The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-02-27

rigated are about taken up and occu-
pied.
Thus you will understand with Is
cents per bushel tax on wheat TO start
with the land seeker or purchaser will
hesitate a long time before locating
or purchasing land in northwestern
Canada. The market facilities of east
ern Canada for export shipments are
more like OF nearly equal with our
own. Yet that does not help the north
western part of Canada. You must
also remember that the arabic guam
tity of land for wheat farming pur-
poses in Canada are about equal TO the
remaining wheat raising land in our
own country.
Only a few years ago land in North
Dakota was selling from SIS TO $50 per
acre, but now land sells very readily at
a price from $40 to $50 per acre in
nearly all parts of our state, and this
increase in price is caused principally
from the fact that our choice public
land suitable for farming without ir-
rigation 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 fixed incumbrance in the shape
Of tariff on everything produced, they
not only hesitate but refuse to 60
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 lncumbrance,
tax, or tariff on imported farm pro-
-
land in the United States, and more
especially In the northwestern part, I'm
the aggregate-many, yes. very many
millions OF dollars-and you will lose
hundreds of thousands of our good
American citizens, with the vast
amount of money and personal prop
erty they take with them, going TO the
cheap lands of that vast territory in
northwestern Canada. Are you willing
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
Of states bordering on or near Canada
and the Notwithstanding from Mas
sachusetts on the Atlantic TO California
on the Pacific ocean--are concerned, II
he supports this treaty.
Do you see? II you do not, you may
realize 1t at the next election.
James J. HHI, Esq.
clip the following from the Wash
ington Sunday Star:
Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. 2s.
THE North American wired James J..
Hill, asking for an expression Of opin-
Tho
with Canada. Mr.. Hill replied as fol-
lows:
THE proposed reciprocity agree
ment between Canada and the United
States is a measure of true statesman
ship. Intelligent citizens and public
men approve IT, It is mainly opposed
by the demagogue.'
The people Of that part Of the north
west through which the transporta-
ton lines that Mr.. Hill in part owns
and wholly, either directly or indirect
~, controls have a high regard for his
sagacity, energy, and great ability
from business standpoint. The re-
suits of his work in building one (the
Great Northern Of the great transcon-
tinental lines Of railroads on the north
ern dominion Of Canada) boundary
line of our country. with its many
branches as feeders" running I'D into
northwestern Canada, has been of vast
benefit, both financially and for per-
sonal comfort. And know, as one of
them, that we all fully realize and ap-
preciate what Mr.. Hill has done for
us, and we are more than pleased-in
fact, we rejoice to learn that while Mr..
Hill has done a vast amount Of good
in aiding in developing the country for
the people of Minnesota, North Dakota
South Dakota. Montana, and the ad-
Joining states to the Pacific ocean.
that he has been personally rewarded
having accumulated many millions Of
dollars for himself and also for those
directly associated with him. His
wealth is only a Just reward for his
foresight. intelligent work, and untir-
ing energy. Whenever he induced or
caused a man or family to locate and
cultivate the land within a certain rad
ius Of the many railroads that he has
caused to be built in that region OF the
country he realized that the ONLY outlet
for that product to market was over
his roads, and of course Mr.. Hill was
developing the country by helping the
farmer to take his grain to market over
his line of railroads.
The extent of the land suitable for
farming in the great northwestern part
of Canada is not fully realized by many
of our people.
They have in northwestern Canada.
including British Columbia, as many
acres Of land suitable for raising wheat.
barley, fax and oats that has not been
in part exhausted by continuous farm
ing as we have.
They now raise about 200. 00O. 900
bushels Of grain, and in the very near
future will raise many hundred mill
lion more bushels each year. They
have but one local market-Winnipeg
with only the eastern Atlantic coast
outlet very many hundreds of miles
away for the large part OF northwest
ern Canada, and as long as the fence
or tariff wall built along several thou-
sand miles of the border Is kent nm
the price OF both land and grain will
be higher in our country than II is in
Canada.
Duluth. the great shipping point at
the mead OF the lakes" to the east and
then to European markets and Min
neapolis. the greatest milling center in
the world for making fiour-both in
Minnesota-are the most profitable
markets for northwestern Canada, pro-
vided this new treaty is ratified.
MIR. Hills Business Proposition.
Pull down this walI--this fence-by
taking of the tariff, and then all of the
many million bushels OF grain and all