Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-04-22
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and recommendations Will be re-
cognized by the legislature and ad.
mlnlstration as representing the
public sentiment and directed by the
farmers. of course.
We need more farmers. The
greatest natural resource OF tho great
state of Minnesota IS in her soil. -
There has been considerable KICK
ing by consumers at the high prices
that has prevailed the past few years
for farm products. This shouldn't be.
The farmer is just coming into his
own. He is entitled to all he gets,
and should have been getting it all tho
time But he must aim to produce
more,-to double his yield per acre.
per hen, etc., and SO double his pro-
fits. That's business.
Then it is important too Ito tho
farmer mainly ~ that the great
mineral resources of the state should
bs developed and more manufacturing
encouraged to make an ever increasing
home market for farm products.
When a great steel manufacturing plant
is projected he shouldn't send the
politicians after it and drive 1T
away. That would be against his
own interests. The transportation
business. too, should have his friendly
interest and encouragement; for in
spite OF all that has been said and
printed, the heads of these great in
dustrles are the best friends the
farmer has. Keep politics out of the
organization. Let there be, mo
North. nor South; no East, nor
West; but let all pull together for
Minnesota; to boost Minnesota.
There you have it. But not all.
Modern business prosperity depends
not only in having the goods; large
share of it depends on advertising. In
the past the commercial clubs, includ-
ing real estate and business men, have
been at large private expense advertls
ing the different sections of the state
The county and industrial exhibits in
connection with this congress was a
much more effective means; and
farmers should cooperate heartily in
this feature, as thus each county is
specifically advertised and all in COM
parison with each other. Real estate
men say 1t beats the state fair for
results.
Now isn't it something great?
unique -nothing else just like IT.
is the word used in the beginning Of,
this article. He would be a dullard,s
indeed, even for farmer, who could
have attended that congress and not
have been simply ''carried,' with
the indication IN the exhibits of
wealth and fortunes untold hidden in
the resources of the state awaiting
development, with the high educa-
tional value of the program,
supplemented with the moving picture
illustrations of stock, farm methods
and machinery, and bad and good
roads, to say nothing of the con-
gratulatory and fattering phrases. the
condescending fellowship and recognl-
ton by business men, state officials,
and politicians and the optimism and
enthusiasm prevailing throughout. All
this should be, as was frequently
declared, "a great good to the people
of Minnesota.
But what about the inner purpose7
This may be variously stated by
various critics; as. to boost the state
an attempt to curry favor with the
country people by Big Business, who,
it is understood, mainly contributed
to the expense of the congress nothing
was heard out loud about that
featured or, to boost the administra:
ton.
Admitting each and all of these
views to have a place in this purpose
let us try and get little more inner
view by analysing the first and see
what effect it will have on the
others.
~ tooe+ TIN e4o<o F,o,.. xho <:a1.
of the congress and tenor of the pro-
gram it IS evident that by this phrase,
used frequently on the platform, is
meant to develop and advertise the
resources of the state. and the
greatest of these resources is the soil. =
This is to be done by increased care
in farm work directed by increased
OF the workers, supple
mented by increased state aid, raised
by increased taxation, and stributed
in proportion somewhat according to
the ambition and energy of the local
authorities to initiate improvements
IN roads and for better educational
facilities. Appropriations for state
drainage to be expended, Of course, In
draining the swamp lands of the state.
With what result? With the result,
things as they are, the net financial
profit of all this work gees into the
lands of the producers of the
wealth.
1t is q fundamental truth in
though not to distinctly
stated in the orthodox texts on tho
subject that all public improvements
that is a benefit to the
public, that makes a location more
desirable or attractive as home,
or profitable as place for doing any
kind of business, raises the value of
the bare land or site apart from any
whatever. This value IS
created originally by the needs or