The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-29
BOOST SLOGAN
Of BURKE TALK
In Fargo Address Governor
Declares There Is Op-
portunity to Promote

Fargo. \. d.. Dec. 29-Boost and
optimism of the highest type, such as
is only found in Il bunch OF good fel.
lows gathered in annual meeting after
a prosperous year of business, char.
acterized the third annual banquet OF
the Fargo Jobbers' union n Crcdi,
Mems association in Prizes hall las,
night.
John Frank Treat was POSTMASTER
OF the evening m the feature ad-
dress was delivered by Governor John
Burke whose topic was North Da-
kota." The governor told Of his trip
east on the western governors special
ana the good advertising given the
state through this trip.
Get Together Spirit Praised
Il see 1 am to talk about North
ming his address. but first l want to
congratulate YOU jobbers and credit
men tor getting together. You get
better acquainted and work together
not only to build up Your W bust
ness but YOU help this great state.
You don't come here in Claw hammer
coats but as business men to talk
business and when you get together
as YOU are tonight you ran move
mountains.
1T is human nature to seek ac-
AAu SOilf W dill uIlutE-
standing. All the trouble in the
world is due to misunderstanding.
The western governors went east to
get acquainted and that recent trip
grew out of the governors confer
ences."
Tells of Governors Meet
tic then gave an outline of the first
meeting of governors and a history
of the growth of the conservation
movement. He described how the
governors from the far west came
with complaints against the methods
OF conservation practiced in 1907 be-
cause they We're not practical. He
said In some places arid lands were set
apart as forest reserves where no for
ests grew and by illustrations told
now the present system has been
developed through these conferences.
Greatest Agricultural State
North Dakota" said the chief ex-
ecutive. lis the greatest agricultural
500 to send the train through the
east and it showed your generous in
terest in the state. North Dakota re-
ceived the best advertising it ever
got through that trip because we had
the products of the state there with
US where they could be e Seeing
Is believing. II someone went east
ana told them about our magnificent
crops and our wonderful resources
they would say it is a yarn but they
had a chance to see for themselves.
Il want to tell O l came back to
North Dakota more satisfied than
ever with my W state. The east
must develop the west.
Well Received in East
Some of the eastern newspapers
resented the trip and called it an in.
vasion' spoke of 1t in sarcastic terms
but everywhere we went we were re-
ceived with open arms. We went east
to make the people of that section
understand they needed the west
more than the west needs the east.
IF II exhibits were a surprise tC
the east we toe were surprised when
we saw their great manufacturing in.
dustries.
IF the present increase in popula.
ton keeps up in the east, in the mex,
quarter Of a century the questions
arise, where are they going to ge,
food and where r they going to find
a market for their products. There
is only one solution. They must as.
sist in the development of the west
Good Place to Get q Start
Governor Vessey and myself ha6
the advantage over our fellow gov.
ernors on that trip. The others haG
to tell the people they needed eastern
money in their states to assist in the
great irrigation problems. The gov.
ernor Of South Dakota and myself
could tell them truthfully We didn't
have to irrigate in our states and II
didn't require capital for a farmer tc
come here and make a start"