Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-23

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In the first place the hundreds of
thousands OF graves of brave men
upon the southern plains and hills are
reminders of what men will do to pre-
serve that which they love and revere.
But there are other things, too, that
should be safeguarded within a ma.
ton as well as it's institutions. In
the Ohio valley heritage of uncal-
culable value has been destroyed. G.
100000 acres of timber land has been
denuded in Minnesota and Wisconsin
that a few meo might become i'm
mensely rich and that many may pay
three times what they should have
to pay for shelter under which to
rest a tired body or to rear fam
lily.
was the annual result of the toll of
the husbandman. A calling that was
as much more important to the
worlds welfare than any calling could
be as life is above mere existence
Give the young man one hundred
and sixty acres of good cumberland
and let him cut and sell the timber of
ten acres and the first year he has
| plenty of money. Ten acres the next
| nd cfi1 10
In short time that man would be
rich. But still he cuts timber and
spends money and in sixteen years
the timber is all gone and the man is
a pauper.
Give a young man large bank &C
count and he can soon check it all
out and be without money. ~
John Doe has one hundred and six
ty acres of good North Dakota soil,
such as no other part of the world
can excel. He raises upon that land
fifteen bushels of wheat for twenty
years which sells for 20 cents per
bushel; he realizes $4,000 from that
100 acres of land. But if he had sold
the nitrogen, prcsphoric acid and
potash at the commercial prices now
paid for such product that he had
taken from the soil and sold in the
form of wheat he would have been
able to show a bank account of $685.
784 greater magnitude than that for
which he sold his wheat. In other
words he was in the hole just to
that extent. Or in other words he had
impoverished the soil to the extent of
the amount of money represented by
the difference of these two sums. oga
Men fight to preserve the things
they value and even sacrifice their
lives upon the altar of their country
and then turn right around and i'm
poverish and sell the most valuable
inheritance the creator has bestowed
upon his children in the way of physi.
; cal gifts.
The audience, large as it was, kept
in direct touch with the speaker and
realized and appreciated the entire
drift Of the argument An adjourn
ment was then taken until evening
The Evening Session
Standing room was at a premium
at the big Commercial Club hall ir
the evening and the session was q
| hummer for good will and full of in
terest to the ladies and gentlemen
present. q.
. The Commercial Club band was ou
and it's fine music was warmly appre
ciated and encored by the large audi
ence, so that when President Conk
;, lin of the club, called the meetins
together, all were in a good fraan,
:" of mind for the good things to come
The hall was filled with farmer
. and townspeople who Wed with eacl
!, other to make the occasion botl
pleasant and profitable and the speak
!, ing was largely of that peculiar veil
. in which mirth and humor is intel
mingled with hard common sense an
of a kind that all enjoy and appre
. ciate.
The speakers were well known cit
q zens selected from the different line
!. of business, augmented by member
r. of the institute work The speeche
y were all worthy of reproduction, bu
- space will not permit, suffice it
= say that each and every one was "a
= his best and did well. 81
ii Mr.. Wolbert represented the me
" chants and was replied to by A.
r Cordner for the farmers, in which
Is was tit for tat o. G Gregg got th
#, business men and the farmers tog
i'd Their in humorous way and Ie
them on an equal footing. H. L. Read
~ brought out an excellent point in tt