The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-22
NORTH DAKOTA
! FOCAL and CLAY
PROF. EARLE BABCoCk OF UNI
VERSlTY OF NORTH DAKOTA
DELIVERED INSTRUCTIVE AD-
DRESS TO GRAIN GROWERS ON
STATES RESOURCES.

Prof. Earle ]. Babcock of the
faculty of the University Of North
Dakota. proclaimed by many as per-
haps the greatest chemist in the
northwest delivered a splendid and
instructive address to the Tri-State
Grain Growers yesterday morning on
the subject Of North Dakota's Goals
and Clays.
His address was of much interest
n is herewith given so that those
who were not fortunate enough to at
tend yesterday mornings session Of
the convention may know much of
what natural resources the flicker
tail state contains. In part Professor
Babcock said:
1T is very important that the people
of every section of the state recognize
a unity of interest and that their first
thought should be to the DEVELOPMENTS
OF the state as a whole. If this is done
a widespread growth of communities
and cities will follow as a natural con
| sequence.
"A great deal of emphasis is now
being placed upon the Importance of
diversified farming. AS to the correct
ness of this there is no question, and
we. sincerely hope tina this matter will
be brought SO forcibly to the atten-
ton of our farmers that many of them
Will revolutionize their habits SO as to
produce from the soil a variety OF
products instead Of simply. wheat.
But M people. Of our state need
to awaken to the Importance of diver
slfled industries as well as diversified
farming. There are few states in the
union in which this need is greaterD
than in North Dakota. We are doing
the same work n sending out the
same products in North Dakota. that
we, were twenty five years ago. This
is not as it should be. We have passed
the age of infancy and in order to Sc
cure a we'll rounded development we
must cultivate all of our resources
just as truly as for the healthy growth
of an individual he must have a yarie-
ty of food and the development of all
parts of the body. Il
"When a state depends upon a
few kinds of agricultural products it's
growth and prosperity is liable to
great fluctuations dependent upon.
climatic, crop and market conditions.
But in a state Astounding in diYersi-
fed Industries. there is much more
uniform and substantial development
fof II conditions are unfayorable any
year to a particular industry there are
other industries which will be but
slightly If at all affected, Thus
diversity of industries serves as
a great balance wheel preventing seri-
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there can be no question as to the
~dslrability of as great a diversity of
industries as possible. Those states
in which these conditions prevail will
have the most permanent growth and
the strongest financial standing.
Industrial development depends up
on certain fundamental conditions
which may be pretty well summarized
as follows:
Demand for products.
Proximity to market.
Cost of products.
In considering the demand and
proximity to market, the population
and possibilities Of future growth, Of
the surrounding territory must be
carefully considered. Manufacturing
industries always follow rural
development.
"A rev years s our western states
We're too thinly populated to support
many manufacturing industries but
now the population is RAPIDLY increas-
Ing, nearly doubling every ten years,
and with it there is a corresponding
demand for manufactured products.
I'm considering the demand and
! proximity to market, the population