Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-06-07
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ing this movement, as they say the
movement has no merit. "Mr. Bis
marcker, we wish to say we have
no fault to find with you. We wei
come, we encourage friendly relation
ship with the farmers and the country
merchants. 1t is better for the farm
er to patronize the country merchants
than to p~atronize the mail order
houses. l hope l have made myself
clear on that proposition.
Catalogue Houses.
Speaking about catalogue houses
Why, the Chamber of Commerce PEG
pie have gone out over the country
and called your attention to those
reports. They are working right now
in connection with Sears, Roebuck &
Company, who have contributed
81, 0O0, 900 in cold cash to what they
Call a National Grange. -
Spread Their Reports.
They are able to spread out their
reports throughout the country. So
to my surprise, | found that M OF
the county agents, working in Mime
sofa, was circulating the report that
the Equity people were starting a
fight between the farmer and the
country merchant, and we find that
he is the man who is receiving one
third of his pay from the Sears, Roe
buck company.
If there is a country merchant here.
he knows that is absolutely true. And
when Mr.. Kelley said, awhile ago, he
welcomed anything tending to I'M
prove the conditions on the farm he
voiced my sentiment exactly.
Better Farming Movement.
Five men conceived the idea Of this
better farming movement. These five
men I will name and | will tell you
what interest they represent. The
first man is p. l.. Howe. He is a man
repres enting the grain trust. He is
not interested in increased net rev
enue to the farmer. He is interested
slightly in the proposition of bigger
crops, so his accomplices will have
more to handle. So much for that,
Then comes A. l.. Rogers, represent
ing the lumber crowd. He comes on
with his proposition. They do not
care how much money these farmers
have left down there at Driscoll. He
wants more money for lumber. The
fourth nan is Mr.. Macginnis of the
beef trust of St. Paul. He wants
more critters on the hoof to come to
the stockyards. But it is laughable
to see these fellows, Is to Is years
old, come out and tell you old fel.
lows from Driscoll how to grow more
corn. r
Don't Increase Revenue.
AS long as those fellows do not
come out in the open and assist the
farmer on the growing of two blades
of grass where they grew n before
and will not assist the farmer to in,
crease their net revenue, | say it is
best not to allow these men to get
in on your funds and have you place
your name on these petitions to place
in your county a better farming tx.
pert. because they will not do any,
thing to advance your pecuniary in.
terest.
Getting down to the local situation
here, l understand we have with us
a gentleman who is a neighbor of
yours, at least, lives in the town of
Mandan. ! have seer the gen.
tleman. He has been most generous
in contributing articles for the Min
neapolis Chamber of Commerce.
Discusses Unkenholz.
This man, whose name I am about
to give you, and I realize he has a
lot of fellows here, and ! want to let
you. know he is not, in my judgment,
at least, a friend of the farmer. The
man I speak of is Mr.. Unkenholz of
Mandan. Someone told me he is here.
I do not know whether he is or not.
kota will look after your interests
here and let the man who represents
you down at the Chamber Of Com
merce look after that.
In Great Struggle.
We are engaged in a great struggle
where the farmers are represented on
the one side and the ,no]n-producers
on the other, and do you know, my
friends, all We are asking for in this
contest; all the farmers are asking
for. Is for the farmers to have the
right to sell their own goods in their
own way. All we are asking is to
establish on the terminal markets our
own selling agency. That's all.
I want to speak of the Russell-Mil
Ter people. 1t is a North Dakota in.
stitution that sells o -four than
any other institution or concern.
They ONE right in here, buy a flour
mill. nail shingles on the windows
and close it up, while you buy the DC.
cident flour. You buy the Occident
flour at the Minneapolis price, plus
the freight from Minneapolis to Bis.
marck today, when you ought to be
buying it with the freight off. Your
mill is shut down. Russ ell Miller is
putting up more mills at MINNEAPOLIS.
Don't you think it is about time the
farmers and merchants at Bismarck