St. Paul daily globe., 1894-04-21
WITH THE TRAVELLERS.

III. +. Rasmussen, Is. b. Stevens and
FinIay Grant, of the North Dakota
Board of Railroad commissioners, were
i'll ST. Paul Thursday, arranging for their
annual inspection trips over the roads
of North Dakota. They will start out on
he 800" May %, stopping at all st a.
tiOnS long enough to investigate any
complaints that may be made to them.
Completing that. they will take the Mil
waukee line, and. if the strikers do not
Interfere, the Great Northern will re-
ceive attention. The rOrthern Pacific
will be inspected. but the time has not
been determined on account Of the alb
sence of officers.
Hon. Alfred Dickey, of North Dakota.
is in st. Paul closing up all old syndl-
cate deal i'll connection with North Da-
kOta capital Investments. Asked as 10
whether he was in the race for govern
or this fall, he said he had invariably
responded mo" to that proposition.
The fact remains, however, that lie is
frequently mentioned i'll that connec-
ton. AS to state treasurer, he thought
the contest was likely to be between the
two great counties of CaSs and Grand
Forks. Cass will have a delegation of
forty-two. and Grand Forks nearly the
same number. Congressman johnson
bad many friends in the state, and
might he a candidate for congress again,
unless he desiI ed to make hay for bet
ter position later.
Hon. NJ. l.. Mccormack. of Grand
Forks, is in the city Oil his return from
three months visit in Mexico. He
was with Maj. Strait at the time Of his
death, and regarded him one of the best
Of earth's children. He said aside from
the death OF one Of the party. their trip
was enjoyable He was atW Washington
OH his return, and while Democratic
under all circumstanceS,h he was glad the
house had concluded to do business
even on Reeds plan, and believed the
true interests of the party req uired the
early settlement of the tariff and finan-
cial questions OIL the lines laid down by
Cleveland. He said he was glad the
Democratic party could offer Jud
La Moure comfortable, and. he hoped.
cOngenial quarters If he got lonesome
or needed aid Or comfort in his new1.re-
lation to the Republican party, and>l he
felt sure that the Democrats of North
Dakota could win the earth and THE
fullness thereof with Jud'S help. 49,
r.
Col. Morton, of Fargo. who plants TO-
600 acres OF wheat annually in North
Dakota, says the SIX days almost coll
slant rain i'll the Red river valley will
delay seeding operations and probably
largely reduce the area SOWn to wheat. In
that case tie area in flax will probably
be increased, aud with profit to all con-
cerned. He had 1000 acres in fax last
year, and, though the crop was only an
average, it was profitable, while there
was loss on his wheat. Flax can be
sown as late as June. Wheat cannot
and continuation of these prices either
means bankruptcy orla change to Othe
lines. 1t means the breaking up of the
large farms and system OF farming
IN which the main idea is living for
the farmer instead of great profit to the
land holder. No country on earth is
better adapted to rational farming than
North Dakota. rhe farmers are begin
ming to diversity, and are growing sheep
and cattle, but more especially hogs,
with profit. Wheat is profitable in
hogs.
Hector G. Lane. commissioner of ag-
riculture of the state of Alabama, and
L. Quincy JOucS, pdSSeuSGT dR eIlI VI tlle
Louisville d Nashville railroad, Bir-
mingham, Ala, ale at the Ryan, in the
interest OF immigration to that state.
MIR. Lane says that excellent cotton
farms are now sold in that state for
less than the cost of buildings. The
condition is even worse than in the
wheat growing regions. The price is
less than the cost of production, and
farmers are determined to get out of the
business at all hazards. and in many
instances are offering their improved
farms at about S. an acre. He spoke of
one farm where the brick buildings cost
81, 900 that was sold tor $1,000 The
cotton farms range from 200 to 5000
acres, and it is the settled policy of
large holders to break up the planta-
tions into small holdings and encourage
Northern farmers to come in aud occupy
them. The old farmers know nothing
of wheat growing, and little attention is
paid TO corn, even in the best corn
climates in the world. The mean tenn.
perature of 2s3 out of 365 days will rot
fall below AZ degrees. The negro Ques-
tion is solving by working the blacks in
the mines, labor for which they are
specially adapted. Indeed, large i'm.
portations of negroes from Alabama
have been recently made by the Penn
sylvania mining interests. The iron
interests of Alabama are rapidlysad-
vancing TO the lead, and firSt-classl pig
iron is now manufactured at So per ton
Every element is found right there.