St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-25
WHITTIER GOES WHEAT
To Hold or Not to Hold Is
Now the Cues
ton.
Gen. Barrett Endorses the
Last Letter Of the
Sage.
Farmers Have Not the FaeIl-
tiles to Hold Wheat
Cheap.
Figures Showing Twenty
Years Profit or Loss on
September Wheat.

"DOnn9llyS letter Is the uoSl S6HSlUlO
thing he has written in twenty years,
remarked Gen. T. II. Barrett, the we'll
known Stevens county sOldierfarmera and
statesman. at the Merchants yesterday
afternoon, in the course of a discussion
on the several letters that have been
sent out to the farmers of the state aim
ing to advise them on the wheat ques-
ton. 81 will not say that it always
happens, but, as rule, one can count
upon drop of to 10 cents bushel on
wheat Immediately after or about the
1st of November in each year. This is
due to the closing of navigation on the
great lakes. Now, if farmer can
Hold His Wheat
until spring he may get more and he
may not. | think Mr.. Donnelly gave
the farmers good advice when he told
them they should look over the field and
sell when they thought best"
These words coming as they do from
man standing as high as Gen. Barrett
does in this commonwealth, are apt to
have some weight in deciding the farmer
on the question of how long It VIII pay
him to hold his wheat. Gen. Barrett Is
the soul of honor, and no better friend
of the farmer can be fOund-indeed, he
farms something like 5000 acres of land
III Stevens county himself,and Is a large
farmer.
These facts should do away with the
cry that he is disloyal or bought up by
speculatOrS-a cry that the Muller cir
cular gave notice would be raised on all
Alliance men who dared to oppose the
scheme.
but there are more reasons why Gen,
Barrett may be considered pretty safe
man to tie to by the farmers. For many
years he has been careful student Of
the problem how to
Raise Wheat and Live
in Minnesota. and no other man IN the
state has done so much toward securing
reduced railroad rates for the shipment
of this wheat. He was one of the first
10 see the Importance of Duluth TO the
farmers of the state. and he has worked
for the improvement of lake transport
tation in season and out Of season.
Strange to say, the Muller circular
has seemingly net the approval of two
classes the farmers have been accuS-
toned to regard in the light of enemies
the millers and the railroad men. The
milleTs, as was predicted in the GLOBE
when the circular first appeared, want
to bull wheat because they have large
quantity in store. This makes them
take the bull side of the market at all
times. A good example of this was
given by Charles A. Pillsbury, the great
Minneapolis miller, at Chicago yeSter-
day. when he was interviewed in regard
to the Muller and DOnnelly appeals.
Instead Of discussing them the willy
Minneapolitan proceeded to give
strong interview on the bull side. He
was certain
Wheat Would do Up.
He had been accused of being behind
the Muller circular, but it was not true,
but he was certain that wheat would so
up at any rate.
The reasons the railroad traffic man.
ayers and elevator men give for favor
ing the "hOld your wheat song of the
anti-DOnnelly men is that this will
enable them to handle the crop with
less difficulty. Heretofore the major
portion of the wheat crop has been
rushed to market in about thirty days,
making jam and causing the railroads
no end of trouble. Were the farmers to
hold back little, this rush and bother
could be saved. No difficulty would be
experienced in furnishing cars to ship
pers, and it would be better all around.
1t would certainly be vastly better for
all interested if the wheat-raiserS would
hold back a portion of their crops i'll
stead of rushing it all to market as soon
as the threShing machine has completed
its work. But there are great many
reasons why wheat is marketed as it is.
The majority of farmers in this COM
paratively new country have no grain
aries in which to store their grain, and
do not feel that it will pay to build
them. Others follow the
Rule of oliver DaIrympIe.
the great wheat-grower of North Da-
bota, and sell at once. This saves stor-
age. insurance and interest, which many
farmers who are asked to 90 into this
scheme are unable to pay. AS there is
10 better way of judging of the future
than by the, past the following table
showing the profit or loss on September
wheat for every year commencing with
1870 down to the present time will be
found interesting:
Showing profit or loss on September
wheat. The market price given the 18th
of each month from 1870. Interest 10,
storage and insurance Is per cent.
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