The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-05

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meaning Minnesota, North and South Da-
kota, is receiving much attention from
the missionaries OF commerce. Many of
the houses have added to their travelling
| force in these states in order to make
a clean sweep of the entire territory
without skipping a town. North Dakota
is fair sample of what outside ter
ritory is doing for Minneapolis "A. E.
Bezoier, who has been thoroughly &C.
quainted with trade conditions in that
state for years, says:
While many Of the Minneapolis houses
have been fortifying themselves by opening
up new territory the fact remains that when
the old northwest has realized we'll on it's
grain the volume Of business done by Min
neapolis jobbers is bound to increase with
other conditions favorable. The travelling
man who has followed the development Of
the northwest for years knows that with last
years money making crop and the big de-
velopment in North Dakota this year the
merchandise sales Of Minneapolis must in
crease fast. The Minneapolis business man
who puts in most of his time In the citv
knows that great things are promised Min
neapolis jobbers as a result of this big wave
or immigration. But to realize fully the
wonderful effect 1t Is to have on the future
trade OF this market, one must be in the
field and watch the farming communities i'm
prove and the towns develop. MINNEAPOLIS
Is the natural market for most of the two
Dakotas. The fact that the territory along
the 500 road in North Dakota is developing So
rapidly will partly explain why the old
! northwest is buying more goods in Mime
apolis. Wherever the 500 road runs Mime
apolis has prestige. In the entire western
| part of the state there are few towns that
are not increasing their number of business
houses. Western North Dakota is also for
II nnfo n, fh1 pook tLD&
| ence and capital from southern Minnesota
and Iowa are locating there. These men have
the retail business down to science and
| Minneapolis is favorite market with them
Generally speaking, the effect Of the last crop
| in North Dakota is readily seen in sales and
collections. The state and it's business men
| are in good shape.
| Rosy Prediction.
Among the men who are predicting a
banner year in the wholesale trade, with
the northwest yielding just an ordinary
crop of grain, Is James F. Jordan of Wy
man, Partridge & Co. He says:
The dry goods trade for the first three
months of the year has shown wonderful
| increase. The results were far beyond oul
expectations. Every section Of the country
in which we do business is making heavier
| purchases. One gratifying feature Is the nice
| increase in the coast trade. Iowa is another
territory that is doing we'll by us. Collec.
lions are satisfactory. The indications are
now that this is to be the biggest year Ii
the history of the dry goods trade in this
Fart of the country.
| Shoe Trade Booming, Too.
The shoe houses are pleased with re-
suits in the more remote territory which
| they began to cultivate two years
ago. Here, too, Iowa is proving good
ally of Minneapolis and the coast is buy
Ing strong. American shoes are making
friends the world over. The number OF
| inquiries received by the local houses
from Japan is constantly increasing
Dealers In American goods in the treaty
ports appear to have conceived the idea
that Minneapolis ought to be able to sup
ply them to advantage. The local houses
are not ambitious at this time to expjeri-
ment with the foreign trade. The domes.
tic. demand is keeping them busy.
| With the wonderful development Of the
northwest the hardware jobbers have
every reason to expect big year. The
first three months show great advance
over the first quarter of last year. The
hardware men are not extending their
territory but the development of the ole
northwest and the big demand for ali
kinds OF hardware has piled up the sales
with an especially big record for March
Gas. Flows at d Premium.
1 The implement men are having trouble
securing goods. Some houses are shorttor
vehicles and others on Implements some
ON both. At this time of the year there
is usually a shortage in stocks of some
kind. But this sring the shipping de-
partments have been buried under ar
avalanche of orders. The factories are
crying for steel that the furnaces can'1
| supply. The northwestern farmer ant
settler has created a wonderful demand
for plows. NJ. H. Davis OF the Lacrosse
Implement company says:
| me Implement trade in the northwest has
never seen such a spring business as is pour
| ing in here this year. The Factories canno
supply the demand, and frequently the scar
city of cars east of Chicago interferes witt
| the receipt of goods in time promptly to care
for orders. There has been big trade IL
vehicles, and some Of these are hard to Sc
cure. If the present high prices on hogs con.
tinue, the trade in corn tools will be big IL
this state, as these hog prices are sure t
encourage big acreage OF that grain. tn,
farmer is buying at rate that will max,
this a year Of new records In the implement
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