Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-02
GOOD ADVICE FOR NORTH DA'
KOTANS. :

discussion by farmers of Williams
and Mckenzie counties of matters OF
common interest An invitation had
been extended to James j. Hill or
the Great Northern road to be pres
ent, and while Mr.. Hills engage
ments made it impossible for him to
come he found time to write sensi'
BILE letter to the committee in charge
of the meeting, pointing out the vast
possibilities for development In
North Dakota. Among other things
Mr.. Hill said:
81 regret that business engage
! ments prevent me from being with
you at this meeting of farmers and
business men of North Dakota, and
I wish to send them a word of en-
couragement and congratulation.
You, are right in getting together for
counsel and to plan for your common
future. 1t is the method of all sue
cessful business today. There never
| was a time when man was less able
| to live to himself than now, and
there is no man to whom the neces-
sity and value Of cooperative effort
should be more apparent than to the
farmer.
"You have a state of great posi-
bilities. Last year you were second
| only to Minnesota in the production
of wheat, and came within a little
over three million bushels Of over
taking her. Your soil and climate
are suited to every kind of agricul-
tural product grown in the temper
ate zne. You have taken front rank
among the states of the union after
but a few years of existence as
state. Less than a generation cov-
ers the growth of this great common
wealth whose possibilities are even
! yet but half understood.
| "For what you have done is only a
beginning. You are now entering up
on the second period of development
that marks the time. of highest pros
perity. The soil has been broken to
use, markets have been established
all the machinery for the industrial
and the social organization of your
people has been installed, and the
next ten or twenty years should see
great changes and rapid progress. If
you look at the statistics of growth
of the older states to the east, in
! population, wealth, production and
value of farm property within the
last twenty years, you can, by apply
ing the same ratio to our present con-
dition, compute the good fortune that
awaits you. North Dakota is going
to pay a great profit to every man
who has stake there.
ITO make sure of this you have to
do just what this occasion calls for.
You must get together A stout
heart and united effort make up the
secret of success in all communities.
Do not spread yourself out too thin.
The yield of wheat per acre In North
DaIota in 1909 was below what 1t
Ought to be. This means that there
is more wealth per acre waiting bet
ter cultivation; and it is part of the
value of such gatherings as this that
you can take counsel together how IL
may be done.
You can help one another with
advice and experience. There is not
a farmer who does not at some time
learn something from his own work
that would be of service to every
other farmer. The exchange Of ideas
alone will give to the country the
one advantage which the city now
has in a greater measure. 1t is a
good thing for the tillers of the soil
and the merchants, bankers, and
other business men of the centers
where they deal to get together also
and compare notes. For their fu-
ture is one; and the big lesson which
everybody has to learn is that the
success of one part of a community
is always conditioned upon and limit
ed by the success of every other part.
There is really no limit to what
you may do. Your state is one of
! the best in the union. The people
are alert, handwriting and progress
i've. You are connected with all the
great markets of the country and the
world. Your future is in your own
hands. Do not be afraid of it.
Study your soil and how to make the
most of it. Stand the outlay neces-
sary to preserve it in the best con-
dition and assure a full crop. Gull
tivate and fertilize it with jealous
care, according to the modern ideas
taught in your own agricultural
schools. Courage, hard work and
economy are guarantees against fail.
ure.
"Co-operation is the watchword in
all material development today and 1t
should be yours. Farmers and bust
ness men, country and town, capital
and labor have to Lelp each other.
But the future belongs to the man on
I the farm. With the prices now pre-
vailing and likely to rule for some
years to come, your prosperity is 50
sure that it is worth the hard work
and the planning and the anxiety
which may discourage you at times
but are only the common lot of all
those who carry any enterprise that
is worth while to success.
"a good state, a good people, a
good opportunity; these are your ma
terials to work with. A good spirit,