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warded to the same final destinations,
but passing through the Missouri cities
retards the development of the cities
lin Iowa.
What is of most vital consequence
to a manufacturing or jobbing city is
the combination of rates in and out.
Other things being equal, if one city
has the advantage over another of
several cents on every hundred
pounds which pass through such cit
| les, the great bulk of the traffic will
be handled through that city having
the most advantageous rate adjust
mcnt This is SO absolutely true that
lit makes and unmakes cities and
states.
What chance has keokuk against
which exists on every hundred pounds
as tax which the shipper has to pay
| If he has started his factory at Keo-
kuk instead of at Quincy. AS mat
ter Of course, there are factories
which have caused business to grow
at Keokuk, and VIII continue to do SO
/ for years to come. There will be ter
ritories within close limits in the
state Of Iowa where Keokuk will have
THE advantage, likewise there will be
territory in Missouri just as large as
i what we have spoken Of in Iowa,
where Quincy will have the advant-
age. One offsets the other completely
and they are not involved in our dis
cussion Keakuk and Quincy each
] have natural territory into which the
other cannot expect to go, and that
4 common territory west of the Mis-.
souri, river should be on parity for
! both points and must be SO placed II
! this commission renders decision
based on elementary principles OF
| Justice"
Now lie. US see what the people of
i Quincy and st. Louis think about the
pres ent freight rate situation:
The business interests of Quincy
published double page advertise
ment in the Chicago Record-Herald OF
October %, 1911, which contained the
/, following extract:
The Rates-auincy's SUPERIOR Ship
ping Facilities.
The city of Quincy occupies I'M
iique position in its relation to rail
road rates of freight. that compels
Z the earnest consideration of manufac
tursrs seeking TO locate factories IN
the middle west, who desire specia
4 advantages in the matter of assem-
bling and distributing raw materials
and finished products.
Between the Mississippi river ant
the Atlantic seaboard north o. The
Ohio river it has the lowest basis o
rates that apply on the movement be
tween terminals In these respective
territories. Toward the southwest
with its inviting field. Quincy hat
more favorable freight rates than an.
other point in the upper Mississippi
valley, while to the northwest ii,
rates are based upon the lowest tar
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keokuk,s DISADVANTAGE

Now as to the issues and the evf-
! dence. The present class rates from
the Atlantic seaboard to points on the
percent of the New York Chicago
rates, whereas the class rates from
the Atlantic seaboard to points on the
Mississippi river in Missouri are lit
percent of the New York Chicago
rates, whereas the class rates from
the Atlantic seaboard to points on
the Mississippi river in Iowa are 122
percent Of the New York-C Chicago
rates in addition to toll for the use
Of the bridge. This difference amounts
to approximately ten percent. That is
to say, on freight of all. classes ship
ped from New York, Keokuk has to
pay approximately ten per cent more
than is paid by Quincy and st. Louis.
1T Is not only on freight from New
! York thst we are at a disadvantage
as compared with these other cities
but on FREIGHT from the entire terri
tory east of the Illinois-Tndiana state
line, and this is all included In the
complaint, Now all these cities, in.
Guiding Keol,ul and st. Louis. have
the same rates to the Missouri river
and to all points west of the Missouri
river. The unjust discrimination in
rates to and from the east would be
serious enough If The only point in
1vclved were a square deal for the
shippers who are already here. but
when we consider that the present ad
iustment also operates to keep othe,
industries away from Kcokuls, the sit
uation becomes intolerable. II
quote from Mr.. Thorne's brief:
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HearInae before commiseion.

1t seems hardly necessary to make
more than a passing reference to the
hearing before the Interstate Com.
merce Commission held at Keokuk
last January. Probably you heard
some W. the testimony. At any rate,
the herring lasted all of one day,
and as one witness after another took
the stand and outlined clearly and ac-
curately the unjust rate discrimina-
tons as they affected his particular
line of business, We felt that We were
Witnessing the birth of new order
of things, pregnant with great posi-
bilities for Keolsuk Mr.. Thorne pro
, nounced it the best prepared hearing
he had ever attended and said that
our witnesses we're the best posted
and most convincing it had ever been
his pleasure to cross-examIne.
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,rtarested in our plans for a manu-
f.ctur,ne district and II we could have
,rrnished proof that the thing was
ooi,g through believe we could have
landed him. He wanted at least four
5 Ave acres and insisted upon having
ayerv reasonable facility for conduct
inu his business. We used every eff
fort to get him to postpone his plans
CIR 4 few months without success. We
do not know positively that we could
have secured this factory. We never
cot down to brass lacks with refer
eIce to anything but location, simp-
" because we found It utterly iinpos-
sible to furnish him with any location
that he would consider for q moment.
We know, however, that he was favor
ablv impressed with Keokuk In other
respects and that he wanted no bonus
or financial assistance OF any kind,
and | want to say here that our in
ability to show this manufacturer a
suitable location was about the big
gest disappointment we have had.
The following month he purchased
additional land in Lincoln and has
built upon it $4,000 foundry as q
start for a larger proposition and is
no longer in the market for a new To-
cation.
Trying to Overcome objections.
Ways and means for overcoming
the dificulties which have describ-
ed were discussed by the directors al
most continuously from the fall of
1911 to and through the summer Of
1912. One phase of the matter which
We have considered very important is
to eliminate as far as possible any
idea Of large profits from land specula-
ton in the development of any indus
trial district we might undertake, and
it was very early evident that it
would be difficult matter to finance
a syndicate to develop factory lands
Unless We Gould promise very attrac-
tive profits In case the district PANIED
out. We might do something in that
line on small scale with local cap
ital, but the most economical way to
manufacture factory sites out of raw
land is evidently on a large scale.
Furthermore, we realized that we
should, If possible, solve the problem
once for all and have enough factory
sites to last for period Of years.
The idea of interesting the Water
Power company In developing an in
dustrial district of their own seemed
the only possible solution, and the
active development of this idea began
in May, 1912, when the Industrial AS
ISOLATION by and with the advice and
approval of the officials OF the Water
Power company purchased options on
several connected tracts of land ag.
gregating approximately three hun.
bred and fifty acres lying in sections
"A and %, paying therefore the sum
Of 1910. This is the land which lies
on the edge of town. out Main street
now commonly referred to as the
original industrial district. 1t is now
matter of history that engineers Of
the Water Power compans' made q
careful survey of this land during the
summer and discarded it in favor Of
another tract Of land Of about four
hundred and fifty acres lying along
the Des Moines river which they
found could be developed and operated
more economically. They secured
options on this land with their owr
money with the intention of buyins
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though It is veral months since our
president first urged upon the Water
rover company the establishment Of
an industrial department, Sour homes
n this respect have been realized
somewhat earlier than we expected
we nave already seen enough of Mr..
Mckinney's work to be able to con-
graduate them upon their selection Of
an industrial agent.
Going to Have Industrial District.
80 we are going to have an indus.
trial district. Well, everybody knows
1t, 80 what of It? 1t is simply this.
that the purchase Of the land by the
Water Power company and the plans
for Its development are absolutely due
to the Industrial Association and the
efforts OF Its officers. 1t does not take
a prophet nor the son OF 4 prophet to
know that this Is true. There may
be some who do not give the associa-
ton full credit for this achievement,
but the really important thing, after
all, is the achievement itself. The fol
lowing correspondence with Mr.. Coop.
or IN regard to the matter is, how.
ever. considered OF sufficient import.
ance to be entered In the record
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A Tremendous Handicap.

This condition serves as a ire
mendcus handicap to the growth of
manufacturing and iopbing enterprises
in the Iowa cities, The constant tax
of several cents on every hundred
pounds passing through the Iowa
cities. over and above what would be
CHARGED on the same hundred pounds
originating at the same points and for
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ifs that are made in competition with
points north of Quincy. TO Pacific
coast points it is on an equal basis
with other Mississippi points, while to
points south of the Ohio river it car
ries a special rate basis that is square
ly in line with competitive rates from
other manufacturing cities.
No city in the upper river valley
north of ST. Louis has as low basis
of freight rates in assembling and dis
tributing as that possessed by the city
of Quincy.
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Mr.. Thorne,s Comment.

Mr.. Thornes comment on this ad-
vertisement is that "the foregoing
statement was made by the citizens OF
Quincy. not clandestinely, on the
quiet, in secret, or by correspondence,
but openly, publicly, SO that the
whole world could know and act ac-
cordingly. That statement tells the
story Quincy claims 1t to be true, and
we concede 1t SO far as 1t reflects the
relation in rates between Quincy and
Iowa points on the Mississippi river
Mr.. Thorne goes on to say that the
business men, the manufacturers and
iobbers of st. Louis are equally
frank in their account OF, the rate
situation claimed by their competi-
tors in this case. The co!d-blooded
way in which the ST. Louis merchants
openly challenge attention to the dis
elimination they are in possession of
is well illustrated in the second and
fourth paragraphs Of a statement
which appeared in the Interstate
Grocer of ST. Louis, on August 10,
1911. The citizens Of st. Louis ana
Quincy have stated the case for us.
We will prove what these people have
stated, for the same is true, and we
are grateful to them for their able
concise, yet comprehensive descrip-
ton of the situation in such accurate
terms"
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Ii Absolute ownership.

In Absolute Ownership.
The next important development
was late in October when the Water
Power company put 1t alp to the In
dustrial Association to find the best
available talent in the country to
study the local conditions and make a
comprehensive report as to what
should be done with the land. In the
meantime the Water Power company
definitely decided to take UP the
options as fast as they came due and
is at this time in absolute possession.
They wanted us to find a man who
had successfully planned and develop
ed some other manufacturing district
and who knows the game from A to 2
and who can prove to them that this
particular land can be turned into a
manufacturing district and made to
pay out In the long run. we accept
ed this commission and promised to
make every effort to find such man.
| It was about two weeks later that we
recommended the employment of M.
H. Kilgallen to plan the Keokuk In
dustrial district. Mr.. Kilgallen is
general manager OF the Chicago
| Heights Land Associations and has de-
veloped q remarkably successful in
! 6ustrial district about twenty-five
miles south Of Chicago. To make a
long story short, Mr.. Kilgallen was put
ION the job and made his preliminary
report about the middle OF December
and we have reason to entertain the
| hope that the plans he has recon.
mended will be carried out and that
within reasonable length Of time we
shall have district where we can
show almost any manufacturer what
he desires in the way of q factory site.
Just how fast the development of this
district will proceed, we cannot say
at this time, because it takes vast
amount Of money to develop such a
district and great things move slow.
| ". But when a decision has been
reached as to the plan which will be
/ followed, we believe the work will
progress rapidly Mr.. Wallace is to
be here the last of this month for a
conference with Mr.. Cooper, Presi
dent Joy and Mr.. Kilgallen and it may
| be we shall know more about it soon
after this conference, or it may be
THAT we shall have to wait some little
time. We have been waiting SO long
/ that we are naturally impatient fol
! tangible results, but we should know
4 that the ultimate success of the dis
4 trict depends very largely upon the
plan and we should take what comfort
i we can from the thought that when
the plan is carried out we shall be in
Ia fair way OF securing what we have
1 been striving for with the expenditure
of SO much money and effort.
MIR. Mckinney Assists.
j In this connection should be noted
4 the employment by the water power
4 interests of Mr. ]. A. Mckinney, ar
{ Industrial expert who has been yer!
4 successful in other localities. Mr.
{ Mckinney will do everything in hi.
power to assist in the development O
our factory district and to locate fac
tories in the power zone cities. AL
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Itt later and making an Industrial dis
trict OF their own, provided their in.
vestigations as to methods and costs
and as to how they could get their
money back in the long run, should
prove satisfactory.
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Confident of Victory.

From that time we have never had
much doubt about the result. The
final arguments in the case were
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-21
is Of Supreme Importance.

want to go into this question o.
freight rates very fully, first. be.
cause it is a matter of almost SUI
preme importance, and secondly, be
cause the Keokuk Industrial Associa
ticn has had a large part in the
preparation of the evidence which
has been presented to the Interstate
Commerce Commission, and can there
fore Justly claim a proportionate share
of the credit for bringing about re-
adjustment Of the freight rates on an
equitable basis IL a Favorable decision
[ is rendered BIZ the commission.
In the latter part OF September sew
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Letter Sent to Mr.. Cooper.
On January IA we sent him the fol-
lowing letter:
There will be a meeting of the
stockholders of the Keokuk Industrial
Association on Monday, January 20.
At this meeting the officers Of the as
ISOLATION will review the work of the
year, and in this connection we would
like very much to have an expression
of opinion from you as to what part
the officers of our association have
had in securing an industrial district
for Keokuk To what extent, in Your
opinion, has the decision Of your peo-
pie to develop an industrial district
been Influenced by the arguments in
its favor presented by the officers OF
our association? To what extent, If
any, can we take credit for there be.
ing any plans whatever, at this time,
for the development Of an industrial
district by the water power interests
"An early reply will be much appre
ciated.''
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The Freight Rate Situation.

stakeholder can be found who is not
ready to concede this. Mr.. Cooper
testified at the hearing before the In
terstate Commerce Commission held
at Keokuk last January that he had
recently made some investigations
with respect to flour mill in this
town, which Is natural thing to eX-
pect, as flour mills are always rather
DESTROYS of locating by water power,
and had found that difference OF
one and two-thirds cents per hundred
pounds on the cost Of wheat into this
town would offset the power business
lie we gave them the power for moth
| ing" He went into considerable de-
tail to show Just how this works out
/ for a flour mill, lin order to demon.
strate,' he said .'the great import
| ance Of the freight rates as compared
with the power element" So we have
1 all. suspected for at least one year
| that power alone is not sufficient. AT
! the same hearing Judge Logan testif1-
led as follows. with the present rate
situation we cannot hope for any bene
fit from this dam. Anybody with one
thimbleful of sense can figure it out
| In minute. They do not have to &c
before any court or board, but here
is the proposition, that on freight
coming to this town to be manufac
tured, in the rough, all kinds of sup
plies, we pay an arbitrary rate Of
from ten to forty dollars per car mora
than our competitors. That is the evi
dence. Freight that goes out does
the same thing. and no manufactures
As going to settle down and build a
factory under these circumstances
The man who has the money to build
a plant and the brains to run it. has
4 brains enough to see that he had bet
Tor gn IN Ouincy or Hannibal"
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4 y tti=
Mr.. Cooper's Reply.
| To this communication he replied as
follows:
II am in receipt Of your favor of the
fourteenth inst, and in reply beg to
state that in my opinion the fact
that this company has made a sub
stantial start towards developing an
industrial district is almost entirely
due, first to the existence Of the
Keokuk Industrial Association, and
lsecond to the efforts made by the OF.
fcers Of your association TO interest
our people in the plan.
There is no question In my mind
but what our people would have &c
clined to spend the money that they
| have for industrial purposes In this
town had, they not been impressed by
| the efficiency of your organization and
1.-The promise of its cooperation.
& am very sure personally that the
organization. has already done a great
work for Keokuk, even though the
direct results may seem rather dis
appointing, and If our company can
secure in the future the same hearty
cooperation which they have in the
mast. we shall be very much pleased.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-30
MINOT engineer
LOSES HIS LIFE
rs KILLED WHEN ENGINE RAMS
INTO REAR OF WORK TRAIN
PINNED UNDER ENGINE.

Williston, N. d., July 30.--Engineef
Mike Hines of Minot was killed when
his engine rammed into the rear OF
a work train and turned yer on its
side. The accident happened Q a
half mile east of Avoca, near Willis
ton.
There were two sections to the work
train which vas hauling gravel, and
the forward train stopped for some
thing and had trouble loosening their
brakes so they forgot to send back
a signal man. The rear section, with
Hines at the throttle, came upon
them, and was unable to stop in time,
though they were not going fast wher,
they struck. Hines stayed by his
engine, and the brakeman n fire.
man jumped.
For some reason, the jolt, though
not very heavy, caused Hines engine
to turn over on it's side, and he was
caught beneath 1t. being instantly
killed. His neck was broken, his
chest crushed, and he was quite badly
scalded.
He was taken from the wreckage
by TIE bridge crew working near. The
dead man has a sister in Corning,
La. She has been notified and the
body will be taken there at once by
Fred Almy, He also has a brother
who is in the west somewhere, but
who has not yet been located.
No one else vas injured in the
wreck, and there was no damage
done beyond the ditching Of two cars
and the breaking of about thirty ties.
Hines was one of the best known
railroad men in Minot, having resided
there for about twelve years.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-30
FALL SCHOOL.

Begins at Dakota Business College on
Aug. 4. Those who want to "get ahead
of the other fellow" and begin drawing
an increased salary M month earlier,
should enter then, Starting now means
more individual help and quicker ad-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. '.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-30
III. F. JOHNSON
AUCTIONEER

Ten years experience conducting all
kinds of auction sales. See or write
me before engaging your auctioneer.
Terms reasonable and made known
on application. For reference as to
ability see me for a list of my salts
fed customers. Satisfaction guaran-
teed on my part or no pay. H. F.
Johnson, HARDWOOD, N. D., r. F. D.
No. 1.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-30
We Buy scrap Iron,

Carload lors a speciality. Core
s%pondence given prompt attention.
Fargo Iron & Metal CO., Fargo, N. d.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-30
JUDGE YOUNG WAS
CHOSEN HEAD
is REFLECTED PRESIDENT OF
THE UNIVERSITY BOARD
OF TRUSTEES.

Grand Forks, Nd. July 30.-Yester-
day was the first time that a meeting
of he university board Of trustees has
been held, at which ali Of the new
members have been present, and as a
result, the annual organization took
place. Meetings have been held from
time to time since the first Of the year.
but each time one or two members
could not attend.
At the meeting held yesterday at
the institution, Judge N. C. Young was
re- elected president Of the board, and
]. w. Wilkerson was again selected as
secretary. The executive committee
was also chosen andlt following are
the members: Hon. Tracy r. Bangs,
cha1rman; Hon. F. L. Goodman and
Pres. FL McVey. The new board as
appointed by Governor Hanna includes
Tracy r. Bangs and f. L. Goodman of
this city, Judge Nc. Young of Fargo,
William H. Hutchinson of LaMoure
and Karl j. Farup of Park River.
Registrar Appointed.
George A. Schlafer of Ida Grove, Ia,
was appointed registrar to succeed
John D.. Woods, who resigned last
1850 "a. Nllata LIl1IS -lliS' pOS1llOA
has been filled by Miss Louise Marclay
OF the s~tenographic bureau. Mr..
Schlafer has the best of recommended
lions from Iowa and he resigned the
position of superintendent of schools
of Ida Grove to come here.
Another appointment made this
morning which will be Of interest to
All in the state is that of Sevenjorn
Johnson of Cavalier. who will succeed
DR.. Meyer ~Jacobstein in the depart
rnent of economics. Mr.. Johnson is
well known throughout the state, hav-
ing served in the capacity of legisla-
tive librarian at Bismarck for several
years. Since resigning his position as
librarian, Mr.. Johnson has been prac-
ticing law at Cavalier. He is a grad
uate of the University of North Da-
kota.
Other Appointments.
Several other appointments were al
SO made by the board of trustees this
morning. DIR. C. P. jackson Of North
western university has been named as
sistant professor in the department of
German, while E. A. Daniels Of the
University of Minnesota and DR.. e. x.
Anderson of the University of Iowa
have been appointed to assist DR.. G. A.
Abbott in the department of chemis-
try. Henry Doax of Dartmouth coll
lege will take a position here as in
structor in English. Miss Alice
Thompson will be brought here from
the University of Wisconsin to assist
in the extension division.