The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-22
Never So Good a Prospect
for Enormous Yield in
the Northwest.
Crop Expert Sees Billion
Bushel Marx for United
States and Canada.
One Hundred Million Dol
lars in Crop Value to Move
j.. to Minneapolis. 49,.
- EINNEAPOLIS may as well be-
~ gin right now to get ready

V1 gin right now to %, get ready
o. for rush Of fall business
greater than anything ever known In
the city's history. A wave Of wealth
now forming will burst upon the city.
A bumper crop needs but few days
more to reach full maturity. That crop
as it stands means 100000, 900 in value
to move this way, for if full prospects
are realized the record of 143,000,000
bushels for annual grain receipts will
be shattered and in tho movement to
come the measure Of 175,OOO,000 bush
els will be reached. The grain Is
there.
Never In memory has there been so
great a prospect. Fields that will
yield heavier than for years may be
seen. The bad spots are so few and so
scattered as to be unimportant. Black
rust appeared in places but the weather
refused to turn bad and the rust could
do no damage. The wheat, literally,
has run away from the rust, and will
soon be across the safety line with a
good lead. -..>.-...,t F. ...... ..
What the Harvest Means.
What all this means for Minneapolis
can easily be foreseen. First effect
naturally will be felt by the banks for
money will be needed in quantity to
move the big crops. Then the railroads
will catch it. The grain trade will next
begin to show big figures and million
/, - a {fh a her
Of Commerce. Implement and ma
cbinery men will be working nights
tn handle the business. Then the job
bers and manufacturers will find their
order books filed, as the farmers buy
from the country retailer. The farm
ers and their wives will come to town
and retail trade will feel the stimulus.
The state fair and the amusenents VIII
share the benefits.
There will be more money In Min
neapolis this fall than ever before
The northwest will be happy and pros
perous. The city will make great
strides in business records, bank clear
ings for the year will rise to the oll'
lion dollar mark, gains will be made II
nonn1ation. the attention of the country
will be drawn to this, the center OF
northwest prosperity, new enterprise
and new business ventures will appear
Crop Experts Forecast.
H. v. Jones, the Minneapolis crop es
timator, who has been out in the tleld'
for MANY weeks, returned to Minneapo
lis last night. Fifteen years OF expe
rience has given Jones prestige ant
business men generally follow his re
ports as Indicative of conditions t.
come. Jones says there is sbumpe
crop, and not only that, but it is g
far along, generally, that nothing bu
some calamity unforeseen can cut I
down. To The Journal Mr.. Jone
said: -.-~ --.
"The danger period for northwestern
wheat Is closing up rapidly. Ten day
to two weeks without injury will Civ
to the country the largest wheat yiel
the three northwestern states eve
raised. It is not wheat alone that
in high promise, but oats, fax and bal
ley, with corn making excellent pros
ress. on the whole. Corn will be VI
even, however, t..
So. Two Factors to Fear.
ssThe only two factors to fear al
black rust and blight. While an o.
casional showing of black rust
found, the weather is not Of the cha
acter, in my Judgment, to warrant tt
expectation that much damage will r
suit this year from the rust. Ever
day is closing up hundreds Of whe,
fields beyond injury, and week
good weather will go far toward ma
ing large part Of the territory saf
"There is considerable area ope
to injury by blight, should a hot wiz
result. North Dakota Is comparative
free from hot winds, and the crop
South Dakota will in part be past da
ger in week or ten days, II
prospective yield is SO large that mo
crate damage by either blight or ru
would still leave largo crop.
t'The new crop year is openil
bright for business. If the crop m
lures, the railroads will be unable
move it with any promptness, and t
ear shortage will be beyond their alb
ity to control The crop area is We
full Wheat, oats and flax have
creased in area materially, and barl
has decreased. Once the crop is SUI