The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-01-19

there shall be proper grading, proper
weighing, proper dockage, that shall
protect the interests OF ALL instead of
being. as now, under the direction OF
commercial interests in Chicago or
Minneapolis?
"Seventh-Just so long as we per-
NIT free gambling in food products
like wheat. just so long will one man
or set of men continue to take money
benefit of the other settle gamblers.
Some one must pay for the robbery.
Some one lost his money. and the law
OF supply and demand had nothing to
do with it. When wheat one day took
a jump of ten cents and the next
day fell back ten cents, the amount of
wheat remained the same, but many
people lost their wealth and a few be-
came wealthy at the expense and suf-
were not benefited, neither were the
consumers. The price Of wheat was
not made stable thereby. Such
gambling, in the ultimate outcome. is
more dangerous to society than would
have been the Louisiana Lottery to
the people of North Dakota. One Is
tabooed, the other encouraged by our
statesmen 60. This the majority do
not now take seriously, but in a few
years yOu VIII lOOh APO1 l1C "AOAC
question from a different angle and
with q different feeling as to it's effect
upon society and upon business.
"Eighth-Every legitimate sale Of
wheat or other food products, whether
for immediate or future delivery,
should be safeguarded at every step,
but all gambling transactions should
be taxed out Of existence.
"Ninth-If we are to have funda-
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our action so as to do no injustice to
the producer, manufacturers, or con-
sumner, investigational work of the
broadcast and most comprehensive
character should be encouraged at
our agricultural college in all its de-
partments There should be no hamp-
ering. no restrictions on honest effort,
that the truth may prevail, for 1t is
not enough to produce more wheat,
more cattle, but there must be good
markets, business acumen, leadership,
cooperation and organization to the
end that all receive their just share
for the labors performed. To this end
educational training is essential. Edu-
cation and training for leadership is
just as essential as training to be a
good judge Of stock. We must, there
fore, turn to the schools and to the
colleges for help, and let us see that
no wrong influence Shapes LnolT pOl-
icy or else we smother progress and
the possibility Of making North Da-
kota stand in the front ranks Of ag-
ricultural states. You have, however.
a right to expect and to demand that
all money be economically and effici-
emily expended. II the barberry bush
spreads diSeaSe.-rust among the
wheat, then the barberry bush must
go, as has already been the case in
some European countries. If smut
kills oats, wheat and other cereals,
then the smut must go by treatment
with formaldehyde or otherwise. If
scab attacks the potato, then treat
ment must eradicate it. If hog chol-
era sweeps away our hogs. then the
serum treatment must make then i'm
mune. If soil is sick it must be cured
and the wilt and disease gotten out of
it and the soil made well for soils
may get sick Just as truly as do
hogs or babies or wheat or apples or
pines or grasses. 1t is the duty Of
the college to find the cause and then
to seek the remedy, and in doing so