Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-07-02

duce grain and cereals Of all kinds
than can possibly be found in the
United States west of that line.
Here is a tract of country (indi-
cating), about 1900 miles and 800
miles, interspersed with lake, river
and small bodies of timber. nearly
every acre of which, outside of
small mountainous portion, is cap
able of producing all kinds of GER
calls except corn and probably that
can be raised in some sections. AS
far north as the sixtieth parallel
Of latitude (indicating), grain is
being raised today, and wheat is
being raised fully 100 miles north
of that line.
Il have lately been over that
country. l know something about
it. know that the rainfall is a
great deal more than it is on the
American side west of that vast
section and east of the moutains.
l do not believe that the soil has
the lasting quality of the soil in
the United States, but l do know
that in less than twenty years this
section Of Canada will be the wheat
granary of the entire world. and l
believe that in making this tariff
we should take into consideration
this most important fact.
"Only very small portion of
this entire tract is at present un-
der cultivation. l believe that in
1908 the report of Mr.. Young, sup
erintendent of railroad lands in
Canada, showed that about $780,
600, 900 acres of this land were
then occupied and that about 3d.
600, 900 acres were under cultiva-
tion.
"What will our population be
in 1920, or eleven years from to-
day? / have made a careful esti-
mate, and have taken the estimate
made by others who have given
the subject considerable attention,
and the estimate is that in 1920
our population will be about Ill.,
600, 600 people. at the present ratio
of increase, taking into considera-
tion reasonable immigration from
Europe.
"The average yearly consump-
tion of wheat varies considerable,
dependent upon normal conditions
of the country. Under normal
conditions we used for seed and
bread about seven bushels per cap
ita; under the conditions that ex-
listed from 1893 to 1897 the con-
sumption outside of seed was only
about half of the usual consump-
tion.
II wired a few days ago to a
place in North Dakota called
"Pembina." which is on the Cana
dian border line, opposite to Emer-
son. Manitoba, to get the price of
grain at those two points-and
remember that all of this time
both the Canadian and American
grain were being exported. l re-
ceived a telegram in reply giving
the respective prices for October
in each year from 1904 to 1908,
inclusive. In 1904 the American
price was $1.00 and the Canadian
price 70 cents, or % cents bushel
in our favor; in October 1905, the
Pembina price was 70 cents and
the Emerson price GA cents, or 6
cents a bushel in our favor; in
1906 the Pembina price was 65
cents and the Emerson price So,
or 6 cents in favor of the American
side; in October 1907. the Penn
bine price was $1.M and the Emer-
son price 81 cents, or 10 cents in
our favor; in October, 1908, the
Pembina price was SO cents and the
Emerson price 81 cents, or IL cents
a bushel in favor Of the Amer
ican side.
"Mr. President, those are the
conditions when we are raising
wheat for export; but want to
show now that will be impossible
for the American people to be ex-
porting in 1920. Let me see whether
can establish that fact beyond
any reasonable doubt.
with population of III, OOO,-
600 we will need, in 1920, to feed
our own people and for seed &c.,
10000 bushels of wheat. Where
are we going to raise it? We
must remember that while we have
been increasing our average very