The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-14
THE NONPARElL MAN

THE NONPARElL MAN
our Market Letter on the Principal cere-
ais, on Royalty and on Other Articles
Of Rarter~The Dollar Wheat Pres
dlctIon--A Corner In Dukes as the
Effect OF Miss May GoeIet's Operations
-corn Should BE. Purchased on Re-
cesslona.
Wheat--A dispatch to the Boston Tram
script from Duluth shows a most Interest,"
ing condition in wheat. The, correspon-
dent, taking the, government figures OF
l65, 000, 900 bushels, adds enough of winter
wheat and of wheat held for farmers
needs to make; a supply of 1s3, 900
bushels. Taking what has gone forward Z
and what will be neededefh the mills, he
figures out a surplus Of 100000 bushels
left in the northwest next summer. TAX
the Jones figures of lat, 200. 900 and adding
the southwestern and supply wheat" to
them and making the necessary deductions
| we find that this surplus of 1000 900 bush-se
els becomes a, deficit4aof over 20,o00,0o0
bushels. We believe that Mr.. Valentine
made a prediction Of 81 wheat. If he is
not right, then we would advise our GUS
| toners that he is wrong.
| Dukes--Au alleged corner in dukes is
creating some excitement in social cir
| cles in the east. 1t should not do SO.
| The condition OF the market has been
| apparent for some time. Since Miss Goes
| let secured her royalty, it is said that
there is hut one duke left on the counter
and he is rather willy and little gun
shy. There has been some criticism OF
Miss Goelet for having raised the ducaI
| limit to s10,00o,000. Personally, we fail
| to see how this criticism can hold water.
It was apparent at the time Miss Goelet
commenced her operations that the ducal
supply was short. Anything that wore
coronet has been quoted high for some
seasons back. as it was foreseen In 1899
| that if the trend Of business continued
as in that decade a duke would be
| a very rare article: by 1903. We do
not consider the price at all exorbitant.
| Shop-worn French counts may decline a
little IN value, owing to their frequency.
but the English variety will command
/ high prices for some time to come. The
American market Is constantly widening
| and broadening, and we see no reason
for lower prices during this decade.
Corn-The government report on corn
has been something of daInpener to bull
enthusiasm. We regard It as an over
estimate. We would advise our custom
ers and all roosters to pick up corn at
any recession under 40.
In 1874 Polk was elected president be-
cause he favored annexing Texas. Is
| there any other gentleman or lady stand
ing around who desires to be annexed?
A banking authority says that the next
panic is coming In 1918, with the following
4 boom days. in 1916. If that is the case
the way to get rich is to buy million
+ dollars worth Of stocks in 1915 Don't
be in hurry Think it over, and be coll
lecting the million.
If Panama, after having treated with
= ia hac into
4 would we have to hold her?
For $40 and a fraction you may become
a part owner Of the steel trust with
Rockefeller, schwab, Morgan and the
boys.
: Colombia: feels that it has just refused
to buy "a; real gold brick or to pick up a
pocketbook with a nice roll in it on
April I.
Ten billion, not ten million dollars was
represented by the fat boys at the Elkns
funeral. Yet who would care to be taken
1.-The cemetery by billionaires?
Il The pie trust in New York has not
been beaten,a as was confidently announced
Il bye the 9iunchroom' people, but is getting
; even for lthe boycott Of its product by ex-
t tending Its operations to hot rolls, the
a price Of which has advanced cents OH
ST the hundred. About 200 excited lunch
a room keepers met the other day to con-
v slider the threatened donainancy, of the
= pie octopus. The speakers sketched thu
Z pie situation in New York in gloomy col
e ors.i It was asserted also that cruIIers.
g buns, doughnuts coffee cakes and cream
e rolls were in danger The rise in the
- price of a pie from to cents has been
e a severe, blow to small dealers, and the
| latest move of the trust in refusing to
take back old and debilitated pies has
| destroyed the profit of the dealer entirely.
| The price of celluloid having gone up re-
:. Gently, the trust claims that there is no
: profit in pie crust at 3 cents.
The Fremont, Neb., Herald-Leader has
. evolved a rnasterful scheme for doing
; away with the liquor business. The foun-
dation Of the liquor trade. says the Her.
| ald-Leader, is the treating habit. This
! must be the point of attack A drink
j. Of whisky costs Is cents, two for a quar-
Il ter The next time you feel like setting
: 'enl up to the gang just drop into a cloth
y ing store and ask the boys to have a,
n linen collar on you. They cost two for
e a quarter and are worth a, whole lot more
: than whisky. In this way you benefit
:. and the liquor man is left either to i'm
! scheme is so simple that we wonder it was
! never thought Of before.
[ What's that? You say it is foolish?
Q Your wife will tell you that 1t isn't half
as foolish as the treating habit.