Show PRESIDENT HILL HIU SPEAKS PLAINLY TO PU AN AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION CONTENTION I Minneapolis Jan lX am 3 I president of the Great railroad was the before the state agricultural convention today He Ife de It especially upon the necessity of seeking new markets in the Orient u to offset the loss which will certainly i come 03 from the adoption by England of tit differ tariff proposed by Joseph Chamberlain I for its it Colonies Thit he declared will create a surplus of from to 88 10 bushels of wheat annually in the northwest on an the average until new mar markets markets are opened Manitoba which a few years ago did not raise a bushel of wheat last year raised bushels and in ten can enoUgh to supply the demand which will be admitted a at 12 l cents per bushel lower than wheat from States The prospect is en encouraging While exports of flour and wheat to the Orient have bare only begun tie the effect upon the market is already felt I I Authorities say It has increased the price of from 5 to 7 cents a bushel He 4 vigorously defended the m mer r r of urn transcontinental lines and caustically asked Who tho bu bt the th lil roads ruled raided a hand tt to carry this t d de forward and ad made it possible t to flour from hero here to th the Orient c its s cheaper ilian to New V k and f fr r ing I t twe we er with de and ai Criminals H d h ha step proposed by the interstate comm ve cc commission to require ot 01 i es CS esin in ad t tO be 1 I 1 I to the which dYe tor LO ign fl companies u t y to He urged h armer t I at they require represent 11 ia n fl gress greas to stop tp fighting i j es 55 that mean h per rat s sI I 1 have to lo bk k j tor your t h ii hagain stid ld but v ten ien we against again t the th n we must musto It m no o our ds whet r we carry ui jI r lC bushels boshes f wheat |