Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-16
No Party Lines Ii State
Political Fight Declares
! 0'connor; Opens Campaign
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advisability of diversified farming.
citing the. success of the farmers 81
Minnesota and Wisconsin along this
line. - @
The complete text of his address is
as follows:
Under our form of government.
the electors are called at certain
times to approve Or disapprove for
rnulated policies and to select officials
to carry out their desires. on Mo-
Vember 7th the people of North la
kota will register their will at the
polls and the results will be announc-
ed TO the country. Can we approach
these questions of public policy with
out prejudice, without anger, without
malice, as earnest seekers for. truth
with the single purpose Of forming a
conclusion which will do justice to the
great commonwealth we serve? Can
we hold to the principles. of govern
mont for which we stand above the
dust storm of petty things? Con our
arguments he announced In the un-
light and not whispered in the dark?
Can we hold h eternal truth that the
government Is greater than any party
and that proposed laws in a stats or
Il nation should not be approved or
rejected because of a party name, but
should rise or fall on their merits?
Can we be ever mindful hat candi-
dates who are successful at the cleo
ton are not the masters of the peo-
pie but are the servants of the people?
I am firmly convinced We can do these
things n that we shall swing into
the highway Of peace and plenty. \
One Issue.
There Is but one choice In his
campaign, either the voters must
take their place beside the men
n women on the farms, In the
towns and villages who have
builded this great commonwealth.
or under the standards of those
who have depleted Its treasury.
destroyed Its credit. preached
1nlse doctrines of governments, de-,
ceived our people, n who would
destroy the state itself. There 10
no middle ground.
THE basic industry in North Dako-
ta- Is agriculture. Our coal mines and
manufacturing interests are rapidly
gaining recognition and adding to the
wealth of the state. Our state pro-
duces food and clothing. Producing
the essentials of life We have a fixed
pjdCS AT &uo eCOIOIII1G l (SulC I
prosperity of the farm Is reflected In
every industry. There is no such
thing as merchants against farmers.
Any condition, climatic or statutory,
which lessons the prosperity of the
farmer diminishes the profits of the
merchant. The merchant cannot sell
ii the farmer cannot buy. There a
be no prosperity In North Dakota un-
less the farmer Is p~rosperousI The
farmer Is entitled to a return for his
labor which will pay all operating ex-
penses of the farm, a reasonable rate
OF interest on his investment and a
fair. wage to himself and wife. There
are three factors which will contrib
ute to>this result: production, trans
portation and sale.
Speaks as a Farmer.
"Thirty-three years ago last March
farm in Grand Forks county, -four
miles southeast Of thompson. Ny ia
Their and mother and eight children
went to that farm. 1t was a typical
| North Dakota. farm. about half wild
land. half under cultivation, and all
Of it covered with a mortgage. We
have worked that farm ever since,
or shall l say that farm has worked
US. Besides this farm, my brothers
own and operate about 1000 o
acres of land. Therefore. / speak to
farm problems. Anything that will
make your farms morOprosperous will
bring more prosperity and happiness
to our farms, to my wv brothers with
their families who live upon their
farms in Grand Forks county, and to
myself personally. Therefore, our
problem is the same.
Great Lakes Waterway.
Next to production, the questions
Of transportation, and sale challenge
our attention. The rates for handling.
storage and carrying charges must be
reasonable. We sell II wheat upon a
world market and we come in COM
Apetition with the> wheat from Argen-
tine. The Argentine farmer has a
much more advantageous location
from the standpoint Of transportation.
The Argentine farmer is not Eel 200
miles from the s~eaboard; the North
Dakota farmer is about 1900 miles
from the New DIRK harbor. Nearly
all of our wheat destined for foreign
markets travels the Great Lakes from
Duluth to Buffalo, using the rail and
canal systems. and then down to New
York, where terminal charges must be
paid and where the facilities are mad
equate. The freight charge on q BUSH
ell Of wheat carried by water either
from Chicago or Duluth, 1000 miles,
ITO Buffalo. is two cents or less. Add
~ cents from Buffalo to New York
or Boston, making a total of IA cents
per bushel. If we construct the st.
Lawrence deep waterway. this wheat
instead OF being diverted at Buffalo
will jgo down the st. Lawrence. past
Montreal, and into the world markets.
Our best experts estimate that to send
tional cost would be 3 or 3 1-2 cents.
AS the rates from New York and
Montreal to Liverpool are the same,
fthis means a saving on every bushel
OF wheat to the farmers Of 10 cents.
1t is generally agreed, that water rates
on the Great Lakes average less than
"a mill per ton mile, while@the rail
rate Is is mills. If our wheat was
shipped through the st. Lawrence
deep waterway, it would be $50 milez
nearer to the Liverpool market.
"It Ia estimated that the total cost
OF this improvement would be $270,-
900, 900. The bonds which. would be
issued for this work would be paid
for In two ways first, by navigation
charges and, secondly. by the sale OF
! electricity developed from water pow
err. It liz estimated that the total
power which is capable of Develop
ment upon the st. Lawrence Is equiv
alent to that to be produced by 80
million tons of coal; and to produce
this amount OF Goa and deliver 1t
takes the labor of approximately 1907
900 men. This power, IF developed,
lean be made available to all of the