The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, November 11, 1915, Page 11

v - ;S % Business is At a recent banquet tendered Louis Hill, President of the Great Northern Railway, by the Chamber of Com- merce of Minot, one of the speakers said a few things that were of more than passing interest, in that they throw some light on the business man’s view of farming and its rela- tion to the affairs of the world. One of the leading business men of that city during the course of a ram- bling speech finally relieved himself of the following, amid great applause from his fellow guests and business associates: “Agriculture - alone will be futile. Business is the handmaid of Agricul- "ture, and only through business can Agriculture become the back-bone of this Country.” Farming is Futile The man may have been carried away by the sweet cadence of his own voice, and talking just for the delight of it. Give him the benefit of the doubt and still the cold fact remains that to a greater or lesser extent he expressed the views of his business associates as was witnessed by the loud applause following his remarks. His statement is true in part. Ag- riculture today is futile. So far as the farmers of this state are concern- ed it is and always has been futile and will continue to be, so long as the present gang hold the balance of power. However, Agriculture is and always has been the back-bone of this coun- try. A backbone weighed down with a lot of superflucus business men FOILED “Good by dear,” said hubby as he started on a business t:35. “T'll write to you every day while I’m gone.” *'You'd better,” replied his wife. “I found those letfers you had written in advance ad burned them up, so you’ll have to do- it all over again.” —N. Y World. It is better to Beip haul down the -grain ring than it is to haul down grain to the ring. ° PURE BRED |LIVE STOCK Public Auction NOVEMBER 17th, 1915 80 - HEAD. - 80 & Registered Jersey Cows and Bulls. Registered Shorthorn Cows and ¥ Bulls. Registered Chester White % { Sows and Boars. This is the big & gest public sale of pure bred live stock ever held in central N. Dakoia. The Colonial Stock Farm [ Duffy Bros., Owners ‘ Near Esmond, Benson Co.,N. D. § : es, Sir, I start my Ford from the seat—win . m‘er;.—fl&;r; time—n;:yeve‘} fail - Just a pull on the neat han- Cha o ahach Com mothiae b operata oy cale, sure, @ , COSts I ate, ¢ ; £ :arx:tga!%?xgands of mobor?ets use it—it’s the ro-Compressi SANDBO ™sisnrsie For Ford, Saxon, Hupp 20, Maxwell 25 or Metz tart any motor that o l?ierntromall Sold ona positive tee arted by hand—cranking, mbel?urmu—t :pml the m ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER - ‘-*FARGO. NORTH DAKOTA THE NONPARTISAN LEADER the PAGE ELEVEN By Edwin Varton and methods that threaten to break it. Ridden Too Much They have ridden that back-bone so long, the poor nag is sway-backed. Deaf, dumb and blind, she staggers along beneath the burden heaped up- on her, and the wonder is the So- ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to' Animals hasn’t interferred long ago. g One of the beautiful business hand- maidens that is overly solicitious for Agriculture’s welfare and never- far beyond the beck and call of her pat- rons is the business called the Board 'of Trade in Chicago, Chamber of Commerce in Minneapolis and the Grain Exchange in Duluth. Speculation in grain may be good business, but lowering the price of wheat while it is in the hands of the man who produces it and boost- ing that price skyward as soon as it ha¢ passed from his hands into the hands of the gamblers puts a kink in the spinal column of North Da- kota. May Be Good Business High interest rates may be good business, and undoubtedly is for some people, but it does not help to lift the load off an ovéf-burdened agri- cultural state. Also, high prices for machinery, lumber and supplies is good business, but not for the man who buys them and pays the price. It is true that for the farmers of North Dakota to pay 5 cents more per bushel for the same distance haul on their grain than it costs the farm- ‘Dairy Products in Minnesota Makes - Big Increase This Year St. Paul, Nov. 10.—With a .10 per cent increase in the Minnesota but- ter output this year over last year, the value of milk products in the state in 1915 exceeds the total value of the combined wheat and corn crops by $3,000,000. Butter alone amounted to 110,000,- 000 pounds, valued at $30,000,000. The estimate of thé importance of th dairy industry in Minnesota made by Pres. ‘A. G. Redman before the 22nd convention of the Minnesota Butter and Cheese Makers’ associa- tion, coupled with the statement of P. H. Kieffer, New York butter brok- er, that every pound of excess butter and cheese produced in Minnesota was taken in New York at a premium market, was indicative of the wonder- ful resources represented by the 40 delegates at the three days’ conven- ‘| tion at the West hotel, Minneapolis. The convention orened on Tuesday night. i $96,000,000 Milk Products Confirming the statement of Pres. ter or sume s torns it over ~ Past Two Compressions— Past Two Ignition Points - o - ow prico 31 DERCRIPTIVELAMBRATO RS WAL Al PR ™S S SANDBO STARTER CO., 101 Sandbo Building, Rock Island, IIL ers in Canada is good for the Rail- road companies, but let that business man get out and tell the farmers of this state that because the Railroads charge that additional § cents, they have become the handmaidens of these Dakota Agriculturists, and see what happens to him. Curse of the Farmers You can depend “Gpon it he isn’t going to touch upon that subject, and if he does he will deny it and say it isn’t true. But the records are there to show for themselves and his denial will not change them. It would have been more like a truth for him to have said, that in- stead of being a handmaiden to serve the farmers of Dakota business has been a curse to them. Their backs are bent and their shoulders stooped from carrying it. Their wives are aged before their time. Many have lost the nicer, dain- tier little charms that in their youth so endeard them .fo the men who won them. Their hands are rough- ened, their faces careworn and fur- rowed, The bloom - of youth has passed from their cheeke and they passed from their cheeks and they scullery maids to business. Will the Children Pay? And the children of these Dakota Farmers, what of them? Will they continue to pay the price out of the sweat of their bodies, and carry on the burden after it has grown too heavy for the fathers? To every child in this just commonwealth belongs the right of a college education; at Redman, J. J. Farrell, stafe dairy and food commissioner, told the del- egates that the milk products of Minnesota amounted to $98,000,000 this year. The corn and wheat crop value, ac- cording to government estimate is, corn $50,000,000 and wheat $43,000,00. “Three-fourths of the Minnesota butter crop is sold on a premium market in New York,’ ’said Mr. Kief- fer. “That market would take the out- put if it were three times as great. “New Yorkers buy other brands only when the Minnesota supply is exhausted. Agricultural College Aids “Uniformity in grade, salt, texture, color and flavor makes the Minnesota brand popular. This uniformity has been produced by the activity of but- ter makers of the state in the short course in butter making offered by the agricultural college of the Uni- versity of Minnesota.” Mr. Kieffer, who spoke on the “Workmanship of Butter,” was one of the pioneer butter makers in Minne- sota and was charter member of the state association when it was organ- ized 22 years ago. 858 Creameries in State Pres. Redman’s report showed that there are 858 creameries in Minnesota of which 626 are under the co-op- tive farmers’ plan. There are 36 cheese factories with an annual out- put valued at more than $5,000,000, and two big Eéndensing factories. Everyone is organized but the farmer. When he wakes up he . will i | have a bigger organization than all Z the rest put together. fl ——— The members of the Chambers of Commerce buy 300 bushels of grain for every bushel raised. The farmer helps pay a profit fo the speculator on 299 bushels that nev- er existed in order to get gouged on the one bushel he draws to the elevator. Handmaiden of Agriculture? the least a decent graded school training, denied them now by the necessity of unremitting toil. And yet business will sit back from its board of plenty and pride itself on being the handmaiden of Agricul- ture. Make Bif Gains During the course of the evening, Louis Hill made an announcement that since they—meaning the Great Northern Railway—had taken control of the First National Bank of St. Paul, some three years ago, its de- posits and surplus had increased from $3,000,000 to over $48,000,000, which he announced with a genial smile around the board, “Is a very remark- able record you have made for us.” Incidentally he announced that there was an over production of wheat this year, which accounted for teh reduction in price. And that to move this great crop of the North- west their Bank has participated in the now famous “War Loan.” Many of their depositors, he said, had threatened to withdraw their ac- counts if this was done. But six weeks after announcement had been made that the Bank would partici- pate, their deposits and surplus had increased another $9,000,000. Another $9,000,00 from the sweat- ing bodies in the harvest fields} an- other $9,000,000 scoored from the manipulation of the wheat market of the Northwest; another $9,000,0¢0 that the farmers of this state donat- ed to te cause of good business, the handmaiden of Agriculture. Registering at Minot. This scene shows that people are still land hungry. This snapshot was taken in front of the registration office at Minot, where land seekers took a chance on the Berthold land opening. Bixby’s Red Polls of A.R. Breeding My herd bull J. D. Merryweather No. 24396 is from 1400-pound cows and is getting the rize i_n my herd. ilis dam is a full sister to the World's Champion Two-Year-Old Heifer. His first three dams average close to 400 pounds butterfat in one year. J. S: BIXBY, LISBON, N. DAK. L * Chiropractic “(KI-RO-PRAK-TIK) ‘ The Science that Makes People Well and Happy You Necd Not Be Sick 2 Chiropractic ADJUSTS the - CAUSE of Disease INVESTIGATE GEO. A°NEWSALT Fargo’s Pioneer Chiropractor P "¢ Savings and Loan Building i ne 1235 el g 0! LADY ATTENDANT 1 n—-»nu—-mn-—-nn—-n-—uu—-u i VALLEY HOTEL Valley City, N. Dak, The only first class European Hotel in the City. ROOMS 50c to $1.50 a NIGHT We endeavor to give special service to the farmer, Our restaurant is the best in the state. . - _On Main St. South of N. P. Depot. : O -_,_,._“.-..fl.'i%mk