Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-06-05

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Under the caption "The Editors
Log of Far Western Commercial
Trip" Mr.. Defebough, editor OF the
American Lumberman at Chicago,
who was with the party Of Chicago
business men that visited Bismarck,
on a western trip some weeks ago,
makes some interesting observations
OF his Journeys In the Lumberman
Of May 27th, appears two page arti-
Gle, some excerpts from which are
as follows:
!! According to advices cleaned In
the great wheat producing area OF
North Dakota and from other sections
1905 will be an excellent year for all.
In this section! more than generally Ia
the case farming conditions and crop
results are the determining factors in
all lines Of industry. II the wheat
crop should, be heavy, is harvested
without loss and sells tor . good price
money is plentiful and circulates free.
ly, buildings spring up in town and
country, fences and outbuildings are
repaired and other improvements are
made without STINT ..... .,..' ...,...-
For these reasons, as the spring
opens It is natural that merchants
should keep close watch upon condi-
lions and seek to form conclusions up.
on what the coming harvest viii be In
order that they may trim their sails
to meet the seasons business. have
been supplied with reports from all
parts of the Dakotas and the outlook
certainly is bright one. In many
cases the spring wheat sown is re.
ported to be in good condition. The
total acreage given over to wheat this
year probably is larger than it has
been for several years and should the
thresher's tally bear out the prophe-
cies lately made from all parts of both
states there is no doubt that the year
will be a busy one.
The Dakota wheat fields are de-
pended upon to very great extent.
Let the whisper go around on change
that the Dakota wheat crop is a fail
ure and the price of the cereal scars.
Let it be intimated that rust, that
dread enemy of the farmer, has made
Its appearance and values receive a
very decided impetus toward a higher
altitude. ..<,-f..s,g
dakota Is necessary to the COM
mercial prosperity of the country.
Without its grain and its live stock
some OF us in the thickly populated
districts Of the east might find it,difii
cult to get enough to eat, or at least to
change OUR diet. ~
The Granaries Of the Worid.-u
This country as country, we know
from observation is one OF unlimited
opportunities, and in no part of it. I
think, can the statement tbe applied
With more gertrude than to the Da.
kotas. A few years ago the ;Dakotas
were looked upon simpiy as Tie
granastes Of the world. "How is the
wheat crop in the Dakotas?" was the
all important question, not merely In
America but abroad. The fertile
lands OF these states will produce their,
quota Of the wheat supply, hut their
producing populace are not content to
depend wholly upon wheat. !, Il, j
Formerly Il the wheat crop were
good they were prosperous; IL the
wheat crop failed they were in hard
straits. Now the Dakotans have rot
ten beyond that point, They grow
wheat, to be sure, immense quantities
OF It; but they have diversified their
interests and their pursuits. They are
raising other grains than wheat and
are DEVELOPING other and sprontabsa
sonrcsssH eiaplSyment sforithsmse ly6sI
and their neighbors. imagine from
information chat Is zen supplied 10;
that It will be only q few years ,,ntil
the wheat crop. regardless 81 il III 81.
tent. viii be deposed from IL position
oftfrst Importance and occupy u lover
place. There ID similarity between
Chicago and North Dakota il that!
their commercial interests DIRE diversil!
hsd 9 trend which. as regards the