St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-11
The TREND OF TRl De
Jobbers Look for New Bust
ness With the Great North
ern Completed.
Everything Points to an In
creased Demand for Ncr5h-
western Lands.
The General Business Outlook
Improved by the Winter
Weather.
Both the Car and Coal Fam
inc Ameliorated by the
Change.

Many merchants will join in cclebrat-
ing the completion Of the Great North
ern railway to the Pacific coast. They
have reaped share of the extensions of
trade that accompanied the persistent
energy with which the road was built,
and st. Paul wholesale men look for .
ward 10 a great increase of business
with the prosperous cities and towns
along the new line in the near future.
Speaking of the land department of
the Great Northern yesterday Commits
Sionpr w. w. Braden said: There has
been good, active demand for farms
this year. 1t has been more Of home
demand, that is to say, from farmers
that live along the line of the road. and
their relatives and friends. That kind
of business insureS the substantial
Building up of towns and trade. They
aee buying in 30 TO 160-acre tracts.
and sometimes larger pieces, and
the prices paid are very satisfactory.
There is not now so much buying on
speculation in tracts containing thou
sands of acres. That was a feature at
one time. The present condition is
really the most advantageous. Other
roads in the Northwest are having the
same experience. There are few, If
any, large bodies of government land
left now upon which communities
could he settled or c0lonized. The
great bulk of desirable acres must now
lie obtained from second hands LII the
soil lie the wealth and the life OF tie
nation. With the increase of pOpula-
latOn this will become all the more APP
parent. Great changes have occurred
in this respect in our time and more
rapid requirement of farming lands Is
ut hand. Why. the North American
Review comes forward with an estimate
that the United States VIII have pop
ulation of l00.000,G00 people in the year
1900. If my sons wanted 10 become
farmers ] would be glad to see them
have section of land apiece. They
would enjoy 4 pleasant independence,
and have more time 10 keep up with
the grandeSt literature OF the day than
we can have in the cities. | know this
by considerable actual experience"
Car and Coal Famine Abaaing.
At the Offices of the Northern Pacific
ard Great Northern railways yesterday
it was freely stated that the demand for
wheat cars had dropped off good deal
during the week. The snow fall had
ditiOn was reported by other lines, in
Guiding the Milwaukee, The Milwaukee
road people say they believe that there
will lie no further trouble this season oil
account of any shortage Of ears.
Concerning the coal supply OF the
Northwest, Gen. SupJ Wakenan, of the
Great Northern, said: "Ihere Is no
chance for a coal famine in this section
this winter. The coal began moving
earlier from tic head of the lakes this
season than in former years. COnSe-
0uently there are good stocks on hand,
aud there has been an effective diStribu-
ton of coal for consumption. Any coal
that is to be moved now eau be handled
quite easily"
Bankers report some Improvement in
collections and the other features OF
their business are quite as favorable
here as was reported last week. The
mercantile agency OF Il. q. Dun u Co
make similar report, adding that the
SNOW storm has Increased the volume of
wholesale trade somewhat, especially III
heavy goods. Among the wholesalers
the GLOBE reporter obtained the follow
Ing Nepprts;
Business Interviews.
A. II. Schliek-TarboX, Schliek & Co.,
Manufacturers Boots and Sh0es-The
snow has frightened things up quite a
good deal in our business. We have
shipped a good many winter goods dur
ing the past few days. We are going
ahead with the usual holiday overhaul
ing and putting our factory in better
shape than ever for the coming seasons
business.
A. j. Powers, President Powers Dry
Goods Company. Wh0lesale-Trade is
about as good as II usually is at this
time of year. Prices on cotton goods
keep advancing right along. The ad-
vance in cotton goods has been the
greatest ever known since the war. We
have every reason to look forward TO a
prosperous spring trade. Our collec-
tons are improving.
A. B. DriScull, OF McKibben & Co..
Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers
in Hats, Gloves and FurS-We have
found an Improvement in collections
since the first of the month. The mild
weather has thrown The trading season
forward, so we ought to have still
better trade from now on, and collec-
tons should also improve. There has