Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-09-15

AAou WateA duOuHtS 10 approx
mately 5000 acres. The ditch con-
structed to drain it is assessed up to
property benefited in such cases, and
the people Of the neighborhood, having
paid for the ditch, are now claiming
title to the land that has been reclaim
ed by it. '' -.
The government brings suit to quiet
title in it's name.
Senator Hardmg's Address at the State
Fair.
We had the; pleasure to listen TO the
| address of Senator Warren G. Harding
at the Minnesota State Fair last Wed
nesday. Being favored with a seat
near the press stand, almost in front of
| the speaker, We could hear every word
that he said. Sound amplifiers, a new
| device, carried the SOUND of his voice
by electric current to megaphones
stationed at various places in the grand
stand and on the grounds. so that if
| is probable that every person in tho
vast audience of 10000 people was able.
TO near Mr.. Harding's message to- the
people of Minnesota and the North-
west. In the great audience were men
ana women from every locality in the
state, and of all classes and every shade
OF political opinion. The hearty and
enthusiastic welcome that was accorded
MT. Harding and the close attention
with which everybody listened to his
! address would indicate that he had
struck responsive chord in their
hearts and augers we'll for his success
at the general election. 1t was a great
nonor TO Minnesota that Senator Hard
Ing should come here to believer his
hrst speech in the campaign away from
home.
Senator Harding's address was
plain. sound. common sense. thoughtful
and dignified discussion of Agricultural
problems as they affect the welfare of
the farmers and of all the people in the
United States. It was in no sense a
political address, although its political
influence i'll the present campaign can
not fail to be far-reaching. The adj
dress differed greatly from the politi-
Cal harangue of other presidential can
dldates who by appealing to prejudice.
ana endeaYOriHg to entertain and make
goOd fellows OF themselves, sought to
make votes. Senator Harding appealed
10 the intelligence and good judgment
OF his hearers and he discussed in
serious manner those vital agricultural
! ana economic questions that so closely
concern every farmer and business man
in fact the welfare of the whole ma
| ton. He spoke in sympathetic vein.
because he had himself been reared on
the farm and knew what hard work
meant. He had followed the cradle and
sweated behind the reaper and had
helped to cut sixty cent wheat, and had
known it to sell even for forty cents.
In a very interesting manner he re-
| viewed the development of agriculture
in this country from before the civil
war to the present time. how the rail-
roads, the homestead law, a fertile vir-
gin soil and other agencies had in
creased the production of food stuffs
and decreased prices to the great de-
triment of the farmers An abundance
of food produced terrific impulse to
! build cities, not only in this country,
but all over the world. Industrial
centers sprang up as if by magic, many
farm boys and girls leaving the farm
to swell the population of the cities.
BY 1905 it was becoming apparent that
| the consuming power of the cities
| would soon be large enough to equalize
the producing power of the farms and
since then food prices and land values
have advanced in value. How to main
! tain the balance between farm and city
development is big problem. The
maintenance of a normal balance be-
tween live stock and grain production
| is also matter of national concern.
The time has come when the United
States must have a definite agricultural
policy. I'VE must decide" Senator
Harding said, whether we shall I'M
dertake to make Of the United States
a self-sustaining nation-which means
that we shall grow within our own
boundaries all Of the staple food pro-
ducts needed to maintain the highest
/ type OF ctvilizatiOn-0r whether. we
shall continue to exploit our agricultur-
al resources for the benefit Of our in
dustrial and commercial life, and
leave to posterfty the task of finding
food enough, by strong arm methods, If
necessary, to support the coming hun
dreds Of millions" He believed. : he
said, In the self-sastaining, self-reliant
nation, agriculturally, industrially and
politically. o ~ "
Senator Harding proved. By his ad-
dress that he has made a,s-thocough
study Of farm conditions and problems,
and that IN him the farmers hxues
friend who knows their needs end viii
do all he can to remove any .injuEice
from which they may su01. Re ne
cogni1ed the need Of farm repre6eata-
ton In larger government ahAirD, Soale
thing that they have been practically
deprived Of during the past seven years
Price fixing, cooperative associat oais,
transportation and tariff protection Of
the farmer, were matters also touched
upon in the address.