The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-11-12
THE EFFECT on NORTH
DAKOTA
Grand Forks Herald

"rand FORKS HeraN)
North Dakota is bound to benefit
greatly from the result of the ma
tiOnal election. The magnificent
endorsement given President Cool
idge inspires confidence and ere
ates a feeling OF stability and Sc
curity which must be reflected in
all lines of business 1t is estimat-
ed that by increased prices since
election close to $35O,OOO,000 has
been added TO the market value OF
agricultural products and securities
OF various kinds. Not all OF the
advance in grain, cotton and other
products was due to the election
Foreign prices advanced, in part
from Independent causes. but at
least part OF the foreign advance
is attributable to our own election
news. And domestic prices in
creased more than the foreign al.
vanceS alone would have warrant
ed. The fact is that before the
election. while the issue was in
doubt. there was an inclination to
wait antt see. Buyers preferred u
wait until after election when they
could know whether or not there
was to be radical change in the
attitude of the American govern
ment toward business and industry
Of all kinds. The effect was to
impair the firmnesS of the market
in some measure all along the line.
With that depressing influence re-
moved prices bounded upward.
The entire country feels more Sc
cure. more like going ahead:
North Dakota like every other
section of the country. will share
in that general benefit. Tile ma
ton cannot be benefited without
every part OF the nation sharing in
that benefit. North Dakota will
also benefit very greatly from the
fact that it shared in the endorse
ment OF President Coolidge to the
extent of delivering its electoral
vote to him. On the basis OF the
national returns the state is no
longer listed with the radicals, and
the moral value of that is inesti-
mable.
Further than this the effects of
the election on the fortunes OF
North Dakota depends on the atti-
tude of our own public men. If, in
spite OF our vote for Coolit. se, We
should undertake in the enactment
and administration of laws re-
version Of the socialistic policies
of the past, or should permit the
impression to get abroad that 4
serious effort in that direction is
intended. confidence would be
shaken. and the disposition would
be TO give up North Dakota as Il
hopeless state.
Every consideration OF state in
terest demands the following of 4
moderate and business-like policy
To attempt anything else would be
the height Of folly. Nor is there
| anything to prompt any other
| course. The radical leaders OF the
past. who tlOrked to the state from
the four corners of the earth for
the pickings to be found here, are
gone. The state will escape their
demands for money and their in
element to reckless experiment.
| Our own people, We believe. have
learned a lesson, and only very
few extremists would be willing
again to load the state with the
new obligations which extern
sion of its industrial program
| would involve. Moreover, the COM
pleXiOn of the legislature is sucn
that nothing Of the sort would be
possible. even if it were proposed
GOvernor-elect SOrlie has an
| opportunity to contribute to the
benefits which the state may reap
from his election. He can do this
by making known, not only by his
words but by his acts that he in
tends to pursue policy of sound
conservatism in the handling Of
the states affairs, not because that
policy is forced on him by a dead
lock in the legislature or on any
official board. but because OF his
own desire to see the state get
firmly on its feet. with its debts
in process of liquidation and its
oppressive taxes lowered before
even an attempt is made to en-
large its industrial activities.