Show NORTHERN PACIFIC EXTENSION I President Hill mIl Advises Farmers to Raise Crops Instead ad of ot Whittling Spokane Wash Aug 4 The sensa sensational and unexpected feature of at to days railway conference at Davenport was the announcement by President Mellen ellen that after oter consultation with President Hill Hilt the Northern Pacific has ordered the building of or a railway front from the terminus of or the Central Washing Washington ton at Coulee City to Adrain Adr n on the Great Northern about miles south This will cut off art miles In the haul to the coast The estimated cost of or this railway Is which President Mellen declares is a gift to t the people p ople of or Big Bier Bond as the road goes through a barren country countr It Is thought It may be completed by vember ember 1903 In his speech President Mellen ellen said The whole hole rate fabric Is like bike a card house bouse Ve Ye can do nothing here without doing something at other points We Weare Weare Weare are all bound to gain something by b the spirit in which you OU called this confer conference conference ence nee Coming to us not by b intermediaries cries aries politicians who work you and then try to work us but you working with ith us as allies you ou thus freeze out the th middlemen In his speech to the farmers of or the Big Bend President Hill vigorously at tacked d legislation on railway rates Baying As Aj well attempt to set a broken limb by statutes as to adjust rates You can enn legislate until the barn burn doors rot off ott The best beit thing to do is to act as you have bae here with the We Ve will try to act In such a way that you OU will realize Ize that we are doing something lair tair and In good faith f What you want Is the highest price I Jt rom m any ally tore store You want a new mar let ket You Yo must make a market You ou make more people use your stuff Statesmen tat men tell us how to do this but buty t they y get t It a consideration for doing M so o I Cannot annot find In public acts one intelli I gent nt thing that you jOU have hare done to get ge new flew markets I dont know kno any place I w where re you rou have hac not been left len to shift I for fo or yourselves Yours cs us as farmers You have bave haveiT baveI I iT crop f that keep kep you bus busy four months I in Ira the th year You want to do something I the i rest of oC the time besides whittling holding or down a nail keg What hat you ou abo w uld ld do is to raise stock roots for tor I q g There is nothing better than rais mis tag lag stock tock I |