
centage of taxation Is based.
Possibly you may feel that you have
no interest in the raih Dads business be-
yond the rate that We charge. Now, you
lfd Z AoAAa ol eXnnhG
that we are at comes out of your pocket
in proportion as you use the transporta.
ton of the railroad. If there is a loss
a wreck, a personal injury, or IL We get
before a jury and those on the fury feei
that they want to be a little generons
because the railroad has to pay II. they
simply deceive themselves. You nav ~
We are only the medium through which
you pay IT.
All we want Is fair play. We want inst
the same measure Of justice and the Same
measure of protection that you want for
your property. If we have to pay 81,
or 5000 or $4,000 more than we ought
to. it Is simply charged up to expense
We have no other account to charge it to.
l. is part of the cost of running the rail-.
road, and you pay it,
Land Is Good.
nave seen the time when the
was glad to get IS an acre for the land,
Well, they hadn't n business holding
land to speculate upon 1t, at even that
price; as long as anybody wanted IL, bet
ter let them open up a farm. But I sup
pose that land here Is worth $40 or $50,
at least will bring $40 or $50, but let me
say to you that If o will get stock and
summer fallow and fertilize your land
you can get 4 per cent or 5 per cent on
500 an acre in clear profit from every
acre you cultivate. II that Is the case,
your land Is worth 500 an acre, and you
won't nave to live very long before you
will find people who are willing to pay
you 500 an acre.