The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-12-12
BOOM OPEN IN
NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS MAN AT CHI
CAGO BOOSTS NORTH
DAKOTA.

ing the convention of the Gen
eral Tire & Rubber Co. at Chi
cago last week, was called upot
to make a few remarks regard
ing the situation in North Dako
to. He said, in part, as follows.
North Dakota is an advanced
progressive state where the far
mer and the laboring man are
taking an active part in state
government. Having been a
farmer "a great part of my life,
| can readily understand and ap-
preciate the aims of the farmer
in our state, which | believe is
a new departure in American pol
itics. Two years ago they elect
ed a typical farmer for COVER
nor. He has recently been re-
elected by a large majority.
"The main object of the farm
er in North Dakota is to provide
ways and means for protecting
the great raw material that is
raised in the state, such as
wheat, oats, barley, flax, pota-
toes, and various other crops, as
we'll as live stock, from leaving
the state in it's raw and unfinish-
ed form, thereby loosing a larg-
er percentage of it's value by
shipping it out of the state pre-.
maturety. This is due to the
fact that we are unprepared to
take care of the great volume of
products which naturally finds
it's way into the hands of East
e1n corporations and speculat-
ors, where they have the facili--
tose for taking care of these
great North Dakota products.
'The present state govern
ment intends to overcome these
evils by encouraging state own
ed terminal elevators, flour mills
packing plants and warehouses,
in order that the farmer may get
his maximum for his efforts,
where formerly and at the pres
ent time the farmer has beer
compelled to dispose of his pro
duce at whatever price the east
eln trade sees fit to pay. If i
were not for the fact that tn,
government fixed the price OF
wheat it would, in spite of the
war conditions, be selling at less
than a dollar per bushel. Every
elevator in the state is filled to-
the roof, and with an embargo
on the moving crop, you can
readily see what chance the far
mer has in maintaining a fair
prize if it were not for govern
ment protection.
''If the farmers of North Da-
kota will be successful in state
government. as now seems cer-
tain, with the necessary consti-
tutional amendments passed at
the recent election, which give
the state authority to go on with
this important work, it will as
sure us a more uniform pros
perity twelve month of the year.
It will give our merchants a bet
ter opportunity to compete with
the eastern merchants. At pres
ent it is next to impossible to re-
ceive any returns until the farm
er disposes of his crop in the fall
When he gets his bills paid he
forgets till the following fall,
providing he has a crop. If not,
he expects the merchant to car
ry him over till the coming fall,
or until the next crop. There is.
however beginning to be a mark
ed change for the better in this
respect, with credits tightening
considerably all over the Unit
ed States, coupled with war con-
ditions. This conditions has aw-
akened the people of North Da-
kota and surrounding states to a
realization that these conditions
can no longer be tolerated. Firm,
yet good, business cooperation
on the part Of the manufactur-
ers and the distributors, such as
the General Tire company has
given me, is bound to better con-
ditions. I am citing these con-
ditions to show the effect that
these conditions have on busi-
ness, and the relation between
the farmer and the business man
in our state"
Brown Jersey heifer came to
my place about Nov. 1st. Own
er may have same by paying for
this ad.-Geo. r. White, Botti-
noosa N n 0&v&