The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-05-04


day. This morning he seemed to
, have an appetite and his physician =
said that with rest and quiet for
few days, he would show a great
improvement and that unless new
complications developed, his re-
covery was assured.
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Louisiana warehouse system every
farmer, individually or through his
can ship his cotton to
New Orleans and hold it until he is
ready to sell. His warehouse receipt
Ia better In the hands of a New Eng
land or Manchester spinner than the
contract of speculator to deliver
the cotton. :.
Zone of the things advocated by
the farmers union is greater pro-
portion OF federal appropriations for
agriculture. In a recent speech in
the lower house of the congress,
Chairman Tawney, of the committee
of appropriations, said that seventy.
one per cent of the revenues of the
government went for military expens-
es, which amounted to $43O 1000, 900
for that period. This is thirty-three
times as much as appropriated for
agricultural purposes. This session
the senate has passed bill provid.
ing for $3,5O0,OO0 to pay for a few
acres of land in Washington to give
a better view of the capitol. This is
the kind of reclamation which Wash
ington understands and to improve
these few acres the legislators are
ready to give one-Quarter as much as
given for agriculture.
If the government would spend
one and a half million dollars year
for twelve years for drainage sur
veys and in opening waterways to the
gulf, it will make available Is, 1000, 900
acres of Mississippi valley land for
cultivation and this would be at a
cost Of seventy-five cents an acre.
This average would provide eighty
acre farms for 312,500 families or a
million and half people. 1t costs
$35 an acre to reclaim land by irri-
cation. The state iof Arkansas, Mis-
souri, and Louisiana are begging for
money for reclamation by drainage
but the politicians at Washington are
not disposed to heed their appeals.
:. During the, last. FIVE years 100000
Americans, principally farmers, have
left the United States for Canada and
they took with them $1,000 each.
Canadian officials, all Of whom are
taking personal interest in securing
the best class of farmers for their
country, estimate that this year they
will get 10000 American farmers and
that they will bring with them $780,
100000.
Too Much Politics
NEARLY all we hear from Washing
ton is about military explorations
and unimportant political controver-
sizes. There is no word of encourage
ment for the development of the
country's resources. If we had men
in public life who would take the
same interest in working out these
questions on a practical common
sense basis leaving off their TRADES
against the railroads, their services
would be of greater advantage to the
farmers and consumers. The kind
of politics which has been preached
to the farmers for twenty years has
kept the farmers from advancing
their interests and keeping pace with
those who are organized. To arrive
at the high business standard to
which the farmers are destined, their
business, like others, must be con-
Quoted in the most economical man
ner.
In proposing closer relations be-
tween the farmer and the railroad l
know that some politicians will crit
icize my motives, but appreciate the
fact that in having business tax
with you am talking to the largest
producers of railroad freight and it
is to our mutual interest to talk over
things and know each other better.
The farmers and the railroads
have something to cooperate with
and something to cooperate for. The
products and supplies of the farms
constitute forty-one per cent of the
freight of the western railroads. 1t
is to our interest to work with you
in bettering your marketing facilities,
for the more prosperous you are the
more business you have for us. In
working out economics, the consum-
er is also benefited. First let us elm
mate the men who talk radical ideas
to foster hatred and malice between
the producer and transporter. TAX
ing your products from your farms
to the market and in aiding you to get
the best prices are the ways in which
we can profitably work together. We
do not need any middle agent. We
can talk straight at one another and
save money by doing So. In short, let
us work together"
EXTRA PAIL BEARERS
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