Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-24
MANY PHASED
FARMING BEST,
BAXTER THINKS
Chamber of Commerce Man
Compares Montana and
North Dakota.

DlverSlfIcatlon IN farming is DeLng
demonstrated today In the northwest
as never before, and the business
standing of the towns is the barometer
by which it is measured, according to
Harry Baxter of Chicago, representa-
tive of the United States Chamber of
Commerce in North Dakota, Minnesota
and Montana.
Diversified farming is the only rea-
son that can be assigned to the pro-
nounced difference in business revival
in North Dakota and in Minnesota and
Montana. North Dakota. with only
wheat to depend upon, is recovering
but slowly, he said.
"Minot is the only town that has
weathered the storm effectively In that
state and is making a quick recovery"
he said. Of course, conditions all over
the northwest are improved, but its
effects are less pronounced IN the
North Dakota towns than others In
my territory. In Minot, the quicker
development of BUSINESS can be traced
quite clearly tt such factors as the
dairy industry, which sells about $780,
600 worth of milk a month.
Other Good Prices Tell
I'm Minnesota towns, the results of
diversified farm methods are to be
seen in the speed with which business
improves. Wheat isn't bringing a good
price and there is slowness in getting
to market, but where the farmers are
still getting good money for milk, n
what is also important, getting 1t every
week of the year. business Is standing
upon pretty firm ground.
In Montana, the Investigation that
is helping conditions now comes from
-. .A1~ar&- No. Inofnnnn in
Great Falls you have the smelter, rail
way shops and many other forms of
income. An additional $4,000 a month
from an increase in smelter employees
wages brings just that much more into
the monthly income of the city. The
Montana towns can take a lesson from
the results of business today and OBJ
tain that necessary diversification-in
industries, if possible; if not, in the
Investigation Of their farming inter-
ests.
Another contributing fact in North
Dakota at present is the political mud
die it finds itself in. This also is due
indirectly to the lack of Investigation
in it's industries. In Minot, which !
nave cited as the best of the North
Dakota towns, you find less of the
radicalism rampant than in other parts
of the state. They have taken the
step that SO often proves a wise one
They have found the remedy for their
ills in better business and resulting
better living, rather than in political
theories.
Business Best Method
IF PRISONS searching for reform
would deal with the development of
business methods, they would find it a
richer field than that of government.
already the result of years OF evoiu-
ton. They would find as well that
development of our IN tho
right business way has greater and
surer results in adding to the genera
standard of human happiness than has
some untried theory of political
change"
After having spent several days in
Great Falls in connection with bust
ness with the Commercial club, Baxter
will leave early this week for Butte.
While his work is largely field work
for the national chamber, it also calls
for considerable research work In the
condition of business in the locality
where he is working. He sends daily
reports, which are tabulated at the
national headquarters, together with
those from some 80 or 40 other repre-
sentatives, and provide a daily check
on business conditions through the
country.