The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-10

form, and where only year ago there
was nothing but the unbroken prairie or
the sod fields the landscape is dotted
with houses and thickly clustering stacks
Of wheat, and animated by the activities
OF scores Of thrashing crews.
Expert Shows Opinion.
Everybody in the United States who
knows anything about wheat has heard
Of Mr.. B. W. Snow, the Chicago wheat
expert, to whose estimates Of tho crop
the wheat trade, pays SO much attention
from year to year. Mr.. Snow has been
making careful study OF western Can
ada for several years. He has made
many long and thorough tours OF inspec-
ton. In a recent interview MIR. Snow
said: .'.' :. -. -
IN all nay experiences do not know
OF any other body of land on the face OF
the globe. of the same extent, contain
Ing as large a percentage Of high class
wheat land as lies between Winnipeg and
the Rockies. This is big statement. but
1t Is absolutely true and correct"
Such statement by SO eminent an au-
thortty may perhaps arouse even the In
quires to be shown. Continuing In the
same interview Mr.. Snow said:
Il have watched the development of
this new country for some years past,
| and believe 1t is q matter Of very few
years until what We In the States call
| northwestern Canada will produce q
| larger surplus of wheat for the worlds
| markets than Is now produced In any
country. Western Canada inside Of ten
years will be the principal source of Eu-
ropean wheat supplies-a position occu-
pied by the United States for a quarter
OF century. The United States haa
| pro ofi oo nj Ne -
as q wheat exporter. The natural wheat
lands of the republic are all taken, ane
the increase through improved culture
will hardly keep pace with the increase
| OF population. On this account Canada
will have a market tor her product ex
banding as rapidly as the product can b
Increased, and will meet with decreasing
competition from the States"
"F1rst Argentina, Then Siberia"
What country will prove Canada
most serious rival in tho wheat aarka
of the future?" asked the reporter.
I'm the early future Argentina will
be the most serious competitor, an
eventually the Siberian plains, but thi
latter contingency is a long way In tn
distance" was Mr.. Shows reply.
:'Are the wheat dealers of the wer1
alive to the situation as you see it?''
| IL -IhiS last ySdA paII1Cu1a1Ay tn
wheat traders Of the world have suddenl
} awakened to the fact that there Is ne
factor in the wheat market. AS recent
as two years ago the leading foreign al
} thority on wheat growing, Broomhall {
Liverpool, was inclined to doubt the cs
l pecity Of western Canada. The size
the crop this year and the wonderful
high quality of the grain sweeps ava
all lingering doubts as to capacity"
= do you think bad year or two weu
> seriously retard the development
3 western Canada?"
9 There was never new country TIL
:, did not have to go through climatic vici
, STUDIES. There will be poor years in Il
q future as in the past. but such setbacl
4 will be Of less i'll effect here than h,
n ever before been the case in a new coul
8 try. The settlers coming in have larg
assets, both Of experience and none
S than were ever before brought int ne
( country. They will be financially alb
n to meet poor seasons, should such eccu
$ and they have knowledge Of prair
b farming sufficient to, enable them