The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
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Total regular ................... $3.50, 00e
Total capacity ............. ss,s45, 900


This list Of terminal elevators does
age capacity controlled by Minneapo-
lis grain men. Turnout the entire
northwest, reaching from Wisconsin to
the limits of grain production, there
are elevators and grain warehouses at
every railroad station. These country
'"houses" vary In capacity from few
thousand bushels to complete eleva-
tors of several hundred thousand BUSH
els storage. A large proportion OF
these outside elevators are owned or
controlled by companies having head
quarters in Minneapolis. Thru these
systems the Minneapolis grain COM
panies extend their influence to ev-
cry part Of the west, buying In many
towns and controlling in the aggregate
many times the terminal storage OF
Minneapolis proper.
Even the elevators themselves have
changed radicallyin form and construc-
ton and method Of operation during
the twenty-five years under considera-
ton. In 1878 the accepted construction
was Of wood, with elevated bins and
high cupolas-towering structures with
which everyone is familiar. Convey
ors were introduced after awhile. and
the elevators became long, compare
lively low structures; but wood was
still the material used in the walls.
Within the past ten years many ex-
peEimerlts have been made to secure
some more permanent material at q
reasonable cost, and steel, tile, concrete
and brick elevators have come in. All
Of these materials are being used with
success, and each has its advocates.
At all events, the old style of wooden
elevators seems to be doomed. The
new construction reduces expense Of
maintenance and operation. and OBJ
literates the insurance account.
-, At the same time a class Of cleaning
and handling houses has come into
being. These are small elevators de-
signed to handle and clean grain, and
are equipped with machinery for this
purpose. They are the outgrowth Of
modern grain handling and milling
methods. ....
In the year 1903 the grain business
of Minneapolis looks forward to great
development. With all it's growth in
the past twenty-five years, 1t still has
this condition confronting it; that but
a small part of the arabic land Of the
northwest has yet been cultivated.
Thousands upon thousands Of acres
have yet to feel the plow. With these
available lands brought under cult-va-
ton, the production Of grain in the
region tributary to Minneapolis must
be such as to enormously increase the
volume Of business handled in this
market.
In connection with the milling and
grain business there has developed at
Minneapolis during the past twenty
five years a very extensive business
in elevator building, flour milling
equpping, the manufacture of flour
packages, and other lines closely as
ISOLATED with the great dual industry.
So important has this city become as
center for grain and flour interests
that it is now the principal point in
the United States for the contracting
of elevators and for dealers in eleva-
tor machinery and equipment. Mill
building and flour making machinery
have become very important industries
in Minneapolis and cooperage has long
held an important place in the city's
activities. Minneapolis was the first
place in the United States to develop
a system of cooperative cooperage
shops and for many years these coop
erative associations of coopers stood
as a prominent example to the world
of the practicability Of this favorite
| principle among reformers of labor
conditions. The manufacture Of bags
for flour tboth cotton and paper), as
we'll as rough bags and sacks for han
ding milling stuffs and grain, Is an
important industry, and latterly the
making Of paper boxes and packages
I for packing cereal foods has grown to
considerable dimensions.
Minneapolis should be a natural CEN
ter for cereal food manufacturing, and
in fact the industry has made enor-
or eight years. Some Of the larger
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4 and Grain Secion.)