The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-12
ST. PAUL JOBBERS AND BROKERS M
ARE HOPEFUL FOR AN AVERAGE CROP
Wholesalers, When interviewed, Say That Reports
From TRAVELLING Statesmen and Customers Are En-
couraqng-G General Prospects Are Bright and Only
in Few Localities Have the Crops Been BIghted
Price of Wheat VIII Be High.

AS far as can be learned from the ST.,
Paul jobbers and commission brokers the
conditions of the growing crops in the
Northwest are as bright now as at cor
responding time last year. While 1T is
evident that the yield for 1903 will not be
as large as was anticipated month ago,
this is to be no famine year but more
properly speaking a year of plenty to the
American farmers.
Jobbers, when interviewed, said that
from their travelling statesmen and Gus
toners, the spring wheat belt has been,
spared from great damage either from
drought or too much rain. In few iso-
lated communities some crops have been
either partly or totally destroyed. blE
cases of this nature are the exceptions
and few really exist.
Commission brokers have similar
story to tell. They watch the crop as
closely as any class of men, and prob
ably are somewhat inclined to pessimistic
that the crop will be an average one,
although the harvest returns will not
be as great as We're anticipated SIX or
eight weeks ago. The loss in yield, ac-
cording to the statements of the brokers,
will be made up in higher prices. as the
European wheat crop is a complete fall-
ure, and the continent this. year VIII ge
forced to rely on America for its bread.
Theodore S. Schumacher; Lindeke,
Warner g. Schurmeier:
I'm told that through certain parts of
Iowa the corn will be short; and IN me
IS per cent of an average crop. All
through the northern part of Wisconsin
things are looking well but that is por-
suffer very much"
c. L. Kluckhohn; Gordon, Ferguson
CO..:
upon this that we always base our esti-
mate or opinion of the countrys condi-
ton. Country merchants are not given
to over-reaching themselves, and all those
l have talked with look for favorable har-
vest returns. AS far as l can see there
is no particular change In sentiment from
that of last year. l guess that Northern
Iowa and Southern Minnesota are not In
best of shape, but at the same time con-
sderably better than they were thirty or
forty days ago. But the Red River val
ley, and all North OF here, is better even
than last year"
S. J. Gottschammer; C. Gotham & Co.:
1T would appear from advices from
Nicollet and LIE Sueur counties that the
heavy rains have done lot of damage
there. l have friends, who have lived In
LIE Sueur county for the past th1rty-Slx
years. and they say that never in all
and continued wet weather as there was
for some time this summer. And then
the hot weather came on without any
intervening weather that would permit OF
the land drying out as it should and
the result is that it is all baked as hard
as stone. Everywhere the hay IS an
ABUNDANT crop, ana price Is
fancy. All through the potato sections
of Minnesota the tuber is an excellent
crop, and the fact that the great potato
section of Missouri was all drowned out
the better for the Minnesota farmer.
Tibbs, Hutchings & Co.:
1.-THE sadviees we are RECEIVING from our
men in Minnesota and adjacent states
tersely told is as follows: The southern
part of Minnesota is none too good The
rains did not come there In time. Inc
same conditions exist in Northern Iowa,
especially to the westward. In the east
ern portion of Northern Iowa it is not as
bad and Wisconsin is in. fine shape.
South Dakota cannot expect much, but
Minnesota are all right. Ihlngs never
looked better along the Red River valley,
C. P. Noyes; Noyes Bros. & Cutler:
"Al1 we know is but of very general
nature and it would not do to base any
plans or campaigns on what we can say.
You understand how it is, our business
does not fuctuate like that of almost any
other line. There is so much OF our line
of goods to be sold annually and we are
not dependent on the crop condition"
H. G. Allen; ]. H: Allen & Co:
of our men is from the locality of Sisse-
ton, S. D., and one man there says that
for miles around the crops have been
practically demolished by storms, though
storms were. That is the only word
have had since the rains:
e. A. Young; Finch. Young d NC
Conville
1'Our man, who travels through the
Red River valley, has just returned and
says that all through that section, the
the state line, where a few weeks ago
he saw ruin almost a certainty, every
thing is now looking good Around
Drayton the rains did an uncomfortable
amount of good. and around Pelican
Rapids he says that one could fairly see
the crops spring up under the influence Of
the heavy rains. Flax is good crop
Northern Iowa and Southern Minnesota
we are hearing much complaint from the
merchants and the general impression