Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1906-10-12

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what is, fundamental our chief
mainte nance, for upon the cultiva-
ton Of the soil all varied CONNER.
ical activity Of whatinstrinsic form
or intent is mainly built, and upon
it depend the future Of mankind
and the nature and stability Of our
institu tons. 3sl85 3S.Si 3l585 3sss
In some things we are going
backward The soil Of the country
lie being impoverished by careless
treatment. Forests are cut down
that the sun may bake itand floods
#scour itinto the ocean. It has been.
cropped with the same grain year
after year until its productive pow
Ter in, some Of the richest portions
|of the country has deteriorated
fully 80 per 3ceut, Census returns
show actual decrease ia farm
values in large humble Of states.
ct is easily demonstr able that d
reform Of methods Of cultivation
would double agricultural products
each year, adding to the whole
country from five to six billion dol
lars to the national wealth, while a
resort to small farms and adoption
Of intensive cultivation would give
an equal add itional increment,
These are possib ilties to which the
necessity will lend a more pertinent
and compelling aspect with the
coming years 81 the present century.
That costlfest error will be III
clinging to the delusion that we
are to continue to increase our ex-
ports and to live upon the profits
of q foreign marked. The time is
coming when we shall need our
wheat crop for home consumption
and seed, when our mines will not
syield, except at increased cost, iron
and coal req uired for annfactured
commodities consumed at home,
and when the cheap labor of the
orient, whose wages We cannot
hope to meet, equipped with our
chinery, and with the patience
and initiative instinct there is
highly developed viii vanquish all
competitors ii every market.
Though our trade were unshRckleds
from the Legislative bonds that now
prevent its natural growth and free
expansion, it would not offer us for.
long any other reliance than d
broken reed Every nation that
enjoys prosperity and exhibits a
healthy national vitality ID rooted
in the soil and all of her indus
tries, are clustered about tillage, as
the branches spring from the par
Ient stock that nourish them ALL
Toa realization of our position, to-
q return to agric ulture, to d jealous
care of our land resources both as
to quantity and quality aud To-
q mode Of cultivation that shall at
once multiply the yield per acre
and restore instead Of destroying
the roductive qualities We must
come without delay il we are to es-
cape disaster
Next III importance to the prod
uctivity Of the soil comes that of)
transpo ration. Already the growth
|of our commerce between the
Mississippi river and the Atlantic
coast finds itself delayed and ham.
|pered for want Of additional rail-
way lines and Of terminal facilities.
And throughout the whole country
there Is d rising call formore tracks,
more engines, more cars and more
transportation facilities. 10 fur
nish what ID required will call for
/ the Investment of many hundreds
|of millions off ollars To- Be- furnished
from the savings Of the people of
|alI classes, and without them the
whole business of the country must
suffer. Money invested in rail-
ways expects b fair return on the
Investment and Ii also poets the
saIne neasnre be pro ectiion before
the law that id accorded to other
property 4 he enormous pressure
|of the masses Of people seems to
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