Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-29

Ever Known In the Development Of
the Northwest-Presiden Elliott Is
Deeply Interested in the Great
West.
The city of Bismarck and the North
Dakota Industrial Exposition have to-
day ene honor of having as invited
guests James J. Hill, chairman of the
board of directors of the Great North
ern lines and Howard Elliott, presi-
dent of the Northern Pacific road.
When the growth and remarkable de-
velopment of the state of North Dako-
ia is looked back upon by the intelli-
gert observer of men and events, it
is inevitably linked with these railroad
builders and developers who have had
50 much to do with the growth of the
STATE. The railroad is the greatest in
strument in the development of new
country and the building of new en-
pres of agriculture These far sighted
men of affairs looked forward and saw
the possibilities of future growth in
what was thirty years ago waste of
land. As Mr.. Hill himself has said,
in his public addresses, land without
people is wilderness and people with
out land are mob" Mr.. Hills Ia
bors for a quarter of a century or more
have been toward bringing the people
and the land together. He is without
question the greatest builder of rail-
roads, of commercial and agricultural
empires, and of prosperity, the north
west has ever produced. And he is
coming into his own. His purposes
and aims are better understood. His
advice in public matters is generally
needed. He is sound, conservative,
far seeing and wise.
Mr.. Hill, as the local welcome puts
it, is the country's greatest developer
of the soil and the friend of the far
mer and the farm. He is, we may say
without seeking to take credit from
any of the other valued agents of con-
the first man who sounded
to the nation the warning note that
called attention to the necessity of the
of our resources in sane
way. He showed the gradual exhaus-
ton of the soil, of our forests, our
mines and our natural products, and
the waste with which their develop
nent was accompanied. In public ad-
dresses and written articles he showed
the gradual increase in the consumption
of the products Of the land and the
failure Of production to keep pace with
it. He told the farmers that an in
crease in their production of five BUSH
els to the acre in wheat and better
filling of the soil meant just so many
millions of dollars added to the value
IF their land. He has helped the
farmers of this country to improve the
character of their live stock. He has
promoted intelligent culture of the land
with offers of prizes, with his word
and with his example. Practically sim
gle handed he built great transporta-
ion line across the continent After
ne built this line, he set about to peo-
Die the broad acres that lay beside it..
We of a quarter OF a century resi-
1ence in the state remember we'll when
he northern counties of North Dakota
we're waste and without people. He
ent his immigration agents through
he central and eastern United States
o tell the people what opportunities
here were here He brought out COL
'nists by the train load and put them
n Ramsey, Towner, Rolette, Pierce,
'ottineau, Ward and the counties
long the Great Northern road. Now
7e have a prosperous agricultural enr
ire in that section of the state that
reduces annually millions of dollars
I wealth. It is no wonder that Mr..
I'LL has been called the Empire
uilder'
He who buildeth a farm is greater
IAN he who buildeth city. For the
arm is the very backbone of the coun-
y and the city rests upon the founda-
ons of agricultural prosperity. Food
nd clothing and shelter are the three
reat necessities of mankind. The
lrm produces them ALL 1t produces
le wheat for bread and the cattle for
eat and the wool and cotton for
othing and the lumber for the con-
ruction of Shelters And the railroad
the agent by which these products
e transported about and made avail
de to all the people. OF what value
ould be million bushels of wheat
n from the place of consumption with
1t railroad to transport it.
Mr. Hill can take a good deal of
:ide in the fact that when he sees
rouof the North Dakota Industrial
EXPOSITION the products and wealth of
great state that he has had perhaps
ore share in creating that wealth by
S building of railroads, his encour-
cement of the farmers, his bringing
of settlers and his sound and whole
me advice than any other single man =
the northwest II is reflection