St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-02
TALKS WITH TRAVELLERS.

inspecting North Dakota'S wheat at the Min
neso state line Mr.. Walsh, as every one ac-
quainted with him knows. is born fighter,
and. as might be expected he had cause for
the happy look on his countenance yester-
day morning. No sooner had Judge Ca,d-
well rendered his decision than Mr.. Walsh
started for Superior to organize a COM
pany that should build a large elevator
into and out of which North Dakota wheat
could be inspected. This scheme is now well
advanced. The new elevator corporation is
to have q capital of $780, 5000. and an elevator
with capacity of 100000 bushels will be
built. A part of the stock will be taken by
capitalists at Superior. and the balance will
be left TO the boards of trade of the chief
North Dakota cities. Commissioner Walsh
Is enthusiastic over the scheme. and declares
that North Dakota wheat grades are going to
be established inside of year. The new ell
evator will be commenced IN thirty days and
rapidly pushed to completion.
AS soon as the next session of the North
Dakota legislature eonvenes." said Mr..
Walsh, 1--WE propose to have the present in
specton law fixed SO that we can inspect
wheat for export. AS it is now we can only
inspect it when it is sent from one place in
the state TO another-a terminal point within
the state. as it were We propose to have
our terminal elevators at Superior, with
North Dakota inspectors there to inspect the
wheat in and out. This is to be done for the
purpose of establishing North Dakota
grades, just as Minnesota has done"
'Do you intend to try to inspect at the
state line under the proposed amended law?"
asked the GLOBE representative.
Yes, sir, we do" answered the Grand
Forks statesman. In Judge Caldwell's de-
cision it is intimated that while the present
law will not permit of that. it can be so
amended as to provide for the inspection of
any grain for export Our new elevator will
be commenced in about thirty days, and will
be finished in about eight months. 1t will
cost 100000 and hold 100000 bushels OF
wheat
From discussion Of the plans of the new
elevator Chairman Walsh drifted off into
roast on the old railway commission of
North Dakota. He is hard hitter. as Editor
George B. Winship and others who have op-
posed him i'll politics know, and he always
speaks right out in meetin'''
What we are doing now.' he said, should
have been done year ago by the former rail-
way commission"
They are now paying an average of three
cents per bushel more for wheat in Duluth
and Superior than in Minneapolis. - he con-
dliAOuBn iuSJ are SIuuluS IL GOWN
lower. This grading is evidently in the in
terest of Minneapolis
who will succeed Senator Casey at Wash
ington? said the GLOBE man.
"Oh, Casey is ali right" answered Mr..
Walsh with a smile. He will be his own
successor. fought him before but l am
for him now"
j. Henry Long, the attorney of Slayton.
dropped into the SANITY City yesterday and
spent the day taking dispositions i'll a case
soon to be tried in his county The evening
he devoted to such solid pleasure as is to be
found in chatting over politics with John
Howard, of Sank Center; John Cooper, of st.
Cloud, and other statesmen from the old
Fifth district. Mr.. Long in boom times was
a newspaper man at Fergus Falls, and in
1856 was the Prohibition nominee for con-
gress in the Fifth district. In speaking Of
this last evening Mr.. Long gave an amusing
account of the way his nomination i'm
pressed his father, who lives i'll Pennsyl-
vania.
when was nominated, father thought l
must be getting along finely said Mr.. Long.
Il did not say anything, but after the cleo
ton he wrote to me and asked how many
votes l had received l replied, giving the
that this was a sparsely settled country he
thought had done pretty well. He wound
up by asking me how many votes the other
fellow had received. This was bad ques-
ton for me to answer. That year, you re-
member, the Democrats made no nomination,
and Nelson received over 40,000 votes. When
/ wrote this to my father he didn't think l
had done quite so WE'LL
"How's the farmers movement in Murray
and adjoining countess asked the GLOBE
man. Are the farmers going back to the
old parties?''
Not with u.s." answered Mr.. Long. ''Of
course it is too early to predict what they
will do next year. New issues may come up
ana the nominations that are made may have
great effect on the situation. AS things are
to-day tits my opinion that the Alliance is at
least 20 per cent stronger in Murray county
than it was a year ago. 1t is certainly no
weaker
Gov A. II. Burke and his private secre-
tary, A. 5. Capehart, left for Bismarck yester-
day afternoon. This sudden return is due TO
the determination of Gov. Burke that North
Dakota shall care for her poor this year. The
great prairie fires wiped ont the crops of the
farmers in Emmons county and leaves them
in a bad place. Before coming on to ST. Paul
make an investigation of the damage done.
This man has now completed mis- canvass,
and prompt action will be taken to prevent
the sending out of begging committees
Great damage has been done North Da-
kota by these begging committees" said
Gov Burke yesterday afternoon, land it is
the sentiment of the people that no more
such committees shall be sent OUT
the North Dakota colony at the Merchants
yesterday, and viii remain in the city several
days attending to business matters. He is
pleased with the interest the jobbers of st.
Paul are taking in securing help for the
North Dakota farmers, and says the situation
is really serious There is double the
amount of wheat 10 handle in the Red River
Valley he continued that there ever was
before, ana there are not men or machines
enough to handle it as it should be handled.
There will be steady employment for men
until long after ii freezes up. as the farmers
will be threshing from the stock until well
along into the winter. Good wages will be
paid to men. Business is good in Fargo and
all the towns, and it seems as though and
era of unexempted prosperity was ahead of
u.s."
Supt. D. E. Myers, of the st. Clond reform
atory. is as bitterly opposed as ever to the
law limiting the number of convicts to be
employed in cutting stone for sale at the re-
formatory passed by the last legislature. and
does not hesitate to express himself as
strongly in favor of its repeal at the next ses-
sion. In discussing the condition of affairs
at the reformatory he said:
This year we have sold $4,000 worth of
stone, and could have disposed of a
great deal more had it not been for the law
passed last winter limiting our employing
more than 1913 per cen: of the convcts at
cutting stone for sale after July ]. Ii we
could have gone on selling what we could
cut the reformatory would have been self
supporting in very short time. hope that
some movement will be made toward build
ing new capitol at the next session. If we
were given ten years we could cut all the