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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-02

Altho Minneapolis figures more con-
spicuous1y and picturesquely. as a re-
ceiving market for the northwest, her
scarcely Scarcely less important. There is some
thing about -four milling that appeals
to the imagination. The dusty miller
has always been a favorite character
for the poet and story-writer. And to
be the largest -four milling place in
the world is fact to arrest every
bodv's something to talk
about and write about. Everybody
eats -four in some form, and Minneap-.
oils has naturally become known around
the world as the greatest four-making
city and incidentally as the greatest
wheat market Of the country. But the
handling of groceries, dry goods, hard
ware, machinery and such like prosaic
articles, does not appeal to- the mind
in the same way as the romantic wheat.
Even the people of Minneapolis them
selves. are apt to overlook the great
Importance of their city as a depot OF
supplies for the great northwest region.
Minneapolis first began to sell goods
at wholesale because it was convenient
for the country general traders who
| brought in miscellaneous produce tc
lbuy their stocks where they traded in
their own stuff. From this Jobbing de-
veioped year by year under the nat
ural trading law Of buying where on.
sells. AS the farmers more and more
marketed their grain in Minneapoll
they more and more looked to Minneap
4 oils to. supply them with what the.
needed for operating their farms, an
for such articles Of food, clothing, etc
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-02

as they could not themselves raise or
make. ,
One Of the most important lines of
iobbing to be thus developed was the
trade in farm machinery. The admlra-
BILE situation Of the city for distribution
early led the leading manufacturers or
the country to establish branch houses
here and later great local concerns grew
11p-iobbers Of every variety OF farm
implement used. Supplementing this
business came local manufacturing con
Germs so that now Minneapolis is the
second largest distributing point In the
world for farm implements and machln'
ery. Some dozen Factories produce, I'M
Elements and machines, ranging from
the complete thresher outft--separatol
and engines and. stacker-to the modest
plow and the simple hand tool. Fully
So 100000 capital is employed in manu-
featuring farm implements in this city
and the annual product Of the factories
exceeds 100000 in value. The tota
| volume Of the iobbing trade in II, farm
/ implements is way up in the mlll1on'
and is not easily appropriated.
implement trade in Minneapolis, there il
a distinct advantage to northwestern
merchants and farmers. They are en-
abled to buy in market which not only
supplies every known variety OF lmple
ment, but where competition and trans
Dortation4 facilities combine to MAKE
prices reasonable and delivery promp
| and inexpensive. The great 1mplemen
houses Of Minneapolis have erectet
MANY enormous warehouses where ever.
| kind Of farm tool and machine may b.
| seen to advantage.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-02

: The Importance of the business in /.
this part of the country makes the
farm machinery department Of the Min
nesota state fair one Of the largest and
most important divisions of the fair
one most eagerly studied by farm Wis
itors and the thousands of dealers who
visit the fair each year. 1t is the Gus
tom of the manufacturers to send to the
fair their latest and best designs and to-
give every facility for study, of the
merits Of their machines and imple-
ments. *It
In general wholesale business Mime
apolis offers to the dealers, and thru
them to the consumers, of the north
west, especial advantages. Attic more
than 400 miles nearer the northwestern
consumer than Chicago, Minneapolis is
able, by taking advantage Of the great
lakes shipping route from the east. to
Law down goods in her warehouses at
equal cost with Chicago. This gives
her an advantage which is shared by
every dealer and farmer in Minnesota,
the Dakotas and westward to the noun
tains She has this further advantage
that the iobbers are northwestern
men, acquainted with northwestern con-
| ditions, close students of the needs
and tastes Of northwestern buyers and
directly interested in their prosperity.
It is a fact that northwestern buyers
can find things best suited to their
local needs in Minneapolis wholesale
\ houses. They have no need to travel
400 miles farther to Chicago or 1000
miles farther to New. York to find the
right goods or the right prices. Min
neapolis iobbers now buy In all the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-02

More man owe their prominence and wealth
to an idea than to any other one born to
career Of wealth, others through circumstances
gather around them large business ana Of
fHrtuG TN rs sG bnt the who
ate idea that is novel ana pthen by
John Lund Of the leading G ei6nfns
ana competency to Idea that orig I'M "a
and proved to So be the sd"Rtans
and assm flat sos% M
educated in the academy OF metropolitan t asSo-
citation. o,, native of
the Mi little kuR Ra rs stu Of in
III he f9y %eRed h to cany
Rs rl
ms father was and IN that hund
! cut for himself starting in real estate; coilec-
Sn and 2 3on file s%a
the first idea came to him that he re began began
res and he
Idea of branching out in q way to secure his
and he sst tab re%.,o oes
his 6sgss bssness Sse &N9 s
confidence with his methods. From there ne
SEeness with its IN chre in
county in many western states, and aitoge1ner r
bls agsn1 With Land Agene which IS
central name and the nucleus for all that I'M
mense network of branches and business con,
farmer boy should be the head and brain of such
ana an M sRnn
of stubborn facts.
But the -reatest stroke of business enterprise
and the main idea which has contributed to the
Immense success Of Lund's Land Agency Is the
lions In business to the agency, ana mace
many hundreds of dollars for people with small
amounts of idle money who were not up IN land
! matters themselves, but who were Wiling 10
enter into confidential partnership relations with
the man who did know. No sooner was this idea
: in the mind of Mr.. Lund than he put 1T into
; stand and which persons in any walk of life
ID + Of It
hundreds of people who have increased tneir
savings by entering into one Of these novel
contracts which make them limited partners ~
s a novel way. ~
9 The idea was simple after all, and it is
wonderful that TO one had thought Of 1t be
fore. But that is always said Of every move
idea The plan a ep enc
big business chances occurring. more than any
lone man or company, no matter now o1g, t S
o M It's ow sre
p ing up lands at far less than their real value
I often for half. when the owners require cast
g ways people willing to sell at sacrifice fo1
:, for them. Mr.. Lund's agents manage to fne
There are many cases through the country u
:. small towns where persons have had an ide,
a they understood the land business, have EN-
2 | barked In 1T and can't carry It, They wan
e to unload and unload quick.
e Above all. there are mortgage companies wh
have to get rid of their securities and Their
e for quarter what the farm Is worth; ther
g are banks who want TO change Investments AM
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this-and only such powers could have
built up the trade in so short a period
as twenty-five years, until Mlnneapo-
lis has made the northwest famous the
world over as producer OF breadstuts::
In the same way the organization OF
the Minneapolis Chamber OF Commerce
in 1881 placed the Minneapolis market
for Wheat on a firm basis, established
regular inspection, permanent grades,
and secured recognition of the north
western hard spring wheat as one of the
grains Of commerce. Thru the influence
of the Minneapolis Chamber OF Com
merce, the demand for spring wheat was
stimulated and developed until the vol
ume Of shipments to all parts OF the
continent as we'll as across the ocean to
Europe, reached into many millions OF
bushels annually. During the quarter
century the Minneapolis Chamber of
Commerce has been interchangeable. in
watching over the interests OF this mar ar
ket, losing no opportunity to further the
cause of the spring wheat producers,
and to make it's place in the world Of
commerce secure.
In this period the production; of
wheat in the northwest has multiplied
many times, countless farmers have at,
tanned prosperity, hundreds Of towns
have grown UP on the prairies, hundreds
of thousands of people have established
! themselves happily and permanently
all largely because of the development
of the market for northwestern spring
wheat.
Wheat is given the first place be-
cause legitimately entitled to it. But
it is by no means the only thing. All
Minneapolis has been built up a great
market for oats, corn, rye, barley anc
other grains. Notable among these il
flaxseed. It is not generally known
that Minneapolis has become the CHIEF
f1axseed market of the country, and thai
athe local production Of linseed oil il
more than one-fourth that of the whole
country-this city having greater capac
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-02

Iund and he certainly deserved good thing,
too for making such big profits these deals tb
it is safer for the investor, for certainly Mr.
Lnnd being half partner in every deal Dc, q he
takes personal interest that there shall be
have to, stand half that. So 1t has turned out
that there have been no losses, for, with 50
the opportunity to make profitable turn and
those showing no profit are turned down.
mail simply enormous. Luckily, his offices at
800 First avenue south are directly opposite the
distance to carry the malls, hence the work is
made light. for the distance would be no small
object where SO much mail business Is DONE
And Mr.. .Lund takes personal recognition Of
all mail and writes personal letters TO inquiries
regarding his proft-sharing PLAN 1t Is almost
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-02

d. Perhaps in all the great northwest,
there is no more popular hosiery than
the the New National hotel, corner Wash
ington and Second avenues, Minneapo-
lis. The location is an ideal one, be-
ing only one block from the handsome
Chicago Milwaukee & st. Paul railway
postoffice, and two blocks from the new
city hall and courthouse. Electric cars
pass the doors to and from st. Paul.
Minnehaha Falls and all parts OF the
city and suburbs. making every attrac-
tion and point of interest easily Access
sible. Nicollet and Hennepln avenues
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ity than any other oil manufacturing

ity than any other oil d manufacturing
Intimately connected with these mat
ters Of market for agricultural products
is the extremely important subject of
financing the movement of these great
crops. It is here that Minneapolis
comes into closest touch with the agri-
cultural districts which surround her on
every side-for money moves easily
only where relations are of the most sat
isfactory and where confidence is
most complete. The time was when the
northwest was obliged to look to the
funds with which to move its crops.
Now Minneapolis is able to care for the
financial demands of the country at the
season when the crops are harvested. It
is notable, that IN recent years, the
solid financial institutions of this city,
have become more and more the cores
pondents Of the country banking insti-
buttons of the northwest. Their rela-
tions are yearly growing more intimate;
the city is more. andemore becoming the
money market of the3northwest as we'll
as it's grain market. i4}r.E
I I. -'.o 81. III r; -7-77-s is1sf5assE-
Perhaps in no other wav may4the5 city
| and country work together to better
advantage than in0developing the farm
| them productive With a large part of
| their areas unoccunied,a Minnesota and
the Dakotas have been ct a adisadvan.
tage., The active work of<the past few
years has BROUGHT many, thousands Of
acres under cultivation, added to the
population. increased the value Of all
lands, made more taxable property in
every county in the, three states, and
generally added enormously to the pros.
perity Of the, whole community. IL
this work city and country have united
The progressive, land men have accom-
have done good work. s the railroads
have been effective. and T he Jour
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The Greatest Land Man In All the Northwest

, shade trees and we'll kept lawn. it marks one
Of the spots on the North slds ,sno
sition and he and hiss charming wire are cor
dial entertainers and an ACQUISITION to the soci
of the EWabasso club, the leading society organ
ization of the North Side: and are among Its
strong on pU attributes which endear him to those
who admire the bluff hearty mannerlsms 1or
noted e Of seandnavian parentase he possesses
the good qualities of that sterling race with
! the polish and push which the American birth
| That North Minneapolis has taken Mr.. Lund
| to itself and is fully intending to make much
Of him Is shown BY the fact that, aifh9ngn ne
have been offered him and he has been urged
the people in various ways IN local
to divide his business cares with those Of the
public; at least. for time. But he is rapidly
at Nave no made him in business be.
cause Of his sterling principles are gathering ri
about him a circle of; people who are ma king
him one Of the prominent men Of Minneapolis.
The various chief offices of the Lund Land
/ Agency ire located; as folloWs:s
watertown. s. De in charge OF Oscar ?.
lite block beautiful III built q patf
Dakota. Lands in that locality are sold from
! SIS to $50 an acre.
Iroquois S. D.. G. G. swafford lands from
Candy, MINI. George ". Dodge, where thu
o sst sa III Ssah susg Land an til
polsnd. $ p 5; Ra!gh T: Fargo: Lands i,
/ Redfeid. S. D. Dennis 5Connell Lands from
$40 to $50 an acre.
Faulkton, IS. D., D.. T. Mauller. Lands fron
! $40 to $50 an acre
j Gettysburg S. D.,lJ. A. Gilchrist Land
from IS to $50 an acre.
s. Aberdeen, s. d.. K. Hull. Lands from 81
Groton, s.. B., s. NJ. Dockstader Some o
the best lands in the state at from SIS, to 81
jamestown. n. D., o. L. Craig. Land fro1
Washburn N. D.. c. NJ. Best. Land $40
Cakes. n. D.. Rube Thompson. Lands fror
% These are only few Of the chief agencies
is forces and the prominent men he has workln
q the various localities. One of the secrets Q
r. Lundss success is the fact that he change
taken because of their good character, an
r. Lund, being good reader Of character, n
s;tldom makes mistake, hence men Of qualit
!. and Judgment are in charge at every point, an
there is safety to purchasers in every deal mad,
Il 1t is a wellknown fact that 1t is not alway
L the safest thing in the world to purchase lant
J. There SO many irresponsible parties and eve
: : are liable to boone land Jockeys and unloa
= upon some unsuspecting person. Lunds Ian
: Agency is a clear nghouse. Here everyt thing
3 all kinIls are sold, but at their true value. Or
:. gets what he pays for and hence complaints al
]. : ttinfreaunnt even with the immense volume
!, !, business transacted 2ss4
l. It is not wonderful, therefore, that 1t is b
+. coming saying in North Minneapolis ,whs
{, speaking of any thing In connection with lar
r.. deal of land values:
It And the experience is that Lund never disa
Ia prints
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-02

score of other things, and it is only natural
that they all turn to one of 14und's agents for
that the plan is in operation the money is al
ways ready for the bargain; Through the con
ners they all have an equal chance. If they
have only 500 to invest they have the ooo same me
BY this system the small sums are punched and
a big deal made with many of his partners
small sum draws the same profit as the large
one. E..i 5.- 80
1t has often been said that 1t takes money
to make money. That was the handspring. of
the Lund idea By punching. many small
amounts there was the opportunity to make the
Of course there must be something in it for
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-02

establishment all departments must
work in Intelligent cooperation. It will
do little good for the productive de-
partments to do good work unless the
selling and shipping and bookkeeping
departments supplement their efforts
with equally effective endeavor. The
same cooperation is a necessity in a
great community. And it can only be
obtained by intimate knowledge on the
part of each of the details and impor-
lance of the work of the Others. It
will never do for the farmer to belittle
ufacturer or for the city man to make
light OF the duties of the farmer. The
best results. will be obtained when the
city and country people have an init
mate knowledge OF each others work
and strive to play into each others
hands-to assist and cooperate In every
way possible.
This acquaintance can only be OBJ
tanned by study-by mixing as often as
may be- and by assuming a broad at
titude of mind, and-tho the word is
not often seen in business-by Guilt
waiting unselhshness. The state fair is
one practical means OF education. The
merchants excursions afford another
means Of bringing city and country
which were formerly prominent in the
commercial life Of the northwest were
| another valuable factor. The newspa-
per press has function to perform IN
this connection-not only the city dali
lies, but the country weeklies and the
agricultural papers, Many. papers
attention to the practical economic
| questions involved in the relations OF
city and country than in stirring up
petty jealousy and posing as the friends
of an oppressed element in the com,
munity.
1t is impossible here to go into al
the phases of the relations OF Mime
apolis and the surrounding country, but
there has been one very interesting ex
ample of the influence and supreme
Importance of great market on thu
destinies Of a people which is worthy
Of brief review.
Thirty years ago the northwest, as {
possible factor in the supply of thu
world 8 food, was practically unrecog
nized. AS late as twenty-five year
ago the district and its product had NJ
standing in the world IS markets: AM
had it not been for the Capitalization
of local product into local market
and the mighty work of the millers an!
grain men who composed that market
the particular merits of the northwest
ern product might not yet have or
tanned full recognition. $500,
About twenty fve years ago tn
Minneapolis millers, in the face Of tn
most intense opposition, and meeting
prejudice backed by generations Q
, trade custom, pushed northwestern har
spring wheat -four into the markets 0
the world, not only securing entranc
: into the central and eastern parts O
the United States, but successfully IL
+ PRODUCING it. into the conservative ma
kets of Europe. Only great forces an
powerful influences could have dor
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CLOSE RELATIONS OF
CITY AND COUNTRY.

Minneapolis Northwestern Agricultural
Products the Supply Depot for the Articles Consumed the
Agricultural Dsrcs-How the State Fair Assists in Bringing
City Country Intimate
Cooperation the Conditions Mutual Prosperity
Minneapolis Makes the Northwest Famous Producer Of
Sreadstus- the Strong and Reliable Milling and Grain
Built Up This Market-What the Mime
pos Chamber of Commerce Doing Promote the Welfare
of the Farmers of the Northwest.
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required regarding lands in these pa. =.
localities, or the same Information can pe Sc
Much might be written regarding the I'M
mense affairs under the control Of MI. Lq mo.
but these facts are an outline q What :, a snas
fore is looked upon with pride By the people
fof the North Side, because they have among o.
where is there any record of any one person
who controls SO much land. and It is a mat.
ter of pride TO that portion of the city thai
among the millions Saf acres and thousands Of
lots under his scrutiny he should have picked ,
ton And a beautiful spot it is At the cor
ner of Emerson and Twenty-third avenues n
upon the ridge. which is very nearly the hlgh-
embrace nearly a quarter square of weiis kept
I grounds. a handsome brick structure with noble
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incredible the amount of work done in this de
partment. for it is not only land that must be
divisions made and it Is all regulated by the
250C agents with clockwork regularity:
now prosperous towns and agencies. Among the
notable inmgration th9se at
S. 81 Clark. s. D.; Doland. Redfeld: 1ro-
quois raulkon Gettysburg aberdesn, GIo59n
Steele and Washburn. n D. In all these offices
there are capable agents at work, ready Z. to
provide farm and town lands ror less than the
vestors Who have entered into The. profit sharing
plan with Mr. Lund.sl At all of, those towns
can be addressed and inquiries made direct, II
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the shopping district and the leading
theaters are all within easy walking
distance.
The New National is modern in every
particular and thoroly up-to-date in
plan, construction and equipment. The
interior is a marvel of good taste, with
an arrangement that is perfect and
with fittings and furnishings that are
superb.
Unusual careful attention has been
given to the sanitary and hygienic de-
tolls of the hotel. with the result that
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-02
MINNEAPOLIS SUPPLIES
AN EMPIRES NEEDS.

This City the Farm Machinery and Implement Shipping Center Of the
Northwes-Great Concerns Which Supply Northwestern Farm
With Every Variety Of Agricultural mplementsThe Gem
eral Jobbng Trade It's Important
Of Buying ALI Glasses Of Goods in Minneapolis City
Produce Other Than Gran-Comssion Row the
Country's Selling AgentA Butter Market Of Importance
Minneapolis Fruit Distributing Market for the Entire North
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nal claims considerable share in the
responsibility for the large immigra::
grafton thru it's numerous landseekers
editions and it's constant advertising of
the resources and advantages of the
great northwest.
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Only one third of the worlds population
use bread as a daily article Of food. Near
ly one-ha1f of the people Of the world
subsist chiefly on rice. -
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1t is we'll understood in all business
institutions that the better all the
workers understand the nature of the
business and the more harmoniously
they work together, the better will be
the results. In a great manufacturing
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portunity afforded by Minneapolis Day
at the state fair of 1904 to call to the
attention of the people of the north
west some of these questions of their
mutual relations and to suggest the
possibility of still better understanding
of the parts which city and country are
called to play in the commercial de-
yelopment of the region.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-29
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

If a man likes 10 work real hard
With no. hing to show for it n is a
fool not to get married.
It's funny how a girls lips can sme!'
of tobacco smoke when she has been
in a room alone with a man.
There is something sineularly CON
>:stent in feminine way in 4
bleached blonde singing in a church
choir
\ girl would hate 10 think hat a
man she likes could suspect how mar
TOW seat she could sit in with him
Lots of people who worry over th
misery Gf HE pagans don't care if
they don't give their own servants
enough to eat.-New York Press