The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-04-04
N. D. COMPARED
With The SOUTH
w, A. SCOTT GIVES FORUM A
LENGTHY INTERVIEW ABOUT
HIS RECENT TRIP TO THE EAST
AND FLoRIpA--HoW HANNA IS
WORKING FOR CONSTITUENTS.

while many places have their Pc
culiar characteristic that make them
attractive, when one takes in the city
Of Fargo he realizes that it has pros
porous, up-to-date and progressive at
mosphere'', said william A. Scott, this
morning in speaking to a representa-
tive of The Forum of his big trip
through the south and east.
North Dakota's black soil, a foot
thick, yard wide and an wool that
grows things without the IMPORTATION
Of fertilizer from other localities,
seem to be better foundation to build
upon than the sands. stumps and the
stones. Here the steer that has come
out of the rocky hills of pasture with
it's hair full of mango, viii be fed on
the North Dakota pastures in grass to
its knees.
"a trip to Florida is all right but
tried to realize whether the vege-
table and fruit grower in Florida had
anything to offer the man in North
Dakota who had his living to make. II
seemed to me when / saw colored
man wedding an orchard with knife
and his hands, that no man with d
farm tool could cultivate even If he
had a mule to draw it, that by the time
the average North Dakota farmer had
crawled over ten or fifteen acres OF
this ground, he would think a ride on
one of our field cultivators would be
a pleasure trip.
when saw the tomato grower
30 ~ 70 "a
his goods, and / knew that three or
four acres was the limit of his per-
sonal cultivation, and then he had to
buy fertilizers and work on his hands
and knees, it struck me that milking
cows to keep up expenses in North
Dakota barn was not so bad after all.
"If the Florida fruit and vegetable
grower is SO prosperous, why does he
not use an occasional dollar to fix a
house to live in, that would at least
compare with a North Dakota hen
house.
"In the everglade country there is
some muck, which is 5 feet deep in
places. A man who would buy a rod
OF this without sounding it with a
.crowbar, might find pieces of 1t cover
ed with soil inches thick in some
places, as / saw 1t.
1.-THE city of washington looked
good to me as it always does, but
came home more impressed than ever
that a man in congress needs some
money to spend outside OF his salary,
If he gets a life there that is worth
living, alongside his compeers from the
other states all over this union
"Mr. Hanna was very thoughtful in
giving me an opportunity to meet at
close hand some of the men who are
influential in shaping legislation in
congress. Champ Clark impressed me
as man of much intellectually, but
not much Of a mixer with men at close
personal contact.
Il had expected to find ex-Speaker
Cannon man well along in years,
spare and thin. But he impressed me
as man of immense vigor, vitality,
with good flesh, great lung power and
with immense personal magnetism
with ability to grasp his fellowmen
close to himself
''The smile Of President Taft that
we see In the newspaper pictures
everyday, is kindly one when seen at
close range and not the same as
through the camera.
"Our representative, Mr.. Hanna,
works every day at Washington, as we
all know who come In close contact
with him. he works at home. His
constituents see to 1t that he gets a
large amount of mail every day, and
he answers these faithfully and in good
spirit. As a matter of course some
of this mail involves lot Of running
and racing around over the departs
ments. but this Ia gladly done.
@As / passed through the states OF
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois they were
covered with snow, so this snow here Ii
along with what the rest OF the states
are getting. While we feel we haven't
quite our share of warm weather, the
only difference is perhaps that our
cold weather is just Il few degrees
colder than some of the southern
states.
In Washington the buds were on
the trees, although the leaves had not
come out yet. So one realizes when
he travels that no one locality has the
best Of 1t. Everything considered, d
man in North Dakota realizes as much
return for his labor and efforts as the
citizens Id any other state
Mr. Scott and Congressman Hanna
enjoyed d delightful fishing trip iii
Florida during the rest Of the con-
gress.