The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-11-13
CORN SHOW is
SUCCESS FROM
EVERY ANGLE
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Il Continued from Da9s one.)
and the community building is the
thing that will do it,"
q Northwest Must Organise
Lack OF organization was given as
4 the principal cause Of the Northwest's
present troubles by A. +. Nelson. for
mer mayor Of st. Paul, who was the
principal speaker ut the final enter
tainncnt program Of the corn show
Friday night.
Every other section Of the United
states is organizcd-the Pacific
Northwest is organized. the South
west is organized. the East is organ
lzed. the Northeast is organized. the
South is organized, but here in the
great Northwest we have no oryap-
/ !zation that can speak in the interests
81 TINS great section of the United
States" said the speaker
Here we have been fighting among
ourselves, while other parts Of thc
country have organized for their
own interests. The railroads have
PLAYED lone hand before the Inter
sstat" Commerce Commission in seek
lng relief from the unjust Panama,
i anal competition and have failed.
Industry in the Middle West has
i sought REIMBURSEMENT CT rates based
! "Pv' 'IutNN- bNI WtNNOul an organ
izcd Northwest behind it. and has
failed TO obtain results. Agriculture
working in its own interest and with
mt the backing OF business in the
Northwest, has sought to obtain AIDE
auatc relief from. the Congress of the
United states, without success.
Through organization in this scc-
ton Of the country We can get some
where. We must stop fighting among
ourselves and get together for GU,
own mutual interest.
we have in the northwest almost
unlimited natural resources and {:
type Of citizenship uncxccllcA in any
cart Of the world. The northwest Is
by no means, insolvcnt, but we do d..
mand an opportunity to share to 4
Greater extent in the prosperity OF
the greatest nation in the world. Re
ni"val Of the incquitabc economic
barriers will make il possible for u
To do 50.
One Dependent on the Other
I'm this great l.hwcstcrn sec
4 ton we do have many Things in con.
mon. The cities Of st. Paul. Min.
neaP"lis and Duluth, in Minnesota
are dependent upon the great awri
cultural section to tho north ant
west OF those communities. You her,
in Biemarcl: and throughout tk4 stat,
Of North Dakota arc dependent upo,
/ the cities Of Minnesota and the fac.
tories, in those communities for
market for the products of the farm
and You IN Bismarck are Dependent
upon the farmers in North Dakot;
for your success and prosperity. II
other words, we are mutually interest
ed in each others success.
II w.il fhrt .r..t t,-at 4, -,
on an occasion such as this. to dis
cuss our common problems. From
a material standpoint, we must rec
ogn!zc the fact that the Northwest
in order TO be the success we wan
TT TO be, must grow industriallX ant
IN a commercial way rs well rs agri
culturally. The farmer has an op
portun!ty for 4 better price for his
product if factories can be bull
closer to the source of the supply o.
the product he produces; and so. il
ST. Paul and Minneapolis and Duluth
and Fargo and Grand Forks and Mi
not and Bismarck can develol
industry, better market is estab
lishcd for the product Of the farmer
than exists at the present time. Il
IS generally recognized, / believe
that one Of the greatest needs Of thu
farmer today in this northwestern
section Is market for his product.
at reasonable price, closer to thu
placc where he produces those prod
ucts.
"Rccognizing the fact that in
dustry and agriculture and commerce
must work together in this north
western section, let us consider tn,
most important problems confront
ing each Of these lines Of endeavor
eve are all familiar with the fact
that on the eastern and western sea.
board industry has been dcyclopine
by leaps and bounds, especially since
the war. There are many reasons fol
this. We out here in the Northwest
have no objection to that develop
ment, as it makes FOR Il greater United
States; but we have right to oh
icct to that industrial development il
it is going forward ut the expense OF
the Middle West
Greatly Handicapped
Today industry in this section of
the country develops under a handi
cap. BY reason Of the railroad raj.
structure, the eastern and western
seabords and. "A great part .. tn.
United States east OF the city Of
9hicago have Il distinct advantage
III industrial development over The
Gld0l" west
'' "t M 20 back only II ic.. .ears
IN history, prior to the World War.
For \ period Of years before we
entered That conflict, and following
'ha "omn!etio" of the Panama Canal,
the transcontinental railroads Of the
Northwest, that is, the Northern Pa
cite, the Great Northern aud the St.
'nnl ~nads, ware permitted to put
into effect railroad rates on products
vest bound from ST. Paul, Mime
"eir FARGO. Bismarck and other
middle western communities, low
- compete with the products
hauled through the Canal. When the
VAR nrnhe out, the boats operating
OH the Canal were taken off and put
into the Federal service. At that
time the Interstate Commerce Com
mission directed our three northwest
crn continental railroads to increase
their rates OH products west bound
to the Pacific Coast, putting thcn,
"n a mileage basis. and without rec
oynzing competition with the Pana-
ma Canal, which during the war
ceased To exist. Immediately after
1.-THE war closed. the same boats start
ell operating on the Canal and others
were added to the service, and rates
were put into effect with which the
northwestern railroads could not
compete. Millions of pounds Of NOR
II.