The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-10-12
]. ]. HILLS NOTABLE ADDRESS,
He Discusses Agriculture, National and World
Affairs at a County Fair. N

many he has made. 1t is of national,
even worldwide scope, and is attracting
great attention. He began by expressing
his pleasure at meeting a strictly agrl-
community and then made this
between Southern Minnesota and
Northern Iowa:
In your state here. and you will PARDON
me for making some comparisons, that
little odious, comparing Southern Minneee
sofa with Northern Iowa., the tier OF
counties on the line of each state, with
between them, they have advanced a lit
tie beyond you. Curious enough your
farms average exactly tn oa same n er IN acre mare
than they AVE and they have the ad-
vantage in the one item Of live stock:
Now. they have no ADVANTAGE in sou or
gave up the raising Of wheat a little
earlier than you did. They probably took
% up the e, care care Ell Of live go stoe ala. OF and Gat for t amd
speaking se from the United States census.
the records show that they are 81 an
Comparing Southern Iowa with North
ern Minnesota he said the Southern farms
realized - an acre more than the north"
There is no calling in the world where
a man can be more independent OF nap,
pier, than he who cultiyates the soi inca
and he ought to succeed. Your future
will depend more upon the cultivation of
the LAND in an inteliigeinti way az ana ahe s snH
the farm is worth more than the price
you can get for the Hye s st wor 9Hca anes
third of the market value OF the iced you
give the animal.
Following along this line, Mr.; Hill pro
grain. hay or roots, feed them to their
live stock and they would get one-third
more than the market price or the 1eeo.
1 want to say to YOU. cultivate your
land. Take good care of it. Nothing Will
pay you as we'll. Stock raising means
more to you and to the country.
Keep the Farm.
Keep your farms. Cultivate them: Gull
tivate them we'll Stand by your st aaatne
your attention to this. L nave taken
ever since it was started the greatest IN.
terest in the state farm. There is put
one change that I would make II l could.
and I would make that in the interest or
the school. I would separate 1t from the
state university, because to-day IT IS only
an attachment. 1t is strong enough anu
it is of more Importance that the boyS
and girls OF the State of Minnesota shall
be educated to take advantage OF and TO
intelligently cultivate the soil:
Everything that is of value in the world
comes from four sources. The sea,-we
AVE not got it.. The forest,.our trees
Minnesota will have no forests that are
Of any value. Theoretically we have
twelve years of standing timber. or
years, but that will be because they re-
duce the rate at which 1t is cut each
year.
to the forest. but the farm III Minnesota
produces more value. more gold every
year than the mines of any state In the
eamnnt pe ~n repro %1eed b GRO crops can b
reproduced indefinitely. The mines will
not grow again, but the crops, will; He
urged them not to sell tne e1d dir,s Dut
He then related the circumstances of
the great drouth in the northern part OF
the state in lssS, and nd how 6Uns to en Set waen
500 and 800 thoroughbred bulls and be-
tween 5000 and 1000 Berkshire PIGS and
scattered them t~hroughout the noIthern
part of the state and Dakota. Speaking
of his recent visit to the North dakota
state fair, he said:
Practical Example.
I saw as fine cattle there as 1 ever saw
in my life and 1 brought them over from
Great Britain and had paid as much as
seeing these cattle, because among the
lot there was one animal that took the
oTe capnada; in 1a5 July yeh he took to f"t the sweep.
Manitoba; in Grand Forks he took sec
a North Dakota bull. J. had a little feel
ing Of pride creeping up my throat when
the owner told me that he was a descend
ant of one of the animals l sent up there.
They will get along prosperously to-
gether or will be poor together.
Mr.. Hill continued at some length to
expatiate upon the Importance. advan-
tages and independence of the farm life.
and then took up general matters which
might be termed national. Along this
line he said in part:
Government Policies.
There are two main essentials to all
successful and happy effort: industry and
character in the man as a private indi-
vidual. and honesty and intelligence in
his acts and in the acts of those who are
chosen to represent him in the life OF the
state. You cannot get along without
either the one or the other. You are all
affected. directly and permanently. by
the quality and the acts and the policies
of the government under which you live.
II that Is low or dishonest it will react
upon you eventually just as surely as If
family life some maj of bad conyersa-
ton and corrupt example. II that is UNI
Intelligent, mistaken or wilfully misdi-
rected. it will affect you just as certainly
merely scratches the surface Of the soil
instead of turning it over. or carry your
products to the lowest instead OF to the
highest market. 1t is your place to keep
Just as sharp a guard set upon these pub
, lie issues and the way in which they are
met as you do upon your own personal
4 ~ AADSo o4AN
work under your personal orders.
Are your representatives. speak In the
broadcast and most general way. for your
REPRESENTATIVE will compare well with
those of other states-of the highest NOR
al quality and fiber. and are they doing
those things which are most clearly con-
ceived to benefit you, the people. and not
some interest aside from and gonis-
tic to your own? 1t will profit lis all to
think seriously about these matters. for
the responsibility for them cannot be
J ayaded or shuf1cd off.
{ War ON Graft.
!. And first as to honesty, which is the
main thing. You all read the papers
and it is a chief stay and hope OF thi:
J country that the, diffusion OF intelligence
, and an intimate acquaintance with wia,
Il; happening has become 81
); general. For that reason the extension
, Of the rural mail service is to be classec
a. one of the real achievements of on
] time; one fit to rank with the spread o:
education in our schools. AS thus ia
miliar with events. 1t is scarcely neces
sary that l should remind you that TN
effort of patriotic men almost .very
: where is to establish and maintain {
3 standard of honesty and decency III pub
{ lie life. There is no word more familiar
as there is none more omilous in amer
lea to-day, than the word grail: l
a shoots from the mouth like the spit OF
rifle ball, and it Is doing as deadly Worl
as that weapon in the hands of a muir
I derer. Great commemorative are to-aA!