The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-07

the return OF our own good citizens
and their wealth, amounting TO mile
lions Of dollars.
am farmer and have resided In
North Dakota for more than thirty
years. The choicest available lands
suitable for farming without being ir-
rigated are about taken UP and occu-
pied.
Thus you will understand with "a
cents per bushel tax on wheat to start
with, the land seeker or purchaser viii
hesitate a long time before locating
or purchasing land in northwestern
Canada. The market facilities OF
eastern Canada for export shipments
are more like or nearly equal with our
own. Yet that does not help northwest
ern part of Canada. You must also
remember that the arabic quantity Of
lands for wheat farming purposes in
Canada are about equal to the remain
ing wheat land in our own country
Only few years ago land in North
Dakota was selling from SIS to $40
per acre but now land sells very readi-
ly at price from $40 to SIS pei. acre
in nearly all parts Of our state and
this increase in price is caused prin-
cipally from the fact that our choice
public land suitable for farming with
out irrigation is occupied and when
the land purchaser comes, rather than
go over the line into Canada and take
free public land or purchase cheap
land with a fixed incumbrance in the
shape of tariff on everything pro-
duced, they not only hesitate but re-
fuse to go, therefore. we get a good
price for our land and keep both the
citizen and his money in our own
country.
When you remove all incumbrance,
tax or tariff on imported farm pro-
ducts, then you will reduce the price
of land in the United States and more
especially in the northwestern part; in
the aggregate many times, yes, very
many million doIlars-and you will
lose hundreds of thousands OF our good
American citizens with the vast
of money and personal proper
~ they take with them, going to the
cheap lands of that vast territory in
northwestern Canada. Are YOU will
ling and ready for this?
Woe TO the office seeker. so far as
the farmers of our country and more
especially those residing in that chain
or line of states bordering on or near
Canada and the northwest-running
from Massachusetts, on the Atlantic to
California on the Pacific ocean, are
il he supports this treaty.
Do you see? If you do not you may
realize 1T at the next election.
To James j. Hill, Esq.
clip the following from The Wash
ington Sunday Star:
Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. 2S.-The
North American wired James ]. Hill.
asking for an expression of opinion on
the proposed reciprocity treaty with
Canada, Mr.. Hill replies as follows:
THE proposed reciprocity agreement
between Canada and the United States
is a measure Of true statesmanship
Intelligent citizens and public men APP
prove it. 1t is mainly opposed by the
demagogue."
The people of that part of the north
west through which the transportation
lines that Mr.. Hill in part owns and
wholly, either directly or indirectly.
have high regard for his
sagacity, energy and great ability from
4 business standpoint. The results of
mis- work in building one (the Great
Northern9 OF the great trans-conti-
mental hines of railroads on the north-
ern dominion of Canada) boundary
inc of our county, with its bunch
as-as feeders" running up into north
western Canada, has been of vast ben
Eft. both financially and for personal
comfort. And I know as one of them
hat we all fully realize and appreciate
what Mr.. Hill has done for us and we
Ire more than pleased: in fact we re-
dice to learn that while Mr.. Hill has
lone vast amount OF good in aiding
n developing the country for the peo-
Die of Minnesota. North Dakota and
South Dakota, Montana and the ad-
dining states to the Pacific ocean. that
he has been personally rewarded. hav-
ng accumulated many millions of
dollars for himself and also for those
directly associated with him. His
wealth is only a just reward for his
oresight, intelligent work and untiring
.nergy. Whenever he induced or
,aused a man to locate and culti-
rate the land within a certain radius
# the many railroads that he has
.aused to be built in that region of
he country-he realized that the only
lutIet for that product to market was
'ver his roads and Of course Mr.. Hill
vas developing the country by helping
he farmer to take his grain to mar
let over his line of railroads.
The extent of the land suitable for
arming in the great northwestern part
f Canada is not fully realized by many
4 our people.
They have in northwestern Canada,
including British Columbia, as many
ores of land suitable for raising
vheat, barley, flax and oats, that has
lot been in part exhausted by con-
inuous farming as we have.
They now raise about ZOO 900, 900
million bushels of grain and in the
cry near future will raise many
undred million more bushels each
ear They have but one local market, |
Winnipeg, with only the eastern At |
antic coast outlet very many hundreds |
t mile away for the large part OF
orthwestern Canada and as long as |
he fence or tariff wall built along sew
raj thousand miles of the border is |
ept up the price of both land and |
rain will be higher in our country |
nan it is in Canada
Duluth. the great shipping point at
he head of the lakes, to the east and |
len to European markets, and Min
greatest milling center
/ the world for making flour-both |
/ Minnesota-are the most profitable
larkets for northwestern Canada,
rovided this new treaty is ratified.
MIR. Hills Business Proposition.