St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-11

rate one. 1t promises better things in
the way of organization, permanent Or
ganiZation, than any yet attempted. 1t
may not be ill-advised to add
here that the watch word of
the new organization will be
advertisement" There is world
of meaning in that one word, and when
the details of the method it is proposed
to adopt in carrying it into effect are
made public, it will readily be under
stood as the best watch word that could
have been chosen. The GLOBE will be
at liberty to give names and dates in
this column within the next few weeks,
but for the present an outline of the
scheme is sufficient.
Better Wheatfield Tidings.
And now a brief summary of the sit
uation in North Dakota, and, by the
way, about Northern Minnesota, about
which MinneSOtanS are Solicitous. For
some reason or other the fact that the
country in the vicinity of Crookston
was sWamped during the recent rains,
and about one-third of the wheat crop
in that vicinity soaked in the shock.
very little was said about it, while the
situation in the rained-on counties of
North Dakota has been discussed by
everybody. Deputy Dairy and Food
Commissioner j. A. Lawrence returned
yesterday from trip up through the
northern part of the state. He describes
graphically the condition of affairs
there, and makes plainly evident the
fact that but for the fine weather of the
week just closed there would have been
a heavy loss to mourn in that part Of
our own state. In describing the Da-
kota situation last week the GLOBE
stated that continuance of rain meant
destruction to fully One-half the wheat
crops of Ramsey, Cavalier, Pemblna
and Grand Forks counties, North Da-
kota. The statement was made that
with fine weather for few days the
wheat would dry out, threshing would
be resumed and no material damage
would result. The latter condition has
obtained. With the first fine day
every farmer in the North who
had wheat standing in shock
kicked those shocks over with
all possible dispatch. In one day the
straw was all dry, and then all the
farmer had to pray for was continued
fine weather. Still there has been some
damage done. How much is the ques-
ton, and probably there is no man bet
ter able to answer it than State Grain
Inspector Clausen. He thinks that a
great deal of the wheat rained on will
Drop a Grade.
That is, instead of being graded No. 1
hard. it will be styled No. L northern.
This, where it occurs, will depreciate
the value from seven to nine cents per
bushel. That looks pretty large fig
ure, and, in truth, it is large enough;
yet to the farmer who has thousand
| bushels of wheat to market it means a
total loss of $40, and when it is consid-
| cred that the crop is enormously heavy,
1t will be realized that. despite his loss
/ by the rain, the North Dakota farmer,
presuming his troubles to be over, is
| rich beyond his widest dreams.
| w. E. Hunt, a well-known travelling
man for Hardenburgh's, the leather
people, returned yesterday from tour
| of the rain affected districts. He re-
ports that threshing is going on at a
merry rate and that the grain shows nc
evidence of having been damaged in
| the slightest degree. The Great North
ern and Northern Pacific roads have, by
! their combined efforts, sent close on loo
machines into North Dakota. Men are
being sent there every day and there is
no fear whatever but that the crop OF
the northern state will be housed well
this side of Christmas.
Meanwhile the tone of business al
over the country is excellent. There is
lull in the retail lines at present, fol
the reason that it is just trifie late fol
autumn sales and little early for dis
posing of winter stock. The wholesaler:
though, one and all, unite in calling
trade the best in the history of the city
They are all pushed to fill their orders
collections are brisk, and there is con
tentment everywhere.
eNow," said everyone to the GLoBI
man yesterday, ''if we can only hav'
one of those rip-roaring, old-fashionet
winters. with the river frozen four fee
deep, and the snow piled as high as TIN