River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-03-17
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The Minneapolis Tribune of a re-
cent date contains letter of Col S.
G. Magill, one of the largest wheat
buyers in Northern Minnesota. We
have only space this week for a few
extracts, which we commend to the
careful consideration of our readers
He says:
Every man who has kept himself
advised of the market values or wheat
during tn past year, must have OBJ
served The marked AMI decided excess
i'll value in the leading IN trkets of the
upper and lower lakes OF Minnesota
on Dakota "hatd spring. over the
ordinary OF soft va IetleS. That ex-
CESS II IS reached in Buffalo, Chicag o
.tnd Milwaukee fifteen cents per bus h.
ell, and has rarely been less than ten
cents. | saw No. : hard sold in Mill
waukee yesterday in store for $I.O4
wnile regular WAS but ninety six
cents. / was offered $sl.l0 for No. /
hard, while No. | regular" would
bring but ninety eight and ninety mine
cents. | was offered $l.l2 in Chicago
to-day for hal d spring wheat to go to
a Michigan mill, which is thirteen
cents above the quotation of any other
wheat in the market. Now what gives
hard wheat this exceptional and extra
ordinary value! 1t is to be accounted
for in this way: With the modern
meth IDS and appliances adopted for its
manufacture, it is demonstrated that
hard wheat makes the best and most
profitable flour that has ever been pro-
duced in any country. And, secondly,
the area of country adapted for its
successful cultivation and production,
compared with the whole Wleat-pro.
ducing area of this country, is quite
limited.
Prominent bakers in Chicago and
Milwaukee inform me to this effect.
One saws he can make $50 pounds of
bread from a barrel OF hard wheat
fiour, while he could only get 225
pounds from an equally good barrel
made from soft wheat, Another says
he can get $50 loaves from hard wheat,
where lie could get but $50 from soft
wheat. Mr.. Blake, who has charge of
The Dake b ikeries in Chicago, which
used up $4,000 barrels of flour last
year, said to-day: If l had to pay SIS
for your northern hand wheat flour,
and could buy the soft wheat flour
from Iowa, Illinois or Wisconsin wheat
at rs, | would take the hard wheat
flour every time for making bread. :"
Hard wheat is nearly al gluten. In
soft wheat starch lai gely pr edominates
- frII 4 y
in hard wheat is evidenced in the
manufacture of bread by the largely
increased size of the loaves from the
quantity of dough. Mr.. 81 ke places
The increase in bulk at one third more
than is obtained from soft wheat
flour.
Are not these statements astonish-
ingl and in view OF the facts they es-
Jabish rs to its intrinsic value, is it
TO be wondered at that hard wheat is
50 much sought after, and brings such
exceptional prices"
THE millers of Minneapolis have
established reputation for their flour
in the leading markets of the world
which taxes the producing capacity of
their mills to the uttegmost to meet
Hour is sold weeks and sometimes
months ahead. The Messrs. Pillsbuly
are now erecting another immense mill
which will soon be in operation, and
still Others are in contemplation to be
erected this year, to meet this great
aud growing demand for Minneapolis
tl0ur. The reputation this -four has
been acquired by the use of hard
whe limits manufacture, and it should
by al means he maintained, for the
reputation Of -four, Ike that of WON.
an, once lost cannot be restored.
"Millers tell me wherever | go that
they viii be obliged to have some hard
wheat to mix with their soft, whether
winter or spring growth, or give up
the business. They can no longer sell
their -four without it, as all the large
llour- consumers are rapidly becoming
aware of the greatly-increased quantity
aud improved quality of bread which
can be obtained from the hard wheat
-four and will buy no other. The in
formation | have acquired recently
from practicable and reliable sources
concerning the intrinsic value of our
great northern speciality, hard wheat.
assures to my mind a magnificent fu-
ture for our productive, manufacture
ing and general interests, if we viii
hut be true to these interests in care.
fully preserving the purity and high
character of our now splendid wheai
product.
His remarks win apply as well to
our vicinity as to the Northern Pacif-
ic country.