Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-02
BIG BOOST
FOR BISMARCK
Representative Freitag Says State
Elevators Should Be Located
Here

Representative H. r. Freitag, Max,
went on record last evening as being
opposed to the terminal elevators in
the twin cities, and in a signed state
ment threw down the gauntlet to the
members of the Society OF Equity,
many Of whom have arrived in tbs
city to attend the meeting today and
tomorrow. He favors Bismarck az
the place for these elevators if any
are established by the state. The
statement: ,
1T is to be hoped that the members
of the Farmers Union and. Equity
and our citizens generally, will not DO
misled by the Establishments and per-
suasive oratory of Messrs. Lotus ana
Anderson and other speakers billed to
address the farmers and members OF
the legislature this afternoon on tbs
subject of establishing a terminal ele~
vator at the Twin Cities or Duluth.
How to Utilize Products.
The question which confronts North
Dakota today is how to utilize u
products and our natural resources to
the best advantage. The great rec
ognized terminals for the North Da,
ikota shipper are Minneapolis, Duluth
and Superior, and the question tina:
arises in the mind of he who can
forecast events, is what has given
these points their advantage over the
North Dakota centers?
What has made Minneapolis the
great wheat center?
Tc II MT hooo1co nf tho rronf 1votoH
power? Is it not of the c%heapness
with which they can operate their
mills rather than an advantage as !!
port other than might be enjoyed by
any city situated on a railway having
other lines with which they must
compete?
What makes Duluth and Superior
recognized terminals?
Is it because they are nearer o.
because they have facilities for the
shipment of grain by water and rail:
Do a Little Thinking.
Now, If the members of the Farm
ers' Union and the state legislative
assembly, the shippers OF grain and
Il business men generally, will calm,
ly do a little thinking on their own
account they will listen attentively
to the arguments of the speakers to.
day, but will ever remember that il
terminal markets are to be main
tanned in the twin cities or at the
head of the lakes it will be at the ex.
pense of the grain growers of North
Dakota, and why? Minneapolis main
tains her standing as a grain market
because of her chief milling power
Duluth and Superior maintain their
standing as market places because of
their having lake and rail transporta'
ton. Stop and consider; why should
not Bismarck and her citizens awak'
en- to the opportunities ready to BE-
taken advantage of and establish
a terminal market here for the grain
livestock and farm products raised
within the borders of the state. Bis,
marck has excellent railway facilities
and a waterway extending to the
Gulf Of Mexico. Thousands of acres
OF land adjacent to the city are under.
laid with thick veins Of lignite Goa:
making the cheapest possible power
available for manufacturing purposes
in the world, together with an abunG.
ance of fodder and grain fields thai
could furnish stockyards with feed
including grain and hay, at the loves,
possible prices. without the payment
of heavy freight charges.
Establish Mills.
"Why should not North Dakota es.
tablish mills on the banks of the Mis-.
souri, river. get their power from pow.
Err plants located OH the heavy coal
areas and ship the finished produc;
by river to New Orleans, to be trans.
ported by steamer through the Pana'
ma canal to TO. eign countries at less
en- rates and at greater profit than
al possibly be furnished by a part
rail and part water route, as now?
Feeding Stations.
why cannot stockyards and feed
ing stations, packing houses and fac