St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-13
NORTHWESTERN NOTATIONs.

| 'sYes, we will have fine crop this sea-
son in the Red River valley, and in fact
| throughout North Dakota" said Alexander
| Griggs of the Dakota railroad and ware
house commission. 1.-The wheat stalks are
now about ten inches high and of good
color and condition. 1t is true that our
acreage will be about 10 per cent. less than
last year. But owing to the low price Of
| wheat last fall. the acreage would certainly
have been so per cent. less but for the i'm
proved prices early this spring, the prospect
| of general foreign war and the reported
| failure OF the winter wheat crop. No, we
may not get 81 per bushel for this years
| crop, but the prospects are that
we shall sell at a fair profit.
No, the action Of your railroad
and warehouse commissioners in fixing
| the grades will not materially affect our
wheat producers. Wheat will bring what
| it is worth in the open market There is
nothing being done in the way of navigat-
| ing the Red river this season, except ON To-
| cal traffic. Yes, the action of the Canadian
Pacific in advancing emigrant rates on
states business and in delaying trains to bar
1.-THE Manitoba line from Winnipeg and the
| tributary northwest gives great dissatisfac-
| ton in the upper country, and the agitation
now being made will not cease until that
contracted and selfish policy is abandoned.
AS to the Riel rebellion, all the haif-breedi
needed was an abundance of arms and am
munition to stand off all the troops that the
| Dominion government could send against
| them"
~
ssFrom the fine crop outlook" remarked
Jud La Moure of Pembina, North "a.
kota will enjoy an era of prosperity which
will remind old residents of the good times
of three years ago this fall. The real estate
| business will pick up, producers and people
generally will better their condition, as
| the result Of this years boom crop, unless
some unforeseen circumstance should inter-
| fere. Our merchants and farmers feel that
| the hard times are nearly over, and that they
| will enjoy boom in all lines Of trade after
harvest They have all along had the full
est confidence in the future of the country.
| 1t is true thai there was not much money
| in circulation, and there is not now for that
matter, but the feeling is that there will
soon be sufficiency of currency in circu-
lation to meet the wants of trade"
~
ST assure you that an upper Mississippi
river commission may be set down as fixed
fact,n observed Plat B. Walker, who has
just returned from Washington where ha
had been working up the scheme. 1.-THE
date will be. l should say, about Sept. i.
The place? ST. Paul is the head Of naviga-
| ton and a fit place for the meeting. Thu
district that will send delegatesp Iowa,
Wisconsin, Minnesota Dakota, Montana.
Nebraska and all of the country tributary
to the Upper Mississippi, the Mis-
souri,, the Yellowstone and their
! navigable tributaries. We shall
not seek to antagonize the Lower Mississippi,
but we shall insist that as much money shall
| be appropriated for the development Of this
great producing country of the Northwes,
as is appropriated to protecting the country
along the Lower Mississippi south of ST.
Louis. This much we are certainly entitled
to by every consideration of fair play, and
this much we shall insist upon until it is
conceded"
49,
Frank r. Morrisy of the st. Paul press
has taken position as editorial writer on
the Omaha Herald, the leading Democratic
daily of Nebraska.