Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-01-26

money anu must DC pdl0 lOr; IL you |
want good results, pay for your ad- |
vertising, buy it the same as any,
other commodity, and you will have
the right to expect good results
from your purchase. The great |
thing in work of this sort is har-
mony and cooperation among those
engaged in and responsible for it.
Above all, keep politics out of such
an organization, and steer clear of
Individual interests and advance
ment. Make such movement a
broad one, doing the work for the
general public good to come from
it, and eliminating petty jealousies
and private ambitions, and it will
be found to be success. Unless
this is done, such movement will
surely fail and prove a loss to those
engaged in it.
Prof. F. V. Robinson, Of the Un-
iversity Of Minnesota, made splen-
did address regarding Minnesota
problems. One of the drawbacks
to the securing of greater popula-
ton, he said, was the tendency of
people holding great deal of land
for speculation.
Minnesota land is so good that
those who have much Of it prefer
to hold it on account Of the certain
increase in value. He also said
that present laws for the sale of
state lands are absolutely wrong.
Great tracts of state lands are be-
ing bought by spectators. He
said that the state ought to repeal
the present laws and enact some
kind of state homestead law, which
would compel the buyer to make
bona6de settlement on the land and
improve the same.
The good roads matter was also
touched upon. The building of
good roads is equivalent to bring
ing the farm that much nearer to
the market because of the larger
loads that could be hauled. Thus
improving a road so that the load
could be doubled is the equivalent
of cutting the distance to market to
half. Again, poor roads necessitate
the marketing of crops at a time
when the roads are in the best con-
dition, causing the Cutting of the
market and poor prices This also
compels the railroads to provide an
immense number of freight-cars to
haul the crops that are useless the
rest of the year. This ties up lot
of money, which they are compelled
to make up in other ways and adds
to the rates. In Europe where
they have good roads, grain is mar
keted at cost of from to Z cents.
In this country on poor roads, it
costs to haul the same amounts Is
to q cents. The present excessive
cost Of hauling on poor roads is one
of the very heaviest taxes on the
American farmer.
The first thing necessary is to get
public sentiment aroused and the
people educated to see what poor
roads are costing them.
The report of the Committee on
Farm Demonstration Tracts was
made, and provided for the location
of such tracts the first year at the
following places: Breckenridge,
Renville, Pipestone, Osakis, Delano,
Bemidji, Wadena: East Grand
Forks, Detroit, Rothsay, Willmar
and Stewartville. There were
seven applications from other towns
that could not be provided for at
this time, but they were recon-
mended to the favorable considera.
ton of the Agricultural College
authorities. One Of the first con.
ditions required was that the city
should have an active commercial
club so that the purposes of these
! demonstration tracts would be as
sured the necessary local interest.
Willmar has therefore it's live
Commercial club to thank for having
been selected as one of the points.
The plan in brief is this: Some
tract of land will be secured near
the city limits on which all work
will be done under the supervision
Of Prof. Boss of the Agricultural
College or one of his assistants.
Whenever demonstration of parti-
cular interest is to be made this fact
will be advertised so that all farm
ers of the county and vicinity who
are interested to see how such work
would be done by the Agricultural
College may come and see. discuss
local soil problems, etc., each dem
onstration to be followed by an
evening session when helpful ad-
dresses and discussions would be
} had. The plan seems to be to bring
some of the practical work of the
Agricultural College out to the farm
ers in various parts of the State. All
the details have not yet been worked
out, but the Willmar Commercial
Club officials are expecting full in
formation at any time that will
enable them to make the necessary