The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-22

moving the Dunkards from various sec
tons of Indiana. Ohio, and Pennsylvania
to northwestern North Dakota. This big
movement was begun after immigration
experts had decided against the Scandi
navian peninsula as good ground for
working up colonies for settlement in the
northwest. They found that the Scandi-
navian with America in, view as a future
home would come when he got ready and
would depend in a large degree upon let,
tcrs received By himself or friends from
former neighbors who had settled here.
The Dunkards offered the best opportunity
for giving northwestern immigration a
good start. They are known to be clan
nish, owing to their peculiar religious be-
liefs. ". N. Roach. who aftcrward be-
came senator from North Dakota, was
sent east to induce the Dunkards to move
to the northwest but he did not succeed
! in sending colony of any size. Later
efforts met with better success and to-day
the hundreds of letters written back
home by the Dunkards are drawing 9TH
ers to North Dakota.
The Grain Situation.
| The Manitoba wheat surplus has been
materially reduced within the past month.
| The pressure Of this: wheat on the mar
ket, which has been detrimental to Amer
| lean flour interests. has been lessened to
| a remarkable degree. >, This cheering news
| and the results which northwestern flour
| is again scoring in foreign markets put
| a better face on the entire, situation. But
! a few weeks ago the trade was estimating
! that western Canada had at least 3d.
| 600 900 bushels of wheat for export. Much
! of this was in Manitoba. The Van Du-
SEN Harrington company Of this city now
| estimates that there, are not to exceed
| Is, 0OO, 900 bushels of Manitoba wheat for
| export. 1t is given out that all OF the
Manitoba wheat now in store at Fort
| William, Port Arthur, and Duluth to-
gether with one-third of the holdings in
country elevators, has been sold for open
ing shipment. 1t is believed the remaining
$4,000, 900 bushels can be so handled as
not ito make any serious trouble for
American wheat for the remainder of the
present crop year. ~~
The increased demand for northwestern
flour by foreign buyers, the improve
ment in the Canadian situation, and the
fact that at the present price wheat IS
being taken for export has led to several
predictions, among prominent grain men
lately, that the price Of wheat will see no
sensational change at least until winter
wheat prospects can be intell1gently
gagged. For three weeks or more the
price has lowered around II cents. me
more, prominent local authorities noio
that wheat is worth the money, wheat IS
holding at about an average price while
corn, oats and fax are ruling at prices tar
above the average. These and the other
points mentioned are cited as reasons
why wheat will hold what traders term
it's present reasonable price.
Some of the larger houses which nave
been INVESTIGATING recently have verified
| to their own satisfactions previous re-
| norris that about 25 per cent of the wheat
IRON is still in farmers hands. The per-
| centage of fax still held by the farmer is
small and much of it will be SOLD for SEED
| instead of for shipment. 1t is noted that
one important reason for the neglect OF
| fall blowing in the grain country last tail
was the anxiety of the farmer to get his
flax to market in order to take advantage
of the high prices. .t.~
Some of the local houses are beginning
! RI sneculate on the probable Increase IN
| corn acreage in the northwestern states
| This wear. There is much corn talk in ia
sections of Minnesota and the DaRotas.
The corn acreage in southern ana cen,ial
Minnesota showed a nice increase last
| wear. The increased trade In corn tools
| from all sections Of the northwest re-
| norted by the local machinery houses IS
Significant. Many farmers IN :bhe heo
river valley, who have become convinced
frat fla is not a good crop for olo lahu;
will increase their acreage OF oats anu
harley and will undoubtedly pegln corn
culture on a reasonably large scale 1or
fine first time this season. All TINS means
Increased trading in these commodities IN
this market. .. . 49,.