The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-04-03

run through the house without chal
lenge and came as a surprise to tn.
opposition who would--on principle
have objected to an amendment tina
had not been submitted to the com
mittee Of experts.
/ The upshot of the matter is that
Servia IL now flooded with American
OIL; for so quickly did Yankee enter
prise profit by the new opening that
all other producers have retired from
the field. Consul Bergh received many
| gratifying testimonials from interested
factors In the states. the hrst to wire
thankful acknowledgements being the
| Cotton Seed Crushers' association Of
Little Rock, Ark.
But we know that in this contrary
world 1t Is impossible to please every
body. In Servia, where the gallant
colonel has hosts of friends, there are
one or two men who bear him a
grudge. This first is--or rather was
the owner OF the Seryian seed mill,
who slept in security, hugging his
monopoly as an invaluable shield,
while the protective tariff was being
overhauled. He had gone on steadily,
getting his supply Of seed from Egypt.
manufacturing oil therefrom, and SELL
ing II at his leisure and convenience
for the price agreed upon, in a com
Portable, pleasant way.
This was before the man from North
Dakota had come to have his little
look around the place. II had not oc-
Cured to the only mill owner in Servia
that Serbs could obtain oil from any
source but his own tanks. He kept a |
vague watch for the danger OF another |
such concession as he had long alone
enjoyed being granted to a rival. But |
nobody seemed DESTROYS of starting a |
rival mill
The first consignment of 200 barrels |
of oil from the states was a painful |
eye-opener for that mill owner. Hell
has since closed the works, dismantled
MS machinery and gone down to Sa-
onica, where he is starting again,
loping to satisfy the Turks, and GER
ainly he is not praying for Consul
3ergh to follow him
Obtained Relief for Flood Sufferers.
AT the American consulate i'm Bel
;rade hospitality, philanthropy and
BUSINESS so hand in hand. When the
-reat floods of last April devastated I
he city and district Of Kraguyevats
he very first aid received for the
omeless sufferers came from distant
america. A wire from Colonel Bergh
rought the generous donation of $500 /
rom the Red Cross society within Il
hours. 1t gave the signal
Or general move in the same direc-
ion. Next day came munificent con-
ributions from the car, the French =
epubhc, etc. But the Servian cabinet :
speech expressing it's gratitude =
elivered in the following slupshtina, | :
lentioned with particular apprecia- :
on the promptitude of the United I
tates' representative. It
Consul Bergh does not leave himself In
uch time for social duties, RELOCATING | [
lem to his wife and daughters, who | c
re great favorites in the cosmopoli- b
IN society of Belgrade and have won b
n themselves, moreover, a special t
ace in the hearts of the Serbs. The n
1ung ladies have had the pluck to p
tack and the good fortune to master II
10 cryptic Serb language, with it's
lfamiliar Cyrillic alphabet. Now they "
N read and write with ease as we'll A
! converse fluently in this, the most t;
Iphonious Of Slav tongues.