The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-20
HILL ADVOCATES STRONGER
N. w. DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE

called the zone of plenty With the
present n the future of this mighty
aggregate Of natural potencies this or
ganization has to deal
Given the raw material Of wealth
in abundance and adequate facilities
for creating it and for communicative
with the markets of the world, thai
community Is most fortunate which
has room for expansion. Capable al
a whole OF supporting a dense popu,
lation, the people of these seven states
number less than 5000, 600. This OPP
p~ortunity is reflected In the strong
current OF immigration constantly set
ting in this direction. In the last ter
Years these states increased their pop-
ulation by nearly 1000, 900, which Is
almost exactly one half of their people
in 1900. In other words while the pop
ulation increase in the whole United
States for the decade was 20.9 per
cent, the increase in these states was
so per cent.
Tt will be a part of the work OF
this league to maintain or even to in
crease this rate Of growth. Economy
in expenditure along with increased
output have been made possible In
business by the substitution of an
intelligent and efficient central control
for a multitude of costly and Earring
arrangements.
Look at the territory from Mime
sofa to Oregon as 1t was fifty years
ago, and compare it with today. The
change we e in retrospect would in
prospect have been almost unbeliev-
able. Yet the Transformation Of the
years to come will be even more strik-
ing and significant. In this zone of
plenty, industry may find its highest
reward and wealth its greatest in
crease. But to win this you must
work for it. Keep your attention on
the main fact and refuse to run after
the ghost dancers and medicine men
with whom the country has of late
been over supplied. When they ten
you that prosperity may be created
and maintained by tariffs and other
articles, by anything other than in
telligent industry under free condi-
tons, laugh at them. When they In
sist that they are going to save your
industrial souls by some sort of leg
islation, laugh at them. Whenever
this country has faltered or stood still,
it has been through reliance upon
politicians and ~law-making and foolish
notions which fill the air with murk
and u capitals with confusion and
impotence.
we need more Individual seIf-re-
lance. We need a high standard OF
public and private integrity. We need
a new realization Of the necessity as
well as the dignity of labor. we need
honesty enough to live within our
means. We need to realize that pub
lie credit is a sourc to be used only
in emergencies and that we must pay
as we go or go to ruin. We need more
liberal relations with the rest of the
world, but above all with these neigh
bors who are our best customers and
with whom we have lately authorized
a small experiment in commercial free
dom. We need to understand, once
for all, that the future of men ana
commemorative Is created out of char
acter and intelligent effort directed to-
ward definite practical results, and not
by anything which any political agency
a accomplish. Based on these prin-
ciples, avoiding these errors, serving
these ends, holding the complete and
balanced development of industries
and superior to mere in
crease in numbers or growth by arti-
fetal stimulation. the Northwest De-
velopment league may become a soy.
ereign factor in the nations progress.
as well as a clearing house for activity
and expansion OF the chain OF states
that links the father Of the waters
with the western sea-"