Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-10
Tells Miss Besack Hers is Most In
portant Part of Show.
BRINGS MESSAGE TO THE FARMER
Cannot Support Coming Population or
Present Acreage Yield
MUST INCREASE SOILS POWERS
Mr. Hn Guest of city, and MaERRts
Concludes Busy Day with n ban
Quet at the Commercial
Club.

James J. Hin. railroad builder ana
farmer. stood looking at the best ear OF
corn in the world, grown in Indiana
so that IS the best ear OF corn In the
world" murmered the father Of the Great
Northern. well you can know right now
! that I am going after that next year"
With this decision the grim old ruler
Of the great northwest announced mis-
position and began to inquire about the
details OF the making Of this the worlds
best ear Of corn.
1t will probably take a better ear than
this TO win next year" chuckled the
farmer-railroader, 1T is fine corn. too."
he added fondling that S1,0O0 prize winner.
Mr. Hill was the center OF an interested
tkrong at the National Corn exposition. af-
ter his arrival Thursday morning. lie had
arrived on his spe-ial accompanied by his
! son. L. w HILL president Of the Great
Northern. T. C. Gilman aud J. II. Beck.
assistants 20 the presidents staff. at the
Burlington station at 1850 O'Clock. Mr.
Hnrs party was met at the station by
G. W. Holdrege and other Burlington Off
cials. by General Manderson and w. I.
Kierstead, chairman Omaha's standing re-
! ception COMMITTEES.
Mr.. Hin was bundled into an automobile
and rushed to the corn SHOW the real
object Of his visit to Omaha A luncheon at
the Omaha club followed and then the
party returned TO the exposition, where Mr.
I Hin was to make his address
| 1t was in the domestic science department
that Mr.. Hill especially distinguished him
self in his hasty look about the show.
strong with the Ladies.
Miss Jessica Besack. who has charge Of
this department. sailed forth on seeing
the railroad magnate near her establ.sA-
ment
You must see our part Of the shOw.''
she inslEted.
Most certainly. Miss Besack." replied
Mr.. Hill, offering his arm with the grace
iof younger gallsat t
i want 70 remark mar yoars Is really
the best part Of all the show" asserted
Alr. hin. pausing at the entrance 10 The
muffin factory" There have been mere
homes ruined by bad bread and the lack
J OF domestic science than By all the wars
the world has known"
J In and about the domestic science de-
partInent Mr.. AN spent sArge part of his
time asking questions here and there that
denoted real interest He even paused 70
take a generous bite out Of a fluffy corn
muffin
Mr.. Hin spent some interested minutes
looking over the exhibit Of his road the
Great Northern and the alfalfa palace"
Some fine tail grass" he remarked. si1-
ing up the exhibit with the calculating eye
Of a good farmer
AT the end Of the hurried journey about
the exposition grounds M HIl was taken
to the Omaha club for a luncheon. where
he was entertained by the officials Of the
Burlington. He and party were entertained
by Omaha and the Continental club last
night.
President Hill Interested.
L. W. Hll. president Of the Great North
ern and son Of the llustrious james J. Hin,
spent most Of his time in the morning
at the exhibit OF his road.
We took a goodiy share Of the prizes
in the open 10 the world class with entries
from the Hill zone" he said proudly dis
playing a schedule sheet bearing the names
Of the prize winners, You see ! have
checked them off here. We have pulled
down about 20 per cent Of the prizes Of
, fered for sheaf grain.
we have at least demonstrated that corn
can be grown in the northern tier Of states
BY our entries in this show. Why. see
here" he urged almost excitedly. Here
Is corn from way up at Sweet Grass a
station right against the northern
= boundary. OF course II is not priEe-Wtnnins
o corn but IL Is good corn just the same
; Lest year / dropped IN TO see this show
and they made remarks at me about us
not being in line. / replied at that time
: that I'd show the folks here some corn.
, and ] proceeded TO take il up with every
body on the line Now. here is the corn
10 show for H. We furnished the seed for
a lot Of this.
The Dry Farming exhibits have been
I hTr1 1rr1f
I and exposition 10 show more Of what Is
2 being done up our way. That dry farm ex-
! position was TOO small for us and We had
I two annexes there. We would have had
an annex here, too. II all had worked out
% just as we wanted il TO-"
Mr.. -HiiI's Message of the Farm.
In the exposition auditorium Mr Hiu was
introduced BY Pres dent WattIes OF the Ma
ti0na Germ expos.uon. He had a large.
animated audience 10 face and he was givea
much applause. his EudieDee following
closely every word that fell from his liEs
lA'oI he said, After al am Just farmer, %
, and the audience apparently kept that In
, mind. In the course Of his address M
! HUI said
j There can be no more appropriate OH
ject about which 20 gather an exposition
Of the activity ot the middle west ard an
. ashemblage Of It's representative thouRht
ai-d Intelligent purpose than the grain
which stands first among It's staple pro-
ducts. Corn Is one Of the great gifts OF
this continent 10 the world. In quality
\ and quantity the yield OF the aIluviai plains
Of our central valley surpasses that of any
2 other section or any other country. Within
X TIE last generation this has become the
Q most valuable single food product OF tho
United States
r IT Is less than forty years since our
q corn crop reached l.oo0 900 900 bushels. II IS
O now well over 20JoOo)0lo annually. and
T. should shortly maintain itself al 100000 o0)
e bushels OF more. The United States fur
e nishes nearly 30 per cent o. the corn croo
OF me world While IT'S yield has been null