Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1904-12-31
KNOCKING AN INDUSTRY.


There are % 900 flour and grist mills in the
United States with a capital of $485,OOOOOO.
They employ $4,000 men and pay out $23OOO,OOO
in wages annually. According to figures OBJ
tainable these mills have been exporting nearly
100000 barrels of flour, the value which is
nearly $75,OOO,OOO The Minneapolis Tribune
calls attention to the conditions which the
millers must labor under, now that the price of
wheat is so high, in this country that flour
manufactured from the home grown article can
not be sold abroad in competition with fonr
made in Canada of Canadian wheat and in
London of American wheat The English
dealers can buy cheaper from the London mills
and the result is that the export trade of Amer
lea is falling off, More flour mills are being
CONSTRUCTED in London and several are under
way at Belfast Canadian mills are exporting
flour to London via New York in bond. Thus
it will be observed that an American industry
is receiving bad knock The Tribune thinks
the only way out of the difficulty is to premit
the American mi1lers to buy Canadian wheat
for export flour alone, fifteen cents below the
American price.
The legislative committee of the state
teachers association has been considering,
during the year, the needs of schools affected
by Legislation, and submits it's report, says the
St. Paul Distatch. Among it's recommended
tons were two, one increasing the pay of
county superintendent, and the other authoriz-
ing an expense reimbursement to the extent of
Ac1f
section took up those portions of the report
affecting their line. The recommendation for
increase of compensation met cordial and un-
animous approval. When the recommendation
hat each applicant for a state teachers cert-
icate be made to pay 81 fee was considered,
the superintendent baked, and when that
which suggesten that no teacher of the third
certificate standing-the lowest grade the
hardly qualified -but-hopeful class of teachers
should be PERMITTED to teach it more than
one year, they boted. The first recommended
tons touched the pocket; the last the politics.
King Corn stands at the head of mighty
army of figures in the annual report of the de-
partment of agriculture, just out. He n1usters
in bushels g. 467, 4SC 1874 units, and stands for a
selling value of $1O87 ,461 ,440. Wheat, with
552 399,517 bushels shows value of $51O, 1885,
$780, Hay is bigger item than wheat, for
there were 39,998,6O2 tons gathered in this
in this year. and the value to $519 ,1O7,626.
These are only three of eleven principal items.
The exhibit is a wonder. The American farmer
has shown his power and resource this year as
never before, especially when it is considered
that in at least one leading crop, the conditions
favoring large yields and high quality were
unfavorable during good part of the year
Minneapolis Journal
I I
Minneapolis is much stirred up to who
is to blame for the walls of the Boute1 building
falling upon the Croker hotel. Why puzzle
over such simple question. l. was the wind
and any one would sleep under the walls was
fool. That's the conclusion Minneapolis
will arrive at six months from now and why
not save time and dismiss the matter