The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-07-06
JARDINE TELLS
GRAIN MARKETS
OBEY LAWS
Warns Sharp Price Fluctu-
ations Due 10 Spccula-
tiOn Must Cease
FAILS TO RIDE BRONC
Secretary of Agriculture Is
Given Great Ovation by
Crowds at Mandan
The text of Secretary w. N.
Jardine's speech delivered at
Mandan July 4. is on page 6 Of
this issue of the Tribune.

NIAnOdn July q. u On page OI
this issue of the Tribune.
Farmers of the Northwest can look
for no program Of agricultural relief
to be enacted during the next session
of Congress. William NJ. Jardine, sec
retary of agriculture, told a huge
independence Day audience at Man
dan Saturday.
"Anything that Congress may ac
complish in the way Of farm relief
you may regard as a Christmas gift"
Jardine declared. "There is little
that Congress can do. The farmer
must work out his own future by CO.
operation in marketing and by more
efficient management"
The Secretary of Agriculture
warned the grain exchanges that
sharp price fluctuations, due to reck-
less speculation, must voluntarily
cease, or the department of agricul-
ture will intervene with a regulatory
regime capable of coping with the
situation.
Secretary Jardine stressed mer-
chandising as the paramount need Of
prese t-day agriculture.
Farming Is Business
Farming is a business" Jardine
stated. "It is highly complicated
and specialized business. As bust
ness, it must be conducted along ef-
ficient lines, if it is to succeed.
Wasteful methods will result in loss,
and perhaps in failure, in farming as
surely as in other business"
Fitting production to the needs of
the market was the solution offered
by Jardine for the instability of the
market for farm products.
"Our wheat acreage has been re-
duced in six years from 75,OOO,OOO to
54,O00,0O0 acres. This reduction was
made because farmers saw that too
much wheat was being raised.
The farmer must study his market
quite as carefully as he studies his
farm operations. He must know the
needs Of local, regional, national, and
even world markets if he is to con-
duct his business along most profit
able lines.
Wins Applause
Secretary Jardine, muscular and
weather-beaten, from years of farm
labor in Idaho, spoke in short,
staccata tones. A man of incisive
applause from his hearers by his
manner of speech
He held loosely to the theme of
his prepared address.
do not expect Congress or the
state legislature to improve farm con-
ditions in the near future" he told
the throng of farmers gathered from
every section of the Divide region.
Congress may be able to accomplish
something. But, there is little like
lihood of adoption of any effective
program of farm legislation. You
may regard anything Congress may
do as a Christmas gift.
II hope as secretary of agriculture
to do something, but l realize as
perhaps no one else can realize how
little can be done for agriculture
through government aid. Farmers
must be made to understand that they
have got to skin their own skunks.
The government cannot do it for
them.
Tribute Paid
North Dakota and the Missouri
slope region accorded enthusiastic
tribute to Secretary of Agriculture
Jardine on the occasion of the great
slope event. the annual Mandan
roundup. which concluded a pictur-
esque three-day exhibition Saturday
afternoon.
Acting on the advise of a physi-
through with his scheduled stunt
riding number which was to have
been the special feature of the
roundup performance. Indigestion
induced by protracted speech max
ing tour interfered with the Secre-
tary's plans.
Arrayed in five-gallon Stetson
and goatskin chaps, Secretary Jar
dine, one time cattle hand and "dirt"
farmer, won an ovation from the
throng of $1,000 rodeo spectators
when he appeared on the field. Vol
ume after volume of applause greet
ed the cabinet member as he made
the circuit Of the fair grounds.
Arriving in Mandan early Satur-
day morning on his special car, Jar
dine was greeted by q delegation of
newspaper men. The secretary took
breakfast at the Lewis and Clark Ho-
tel with Governor Sorlie. Congress
r'en Hall and Sinclair, Joseph A.
Kitchen. commissioner of agriculture.
E. A. Tostlvan, editor of the Mandan
Pioneer, we're present.
DelivWs Address ;
Three hours later, Jardine deliv-
cred his address from platform ad-
jacent to the Northern Pacific depot.
A micronhone broadcast the talk for
several blocks in the vicinity of the
speakers stand.
Following his short appearance at
the rodeo in the afternoon, Jardine
was entertained in the evening by
~Mandan city officials.
Secretary Jardine discussed the
state mill and elevator located at
Grand Forks in conference with
Governor Sorlie following q tour Of
Bismarck Sunday morning. The Of
ficial embarked for st. Paul Sunday
evening.
SINGS AT OWN FUNERAL
Dublin.-A man here who sang
regularly at Catholic church made
phonograph records Of his solos. At,