The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-11

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There Is an army Of unemployed in
includes skilled mechanics, civil engin-
GERS, clerks mine bosses and miners.
Every trade Is overstocked with work.
men. There Is no money In clrcula-
ton and prices are high"
ITO what do you attribute the col
lapseT
ITO the stoppage of the incoming
of capital and to the new gold dis
coverdes in the Red river county, In
Mexico and Arizona Hundreds are
leaving Cripple Creek and going to the
Red country. The discoveries there are
said to be very fine"
Mr.. Custer Is looking about Mime
sofa for a chance to settle. He says
the state "looks likely"
r. 8. Knudson, Of Grand Forks, was
I'm the city yesterday. Mr.. Knudson
is here in the interest Of the DEVILS
Lake Chautauqua circle, which will
commence business June 15. Mr..
Knudson save the summer schools will
be better this year than ever before.
c. Y. Mcnamara, of Montana, was at
| the Ryan yesterday. Mr.. Mcnamara
is on his way home from Chicago.
where he has been bidding for con-
tract to supply the government Indian
department with stock and supplies.
| One of the picturesque figures around
| the Merchants hotel yesterday was
Paul Mccormick, Of Billings, Mont.
Mr.. Mccormick save he is an old man,
but outside Of a head of beautiful sill
yer white hair there are no other indi-
| cations to warrant the claim Of age.
| Mr.. Mccormick Is as straight as an
arrow, we'll KNIT and covered with
!, ,1nxyi ton, md
| a clear eye. There is said to be some
| romance about Mr.. McCormick's gray
| hair, which turned gray about fifteen
| years ago, all in q night. The wearer
| of the silver locks was asked about
the romance but being modest man,
he only remarked that his hair did not
turn gray from building churches.
| do you know that the proposed
! tariff on wool in the Dingley bill will
do more for Montana than almost any
thing else that congress can do for the
| West" remarked Mr.. Mccormick to a
| reporter for the G / o b e. Every one
in Montana is following the acts Of the
senate very closely in the hope that
the wool schedule will not be inter-
| fered with. 1t means hundreds Of thou
sands Of dollars to us. Last year our
| output was something like 100000
pounds of unwashed WOOL but on &C
| count of the Wilson law the wool
brought only from 4 to 6 cents. It was
a losing venture and sheep were a drug
on the market They sold for $1.25 a
head. But the very prospect of a high
er tariff under the Dingley bill has had
a stimulating effect on the sheep trade
already. Prices have jumped from
SIPS to SO per head and are still going
| up. believe that wool will sell from
10 to IL cents per pound under the new
law, which will bring a great deal of
money into the state. Montana wool is
as good as any unwashed wool in the
world, and foreign countries should be
made to pay tariff on grades imported
which are in competition with ours
Il want to tell you that times In
| Montana are far better than you peo-
pie seem to Think" said Mr.. McCor-
| mick enthusiastically. Il am speaking
now Of all industries outside of the
silver mines. For instance, take the
cattle industry. 1t might surprise you
to learn that the price of range cattle
had gone up about SO per head. Instead
| Of selling for $18 per head they are
now selling for s25, and firmly be-
lieve that we will get, before long, the
prices which made 1882 50 prosperous.
The cattle on the ranges will sell for
1886 per head, or I am off in my pre-
dictions."
ITO what do you attribute the in
crease IN price!
Largely to the unusual conditions
in Iowa and Nebraska and also to the
heavy demand for good steers in
Europe as well as in America. Last
year, as you know, the corn crop in
| Nebraska and Iowa was SO immense
| that the farmers had millions Of BUSH
els left on their hands, which they
could not use. They could not sell it,
| they could not afford to pay the freight
In n,~cbd 10 how Io1 1ad
| they have gone out to Montana and
bought thousands Of feeders and taken
| them back to their farms. They will
| feed about eighty bushels Of corn u
piece and after they are as fat as but
| ter, will sell them as select stock. They
| will be good stock too, there is no mis-
| take about that. This demand for
! range cattle has stimulated prices so
| that every one in the West is feeling
| better.
"There are not as many cattle in the
country by 100000 head as there was
| ter years ago. commented Mr.. McCor-
| mick.
I'm 1887 it was estimated that there
were 100000 head in the United
States. Now there are but 43,000,000.'
Bert Foley Of Jefferson, Wis, is at the
Clarendon.
Maj. j. M Bowler and daughters of Bird
Maj Bowler was candidate for congress
ON the Populist ticket during the last cleo
ton.
e. l.. Bond, Of Montreal, is at the Windsor.
L. F. Cook, of Dubuque is at the Windsor
S. r. Edgington, of E,dora To-, is at the
Windsor.
P. U. Coppernoll, of Wadena, is at the
Merchants.
E. c. Carruth, Of Grand Forks, is at the
Merchants.
G. W. Custer and wife, of Victor, Colo.
are at the Merchants.
Sheriff W. ]. Bodkin, Of Moorhead, Is at
the Merchants
W. E. Coffin, of Cleveland, is at the Ryan.
John Hindry of New Westminster, B. c.,
is at the Ryan.
James S. Cox Mrs. Cox and Miss Cox, Of
New York, were At the Ryan yesterday
A. Gilfllan, White Earth, were at the Met
ropolitan yesterday.
George B. Langdon, Mason City, is at the
Metropolitan.
Fred Cooley, Maiden, Mont. registered at
the Metropolitan yesterday.
Izaak Waltons In Raptures.
Minnesota sportsmen claim that the
high water of 1897 will bring joy to the
heart of the angler. Certainly the IA
nous fishing resorts along the ST.
Paul & Duluth Railroad such as Lind
strom. Chisago City, Pine City, Rush
City, ETC., should receive a liberal pat
rcnage from the Twin City Izaak Wal
tons. Cheap excursion tickets to the
above resorts.
Offices 1876 Robert Street and Union
Depot